Texas Federal Court Rules “Anti-Competitive” Employment Covenants Do Not Raise Federal Antitrust Question

In a case solely comprised of state-law claims to enforce employment covenants, a United States District Judge in the North District of Texas ruled last week in Leica Microsystems Inc. v. Hernandez et al., No. 3:15-CV-2531-D, 2015 WL 7424770 (Nov. 23, 2015) that a defendant’s characterization of the plaintiff’s complaint as conduct violating federal antitrust laws was insufficient to establish federal jurisdiction.

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