WestJet Accepts Blame, Settles With Air Canada In Espionage Case
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Joaquim P. Menezes of IT World Canada writes:
A resolution has been reached in a high-profile “corporate espionage” case with WestJet airlines admitting culpability today, apologizing to Air Canada, and agreeing to pay settlement costs totalling $15.5 million.
The amount includes a $10 million donation that WestJet will make in the name of Air Canada to children’s charities across the country, and payment of Air Canada’s litigation costs of $5.5 million.
This settlement concludes a lawsuit Air Canada filed in 2004 with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice accusing its rival airline of illegally accessing confidential data via a Web site that enabled WestJet to drive Air Canada out of certain markets…
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