Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Advised private university through staff reduction-in-force process, including disparate impact analysis and resulting layoff adjustments and disclosures.
Assisted private university in planning for potential salary reductions or layoffs of tenured and tenure-track faculty in response to budget crisis.
Advised private secondary school on state law reporting obligations for complaint of student-on-student involuntary sexual contact and assisted school administrators through interactions with law enforcement, students, families, and legal representatives.
Guided a private university through first union-organizing campaign, including representation proceedings before the NLRB.
Represented private university in OCR investigation of complaint brought by student claiming disability discrimination in field placement process.
Advised private university on financial exigency, program closure and teach-out issues, and assisted in implementing reorganization and reduction in force of affected staff members.
Prepared Human Resources and Tax/Social Benefits Framework Agreement for U.S. private university’s relationship with U.K. company to allow U.K. company to hire and secondments temporary employees for U.S. university in a variety of countries, including preparation of individual foreign employee employment contracts.
Advice to U.S.-based higher education institutions on foreign country requirements for providing college-level classes and degrees, establishing subsidiaries abroad, and handling employment relationships, including contract negotiations and drafting.
Represent higher education institutions in tort actions alleging negligence on behalf of coaching staff (ongoing).