In an earlier posting,* we noted the lawsuit filed by UC-San
Diego against USC for poaching a prominent faculty member who took a grant with
him when he left. Now USC has countersued UC-San Diego:
…USC filed the cross-complaint in San
Diego Superior Court Friday, where UC San Diego had filed its original suit on
July 2. The latest action indicates that the litigation, which began less than
a month ago, is likely to go on for much longer. While UC San Diego has won
significant victories so far, USC's countersuit reads like it is digging in. The
two universities have given dramatically clashing accounts of the departure of
Dr. Paul Aisen from UC San Diego for USC, and of the status of the Alzheimer's
Disease Cooperative Study he had directed. The countersuit says UC San Diego
illegally interfered with the Alzheimer's expert when he joined USC in June,
and attempted to take control of the cooperative study with him. It says the
university, Dr. William Mobley, and Dr. David Brenner, dean of UC San Diego
School of Medicine, "set out to destroy Dr. Aisen's reputation in academia."
…
Full story at
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/jul/31/usc-sues-ucsd-aisen-alzheimers/
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httpuclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2015/07/dont-walk.html. Still earlier posts are at http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2015/07/nimble.html and http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2015/07/in-this-case-forgetting-is-not-forgiving.html
Apparently, USC is saying that if you want to sue, suit yourself:
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