NJ’s “Seinfeld Bill” On Telemarketing Goes Into Effect

The New York Daily News reports:

The new year begins with a series of new laws going into effect Monday throughout the New York area.

Perhaps most notable is New Jersey’s bipartisan “Seinfeld Bill” requiring Garden State telemarketers to provide the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the company for which they’re working within 30 seconds.

The inspiration for Senate Bill 921’s nickname was a 1992 episode of the hit sitcom “Seinfeld” where comedian Jerry Seinfeld fields a call from a telemarketer and asks for that person’s name and number so he can bother them at home in the same fashion the caller is inconveniencing him.

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