Relevant Market Not Established In Refusal-To-Hire Case, Federal Judge Rules

PITTSBURGH - An employee's claims that his employers violated the Sherman Act by enforcing a covenant not to compete with each other failed because the employee defined the relevant market in terms of a single employer, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Nov. 27 in dismissing the employee's amended complaint (Darrell Molinari v. Consol Energy Inc., et al., No. 12-1085, W.D. Pa.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168171).Full story on lexis.com