Henry et al v. Brown University et al

  1. April 20, 2023

    University Of Chicago Is 1st To Settle In Elite Schools Case

    Former students accusing top private universities of conspiring to limit financial aid scored an important milestone Wednesday with the announcement of an "agreement in principle" that would make the University of Chicago the first institution to settle out of the Illinois federal court proposed class action.

  2. March 22, 2023

    Students Push Elite Schools For More Docs In Aid Fixing Case

    Yale, Duke, Columbia and other top private universities should be forced to turn over documents that will show whether they've been favoring wealthy students during admissions, former students told an Illinois federal court.

  3. February 09, 2023

    Dropping Immunity Claim Can't Stop Elite Schools Discovery

    An Illinois federal judge has refused to spare a subset of top private universities accused of conspiring to limit financial aid from discovery into whether donations helped wealthy children get into "need-blind" schools, finding that liability for one school can be applied to them all.

  4. January 26, 2023

    Let Money Talk, Former Students Say In Elite Schools Row

    Former students want to put the massive donations that helped wealthy children get into "need-blind" schools front and center in an antitrust case accusing top private universities of conspiring to limit financial aid, as they blasted a subset of institutions Wednesday for trying to hide those details.

  5. January 17, 2023

    Elite Schools, Former Students Spar Over Discovery

    Admissions processes, donations tracking, scholarships, college decisions and more are on the line as discovery continues to heat up in an antitrust lawsuit from former students accusing Yale, Columbia, Duke, Emory and other top private universities of conspiring to limit financial aid.

  6. January 02, 2023

    Antitrust Conduct Issues And Cases To Watch In 2023

    The Federal Trade Commission prepares to test the limits of its authority to combat unfair methods of competition in the coming year, as the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers continue pushing aggressive antitrust agendas alongside new proposed class actions from private parties.

  7. August 15, 2022

    Judge Says Top Universities Must Face Financial Aid Suit

    An Illinois federal judge allowed a suit accusing over a dozen top private universities of conspiring to limit financial aid to move forward despite claims from the schools that their actions were permitted under an exemption to antitrust law.

  8. July 07, 2022

    DOJ Urges Against Exemption In Financial Aid Antitrust Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice is looking to wade into a suit accusing more than a dozen top private universities, including Brown, Duke and Yale, of conspiring to limit financial aid, to argue that an antitrust exemption applies only if all the involved schools meet its requirements.

  9. April 18, 2022

    Top Schools Look To Duck Financial Aid Antitrust Suit

    More than a dozen top private universities, including Brown, Duke and Yale, have urged an Illinois federal court to toss a suit accusing them of conspiring to limit financial aid, arguing they have an exemption from antitrust laws to work together on the process for offering aid.

  10. January 10, 2022

    Students Sue Top Schools For Fixing Financial Aid Offerings

    Students lodged a proposed class action Sunday accusing a slew of top private universities, including Brown, Duke and Yale, of participating in a price-fixing cartel allegedly aimed at eliminating financial aid as a point of competition between the schools.