Law graduates settle suit
Concluding a two-year legal battle against a group of anonymous online commenters, two former Yale Law School students have settled their high-profile lawsuit.
Attorneys for the two students, Heide Iravani LAW ’09 and Brittan Heller LAW ’09, said they were able to identify some of the anonymous authors who allegedly defamed the women on a popular online law school discussion forum, AutoAdmit. The parties have now reached a settlement, but the terms were not disclosed.
“Our clients are very pleased with how the case went,” said attorney Ashok Ramani, whose firm, Keker & Van Nest,...