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General Counsel > Practice Areas
Practice Areas
I. Contracts and Business Transactions
- A. Negotiation, drafting, amending, interpreting, and enforcing contracts
- B. Contracts specific to a transaction (one-time transaction)
- C. University form contracts (recurring transactions)
- D. Examples:
- Purchases of goods and services
- Use of facilities
- Gift documentation
- Software licenses
- Real estate leases
- Sponsored research
- Technology transfer
II. Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- A. Defending litigation
- B. Advising on University dispute resolution processes
- C. Examples:
- Non-discrimination (litigation and University processes)
- Faculty appeal processes
- Student processes (academic, disciplinary)
III. Legal Compliance / Liability Prevention / Education and Training
- A. Legal Compliance
- Advising on new legislation; interpretation of existing legislation; responding to enforcement inquiries or compliance audits
- Examples:
- a. Tax exemptions-federal, state and local
- b. Non-discrimination
- c. Research
- d. Immigration
- e. Labor
- f. Environmental
- g. Safety
- h. Intellectual Property (Patent, Copyright, Trademark)
- B. Liability Prevention
- Policies and practices
- Risk transfer – contractual indemnification, liability waivers and releases
- C. Education and Training
- Faculty, staff, students, department chairs, business managers
- External legal requirements and University policies
IV. University Governance and Policies
- A. Pennsylvania non-profit corporation law
- B. Drafting, interpreting, amending and enforcing University policies
- C. Examples:
- University Bylaws
- Faculty Rules & Procedures
- Human Resources Policies
- Student Handbook Policies
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