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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One CEO Lays Out the Best Policy Argument Against Non-CompetesIn a 1997 interview, a Wisconsin-based CEO laid out the best reason not to have your employees sign a non-compete. His logic still holds true today.
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Breach of Promise to Extend Contract at Center of LawsuitA CA Lawsuit will determine whether a supposed breach of a promise to extend an agreement (and not poach) is enforceable, says Jonathan Cooper
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Editorial Dubs Employees Who Violate Non-Competes "Worse Than Pirates"A recent editorial dubs employees who violate non-compete agreements as worse than pirates. Did the author go too far?
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Coke Shows the Right Way to Enforce a Post-Employment Non-CompeteAfter one of its overseas executives decided to step down, Coke followed the blueprint for enforcing its non-compete, explains NY non-compete attorney Jonathan Cooper.
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NY Court Suggests Noncompete May Still Be Valid Even if You're FiredA NY Federal Appeals court took the opportunity to weigh in on whether being fired without cause automatically invalidates a non-compete.
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Why Checking the Law is Crucial When it Comes to NoncompetesA NY County trial judge's decision serves as an important reminder why you shouldn't assume anything regarding the law on noncompetes before acting on your own.
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Inc. Article Paints Sobering Picture on Preventing Embezzlement in NYA recent article that appears in Inc. Magazine paints a rather sobering picture of the challenges in preventing - or recovering from - employee theft
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How Structuring a Contract the Wrong Way in NY Can Leave You With NilA recent decision out of a NY appeals court serves an important reminder how wrongly structured contracts can leave you with no legal recourse
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Why Some Courts Won't Edit an Overbroad Non-CompeteThere are some circumstances where a court will decline to re-write, or "blue-line" the overbroad provisions of a noncompete, explains Jonathan Cooper
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Generic Marketing Methods Aren't Protected by Noncompete, Says CourtJust because a noncompete says an activity is prohibited doesn't make it so, says NY noncompete attorney Jonathan Cooper
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Absolutely Wrong Way to Handle a Mediation in a Non-Compete CaseIf you were ever looking for Exhibit A in the wrong way for a lawyer to handle a mediation in a non-compete case, this was it.
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How New York Commercial Litigators Earn Their Bad NameA recent court conference in New York crystallized how some lawyers provide the grist for the mill, and show why lawyers have such a bad reputation.