Recent Incidents Highlight Need for Athletic Departments to Review Whistleblowing and Ethical Compliance Policies

By Scott James Preston and Rebecca Roche, Littler Mendelson, P.C.   Recent well-publicized events at several major higher educational institutions have raised several pressing legal questions for employers. These high-profile incidents illustrate the tighter scrutiny that college athletic departments are facing and the potentially damaging ramifications when administrators fail to respond swiftly and effectively to internal complaints. At Rutgers University, video recordings of the schoolâ€