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Litigation & Arbitration

Nov. 17, 2023

False advertising suit over USC ranking appears doomed

The lawsuit accuses USC and a technology partner of conspiring to inflate the university’s Rossier School of Education’s ranking in the U.S. News & World Report.

U.S. District Judge George H. Wu

A federal judge in Los Angeles seemed inclined to dismiss a proposed false advertising class action against USC’s online program partner as the plaintiffs’ counsel urged him to reconsider his decision during a hearing Thursday.

Tycko & Zavareei LLP partner Kristen G. Simplicio said she disagreed with the court’s tentative order that statements made by 2U Inc., a technology company that works with colleges to provide online educational ...

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