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Bricker Graydon LLP

New guidance on the attorney-client privilege & work product status of pay equity audits

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If your college or university maintains contracts with the federal government, you are likely aware of the possibility that the Department of Labor, through its Office of Federal Contract Compliance (“OFCCP”), may assess...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Academic Fraud Investigations: What Universities Are Doing Wrong and How They Can Get it Right

A panel of three professors posing inartfully phrased questions of a witness under oath, with members of the administration present, may not be the best way to gather relevant facts. Q: How do institutions of higher...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Privilege Issues in the Media Firestorm

The situation has become all too familiar: an incident of prurient interest — whether actual or falsely alleged — goes viral on social media before university officials can even ascertain the names of the parties involved. ...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Higher Education Highlights - Fall 2015

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Risk managers who also happen to be attorneys are not always protected by the attorney-client privilege, according to a recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In Casey v. Unitek...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Recent New Jersey Case Highlights Several Aspects of the Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege

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In Hedden v. Kean University, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that an email sent by the University’s women’s basketball coach to the school’s in-house counsel was privileged even though a copy also was sent to the...more

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