{"id":155536,"date":"2026-06-29T13:28:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/?p=155536"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:28:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:28:03","slug":"federal-judge-denies-motion-to-dismiss-lawsuit-over-law-school-application-fees-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/29\/federal-judge-denies-motion-to-dismiss-lawsuit-over-law-school-application-fees-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Law School Application Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Georgia resident originally filed the class-action complaint last August in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging three counts of violating the Sherman Act, citing horizontal restraint of trade in two counts and monopolization in another, according to the\u00a0<a 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in another, according to the\u00a0complaint. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Georgia resident originally filed the class-action complaint last August in 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