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University not required to advance legal fees to Dean

University not required to advance legal fees to Dean

University not required to advance legal fees to Dean

The Dean of the business school of Temple University in Philadelphia is not an “officer” of the University and is not entitled to the advancement of legal fees to defend himself in connection with an administrative and criminal investigation, an appellate court has held. The Court has reversed a trial court decision ordering the University to advance the Dean’s legal costs. Dr. M. Moshe Porat was Dean of the Fox Business School from 1996 to 2018 when it was discovered that Porat and several employees under his leadership had provided false information to U.S. News and World Report to boost its rating in the U.S. News national ranking of such schools. Porat was immediately removed from his...

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