Cases — March 20th through 26th, 2022

Wages Butler v. Mediaport Entertainment, Inc. (Utah Ct. App., March 24, 2022) (affirming summary judgment dismissing Butler’s counterclaims against his former employer in their litigation over the validity of an employment agreement: Butler failed to show sufficient evidence of damages) *Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law […]

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Cases — November 7th through 13th, 2021

Discrimination ~ Retaliation Edmonds-Radford v. Southwest Airlines Co. (10th Cir., November 8, 2021) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Southwest on Edmonds-Radford’s ADA and Rehabilitation-Act claims: the Rehabilitation Act did not apply as no federal assistance was involved; one of her ADA claims was filed after the 300-day limit; and Edmonds-Radford failed to establish a […]

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Cases — March 28th through April 3rd, 2021

DISCRIMINATION ~ RETALIATION *Bacy v. Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. (10th Cir., March 30, 2021) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Chickasaw on Bacy’s racial discrimination claims: a single racist remark is insufficient to prove a hostile work environment, nor could Bacy show direct evidence of discrimination or pretext behind Chickasaw’s reason for Bacy’s termination) CONTRACT ~ NONCOMPETE ~ TRADE […]

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Cases — December 23rd through 29th, 2018

Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful TerminationDTC Energy Group, Inc., v. Hirschfeld (10th Cir., December 28, 2018) (affirming denial of DTC’s motion for preliminary injunction for, inter alia, breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets: DTC could not show that Hirschfeld’s ongoing solicitation of DTC clients violated his employment agreement)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and DiseaseSchulenberg v. BNSF Railway Company (10th Cir., December 27, […]

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