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NCAA’s Student-Athlete Settlement Signals Big Changes Ahead: 3 Things Higher Education Institutions Need to Know

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The NCAA and its power conferences recently approved a multi-billion-dollar agreement to settle several antitrust claims brought by student-athletes, taking the next step towards reshaping the collegiate sports landscape. The...more

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BIS Announces Settlement Agreement with Indiana University Over Export Control Violations

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On June 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced the settlement of an administrative enforcement action involving Indiana University of Bloomington (“Indiana University”)...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - March 2024 #3

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Dartmouth College must bargain with its men’s basketball team after the National Labor Relations Board certified the players’ recent landmark vote to unionize with the Service Employees International Union on Thursday, but a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 1. In This Month’s E-News: January 2023

Alice C. Chang, formerly an associate professor of basic medical sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue University, “falsified and/or fabricated data from the same mouse models or cell lines by reusing the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

NSF Award Mismanagement, Publication Ban Among Costly Actions by Researchers

Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 1 (January, 2022) - During the second half of fiscal year 2021, which ended Sept. 30, the National Science Foundation (NSF) collected more than $2.5 million from six universities and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Two Washington Universities Ink Settlements For Exceeding Salaries, Falsified Application

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 12 (December, 2021) - Washington State University’s (WSU) recent settlement with the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) for more than $800,000 followed a university-wide audit that...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 11. In This Month’s E-News: November 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 11 (November, 2021) - A professor in the University of Washington (UW) College of Engineering allegedly falsified award documents submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF)...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments for September 2021

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1. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo mandated the seeking of more aggressive remedies in unfair labor practice (ULP) cases. Office of General Counsel Memorandum GC 21-06, Seeking Full...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance, News Briefs: November 2019

Report on Medicare Compliance 28, no. 36 (Oct. 14, 2019). - NIH should “update its guidance on vetting peer reviewer nominees to identify potential foreign threats to research integrity” and “develop a risk-based approach...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Lessons Learned about Equal Pay in Higher Education

The #MeToo movement has brought public awareness to claims concerning pay disparity based on gender. As more and more women bring equal pay claims and enter into hefty settlements, the general public begins to internalize the...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

To Pay or Not to Pay? Are Parents Responsible for Their Adult Child’s College Expenses?

With all of the world waiting to hear the legal outcomes for Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin surrounding each of their respective college admissions scams, which include cheating on college exams and bribing officials to...more

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When Research Misconduct Violates the False Claims Act: Lessons from Duke's $112.5M Settlement

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On March 25, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Duke University agreed to settle a False Claims Act qui tam action alleging widespread misconduct in federally funded research. ...more

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NLRB Issues Numerous Decisions Against Employers as Hirozawa's Term Expires

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In the midst of a heated presidential election cycle, employers are following recent decisions of the National Labor Relations Board closely. Before losing its three-member Democratic majority at the expiration of Board...more

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$800K Settlement Illustrates Unique Issues Raised In Title IX Litigation

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Student-on-student sex-assault cases have recently taken center stage in the higher education arena. The last two months have seen legal developments in this area which aptly illustrate the seemingly Sisyphean task facing...more

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