Thought Leadership
Higher Education Disputes and Investigations
Heightened compliance scrutiny regarding adherence with laws and regulation guidelines coupled with changing demographics, and updates to accreditation standards have led to a shifting landscape for higher education institutions to navigate. We provide comprehensive professional services including investigations and compliance, economic consulting, forensic technology, cyber and data privacy risk, and expert testimony.
We bring forensic accountants, technologists, economists, regulators and law enforcement to matters. Our team includes former higher education leaders, and in house counsel, who leverage their on-the-ground experience to provide higher education institutions with the solutions they seek to achieve their goals.
Our Core Services
Our experts perform internal investigations, related to the accuracy of financial reporting, accounting re-statement exercises, corruption investigations, and culture, conduct and ethics issues.
We follow a defined methodology that surfaces key risks and relevant data sources and then evaluates allegations through data analytics and testing. We identify root-cause breakdowns that allowed conduct to occur and develop actionable steps to mitigate risk without burdening our client’s business.
We operationalize recommendations by counsel to ensure effective and efficient compliance.
Relevant areas include:
- Government, regulator and accreditor inquiries
- Borrower Student Defense Repayment investigations
- False Claims Act (FCA) investigations and litigation
- Title IX
- Athletics
- Research compliance
- Funds tracing
- Cyber risk and incident response
- Embezzlement and corruption
- Forensic accounting audits
- eDiscovery and forensic technology
- Internal controls remediation
- Compliance monitorships
In collaboration with our higher education Public Sector practice, our team provides project management, integration management, and strategic advising. We also operationalize recommendations made by counsel, to provide measurable positive outcomes post investigation.
Relevant areas include:
- M&A and integration strategy, and project management
- Financial, operational, and organizational improvement
- Board governance
- Interim leadership
We conduct rigorous financial and economic analysis to help resolve complex disputes – from the boardroom to the courtroom. Our experts are adept at providing in-depth analysis, quantum of damages, class certification, forensic accounting, valuation and expert testimony in litigation and international arbitration matters.
Relevant areas include:
- Admissions Disputes
- Antitrust / Price Fixing
- Borrower Defense Claims
- Deceptive Advertising Disputes
- Discrimination / Affirmative Action Analyses
- Financial Aid Analyses
- Insurance Claims, including Business Interruptions and Lost/Destroyed Research claims
- Lost Income Cases (Personal Injury / Wrongful Termination / Denial of Tenure)
- Patent Disputes
- Tuition Disputes
Our experts perform internal investigations, related to the accuracy of financial reporting, accounting re-statement exercises, corruption investigations, and culture, conduct and ethics issues.
We follow a defined methodology that surfaces key risks and relevant data sources and then evaluates allegations through data analytics and testing. We identify root-cause breakdowns that allowed conduct to occur and develop actionable steps to mitigate risk without burdening our client’s business.
We operationalize recommendations by counsel to ensure effective and efficient compliance.
Relevant areas include:
- Government, regulator and accreditor inquiries
- Borrower Student Defense Repayment investigations
- False Claims Act (FCA) investigations and litigation
- Title IX
- Athletics
- Research compliance
- Funds tracing
- Cyber risk and incident response
- Embezzlement and corruption
- Forensic accounting audits
- eDiscovery and forensic technology
- Internal controls remediation
- Compliance monitorships
In collaboration with our higher education Public Sector practice, our team provides project management, integration management, and strategic advising. We also operationalize recommendations made by counsel, to provide measurable positive outcomes post investigation.
Relevant areas include:
- M&A and integration strategy, and project management
- Financial, operational, and organizational improvement
- Board governance
- Interim leadership
We conduct rigorous financial and economic analysis to help resolve complex disputes – from the boardroom to the courtroom. Our experts are adept at providing in-depth analysis, quantum of damages, class certification, forensic accounting, valuation and expert testimony in litigation and international arbitration matters.
Relevant areas include:
- Admissions Disputes
- Antitrust / Price Fixing
- Borrower Defense Claims
- Deceptive Advertising Disputes
- Discrimination / Affirmative Action Analyses
- Financial Aid Analyses
- Insurance Claims, including Business Interruptions and Lost/Destroyed Research claims
- Lost Income Cases (Personal Injury / Wrongful Termination / Denial of Tenure)
- Patent Disputes
- Tuition Disputes
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Contact us today to gain strategic solutions for your institution's success with expert advisory, investigative and dispute resolution services.
