USA v. Ernst et al
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1:19-cr-10081
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- Anderson & Kreiger
- BLA Schwartz
- Brooks Pierce
- Campbell Conroy
- Choate Hall
- Covington & Burling
- Dynamis LLP
- Gerger Hennessy
- Gibson Dunn
- Goulston & Storrs
- Hedges & Tumposky
- Hinckley Allen
- Hogan Lovells
- Huggard Law LLC
- Kaplan Marino
- King & Spalding
- Larson LLP
- Law Offices of Melissa A. Weinberger
- McCarter & English
- Miner Siddall
- Mintz Levin
- Munger Tolles
- Murphy Ball Stratton
- Quinn Emanuel
- Robinson & Cole
- Steptoe LLP
- Swomley & Tennen
- Taft Stettinius
- Wiesner McKinnon
- Willkie Farr
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October 20, 2021
Feds Say Ex-USC Staff Must Face Full 'Varsity Blues' Evidence
Federal prosecutors in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case pushed back Tuesday on efforts by a former University of Southern California official and coach to limit evidence when they go before jurors in the second and third trials of the high-profile scandal.
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October 19, 2021
'Varsity Blues' Feds Hid Evidence, Ex-USC Coach Says
A former water polo coach preparing for trial in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case argues that federal prosecutors deliberately hid evidence that calls into question the legitimacy of recorded phone calls that have been at the center of the government's case.
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October 13, 2021
'Varsity Blues' Judge Splits Trials For Ex-USC Coach, Official
"Varsity Blues" prosecutors will have to try a former coach at the University of Southern California separately from a onetime official at the Pac-12 school, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, finding that lumping them into one trial could be unfair.
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October 12, 2021
Ex-Coach Gets 1st 'Varsity Blues' Deferred Prosecution Deal
A former Wake Forest University volleyball coach will avoid trial over his role in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case after striking a rare deferred prosecution deal Tuesday that experts said may be intended as a government olive branch to other defendants still fighting charges.
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September 15, 2021
Jury Hears 'Varsity Blues' Dad Wanted '2-For-1' Fraud Special
A hedge fund founder asked the ringleader of the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scheme whether he could get a "two-for-one special" to get his twin daughters into college through a "side door," a Boston jury heard on tape Wednesday.
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September 02, 2021
'Varsity Blues' Wiretaps Flouted Law, Ex-USC Staff Says
A former University of Southern California athletics official and coach swept up in the "Varsity Blues" college admission scandal told a Massachusetts federal judge Thursday that the government illegally asked AT&T to continue tapping the phone of scheme mastermind Rick Singer after a court order expired.
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September 01, 2021
Feds Drop 'Varsity Blues' Racketeering Conspiracy Charges
The government is dropping racketeering conspiracy charges against three college coaches and an administrator swept up in the "Varsity Blues" college admission scandal, according to a recent filing in Massachusetts federal court.
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August 23, 2021
'Varsity Blues' Defendants Want 'Hodgepodge' Case Split Up
A former coach and an athletic department administrator at the University of Southern California have asked a federal judge to split up their upcoming trial, arguing that the government has improperly lumped them together in a "hodgepodge of a prosecution."
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August 16, 2021
Ex-USC Admin Calls New 'Varsity Blues' Charges 'Vindictive'
A former administrator at the University of Southern California asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss most of the "Varsity Blues" charges against her, arguing that prosecutors have piled on counts in an attempt to punish her for fighting the case.
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August 10, 2021
Ex-Georgetown Tennis Coach Nears 'Varsity Blues' Plea Deal
Former Georgetown University tennis coach Gordon Ernst, who prosecutors say accepted $2.7 million in bribes to get undeserving students admitted to the elite school, is nearing a plea deal with the government, his attorney said during a hearing Tuesday in a Massachusetts federal court.