A summary of Southern California-related business litigation developments during the past week.

J. C. Penney Shopping Channel Sued Over Lease: The owners of the Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday against the J. C. Penney Television Shopping Channel Inc., claiming that the production company backed out of plans to rent the facility beginning Feb. 1. The suit seeks $1.95 million in damages for breach of contract for the building’s owners, Pick-Vanoff Co., a limited partnership doing business as Sunset-Gower Studios. (Filed Jan. 30, 1990. Case No. C750746)