SCOOP: Celeb USC prof ensnared in dispensary suit

A labor dispute between a Los Angeles dispensary and a former exec ensnared a prominent USC professor this month when a judge ordered him to turn over communications between himself and the exec, his sister.

A California judge ruled that David Belasco, an entrepreneurship professor at USC's business school, did not have a privileged attorney-client relationship with his sister Jill Belasco, because at the time in question he hadn't had a law license in 20 years.

Belasco teaches a "Taking The Leap: The Entrepreneurial Mindset," which he says is the school's . . .