Managing Partner Russell Yankwitt Named Litigation Star; Dina Hamerman, Jason Swergold and Alicia Tallbe Selected as Future Stars WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (November 10, 2026) – Yankwitt LLP announced that four of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2027 edition of Benchmark Litigation, a leading guide to litigation firms and […]
A Yankwitt LLP litigation team led by Jonathan Ohring secured the complete dismissal of a federal lawsuit seeking more than $8 million against a national claims investigation and management company arising from its investigation of a BNY Mellon employee’s disability insurance claim. The plaintiff had been denied disability benefits by […]
Effective November 8, 2026, New York businesses will face a radical shift in the treatment of personnel files. While New York historically treated those files as employer property, a new Section 210-b to the New York Labor Law gives current and former employees the statutory right to obtain their personnel […]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (November 5, 2026) – Yankwitt LLP, Westchester County’s go-to law firm for high-stakes litigation, has once again been named among the region’s leading litigation practices, earning Tier 1 rankings in White Plains for Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Labor and Employment in the 2027 edition of Best […]
In 2022, the Supreme Court upended decades of precedent on the waiver of arbitration rights. For more than 60 years, the Second Circuit (and the vast majority of its sister courts) had focused on “proof of prejudice” to the opposing party as the key factor for waiving arbitration rights. In […]