OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Douglas County jury has awarded Omaha software developer Baldwin Hackett & Meeks Inc. $43.8 million in a lawsuit against a rival software firm.
Thursday's award was the second time a jury has ruled against ACI Worldwide, which was founded in Omaha but now has its headquarters in Naples, Florida.
The conflict came to a head in 2011, when ACI accused Baldwin Hackett & Meeks, commonly called BHMI, in a lawsuit of pirating ACI's software to process debit and credit card transactions. BHMI won that case last year.
In a countersuit, BHMI accused ACI of violating antitrust laws and breaching a nondisclosure agreement. ACI had signed that agreement when it was allowed to see parts of BHMI's business software in an effort by BHMI to ward off accusations of piracy.
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