Do-not-call registry coverage
National do-not-call list scrutinized
Two years after the National Do Not Call Registry took effect -- and with more than 100 million numbers enrolled -- dinner-time conversations are still being interrupted by telemarketing calls. Read more ...
Finally, a 'deceased-do-not-contact' list for marketers
NEW YORK - The nation's largest direct marketing group set up a registry yesterday to remove dead people from its telemarketing, e-mail and direct mail lists - for a $1 fee. Read more ...
AT&T facing fine on no-call rules
WASHINGTON -- AT&T faces a $780,000 fine for reaching out and touching consumers who had asked to be left alone, federal regulators said today. Read more ...
Don't-call list enforcement dubious
The national do-not-call list went into effect today, but a complex legal fight has made it impossible for the government to judge its ability to stop unwanted calls from telemarketers. Read more ...
Telemarketing officials on registry
The home telephone numbers of 11 top executives of the Direct Marketing Association, which has waged a bitter court battle to kill a federal no-call list, are on the new registry, which would make them off-limits to those annoying sales calls. Read more ...
Okla. judge flooded with calls
U.S. District Judge Lee R. West's telephone has not stopped ringing since he sided with telemarketers seeking to block a popular national do-not-call list. Read more ...
Don't call us, Wis. consumers say
A flood of last-minute callers to Wisconsin's consumer protection agency are trying to squeeze onto the state's new no-call list for telemarketers. Read more ...
