One day after President-elect Donald Trump agreed to pay $25 million to settle lawsuits over Trump University, he posted on Twitter that the payment was a “small fraction of the potential award.” But Jason Forge, one of three plaintiffs attorneys at San Diego’s Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd who was involved in the settlement talks, said the amount each class member can expect to receive is unprecedented. But he also acknowledged that the litigation faced more uncertainties, particularly after Trump’s win on Nov. 8.
The settlement resolved two class actions in California, one of which was set for trial on Monday in San Diego, and another brought by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, alleging Trump University made fraudulent claims about its real estate seminars.
