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.
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- 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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Is PA Going to Join States Banning Non-Competes? PA's House Bill 1938, which was introduced a number of months ago, seeks to ban nearly all non-competes, and to prevent employers from contracting around it -
Can You Be Liable for Texting Someone Who is Driving? A May 4 decision from one of NY's appellate courts addresses whether one can be held liable for texting someone they know is driving - and gets into an accident -
Vermont Draft Bill Seeks to Outlaw Nearly All Non-Competes Vermont Draft Bill H.556 seeks to ban non-competes, other than limited circumstances, such as the sale of a business or the dissolution of a partnership -
In Rare Move, Court Strikes Down Non-Compete From the Get-Go It's not every day that you see a court strike down a non-compete in its entirety - and certainly not before discovery. Yet that's precisely what this Court did -
12 y.o. Girl Commits Suicide Following Bullying at School In another sign that something serious is amiss with the educational system, a 12 y.o. girl recently committed suicide after egregious and relentless bullying -
How Avenatti is Making the Wrong Argument in NDA Breach Case Objective analysis reveals that Stormy Daniels's attorney is clearly making the wrong argument for why her NDA with Trump shouldn't be enforceable -
When Case Developments Make You Look Smarter Than You Are 3 weeks ago, I wrote that IBM's lawsuit against Microsoft was "inane," and should be settled by briefly sidelining Ms. McIntyre. That's exactly what happened -
NJ Bill Proposes Very Strict Limits on Non-Competes A few months ago, NJ's legislature proposed some of the strictest limits on non-compete agreements in the country. These bills do raise lots of questions. -
Why Yesterday's IBM v. Microsoft Non-Compete Suit is Inane Yesterday, IBM sued Microsoft for poaching its chief diversity officer, Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, in violation of her non-compete with IBM. The lawsuit is inane. -
A New Solution for Students Repeatedly Bullied At School? A new Florida bill proposes to let bullied students escape the bullying by transferring out of public school and attending private school on a voucher -
Why This Proposed Non-Compete Legislation is So Misguided A new proposed bill seeking to outlaw non-compete agreements in limited circumstances is terribly misguided, explains NY non-compete attorney Jonathan Cooper -
NY Court: Suing to Rescind Contract Doesn't Equal Breach A few months ago, NY's Court of Appeals issued an important - and correct - ruling that suing to rescind a contract doesn't constitute an anticipated breach