Wed, Jun 11, 2003
Boeing Apologized; That's Not Good Enough
Lockheed Martin Corporation has
filed a lawsuit against The Boeing Company and three of Boeing's
former employees. The 23-count complaint, filed in the United
States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in
Orlando, alleges that Boeing and its employees committed violations
of Federal and Florida law resulting from their solicitation,
acquisition, and use of Lockheed Martin proprietary information
during the competition for launch contract awards under the U.S.
Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program.
This proprietary information included
extremely sensitive and detailed cost and technical data regarding
Lockheed Martin's EELV proposal.
The complaint alleges that Boeing and the
individual defendants, together with other Boeing employees,
actively participated in the misappropriation of Lockheed Martin's
proprietary information and then "covered up" their activity by
misrepresenting to both Lockheed Martin and the Air Force that the
individuals and documents involved were limited in number and that
no Lockheed Martin proprietary information was used by Boeing in
the EELV competition. The complaint alleges that the acts committed
by Boeing, the defendants, and other Boeing employees constituted
violations of the Federal and Florida Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations Act, Federal and Florida antitrust law, the
Procurement Integrity Act, Florida's Unfair and Deceptive Trade
Practices Act, unfair competition, conversion of property rights,
fraud, misrepresentation, and tortious interference with Lockheed
Martin's business.
The complaint seeks compensatory damages, including triple and
punitive damages, consequential damages, costs, return of all
proprietary information, and injunctive relief against all
defendants.
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