Education

September 4, 2020 A class action argues Northwestern University owes tuition and fee refunds for the Spring 2020 semester curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 31, 2020 Long Island University faces a proposed class action over its apparent refusal to issue tuition and fee refunds for the COVID-shortened Spring 2020 semester.

August 27, 2020 A proposed class action against Suffolk University aims to recover tuition and fee refunds for the Spring 2020 semester shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 5, 2020 California Baptist University has wrongfully refused to issue refunds for tuition and fees paid for the pandemic-truncated Spring 2020 semester, a class action claims.

August 5, 2020 A class action claims Digital Media Academy wrongfully failed to refund customers after canceling summer 2020 day and overnight camps due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 31, 2020 University of Pittsburgh faces at least two lawsuits over its alleged failure to issue tuition and fee refunds for the Spring 2020 semester cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 28, 2020 Two Missouri universities claim Factory Mutual refused to pay for covered losses after the schools’ campuses were forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 28, 2020 A Kansas college claims Zurich American Insurance Co. failed to pay for covered losses sustained after the school was forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 22, 2020 A class action lawsuit aims halt the continued reopening of 26 Detroit public schools for in-person summer school occurring in apparent violation of an executive school shut-down order and federal guidelines.

July 16, 2020 A class action claims Bradley University has retained the full amount of tuition and fees paid by students despite shortening the Spring 2020 semester.

July 14, 2020 An attorney hired as a senior investigator for USC's Office of Conduct, Accountability, and Professionalism (OCAP) alleges the school systemically interferes with employee misconduct investigations.

July 9, 2020 A class action claims Occidental College students are owed refunds for part of the Spring 2020 semester that was transitioned online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 2, 2020 Auburn University faces a class action over its apparent refusal to issue tuition and fee refunds for the COVID-19-shortened Spring 2020 semester.

July 1, 2020 Florida Southern College has been named in a proposed class action that seeks tuition and fee refunds for the COVID-19-shortened Spring 2020 semester.

June 26, 2020 A consumer claims in a class action that Liberty University placed several unlawful, automated calls to her cell phone without securing prior consent to do so.

June 26, 2020 A class action claims Navient has utilized a student loan repayment scheme that's allowed the company to reel in sizable interest-driven profits while keeping borrowers perpetually in debt.

June 18, 2020 New York University faces multiple class actions over its alleged refusal to issue tuition and fee refunds despite the COVID-19 crisis cutting short the Spring 2020 semester.

June 12, 2020 The Manhattan School of Music faces a class action after allegedly refusing to issue refunds for the Spring 2020 semester.

June 9, 2020 A class action claims refunds are owed to those who paid tuition and fees to Brigham Young University for the Winter and Spring 2020 terms disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 8, 2020 A class action claims Quinnipiac University students are owed refunds for tuition and fees paid for the Spring 2020 semester cut short by the COVID-19 crisis.

June 5, 2020 Pepperdine University faces a class action lawsuit seeking refunds for students forced to leave campus and transition to online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 3, 2020 A class action argues Duke University owes tuition and fee refunds given the subpar quality of the online learning experience necessitated by the pandemic.

June 1, 2020 A class action claims the Dept. of Treasury and Dept. of Education have continued to collect on student loans by offsetting fed. income tax returns despite a CARES Act directive.

May 29, 2020 Loyola University Chicago faces a lawsuit over its alleged refusal to refund tuition and fees after switching to online classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 29, 2020 A proposed class action claims the University of Oklahoma has refused to offer tuition and fee refunds for the Spring 2020 semester cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 27, 2020 A lawsuit claims GCU has refused to issue refunds for tuition, room and board, and other fees after transitioning to online classes in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

May 22, 2020 Harvard owes tuition and fee refunds for the Spring 2020 semester cut short by the COVID-19 crisis, according to a class action suit.

May 20, 2020 Rochester Institute of Technology has unlawfully retained the full amount of tuition and fees paid for the Spring semester shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic, a lawsuit claims.

May 20, 2020 A lawsuit claims Fairleigh Dickinson has wrongfully retained students’ tuition and fees despite transitioning to online classes in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

May 20, 2020 A lawsuit claims Northeastern has unlawfully retained full tuition and fees for the Spring semester despite transitioning to online classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 19, 2020 Carnegie Mellon University allegedly owes tuition and fee refunds to students whose Spring semester was transitioned online as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.

May 15, 2020 A lawsuit claims Georgetown University has unlawfully retained the full amount of students’ tuition and fees despite transitioning to online learning in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 15, 2020 The parent of a University of Tampa student claims she and others are owed refunds for a portion of tuition and fees paid for the Spring 2020 semester.

May 13, 2020 A class action claims the University of Florida has unlawfully refused to issue refunds for tuition and fees paid for the COVID-19-shortened Spring 2020 semester.

May 13, 2020 DePaul University owes tuition and fee refunds after transitioning to online classes and closing its two Chicago campuses due to the COVID-19 crisis, a case claims.

May 13, 2020 A proposed class action claims Emory University owes refunds for part of the COVID-19-shortened Spring 2020 semester during which classes were moved online.

May 11, 2020 St. John’s University faces a class action that claims the school has wrongfully refused to refund students for the Spring 2020 semester shortened by the COVID-19 crisis.

May 8, 2020 A lawsuit against Marist College seeks a tuition refund for part of the Spring 2020 semester after the school was forced to close due to the COVID-19 crisis.

May 7, 2020 Seton Hall University was hit with a lawsuit over its alleged refusal to refund students for part of the COVID-19-shortened Spring 2020 semester.

May 7, 2020 A proposed class action against Rider University seeks refunds for tuition and fees paid for the Spring 2020 semester shortened by the COVID-19 crisis.

May 5, 2020 The University of Connecticut has refused to issue refunds for tuition and fees for the Spring 2020 semester cut short by the COVID-19 crisis, a lawsuit claims.

May 5, 2020 Hofstra University owes refunds to students whose spring semester was shorted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a lawsuit claims.

May 1, 2020 The Pennsylvania State University was hit with a lawsuit over its alleged refusal to issue tuition and fee refunds after the COVID-19 pandemic forced students to leave campus.

May 1, 2020 Rutgers owes tuition and fee refunds for the coronavirus-shortened Spring 2020 semester, a class action claims.

May 1, 2020 The company that operates as WorldStrides faces a lawsuit over its alleged refusal to offer refunds for trips canceled or rescheduled due to the COVID-19 crisis.

April 29, 2020 Vanderbilt University has been hit with a proposed class action over its alleged refusal to refund students for the COVID-19-shortened Spring 2020 semester.

April 28, 2020 A class action claims students who attended any University of California or California State University campuses are owed fee refunds for the pandemic-shortened spring semester.

April 27, 2020 Fordham University faces a class action lawsuit over its alleged refusal to issue tuition refunds for the coronavirus-shortened Spring 2020 semester.

April 23, 2020 A lawsuit claims the "Inclusive Access" product offered by major publishers through on-campus bookstores has caused students to pay higher prices for college course materials.

April 17, 2020 A lawsuit claims Global Payments and ACTIVE Network failed to protect sensitive customer information stored in ACTIVE’s Blue Bear system from a Fall 2019 data breach.