Riley J. Wilson v. Career Education Corporation

Riley Wilson worked as an admissions representative for Career Education Corporation (CEC), recruiting students to enroll in CEC’s culinary arts college. Until February 2011, Wilson and his fellow admissions * representatives worked under a contract (called the Plan) that gave them a bonus for each student they recruited, above a definite threshold, who either completed a full course or a year of study. In October 2010, however, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued regulations prohibiting this kind of arrangement; its new rules were scheduled to take effect in July 2011. CEC decided…