Healthcare
REDRESS WHEN WRONGED? FORGET ABOUT IT
What right do all government officials have that the taxpayers who pay their salaries don't? After two recent rulings by the U.S.…
Jul 15, 2004Jamie Court
President
Consumer Watchdog’s President and Chairman of the Board is an award-winning and nationally recognized consumer advocate. Capitol Weekly, naming Jamie to its “Top 100” list of unelected movers and shakers in California politics, wrote, “Court has made a career of battling all comers in the interest of the public, and his take-no-prisoners approach has earned him plenty of enemies.” Jamie’s latest book is The Progressive’s Guide To Raising Hell: How To Win Grassroots Campaigns, Pass Ballot Box Laws And Get The Change You Voted For (Chelsea Green, 2010).
“Americans angry about the state of their government might find in Court’s persuasive manifesto a cause for action,” Publishers Weekly writes. “With great accessibility and a fired-up attitude, Court brings his lessons in empowerment to the people.” He is also the author of Corporateering: How Corporate Power Steals Your Freedom And What You Can Do About It (Tarcher Putnam, 2003) and co-author of Making A Killing: HMOs and the Threat To Your Health (Common Courage Press, 1999). Jamie has led dozens of major corporate and political campaigns to reform insurers, banks, technology companies, oil companies, utilities and political practices. He helped to pioneer the HMO patients’ rights movement in the United States, sponsoring successful laws in California and aiding them elsewhere, and was an early champion of many of the most important consumer protections in the federal Affordable Care Act years before they were enacted. In recent years, he has led the campaign to hold California oil refiners accountable for price gouging at the pump which resulted in the toughest oil refinery regulation in America.
A frequent media commentator and op-ed contributor, Jamie is a high-profile and stalwart defender of consumers’ rights. The Los Angeles Times calls him “a tireless consumer advocate.” The Wall Street Journal writes, “He’s notorious for his dramatic, sharp-tongued attacks on the health- and auto-insurance industries, and on any politician who takes their campaign cash.” His public interest career began as an advocate for the homeless and as a community organizer. Jamie’s Alma mater is Pomona College, where he graduated with a BA in History in 1989.
Articles by Jamie Court
Healthcare Litigation
Investigation of Blue Cross’ Tax Status Called for By Consumer Group
Blue Cross of California, whose parent company WellPoint has yet to receive approval for its pending merger with Anthem Inc., has avoided…
Jul 8, 2004
Privacy
Car dealers don’t give public a fair deal
Marketplace - National Public Radio Car dealers routinely force buyers to sign away their 7th Amendment right to trial in favor of…
Jul 2, 2004
Privacy
Car dealers don’t give public a fair deal
Car dealers routinely force buyers to sign away their Seventh Amendment right to trial in favor of binding arbitration to settle any…
Jul 2, 2004
Energy
Report of cutbacks in summertime gas false, Shell Oil says
Sacramento Bee Jamie Court, President of FTCR, called the documents "incontrovertible evidence the company has once again misled California about its stated…
Jun 22, 2004
Energy
State could run refinery Shell intends to close
Sacramento Bee Consumer activist Jamie Court sees a way to kill two birds with one stone: The state should buy the refinery…
Jun 21, 2004Corporateering In Paperback
New York, NY - The paperback edition of Corporateering: How Corporate Power Steals Your Personal Freedom And What You Can Do About…
Jun 14, 2004
In The News
Punitive damages and the budget
The San Diego Union-Tribune Gov. Schwarzenegger recently grabbed headlines with a flashy proposal to give 75 percent of punitive damage awards to…
Jun 1, 2004
In The News
Punitive damages and the budget
Gov. Schwarzenegger recently grabbed headlines with a flashy proposal to give 75 percent of punitive damage awards to the state to help…
Jun 1, 2004
Insurance
Jamie Court discusses how tort reform legislation may hurt small business
Marketplace - National Public Radio (NPR) Mergers among banks, health insurers and oil companies were supposed to create economies of scale and…
Jun 1, 2004Schwarzenegger’s Punitive Damage Proposal Called Red Herring;
Consumer Activist Calls For Taxing Convicted Wrongdoers' Payouts To Fill Budget Hole In commentaries published today in the State Bar Journal and…
Jun 1, 2004
Insurance
Op-ed commentary: A Litigious Schwarzenegger Wants to Close the Door to Others
Los Angeles Times The real question may be whether Arnold Schwarzenegger values the public's legal rights as much as his own. His…
May 12, 2004
Insurance
A Litigious Schwarzenegger Wants to Close the Door to Others
The real question may be whether Arnold Schwarzenegger values the public's legal rights as much as his own. His stand on the…
May 12, 2004
Energy
Shell Accused of Closing Refinery to Raise Gas Prices
Oil refining capacity and its contribution to the rise in gasoline pricesNational Public Radio (NPR) - Morning Edition Jamie Court, of the…
May 6, 2004
Energy
Power Play in California;
Deregulation Déjà Vu If the new political leadership in Sacramento and the energy industry have their way, Californians will soon see a…
May 5, 2004
Energy
OIL COMPANIES STRIKE GOLD;
PROFITS JUMP IN STEP WITH RECORD GAS PRICESThe Daily News of Los Angeles "This is going to make for $3 for gasoline…
May 1, 2004
Energy
Consumer group questions Shell’s decision to close refinery
Associated Press A consumer group asked Attorney General Bill Lockyer on Tuesday to investigate whether Shell Oil Products has broken unfair competition…
Apr 6, 2004