(April 3, 2024, 8:31 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — Students who brought a class complaint against the trustees of Boston University (BU) for allegedly breaching the promise of in-person instruction and services after the school transitioned to online learning in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic filed a petition for panel or en banc rehearing after the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the retroactive application of a Massachusetts law signed into effect in August 2022 that bars such lawsuits does not violate the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution....