Contract~Noncompete~Trade Secret~Wrongful Termination
*Clarkson v. Board of Regents (10th Cir., March 31, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the Board of Regents on Clarkson’s breach of contract and § 1983 claims: The defendants were not “persons” amenable to suit under § 1983, and the evidence did not show a violation of Clarkson’s constitutional rights. Clarkson’s breach-of-contract claim failed because he defaulted on his obligation under the leave
of absence agreement)
Discrimination~Retaliation
*Horal v. IHR, Inc. (10th Cir., March 30, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of IHR on Horal’s retaliation claim: Horal did not show that IHR’s rationale for her termination was pretextual; moreover, causation cannot be inferred by simple temporal proximity: the fact that the actions she complains of took place after her complaint about a sexist comment in a company teambuilding game does not demonstrate retaliation by the company)
*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.
