Starwood Sues Hilton, Alleging Former Execs Stole Data

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NEW YORK Starwood Hotels & Resorts in a lawsuit alleges that two former executives who joined rival Hilton Hotels used proprietary information to expedite Hilton’s recent launch of a luxury lifestyle brand.

In the lawsuit, Starwood accuses Ross Klein and Amar Lalvani, the former president and senior vice president of Starwood Luxury Brands Group who joined Hilton in June 2008, of stealing more than 100,000 electronic files from Starwood, including confidential information about the company’s W hotel brand.

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