that's not true. The recipients weren't law schools (unless AARP is now running a law school), though a couple of the lawyers on the plaintiffs' side did have s

that's not true. The recipients weren't law schools (unless AARP is now running a law school), though a couple of the lawyers on the plaintiffs' side did have some affiliation with the parent institutions of the privacy projects getting the money. In fact, one judge on the three-judge Ninth Circuit panel dissented and thought the case should be sent back down to the trial judge to have an evidentiary hearing on those connections, just to be sure the lawyers weren't profiting in some way.