January 2021 Community College Legal Update Newsletter

Notable decisions in this issue include: 

• Fifth Circuit upheld $182,000 verdict against university for terminating employee without cause as defined in contract. 
• University system could not withhold documents related to an investigation by its contractor because communications between the system and contractor were not attorney-client privileged.
• Private college's registered service marks were infringed by an apparel company that marketed and sold products with content identical or similar to the marks.