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Memberships at The Arena Martial Arts
July 2020: The claims against The Arena Martial Arts were dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled..
October 2019: The claims against ABC Financial were dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled..
2018: A class-action lawsuit was filed against The Arena Martial Arts (a health, fitness, and training studio) and ABC Financial Services (a company that processes payments and memberships for health and fitness studios) for allegedly violating California state law by, among other things, automatically placing members in a month-to-month agreement after the initial agreement ends, requiring members to pay to cancel their automatic renewals, and failing to adequately disclose terms of the membership agreements. The complaint was originally filed in May 2018 and amended in December 2018. (McKean et al v. ABC Financial Services, Inc. and The Arena Martial Arts, Case No. 18-cv-923, S.D. Cal.)
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