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Coming together, pushing back

Tuesday, April 9, 2013
By | Jon Fox
Consumer Advocate

 

Observations from the annual National Conference on Media Reform.

Supreme Court hears arguments on ‘Pay for Delay’ Case

Monday, March 25, 2013
By | Wesley Samms
Health Care Advocate

Big Pharma’s anti-competitive practice costs consumers $3.5 billion a year. The 1984 Hatch-Waxman Act was originally intended to increase the availability of generic drugs by allowing generic manufacturers to challenge the patents of name-brand drugs. What emerged in the aftermath was a practice where patent-holding pharmaceutical companies simply paid generic manufacturers not to challenge their patents, thus delaying the release of generic drugs for years. 

Free Cookies - Strings Attached

Thursday, March 7, 2013
By | Jon Fox
Consumer Advocate

The price consumers pay to access most online content is the tracking of their every click on the World Wide Web by data miners and ad networks. Consumer and privacy advocates are seeking to address such online tracking through Do-Not-Track regulation.

Public Utility De-Regulation: A Losing Game for Consumers

Friday, January 18, 2013
By | Jon Fox
Consumer Advocate

San Francisco Chronicle reportes that state de-regulation of copper-wire phone lines leads to skyrocketing price hikes for consumers.

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