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...class-action lawsuit against the collection agency. Her lawyer, Cary Flitter, argued that, because the agency never intended to sue, only to scare her and some 13,000 others who had received similar letters in Pennsylvania, it had engaged in a "deceptive" practice prohibited by federal law. A U.S. district court had already dismissed this argument, pointing out that the letter said merely that nonpayment "could result in a legal suit, "which was certainly true, so Flitter was swimming upstream. But on Sept. 29, the appeals court reversed the district court, and told Brown she had a case...
...abuses that the act specifically barred was any "threat to take action ... that is not intended to be taken," a provision that clearly covered an empty threat to sue. But in Brown's case, the district court said the word "could" meant that Brown hadn't received a threat, only a statement that legal action "was possible," sort of a heads-up that other courts seemed to find acceptable...
Cambridge-area schools have seen a significant drop in reports of misbehavior and rule infractions, a subcommittee reported to the Cambridge Public School Committee last night. Using high school incident reports from the past two school years, a subcommittee made up of school district officials and principals reported significant decreases in infractions including tardiness, classroom disruption, and verbal altercations. The committee discussed specific measures to further decrease the level and degree of misbehavior in the local schools. Although the committee noted that discipline reporting may not be consistent across classrooms, acting Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) principal Christopher Saheed...
...labor groups, a phalanx of influential African-American ministers, and most prominently, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. "It's across the board, and it's wide and deep, and it shows the support we continue to have, the great reservoir of goodwill we continue to enjoy in this district," Jefferson said at the red-bean-and-hot-dog-fueled opening of his New Orleans campaign headquarters this month. The election could hinge on the 40,000 displaced voters who drove in or voted absentee in the last mayoral race, helping Nagin coast to a second term. "We know who those...
...flying. But on the surface, at least, the campaign appears low-key: few television ads have aired, Jefferson skipped a September candidate forum, and no recent polls have been announced. The incumbent touts his connections in Congress and his record of bringing big-money projects home to the district, including Katrina recovery funds for schools and streetcar repairs, as reason enough to deserve reelection. His opponents, for the most part, are appealing for change rather than risk alienating voters by attacking Jefferson outright...