Next Wave of Placement Data Class Action Lawsuits Coming Soon: 20 more law schools targeted

ATL's Staci Zaretsky reports that David Anziska, one of the attorneys who has filed class action lawsuits over reported placement data at 14 law schools, plans to sue another 20 law schools. Zaretsky writes

20 law schools will face his righteous wrath, but he stated that the announcement would be made “in the next few weeks.” Beware the Ides of March, folks. Most law schools can probably breathe easy until the announcement comes, but educational institutions in New England will be sitting on pins and needles until then. (Recall that Anziska mentioned that the law school litigation squad was ready to “lock, load, and sue” schools located in Massachusetts.)

The current list of defendant law schools sued by Anziska's legal team are:

1. Albany Law School
2. Brooklyn Law School
3. California Western School of Law
4. Chicago-Kent College of Law
5. DePaul University College of Law
6. Florida Coastal School of Law
7. Golden Gate University School of Law
8. Hofstra Law School
9. John Marshall School of Law (Chicago)
10. New York Law School
11. Southwestern Law School
12. Thomas M. Cooley Law School
13. University of San Francisco School of Law
14. Widener University School of Law

For details and commentary about the pending class action suits and the objectives of this law school litigation generally (and with a hat tip for Anziska's recent Bloomberg Law interview (below)), see Twenty Additional Law School Class Action Suits Are in the Works; Is Your School One of Them? on ATL. Credit rating downgrades to follow? See Rankings Gamesmanship Be Damned: Class-action fraud lawsuits can damage schools' credit ratings. [JH]