In Wortis v. Trustees of Tufts College, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“Court”) held that a university’s agreement to provide academic freedom and economic security to tenured faculty in the tenure contract did not...more
This is the fifth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
As healthcare providers and universities respond to the spread of COVID-19, legal counsel at these institutions should be prepared to assist their institution’s research enterprise in anticipating and reacting to any changes...more
Colleges and universities receive billions of dollars in federal funds, whether through research grants or student financial aid, or even by billing Medicare or Medicaid for services rendered at academic medical centers. As a...more