While NCPG operates and maintains the hotline, it licenses the right to use the number nationally from the CCGNJ for a $150,000 annual fee. The initial three-year agreement expired in May, but NCPG has attempted to take up an option to extend the deal.
NCPG exercised its contractual right to file for a restraining order to prevent the hotline being shut down until the dispute is resolved, and was subsequently granted a temporary restraining order against the CCGNJ by a New Jersey court that keeps the hotline up and running until Aug. 26.
NCPG Director of Communications Cait Huble told SBC Americas that the national council has submitted a request to the American Arbitration Association (AAA) “in accordance with the provisions of the original license agreement” with the CCGNJ. ..
