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Aegon Unit Agrees To $195m Settlement Over Universal Life Insurance

October 5, 2018 · Consumer Watchdog

Aegon Unit Agrees To $195m Settlement Over Universal Life Insurance By Staff Writers, VERDICT UK October 5, 2018 https://www.verdict.co.uk/life-insurance-international/news/aegon-settlement-universal-life-insurance/ Transamerica, the US unit of Dutch...

Transamerica Pays $195 Million To Settle Lawsuit Over Universal Life Insurance

October 4, 2018 · Consumer Watchdog

Transamerica Pays $195 Million To Settle Lawsuit Over Universal Life Insurance Suit alleged the insurer improperly increased monthly costs to avoid guaranteed monthly interest payments...

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October 4, 2018 · Harvey Rosenfield

Los Angeles, CA – Transamerica Life Insurance Company has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of policyholders across the United States...

CA Judge SLAPPs Aetna Lawsuit Against Consumer Watchdog and Whatley Kallas, LLP After HIV Privacy Breach

September 11, 2018 · Jerry Flanagan

A California judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Aetna against the non-profit Consumer Watchdog and law firm Whatley Kallas, LLP over Aetna’s disclosure of members’...

Taxpayer Sues DWP and City for Illegal Transfer of Nearly $242 Million After L.A. Experienced Blackouts During Heatwave

July 26, 2018 · Jerry Flanagan

UPDATE: If you are a victim of a recent LA DWP blackout we want to hear your story. Please email us at: [email protected] Los...

Consumer Watchdog Calls Upon Circuit Court to Re-Interpret Internet Law Abused by Tech Companies

June 7, 2018 · John M. Simpson

LOS ANGELES – An Internet law often cited by tech companies as a defense from any liability for material posted on their platforms must not...

Insurance Goliath Sues Lawyers Representing HIV Patients For Aetna’s Own Privacy Breach

May 24, 2018 · Jerry Flanagan

Los Angeles, CA — This morning, health insurance Goliath Aetna sued the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog and Whatley Kallas LLP, a consumer law firm, who’ve sued...

Current and Former Health Net Members in California May Submit Claims for Out-of-Network Medical Visits in 2014; Notice and Claims Forms Mailed Today

May 8, 2018 · Jerry Flanagan

Los Angeles, CA — Consumers who were enrolled in an individual or family Health Net Preferred Provider Organization (“PPO”) health plan in 2014, and received...

CVS Disclosed HIV Status Of 6,000 Ohioans Putting Their Health And Safety At Risk

March 22, 2018 · Jerry Flanagan

CVS, one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical benefit managers, disclosed the HIV status of 6,000 patients enrolled in the Ohio HIV Drug Assistance Program (“OhDAP”),...

US Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Mercury Insurance Challenge to Prop 103 Insurance Rules that Saved California Motorists Over $100 Billion

February 20, 2018 · Harvey Rosenfield

SANTA MONICA, CA – The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected a challenge brought by Mercury Insurance, State Farm and other insurance companies across the United...

U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects Hyundai/Kia Settlement of Fuel Economy Scandal

January 25, 2018 · Harvey Rosenfield

Santa Monica, CA — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a settlement negotiated by Hyundai and Kia with dozens of plaintiffs law firms...

Hyundai’s False MPG Advertising

January 25, 2018 · Harvey Rosenfield

After receiving complaints from Hyundai owners across the country, in November, 2011 Consumer Watchdog challenged the US Environmental Protection Agency to audit Hyundai over the...