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Your non-compete is probably narrower than you were told
New York courts have spent two years trimming restrictive covenants. If yours was drafted before 2024, the clause your employer is relying on may not survive a challenge.
The deadline that quietly runs before you have healed
Most personal injury claims in New York must be filed within three years — but a claim against a public body can expire in ninety days, and nobody sends a reminder.
The four term-sheet clauses founders should never sign in a hurry
Protective provisions, drag-along thresholds, participating preferred and board composition. Three of them are negotiable in almost every round.
Who inherits an account nobody has the password to?
Digital assets now outlive most estates plans that mention them. A short amendment to your will can save your executor a year of correspondence.
The commercial lease clause that survives your business
Personal guarantees on commercial leases routinely outlast the company that signed them. Here is what a good-guy clause actually has to say.
Mediation is not the soft option — it is the fast one
A mediated financial settlement closes in a quarter of the time and a fifth of the cost of a contested hearing, and holds up just as well afterwards.
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