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As executive employment attorneys, in addition to our representation of executives in finance, industry and media, one of our concentrations is the negotiation of contracts for university and college presidents, provosts and senior deans in charge of major academic departments.
Some of... Read More
A New York City real estate executive I know has read widely in the works of Washington Irving. I don’t have my friend’s level of knowledge about America’s first author to receive international recognition, but... Read More
Given the statistics on the widespread and growing phenomenon of student suicide, college administrators are likely to be more concerned about suicide than they are about student-on-student assault. According... Read More
Recent decisions by the highest courts of two states, California and Massachusetts, offer important guidance as to when a college or university can be held liable for money damages when one student harms another student by an assault, or harms themself... Read More
By contrast, when a college or university president’s contract is up for renewal, the situation is different and a different... Read More
As executive compensation attorneys, we represent college and university presidents in their contract negotiations. As I have written at length elsewhere, for a prospective president to “do it yourself” or to be represented... Read More
Board members sometimes blindside presidents, deans and other academic executives by asking to discuss a termination package before anything has been put... Read More
Why presidents and other seasoned executives can benefit from seasoned counsel
The higher education press has been filled recently with stories about abrupt firings of presidents and other senior executives at universities and colleges across the nation. What was once an... Read More
Our legal work handling the contracts of college and university Presidents, Provosts and senior administrators has also led us into the Title IX area on occasion. The following, written by my colleague Lisa Horowitz, offers some good practical suggestions to any... Read More
In response to the question George Birnbaum posed in his recent article, “Executive Compensation for College and University Presidents: Are They Really Overpaid?,” I would like to add my resounding no, and direct your attention to further support for our... Read More