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A 2009 report cited critics who claimed that the Oxford Round Table "does not make its lack of academic connection clear." The article noted that pictures of Oxford
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The Oxford Round Table brings together scholars and others from a variety of backgrounds (new professors and PhD students, college presidents and deans, school administrators, religious leaders) to discuss research on specific topics usually related to public policy. In its early years, the
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Kentucky corporation, was incorporated by Samual K. Alexander III (son of Kern Alexander). It was administratively dissolved in 1998 and reinstated in 2006. This corporation dissolved itself 22 September 2008.
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website. The ORT complained that Mahone had described the ORT as a "scam", a "complete fraud", and "a tourist venture, not a prestigious academic event". An attempt by the Oxford Round Table, Inc., to sue Mahone for libel in the
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University. One professor expressed "surprise" when she learned that the ORT was not affiliated with Oxford
University and concluded that "my conference funds would be best targeted towards a more appropriate venue."
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courts failed on jurisdiction grounds, and the company threatened to take legal action in the UK. The company dropped the action after the researcher hired her own lawyer.
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