Tag: Litigation
The College Admissions Scandal: Recognizing and Managing a Looming Risk
Travis LeBlanc, David Mills, Vince Sampson and Jay Vaughan
The nationwide indictments by the DOJ exposed the college admissions process to unprecedented scrutiny. Institutions of higher education should consider self-assessment and other proactive measures immediately.
A Busy Week for the Gainful Employment Rule
Jonathon Glass, Kate Lee Carey and Alyssa Saunders
The Department of Education continues to take steps to implement certain aspects of the current GE Rule that may lead it to publish a second set of GE Rates, while also arguing in court that it has acted properly in delaying certain other requirements.
Is a Kinder, Gentler Gainful Employment Reg in the Works While ED Announces Steps to Publish New Rates?
Jonathon Glass and Kate Lee Carey
Keeping up with the GE Rule has been a full time job in recent months, including new Department of Education actions to prepare a second set of GE rates, negotiated rulemaking to write a new rule, a lawsuit against the department for not implementing the current rule and proposed legislation in Congress.
Cooley Team at CECU Annual Convention & Exposition
Blain Butner, Jonathon Glass, Kate Lee Carey, David Mills, Vince Sampson and Jay Vaughan
The 2017 Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) Annual Convention & Exposition is June 6-8 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The CECU Annual Convention brings together nearly 300 organizations and approximately 1,500 attendees. Members of the Cooley team will be speaking throughout the conference.
Beware of Predatory Student Debt Relief Advertisements that Target Your School
Kate Lee Carey, Jonathon Glass, David Mills, Jay Vaughan, Matt Johnson and Alyssa Saunders
In a recent trend, student debt relief scammers are engaging in aggressive marketing tactics by placing advertisements that target student loan borrowers from a specific institution of higher education.
Federal Judge Rules on MA Regulations on Marketing by For-Profit Schools
Mike Goldstein, Robert Lovett, Adam Gershenson and Paul Thompson
On January 25, 2016, Judge Saylor of the US District Court in Boston issued his ruling in the case of Massachusetts Association of Private Career Schools v. Maura Healey, in her official capacity as the Attorney General.