Will Yale Become the Next Paul, Weiss?

 Just like the Trump administration targeted Big Law more than a year ago, it's been in the process of imposing its power on elite higher education.

Yale has the bad luck of being in the spotlight. And in process, if it settles as had nine large law firms, it could become the "Next Paul, Weiss." That is, a wounded brand because it did settle and became a symbol of capitulation. Harvard didn't cave, instead going to war on the litigation front as had WilmerHale and Perkins Coie. 

The administration's official beef, as The Wall Street Journal reports, is:

"Yale is under scrutiny after a Justice Department investigation said its medical school discriminated against white and Asian applicants." 

Already, sources claim, Yale has made one settlement offer. It was rejected. It has made a second. Internally, many faculty, students and much of the influential law school are pushing back. The resistance now includes US Senator Richard Blumenthal, a graduate. The media is running with the story, just as it featured Paul, Weiss' deal with the administration.

If Yale does settle, retaliation could take almost an infinite number of forms. Those could range from a dramatic falloff in donations to star professor flight.

Among the leaders for the "reform" of higher education in America is Apollo CEO Marc Rowan. 

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