The New York Supreme Court dismissed a complaint filed by Bodum USA, Inc. against Alpha Dominche, Ltd., a U.S. company that designs and builds advanced coffee and tea brewing machines, which was represented by Levine Lee LLP. The action, which alleged breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, tortious interference with contract and unfair competition, arose out of Alpha’s hiring of CEO Thomas Perez from Bodum. The Court ruled that Bodum had failed to state a single claim against Alpha or Mr. Perez.

Seth L. Levine, Kenneth E. Lee, Christos G. Papapetrou and David J. Lizmi worked on the matter, and Mr. Levine argued the motion. The case is Bodum USA, Inc., v. Thomas Perez, et al., 151790/2015 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. Cnty).