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...sure if it would have occurred anyway or because of the suit,” he said of the government’s decision...
...settle the suit, Staples gave out $7.50 coupons to the first 1,200 shoppers at its 64 Massachusetts locations. The coupons were valid for that day only...
...Then came the letter from Card Service Center, a debt collection firm. It said Brown had to pay $1,874 within five days, and her "refusal to cooperate could result in a legal suit being filed for collection of the account." That meant, the letter added, presumably for clarity, "forwarding this account to our attorney...
...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...
...tough talk, as is so often the case in Washington, will remain just talk. This year states have passed laws of varying strength banning the practice - California recently became the 15th one, although the bill won't take effect until January - but the feds have been slow to follow suit. In the absence of a national law, the five people connected to the HP case were indicted under California state fraud statutes, but their lawyers are expected to challenge whether these even cover pretexting; the statutes would have to be interpreted expansively to do so, and one attorney is looking...