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The University of California at San Diego is suing the University of Southern California over the way a prominent scientist from UCSD was recruited to USC, The Los Angeles Times reported. The suit focuses on Paul Aisen, who with eight colleagues moved from UCSD to USC. Aisen won very large grants on researching Alzheimer's -- grants that UCSD say were awarded to that university and not to Aisen. The National Institute on Aging has confirmed that the grants are for UCSD, which has since named new researchers to lead the projects. But the suit accuses Aisen and USC of blocking access to some of the research data, and providing false information to some employees who were being recruited to USC. Litigation over a faculty move is highly unusual, but UCSD's suit says that USC's actions go beyond what is acceptable in recruiting faculty members with grants.
Aisen did not comment for the article. A statement from USC said: "We are surprised and disappointed that the University of California San Diego elected to sue its departing faculty member and his team, as well as USC, rather than manage this transition collaboratively, as is the well-accepted custom and practice in academia."
