Daniel Alter, Yankwitt LLP partner and former general counsel of the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), recently published the article, “Another Voice: Financial services agency should embrace new missions,” in The Buffalo News. The article reflects on DFS’ mission when it was formed in 2011 and contemplates […]
Situation In a long running family business dispute, Yankwitt LLP was retained to replace another law firm with the representation of the majority shareholders in a manufacturing company, a husband and wife who had successfully managed and grown the company since taking it over more than a decade ago. The […]
Judge Román Grants Third-Party Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss in its Entirety In Blackhawk Development, LLC v. Krusinski Co., 19-CV-5590 (NRS), 2021 WL 1225917 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 31, 2021), the plaintiff, Blackhawk Development, LLC, brought suit against the defendant, Krusinski Construction Company (Krusinski), alleging breach of contract, breach of warranty, and negligence […]
Westchester Lawyer recently published the article, “Drafters and Editors Rejoice: The Increasing Prevalence of the (Cleaned Up) Parenthetical,” written by Yankwitt LLP attorneys Dina Hamerman and Anxhela Mile. The article, which was published in the June issue of the magazine, explains what the (cleaned up) parenthetical is, its genesis and […]
Working from home over the past year has motivated many of us to declutter our homes, purging outdated or unused items that “no longer serve us.” Litigators may be surprised to learn that federal courts with a similar impetus possess the power to sua sponte purge their dockets of “unused” […]