Johns Hopkins University Ordered to Pay $2 Million in COVID-19 Settlement

Johns Hopkins University has been ordered to pay additional funds to students who paid tuition for the first semester of 2020 but were not refunded after the university canceled classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The university in Baltimore, Maryland, was ordered on July 31 to pay $2 million into a settlement fund in a class-action lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Julie Rubin signed the order after the university and plaintiffs, led by former student Elena Botts, said they found more students who paid for the 2020 spring semester but did not receive refunds. Later this year, Johns Hopkins must deposit the money into the settlement fund. The school was previously ordered to pay about $8 million into the fund....