UClawsuits

NEW LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS
May 2005

Academic Personnel Cases

Schneider, Diane (associate professor)
UCSD Non-payment of wages. San Diego County Superior Court

Stemerman, Michael (professor)
UCR Grievance over compensation. Riverside County Superior Court

Other Employment Cases

Aquirre, Juan (groundskeeper)
UCLA Discrimination (disability), wrongful termination
Los Angeles County Superior Court

Casillas, Mark (analyst)
UCLA Breach of employment contract. Los Angeles County Superior Court

Chatfield, Peggy
(research associate)
UCSD Discrimination (race, sex, age, religion, ethnicity), breach of implied
contract.
San Diego County Superior Court

Choi, Beatrice (coordinator)
UCSF Wrongful termination, discrimination
(national origin).
San Francisco County Superior Court

Dailey, Kenneth
(mechanic)
UCD Discrimination (race), retaliation. Yolo County Superior Court

Construction Cases

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
UCSD Challenge to a deductive change order. American Arbitration Association

Murray Company
UCLAMC Surety cross-complaint for indemnity.
American Arbitration Association

Miscellaneous Cases

Hung Ha (citizen)
UCB Civil Rights violations. Alameda County Superior Court

Miken Computer Company
UCB Breach of contract.
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

PERB Unfair Practice Charges

Case No. Charging Party Campus Allegations
LA-CE-747-H UPTE UCLA Retaliation
LA-CE-865-H AFSCME UCSD Refusal to bargain
LA-CE-867-H CUE UCI Refusal to bargain
LA-CE-868-H Randy Rock UCI Insufficient pay
LA-CE-869-H CNA UCLAMC Unilateral change in benefits
LA-CE-878-H AFSCME UCSD Interference
LA-CE-879-H AFSCME UCSD Interference
LA-CE-881-H Crofts UCI Retaliation

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Govt C 905.6

This part does not
apply to claims
against the
Regents
of the
University
of California.

Comment:
This section
codifies existing law
as declared
by two trial court
decisions
which, the Commission
is advised,
held that neither
the State nor
the local public
entity claims
presentation
procedures
apply to
claims against
the University
of California.

"THE REGENTS IS NOT
SUBJECT TO
CLAIM-FILING
PROVISIONS OF THE
TORT CLAIMS ACT
"California Government
Code section 905.6
exempts The Regents of
the University of
California from
claim-filing provisions of
the Tort Claims Act. A
claimant who wishes to
file suit against The
Regents may serve OGC
as specified in section 1
above."

INSTRUCTIONS
(downloaded from UC
website Jan. 8, 2015).

Daniel Park
UCSD

Rachel Nosowsky
Deputy General Counsel

Rachel Nosowsky joined the Office of the General Counsel in 2010. She specializes in the area of research and clinical trials, with a
focus on human research protections, FDA regulation, industry-academic relations and related fraud and abuse and conflict of interest
matters, reimbursement, health privacy, biobanking, data repositories, compliance, and misconduct. Ms. Nosowsky provides UC
medical centers and central campus units with regulatory analysis and advice, supports the University's response to government
inspections and oversight initiatives, and reviews and assists in the negotiation of contracts and other legal documents.

Before joining the University, Ms. Nosowsky worked in private practice and as Assistant General Counsel at the University of Michigan.
She previously served as Vice Chair of the American Health Lawyers Association's Teaching Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers
Practice Group, and publishes and speaks nationally in the areas of human research and health privacy.

Ms. Nosowsky is a graduate of Carleton College (B.A., cum laude, 1988) and the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) (J.D.,
1994).
Rachel Nosowsky

Email Rachel Nosowsky
Phone: (510) 987-9407
Fax: (510) 987-9757

Office of General Counsel
downloaded Jan. 15, 2015
The Office of the General Counsel’s UCOP leadership team includes (from left)
Steve Drown, Rachel Nosowsky [Health law and medical center
services], Tina Combs, Charles Robinson, Karen Petrulakis and Allison
Woodall.

Office of General Counsel recognized for diversity and quality
of life
November 13, 2012

UCOP’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) has been recognized as an In-House Legal
Department of the Year for 2012 by The Recorder, a statewide legal newspaper.

...With one of the largest university legal departments in the world, OGC provides
legal services to the entire UC system, including all 10 campuses, five medical
centers and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

OGC’s legal work is quite varied, ranging from enabling stem cell research to proceed
at UC research facilities, to successfully defending professional
liability cases against UC hospitals and doctors, and
securing UC attendance for undocumented high school students as required under
California law.

OGC attorneys also provide pro bono legal service, community outreach for many
legal and non-legal organizations (e.g., National Association of College
and University Attorneys, American Health Lawyers
Association...

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