Fighting Corporateering

Access to Justice

The legal system has more than its share of problems. It can be time-consuming, frustrating, expensive, emotionally-draining, and, at times, unreasonable. Still, the judicial branch has been the only remaining branch of government where the average person can reasonably expect to routinely succeed at taking on the rich and powerful.

In many cases, big corporations have succeeded at limiting liability for corporations, taking the individual's right to trial and removing the person's right to recover damages against a corporation. Consumer Watchdog works to protect the right of individuals to hold corporateers accountable in court.

Recent Articles:

3 On Your Side: DIRECTV Complaints

By Jim Donovan, CBS-TV3 (Philadelphia, PA)
August 12, 2010

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Consumer Complaints, Lawsuits Target DIRECTV

By Staff Reporters, KCBS TV-5 (San Francisco, CA)
August 10, 2010

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Mistreated Customers Try for Viral Vengeance

By Michael Stetz, THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
June 16, 2010

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Consuming Interests: Customer Service at a Cost

By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun
May 16, 2010

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Recent Posts in Fighting Corporateering:

Google facing close DOJ scrutiny on ITA

Despite what the spinmeisters over at Google's Public Policy Blog would have you believe, the Internet giant is facing tough...

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Health reform regulation scorecard: The big stuff is headed to court

Wouldn't it be great if we could all deduct our federal income and investment taxes from next year's income? And if we could also deduct that stress-reducing trip to a spa in Bora Bora? And if the government would just take our word for it? Fantasy for us, but the health insurance industry think that's what federal health reform ought to allow, on a corporate scale.

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Four House members blast Google-Verizon plan; call on FCC to act

Four members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, on Monday ...

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" Do Not Track Me" gains traction in Washington

I'm just back from a sweltering week in Washington, DC, convinced that those of us who care about protecting consumers' online privacy have reason for optimism.  There is growing interest in creating a "Do Not Track...

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Saturday in Seattle: Live demonstrators, zombie insurance lawyers, someone's caving to lobbyists

It's livelier Saturday at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting in Seattle. Most refreshing was a medium-sized street demonstration, with forays into meeting rooms, by young and old demonstrators protesting lobbyist influence on health care reform. They handed out "lobbyist disinfectant packs," including soap and face masks, and demanded that regulators do their job for consumers. The sponsor was the "Puget Sound Alliance for Retired Americans," and it was backed by Health Care for America Now, a national group that is finally engaging with vigor on regulation issues.

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