A federal judge approved the dismissal of a class action lawsuit against Georgetown University, originally filed Oct. 18, for the Oct. 16 and 17 data breach which exposed students’ and graduates’ personal...
By Aamir Jamil, Executive Editor
• December 19, 2024
Plaintiffs in an antitrust price-fixing lawsuit against 17 universities, including Georgetown University, claimed $685 million in damages, which could triple to more than $2 billion, in a Dec. 16 filing.
The...
The Washington, D.C. attorney general filed a lawsuit against a Georgetown University graduate and founder of local anti-police brutality nonprofit Raheem AI for allegedly misusing more than $75,000 of...
Three lawsuits against Georgetown University concerning leaked student data were consolidated Nov. 13 to be presented to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the federal court...
By Evie Steele, Editor in Chief
• October 19, 2024
A Georgetown University graduate filed suit against the university Oct. 18 following its Oct. 16 and 17 data breach which exposed students' and graduates' personal information, including admissions, academic...
CW: This article discusses sexual harassment. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources.
A former Georgetown University student is suing the university, alleging...
Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced April 12 that JUUL, an e-cigarette manufacturer, will pay D.C. $15.2 million in a settlement for preying on children and falsely advertising...
Three protesters are suing the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (D.C. MPD) alleging use of non-lethal weapons against racial justice protesters in the summer of 2020.
The three protesters,...
Two incarcerated students filed complaints against Washington, D.C., on Feb. 22 for failing to provide adequate special education accommodations for imprisoned students.
The School Justice Project,...
Washington, D.C. officials filed a lawsuit against chemical manufacturer Velsicol for the illegal sale and distribution of chlordane, a harmful pesticide that has been banned by the Environmental Protection...
Following a March 23 settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by Sunday Hinton, a transgender woman who was held in a male unit by the D.C. Central Detention Facility (CDF), the D.C. Department of...
In the wake of an antitrust lawsuit, questions about progress on GU272, and the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) sat down with The Hoya on Jan....
