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Imagine this scenario: You’ve spent months negotiating a lucrative business opportunity—perhaps a merger, a strategic partnership, or an executive employment agreement. Just as the deal is about to close, a third party deliberately steps in and disrupts it, causing the opportunity to evaporate. If this interference was done using underhanded tactics or with pure malice, you may have a legal claim under tortious interference with prospective economic relations in New York.

When navigating legal disputes that intersect with constitutional rights, understanding the legal standards that govern these cases is important.  One such area of litigation involves 42 U.S.C. § 1983 First Amendment retaliation claims, which arise when an individual alleges that a government employer retaliated against him or her for exercising his or her constitutional right to free speech under the Federal Constitution’s First Amendment.