Under CPLR 7510-11, judicial review of arbitration awards is limited. Because of our judicial system’s partiality toward resolving issues through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, courts can only vacate an arbitration award where the plaintiff proves with clear and convincing evidence that the award was irrational, against public policy, or that […]
Managing Partner Russell Yankwitt Once Again Named a Top Litigator White Plains, NY (June 8, 2023) –Yankwitt LLP, Westchester’s go-to law firm for high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, has once again been selected for the Chambers USA ranking of top commercial litigation firms in the country. Yankwitt LLP is the only Westchester-based law […]
Yankwitt LLP secured a complete victory in the Second Circuit for its clients, the Irish Dancing Teachers Association of North America Mid-Atlantic Region and affiliated individuals, as the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed the Southern District of New York’s granting of our motion to dismiss a […]
On May 11, 2023, the New York City Council approved Intro 209–A, a local law amending the New York City administrative code to include “height and weight” as protected characteristics under the Human Rights Law’s discrimination statute. Key features of the amendment include: Prohibiting discrimination based on one’s height or […]
The legal theory of inherited jurisdiction holds that when two companies merge, the successor corporation “inherits” the predecessor’s status for personal jurisdiction purposes. Thus, if the predecessor was subject to jurisdiction in New York, so is the successor, irrespective of the successor’s contacts (or lack thereof) with the New York […]
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