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Research Misconduct, Undue Foreign Interference, and Creating a Culture of Compliance on Campus

Speaker Biographies

 
Nelson DongNelson regularly advises corporations, private and public universities, other independent research institutions, engineering and medical societies and other organizations around the world on export control, economic sanctions and national security matters and on international technology law issues.
A partner in Dorsey's Corporate group, Chair of the National Security Law practice and co-Chair of the Asia-Pacific practice, Nelson has substantial experience in counseling e-commerce, semiconductor, electronics, computer hardware and software, and biomedical and biotechnology companies with special expertise in domestic and international technology licensing, outsourcing and manufacturing in Asia and U.S. export control law, technology related business transactions between the U.S. and Asian or European countries, international strategic alliances, the Exon-Florio law on foreign investments in U.S. technology companies, university-based technology transfer, academic entrepreneurship, academic conflicts of interest and the financing and organization of high technology businesses. He has lectured on such topics throughout the United States and in Austria, Canada, England, the Netherlands, Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China.
Nelson was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Boston (1980-82); Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice (1979-80); and White House Fellow and Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General Griffin B. Bell, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (1978-79).

Amy HassAmy Hass serves as the Vice President and General Counsel for the University of Florida, overseeing the legal affairs of the University and many of its affiliated entities. In addition, Amy represents and advises the University on legal matters relating to governance, research and fiscal compliance, constitutional issues, student affairs, athletics, international activities, litigation and governmental audits and investigations. She also provides advice relating to ethics laws and works closely with higher education counsel throughout the state and country on legislative and regulatory priorities. 

Prior to joining the Office of the Vice President and General Counsel in 2006, Amy was a litigator with Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP (now Eversheds Sutherland LLP) in Atlanta and New York. While in private practice, Amy represented financial services companies and individuals in a wide range of government enforcement proceedings, civil litigation, white collar criminal defense, arbitrations and internal corporate investigations. 

Amy graduated, with honors, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and received her undergraduate degree from Furman University. She is a member of the Florida Bar and the State Bar of Georgia. Amy is a member of the AAU General Counsels Committee, the Council on Governmental Relations, and the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Amy has previously served on the Florida Bar’s Education Law Committee and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of College and University Law.