Air Canada sued WestJet, claiming that WestJet had accessed an Air Canada website which contained confidential information. What was the outcome of the lawsuit?
The court ruled that there was nothing unethical about a person from WestJet accessing the website if they could figure out how to do it.
WestJet admitted it had behaved in an unethical fashion, paid Air Canada $5 million dollars, and gave $10 million to children's charities.
Air Canada was able to show that it had lost a lot of business because of the incident, and WestJet had to reimburse Air Canada for the lost business.
The court declined to rule on the case.
The court ruled that this was merely a competitive squabble between two companies and that no fine would be imposed.

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The Answer of Air Canada sued WestJet, claiming that WestJet had accessed an Air Canada website which contained confidential information. What was the outcome of the lawsuit?
The court ruled that there was nothing unethical about a person from WestJet accessing the website if they could figure out how to do it.
WestJet admitted it had behaved in an unethical fashion, paid Air Canada $5 million dollars, and gave $10 million to children's charities.
Air Canada was able to show that it had lost a lot of business because of the incident, and WestJet had to reimburse Air Canada for the lost business.
The court declined to rule on the case.
The court ruled that this was merely a competitive squabble between two companies and that no fine would be imposed.

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