Cases — May 3rd through 9th, 2020

CONTRACT ~ NONCOMPETE ~ TRADE SECRET ~ WRONGFUL TERMINATION 

*Peterson v. XPO Logistics, Inc. (10th Cir., May 4, 2020) (reversing dismissal of Peterson’s claims: based on Peterson’s failure to specifically claim fraud, the district court had applied Utah’s judicial proceedings privilege to exclude emails from XPO to Peterson’s new employer claiming Peterson was in violation of his employment contract. But the 10th Circuit reversed: Utah law (Moss, 285 P.3d 1157) creates an exception to the privilege when one alleges facts showing bad faith)

*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.