On Tuesday, March 1, 2016, a panel of judges in the New York Appellate Division, First Department, held that New York Attorney General (AG) Eric Schneiderman’s suit against Donald Trump and the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative LLC (TEI) can move forward. The court’s decision marks a turning point in the case and resolves ambiguity regarding the contours of the AG’s authority and the statute of limitations for certain causes of action brought by the AG. The decision is important, one could even say huge.
In August 2013, the AG brought a special proceeding against Trump individually and TEI, formerly known as Trump University LLC. The action stemmed from a letter sent by the New York State Department of Education in 2005, informing Trump University that it was violating the state’s education law by using the word “University” without a proper charter. Trump University allegedly did not formally change its name to TEI until May 2010, and ceased operations later that year.Continue Reading New York Attorney General’s Case Against Trump University Goes Forward