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Why State Antitrust Enforcement is Bad Policy
Action Alerts
By: Helen Chaney
7.16.2001
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, has requested—and the Assembly and Senate have supported—a roughly 400-percent budget increase for his office to prosecute antitrust complaints against the high-tech sector. This measure, if passed, will harm consumers by arming a campaign to capture private benefits at the public’s expense.
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Trial Lawyers Win, Consumers and Tech Industry Lose
Action Alerts
6.13.2001
It’s no secret that California’s economy has been hit hard by the dot-com bust and electricity crisis. However, what’s been lost in public debate are the wacky bills, concerning availability of discovery documents, recently passed by California legislators.
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Why Price Controls are the Wrong Prescription
Action Alerts
By: Laura Dykes
6.13.2001
Senior citizens are alarmed by their increased spending on prescription drugs. Unfortunately, some lawmakers have offered a solution to this problem without understanding the ailment.
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Big Brother’s Bait-and-Switch on Medical Privacy
Action Alerts
By: Laura Dykes
6.13.2001
The clock is ticking on legislation that would stop the government from accessing your medical data. If Congress does not pass the Medical Privacy Protection Resolution, House Joint Resolution 38, to repeal the medical privacy regulation by Friday, June 15, then you may lose your medical privacy.
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Reimportation: No Solution to Prescription Drug Woes
Action Alerts
By: Laura Dykes
5.14.2001
Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush supported reimportation of pharmaceuticals as a solution to prescription drug woes. But now Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson suggests he opposes reimportation as a risk to public health.
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Help Consumers by Tying Up a Corporate Loophole
Action Alerts
By: Helen Chaney
5.3.2001
A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order released April 27 may be the first step in tying up a loophole that is lucrative for competitive local phone carriers, such as Pac-West or Focal, but bad for consumers. The order centers around something called "reciprocal compensation."
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Online Privacy: A Conversation with Silicon Valley
Action Alerts
4.26.2001
While Congress considers new privacy laws, Silicon Valley leaders are discussing how privacy means many things to many people. This makes it imperative that privacy levels remain a personal choice that individuals, not government, make.
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Cash Versus Coupons: The True Winner in the Case Against Microsoft
Action Alerts
By: Helen Chaney
1.25.2001
Microsoft officials were elated when a Fourth Circuit judge recently threw out portions of the private antitrust lawsuits filed by consumers, saying that they could not sue the company because they did not purchase Windows directly from Microsoft. This victory comes as bad news to trial lawyers—the prime beneficiaries of these cases.
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Great Deal for Teachers, Raw Deal for Kids
Action Alerts
By: Thomas Dawson
11.3.2000
During an election year, fanciful ideas masquerade as serious policy proposals, offering simple solutions to complex problems. A case in point is U.S. Senate candidate Hillary Clinton’s suggestion that the federal government supplement teacher salaries in school districts across the country.
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