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Continuing Legal
Education Workshop

Legal Issues in Higher Education Sponsored Research, Compliance and Technology Transfer

November 15 - 17, 2006
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Washington, DC

presented in cooperation with AAU, COGR, and AAMC

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Wednesday, November 15
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm Introduction to the Program

Georgia Yuan, President, NACUA, General Counsel and Assistant to the President, Smith College
Kathleen Curry Santora, CEO, NACUA
Andrew Hughey, Chair, NACUA Legal Education Committee, General Counsel, Central State University

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm 01. Recent Developments in Research Roundtable: Statutes, Cases, New and Proposed Regulations
*Patent reform legislation
*Economic development pressures on universities: "bench-to-bedside"
*Institutional and individual conflicts of interest and financial disclosure
*Science and security
*BIS export control advisory and Deemed Export Advisory Committee (DEAC)

Moderator:
Beth E. Cate, Indiana University

Speakers
Robert Hardy, Director, Contracts and Intellectual Property, Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), Washington, DC
Geoff Grant, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
Robert E. Bienstock, Yale University

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Break
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

02. The Rainbow of Research Misconduct:   Analyzing the Spectrum
*Defining research misconduct
*Addressing allegations of misconduct that fall outside the regulatory definition
*Managing research misconduct investigations
*Recent cases
 

Moderator
Barbara Shiels,University of Minnesota

Speakers
Alex Dreier, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC
Christopher M. Patti, University of California

4:15 pm - 5:30 pm 03.     Legal Ethics and the Culture of Research Compliance
*Surviving government investigations with the privilege intact
*Disclosure obligations
*Management and review of documents
*Role of counsel in research compliance
*Role of training in effectuating compliance

Moderator:
Ann Adams, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Speakers
Steven S. Dunham, Johns Hopkins University
Joanne M. McDevitt, University of Colorado, Boulder

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Reception for Workshop Registrants and Presenters
Thursday, November 16
8:00 am - 9:15 am 04A. Yours? Mine? Ours? Research Collaborations and Drafting Effective Intellectual Property Sharing Agreements
*Inter-institutional agreements
*International agreements
*Materials Transfer agreements
*CREATE Act documentation
*Shared facilities
*Joint employees

Moderator:
Judith E. Leonard, University of Arizona

Speakers
Beth Lynn Maxwell, University of Texas System
Terence P. McElwee, University of Georgia Research Foundation
Robert E. Bienstock, Yale University

8:00 am - 9:15 am Human Subject Research Track
04B. IRB Issues
*Consent form issues: injury compensation, COI, and more
*Monitoring, investigating and reporting adverse events and non-compliance to OHRP or FDA
*Assurances – scope and alternatives
*Centralized IRBs
*Registration and accreditation

Speakers
Mary Ellen Sheridan, Associate Vice President for Research, University of Chicago
Julia Hesse, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA

9:15 am - 9:30 am Break
9:30 am -10:45 am Research Compliance Track
05A. Tax-Exempt Bond Financed Facilities

*Regulating, monitoring and measuring private use
*MTA restrictions on private business use
*Shared facilities
*Loaned employees

Moderator
Russell Herron, University of Chicago

Speakers
Nancy Burke, Chapman & Cutler, LLP, Chicago, IL
Bertrand M.Harding, Law Offices of Bertrand M. Harding, Alexandria, VA

9:30 am -10:45 am Human Subject Research Track
05B. Human Stem Cell Research

*Creating a framework -- one public, one private -- for doing hESC research
*Opportunities, quicksand, getting sideswiped, achieving results
*Challenging policy questions

Moderator
Stephanie Gold, Hogan & Hartson

Speakers
Harriet Rabb, Rockefeller University
Geoffrey Lomax, Ph.D., California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, San Francisco,CA

10:45 am - 11:00 am Break
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Discussion Groups
06A. Export Control Issues

Mark A. Bohnhorst, University of Minnesota

06B. Research, Technology Transfer and Insider Trading

06C. Open Records Acts and Sponsored Research

Beth E. Cate, Indiana University

06D. Conducting Sponsored Research Abroad

Russell J. Herron, University of Chicago

06E. Conflicts of Interest in Sponsored Research and Technology Transfer

Susan Ehringhaus, Association of American Medical Colleges
Mary Ellen Sheridan, Associate Vice President for Research, University of Chicago

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Luncheon
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm Intellectual Property Track
07A. Patent Law and Litigation Developments

