Cohen v. Trump

  1. June 21, 2017

    Trump U Student Can Fight Settlement Sans Large Bond

    A California federal judge won't require a woman objecting to Trump University's $25 million settlement resolving fraud claims related to its real estate seminars to post a hefty bond, saying the costs for administering the settlement can't be shifted onto the person appealing.

  2. May 25, 2017

    Bond Needed For Appeal Of $25M Trump U Deal, Court Told

    An objector to a $25 million settlement resolving claims over President Donald Trump's allegedly fraudulent Trump University real estate seminars should be ordered to post a bond to cover the costs of her "meritless" appeal, several former students told a California federal court Wednesday.

  3. March 31, 2017

    Trump U's $25M Fraud Settlement Gets Final Nod

    A California federal judge on Friday granted final approval to President Donald Trump's agreement to pay $25 million to end a pair of lawsuits over his allegedly fraudulent Trump University real estate seminars, ruling the deal is a fair end to the "zealously litigated" dispute.

  4. August 26, 2016

    Donald Trump Loses Bid To Block Experts In Trump U. Suit

    A California federal judge on Thursday denied Donald Trump's bid to stop two marketing and real estate education experts from testifying in a class action over the advertising strategies of the defunct, for-profit company Trump University, finding the presidential candidate's arguments unpersuasive.

  5. August 02, 2016

    Donald Trump Can't Escape Trump U. Class Action

    A California federal judge on Tuesday denied Donald Trump's bid to dodge a class action targeting the advertising strategies of defunct, for-profit education company Trump University and issued a separate order denying media companies' requests to make public the presidential candidate's videotaped depositions.

  6. June 13, 2016

    Trump Fights Video Deposition Bid In Trump U. Suit

    Donald Trump on Monday sought to block the use of his filmed deposition as a California federal judge decides whether a class action targeting Trump University's advertising strategies can move forward, telling the judge — who Trump has said in recent weeks can't be impartial because of his heritage — that transcripts are enough.

  7. June 09, 2016

    Post Trump, NY Bar Chief Calls Attacks On Judges Improper

    The president of the New York Bar Association spoke out Thursday against personal attacks on judges in a response to Donald Trump's disparaging comments about a California federal judge, although she did not mention the Republican presidential candidate by name. 

  8. June 06, 2016

    Trump Motion From 'Bizarro World,' Trump U. Students Say

    Donald Trump's bid to kill a false advertising class action over his real estate seminar program Trump University was straight out of "Bizarro World," rife with outright lies and arguments that are out of step with reality, the class said in a hard-hitting brief in California on Friday.

  9. June 02, 2016

    ABA President Says Trump's Judge Insults Cross Line

    American Bar Association President Paulette Brown on Thursday seemingly targeted Donald Trump's ongoing publicity campaign against the California judge overseeing a class action over his real estate school, saying that levying personal criticism at a judge "crosses the line of propriety."

  10. May 31, 2016

    Judge Scorned By Trump Unseals 'Trade Secret' Trump U Docs

    A California federal judge faced criticism from Donald Trump on Friday as the court unsealed several real estate sales booklets related to Trump University in a false advertising class action after finding the books didn't contain trade secrets.