Dish Network Telemarketing Class Certified

Dish Network LLC will have to face a certified class of consumers who allege the company and its authorized dealer engaged in improper telemarketing (Krakauer v. Dish Network, LLC, 2015 BL 291061, M.D.N.C., 1:14-cv-00333-CCE-JEP, 9/9/15).

The plaintiffs were certified as a class under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 in a Sept. 9 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

They allege Dish violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making phone solicitations to people who listed their phone numbers on the National Do Not Call (NDNC) Registry as well as the ...