Energy
CA Insurance Commissioner Race Boils Down to Power Debate
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May 28, 2014Mark Reback
Articles by Mark Reback
Insurance
Calif. Ballot Initiative Seeks Health Insurance Price Controls
A ballot initiative before California voters in November could challenge insurance coverage set up under Obamacare, imposing the same kind of price…
May 27, 2014
Healthcare
Initiative to Raise Monetary Awards in Lawsuits Against Doctors Heads for Ballot
The measure would also require random drug and alcohol testing of physicians.
May 26, 2014
Privacy
U.S. States Probe eBay Cyber Attack As Customers Complain
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - EBay Inc came under pressure on Thursday over a massive hacking of customer data as three U.S. states…
May 22, 2014
Healthcare
Bill About Doctors’ Substance Abuse Would Compromise Patient Safety
If anyone should know how to steer clear of cures that are worse than the disease, it's doctors. That's why it seems…
May 18, 2014
Privacy
Google Bracing For A Flood Of European Takedown Requests
Google hasn’t said much in public about how it plans to deal with a European court ruling that says individuals have a…
May 16, 2014
Healthcare
California Voters To Consider Raising Four-Decade-Old Cap On Medical Malpractice Awards
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California in November will vote on whether to raise a four-decade-old cap on medical malpractice awards to $1.1…
May 16, 2014
Insurance
Rate Regulation Battle Lines Drawn
One side says health insurers are gouging California consumers and need to be regulated. The other side says adding more government oversight…
May 15, 2014
Energy
Medical Malpractice Initiative Qualifies For California Ballot
A decades-long fight among powerful California interests is finally coming before voters, as the proponents of a push to increase the sum…
May 15, 2014
Healthcare
Measure Inspired By Drunk-Driving Deaths Of Danville Children Qualifies For Nov. Ballot
DANVILLE -- A voter initiative spurred by the drunk-driving deaths of two Danville siblings in 2003 has garnered enough signatures to qualify…
May 15, 2014
Healthcare
Medical Malpractice Initiative Qualifies For November Ballot
Measure to lift ceiling on medical malpractice judgments qualifies for California's November ballot - Voter initiative would require drug testing for doctors…
May 15, 2014
In The Courtroom
Class Action Waiver Renders Arbitration Clause In DIRECTV’s Customer Agreement Unenforceable
Imburgia v. DIRECTV Inc., No. B239361 (Cal. Ct. App. Apr. 7, 2014)
May 15, 2014
Healthcare
Peeved
Peeved: A "Pee in the Cup" initiative to require random drug testing for doctors in California could qualify for the November ballot…
May 14, 2014
Privacy
EU Court Hands Google a Missing Links Quandary
Google and other Internet companies may have to comply with requests to make links to certain personal data go away -- at…
May 13, 2014
Privacy
Eric Schmidt Has an Interest. Is It a Conflict?
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York last month appointed a three-person commission to offer thoughts on the use of technology in…
May 13, 2014
Insurance
High-Profile Ballot Measure Hopes To Curb Health Insurance Rate Hikes
Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast. In a California Healthline report by Kenny Goldberg, experts discussed an expensive and…
May 13, 2014
Healthcare
Local Hospitals Prepare Patients For Costs
As more people switch to health insurance policies with high deductibles in an effort to reduce their premiums, some hospitals around the…
May 12, 2014