Counsel Legal Services

The vendor required to provide legal services on behalf of the university when requested by the office.
- General law and litigation
•    Business and financial matters, including commercial litigation;
•    Civil litigation (including medical malpractice);
•    Civil appeals;
•    Criminal matters;
•    Construction law;
•    Debt collections (commercial and consumer), and
•    Bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, insolvency and creditor’s rights, especially in relation to student loans;
•    Procurement issues generally and advice related to the code.
•    Public finance and bond transactions
- Intellectual property and broadcast:
•    Patent counsel and litigation support on issues relating to patenting, such as invention ownership and infringement; copyright counsel, including cyberspace issues, fair use, ownership, and infringement;
•    Licensing and commercialization;
•    Art and museum law
•    Permissions, publishing, and author agreements
•    Social media
•    Trademark advice and representation,
•    Multi-media works,
•    Software, SAS arrangements, and database licensing; and
•    Other intellectual property issues as they arise.
•    Application and renewal of FCC licenses;
•    Compliance with FCC laws, rules, and regulations;
•    Advice regarding copyright, first amendment, defamation and other general legal problems peculiar to the ownership and operation of television and radio stations, as well as for the production, acquisition, and distribution of program material;
•    Location agreements
•    Media rights agreements.
- Regulatory public utility:
•    Taxation, including UBIT and tax-exempt organization advice, and deferred compensation matters;
•    Federal cost reimbursement;
•    Other governmental regulatory issues as they arise, including utility matters.
- Research and research compliance:
•    Compliance with federal requirements relating to human and animal subject research, research fraud, and conflicts of interest;
•    Compliance with federal regulations governing research on and use and transmittal of biohazardous materials;
•    Public and private partnerships, including establishing joint ventures and consortia;
•    Grants, contract, and cooperative agreement terms and conditions and disputes;
•    Export control laws and assistance obtaining licenses;
•    Bayh-dole compliance; and
•    Undue foreign influence and cui matters.
•    Research integrity
•    Human subjects research compliance, including compliance
•    Institutional animal research compliance, including IACUC compliance
•    Clinical trial compliance, including act compliance
•    Grants, grant agreements, and grant compliance
•    Biosafety compliance
•    Export control compliance
•    Research conflict of interest.
- Immigration:
•    Draft pleadings and documents for labor certification applications, visa petitions, applications for permanent residency, etc.; 
•    Issues involving adjustment of status, deportation, etc.; 
•    Consult on an as-needed basis, on the status of immigration and naturalization laws, the regulations and the applicability of such laws and regulations to the university, its faculty, staff, and students,
•    Provide workshops or programs for foreign students, staff, and faculty at no cost to the university provided that the university will pay for duplicating written materials, and 
•    The university on regulatory and legal changes related to immigration law.
- Labor law:
•    Provide advice and counsel with respect to negotiations with organized labor and collective bargaining agreements;
•    Advise, counsel and represent on compliance with public employee bargaining act;
•    Advise, counsel and represent relative to prohibited practice charges; and
•    Advise, counsel and represent the university in mediations, arbitrations, and court and other proceedings related to disputes arising from collective bargaining agreement grievance and arbitration procedures.
- Employment and civil rights:
•    Advise on employee benefits, tax, fair labor standards act; and other federal and state employment statutes;
•    Investigate and advise on civil rights employment matters;
•    Advise and represent on whistleblower and qui tam actions, actions of equitable relief and other actions not covered by state risk; and
•    Breach of contract – advise, counsel and represent.
•    Employee benefits law
- Health law:
•    Representation of academic medical centers and faculty practice organizations;
•    Compliance and regulatory counsel;
•    Health care transactions and contracting (including physician, physician organization, and managed care contracting);
•    Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement advice and representation;
•    Corporate structure and governance,
•    Privacy matters (international, federal, state); and
•    Other health law issues as they may arise.
•    Hospital and clinical licensure and hospital conditions of participation
•    Hospital and clinical accreditation
•    Federally qualified health center transactions
•    340b discount drug program compliance
•    Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and compliance
•    LCME accreditation and program compliance
•    ACGME accreditation and program compliance
•    Medical malpractice claims and lawsuit defense
•    Commission on collegiate nursing education accreditation and compliance
•    Accreditation council for pharmacy education accreditation and compliance
•    Allied health education program accreditation and compliance
•    Patient care and health care decision-making
•    End of life decision-making, including medical aid in dying
•    Federal and state health care program compliance
•    Act privacy and security, part 2 rule substance use disorder confidentiality requirements, mental health code privacy requirements, children’s mental health code compliance
•    Hospital liens and patient debt settlements
•    Medical staff credentialing, privileging, and professional review activity
•    Health care facility financing strategies and transactions
- Real estate legal services:
•    Draft and review of purchase and sale agreements, oil and gas interests, leases, licenses, easements, and other real estate related transactions, and
•    Represent university at closings or court proceedings involving real property.

- Contract Period/Term: 4 years