BOSTON (AP) Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, will be able to continue using a law firm that recently represented the University of Southern California, which is an alleged victim in the sweeping college admissions bribery case, a federal judge allowed Tuesday.

But Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley declined to rule on a different potential conflict of interest in the couples legal representation and said she would decide later, calling it more serious.

Giannulli, who created the Mossimo clothing brand, and Loughlin, who starred on TVs Full House, mostly sat quietly through the brief proceedings in Boston federal court.