Contract ~ Noncompete ~ Trade Secret ~ Wrongful Termination
*Keybank Nat’l Assoc. v. Williams (10th Cir., February 10, 2022) (affirming denial of Keybank’s motion for preliminary injunction to prevent defendants from doing business with and soliciting KeyBank’s customers and misappropriating its trade secret and confidential information: KeyBank failed to show a probability of irreparable harm)
Discrimination~Retaliation
*Handy v. Maximus, Inc. (10th Cir., February 10, 2022) (reversing dismissal of Handy’s amended complaint for employment discrimination based on sex: the district court failed to adequately articulate its rationale for dismissal and based its decision on a clearly erroneous factual finding)
*Hale v. Emporia State University (10th Cir., February 8, 2022) (affirming district court judgment against Emporia for retaliation, but denying Hale’s motion for reconsideration of the back-pay amount: the court did not abuse its discretion in connecting the end date of Hale’s back pay to the expiration of her husband’s teaching contract)
*Lamm v. DeVaughn James, LLC (10th Cir., February 7, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of DeVaughn James on Lamm’s allegation it had violated the ADA in connection with her termination: no reasonable accommodation can relieve an employee of the essential function of her job, nor did Lamm show pretext or disparate treatment)
*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.
