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When Attorneys Go Way Too Far
Recently, I attended a non-party deposition in a commercial litigation matter arising out of a dispute over who is the rightful owner of a particular property in New York.
How Not Being Licensed Can Cost You Your Fee In New York
I understand why the Court, and the New York Legislature set up the rules in this fashion: if they allowed unlicensed contractors to still get paid for work that requires a license.
Despite Lack of Formal Relationship, Accountant Can Be Liable In Fraud & Negligence, NY Appeals Court Holds
A NY ruling expands liability to non-clients. Learn how negligence and fraud claims apply without a signed agreement.
Revealing Your Well-Prepared Hand Can Yield The Best Results in NY Business Litigation
Learn why revealing a strong position early can lead to better outcomes in New York commercial litigation.
NY Court Allows Service of Legal Papers via Facebook
In a landmark ruling earlier this year, a New York court allowed service of legal papers via Facebook, explains NY business litigation attorney Jonathan Cooper
When Appealing an Awful Decision May Be the Wrong Move
When you get handed a bad decision, you will often have more than one option, explains NY business litigation attorney Jonathan Cooper.
Why NY Courts Won't Just Throw Out Frivolous Lawsuits
Just because it's obvious to you that the lawsuit is frivolous doesn't mean a court will just throw it out, says business litigation attorney Jonathan Cooper
Why Most Defamation Lawsuits Fail (at Least in New York)
Public humiliation alone is not enough to win a defamation lawsuit, explains NY business litigation lawyer Jonathan Cooper

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Practice Areas

Jonathan Cooper represents businesses and individuals in business and commercial litigation cases including breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, as well as New York child accidents, construction site accidents and personal injury cases.

Non-Compete/Trade Secret Agreements

Despite moves by various states, and now, by an Executive Order by President Biden laying out the Administration's goals of banning, or at least severely curtailing, non-compete ag...

Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Contrary to popular belief, not all relationships qualify as a "fiduciary" one. Rather, a fiduciary relationship is created when there is a justifiably heightened degree of trust betwee...

Tortious Interference

With increasing frequency, the term "Tortious Interference" has been thrown around without a sufficient appreciation of the elements required to be shown in order to prev...

Breach of Contract

Generally speaking, a contract is where two sides have a "meeting of the minds," and agree to become mutually obligated to each other. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that a br...

Business Litigation

Our New York employment law website is dedicated to answering the questions you may have about issues pertaining to non-compete agreements, breach of contract in general, and when third...

School Negligence/Liability

Long Island, New York school negligence and liability attorney and published author Jonathan Cooper has written extensively on how to prove your school injury case under New Y...