This is a putative class action against [Charlotte School of Law, LLC, (“CSL”), InfiLaw Corporation, and InfiLaw Holding, LLC, (collectively “Defendants”)] for false and misleading representations and omissions related to Defendants’ failure to provide current and prospective CSL students with information about CSL’s noncompliance with American Bar Association (“ABA”) standards for accreditation. If CLS had complied with its obligations, then it would have resulted in students not paying CSL tuition on or after August 1, 2016, and Defendants would have incurred substantial financial losses.

— The opening paragraph taken from a class-action complaint filed by Charlotte Law students Robert Barchiesi and Lejla Hadzic against Charlotte Law in the wake of the Department of Education’s decision to drop the law school from its federal student loan plan. The Department of Education informed Charlotte Law on December 19, 2016, that thanks to its non-compliance with American Bar Association standards and to its own misrepresentations to students regarding the likelihood that they’d be able to pass the bar exam, the school would be barred from accessing federal student aid dollars after December 31, 2016.

As of today’s date, the Charlotte School of Law is still providing information on its Financial Aid webpage as to the types of federal loans that students may access to finance their education at the school.

(Flip to the next page to see the full class-action complaint that’s been filed against Charlotte Law.)

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