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PII investigators work with legal team on wrongful conviction case.  Exoneree receives $15 million settlement from LA County.   KPCC L.A. County to pay $15 million to man wrongfully convicted of murder By: Frank Stoltze In one of the largest such legal settlements ever in the U.S., the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday…

Variety Roy Price’s Top Amazon Lieutenants Under Scrutiny By: Daniel Holloway Roy Price is gone from Amazon Studios, bounced from his post as president as a result of detailed sexual harassment allegations. Now the ground looks increasingly unsteady beneath members of his executive team. Joe Lewis, head of drama and comedy development at Amazon Studios, has…

Nora Rohman and Deborah Maddux have been selected as co-presenters for a workshop at the ACHRO/EEO 2017 Fall Institute on October 18th.  Their topic is how to conduct investigations when gender identity is part of the scope.  For complete event information, please visit the ACHRO/EEO event page here.

Keith Rohman and Dr. Brenda Ingram are scheduled to speak on Trauma-Informed Interviewing at the 2017 AWI Conference.   The event will be held in Marina del Rey on October 5th. For complete event information, please visit the AWI event page here.

The Chronicle of Higher Education Berkeley’s Chancellor Misused Fitness Benefits, Investigators Find By: Chris Quintana Private investigators have found that Nicholas B. Dirks, chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley, improperly took advantage of the institution’s fitness benefits, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday. The investigators’ report of their findings, which the newspaper…

LA Times UC Berkeley chancellor improperly accepted free fitness benefits, probe finds By: Teresa Watanabe UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks improperly accepted free benefits, including membership to the campus fitness center, personal training sessions and the unauthorized transfer of exercise equipment from the public gym to his private residence, a university investigation has found. Overall,…