Contract~Noncompete~Trade Secrets~Wrongful Termination *Parmenter v. City of Nowata (10th Cir., August 19, 2022) (reversing summary judgment in favor of Nowata on Parmenter’s claim that the city denied him procedural due process, and remanding for determination as to whether Parmenter had a protected interest in his position and, if so, whether hereceived appropriate process) *LS3, Inc. […]
Discrimination~Retaliation *Nortey v. St. John Medical Center, Inc. (10th Cir., August 11, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of St. John on Nortey’s discrimination, retaliation, and other claims: Nortey’s only claims on appeal—that the judge was biased and that St. John’s counsel improperly deposed her while her cognition was impaired—were not presented below and could […]
Contract ~ Noncompete ~ Trade Secret ~ Wrongful Termination *Atlas Biologicals, Inc., v. Kutrubes (10th Cir., July 21, 2022) (affirming award in favor of Atlas on its various claims, including misappropriation of trade secrets: the district court did not clearly err in finding liability) Discrimination~Retaliation *Casias v. Raytheon Company (10th Cir., July 20, 2022) (affirming […]
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. […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Avant v. Doke (10th Cir., June 23, 2022) (recognizing a First-Amendment right against retaliation for perceived, rather than actual, speech in the context of a claim for retaliatory discharge) Workers Compensation ~ Occupational Safety and Disease U.S. v. Washington (U.S., June 21, 2022) (reversing determination that Washington State law was constitutional that […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Cummings v. American Postal Worker’s Union (10th Cir., June 17, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Union on Cummings’ claims for race and age discrimination: She failed to establish that the USPS had violated the collective bargaining agreement or that it’s reasons for her termination were pretextual) *Pegler v. Doug Smith […]
Discrimination~Retaliation Tucker v. Faith Bible Chapel International (10th Cir., June 7, 2022) (dismissing, for lack of jurisdiction, Faith Bible’s interlocutory appeal of Tucker’s claim that he was fired for opposing alleged race discrimination at the school: under the “ministerial exception” defense, anti-discrimination laws do not apply to employment disputes between religious employers and their ministers; […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Gupta v. Oklahoma City Public Schools (10th Cir., May 31, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the school district on Gupta’s retaliation claim: Gupta failed to demonstrate that the school district’s reasons for its actions were actually pretextual) *Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation *Rushing v. Granholm (10th Cir., May 27, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the defendants on Rushing’s claims for disability, national-origin, and sexual-orientation discrimination and retaliation for his filing an equal employment opportunity complaint: Rushing failed to present sufficient evidence of an adverse employment action, nor did he demonstrate pretext on […]
DISCRIMINATION ~ RETALIATION *Peterson v. Williams (10th Cir., May 5, 2022) (affirming defendants’ motion to dismiss Peterson’s first-amendment retaliation claim: Peterson failed to plausibly plead that he spoke as a citizen on a matter of public concern) *Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, […]
