Word: sues
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...school has forbidden tag--as well as touch football and all other "chase" games--during recess, a move that made national headlines. As in schools from South Carolina to Wyoming that have implemented similar bans recently, Attleboro administrators cite fears that children could get hurt and their parents might sue. According to some parents, another factor was concern that such games could hurt self-esteem if, say, one kid were always...
...Wootan should know. In January, the CSPI filed notice of intent to sue media giant Viacom, the owner of popular children's network Nickelodeon, and Kellogg for allegedly harming children's health by using popular cartoon characters to market junk food on packaging and advertising on kid-friendly websites and top-rated kids' television shows. Wootan says negotiations with Kellogg are going well, but expects CSPI will sue Nickelodeon...
...appeals court, though, took the novel but not unheard-of position that the law required it to think of Brown as essentially an idiot, or in legal terms, "the least sophisticated debtor." Viewed this way, Brown could easily have understood the letter as a threat to sue. She now gets the chance to prove her claim that the Card Service Center almost never sues and, therefore, the letter was deceptive. If she wins, she and other members of the class can recoup whatever losses they actually suffered (compensation for a job lost, say, or a mortgage application rejected because...
...things considered, it's nice to know that debt collectors can't threaten to sue you unless they mean it. But how do you know whether they mean it? Flitter offers some tips: If the debt is under $1,000, the letter is from an out-of-state lawyer, or the debt is too old (more than four years, in most states), then they're probably bluffing...
...Knowing that doesn't get you off the hook for the debt, of course. But I suppose it has at least one advantage: You can tell the debt collector to back off or you'll sue. And unlike him, you don't even have to mean...