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Lara’s Revenge Regulation Will Gut Public Participation in Insurance Rate-Making, Consumer Watchdog Says at Hearing Today

Harvey Rosenfield -
Los Angeles, CA - Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s proposal to change the rules that govern consumers’ right to scrutinize and challenge unjustified rates would derail...

Consumer Watchdog Welcomes Los Angeles County Investigation Into State Farm’s Wildfire Claims

Carmen Balber -
County Action Follows Mounting Complaints from Fire Survivors Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog today commended the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Los...

Consumer Watchdog Urges Supreme Court to Rein In Presidential Tariff Powers Driving Up Consumer Prices

Will Pletcher -
Washington, DC - Consumer Watchdog today filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Justices to strike down President Donald Trump’s...

Consumer Watchdog Saves Stillwater Homeowners’ Policyholders $13 Million in Rate Hike Challenge

Will Pletcher -
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog executed a settlement this week with Stillwater Insurance Company and the California Department of Insurance, resolving the company’s application...

Federal Circuit Declares Trump Tariffs Unlawful, Affirming Consumer Watchdog’s Constitutional Concerns

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled today that the Trump administration’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs...

Judge Denies Lara’s CDI and State Farm’s Attempt to Move Rate Case Pre-Hearings Behind Closed Doors

Will Pletcher -
Consumer Watchdog Praises Ruling Upholding Public Access and Proposition 103 Transparency Los Angeles, CA – An Administrative Law Judge today issued a series of rulings in State Farm’s...

Consumer Watchdog Joins Amicus Brief To Protect Consumers’ Privacy And Keep California Courthouse Doors Open

Will Pletcher -
Filing in Yeh v. Barrington Pacific, LLC urges the Court of Appeal to reject federal-style standing hurdles that would weaken Californians’ consumer-privacy rights under the Investigative...

Consumer Advocates Urge Court to End Marital-Status Discrimination in Auto Insurance; Data Proves Overcharges

Harvey Rosenfield -
Los Angeles, CA — Basing auto insurance premiums on whether a motorist is unmarried, divorced or widowed is a violation of the state’s civil rights...

Key Legal Documents in Consumer Watchdog’s Challenge to State Farm $1.2 Homeowners Rate Hike Request

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Consumer Watchdog has challenged a more than $1.1 billion rate hike State Farm State Farm seeks for its homeowners, renters, condo and landlord policies....

Consumer Advocates Sue Insurance Commissioner Lara For Punishing Public Participation In Prop 103 Rulemakings

Will Pletcher -
Lawsuit Alleges Improper Denial of Compensation, Hostility Toward Consumer Advocacy Groups, and Biased Process Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog and the Consumer Federation of...

Consumer Watchdog Expands Legal Challenge to Trump Tariffs with Brief in D.C. Circuit

Will Pletcher -
Washington, D.C. — Consumer Watchdog filed an amicus curiae brief today in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, expanding its ongoing...

Consumer Watchdog Responds to Commissioner Lara Fake News: Case That Lara Rules Violate the FAIR Plan Statute Is Going Forward

Will Pletcher -
Los Angeles, CA - Today, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge adopted a ruling allowing Consumer Watchdog’s lawsuit to move forward against Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara,...

Court Greenlights Consumer Lawsuit Challenging Insurance Commissioner’s Unlawful Pass-Through Surcharges Under FAIR Plan 

Will Pletcher -
Los Angeles, CA — A Los Angeles Superior Court judge today finalized a ruling that allows Consumer Watchdog’s lawsuit to proceed against Insurance Commissioner Lara...

Consumer Watchdog Files Coast-to-Coast Briefing Challenging Presidential Tariffs in California and Washington 

Will Pletcher -
San Francisco, CA and Washington, D.C. — Consumer Watchdog yesterday filed amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs in two cases—one in the Ninth Circuit...

State Farm Cites Newly Announced CDI Market Conduct Exam to Oppose Consumer Participation in Rate Hearing

Will Pletcher -
Los Angeles, CA — At a hearing today before the California Department of Insurance, State Farm opposed Pacific Palisades homeowner Merritt David Farren’s petition...

Court Accepts Consumer Watchdog Amicus Brief Opposing Trump Tariff Authority

Will Pletcher -
Second Federal Court Ruling Yesterday Echoes Concerns Raised in Brief San Francisco, CA — A federal court yesterday granted Consumer Watchdog’s motion for leave to...

Commissioner Lara Approves Unjustified $749 Million State Farm Home Insurance Rate Hike

Carmen Balber -
UPDATED 1:40PM Los Angeles, CA – A proposed decision recommending approval of State Farm General’s request for an interim rate hike was issued by an...

Consumer Watchdog Sues to Stop Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Unjustified Surcharges from Being Imposed on California Homeowners

Ryan Mellino -
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog sued the California Department of Insurance and Commissioner Ricardo Lara to protect California homeowners from hundreds of millions in...

Consumer Watchdog Urges Denial of State Farm’s Emergency Rate Hike at Conclusion of Department of Insurance Hearing

Carmen Balber -
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer Watchdog delivers its closing argument today in a high-stakes hearing before the California Department of Insurance, urging the Insurance Commissioner...

Consumer Watchdog: “State Farm’s Emergency Rate Hike is Not Justified”

Carmen Balber -
Consumer group urges regulators to reject rate hike as unsupported and unfair Los Angeles, CA – In the first day of hearings, Consumer Watchdog made its...
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