Gill v. Paige: U.S.D.C., E.D.N.Y.  Class action filed in 2000 against the United States Department of Education (“USED”) on behalf of students of proprietary vocational schools who have sought and been denied discharges of their defaulted student loans.  Such students sought discharges based on the fact that they did not have the “ability-to-benefit” (a-t-b) from the programs in which they were enrolled.  After several years of discovery, we reached a settlement pursuant to which USED is now sending notices to class members giving them the chance to ask for new reviews of their requests for discharge; these reviews will be based on partially new criteria agreed on by the parties.  We are assisting dozens of class members with their requests for review.  (JGS, ST)