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David Lazarus

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David Lazarus is an award-winning business columnist for the Los Angeles Times, focusing on consumer affairs. He also appears daily on KTLA-TV Channel 5 and is a part-time radio host. His work appears in newspapers across the country and has resulted in a variety of laws protecting consumers.

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Column: Why can’t Californians drive? The DMV’s lousy handbook is partly to blame

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Column: Why can’t Californians drive? The DMV’s lousy handbook is partly to blame

The DMV admits its driver handbook “is written at a level that is above where it should be,” which means much of it is incomprehensible to ordinary people.
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Newsletter: Privacy-minded consumer groups say the kids aren’t all right

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Newsletter: Privacy-minded consumer groups say the kids aren’t all right

Coalition calls on FTC to review how companies are marketing to children and tracking them online.
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Column: UC Berkeley ‘very concerned’ about its own dubious marketing scheme

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Column: UC Berkeley ‘very concerned’ about its own dubious marketing scheme

The university hired a firm that mailed out a “confidential survey” designed to prompt people to purchase health-related books costing about $100.
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Column: Trump again promises a plan to reduce drug prices. It won’t work

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Column: Trump again promises a plan to reduce drug prices. It won’t work

If the president was serious about addressing stratospheric drug prices, he would be proposing more aggressive measures -- such as allowing Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies.
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Column: My gift to businesses: How not to be racist, insensitive and reckless

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Column: My gift to businesses: How not to be racist, insensitive and reckless

For Black Friday, a suggestion that large companies create a new position: a “vice president of you-can’t-be-serious.”
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Column: These holiday scams are heavy on naughty, totally lacking in nice

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Column: These holiday scams are heavy on naughty, totally lacking in nice

From gift-card rackets to online fraud, consumers are under near-constant assault amid what some analysts are calling the country’s first-ever trillion-dollar holiday season.
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Newsletter: Those Black Friday deals? They’re not as good as you think

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Newsletter: Those Black Friday deals? They’re not as good as you think

The dirty little secret of Black Friday — and its cousin, Cyber Monday — is that the best deals are still to come.
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Column: We’re swamped with 182 million robocalls a day. Is a solution finally here?

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Column: We’re swamped with 182 million robocalls a day. Is a solution finally here?

Telecom-industry insiders say work is rapidly progressing on a system called “Shaken/Stir,” which could go a long way toward making your phone usable again.
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Column: Here’s why Californians with health coverage are being hit with surprise fees

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Column: Here’s why Californians with health coverage are being hit with surprise fees

If a life or health insurer goes bust, other insurance companies will step in to help cover policyholders. In California, insurers can pass along these costs to customers.
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Newsletter: Nike tells Amazon, ‘I’m just not that into you’

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Newsletter: Nike tells Amazon, ‘I’m just not that into you’

The sportswear giant says it will pull its products — from shoes to jerseys — from the e-commerce behemoth because it wants to create its own direct ties to online shoppers.

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