November 29, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
A conservative think tank in Delaware has dropped a lawsuit that had accused one of its major donors and three former executives of stealing confidential information.
A spokesman for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, in Wilmington, said the institute had withdrawn the lawsuit, but would not comment on reasons behind the decision.
The lawsuit, which was filed in October, alleged that the donor and former executives had stolen a fund-raising database and internal documents as part of a covert effort to start a rival nonprofit organization.
All four of those named in the lawsuit — the philanthropist Jack Miller and the former executives Michael Ratliff, Michael Andrews, and Michael Deshaies — had denied the claims.
The lawsuit also had charged that Mr. Miller, a businessman, had reneged on commitments to the charity totaling $1.9-million.
