Academic

University Endowments and the Role of Donors Wishes
According to Karen W. Arenson, When Strings Are Attached, Quirky Gifts Can Limit Universities, NYTimes.com, April 13, 2008: [T]he Seeger money, which must be spent only on matters Greek, is now worth $33 million, multiplying through aggressive investing like the...

Koch Industries' Toxic Gifts to Wisconsin
Koch Industries ranks in the "top ten" of the Toxic 100 list of the Political Economy Research Institute, which identifies the top U.S. read more

Brouhaha Over the Koch Brothers
(David Bernstein) An article by Jane Mayer in the New Yorker on the libertarian Koch brothers has received a great deal of attention, including this piece by Frank Rich. The bizarre point of both pieces seems to be to undermine David Koch?s efforts to become a respected member of New York ?society? by harming his reputation [...

Why the Focus on the Koch Brothers/Americans for Prosperity Now
The group and its funders are getting some prominent attention this week in items that I've already linked to: the New Yorker, New York Times, Washington Post, Slate. But the story of the Koch brothers' political involvement is not new...

Klein on the Koch Brothers
(David Bernstein) Ezra Klein has a generally sensible post about the ongoing demonization of the Koch brothers. Two quibbles: first, I think Klein underestimates the Kochs? underlying ideological commitment to libertarian, as opposed to conservative ideals (though perhaps he doesn?t accept this distinction); second, Klein cites a post of mine in criticizing those he says claim [...

Bluehosts Servile Response to Koch Industries Shows It Is an Unreliable Hosting Company
by Paul Alan Levy Deepak Gupta has just posted about an excellent decision firmly rejecting both Koch Industries? trademark and other claims over a satirical press release making fun of the Koch brothers? funding of climate change denial, as well...

Lehman Brothers
allegedly breached ERISA duties for employee savings plan participants.

Video Taping Arrest
Harris County pays wrongfully arrested brothers $1.7 million civil rights settlement.