Our Litigators of the Week are Bob Gilbert of Gilbert Litigators & Counselors, Ted Normand of Freedman Normand Friedland, and Eric Cramer of Berger Montague who have been pursuing price-fixing claims against 17 elite universities accused of conspiring to limit financial aid awards and inflating tuition. 

Last week U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly in Chicago gave preliminary approval to three more settlements—with Dartmouth agreeing to pay $33.75 million, Northwestern $43.5 million, and Vanderbilt $55 million. Those settlements raise the number of schools that have settled to 10 and the total amount of the settlements to $284 million.