April 21, 2026
Students in an antitrust case against Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania and other elite schools have asked an Illinois federal judge to appoint trial lawyer Steven F. Molo and his firm MoloLamken LLP as lead counsel, touting his courtroom experience and the firm's track record in high-stakes complex litigation.
March 31, 2026
Students pursuing financial aid fixing claims against Cornell University and several other elite schools can proceed as a class if they tap different lead counsel, since misrepresentations regarding one firm's purportedly contingent casework caused a significant trust impairment, an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday.
February 20, 2026
Cornell, Georgetown, Notre Dame, MIT and UPenn say that students fighting their bid to go straight to the Seventh Circuit on a ruling that teed up a trial over allegations that the schools fixed financial aid offerings "mischaracterize the questions presented and downplay Supreme Court precedent," insisting a prompt appeal would hasten the resolution of the case.
February 11, 2026
Former students urged an Illinois federal judge to bar Cornell, Georgetown, Notre Dame, MIT and UPenn from going straight to the Seventh Circuit on a ruling that teed up trial against the five schools yet to settle the proposed class action over the alleged fixing of financial aid offerings.
January 28, 2026
The five private universities that have yet to settle with students over the alleged fixing of financial aid offerings are asking an Illinois federal court for permission to immediately appeal a ruling that sets the case up for trial.
January 13, 2026
An Illinois federal judge refused a bid from the remaining elite private universities accused of fixing financial aid offerings to end the case ahead of trial after accepting the students' view of the market, along with evidence suggesting they paid inflated costs.
October 29, 2025
The remaining universities being accused of fixing financial aid offerings have told an Illinois federal court that a recent decision decertifying a class of Apple consumers supports denying a class certification bid from the former students.
August 27, 2025
Three law firms representing students in a case accusing elite universities of fixing offers of student aid told an Illinois federal court that concerns about attorney fees are unfounded and should not serve as a basis for denying a pending class certification motion.
August 20, 2025
Universities accused of conspiring to limit financial aid offerings told an Illinois federal court that concerns raised by an attorney for the students about potential ethical violations involving attorney fees should prevent the court from certifying the class.
July 28, 2025
An Illinois federal judge has set a November 2026 trial date in a sprawling antitrust case accusing elite universities and colleges of fixing financial aid offerings, saying Monday that he wanted the target date in mind given that the trial is likely to last multiple weeks.