GAINESVILLE, FL – After four months, The University of Florida recently closed its Title IX investigation into men’s basketball coach Todd Golden. The independent investigators found “no evidence” behind accusations that the coach sexually harassed, stalked or...
Raising a parting glass to Franz Beckenbauer, wine aficionado and footballer
Franz Beckenbauer earned fame on the soccer pitch, but joined a long line of marks for a wine fraudster
Harvard’s Corporation and Claudine Gay’s downfall
Is Harvard ungovernable? Is it an institution so big, so tribal, and dare I say so out of touch, that it can’t help but trip over itself? Claudine Gay's short tenure as the University’s president left me thinking about how the members of The Harvard Corporation, as...
Protecting your organization’s reputation
Times of transition bring unique risks Be prepared for unexpected changes in leadership A not-for-profit’s leadership may undergo sudden change for many reasons: illness or death, family issues, the discovery of malfeasance that requires an immediate dismissal, or the...
Hockey Misconduct
When possible, I believe that clients, especially young people whose lives are just starting, should own their mistakes and try to make amends for them.
Image, Name, Likeness Rule Means Reputations Matter
It didn’t take long for the NCAA’s new rule allowing amateur athletes to earn income based on their Image, Name and Likeness (“INL”) to upset the power structure in college sports. Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban accused Jimbo Fisher at Texas A & M,...
There is no such thing as an Internet Eraser
If you or your company has ever been the subject of a whistleblower claim, a product recall, or a false accusation, then you know the Internet is an unforgiving place. Errors compound. Unfavorable stories pile up like a multi-car accident on the Interstate. Several...
Going to court versus settlement
The Kleiner Perkins litigation shows there is more to a case than a favorable jury verdict. A former general counsel recently asked me about the discrimination suit that Ellen Pao brought against her former employer, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Wouldn’t it...
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