Jail time for submitting misleading or false law school rankings?

A most unlikely collection of suspects - law schools, their deans, U.S. News & World Report and its employees - may have committed felonies by publishing false information as part of U.S. News' ranking of law schools. The possible federal felonies include mail and wire fraud, conspiracy, racketeering, and making false statements. Employees of law schools and U.S. News who committed these crimes can be punished as individuals, and under federal law the schools and U.S. News would likely be criminally liable for their agents' crimes.


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Law school rankings news

The ABA told schools in June that they no longer had to report their expenditures per student when reporting to US News for their law school rankings. But that didn't stop US News from requesting the data. Article here.
Apparently, the magazine will "continue to do "whatever it chooses to do. Years of entreaties, rants, and denunciation haven’t stopped it from incorporating expenditures into its law school ranking. I’m doubtful that the ABA’s change will suddenly bring U.S. News to its senses.""