Telemarketing calls are an unyielding annoyance of the modern world- constantly irritating you and refusing to ever stop, no matter how hard you wish they would. They'll even call on you birthday, ...

The Federal Trade Commission announced updated fees on Tuesday for telemarketers — which can include the BDC and service departments at dealerships — who are accessing phone numbers on the National Do ...

Seventy-five percent of New Yorkers have registered their number in the National Do Not Call Registry but the New York Department of State's Division of Consumer Protection is pushing for more to add ...

Everything you need to know about the do-not-call list and stopping the calls. Nov. 12, 2007 — -- The Federal Trade Commission has penalized six companies a total of $7.7 million for calling ...

Telemarketers who violate the Do Not Call registry can expect their fines in New York to nearly double as a result of legislation signed into law Wednesday. The move amends New York's general business ...

Join the Do Not Call Registry and rest easy. May 30, 2013 — -- If your phone rings incessantly during the dinner hour with offers of "free" cruises or low-interest credit cards, consider adding ...

Two thoughts sprang to mind last week after an Oklahoma federal judge ruled that the Federal Trade Commission had overstepped its authority by creating a national "do-not-call list" against ...

The nation's largest telemarketing association Sunday said its members would voluntarily comply with the government's do-not-call list Wednesday, even though a federal judge has ruled that the ...

DeMayo Law Offices, a North Carolina personal injury law firm, and its legal intake service provider were hit with a consumer class action alleging they violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ...

WASHINGTON -- Telemarketers will be free to make sales pitches next week to people who registered for the national do-not-call list, the government said Friday. At the same time, the industry's ...

Telemarketers yesterday filed two separate lawsuits against the Federal Trade Commission to try and stop a regulation that would restrict their calls to consumers. The “do-not-call” program, first ...