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Plaintiffs Announce $13.5M Settlement With the University of Chicago Regarding Allegations That It Engaged in Price-Fixing With Sixteen Other Elite Universities in Awarding Financial Aid
In papers filed in federal court, the Plaintiffs announced that the University of Chicago has agreed to pay $13.5 million to settle an antitrust class action brought by a proposed class of current and former students who received financial aid at seventeen elite universities. -
Judge won't dismiss class action lawsuit accusing elite colleges, universities of financial aid collusion
Plaintiffs claims tuition would've been cheaper but for an agreement among some of America's top colleges and universities, including University of Chicago, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Brown, Yale, Cal Tech, MIT and Duke, among others. -
Lawsuit revived vs Loyola Chicago over refusal to refund tuition, fees, after Covid shutdown
A federal appeals panel says students can press their claim Loyola University Chicago's decision to close the campus and move instruction online in March 2020 breached an 'implied contract' for in-person instruction and access to campus in return for $22,000 per semester tuition -
Judge: Big college tuition bills not a contract with Loyola to force refunds over COVID closures
A federal judge tossed a class action lawsuit from Loyola University students who were sent home and forced into online instruction amid campus closures over COVID-19, and wanted the Chicago school to refund at least some of the tuition they paid in 2020. -
Judge dries up Frigidaire dishwasher class action, says claims are too mixed
A Chicago federal judge has scrubbed a putative class action against Electrolux, which alleges the company's Frigidaire dishwashers catch fire, saying plaintiffs' claims are "too unwieldy" to pursue as a group.