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Albion College Class Action Albion College Allegations: Misrepresenting that the school protects consumers’ personal information when it failed to do so and there was a data breach in December 2024
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EZSchoolPay Class Action EZSchoolPay Allegations: Misrepresenting that convenience and service fees are charged by the school or district to cover credit card processing costs when EZSchoolPay itself charges the fees, sets them above its…
MySchoolBucks Program Class Action MySchoolBucks Program Allegations: Falsely representing that the “Program Fee” is charged by schools for participating in the program when it is actually a credit and debit card surcharge charged by Heartland
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