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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Frank partially grants the former employees' and their new employer's motion to dismiss the former employer's suit alleging breach of confidentiality, invention and non-compete agreements, breach of the duty of loyalty and unfair competition, and partially grants the former employer's motion for a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order requiring compliance with the agreements. The employees have failed to establish that the former employer's claims are worth less than $75,000, so the court has subject-matter jurisdiction over the complaint, but the former employer has not shown that the new employer is closely related to the disputes or that it has sufficient contacts with Minnesota for the court to exercise personal jurisdiction over it. A claim against it is dismissed. The employees are prohibited, however, from working with seven dealers they worked with under the former employer and are ordered to abide by non-compete agreements, and one employee is required to certify that he has permanently deleted a spreadsheet or spreadsheets he sent to his personal email.