Author Received $21,000 from Bill Benefactors SACRAMENTO, CA -- A consumer advocate will speak out against proposed legislation that would create a loophole in existing law which bars the sharing of private medical...
Group Calls for Swift Action to Curb, Regulate Energy Speculators, 'Today's Enron Rogues' Santa Monica, CA -- Congress and President Bush must take joint action against the speculators who have driven oil and...
Consumer Group, Dep't of Insurance Win Victory to Protect Prop 103, Save Policyholders Billions Santa Monica, CA -- Amendments to California insurance regulations implementing voter-approved Proposition 103's...
U.S. Price Also Near Record; Group Demands Curbs on Speculation, Action on Oil Subsidies Santa Monica, CA -- Spiking gasoline prices are pushing through state and national records, months shy of their usual peak, said...
Appeal Still Planned Against Narrowed Claims SANTA MONICA, CA -- Closer analysis of the patent office's decision on a human embryonic stem cell patent held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) shows the following...
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Two consumer groups said today that they will continue their challenge of three overreaching patents on human stem cells held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) despite a non-...
SANTA MONICA, CA -- The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) today welcomed the introduction of a bill in the California Senate intended to reform the state stem cell agency. ...
Federal District Judge in Kansas City Refuses to Dismiss Suit Against Petroleum Marketers Alleging Deceptive Sale of Gasoline, Diesel Fuel Santa Monica, CA -- The sale of "hot fuel" will bring a long, uncomfortable...
Requirement Should Be Added to Disclosure Rules Proposed by State Ethics Board Santa Monica, CA -- Politicians would not have to explain trips to golf courses, wineries or casinos in California under new disclosure ru...
NEWS RELEASE Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Santa Monica, CA -- A consumer group today released a critique of a report by MIT economist Jonathan Gruber supporting mandatory purchase of private insurance...
