Yankwitt LLP favorably settled a breach of contract matter on behalf of a foreign company that retained Yankwitt LLP to appeal a significant judgment entered against it in federal court in the Southern District of New York. Shortly after Yankwitt LLP commenced the appeal, the parties were ordered to participate […]
Yankwitt LLP successfully quashed a New Jersey subpoena arising out of a divorce action venued in Westchester County Supreme Court on behalf of the wife who was represented by a prominent Westchester County-based matrimonial lawyer. The husband was seeking to depose his wife’s elderly parents claiming his wife was using […]
Yankwitt LLP represented a prominent small business in severance negotiations with a long-term employee who was terminated due to a subpar performance. The negotiations were complicated by the fact that the employee lived on the client’s property and would need to vacate the premises during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using both […]
New York state practitioners often view motions for default judgment against non-appearing defendants as a slam dunk. After all, the Second Department standard for granting default judgment is extremely liberal – a “defaulting defendant admits all traversable allegations in the complaint, including the basic issue of liability, and [] the […]
Clients are often surprised to learn that in New York if one receives a bill or invoice of any kind and fails to challenge it within a reasonable period of time, the client may be liable for the outstanding balance under an “account stated” theory. Traditionally, this kind of claim […]