A Houston jury awarded Wellogix $94.4 million for Accenture's misappropriation of trade secrets in software that helped oil and gas companies track and manage costs of drilling wells. The judge cut the award to what Wellogix asked for — $26.2 million in actual damages plus $18.2 million in punies. And today the Fifth Circuit affirmed.
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HP Hits Hurd with Inevitable Disclosure Suit, Demands Injunction
By Barry Barnett on
Fresh from firing its CEO Mark Hurd, Hewlett-Packard has now sued him for going to work for Oracle.
So reports The Bottom Line blog. The post includes a link to the Civil Complaint for Breach of Contract and Threatened Misappropriation of Trade Secrets.
Something about inevitable disclosure of trade secrets. Paragraph 46 of…