State Farm Sues to Avoid $256 Million in Refunds and Rate Savings for Consumers
Santa Monica, CA – State Farm, the nation’s largest insurance company, has filed two lawsuits seeking to overturn an order by the…
Dec 8, 2016Harvey Rosenfield
Founder
As Consumer Watchdog's founder, Harvey Rosenfield is one of the nation's foremost consumer advocates. Trained as a public interest lawyer, Rosenfield authored Proposition 103 and organized the campaign that led to its passage by California voters in 1988 despite over $80 million spent in opposition (still a record).
He has co-authored groundbreaking initiatives on HMO reform and utility rate deregulation (Proposition 9, 1998). Rosenfield is the author of the book, Silent Violence, Silent Death: The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice.
Rosenfield, who established Consumer Watchdog in 1985, has worked for the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Congress, in private practice, as a staff attorney for Ralph Nader's Public Citizen Congress Watch and as the Program Director for the California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG).
Rosenfield graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College and obtained a joint Law and Masters degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.
Articles by Harvey Rosenfield
Consumer Advocates Sue NHTSA for Ignoring Automatic Emergency Braking Petition
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Nov 30, 2016
Consumer Watchdog Posts Judge’s State Farm Proposed Refund Order; Commissioner Must Approve Or Reject
Santa Monica, CA – Yesterday, the California Department of Insurance made public a proposed decision by an Administrative Law Judge, issued after…
Aug 10, 2016
Judge Finds that State Farm Overcharged Consumers $85 Million, Proposes Refunds and $156 Million Rate Reduction; Final Decision From Insurance Commissioner Pending
Santa Monica, CA -- In a major victory for 1.7 million State Farm policyholders, an administrative law judge at the California Department…
Aug 9, 2016
Consumer Advocates Demand Federal Agency Act on Auto Safety Petition
Santa Monica, CA -- A backroom deal by the federal agency responsible for auto safety to allow automakers to avoid following federal…
May 24, 2016
Insurance
DIRECTV Consumer Class Action Against Overcharges May Go Forward, California Court Of Appeal Says
A class action lawsuit against DIRECTV brought in 2008 by California consumers who were forced to pay unlawful early termination fees of…
May 9, 2016
In The Courtroom
Petition to National Highway Transportation Safety Administration To Require New Auto Safety Technologies
Three advanced auto safety technologies can prevent thousands of deaths and injuries each year, and billions of dollars in property damage, caused…
Apr 16, 2016
Google’s Proposal to “Fast Track” Approval of Driverless Cars is a Threat to Public Safety, Consumer Watchdog Says
Santa Monica, CA -- A little-publicized proposal by Google to allow its driverless cars to detour U.S. auto safety laws threatens public…
Apr 7, 2016
In The News
Bill Rosendahl, the Gentle Giant
Los Angeles mourns the passing of one of this extraordinary city’s most extraordinary men, Bill Rosendahl.
Mar 31, 2016
In The Courtroom
Transamerica Increasing Charges On Life Insurance Policies By 40%, Jeopardizing Coverage After Decades Of Payments, Lawsuit Says Betrayal Of The Baby Boomers
Santa Monica, CA — Consumers who bought life insurance protection from Transamerica Insurance Company decades ago are now facing a choice between…
Mar 22, 2016
In The Courtroom
Transamerica Life Illegally Hikes “Cost of Insurance” Charges
Feller et al v. Transamerica Life Insurance Company, United States District Court, Central District of California (Case 2:16-cv-01378) Consumers who bought life insurance protection…
Mar 21, 2016
In The Courtroom
Fighting Unfair DirecTV Cancellation Policies – Imburgia and Greiner v. DIRECTV
Imburgia and Greiner v. DIRECTV Los Angeles Superior Court No. BC 398295 Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, No. B239361 During 2008,…
Feb 26, 2016
Federal Safety Agency Taking Wrong Turn on Robot Cars and Anti-Crash Regulation?
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Proposals floated in Detroit this week by top federal auto safety officials indicate the agency is willing to…
Jan 15, 2016
Consumer Advocates Ask Auto Safety Agency to Make New Technologies Standard Equipment; Urge NHTSA Not to Defer to Industry “Self Regulation”
Santa Monica, CA -- Three of the nation’s top consumer advocates today asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to adopt…
Jan 13, 2016
In The Courtroom
U.S. Supreme Court Forces DIRECTV Customers Out Of Court, Into Private Arbitration Over Illegal $480 Early Cancellation Fees
In the latest of a series of decisions closing the courthouse doors on consumers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning, 6…
Dec 14, 2015
In The Courtroom
U.S. Supreme Court Forces DIRECTV Customers Out Of Court, Into Private Arbitration Over Illegal $480 “Early Cancellation Fees”
Santa Monica, CA -- In the latest of a series of decisions closing the courthouse doors on consumers, the U.S.
Dec 14, 2015
In The Courtroom
US Supreme Court to Hold Hearing on Consumer Lawsuit Against DIRECTV
Seven years ago, Consumer Watchdog’s legal team brought a class action lawsuit against DIRECTV on behalf of California customers who were charged…
Sep 16, 2015
“Blue Mail”: Time Warner Cable Holding Dodgers Games Hostage to Anti-Consumer Merger
Santa Monica, CA -- Time Warner Cable is refusing to negotiate deals with other broadcasting companies that would allow southern Californians who…
Apr 14, 2015