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Report Warns Uber Is Undermining Legal Accountability For Accident Victims While Expanding Use of Unproven Autonomous Vehicles, Public Safety At Risk 

Report Warns Uber Is Undermining Legal Accountability For Accident Victims While Expanding Use of Unproven Autonomous Vehicles, Public Safety At Risk 

New Bill Requires Insurance Companies to Offer and Renew Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Homes

New Bill Requires Insurance Companies to Offer and Renew Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Homes

Consumer Alert Warns CA Voters Not To Sign Uber’s ‘License to Kill’ Ballot Measure: Uber Reviving Deadly Robotaxis In Conjunction With Proposal For Loss of Legal Accountability

Consumer Alert Warns CA Voters Not To Sign Uber’s ‘License to Kill’ Ballot Measure: Uber Reviving Deadly Robotaxis In Conjunction With Proposal For Loss of Legal Accountability

Watchdog Warns Uber Users To Take A Lyft Following NY Times Report That Uber Let Violent Felons, Rapists Drive, Background Check System Built To Fail

Watchdog Warns Uber Users To Take A Lyft Following NY Times Report That Uber Let Violent Felons, Rapists Drive, Background Check System Built To Fail

LATEST INSURANCE NEWS

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CA Dept of Insurance Finds Rebuilding Fire-Safe From LA Fires Would Reduce Losses by One-Third; Survivors Back Bill Requiring Insurers to Cover Fire-Safe Homes

CA Dept of Insurance Finds Rebuilding Fire-Safe From LA Fires Would Reduce Losses by One-Third; Survivors Back Bill Requiring Insurers to Cover Fire-Safe Homes

Carmen Balber
Los Angeles, CA – A new analysis showing that insurance average annual losses would fall by one-third in the Eaton and Pacific Palisades…
Thirty-two Groups Urge Insurance Commissioner to Withdraw Proposed Intervenor Regulations; Rules Would Undermine $530 Million State Farm Settlement
Consumer Watchdog Announces Settlement in State Farm Insurance Rate Case Saving California Consumers Approximately $530 Million
Utilities, Insurers, Oil Companies Must Pay Their Fair Share, Groups Say As CEA Finalizes Study Addressing Who Pays for Catastrophes
Consumer Alert: State Farm: 4 in 5 Fire Survivors Say They’re Livin’ On A Prayer

LATEST ENERGY NEWS

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California Oil Refiners Raking In More Than $1.50 Per Gallon In Profit, Governor Newsom Needs To Bring Back Price Gouging Penalty

California Oil Refiners Raking In More Than $1.50 Per Gallon In Profit, Governor Newsom Needs To Bring Back Price Gouging Penalty

Jamie Court
Los Angeles, CA – New data shows that California oil refiners have been making more than a dollar per gallon more than they…
Assemblymember Boerner Introduces Bills To Cap Utility Profits and Require Accountability For Wildfire Prevention Spending 
5 Ways To Lower California Gasoline Prices, Which Are $2 More Than US Prices In Bay
Utilities, Insurers, Oil Companies Must Pay Their Fair Share, Groups Say As CEA Finalizes Study Addressing Who Pays for Catastrophes
New CA Gas Price Spike Fault of Newsom Energy Commission’s Oversight Failure, Legislative Hearings Warranted

LATEST HEALTHCARE NEWS

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Medical Board of California Announces Maternal Mortality Task Force

Medical Board of California Announces Maternal Mortality Task Force

Michele Monserratt-Ramos
Medical Board of California Responds to the Public’s Request for Maternal Mortality Project Announcing Plan for Maternal Mortality Task Force Los Angeles,…
Goodbye Patch

Goodbye Patch

Feb 4, 2026
Bakersfield OB/GYN Fails Competency Exam: Repeat Offender Doctor Can No Longer Practice Medicine
Consumer Watchdog Supports the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355) 119th Congress
Consumer Watchdog Sets the Record Straight on the Patient Safety Risks of Medical Board of California’s AB 408

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Report Warns Uber Is Undermining Legal Accountability For Accident Victims While Expanding Use of Unproven Autonomous Vehicles, Public Safety At Risk 

Report Warns Uber Is Undermining Legal Accountability For Accident Victims While Expanding Use of Unproven Autonomous Vehicles, Public Safety At Risk 

Justin Kloczko
Los Angeles, CA—A new report by Consumer Watchdog warns that Uber is pursuing a deceptive campaign to weaken legal accountability for motor…
A License To Kill: How Uber’s Rush To Close Courthouse Doors And Roll Out Robocars Threatens Public Safety
New CA DMV Numbers Show Uber Robotaxi Partner Nuro Could Not Go 700 Miles Without Human Intervention; Company Seeks Liability Shield Via Ballot Measure
In One Step, You Can Ask Data Brokers to Delete Your Data Right Now
Consumer Alert Details Uber Example of Surveillance Pricing

LATEST IN THE COURTROOM NEWS

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Consumer Watchdog Files New Supreme Court Brief Challenging Unlawful Tariff “Modifications” That Raise Prices For Working Families

Consumer Watchdog Files New Supreme Court Brief Challenging Unlawful Tariff “Modifications” That Raise Prices For Working Families

Will Pletcher
Organization Urges Court to Grant Review of Federal Circuit Decision Allowing Sevenfold Expansion of Section 301 China Tariffs with No Meaningful Limits…
Thirty-two Groups Urge Insurance Commissioner to Withdraw Proposed Intervenor Regulations; Rules Would Undermine $530 Million State Farm Settlement
Consumer Watchdog Announces Settlement in State Farm Insurance Rate Case Saving California Consumers Approximately $530 Million
Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs, Vindicating Consumers and the Constitution
Court of Appeal Sides with Consumer Watchdog and Coalition of Consumer Protection and Civil-Rights Organizations in Privacy and Access-to-Justice Case

LATEST ACCOUNTABILITY NEWS

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Uber’s New R2 Rivian Robotaxi Fleet Won’t Be Accountable To Drivers and Pedestrians They Injure And Kill Under Uber’s 2026 “License To Kill” CA Ballot Initiative, Report Shows

Uber’s New R2 Rivian Robotaxi Fleet Won’t Be Accountable To Drivers and Pedestrians They Injure And Kill Under Uber’s 2026 “License To Kill” CA Ballot Initiative, Report Shows

Jamie Court
Los Angeles, CA – Uber announced today a partnership to put 50,000 Rivian Robotaxis on the road, including in San Francisco.  A report (opens…
Report Warns Uber Is Undermining Legal Accountability For Accident Victims While Expanding Use of Unproven Autonomous Vehicles, Public Safety At Risk 
A License To Kill: How Uber’s Rush To Close Courthouse Doors And Roll Out Robocars Threatens Public Safety
New CA DMV Numbers Show Uber Robotaxi Partner Nuro Could Not Go 700 Miles Without Human Intervention; Company Seeks Liability Shield Via Ballot Measure
Consumer Watchdog’s Consumer Alert Challenges Uber’s Fake Super Bowl “Consumer Alert” TV Ad: Uber Really Wants Removal of Legal Accountability for Faulty Safety Checks