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West Bar/Bri & Kaplan Class Action Settlement Of Bar Review Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit

If you paid for a BAR/BRI full-service bar-review course from August 1, 2006, through and including March 21, 2011, a class-action settlement reached in the United States District Court for the Central District of California called Stetson, et al. v. West Publishing Corporation d/b/a BAR/BRI and Kaplan, Inc., Case No. CV-08-00810 R (Ex), may affect your rights.

A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against West Publishing Corp. (“West”) and Kaplan, Inc. (“Kaplan”) (collectively “Defendants”) in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (styled Stetson, et al. v. West Publishing Corp., et al.,Class Action Case No. 08-CV-00810 R) alleging, among other things, that West, the owner of the BAR/BRI bar review course, and Kaplan, a provider of Law School Admission Test or LSAT preparation courses, violated federal antitrust laws (the Sherman Act) by conspiring to restrain trade and limit competition in the full service bar review course market and that West violated the Sherman Act by unlawfully acquiring and/or maintaining a monopoly in, and conspiring to monopolize, the full service bar review course market, according to the West Bar/Bri & Kaplan bar review antitrust class action lawsuit settlement website and settlement notice.

West Bar/Bri bar review & Kaplan settlement class members reportedly include the following persons, unless otherwise excluded:

All persons and entities who paid for a BAR/BRI full service bar review course from August 1, 2006, through and including March 21, 2011. Excluded from the Class are the Defendants in this litigation as well as all of their respective officers, directors, employees and personnel, as well as all employees and personnel of any law firm that is counsel of record in this litigation to any Defendant.

Under the proposed West Bar/Bri & Kaplan class action settlement West has agreed to pay the total sum of $5,285,000 (the “Settlement Fund”), which sum shall be used to make distributions to and for the benefit of Class Members who submit properly completed and timely Claim Forms; to pay attorney’s fees and expenses approved by the Court; the costs of providing notice to the Class; fees and expenses of the Claims Administrator, as approved by the Court; and fees associated with the administration and maintenance of the Settlement Fund, as approved by the Court.

In addition to the Settlement Fund established by West, Kaplan has agreed to provide at least one Discount Certificate to each Class Member redeemable for the purchase of a qualifying Kaplan course.  Also, for each additional full service bar review course other than a full service bar review course for a price discounted by fifty percent (50%) or more for which a Class Member has paid during the Class Period, the Class Member will receive an additional Discount Certificate.

For more information on West Bar/Bri & Kaplan bar review course class action lawsuit settlement, including information on how to participate in, object to or opt out of the settlement and the deadlines by which to do so, visit the West Bar/Bri & Kaplan class action lawsuit settlement website:

www.gilardi.com/barbrisettlement

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  • jeff nelson October 5, 2011, 1:51 pm

    This is my 7th Android phone and the operating system has maulfunctioned. After my dell streak 7 now has locked up and am tired of poor operating system and the privicy intrusions. Please add me to the lawsuit for I have been robed of my money and private info.

  • Patricia Doxtater August 19, 2013, 9:55 am

    My son went to Kaplen college in Milwaukee that closed. He was miss lead on billing and coding, had no teacher most of the time, was over charged and I worked there he was suppose to get 75 percent off they told me they would take care of it., they did not, now he owes 30,000 for no education . I need to no if there is anything we can do, I no all the schools here closed for over charging and mis-leading Please let me no if there is anything we can do. he wants to go back to school but now cannot Patricia Doxtater

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