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    CA Attorney General and Leading Consumer Privacy Agency Urged to Prevent “Clear and Present Danger” to Privacy by Clearview AI Facial Recognition Software

    Los Angeles, CA - Clearview AI’s facial recognition software “represents a clear and present danger to our societal norms and our privacy,” Consumer Watchdog wrote to the California Attorney General and the California Privacy Protection Agency. Consumer Watchdog called...

    CVS Acted With “Deliberate Indifference” When It Implemented An Rx Drug Program That Discriminates Against People Living With HIV

    Los Angeles, CA - CVS acted intentionally when it implemented a drug program that discriminates against people living with HIV, according to Consumer Watchdog and Whatley Kallas, LLP in a federal court filing late yesterday. Download the legal brief here. The...

    John Doe v. California Department of Public Health et al., Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. 20STCV3236

    A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit affecting consumers enrolled in two California state-sponsored health care programs for individuals living with HIV. Notice of the Settlement was mailed on June 16, 2023. The settlement addresses an alleged unauthorized...

    Consumer Watchdog Challenges Recidivist Mercury Insurance for Policyholder Price-Gouging, Discrimination and Deception 

    Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today filed a Petition to Intervene in an enforcement action brought by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) against Mercury Insurance Group for overcharging, misleading and discriminating against California homeowners and motorists. Read...

    California Apartment Association’s Abuse of the Ballot Initiative Process

    The integrity of the California voter initiative process is under attack. The California Apartment Association is attempting to add to the ballot an unconstitutional initiative designed to silence a single outspoken proponent of rent control--the AIDS Healthcare Foundation...

    The Good That Came Out Of Suing the State Over Allowing Illegal Disposal Of Radioactive Waste From CA’s Most Notorious Cold War Lab: An...

    The Santa Susana Field Lab, nestled in the Simi Hills, is about an hour by car from downtown Los Angeles.  It is the scene of experimental nuclear reactor testing and a partial nuclear meltdown in 1959, plutonium production, and...

    California Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds “Organizational Standing” in Unfair Competition Law Cases

    Do you believe that an organization should be able to sue to stop actions that cost the organization money and directly harm its mission and purpose? If your answer is “yes,” you’re in luck—the California Supreme Court agrees. In...

    Ballot Initiative Would Overhaul Open Records Laws to Provide Greater Government Transparency & Accountability

    70% of CA Voters Approve of the Measure According to a Recent Poll Los Angeles, CA - Embracing the principle that “sunshine is the best disinfectant,” a new ballot initiative would overhaul California’s open records laws to combat government corruption...

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