It’s not quite as dramatic as LeBron James taking his talents to South Beach, but I’m nevertheless excited to announce my upcoming move to the Free Enterprise Project (FEP), a DC-based think tank that “focuses on shareholder activism and the confluence of big government and big business.” The FEP is part of the National Center for Public Policy Research, which is “a communications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today’s public policy problems.” The NCPPR was founded in 1982, and readers of this blog may be interested to know that among its many activities it is the plaintiff in a recently filed lawsuit accusing the SEC of viewpoint discrimination in connection with its oversight of shareholder proposals (co-blogger Ann Lipton recently discussed an aspect of that lawsuit here).

In addition to the FEP, the National Center includes: (1) the Environment and Enterprise Institute, (2) Project 21, (3) Able Americans, and (4) The Political Forum Institute. For those interested, I’ve included a brief summary of each of these projects below.

  • The Environment and Enterprise Institute seeks to “counter misinformation being spread to the public and policymakers by the environmental left.”
  • Project 21 seeks to “promote the views of African-Americans whose entrepreneurial spirit, dedication to family and commitment to individual responsibility have not traditionally been echoed by the nation’s civil rights establishment.”
  • Able Americans seeks to “support Americans living with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities.”
  • The Political Forum Institute seeks “to build a powerful and enduring community dedicated to the values and beliefs of the American founding: free peoples, free minds, and free markets.”

While I am looking forward to this new opportunity to advance the principles of “a free market, individual liberty and personal responsibility” – I must also express my gratitude for the opportunities I’ve been given by Akron Law to be of service to that institution and its students. If you aren’t familiar with all the great things going on at Akron Law, please visit their web page (here). There is much I could brag about when it comes to Akron Law, but perhaps the best thing I can say about the school is that everyone I ever worked with there – from the Dean’s suite to the administrative offices and throughout the school – was and is passionately committed to the success of our students. Unsurprisingly, we have not always agreed on the best path forward for the school, but I never once questioned the commitment of my colleagues to the institution and our students.

Finally, I want to express my gratitude to my past and present co-bloggers at the BLPB. I believe I can rightfully claim to be the founding member of this 2013 re-boot of the BLPB, but at this point I merely bask in the brilliance of my co-bloggers. When I was younger, I typically preferred to be a big fish in a small pond – but now the advice I almost always give is to dive into the pond with the biggest/best fish you can surround yourself with, and my experience here confirms that this is the better road travelled.

I’ve also decided to jump back on Twitter and LinkedIn, so feel free to connect with me there (at least until I’m cancelled).

Onwards and upwards!