THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A January 2011 federal trial date has been set in a case in which an Omaha elections systems firm sued former employees over trade secrets.

Election Systems & Software sued two former employees and an Indiana elections consulting firm last year.

One of the employees, Mark Allison of Sachse, Texas, has been dismissed from the lawsuit. But the Omaha firm has maintained its allegations against James Dalton of Granger, Ind., and his consulting firm. The Omaha company alleges Dalton was using copyrighted software to help state and local governments manage elections.

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