Dive Brief:

• A committee of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education has voted against recommending a sale of the Charleston School of Law.
• Committee members said they had concerns about the potential buyer, InfiLaw ​— a private, Florida-based company — because of its lower academic standards and lawsuits filed against it.
• The vote surprised alumni and faculty, who have opposed the proposed sale of the 10-year-old private law school in Charleston, The Post and Courier reported.

Dive Insight:

The committee’s 3-to-1 vote will serve as a guideline when the full commission is expected to decide on granting a license to InfiLaw on June 6. The committee sided with the view that lawsuits filed against two InfiLaw schools could present some problems for the company in the future. InfiLaw says the lawsuits are baseless. One was filed in Arizona by faculty, who claimed the school was in breach of contract and that it defrauded students. Another filed in Florida alleges that the school misrepresented its students' success and job placement.