This blog by the six-time published author Jonathan Cooper, is intended to educate the general public about issues of interest, particularly innovations and changes in the law, in the areas of non-compete agreements, breach of contract matters, school negligence (and/or negligent supervision), construction accidents, slip and/or trip and fall accidents, auto accidents, and, of course, defective or dangerous products.
For additional information on any of these topics, readers are encouraged to download these FREE e-books:
- To Compete or Not to Compete: The Definitive Insider's Guide to Non-Compete Agreements Under New York Law
- When Schools Fail to Protect Our Kids
- When You Don't Have a Written Agreement
- Why Most Accident Victims Do Not Recover the Full Value of Their Claim
- Why Are There So Few Successful Defective Products Lawsuits?
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One Way You Can Become Vulnerable to Veil-Piercing ClaimsThere are some actions - more than others - that can render you vulnerable to veil-piercing claims, explains NY breach of contract lawyer Jonathan Cooper
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Why Apple-Samsung Judge Asked if Lawyer Was "Smoking Crack"Regardless of a judge's level of frustration, it is incredibly rare that he/she will ask one of the lawyers if they're smoking crack, explains Jonathan Cooper
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NY Court: By Turning Down Stock Options, Execs Could CompeteIn a hot-off-the-presses decision, a Suffolk County trial court held that former execs weren't bound by their noncompetes once they turned down stock options
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Think Altering Your Documents is No Biggie? Think Again.A few years back, a NY attorney learned - the hard way - some of the really bad stuff that happens when you're caught altering documents, explains Jonathan Cooper
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How Smart Companies Protect More By Narrowing Non-CompetesA Suffolk County trial court decision highlights how smart companies can protect more of their proprietary information by narrowing their non-competes
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Lie to MeFor years now, some unethical lawyers have preyed on people who've been seriously injured in an accident and don't know what to do, just to make a buck
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When You Aren't Paid for the Work You've Done in New YorkSometimes, when your aren't paid for the goods provided or the services rendered, the right move is to cut your losses and move on
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When Cases Degenerate to Throw at the Wall & See What'll StickHaving just concluded a breach of contract trial on Long Island, I was struck by how my adversary reduced his argument to a shotgun approach
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Frivolous Defenses: Frivolous Lawsuits' Lesser Known Evil KinUnquestionably, there has been a lot of talk about frivolous lawsuits. But there is an equally nefarious counterpart that gets far less press: frivolous defenses
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When a Lawyer Lied to the Court - and Got CaughtWhen a lawyer gets caught lying to the Court, it's not a joking matter, explains New York business litigation attorney Jonathan Cooper
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Constructive Fraud: How to Recover Money When They Cut & RunA business owner's nightmare - that the other side to your agreement breaches and then tries to run away by divesting assets - may have a silver lining
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When a Fiduciary Breaches a Non-Compete - and Lies About ItReading the sordid facts of this case, it's no wonder plaintiff won this breach of non-competition agreement and fraudulent inducement/concealment case