A Cook County jury awarded more than $2.5 million to a computer software engineer who alleged his former business partner started another company after persuading him to close their company.Jurors reached their verdict last Wednesday after a seven-day trial before Circuit Judge Diane M. Shelley.Brian Marler, a computer software engineer, and Zachary Wulf, a trader, met and decided to go into business together after meeting while working at another company.The two started MW Capital in January 2011 to trade securities using …