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Cohen Seglias partner Paul Thaler is quoted in the collaboration piece between Undark and Retraction Watch. This story is a product of a collaboration between Undark and Retraction Watch. Sometime after 2010 — he isn’t exactly sure when — ...

In December 2017, Paul Thaler sat on a panel concerning the area of scientific misconduct investigations for the ORI conference. A paper resulted from the panel’s efforts and is published in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). ...

In litigation, claims are subject to statutes of limitations. Because the passage of time can affect such things as witness memory and evidence preservation, states pass statutes of limitations providing that claims cannot be brought after the ...

Paul Thaler is quoted in the Retraction Watch article “PNAS asks D.C. court to dismiss $10 million defamation lawsuit,” in his capacity as counsel for Mark Jacobson. WASHINGTON, DC — Lawyers for the National Academy of Sciences have ...

Cohen Seglias partner Paul Thaler is quoted in the Earth & Space Science News article, ” Scientific Row over Renewables Leads to Free Speech Legal Fight”, in regards to his representation of  Mark Z. Jacobson. After a leading ...

As we suggested in our February 2017 blog post, the future of Title IX applications in our institutions is in flux. The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights rescinded the Obama era 2011 Dear Colleague Letter and 2014 Guidance on September ...

Cohen Seglias partner Paul Thaler was interviewed at the Office of Research Integrity 2017 Conference by Report on Research Compliance. Their piece on him, “‘The Key to Not Getting Sued’ and Other Tales from a Foremost Misconduct ...

Cohen Seglias partner Paul Thaler weighed in on the “honest error” defense for researchers involved in misconduct proceedings for the Science article, “Why would a university pay a scientist found guilty of misconduct to ...

Cohen Seglias Partner Paul Thaler was quoted in the Retraction Watch article, “Career derailed, ex-prof to sue Montana State for wrongful termination.” The article is available on the Retraction Watch website.

Cohen Seglias Partner Paul Thaler was quoted in the Retraction Watch article, “Ecologist loses appeal for whistleblower protection.” Paul commented on the recent decision by the National Science Foundation. The article is available ...

Our newsletter team recently sat down with Co-Chairs Christopher D. Carusone and Paul S. Thaler. Q: Tell us a little bit about your practice. A: Chris — I conduct internal investigations for the Firm’s clients on a broad range of matters. My ...

Cohen Seglias partner Paul Thaler provided his reaction to a recent opinion concerning a whistleblower for the April 24, 2017 Retraction Watch article, “‘Existence and motive to retaliate:’ Judge hands victory to ...

This blog post was updated on March 17, 2017, due to the news that SCOTUS will no longer hear Gavin Grimm’s bathroom case. The evolving field of enforcement of Title IX matters took another turn last week. On February 22, 2017, the Department ...

Cohen Seglias Partners Paul Thaler and Chris Carusone were interviewed by Lizzy McLellan for her Legal Intelligencer article, “For Law Firms, Higher Ed Probes Mean Opportunity—And Risk”, and discussed the opportunities and risks ...

At the allegation stage of a research misconduct matter, it may not be known which of several scientists actually committed research misconduct (assuming anyone did), resulting in more than one scientist being named as a respondent. Often, an ...

This article was originally published by TheScientist on December 16, 2016. It was not until the Supreme Court decided a case concerning marital contraception that the right to privacy became a legally cognizable interest sanctioned by the United ...

The rights due to a student under Title IX continue to evolve. Title IX prohibits discrimination based on “sex,” which historically has meant that biological male and female students are required to be treated as equals. Recently, a California ...

It was not until the Supreme Court decided a case concerning marital contraception that the right to privacy became a legally cognizable interest sanctioned by the United States. In 1965, the landmark ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut (381 U.S. ...

Oftentimes, when a dispute first arises, even before litigation has begun, one or both sides will hire counsel to assist in trying to resolve the dispute. Even if counsel is not retained at that early stage, however, once litigation is instituted, ...

In litigation, the issue du jour is the discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”).  There are a whole host of issues, such as the particular form in which the ESI should be produced (pdf or native format?), whether data claimed to ...