Last week, Steve Pociask testified at a North Carolina Legislative Committee hearing on Auto Insurance and was quoted by a North Carolina News Network – LINK HERE.

“Washington, DC, January 25, 2012 –– In response to multiple news reports that Google will be consolidating their privacy policies and not allowing consumers to opt out, Steve Pociask, President of the American Consumer Institute, made the following statement: “The reports of Google’s privacy changes, which will allow no opt out, raises grave concerns for [...]

Read the entire article here.

The Florida Times Union article  “Floridians get the Cat Fund Troubles” mentions the American Consumer Institute survey of state insurance consumers and calls for fixing the current broken state-run insurance Cat fund.  The article can be read here.

Alan Daley, Florida research director and frequent blogger at the American Consumer Institute, wrote a great piece on how no-fault insurance regulation has led to a cottage industry of fraud in the state.  His piece was published in the Gainesville Sun and can be read here.

Zack Christenson, a regular contributor for ACI, wrote an execellent piece on how cable/video service reforms will increase competition and benefit consumers.  Zack’s piece, published on THE HILL’s “Congress Blog” is available here.

We applaud Senator Kohl and Senator Lee for standing up for consumers by raising additional concerns about Google’s dominant market power and questionable business practices, particularly given the inconsistencies in the testimony of Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. While Schmidt seemed to agree with the Senators that Google did have dominant market power during sworn [...]

ACI Experts Erwin Blackstone, Larry Darby (deceased) and Joseph Fuhr write the on the duopolies, and conclude that industry structure is not a sufficient basis for imposing regulations.  To read this study visit CATO. 

Read Julie Patel’s article in the Sun-Sentinel here.

On December 7, 2011, The Hill’s Congress Blog published Steve Pociask’s blog — “Another Opportunity to Question Google’s Practices.”