From the Yale Daily News: Yale proposed a second settlement offer to the Trump administration after the first was rejected, Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 said at a Friday town hall on Yale’s campus. “I’ve been told very reliably that Yale has made an offer of settlement, which was rejected, and then made a second offer of settlement, which may still be pending, with a document that could be taken as an agreement for settlement,” the senator said. Blumenthal has spoken with Yale President Maurie McInnis twice, he said.
A Yale professor briefed on the negotiations told the News ahead of the conference that the first proposal had been rejected, and that Yale had submitted a second proposal, in accordance with Blumenthal’s remarks.
...The senator added on Friday that Yale offered both settlements to the Trump administration without demand. Blumenthal said that from what he has been told, “Yale has twice made offers without any demand, in other words, negotiating against itself, which is rule number one of litigation: do not negotiate against yourself.” University spokesperson Karen Peart wrote in an email to the News on Tuesday that “it is Yale’s longstanding practice not to discuss the specifics of any ongoing legal matter.” When asked following the Friday press conference to confirm that the first proposal was rejected and a second one was submitted, Peart wrote, “we have nothing further to add to our statement.” ...
Full story at https://yaledailynews.com/articles/yale-offers-trump-administration-second-proposal-after-first-is-rejected.
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