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Creditors Can Vote To Split Utility, Keep It Under State Control, Or BothSan Jose Mercury News This week, more than 70,000 creditors…
Jun 17, 2002They are faced with two proposals for how the company should emerge from bankruptcy protectionThe Sacramento Bee For the past 14 months…
Jun 16, 2002The San Francisco Chronicle Most enrollees in managed-care health plans are required to submit disagreements to HMO-dominated arbitration procedures rather than seek…
Jun 14, 2002Group That Sued Agency Demands PUC Halt Private Negotiations With PG&E Creditors
Jun 12, 2002FTCR Calls for An Investigation Into Unfair Health Care Premiums The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) has called for an…
Jun 12, 2002Capitol Hill Hearing Testimony California is a failed model for the national restrictions being proposed on patients. California patients have been denied…
Jun 12, 2002Computerworld September 1996: Gov. Pete Wilson signs a bill to open the state electricity market to competition.
Jun 10, 2002California Proposal Would Punish Executives Who Remain Silent About Financial Fraud
Jun 10, 2002The campaign reform initiative was approved more than a year ago. Judge still could consider its constitutionality.The Los Angeles Times A Superior…
Jun 4, 2002Modern Healthcare Two volleys were fired last week in the growing battle over malpractice insurance premiums, which is either a looming national…
Jun 3, 2002Associated Press Pacific Gas and Electric Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2001, driven into debt in part by…
Jun 3, 2002The managed-care chief says no to a judge's slashing of a fine against Kaiser.The Sacramento Bee A legal battle over patient rights…
May 31, 2002Platts Retail Energy Lawyers for California Public Utilities Commissioner Henry Duque have asked a state appellate court in San Francisco to overturn…
May 31, 2002The Las Vegas Review-Journal Dueling news conferences Wednesday at Valley Hospital Medical Center marked the first time the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association…
May 30, 2002Associated Press An administrative law judge sided with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Thursday in a dispute with the state Department of Managed…
May 30, 2002Premium Data Shows California Law Is No Model For The Nation
May 29, 2002Megawatt Daily Lawyers for California Public Utilities Commissioner Henry Duque have asked a state appellate court in San Francisco to overturn a…
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