11th Circuit Reinstates In Part Military Contractor’s Misappropriation Suit

Mealey's (February 21, 2017, 7:55 AM EST) -- ATLANTA — A company that designs, manufactures and maintains security systems used on U.S. military bases may proceed with some of its claims that a competitor — that only maintains security systems — misappropriated proprietary information and used that information to win a bid for exclusive maintenance rights on the military bases, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Jan. 31 (Advantor Systems Corporation v. DRS Technical Services, Inc., et al., No. 15-14992, Advantor Systems Corporation, et al. v. DRS Technical Services, Inc., et al., No. 16-11273, 11th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 1735)....