A judge in England has ordered a company to pay at least £385,000 (€460,000) in costs to an Irish-owned construction company over the unlawful copying of thousands of files. Mekina Industries, a manufacturer of formwork panels for bridge construction, was founded by former employees at EMJ Plastics, a Scunthorpe-based company owned by Irish firm ABM. Earlier this year, a judge in the English courts ruled that Ian Baggaley and Mark Johnson had unlawfully lifted more than 11,000 files from their former employer ahead of starting their own business. The court heard of secretive plans to establish a rival business and…

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