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Ballard Spahr LLP

FTC Orders Career Training Company to Pay $43.5 Million for Luring Students With Deceptive Ads

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Career Step LLC, an online career training company has been ordered to pay $43.5 million in cash and debt cancellation to resolve FTC charges that the company “lured consumers, specifically servicemembers and their families,...more

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California AG Recovers $22 Million from Online University

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California AG Rob Bonta secured over $22 million in civil penalties from online for-profit school Ashford University and its parent company (collectively, “Ashford”) after a state court found that Ashford made false or...more

Carlton Fields

Third Circuit Compels Arbitration Finding that Failure to Carefully Read Arbitration Agreement Does Not Vitiate Assent

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Plaintiff entered into an agreement with Kaplan University (Kaplan) as part of registration for online courses through the university’s website portal. ...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Second Chance to Opt Out of Class Not Required for Class Action Settlement

The Ninth Circuit recently ruled in favor of President Trump. That was not a typo, and this is not fake news. The ruling was not in favor of Trump in his official capacity, but in his capacity as a class action defendant....more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

FTC and DeVry University Settle False Advertising Claims for $100M

In December 2016, DeVry University agreed to pay $100 million to settle a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations stemming from DeVry’s advertising about the employment rates and salaries of its...more

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