SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Dish Network agreed to pay the U.S. government and four states, including Illinois, $210 million to settle a 2009 lawsuit alleging it engaged in millions of telemarketing violations.
District Judge Sue E. Myerscough of the Central District of Illinois in Springfield entered an order Dec. 4 enforcing the settlement. The parties settled only the monetary relief portion of the case. The injunctive relief Myerscough previously awarded “remains in place and unaffected by this settlement.”
Dish Network settled its claims with the U.S. for a $126 million civil penalty. Additionally, the defendant agreed to pay $13,041,000 to Illinois, $13,986,000 to North Carolina, $17,031,000 to Ohio and $39,942,000 to California’s Public Rights Law Enforcement Special Fund used to support the investigation and prosecution of matters within the authority of the Department of Justice’s Public Rights Division.