

The announcement was a reminder that these lawsuits still aren’t over, even though months have passed since they started.

For now, BU is only preserving them, since course materials are relevant to the litigation. The university does not yet know if it will have to produce any of these recordings in court. The email said there’s a chance that claims for the fall semester could be added to the lawsuits, “particularly if the University is forced to transition again to fully remote instruction.” Wednesday’s news came in an email to BU faculty from the university provost. The university cited a legal duty to preserve them as evidence in several ongoing class-action lawsuits that students filed for spring tuition refunds. On Wednesday, BU announced that it has prevented faculty from deleting recordings of Zoom classes. Class-Action Lawsuits for Spring Tuition Refunds Continue.
