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Washington Post
May 24, 2006
Eric M. Weiss

Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) and George Mason University's Law & Economics Center lied about corporate sponsorship

Free trips for judges paid for by tobacco, oil and other corporate interests

Two organizations that have provided free trips to hundreds of federal judges received large contributions from tobacco, oil and other corporate interests, according to documents released yesterday.

The Montana-based Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) and George Mason University's Law & Economics Center previously said corporate money does not pay for the judges' seminars or declined to disclose their donors.

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