The report said the department's filing also directly tied the admissions lawsuit to its own ongoing probe into Harvard's admissions processes, arguing that the lawsuit "overlaps" and could "directly bear" on the separate Justice Department investigation. The filing also directly urges the court to reject the University's previous request that case-related admissions information remain private. "But neither that interest nor any of Harvard's other generalised arguments warrant adoption of Harvard's proposal to file all summary judgment materials under seal." The Students for Fair Admissions lawsuit alleges that Harvard discriminates against Asian-Americans in its admissions process. About three years after that suit began, the Department of Justice had launched an investigation into Harvard's admissions practises to look into the allegations.

Source: Economic Times April 07, 2018 05:37 UTC