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...also represents a colossal liability for the University. Shleifer, Harvard and former employee Jonathan Hay are defendants in a federal suit that alleges they defrauded the U.S. government while running an economic advising program in Russia...
...parties now await a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock in the summary judgement phase of the suit...
Summers has since recused himself from matters pertaining to the suit, but in January said through a spokesperson that he hoped Shleifer would remain on the faculty...
...passed a living wage ordinance. Among the first municipal ordinances of its sort, it required that all major city contractors pay workers a living wage—now set for Boston at $10.54 an hour and adjusted frequently to meet the rising cost of living. Many other cities followed suit, including Cambridge and Somerville. In much the same spirit, and modeled in part on Cambridge’s ordinance, Harvard last spring raised the wages it pays its workers to a level it deemed appropriate to the cost of living. Harvard’s changes apply to all on-campus...
...much more than write KTI a letter, Harvard could add significant power to efforts to improve the lives of those who work at KTI. Harvard has taken a stance against such labor abuses on its own campus; it should encourage companies over which it has influence to follow suit...