Hapless Law Grads 1, Barbri 0

I was only aware of the class action suit against BarBri in Southern California. Apparently there is a second anti-trust suit filed in NY. Apparently, the Plaintiffs just survived summary judgment and the case still has some life in it. Never took anti-trust law or unfair competition, so I frankly couldn't give a shit about the technical nitty-gritty details of the claim. However, I do very much give a shit about recouping as much money from a class action settlement/award as possible from the greedy fuckers.

Nevertheless, found a few interesting tidbits from the article discussing the case.

"The evidence suggests that BAR/BRI used its substantial market share to control competition, boost prices and potentially force unwilling consumption of its [multistate] instruction," Judge Pauley wrote.

I realize that pretty much any class action settlement is bullshit, and should the miracle occur, I'll probably get some sort of coupon entitling me to the Conviser outline of my choice... nevertheless its still pretty nice to hear that I'm not the only one to think that the fact that BarBri is the only game in town is a little fishy. My eyes pretty much glazed over reading the rest of the article, but then I came to this little piece of trivia:

BAR/BRI courses generate approximately $125 million in revenue and $60 million in profit a year, according to the ruling.

Shit, that's not bad for paying a few flunkies to insert a couple of DVDs twice a year. All-in-all, I can't really complain about the actual BarBri classes, but I sure as hell can complain about the price. I'm sure they'll settle this eventually, but either way I'm looking forward to getting at least a BarBri mug or something when it does eventually settle.