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Report: The Trump Administration’s Stop-Work Order and Funding Freeze likely affected 32 USAID-Funded Clinical Trials

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As Public Citizen’s division fighting for a fairer global economy, Global Trade Watch works to expose and challenge trade policies that put corporate profits over people.

Under Donald Trump, that mission faces a new urgency. Trump has won two elections in part by exploiting working people’s real frustrations about an increasingly complex and unequal global economy, yet his trade agenda serves only himself and his billionaire allies.

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The climate crisis is the challenge of our time. We can fix it with solutions that will make us healthier and more economically secure. We must act quickly to make our economy run on renewable power — and ensure that disadvantaged families and displaced workers share equitably in the new economy. We also must fight the corrupting power of fossil fuel companies and ensure that energy regulators are effective and publicly accountable.

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Cahill v. Doe

October 05, 2005

A member of the Smyrna, Delaware town council sued four anonymous posters to a community blog sponsored by a local…

Alkateeb v. Does 1-15

August 10, 2005

An Arizona couple brought suit in federal court in New York against numerous anonymous persons who posted negative comments about…

Citadel Security Software v John Does 1-5

April 04, 2005

Citadel Security Software’s management dumped nearly 800,000 shares of company stock before the price collapsed. When anonymous posters on Yahoo!…

In re Cokinos

November 30, 2004

After his re-election defeat, a incumbent county commissioner sued in Texas court to identify a anonymous constituent who sent several…

Interscope Records v. Does

April 27, 2004

File Sharing – Following the D.C. Court of Appeals’ ruling in RIAA v. Verizon Internet Services, a group of music…

Digital Broadband Networks, Inc. v. Does

March 29, 2004

A Malayasian company and its president sued seven Internet posters in New Jersey state court alleging that they defamed the…

UMG Recordings Inc. v. Does

March 10, 2004

File Sharing – Following the D.C. Court of Appeals’ ruling in RIAA v. Verizon Internet Services, a group of music…

BMG Music v. Does

February 23, 2004

File Sharing – Following the D.C. Court of Appeals’ ruling in RIAA v. Verizon Internet Services, a group of music…

Equidyne Corp. v. Doe

June 17, 2003

Equidyne Corporation sued several anonymous posters alleging that, in violation of their employment agreements, they posted confidential inside information on…

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Don’t Let Big Tech Write Our Digital Privacy Laws

Corporate Crime Enforcement Plummets in Trump’s First Year, Rewards Top Donors

One in Four Federal Lobbyists Now Work on AI

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Report: The Trump Administration’s Stop-Work Order and Funding Freeze likely affected 32 USAID-Funded Clinical Trials

Public Citizen Petitions OSHA and CMS to Implement Work-Hour Regulations for Resident Physicians

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Tell Toyota: Go all-in on EVs

Climate Roadmap for U.S. Financial Regulation

Trump’s Polluter Playground: Fossil Fuel Insiders & Ideologues Prop Up Dirty Energy & Derail Clean Power

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