Religion & Law

Chicago Profs Oppose Milton Friedman Institute:
A proposal to create a Milton Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago appears to have created some controversy, as reported here and here. 101 professors at the University....

The Milton Friedman Institute and Ideological Intolerance in Academia:
The University of Chicago has decided to establish an economics research institute named after the late Milton Friedman. Normally, a university's decision to name an institute after it's most famous and...

More on the Milton Friedman Institute
Dan Drezner raises the plausible possibility that the real reason for the objection of some 8% (101) of the full-time faculty to the Milton Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago, which we blogged about earlier here, is “grounded less on ideology and more on an effort to ensure these departments get a bigger slice [...

More Milton Friedman Institute Commentary
While much has been said about the recent Milton Friedman Institute scuffle at the University of Chicago (including here at TOTM here), Chicago GSB Professor John Cochrane’s scathing comments on the original Protest letter have stirred up some additional commentary worth reading...

“Its nonsensical to object”
So says Jagdish Bhagwati about the recent objections by 100 or so University of Chicago faculty members to the establishment of the Milton Friedman Institute.  (HT: Chicago Tribune)...

Chicago Opposition to MFI - Another View:
Jacob Levy offers an alternative take on UChicago faculty opposition to the creation of a Milton Friedman Institute:...

Western Culinary Institute
allegedly mislead and ill-prepared students.

Chicago Golf Course
101 Year Old Owner Must Get $25 Million for Property

Parks Department
Chicago to pay $2 million settlement in playfield lawsuit.

Securities Fraud
Chicago Bridge & Iron agrees to $10.5 million shareholder class action settlement.