The University of California San Diego and University of Southern California are feuding in court over allegations that USC conspired with a top Alzheimer researcher and leader of the UCSD research center to raid staff for a rival institute. The leader of the UCSD center is accused of telling staff that they would lose their jobs when research funding followed the researcher to his new position at USC. No court date has been set although it is likely a settlement will be arranged before any trial takes place.
See Jamie Ross, UC-San Diego Sues USC Over $100 Million Alzheimer’s Grant, Courthouse News Service, July 7, 2015.
Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
