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New York Non-Compete Litigation Blog

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  • When NY Employers Condition Receipt of Post-Employment Benefits on a Non-Compete
    As you may be aware, it has become increasingly common for employers to condition their employees' receipt of post-employment benefits upon the employees' agreement to abide by a strict non-compete clause.
  • How a Demotion Can Be Deemed a Breach of Employment Agreement Under NY Law
    Consider the following hypothetical scenario: Jim is hired by ABC Stores as Executive VP of Sales and Marketing.
  • How Damages for the Breach of an Employment Contract Are Calculated Under NY Law
    What damages can I reasonably expect to recover under New York law? As you might expect, the answer is a little bit complicated, and the determination of the right measure of damages is inherently fact-specific.
  • How You Can Recover Your Legal Fees in the Employment Context Under NY Law
    There are some limited instances where you can recover your legal fees for a breach of contract under New York law, explains Jonathan Cooper.
  • How Pennsylvania's Noncompete Laws Differ from New York's
    A 2014 decision issued from one of Pennsylvania's appellate courts highlights a critical difference with New York regarding non-competes, says Jonathan Cooper
  • NY Court: By Turning Down Stock Options, Execs Could Compete
    In 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
  • How Smart Companies Protect More By Narrowing Non-Competes
    A Suffolk County trial court decision highlights how smart companies can protect more of their proprietary information by narrowing their non-competes
  • When a Fiduciary Breaches a Non-Compete - and Lies About It
    Reading the sordid facts of this case, it's no wonder plaintiff won this breach of non-competition agreement and fraudulent inducement/concealment case
  • Why, in Some Cases, Non-Solicitation Clause Will Be Implied
    There are some circumstances when a court will imply a non-solicitation clause in an agreement, explains NY noncompete lawyer Jonathan Cooper
  • Is "Civil Litigation" an Oxymoron?
    Business litigation doesn't inherently require being uncivil; in fact, being cordial will more often work in your client's favor, explains Jonathan Cooper
  • How a TRO Bid in a NY Noncompete Case Failed - Miserably
    In a recent decision, a Suffolk County company got shut out on their non-compete claim against a former employee, explains NY noncompete lawyer Jonathan Cooper
  • The Toughest - & Most Important - Decision Facing a Litigant
    There is one crucial decision that continually faces a litigant, explains New York business litigation attorney Jonathan Cooper
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  • Posted on 01/01/2016 When Non-Compete Violations & Unjust Enrichment Claims Don't Mix in New York
  • Posted on 01/01/2016 What Happens When Your Employment Contract Expires in New York
  • Posted on 01/01/2016 When New York Courts Won't Enforce a Key Employee's Non-Compete Agreement
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  • Posted on 03/25/2026Washington Joins States That Ban Non-Competes
  • Posted on 03/23/2026California Federal Court Dismisses AI Trade Secret Misappropriation Claim Right Out of the Gate
  • Posted on 02/04/2026How Employers with Washington-based Employees Face Exposure Under Noncompete Laws
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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...
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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...
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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 prevail on the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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