Case: Trade Secrets/Jurisdiction (N.D. Tex.)

In DLR LLC’s action for the misappropriation of trade secrets against a former employee, the former employee’s motion to dismiss was granted by a federal district court in Texas. The court noted that the former employee was a New Mexico resident when he began working for DLR and that he was assigned to the Dallas office, but allowed to telecommute from New Mexico. The court concluded that DLR has not made a prima facia case that its claims against the former employee arose from his contacts with Texas because (1) those contacts were largely due to his employment with DLR; ...