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Hilton and Starwood could settle
 

01 December 2009 8:46 AM
By Shawn A. Turner
Associate News Editor
Shawn@HotelNewsNow.com
 

REPORT FROM THE U.S.—Hilton Worldwide and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide might be getting close to a settlement in the corporate espionage lawsuit in which the two companies are entwined.

Charles A. Gilman, an attorney for Starwood, said in a 16 November court memo that “the parties have been exploring the possibility of settlement.” A case management conference scheduled for 18 November has been pushed back to 17 December.

In its suit, Starwood alleges that two of its former executive, Ross Klein and Amar Lalvani, took proprietary information with them to their new jobs at Hilton, then used the information to launch a new luxury brand, Denizen.

A Hilton spokeswoman declined comment on the case, and a Starwood spokeswoman did not return a call for comment late Monday afternoon.


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02 December 2009 at 2:11 PM EST
In response to: Hilton and Starwood could settle
hotel marketing commented:
Will likely be a hefty price tag for Hilton to pay for copying someone else's marketing ideas rather than generate their own.

01 December 2009 at 4:29 PM EST
In response to: Hilton and Starwood could settle
Anonymous commented:
Good for Starwood for taking a stand on this!

01 December 2009 at 3:45 PM EST
In response to: Hilton and Starwood could settle
As old as water commented:
More times than not, people act out of character because of the inability to control their greed.

01 December 2009 at 11:36 AM EST
In response to: Hilton and Starwood could settle
ClubWorldTraveler commented:
One has to wonder what drove these otherwise admired and respected people to behave out of character.



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