Cox Inks $10.75M Deal To End Debt Collection Robocall Suit
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Cox Communications Inc. has agreed to pay nearly $11 million to get itself off the business end of a class action accusing it of making illegal robocalls in order to collect customer debts, an Arizona federal court was told. The court was informed in May that the parties had reached a...
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