Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Financial Disclosure
The University of Kentucky provided data on all faculty and staff outside professional activities from 2016 to 2019. The university requires all faculty who plan to consult or undertake employment outside the university to disclose their activity, which is reviewed by the administration for potential conflicts of interest.
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Michael Sama
University of Kentucky
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Expert consultant engineer for a law firm to review technical documents relating to a patent that was potentially filed incorrectly. The law firm and involved parties are located out of state. The work relates to controller area network (CAN) data management and is billed at my normal consulting rate of $200/hr. I will not be retained or be receiving recurring payments. Additionalexternal overloads will be requested for any new work, including if I am asked to testify or provide a deposition.
Filed on March 19, 2016.
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