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Federal Court Rules Plaintiffs Adequately Alleged CVS Acted With “Deliberate Indifference” When It Adopted Rx Program That Discriminates Against People Living With HIV

April 19, 2024 · Jerry Flanagan

Los Angeles, CA – Late yesterday the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that four HIV-positive “John Doe” plaintiffs adequately...

Responding to Clearview AI’s Comments Concerning Consumer Watchdog’s Report on Clearview AI’s Abuses of Our Privacy Rights

February 26, 2024 · Ryan Mellino

In the wake of the publishing of Consumer Watchdog’s report on Clearview AI, both the company’s CEO, Hoan Ton-That, and General Counsel, Jack Mulcaire, objected to the...

Consumer Watchdog and the Los Angeles Times Petition Federal Court to Release FBI Warrants Related to LA City Attorney and LA DWP Corruption

February 22, 2024 · Jerry Flanagan

Los Angeles, CA — Yesterday afternoon the non-profit Consumer Watchdog and the Los Angeles Times petitioned a federal court in Los Angeles to release 33 FBI warrants...

Volunteer Law Student Interns

January 28, 2024 · Consumer Watchdog

Consumer Watchdog is looking for law students eager to help make a difference in consumer rights, privacy, and corporate accountability to join our team over...

Consumer Watchdog Saves Policyholders $884.8 Million on Year-End Insurance Rate Increases

January 9, 2024 · Pam Pressley

Allstate, State Farm Also Agree to End Restrictions on Sales of New Auto Policies Los Angeles, CA – Challenges by Consumer Watchdog to double-digit auto and...

One of the Largest HIV Privacy Breach Payments Arriving in Mailboxes This Week

December 19, 2023 · Jerry Flanagan

Los Angeles, CA – Checks for $1,821.58 were mailed late last week to hundreds of Californians whose confidential medical information—including their HIV status—was allegedly accessed and shared...

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

November 15, 2023 · Jerry Flanagan

Los Angeles, CA – CVS acted intentionally when it implemented a drug program that discriminates against people living with HIV, according to Consumer Watchdog and...

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

October 13, 2023 · Jerry Flanagan

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...

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

October 11, 2023 · Ben Powell

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...

California Apartment Association’s Abuse of the Ballot Initiative Process

September 29, 2023 · Ben Powell

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...

Consumer Watchdog Says Lara’s Undisclosed Deal Will Allow Insurance Companies to Use Algorithms And Reinsurance Costs to Hike Home Insurance Rates, Potentially Turning California Into Florida

September 21, 2023 · Harvey Rosenfield

Sacramento, CA — Today’s announcement by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara that he would allow insurance companies to use secret algorithms to set rates for homeowners’...

Consumer Watchdog Urges Newsom Not To Call State of Emergency On Insurance And Put Himself and Other 3% of Homeowners Over the 97% Who Would Face Rate Hikes

September 21, 2023 · Harvey Rosenfield

Sacramento, CA — The leaders of Consumer Watchdog today wrote Governor Newsom to dissuade him from declaring a state of emergency on insurance that would...