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GEO Group, Inc. v. Community First Services, Inc. et al

Decision Date: | Court Name: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn)

GEO Group sues former executive for misappropriating its trade secrets to secure a multi-million dollar contract from the U.S. Government

On April 7, 2011, GEO Group Inc. (GEO), a corrections services agency, sued a former executive, Jack A. Brown III, claiming Brown misappropriated its trade secrets to secure a multi-million dollar government contract from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons. Brown was employed at GEO as Vice President of Community Corrections from October 2005 to March 2009. During this period, he allegedly was running another business on the side, Community First Services Inc. (CFS), without GEO's knowledge. GEO claims that it planned to submit a bid for the Bureau of Prisons project, but Brown accessed GEO’s confidential proposal materials and information in order to compose a lower bid for CFS. Brown then abruptly resigned from GEO and submitted the CFS bid. CFS was awarded the contract by the Department of Justice. GEO claims that its proposal materials and information were a trade secret.