The Tenth Circuit on Monday issued one published opinion and two unpublished opinions.
Published
In Breakthrough Management Group, Inc. v. Chukchansi Gold Casino and Resort, the Court reversed and remanded the district court’s orders denying Petitioners’ motions to dismiss. Respondent, a provider of business management training and consulting services, sold “a single-person license for one of [Respondent]’s online training programs;” Petitioners then “recorded and used portions of that program without permission to train more than one employee.” The suit brought against Petitioner Indian tribe was dismissed as the tribe was “entitled to sovereign immunity and had not clearly waived that immunity by entering into licensing agreements with [Respondent] that contained forum-selection clauses.” While the Court determined that the other Petitioners were also entitled to such immunity. they reversed and remanded to determine if they “had waived whatever immunity they possessed by entering into [Respondent]’s licensing agreements containing forum-selection clauses.”
Unpublished
