In The Courtroom

U.S. Appeals Court Rules Google Not Exempt From Wiretap Law In Wi-Spy Suit

September 10, 2013  ·  John M. Simpson

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-1893" alt="" class="right" src="http://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/images_google-car.jpg" style="width: 211px; height: 161px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;" width="460" height="350" />SANTA MONICA, CA – A federal appeals court ruled today that Google’s interception of messages from private Wi-Fi networks is not exempt from federal wiretap laws, opening the way for a class action suit in the Wi-Spy case to move forward with possible damages amounting to billions of dollars.<br /> <br />

Motion Seeks To Block Santa Susana Field Lab Demolition Work

September 6, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

<p>A consumer advocacy group has filed for a preliminary injunction seeking to prevent the state from allowing Boeing Co. to conduct cleanup work at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory until an environmental report on the project has been completed.</p> <p>The motion was filed Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court by a Los Angeles law firm on behalf of Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog.</p>

Consumer Group Asks Judge To Halt Radiation Cleanup At Santa Susana Field Laboratory

September 5, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

<p class="NORMAL">The nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog is asking a Sacramento judge to halt the demolition and removal of buildings and contaminated waste from an area of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory used as a nuclear test site.</p> <p class="NORMAL">Boeing Co., which owns most of the 2,800-acre site in the hills south of Simi Valley, and the state's Department of Toxic Substances Control, which is overseeing the cleanup of radioactive and chemical contamination at the lab, had agreed to stop demolition work until Sept. 30.</p>

Consumer Watchdog Files Preliminary Injunction Motion To Stop Illegal State Approval of Boeing Radioactive Waste Demolition and Disposal

September 5, 2013  ·  Liza Tucker

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-20376" alt="" class="right" src="http://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/images_toxicwaste.jpg" style="width: 211px; height: 138px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;" width="300" height="196" />SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog and Strumwasser & Woocher have filed a motion in Sacramento Superior Court for a preliminary injunction freezing all of Boeing’s demolition of structures and disposal of radioactive waste at the Santa Susana Field Lab in Simi Valley—including a plutonium fuel fabrication building.

Environmental Watchdogs Want To Block Santa Susana Debris From Entering Landfills

September 4, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

<p><a href="http://www.scpr.org/blogs/environment/2013/09/04/14660/environmental-watchdogs-want-to-block-santa-susana/">Click here to listen to the audio segment of this radio broadcast</a>.</p> <p>A coalition of watchdog groups has asked a court to stop the Boeing Corporation from sending demolition debris from the closed Santa Susana Field Laboratory to recycling centers and landfills.</p> <p>Boeing has been demolishing buildings at the old rocket and nuclear testing site, where a partial nuclear meltdown half a century ago caused widespread contamination.</p>

Questions Swirl About Settlement In Hyundai Fuel Economy Litigation

August 21, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

<p><strong>Settlement over MPG claims seen as 'sweetheart deal' by some plaintiffs</strong></p>

Watchdog Groups File Suite Claiming Improper Disposal Of Field Lab Waste

August 16, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

<p><strong>Allegations take aim at DTSC</strong></p> <p>Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit, believes radioactive waste at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Simi Valley is being improperly disposed of and has filed a lawsuit against the state’s toxic substances and health departments.</p>

KCAL TV-9 CBS, Los Angeles – Consumer Watchdog argues for proper autism treatment before the CA Court of Appeals

August 15, 2013  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>A case before the California Court Of Appeals could affect the healthcare treatment of over 13,000 children with autism.</p>

KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles – Consumer Watchdog fights to guarantee children with autism get the treatment they need

August 15, 2013  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>Consumer Watchdog fights to guarantee children with autism get the treatment they need</p>

Differing Interpretations Of Health Law At Heart of Autism Lawsuit

August 15, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

LOS ANGELES – Two state agencies that regulate slightly different kinds of health insurance plans are taking dramatically different views on the same state law...

Court Takes Up Whether Firefighters’ Kids Get Autism Coverage

August 14, 2013  ·  Jamie Court

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2672" alt="" src="http://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/images_firemen_fellow_firefighter.gif" style="width: 200px; height: 212px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;" width="227" height="241" />A panel of the California Court of Appeal today took up the long standing dispute about insurance companies’ obligations to cover a critical treatment for autistic children. At stake is whether the autistic children of many firefighters, cops and state employees will get the appropriate care when they need it.

Consumer Group Wants Insurers Forced To Cover Autism Care

August 14, 2013  ·  Mark Reback

Law360, Los Angeles (August 14, 2013, 3:58 PM ET) — Nonprofit consumer group Consumer Watchdog urged a California appellate court Wednesday to revive a lawsuit...