Contract ~ Noncompete ~ Trade Secret ~ Wrongful Termination
General Water Technologies, Inc., v. Van Zweden (Utah Ct. App., July 14, 2022) (affirming jury determination that defendants were liable for misappropriation of trade secret design of water-filtration system, but reversing its determination of liability for misappropriation of secret pricing information)
Discrimination ~ Retaliation
*Drevaleva v. US Department of Veterans Affairs (10th Cir., July 11, 2022) (affirming dismissal of Drevaleva’s various employment discrimination claims as a sanction for her failure to follow the court’s orders and rules)
Wages
*Luchetti v. the New Mexico State Personnel Board (10th Cir., July 12, 2022) (affirming dismissal, on grounds of qualified-immunity, of Luchetti’s claim that the offset against his post-reinstatement backpay violated his free-speech an equal-protection rights)
*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.
