The settlement also prohibits Mizell and Holbrook from transferring their customer lists so that these consumers will not be pursued by other telemarketers. The FTC votes to file the amended complaint adding Holbrook as a defendant and the consent judgments settling the charges against Mizell, Holbrook and Crestwood were 5-0, with Commissioner Mary L. Azcuenaga issuing a concurring statement in which she said she believed that the settlement should have prohibited Holbrook and Mizell from using unauthorized demand drafts in any context, not just in connection with a telemarketing operation. The papers were filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, late on Friday, June 21. They require court approval to be binding on the defendants. A consent judgment is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by the defendant of a law violation.
Consent judgments have the force of law when signed by the judge.