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BARRISTER’S BENCH LECTURE SERIES WITH CHRIS LAND ON JUNE 12<br>
Chris Land, WHOI’s vice president for legal affairs and general
counsel, will hold the first talk in a lecture series titled
“Barrister’s Bench Lecture Series,” on Thursday, June 12 from
10:30-11:30 a.m., in Redfield Auditorium. The lecture is titled
“Being Served: How to respond to subpoenas directed at academic
works or scientific research<em>.”
</em>Universities, research institutions, academics, and
scientists have increasingly been under the bright light of
scrutiny by the legal system. While not unprecedented for courts
and litigators to pull questions from science and research into
the courtroom, public debates and high stakes litigation have
recently forced some academics and scientists on to center stage.
From climate change and medical research, the history of the
Troubles of Northern Ireland, to flow rates of the BP
<em>Deepwater Horizon</em> oil spill, both private parties and
government bodies have been seeking access to confidential
research notes, internal debates, and other personal writings
(e.g., emails) through the judicial process. When researchers,
scientists, and research institutions are confronted with a
subpoena, there are a number of steps and decisions those
organizations must first make. This talk seeks to create a
response framework, including necessary considerations and the
(sometimes unknown) options, to help guide an institution through
that process. <br>
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