The proprietor of a shifting and storage firm in Maine has agreed to pay $125,000 and cease utilizing the corporate’s electronic mail to threaten authorized motion for unfavourable buyer opinions, in accordance with a consent judgment and order for injunction filed Jan. 24 within the U.S. district court docket.
The Maine Legal professional Common’s Workplace filed the grievance towards Liberty Bell Transferring & Storage Inc. and its proprietor, Kevin V. Finkenaur, over the summer time for alleged violations of the federal Client Evaluate Equity Act, the Maine Unfair Commerce Practices Act, and rules for enterprise that interact in interstate shifting operations. The corporate’s web site “falsely promote[d] that ‘[w]e encourage our clients to go away trustworthy opinions of their expertise with us,’” the complaint cited.
