 Rather than litigating the claims, the University of Illinois settled the action at cost of more than $2 million.The November 2015 settlement involved the university paying Salaita $600,000, and a further $275,000 to cover his legal expenses.The university did not admit wrongdoing, and justified the settlement by noting that it had already spent $1.3 million on the case, and that the cost of proceeding to trial would likely have exceeded the settlement amount.