$625K Educative Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Automatic Subscription Renewals

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Educative Inc. has agreed to a $625,000 settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that claimed the online learning platform automatically renewed subscriptions for California residents without providing proper notice or obtaining informed consent.

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The Educative class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on November 3, 2025 and covers all individuals with a California billing address who, between November 16, 2019 and November 14, 2023, enrolled in an automatically renewing monthly or annual Educative subscription and were charged and paid for any automatic renewal fees in connection with the subscription and did not receive a full refund.

The court-approved website for the Educative settlement can be found at https://www.EducativeRenewalSettlement.com/.

According to the website, Educative settlement class members do not need to do anything to receive reimbursement, as their information is already stored in the Educative systems. Those included in the class action settlement are entitled to receive a one-time, pro-rated cash payment from the amount that remains in the net settlement fund after the payment of attorneys’ fees, lead plaintiff service awards, and settlement administration costs.

The settlement site notes that class members enrolled in annual or quarterly subscriptions will receive a payment of approximately $23.86, while those enrolled in monthly subscriptions will receive a payment of approximately $11.93.

The settlement agreement states that class members will receive their payout in the form of a check or electronic payment based on the information stored in Educative’s systems, and all checks must be cashed within 180 days after issuance before expiration.

Educative class members who want to ask to be excluded from the settlement must send to the address provided here a timely, written notice to the settlement administrator that includes their name, address, signature, and a statement confirming they wish to be excluded from the settlement class.

All Educative settlement exclusion requests and objections must be sent to the settlement administrator by February 13, 2026.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Educative settlement at a hearing on October 5, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval is granted and any appeals are resolved.

The Educative class action lawsuit alleged that the education platform for coding developers unlawfully enrolled consumers into automatically renewing subscriptions and charged their payment methods without first providing certain statutory disclosures and obtaining proper authorization.

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