Marketer Agrees to Pay $40M to Settle Lumber Company’s Blast Fax Class Suit

Marketing company Interline Brands Inc. has agreed to pay $40 million to settle class claims that it sent thousands of unsolicited faxed advertisements that don’t comply with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s opt-out notice requirements, according to a proposed settlement agreement filed Nov. 17 in federal district court (Craftwood Lumber Co. v. Interline Brands, Inc.proposed settlement filed).

Interline Brands, based in Jacksonville, Fla., is one of the largest marketers and distributors of maintenance, repair and operations products for nonindustrial businesses in the U.S., according to the plaintiff’s first amended complaint.

If approved, the no-fault settlement, filed in ...