Deadline Extensions Sought in FTSA Class Action vs. Keiser University

Lawyers for plaintiff Maria Fernanda Soto Leigue in her Florida Telephone Solicitation Act class action against Keiser University seek 45-day extensions in the deadlines for the exchange of expert witness summaries, they said in a motion Friday (docket 1:22-cv-22307) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Miami. The deadline for parties to exchange expert witness summaries or reports on issues of class certification would shift to Dec. 29 from Nov. 14 in the proposed order. The deadline for exchanging rebuttal witness summaries would move to Jan. 12 from Nov. 28. Discovery is proceeding but won’t be completed in time to meet the existing expert witness deadlines, said the motion. The Aug. 15 amended class action alleges that due to its high student turnover rate, which ranks in the top 10 among private U.S. universities, Keiser is forced to implement aggressive marketing strategies to recruit new students so it can ultimately generate revenue, and that provoked the school to violate the FTSA (see 2210310022). Keiser denied any FTSA wrongdoing and said the statute violates the First and 14th amendments.