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Consumer Watchdog's attorneys advocate for consumers' rights and seek to hold corporations and government officials accountable in the courts and before regulatory agencies.

We specialize in the areas of insurance and health care reform, public official accountability, and billing and other service abuses by cell phone companies and other corporations. We also defend in the courts legislation and ballot initiatives that Consumer Watchdog has sponsored. Some of our most recent victories include:

• Auto insurer refunds $22.5 million to policyholders to settle lawsuit over surcharges;
• Insurance companies lose lawsuit to overturn key consumer protection rules;
• Court rejects lousy class action settlement at Consumer Watchdog's urging;
• Farmers Insurance agrees to refund $1.2 million, pay $2 million in regulatory action against "Use It and Lose It" practice;
• Won an appellate decision overturning California legislation that would have allowed insurers to surcharge motorists who did not have prior insurance, in direct violation of voter approved Proposition 103; and
• Challenging several California insurance company rate change proposals and saving Californians nearly $1 billion

We are prosecuting several consumer protection lawsuits, including:

• A nationwide class action brought against AT&T and Cingular for improper charges, unfair practices and degraded service in the wake of the 2004 merger of the two cell phone providers;
• A California action against Safeco Insurance for illegally surcharging customers who had a lapse in insurance or had previously been uninsured; and
• A case against a health insurer that illegally rescinded a policyholder's coverage after they got sick.

If you want to let us know about a company that is ripping you off, file a consumer complaint.