DISH Network Corporation Statement Regarding FTC Do-Not-Call Lawsuit
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – March 25, 2009 – DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) today issued the following statement regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against its wholly-owned subsidiary, DISH Network L.L.C., for alleged “do-not-call” violations:
“We respectfully disagree with the allegations made today by the Federal Trade Commission and certain States that DISH Network has engaged in ‘do-not-call’ violations and that DISH Network should be held responsible for ‘do-not-call’ violations by independent retailers. An independent audit demonstrates that DISH Network is in compliance with ‘do-not-call’ laws, has proper controls in place, and is well within the safe-harbor provisions of the law. We also believe that the FTC is equating merely doing business with an independent retailer to ‘causing’ or ‘assisting and facilitating’ violations by that retailer, which creates a strict liability standard that does not exist in the law and was not intended by Congress. We look forward to resolving these differences of opinion through the judicial process."
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – March 25, 2009 – DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) today issued the following statement regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against its wholly-owned subsidiary, DISH Network L.L.C., for alleged “do-not-call” violations:
“We respectfully disagree with the allegations made today by the Federal Trade Commission and certain States that DISH Network has engaged in ‘do-not-call’ violations and that DISH Network should be held responsible for ‘do-not-call’ violations by independent retailers. An independent audit demonstrates that DISH Network is in compliance with ‘do-not-call’ laws, has proper controls in place, and is well within the safe-harbor provisions of the law. We also believe that the FTC is equating merely doing business with an independent retailer to ‘causing’ or ‘assisting and facilitating’ violations by that retailer, which creates a strict liability standard that does not exist in the law and was not intended by Congress. We look forward to resolving these differences of opinion through the judicial process."
