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The Los Angeles Times – L.A. Times and consumer group ask judge to unseal records in DWP scandalÂ
By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-22/l-a-times-and-consumer-group-ask-judge-to-unseal-records-in-dwp-scandal#:~:text=The%20Los%20Angeles%20Times%20and,Department%20of%20Water%20and%20Power.
The Los Angeles Times and Consumer Watchdog asked a federal court Wednesday to unseal evidence related to the criminal investigation of former City Atty. Mike Feuer’s office and the Department of Water and...
The San Diego Union-Tribune – Lawsuit accusing USAA of favoring military officers over enlistees certified as class-action case
By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2024-01-06/lawsuit-accusing-usaa-of-favoring-military-officers-over-enlistees-certified-as-class-action-case
According to its ever-running television commercials, USAA insurance caters exclusively to members and veterans of America's armed services and their families.
Now a federal judge in San Diego has granted class-action status...
Times of San Diego – Proposed 2024 Ballot Measure Would Close Loopholes in California Public Records Act
By JW August, TIMES OF SAN DIEGO
https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2023/11/12/proposed-2024-ballot-measure-would-close-loopholes-in-california-public-records-act/
It was a milestone moment in open government in 1968 when then California Gov. Ronald Reagan signed into law what was intended to give all citizens a legal right to inspect and get copies of...
Law 360 –Â HIV Patients Can Amend Disability Bias Suit Against CVS
By Emmy Freedman, LAW 360
https://www.law360.com/articles/1705299/hiv-patients-can-amend-disability-bias-suit-against-cvs
Law360 (July 28, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT) -- Patients can revise their claims that CVS Pharmacy Inc.violated the Affordable Care Act by forcing people with HIV and AIDS to get medications by mail, a...
KNBC-LA (NBC)Â –Â Los Angeles, CA; Consumer Watchdog’s Liza Tucker Speaks of New Concerns With Santa Susana Field Lab Clean Up
Consumer Watchdog's Energy Advocate, Liza Tucker, explains how Boeing's Santa Susana field lab just northeast of Los Angeles poses potential health risks to people nearby.
Law 360 – CVS Wants HIV Patients’ Disability Bias Suit Tossed
By Emmy Freedman, LAW 360
https://www.law360.com/articles/1595196?e_id=4b8eb524-0562-40da-ba7d-4520eae82a00&
CVS urged a California federal judge to toss a proposedclass action accusing it of violating the Affordable Care Act's nondiscrimination provision by forcingpeople with HIV and AIDS to get medications by mail, saying the...
The San Diego Union Tribune – Consumer Group Appeals Court Loss In Dispute Over State Insurance Records
By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2023-02-28/consumer-watchdog-appeal-insurance-records-lara
The Los Angeles advocacy group that unsuccessfully sued California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the Department of Insurance over their refusal to turn over documents they said were exempt from public...
The Los Angeles Times – Californians, Brace for Another Bill Increase: Your Car Insurance
By Ronald D. White, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-02-21/geico-allstate-start-california-car-insurance-rate-increases-more-ahead
Some California drivers will be getting a nasty surprise when they open their car insurance bills this year.
That's because California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved some big rate hikes in the...
Despite Missteps and Open Investigation, State Insurance Chief Appears Headed To Re-Election
Ricardo Lara’s first term was marked by violations of key campaign pledge, other allegations
By Jeff McDonald, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2022-10-09/despite-political-scandals-california-insurance-commissioner-appears-headed-to-re-election
Months into his first term as one of just eight people elected to statewide office in California, Ricardo Lara was...
Bloomberg Law – CVS Units Must Face HIV Bias Suit Over Medication Distribution
By Jacklyn Will, BLOOMBERG LAW
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/cvs-units-must-face-hiv-bias-suit-over-medication-distribution
HIV/AIDS patients who object to a CVS Pharmacy Inc. policy limiting where they can receive specialty medications advanced their lawsuit when a California federal judge said the company’s subsidiaries were likely subject to the Affordable...
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