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TEEN SON OF DISTINGUISHED ARM INDUSTRY PRO KILLED IN TRAGIC ACCIDENT
- Tragedy struck the ARM industry on Friday when Jack Nicholson, the 16-year-old son of Donna Nicholson Stief, died after being hit in an eight-car accident outside of his high school in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
CLASS-ACTION FDCPA SUIT FILED OVER ALLEGED LEGAL LANGUAGE IN LETTER
- A plaintiff in Florida has filed a class-action lawsuit against a collection law firm and a debt buyer for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by implying in two collection letters that a legal action had been taken against the plaintiff when no such suit had been filed.
APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS RULING DISMISSING TCPA SUIT OVER NOT FOLLOWING OPT-OUT INSTRUCTIONS
- The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s decision to dismiss a Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuit because the plaintiff did not revoke consent to receive text messages in the proper manner.
PEOPLE MOVING ABROAD TO AVOID REPAYING STUDENT LOANS
- A published report spotlights three individuals who moved abroad from the United States for one reason — to get out from under their student loans. One man moved to India, another is now a permanent resident in the Ukraine, and the third is living in Japan. All three sought a life outside of the United States because they could not make ends meet while working their jobs and trying to cover their expenses, including tens of thousands of dollars in student loans.
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