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Litigation

May 19, 2010

AOC Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit

The Administrative Office of the Courts has settled a lawsuit with a former employee who says he was forced to retire after leaking the price tag of a costly judicial conference to the media.

By Amy Yarbrough

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The Administrative Office of the Courts has settled a lawsuit with a former employee who says he was forced to retire after leaking the price tag of a costly judicial conference to the media.

The agency has agreed to pay former senior court services analyst Jack Urquhart $50,000 to settle the lawsuit and $3,781.93 to cover the costs of a mediator, the agency announce...

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