Legal Opinion
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Education
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 12, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2017-2679Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:17-cv-02679 (TNM) v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Corinthian Colleges, Inc., once operated over a hundred for-profit college campuses across the country. Multiple state and federal investigations revealed that Corinthian defrauded students by falsifying its post-graduation job placement data. Facing millions of dollars in fines and allegations of deceptive marketing, Corinthian filed for bankruptcy and announced the closure of…
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