[nicklecompte]

I don’t know why you’re being so pedantic:

- the conduct Lambda School engaged in became unlawful on Jan 1

- Lambda School continued engaging in that contact well-past Jan 1

- The state called them out and a settlement (favorable to CA) was quickly reached

It is far more likely that a settlement was reached because the conduct was clearly unlawful but not deeply damaging - so worth enforcing but not worth an ugly legal brawl.

I sincerely don’t know why you’re pretending Lambda was “actually trying to follow this new law” and insinuating there’s something suspicious about anything here - it is not an onerous regulation and Lambda had plenty of warning. Clearly they weren’t trying to follow the law! (probably more out of bad management than nefariousness)

Regardless: companies do not get an implicit grace period between when a law comes into force and when the company is actually required to obey it. In certain cases the law can be unconstitutionally coercive or unfair but obviously not here.