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'Unusual' Lawsuit Leads to $50M Settlement for UC San Diego

The University of Southern California agreed to pay the University of California, San Diego $50 million to settle "a highly unusual" poaching lawsuit. So reports Inside Higher Ed.

The lawsuit involved an accusation that USC hired a "world-class Alzheimer's researcher," Paul Aisen, from UC San Diego. The dispute arose after Aisen allegedly agreed to take federal funds, data and employees with him after accepting a "lucrative position" at his new university. USC has also been in recent hot water regarding an admissions scandal, drug use and sexual assault allegations.

Read the full article from Inside Higher Ed.

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