Higher Education Issues and Strengths Snapshot
- Intellectual property – Work for hire; patent, trademark and copyright, marketing and licensing, prosecution and defense (fair use) – Scott Keller, Amber Underwood, Mary Bonnema
- Technology agreements for online learning and course creation – Mary Bonnema, Nate Steed
- Regulatory and compliance – Jason Byrne
- Real estate and construction/design-build – Rob Davies
- Software licensing – Nate Steed
- First amendment speech – Jason Byrne, Conor Dugan, Matthew Nelson
- Religious issues/academic freedom – Conor Dugan, Matthew Nelson
- Internal investigations – Ryan Grondzik, Madelaine Lane, Brian Lennon
- Sexual assault and Title IX – Jason Byrne
- FERPA and student privacy – Alexandra Woods
- Cybersecurity and network security – Nate Steed
- COVID-19 protocols – Jason Byrne, Steve Palazzolo, Allyson Terpsma
- Physical and mental health and safety – Jason Byrne
- Finances – including matters related to gifts and endowments – Jeffrey Ott, Laura Morris
- Corporate matters – acquisitions and joint ventures – Jeffrey Ott
- Labor and employment – Ed Bardelli, Rob Dubault, Steve Palazzolo, Allyson Terpsma, Karen VanderWerff
- Employee Benefits – Heidi Lyon, Jennifer Watkins
- Contract negotiations – Kelly Hollingsworth
- Government Relations – Monique Field-Foster
- Immigration – Michael Wooley
- eDiscovery – Madelaine Lane
Services
Some of the services we provide to college and university clients include:
- Charitable and planned giving guidance
- Cybersecurity, privacy and breach response
- Employment law counsel and litigation
- Employee benefits counsel
- Endowment administration
- FERPA
- Free speech and assembly
- Freedom of Information Act compliance
- 403(b) Compliance
- Grant audit defense
- Grievance administration and arbitration
- HIPAA compliance
- Immigration of international faculty and students and I-9 compliance
- Information Governance
- Information technology agreements and policies
- Intellectual property – policies and filings
- Insurance policy review/audits
- Internal investigations
- Labor relations
- Licensing issues and disputes
- Litigation
- Lobbying
- Open Meetings Act compliance
- P3/Real estate and construction projects
- Records Information Management
- Student discipline and codes of conduct
- Student safety
- Title IX compliance
- Trust and estate services
Resources
The recordings of each webinar can be accessed below. You will be asked to enter your name and email, and once you click on the “Register” button, the recording will automatically play.
