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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...

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...

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...

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...

By Patrick Hoff, LAW 360 https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1518877/cvs-can-t-escape-hiv-patients-disability-bias-suit CVS Pharmacy can't avoid a proposed class action alleging its prescription drug benefits program discriminates against people with HIV and AIDS, as a California federal judge said...

By Dave LaChance, REPAIRER DRIVEN NEWS July 18, 2022 https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2022/07/18/suit-seeks-release-of-cdi-meeting-records-in-california-pay-to-play-lawsuit/ A California consumer rights organization is asking a court to order Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s office to...

California needs consumer protection, not partying, dining and cozying up with industry lobbyists and executives By The MERCURY NEWS and EAST BAY TIMES Editorial Boards April...

By Jeff McDonald, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE January 30, 2022 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2022-01-30/facing-lawsuit-for-withholding-records-state-insurance-chief-adopts-plan-to-auto-delete-department-tyment-emails Last year, while California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara promoted his commitment to government transparency and defended a...

By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE January 19, 2022 https://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?altsrc=108&refnum=239255 A consumer group is charging new evidence shows the California Department of Insurance has improperly withheld communications with representatives...

By Allison Frankel, REUTERS November 12, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/cvss-abrupt-dismissal-scotus-case-was-surprise-opposing-counsel-2021-11-12/ (Reuters) - Public interest lawyer Gerald Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog was deep in preparations for his first-ever U.S. Supreme...