 A technology company sued for more than $17,000, also in 2011, as did Meier Jost and Associates, a fundraising company, for $56,000.In 2015, teachers sued the school for more than $400,000 for missed paychecks and claimed that Barat failed to follow minimum wage law.In 2017, the school was sued for receivership by Ronald Mitchell, who loaned the school $300,000 in 2011, was awarded damages of $312,000 after only receiving irregular interest payments.