Attorney General Brnovich Fighting to Hold Robocallers Accountable Published: 07 February 2021 07 February 2021
Phoenix, Arizona - Attorney General Brnovich announced Tuesday that he is part of a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys general seeking to ensure their offices can continue to fight against unwanted and harassing robocalls. Specifically, General Brnovich filed an amicus brief in Lindenbaum v. Realgy, arguing that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) robocall ban was enforceable from 2015 to 2020.
On November 2, 2015, Congress amended the TCPA to permit robocalls made “solely” to collect a debt “owed to or guaranteed by the United States,” even without the prior express consent of the called party. The exception allowed for calls and texts to collect on debts owed or guaranteed to the federal government. In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) invalidated that exception and severed it from the rest of the TCPA. Later, a district court
February begins on better note for Coonoor tea auction
February 08, 2021
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February has begun on a better note for tea trade in The Nilgiris as the earnings at the first auction for the month conducted by Coonoor Tea Trade Association rose to ₹16.35 crore from ₹13.90 crore in the last auction of January.
This means, the earnings increased by ₹2.45 crore in just one week – in the first auction after the Budget was presented.
This happened because 12.19 lakh kg was sold against 10.51 lakh kg in the previous week despite the average price rising to ₹ 134.11 per kg from ₹ 133.25 in end January.
After two weeks, price crossing ₹ 300/kg was noticed. The Red Dust grade tea of bought leaf factory Homedale Estate, auctioned by Global Tea Brokers, topped the entire auctions this week when Dhruv Enterprises bought it for ₹ 301 per kg.