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News Release
6/19/2013
CONTACT Jamie Court & Carmen Balber
Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog today praised Mozilla as the nonprofit foundation announced it would move forward with addition of a setting in its popular Firefox browser to block the most intrusive tracking “cookies” by default.    Cookies are little bits of computer code that can be placed on a browser so that...
News Release
6/19/2013
CONTACT Harvey Rosenfield & Carmen Balber
Santa Monica, CA – Californians spent less per year on auto insurance in 2010 than they did in 1989, a rate reduction that no other state in the nation achieved according to a new Consumer Federation of America analysis of insurance industry data. California voters approved Proposition 103 in 1988 to regulate auto insurance rates and the...
News Release
6/17/2013
CONTACT Liza Tucker
SANTA MONICA, CA –Exide Technologies has won a temporary reprieve that prevents the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) from enforcing its shutdown of the company’s Vernon plant. That means the lead battery recycler can restart its operations, threatening Californians with renewed pollution of their air and water, Consumer...
Video
6/15/2013
Attorney Mark P. Robinson, Jr. receives Consumer Watchdog's "Phillip Burton Lifetime Legal Achievement Award" during the 2013 Rage For Justice Awards.
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6/15/2013
Opening the 2013 Rage for Justice Awards, Consumer Watchdog founder and Prop 103 author Harvey Rosenfield speaks following a short video depicting the historic battle for and defense of Proposition 103.
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6/15/2013
Consumer Watchdog's Litigation Director, Pam Pressley, introduces videos which illustrate two issues the organization has recently fought for in the courts.
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6/15/2013
Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court Introduces Citizen Activist Bob Pack As He Is Inducted Into The Consumer Advocates Hall Of Fame at the 2013 Rage For Justice Awards.
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6/15/2013
During the 2013 Rage For Justice Awards, Consumer Watchdog's Executive Director Carmen Balber introduces a video about battling a corrupt state agency which is supposed to protect California citizens from toxic substances.
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6/15/2013
CNA President Rose Ann DeMoro intdroduces Kay McVay as she is inducted into The Consumer Advocates Hall Of Fame at the 2013 Rage For Justice Awards.
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6/15/2013
J.J. Abrams Introduces Chris Moore at Consumer Watchdog's 2013 Rage For Justice Awards. Producer Chris Moore is the first recipient of the People Speak Media Award.