常见问题

The 总法律顾问办公室 provides legal advice and representation to 皇冠投注网. 该办公室向董事会提供咨询意见, 大学官员, 教师, 工作人员, and administrators on legal issues which impact the University and its entities.

Only the General Counsel and Assistant General Counsel may retain outside counsel. If you believe your department or office requires legal advice or guidance, 请联系总法律顾问办公室.

Refuse to accept the papers and direct the individual to the 总法律顾问办公室. 请打电话或发邮件通知皇冠投注.

If an employee is named as a defendant in a lawsuit related to 皇冠投注网, the employee should notify the 总法律顾问办公室 immediately. If determined that the employee was working within his or her scope of employment, and in compliance with applicable laws and university policy, 可以提供法律代理. 皇冠投注网 will not provide legal representation for lawsuits not applicable to an employee’s scope of work.

As the 总法律顾问办公室 represents the University, we cannot provide advice and/or counsel on non-University-related matters. It cannot provide legal services to employees 或学生s for personal matters.

Attorney-client privilege refers to a legal privilege between an attorney and his or her client which protects communications if they are made for the purpose of seeking or providing legal advice on behalf of the University. Communications may be privileged regardless of whether they are written, 电子, 或口头, but communications must be kept confidential for the privilege to apply. Communications by an individual employee to the General Counsel may be disclosed to other administrators our outside counsel on a need to know basis.

The following documents must be reviewed by the 总法律顾问办公室:

• Contracts involving the use of the University’s facilities
• Intellectual property, including 商标s and logos
• Contracts that require the University to provide indemnification or insurance to an outside party
• Contracts involving the purchase or lease of real estate
• Contracts in which members of the University or third parties are engaged in high-risk activities
• Contracts in which the University provides a service, such as off-campus education programs
• Contracts and financial commitments over the amount of X

皇冠投注网 has an intellectual property policy which establishes general guidelines for the determination of the ownership of patent, 商标, and copyright rights created or developed by employees (both 教师 and 工作人员) of 皇冠投注网 (the “University”) within the scope of their employment and created or developed by students of the University while engaged in certain activities with the University. The ownership of the various rights is dependent upon the specific type of intellectual property. Since the University has fiduciary responsibility for the appropriate use of University funds, unless otherwise provided for under this policy, all intellectual property rights associated with copyrightable works and patentable inventions that make “substantial use” of University resources belong to the University.

Depending on the nature of your complaint and the nature of your employment, you should follow the appropriate reporting procedure. 正常情况下, employee concerns at 皇冠投注 may be made directly to your supervisor, 部门主管, 迪安, 或者副总统. You can find the 教师 and 工作人员 handbooks online at 皇冠投注’s 人力资源网站.

The 总统办公室 and the 总法律顾问办公室 offer notary service as available. Please call the office at 317-940-9900 to determine availability.