NY Agency Reminds That Unsolicited Telemarketing Calls Are Prohibited During State of Emergency
The New York State Division of Consumer Protection is again reminding businesses and consumers about a State law related to telemarketing activity du...
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Appeals Court Upholds Finding That Service Provider Is Liable For Robocalls Made By Contracted Agent
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has upheld a lower court's ruling which found DISH Network liable for telemarketing violati...
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State AGs, Phone Companies Make It Easier To Prosecute Robocall Bad Actors
Fifty-one attorneys general and 12 phone companies have agreed to adopt eight principles to fight illegal robocalls, and, as described by the Connecti...
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Report: New York ESCO Using Half-Ring/To Voicemail Sales Tactic
The Albany Times-Union reports that an ESCO, or agent on the ESCO's behalf, is using a form of telemarketing wherein the sales call will ring for ...
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NY Columnist: ESCOs Haven’t Fulfilled Promise
Marlene Kennedy, in a column for The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) says New York ESCOs have not fulfilled their promise, and hoped that the PSC wou...
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Retail Supplier To Pay $1.1 Million In Class Action Telemarketing Settlement
Alpha Gas and Electric, LLC recently entered into a settlement under which it would pay $1.1 million under a class action settlement to resolve allega...
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Utility Warns of Possible Deceptive Energy Telemarketing
SEMCO Energy Gas Company issued a news release alerting customers of, "possible deceptive telemarketing tactics targeting natural gas customers in the...
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Retail Supplier Sues Telemarketing Vendor Over Alleged Do-Not-Call Violations
AEP Energy has filed a lawsuit against telemarketing vendor Infinity Marketing Group d/b/a Infinity Energy Solutions, alleging that the vendor falsely...
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REC Broker Warns MA Customers About Telephone Energy "Scam" Using Name "MA Energy"
The Mass Energy Consumers Alliance, which offers RECs under the utilities' REC-add programs for basic service customers, has warned customers to "watc...
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Police Warn of Power Supply Solicitors
Police in Charleston, Illinois are warning residents about retail energy marketers soliciting customers door-to-door and by phone.
City official stre...
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City Clerk Warns on Electricity Supplier Calls
The News Tribune reports that the clerk of Earlville, Illinois, which runs a municipal aggregation, recently warned residents about electricity suppli...
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