Protecting Democracy [1]

American democracy is in jeopardy, from the disastrous Citizens United ruling that flooded our politics with corporate cash to the immoral assault on voting rights. We work every day to defend against these threats and advance bold reforms.

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Coalition Calls on Americans to Reject Trump’s Threat to the Rule of Law and U.S. Democracy

Working With The Not Above the Law Coalition to Call for January 6th Justice
Making Government Work [2]

The U.S. government should work for the public, not corporations or industry. It should safeguard consumers, workers and the environment, and be funded well enough to do so. The budget process must not be obstructed by partisanship.

Get Corporate Money Out of Politics

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How Corporate Lobbyists Use the Executive Branch to Halt Progress

It’s Time to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget to Fund People, Not Military Contractors
Consumer & Worker Safeguards [3]

Every day, big banks, big polluters and big tech companies are threatening our economy, our environment and our democracy – sacrificing Main Street Americans and our families on the altar of corporate profits. Public Citizen advocates for ordinary people by taking on corporate interests and their cronies in government.

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Poll: 71% of Voters Support Strong Regulation to Protect the Public

Amazon’s Pandemic Price Gouging Shows Need for New Federal Law
Safe & Affordable Drugs & Devices [4]

Prescription drugs are unaffordable and new drugs and devices often are approved without being proven safe and effective. Public Citizen challenges Big Pharma, device manufacturers and federal regulators to make drugs and medical devices safe, effective and accessible to all.

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Health Care [5]

Health care in the U.S. leaves too many people out, costs too much and doesn’t meet acceptable standards of quality. Much of the care that we get is unaffordable, unnecessary or harmful. Public Citizen advocates Medicare for All, stronger oversight of dangerous doctors and safe clinical trials.

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Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2017-2019

Statement: FDA Must Reject Tanezumab as a Treatment for Osteoarthritis Due to Unacceptable Dangers, Little to No Benefit
Globalization & Trade [6]

Our Mission

Global Trade Watch’s mission is to ensure that in this era of globalization, a majority have the opportunity to enjoy economic security, a healthy environment, safe food, medicines and products, access to quality affordable services such as health care and the exercise of democratic decision-making about the matters that affect our lives. Global Trade Watch has led the fight against corporate-rigged “trade” agreements that provide special powers for Big Pharma to raise medicine prices, promote the outsourcing of jobs to low-wage countries and undermine the food safety and other safeguards on which our families rely. For decades, we have fought for progressive alternatives that benefit people and the planet.

President Biden: No Secrecy in Indo-Pacific Trade Talks

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Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)

Undemocratic WTO Processes Produce Shameful Result on Intellectual Property and Covid at 12th WTO Ministerial
Climate & Energy [7]

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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Climate Roadmap for U.S. Financial Regulation

Toyota’s Troubling Electric Vehicle Track Record
Justice & the Courts [8]

Litigation can remedy or deter wrongdoing, impact policy and meaningfully slow abuses of power. Whether suing on behalf of our members to ensure the honest functioning of government, or representing individual consumers seeking redress in court, our litigation draws on our expertise in administrative law, constitutional law, and government transparency.

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Case Library

Internet Free Speech — Miscellaneous Remove

Prestigious Pets LLC v. Duchouquette

April 30, 2018

Nondisparagement Clauses – A Dallas pet-sitting company brought a small claims proceeding against a couple in Plano, Texas, after one…

Welter v. Does

June 22, 2017

Collusive Consent Orders Directed at Google Listings – An Arizona woman (Welter) became the focus of unflattering local and national…

Smith v. Levin

May 12, 2017

A lawsuit was filed in the name of a California debt relief company, Rescue One Financial, and Bradley Smith, its…

Hassell v. Bird

September 30, 2016

Liability of Web Site Operators – A lawyer in Los Angeles sued a former client for defamation after the client…

Smith v. Garcia

September 08, 2016

Collusive Consent Orders Directed at Google Listings – A pro se complaint was filed in federal court in Rhode Island…

Small Justice LLC v Xcentric Ventures LLC

June 14, 2016

Liability of Web Site Operators – After a nasty review about Boston lawyer Richard Goren was posted on Ripoff Report,…

Anthes v. Callender

November 10, 2015

Prior Restraints (such as injunctions against defamation) – A disappointed customer of a firm that specializes in helping would-be entrepreneurs…

Palmer v. KlearGear.com

November 04, 2015

Nondisparagement Clauses – In 2008, John Palmer ordered Christmas gifts online from a web merchant called KlearGear.com. The gifts never…

Med Express v. Nicholls

September 17, 2015

EBay seller Med Express sued two customers for libel on the theory that posting truthful criticisms of their experiences buying…

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Tell Congress: Pass the Protecting Our Democracy Act

Coalition Calls on Americans to Reject Trump’s Threat to the Rule of Law and U.S. Democracy

Working With The Not Above the Law Coalition to Call for January 6th Justice

Get Corporate Money Out of Politics

How Corporate Lobbyists Use the Executive Branch to Halt Progress

It’s Time to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget to Fund People, Not Military Contractors

Don’t Let Big Tech Write Our Digital Privacy Laws

Poll: 71% of Voters Support Strong Regulation to Protect the Public

Amazon’s Pandemic Price Gouging Shows Need for New Federal Law

Fight Pharma Greed

Win Medicare for All

Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2017-2019

Statement: FDA Must Reject Tanezumab as a Treatment for Osteoarthritis Due to Unacceptable Dangers, Little to No Benefit

Our Mission

President Biden: No Secrecy in Indo-Pacific Trade Talks

Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)

Undemocratic WTO Processes Produce Shameful Result on Intellectual Property and Covid at 12th WTO Ministerial

Tell Toyota: Go all-in on EVs

Climate Roadmap for U.S. Financial Regulation

Toyota’s Troubling Electric Vehicle Track Record

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