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  1. December 18, 2024

    Schools Fighting Price-Fixing Suit Face $685M Damages Claim

    Students looking to hold a group of elite universities and colleges liable for an allegedly anticompetitive financial aid fixing scheme say they should be allowed to proceed as a class because they'll use common evidence to prove they suffered about $685 million in damages.

  2. July 19, 2024

    Elite Schools' $284M Aid-Fixing Deals Get Final OK

    An Illinois federal judge on Friday granted his final signoff to $284 million worth of settlements inked by 10 schools accused in a sprawling antitrust case of working together to limit the financial aid they provided, deeming it a fair and reasonable outcome for the class of students.

  3. May 01, 2024

    Attys Seek $95M In Fees For Elite Schools' Aid-Fixing Deals

    Class counsel representing students who accused 17 top universities of colluding to fix student aid packages have asked an Illinois federal judge to award them $94.7 million in fees plus $3.5 million in expenses for securing $284 million in settlements with 10 schools.

  4. February 28, 2024

    Elite Schools Get OK For $166M More Aid-Fixing Deals

    An Illinois federal judge handling student aid-fixing allegations against 17 top universities gave his initial blessing to another $166 million in settlements Wednesday, the day after he ordered three universities to produce documents that could show they handled certain students' admissions differently from others.

  5. February 23, 2024

    Vanderbilt, 3 Other Elite Schools Ink $166M Aid-Fixing Deals

    Vanderbilt University, Northwestern University, Dartmouth College and Rice University on Friday reached settlements totaling $166 million to resolve proposed antitrust class claims alleging that they and 13 other universities conspired to limit student aid.

  6. February 12, 2024

    Schools' $104M Aid-Fixing Deal OK'd, Vanderbilt Deal Coming

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday granted initial approval to a $104.5 million deal with Yale, Emory, Brown, Columbia and Duke in a proposed antitrust class action claiming that 17 universities conspired to limit student aid, with another settlement from Vanderbilt expected to hit the docket in the coming weeks.

  7. January 24, 2024

    5 Universities Cut $104.5M Deal In Student Aid-Fixing Suit

    A group of students is asking an Illinois federal judge to sign off on a $104.5 million deal with five universities in a proposed antitrust class action claiming that 17 universities conspired to limit student aid.

  8. December 04, 2023

    Judge Says Attys Misused Emergency Email To Seal Antitrust Docs

    The Illinois federal judge overseeing an antitrust suit accusing elite universities of conspiring to restrict student aid chewed out attorneys involved with the case on Sunday for using the court's emergency inbox to send a "terse" email late Friday night that requested — unconvincingly — part of an unidentified court filing be placed under seal.

  9. October 30, 2023

    Vanderbilt Students Don't Want Info Shared In Aid-Fixing Suit

    Dozens of Vanderbilt University students recently flagged their opposition to having their personal information disclosed in a lawsuit alleging it and other schools participated in a conspiracy to limit financial aid for students, but they're asking an Illinois federal court for more protection and time before explaining why.

  10. August 24, 2023

    U. Of Chicago Gets Nod For $13.5M Deal In Financial Aid Case

    An Illinois federal judge gave his early blessing on Thursday to a $13.5 million settlement that would allow the University of Chicago to be the first school to bow out of a proposed class action claiming that a host of top private universities conspired to limit financial aid to students.

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