A news report carries the story of the aftermath of a faculty raid by USC against UC-San Diego:
UC San Diego on Thursday sued the University of Southern California
and a nationally recognized Alzheimer's disease researcher, saying they
illegally conspired to take over a major Alzheimer's study it is
running. The lawsuit, filed in San Diego Superior Court through
the UC Regents, also names as defendants eight colleagues of the
scientist, Dr. Paul Aisen. He left UC San Diego to head a new
Alzheimer's institute founded by USC in San Diego, bringing the eight
with him. While universities commonly recruit or poach faculty
from each other, lawsuits arising from the recruitment are much rarer.
This lawsuit says USC and the other defendants went beyond recruitment
to commit a variety of illegal acts, including interference with
contract, breach of duty of loyalty by employee, commission of computer
crimes and civil conspiracy. UC San Diego said it has been
deprived of access to data for the Alzheimer's project because of the
actions of Aisen and the other defendants.
The university is seeking an unspecified amount of money, to be determined through a jury trial...
Full story at http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/jul/02/ucsd-sues-usc-aisen/
Is this a new level of intercollegiate rivalry?
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