Fordham University students who paid spring 2020 tuition or mandatory fees, and relatives or others who paid on their behalf, are in line for payments from a $2,549,490 class-action settlement in Conley et al. v. Fordham University. No claim form is required, but Dec. 14, 2026 is the deadline to choose PayPal or Venmo, opt out or object. Payments go out only after the court grants final approval at a Jan. 13, 2027 hearing.
The case was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Bronx, and Apex Class Action, LLC runs the administration. Undergraduates share 65 percent of the net fund and graduate students 35 percent. Within each pool, a person’s share rises with the net tuition and fees paid for the spring 2020 semester.
Who is in the Fordham spring 2020 class
The class covers students enrolled in at least one class that was originally scheduled to meet in person in spring 2020, who paid tuition or mandatory fees and were still enrolled on March 1, 2020, according to the settlement FAQs. Students who took only online classes at the start of that semester, students who paid no tuition or fees and students who left Fordham before March 1 are outside it…