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The Vancouver Sun (British Columbia, Canada)


California consumer activists are trying to create a three-strikes-and-you’re-out law for corporations, backing a bill that would bar a company from doing business in California if it’s convicted of three felonies in a 10-year period. “If this is good enough for individual felons in California, it’s certainly appropriate for the Enrons of the world,” says Carmen Balber, with the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.

Carmen Balber

Carmen Balber

Consumer Watchdog executive director Carmen Balber has been with the organization for nearly two decades. She spent four years directing the group’s Washington, D.C. office where she advocated for key health insurance market reforms that were ultimately enacted into law as part of the Affordable Care Act.

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