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How the Seattle Seahawks’ sale will score a touchdown for charity 8 years after Paul Allen’s death

  • Written by Reid Kress Weisbord, Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Norma Shapiro Scholar, Rutgers University - Newark
How the Seattle Seahawks’ sale will score a touchdown for charity 8 years after Paul Allen’s deathPaul Allen, wearing a gray jacket, salutes the crowd during a celebration of the Seattle Seahawks' Super Bowl victory in 2014.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

When Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died on Oct. 15, 2018, he left behind an estimated US$26 billion that he wanted to largely leave to charity.

Allen died at 65 of septic shock after a yearslong...

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