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Don’t Laud DOJ for Dismissing Weak Charges – It’s Not Enough

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Jan 25, 2022

By Sara Kropf This week, the Department of Justice announced that it was dropping charges against MIT professor Gang Chen. It had accused him of hiding his ties to China and indicted him for wire fraud, failing to report a foreign bank account, and making a false...

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The Dangers of Using Foreign Funds for University Research: What Happens If You Break the Rules? (Part 2)

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Jul 2, 2020

By Sara Kropf In Part 1, we reviewed the various rules in place that require research institutions and individual researchers to disclose financial conflicts of interest (FCOIs)—particularly financial support from foreign sources. The Department of Justice is taking...

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The Dangers of Using Foreign Funds for University Research: What Are the Rules (Part 1)

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Jun 19, 2020

By: Sara Kropf We've written before (see here, here and here) about the dangers of committing research misconduct, particularly for research that uses federal funds. Now there's a new danger. The federal government has recently started cracking down on institutions'...

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Defending Research Misconduct Cases (Part 3) – The Inquiry Stage

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Feb 21, 2019

By: Sara Kropf In Part 1 of this series, we described the various steps of the research misconduct life cycle. Today, we’re digging deeper into the early stage of a research misconduct case, so you know what to expect. More important, we’ll give you some suggestions...

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Defending Research Misconduct Cases Part 2 – What is Research Misconduct?

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Jan 11, 2019

By: Sara Kropf When are you accused of a crime, you can look up the statute that defines the crime and then your lawyer can research court cases that interpret it. All of that information helps to defend against the charges. This information can also help you...

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Defending Research Misconduct Cases (Part I – The Overview)

by Kropf Moseley Schmitt | Dec 4, 2018

By: Sara KropfWe’ve written about Office of Inspector General investigations several times (see here and here and here). But there’s a small component of OIG investigations that relate to scientific research misconduct. This is the first of multiple posts about...

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