Meazure Learning, the company whose testing software was used during California’s troubled February 2025 bar examination, has agreed to pay $1.35 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit filed by examinees, according to a proposed settlement submitted in federal court.
The agreement would provide refunds to roughly 4,100 people who took the February 2025 exam. Each eligible examinee would receive back the $153 laptop fee charged for taking the test.
The February examination marked California’s first bar exam to combine in-person and online testing. The rollout was hit by a series of technical problems, with some candidates unable to log in while others reported computer crashes and other disruptions during the examination.
Meazure Learning, also known as ProctorU, had previously sought to have the lawsuit dismissed. The company argued that its one-time-use software was an “intangible item” and therefore did not fall within the scope of California consumer protection laws cited in the case.
The proposed settlement comes after the company reached a separate agreement with the State Bar of California over the same examination. Under that deal, finalized in July, Meazure agreed to pay $5.25 million to the state bar and waive an additional $1.36 million that the agency still owed the company.
How the proposed settlement would be distributed
The latest agreement sets out several payments connected to the class action:
* Attorneys representing the plaintiffs could receive up to $450,000, along with nearly $28,000 in litigation expenses.
* The seven named plaintiffs would each receive $10,000.
* Money that remains unclaimed would be directed to the California Lawyers Foundation, a nonprofit focused on access to justice and diversity within the legal profession.
The settlement still requires court review. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of the Northern District of California is scheduled to consider preliminary approval on January 27.
