EXTRAS SERVICES SERVICES DIRECTORY An advertising feature of KansasCity.com » » » » » » » » » » » » AP HEADLINES > Wednesday, Jun 22, 2005 Business Posted on Tue, Jun. 21, 2005 legal affairs Black & Veatch says ex-partner took trade secrets Black & Veatch Corp. says a former partner who left and joined a rival engineering firm misappropriated confidential information, costing it at least two customer contracts. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Kansas City, Kan., last week, the Overland Park-based company accused John A. Gallagher of breaching confidentiality agreements after he resigned in March and hooked up with one of Black & Veatch’s competitors, Red Oak Consulting , a division of Malcolm Pirnie Inc. Gallagher, a 34-year veteran of Black & Veatch and a member of its Denver office, was one of the company’s primary contacts with c

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