The federal False Claims Act (FCA) has long been a powerful tool for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) — or private whistleblowers bringing suit on the DOJ’s behalf — to investigate and police activity financed with...more
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On May 22, 2020, the Massachusetts Higher Education Working Group (which includes college and university presidents from 14 Massachusetts institutions) submitted to Governor Baker’s Reopening Advisory Board a set of...more
COVID-19 has presented myriad challenges for U.S. colleges and universities to navigate over the past several months. One recent development has been a growing number of lawsuits brought by students seeking a refund of...more
On May 7, 2018, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued its long-awaited decision in Nguyen v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The case involved a 25-year-old MIT graduate student, Han Nguyen, who took...more