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Education Law,
Administrative/Regulatory

Dec. 31, 2019

For-profit colleges face yet another day of reckoning

The Federal Trade Commission announced a record-setting $191 million settlement with the University of Phoenix and its parent company, Apollo Education Group, Inc., following allegations that the school deceptively advertised the benefits of a UOP education.

Brian S. Kabateck

Founding and Managing Partner
Kabateck LLP

Consumer rights

633 W. Fifth Street Suite 3200
Los Angeles , CA 90071

Phone: 213-217-5000

Email: bsk@kbklawyers.com

Brian represents plaintiffs in personal injury, mass torts litigation, class actions, insurance bad faith, insurance litigation and commercial contingency litigation. He is a former president of Consumer Attorneys of California.

Nidya Gutierrez

Attorney
Zigler Law Group, LLC

The Federal Trade Commission announced a record-setting $191 million settlement with the University of Phoenix (UOP) and its parent company, Apollo Education Group, Inc., following allegations that the school deceptively advertised the benefits of a UOP education.

The Complaint Allegations

In its complaint filed in federal district court in Arizon...

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