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LEGAL/REGULATORY

USPS to Purchase New Sorting Equipment
Apr 3, 2008 7:59 AM
The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors approved funding to purchase The 550 Advanced Facer Canceller System (AFCS) technology to postmark letters faster and sort them better. ...

Bare Bones
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Larry Riggs and; Ray Schultz
Postal reform works. The rate hike that takes effect May 12 is the lowest in memory: an average of 2.88%. And some mail classes are getting even less than that. ...

In Good Shape
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Larry Riggs
New mail formats could be the cure for DMers' postal headaches ...

Telemarketing

Wachovia to Pay $125 Million in Phone Fraud Case
Apr 26, 2008 3:42 PM, By Larry Riggs
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has reached a settlement with Wachovia Bank, N.A. directing the bank to pay about $125 million in restitution to consumers harmed by its relationships with several telemarketers and third-party payment processors. ...

FTC Settles With Alleged Canadian Phone Scammers
Apr 11, 2008 9:45 AM
Charles P. Farrugia, a defendant in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against a telemarketing scheme based in Canada, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for his role in allegedly scamming American businesses into paying for business directories and listings they didn’t order. ...

Alleged Mortgage Scammers Arrested and Shut Down
Mar 24, 2008 8:13 AM
The mortgage crisis took an ugly new turn last week when several alleged scammers were arrested in California and their businesses closed. The defendants telemarketed homeowners to offer fraudulent loans, then used “psychological pressure, forgery, and outright lies” to close the sale, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. said in a statement. ...

Online/Spam

Colorado Governor Signs Anti-Spam Bill
Apr 26, 2008 3:37 PM, By Ken Magill
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter last week signed an anti-spam bill into law apparently aiming to give Internet service providers and the state’s attorney general a stronger weapon in the fight against spam while staying within the confines of the preemption provisions in the Can Spam Act of 2003. ...

Online Retailer Agrees to Protect Consumer Data
Apr 20, 2008 5:34 PM
An online seller of environmentally friendly clothing has agreed to clean up its act when protecting consumer data. Life Is Good Inc. signed a consent order with the Federal Trade Commission, and it was approved by the commission last week by a 4-0 vote after a 30-day comment period. ...

Man Pleads Guilty to 'Botnet' ID Theft: FBI
Apr 20, 2008 5:21 PM
In the first case of its kind in the U.S., a man pleaded guilty last week to federal charges stemming from his use of “botnets”-armies of compromised computers-to steal people’s identities by extracting information from their personal computers and intercepting their e-mails, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced last week. ...

Other

U.S. Court Upholds Ruling vs. So-Called Supplement DMers
Apr 17, 2008 7:45 AM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a district court ruling requiring the direct marketers of “Seasilver”, an alleged phony cure-all, to pay nearly $120 million for failing to pay $3 million in consumer redress, according to the Federal Trade Commission. ...

Florida Sues 'Foreclosure Services' Firm
Apr 7, 2008 8:03 AM
A Florida firm is in big trouble following allegations that it preys on foreclosure victims. ...

TJX to Pay $24 Million in MasterCard Settlement
Apr 4, 2008 8:03 AM
The TJX Cos. Inc. have reached a settlement with MasterCard International Inc. that will pay card issuers up to $24 million in connection with credit card data breach claims made against the clothing retailer. ...

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