*Process and business method patents, generally and related to on-line education tools
*Injunctive relief after eBay v. MercExchange
*Patentability of early stage developments
*USPTO developments and proposed rule changes
*Proposals and prospects for patent law reform
*Update on patent infringement claims and licensing requests in the wake of Duke v. Madey
*Update on influence of Knorr-Bremse Federal Circuit decision on adverse inferences
*Forthcoming Supreme Court review of obviousness standards: KSR International v. Teleflex
*Forthcoming Supreme Court review of declaratory judgment actions by patent licencees: MedImmune v. Genentech

Moderator:
Harold Evans, William & Anderson, PLC, Little Rock, AR

Speakers
Gina Carter, Whyte, Hirschboeck, Dudek, S.C., Madison, WI
Alan Gorman, Merchant & Gould, Atlanta, GA

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm Sponsored Research Track
07B. Enforcement of Federal Grant Accounting

*Overview of recent Federal enforcement actions
*What is it like to experience an enforcement action?
*What can we learn from the experiences of others?
*Effort reporting and other favorite subjects of enforcement authorities

Speakers
Robert Kenney, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC
David Kennedy, Director, Costing Policies and Studies, Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), Washington, DC
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Intellectual Property Track          
08A. Open Source Software and University Research and Technology Transfer

*Tracking use of open source software and the complications of bundling
*Hidden licensing issues, restrictions and requirements
*Open source v. commercialization strategies
*The consequences of leaving faculty to their own devices--or--the costs of failing to have an institutional policy on open source licensing
*Sponsor terms affecting contribution of software developments to open source projects

Moderator:
Madelyn Wessel, University of Virginia

Speakers
Karin Rivard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Karen Copenhaver, Choate, Hall & Stewart, LLP, Boston, MA   

3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Sponsored Research Track
08B. Industry Sponsored Research

*National initiatives to improve U/Industry research contracting
*Developing strategic relationships
*Working with pharma--their studies; investigators' studies
*Revising standard IP terms--changing your basic deal; deciding when to back off from your basic deal

Speakers
Mark Bohnhorst, University of Minnesota
Karen Mullin, Boston University
Ann Hammersla, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Break
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Discussion Groups
09A.  Issues Surrounding Departing Research Faculty

09B. Open Source Software and University Research and Technology Transfer

Karin Rivard, MIT
Karen Copenhaver, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

09C. Patent Litigation and Patent Reform Proposals

Harold Evans, William & Anderson, PLC, Little Rock, AR
Gina Carter, Whyte, Hirschboeck, Dudek, S.C., Madison, WI
Alan Gorman, Merchant & Gould, Atlanta, GA

09D. Research-related Injuries and Medicare Billing Issues

Julia Hesse, Ropes & Gray

09E. In Defense of Research: Animal Law and Your Institution

*The movement by animal rights organizations to change laws affecting colleges and universities
*Serving as a legal resource for scientists under siege
*Impact on individual researchers
*Helping institutions weather animal rights activists

Steve Michael, Vice President & General Counsel, Policy Directions Inc.
Randall Nelson, PhD, Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Barbara Shiels, University of Minnesota

Friday, November 17
8:30 am - 9:45 am 10. Negotiations with Private Industry Sponsors and Research Partners: Finding a Happy Medium

*Intellectual property clauses
*Indemnification and research injury clauses
*Confidentiality and publications clauses
*Other contentious clauses

Speakers
Linda S. Feuster, University of Pittsburgh
Michael Lapin, Legal Counsel, Philips Medical System
Ken Leppert, Microsoft Corporation

9:45 am - 10:00 am Break
10:00 am - 11:15 am 11. Beyond the Basics: Experts on Export Controls Discuss Emerging Issues, with Applied Case Studies
*Developments in DC: Commerce, DoD, Homeland Security, Deemed Export Advisory Committee, etc.
*Bio issues: export implications of select agent rules, of National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity publication recommendations
*Handling international collaborations, establishing international centers
*"Hot" technologies where you may need licenses: nano, space, others

Speakers
Jamie Lewis Keith, University of Florida
Richard Johnson, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC
Robert Hardy, Director, Contracts and Intellectual Property, Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), Washington, DC
11:15 am - 11:30 am Break
11:30 am - 12:30 pm 12. Facilitating a Faculty Start-Up from Start to…..A Case Study

Speakers
Gregory Brown, University of Minnesota
Mark Crowell, Associate Vice President for Economic Development and Technology Transfer, University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill

Adjourn