Verizon Unit Fined Over Pa. Postcards.(Bell Atlantic Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Multichannel News, August, 2000 by HAUGSTED, LINDA
Bell Atlantic-Pa. Inc. will pay $250,000 to end a lawsuit brought by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection over a lobbying campaign during which postcards were sent to legislators without the permission of consumers whose names appeared on them.
Legislators were suspicious of the mail blitz, which was purportedly generated by telephone customers supportive of Bell Atlantic's move into long-distance services. Suspicions turned into a lawsuit when at least one lawmaker received a postcard from a constituent whom the legislator knew to be dead.
Executives of Bell Atlantic-Pa., now part of Verizon Communications, signed a document called an assurance of voluntary compliance, although the company admitted no wrongdoing. The telco was accused...
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