Judge:  Lack Of Subject Matter Jurisdiction Dooms Company’s Trade Secrets Suit

Mealey's ( June 11, 2019, 11:56 AM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge in Kansas on June 7 ruled that he lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a company’s amended complaint for breach of contract and trade secret misappropriation because the company failed to state any federal claim against its former employees and its state law claims do not “implicate a substantial question of federal law” (Edelman Financial Services LLC v. Erik Harpsoe, et al., No. 19-2026, D. Kan., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95918)....