Victory for Privacy Rights: California Supreme Court Today Denies Junk Faxers’ Petition
Will Let Stand Appellate Court Decision Validating Right to Enforce Federal Junk Fax Ban in California Courts, Upholds Ban as Constitutional Today…
Oct 15, 2003Consumer Watchdog
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Consumer Groups Sue to Invalidate Auto Insurance Surcharge Law
Lawsuit Challenges Special Interest Legislation; Mercury Insurance Gave $895K to Lawmakers and Governor in 2002-2003.
Oct 15, 2003Gov.-elect Schwarzenegger Should Come Clean About Ken Lay Meeting Or Face Inquiry, Group Says
Energy Deregulation Agenda Criticized
Oct 14, 2003
Privacy
Patriot power; New law gives financial firms right to know more about customers
The Washington Times "Financial institutions have been deputized to investigate consumers," said Douglas Heller, senior consumer advocate for FTCR, a group that…
Oct 14, 2003
Energy
Energy market strategy outlined Some say the new governor will wait to tackle power issues.
The Sacramento Bee Doug Heller with FTCR, said he believes Schwarzenegger will abandon efforts to collect $9 billion in refunds from energy…
Oct 14, 2003
Insurance
Health insurance bill’s passage could spur rate cap proposal
Los Angeles Business Journal Following enactment of SB 2, the state's landmark play-or-pay health insurance law, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…
Oct 13, 2003
Insurance
Health care law may go to voters
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WANTS TO REPEAL MANDATESan Jose Mercury News Jerry Flanagan, a consumer advocate with the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer…
Oct 11, 2003
Accountability
PLUGGING THE LATEST CONSPIRACY THEORY
LA Weekly (California) The alleged smoking gun is a May 17, 2001, meeting that included Enron chairman Kenneth Lay, Arnold Schwarzenegger and…
Oct 10, 2003
Insurance
Groping in the dark in sunny California
Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) "From the California perspective, people had lost any capacity to do the tailwork. Unless Schwarzenegger had been groping…
Oct 10, 2003
Energy
Energy policies present challenge;
Governor-elect must carefully chart directionSan Mateo County Times (San Mateo, CA) Doug Heller, senior consumer advocate with the Foundation for Taxpayer and…
Oct 10, 2003
Insurance
Business group seeks referendum on bill mandating health coverage
Associated Press "Clearly, Californians need and want health care, and the chamber should accept that and join with us to make it…
Oct 9, 2003
Energy
ARNOLD’S BLACKOUT ABOUT ENRON
Daily News (New York) So what was Schwarzenegger, then just another Hollywood star, doing at a private meeting with Ken Lay and…
Oct 9, 2003
Insurance
Cingular Wireless in Cal. faces a class action consumer lawsuit
Communications Daily Cingular Wireless in Cal. faces a class action consumer lawsuit alleging unlawful business tactics even as it said it would…
Oct 7, 2003
Insurance
Beware of dog when seeking insurance;
Some firms have 'bad breed' listsPhiladelphia Daily News Doug Heller, of FTCR, said insurance companies appear to have gotten more discriminating in…
Oct 7, 2003California’s Largest Medical Malpractice Insurer – NORCAL Mutual – to Slash Rate Hike by $11.6 Million After Group Challenges Increase
40% of State's Doctors Save $35 Million in Wake of Recent Proposition 103 Challenges to Top Companies' Proposed Hikes
Oct 6, 2003Chamber of Commerce Threatens Referendum to Overturn Employer Health Care Mandate
Consumer Advocate Challenges Opponents to Support the Mandate and A Plan to Control Costs According to a new survey by The Institute…
Oct 6, 2003