Updated October 22, 2026 You spent eight months negotiating a $4.2 million distribution agreement with a Long Island City manufacturer. Contracts were signed on a Tuesday. The following Monday, your competitor met with the manufacturer's owner, showed him a spreadsheet full of half-truths about your credit history, and by Wednesday the manufacturer sent you a termination letter. That's not just bad luck. It may be tortious interference with contract in New York, one of the mo