Cases — February 18th through 24th, 2018
Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination
Salo v. Tyler (Utah, February 22, 2018) (affirming summary judgment in favor of University of Utah Hospital pharmacy employees on Salo’s defamation and other claims: defendants acted within the scope of their employment: they were engaged in the type of work they were employed to perform and their actions were not willful)
Sarbanes-Oxley
Genberg v. Porter (10th Cir., February 22, 2018) (reversing summaryjudgment in favor of Porter: a factfinder could reasonably conclude theGenberg’s protected activities had contributed to his being fired)
Salo v. Tyler (Utah, February 22, 2018) (affirming summary judgment in favor of University of Utah Hospital pharmacy employees on Salo’s defamation and other claims: defendants acted within the scope of their employment: they were engaged in the type of work they were employed to perform and their actions were not willful)
Sarbanes-Oxley
Genberg v. Porter (10th Cir., February 22, 2018) (reversing summaryjudgment in favor of Porter: a factfinder could reasonably conclude theGenberg’s protected activities had contributed to his being fired)
*Cases marked with an asterisk are cases the 10th Circuit does not consider binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. They may be cited, however, for persuasive value under Fed.R.App.P. 32.1 and 10th Cir.R. 32.1.