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Company: Dish Network
Current Parent Company: EchoStar Corporation
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Penalty: $126,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: December 7, 2020
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Secondary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: DISH Network LLC agreed to pay $126 million in civil penalties to the United States for placing millions of telemarketing calls in violation of the Federal Trade Commission's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). At the same time, it agreed to pay $84 million to settle litigation on the issue brough by a group of states; see separate entry.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Colorado
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous manufacturing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications equipment
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.