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Cubic Transportation Systems is suing LA Metro to block the release of documents related to the vendor’s sole-source contract with the agency. The suit stems mainly from a California Public Records Act request filed by Mobility Payments.
• Petition: Cubic Corp. v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• LA Metro (Los Angeles)
• Cubic
• Metro Transit
• Reporters Committee
Cubic Transportation Systems has gone to court to block Los Angeles Metro from releasing documents that are part of a $66.4 million no-bid contract upgrade Cubic won last year. The pending release stemmed mainly from a California Public Records Act request submitted by Mobility Payments.
In its lawsuit, which Cubic filed in California Superior Court Tuesday, the vendor argues that its pricing and other information it considers confidential and proprietary should be exempt from disclosure under the public-records law, largely because they are trade secrets. (Download the lawsuit petition below.)
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