Dive Summary:

• The New York attorney general's charges that Trump University defrauded students echo similar allegations in a California lawsuit pending since 2010.
• The California lawsuit filed by a former student and seeking class action status alleges that Trump University was "more like an infomercial."
• Trump sued the plaintiff in the California case for defamation, but that suit was blocked by an appeals court.

From the article:

... Trump quickly shot back. In a blitz of TV news show appearances, a newly launched website and numerous tweets, he accused the first-term Democrat of filing false allegations and being a "lightweight" who "sues a school w/ a 98% approval rating but doesn't go after billion $ fraudsters all over Wall St." ...