United States v. President and Fellows of Harvard College

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOODLOCK, District Judge.

The United States seeks substantial damages arising from alleged improprieties in a government-sponsored Harvard project to assist Russia in developing capital markets and foreign investments. The government’s contract with Harvard barred employees who were assigned to what was known as the “Russia Project” from conducting certain business and investment activity that could give rise to real or apparent conflicts of interest.' The government contends that defendants Andrei Shleifer and Jonathan Hay, who were senior supervisory figures at the Russia…