California Culinary Grads Suing Sallie Mae For Offering Expensive Loans
Lawsuits by CCA grads useful to compare to law student lawsuits
You may recall that back in 2011, before all of the law school litigation came into being, the California Culinary Academy (CCA) was hit with a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit filed by its graduates. The allegations contained therein — misleading job data, high tuition, and difficulty finding jobs after graduation — were very, very similar to those found in the law school lawsuits we revel in covering. Unlike the law schools that are currently under fire, the CCA offered to settle the case for $40 million, and that settlement was approved and entered as a final judgment this summer.
While the only law school lawsuit that's come anywhere close to CCA's status has been Alaburda v. Thomas Jefferson School of Law — currently in discovery, where all sorts of interesting stuff has been unearthed — law school plaintiffs may have another avenue to explore, thanks to yet another lawsuit that's been filed by CCA graduates. This time, the bitter would-be cooks are out for blood against the very company that funded their failed culinary education.
That's right, Sallie Mae is being sued for handing out private loans with "credit-card interest rates" like candy — really expensive, life-ruining candy. When will law school graduates do the same thing?
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