A McGuireWoods partner is objecting to his firm's settlement of a class action against the nation's largest provider of bar review courses -- a move that threatens the $49 million deal that was to end ...

LOS ANGELES — The publishers of the BAR/BRI law review course have agreed to pay $49 million to settle a case brought by a class of nearly 300,000 law students alleging they each were overcharged by ...

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Francisco Partners has agreed to acquire BARBRI from Leeds Equity Partners. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in Dallas, BARBRI is a legal education provider. SAN FRANCISCO – March 31, 2021 — ...

The bar exam isn’t just a test—it’s a serious gatekeeper. In 2025, 64.9% of first-time applicants passed the full General Bar Examination, according to the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. While that’s ...

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NEW YORK, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — BARBRI, Inc., a Leeds Equity Partners, LLC portfolio company, today announced the acquisition of The Center for Legal Studies (“CLS”), the leading provider of ...

The Bar/Bri class action seems finally to be winding its way to a resolution. U.S. District Judge Manuel Real approved a roughly $49 million settlement in the Bar/Bri class action Monday -- but only ...

Last month, we broke the news about BarMax, the most expensive app in the App Store. At $999.99 (the highest price Apple allows you to sell an app for), the app differentiated itself from the joke ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, today announced that it has signed a definitive ...