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 […]
Russell Yankwitt and Yankwitt LLP honored at the awards dinner on April 25, 2023 White Plains, New York (May 1, 2023) — Yankwitt LLP, Westchester County’s go-law firm for high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, was awarded the coveted Business Council of Westchester Hall of Fame Award for Small Business Success. The firm […]
Consolidation under CPLR 602(a) allows for multiple actions that involve common questions of fact and law to be merged under the same caption. The procedural tool is intended to avoid unnecessary duplication of trials, save on costs, and prevent injustice that may result from divergent decisions on the same facts. […]