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PLEASE READ THE NOTICE YOU RECEIVED CAREFULLY.
IF YOU WERE ENROLLED IN THE SPRING 2020 STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN AUSTRIA PRESENTED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION OF STUDENTS (“IES Abroad”), YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO PAYMENT FROM A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. THIS NOTICE EXPLAINS YOUR RIGHTS AND OPTIONS AND THE DEADLINES TO EXERCISE THEM.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois authorized the Notice. You are not being sued. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
A Settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit between Defendant Institute for the International Education of Students (“Defendant” or “IES”) and a student, Kristen Galban, who was enrolled in the IES Spring 2020 Study Abroad Program in Vienna, Austria (“Plaintiff”) when the Program was cut short and transitioned to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The case is Galban et al. v. Institute for the International Education of Students, Case No. 1:22-cv-4917 and it is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (the “Lawsuit”). IES denies that it had any such contractual obligation and denies Plaintiff’s allegations.
You are included in this lawsuit if you were a student enrolled in IES Abroad’s Spring 2020 program in Vienna, Austria, and who directly paid IES Abroad for tuition and housing costs in connection with that Program.
Read the Notice carefully. Your legal rights will be affected by your actions.
| YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS & OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT | |
| DO NOTHING | Settlement Class Members who do nothing will automatically receive a $250 payment by check to the student's last known mailing address as reflected in IES's records once the Settlement is finally approved by the Court. In exchange, you will give up any rights you may have to sue IES about the issues in this case. |
| CHANGE YOUR PAYMENT OPTION | Settlement Class Members may use this website for more information about the settlement or to provide an updated address for sending payment. |
| EXCLUDE YOURSELF | You will not recieve any payment from the Settlement, but you will retain any rights you have to sue IES about the issues in this case. |
| OBJECT | Write to the Court explaining why you do not like the Settlement. You would remain a part of the Settlement Class and be bound by the Court's decisions regarding the Settlement, even if the Court disagrees with you. |
These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained in the Notice you received and on this website.
The Court presiding over this case still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement. The monetary relief made available by this Settlement will be provided only if the Court approves the Settlement and after any issues with the Settlement are resolved. Please be patient.