Litigation Regarding Return of Misused Charitable Foundation Trust Assets

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Representation of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, one of the largest private charitable foundations in the United States, in a rare and complex case in which $1.5 million of trust assets had been diverted from their intended purpose and misused by the trustees.

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