{"id":622,"date":"2014-07-28T19:47:10","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T19:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=622"},"modified":"2024-04-02T20:51:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T00:51:40","slug":"2-6-million-tcpa-settlement-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fslawfirm.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/2-6-million-tcpa-settlement-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"$2.6 MIllion TCPA Settlement in New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 17, 2014, a federal judge in the case, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bais Yaakov of Spring Valley v. 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