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New York Non-Compete Litigation Blog

Browse our blog posts on New York non-compete agreement infromation.

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  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • With Non-Competes, Choose to Win the War, Not the Battle
    Following a two-day hearing in a bet-the-business case, we successfully resolved a non-compete case for our clients by focusing on their long-term plans
  • PA Court: Noncompete Only Starts to Run from Injunction
    In a huge decision, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled that the clock on a former employee's non-compete started to run from the date of the court's injunction
  • No, My Firm's Fees on Noncompetes Are Not an Opening Bid
    In law, just as in any other business, it's important to know when to push a client away. And that's precisely what happened to me yesterday. And I was happy.
  • When Employees Can (& Can't) Be Forced to Sign a Non-Compete
    Different jurisdictions follow different competing policy arguments as to why (or why not) existing employees can be compelled to sign a non-compete
  • Can a Doctor Be Held to a Non-Compete in New York?
    For years now, there has been great disagreement between the various states as to whether patient choice should trump a doctor's non-compete agreement
  • NY Federal Judge Lays Out Blueprint for Defeating Non-Competes
    In an epic takedown of a company's claim that departing employees violated their non-competes, a NY Federal judge laid out a blueprint for how to beat them.
  • 8th Circuit: Noncompete for Independent Contractor Went Too Far
    A hot off the presses decision from a Federal appeals court in Iowa held an independent contractor's non-compete was manifestly unreasonable, dismissing the case
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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 02/04/2026How Employers with Washington-based Employees Face Exposure Under Noncompete Laws
  • Posted on 09/09/2025Stick a Fork in it, the FTC's Noncompete Rule is Done
  • Posted on 08/21/2025New Executive Order Revokes Biden FTC's Mandate to Use Regulatory Power to Ban Noncompetes
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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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