October 7, 2022 (West Harrison, NY) — On October 4, 2022, Yankwitt LLP obtained a critical ruling for its client, Million Air, an operator of fixed base operations (FBOs) at Westchester County Airport and other airports around the country, in a lawsuit against the County of Westchester, NY. The lawsuit […]
WHITE PLAINS, NY (October 18, 2022) –Yankwitt LLP, Westchester County’s go-to law firm for high-stakes and bet-the-company litigation, announced today that Managing Partner Russell Yankwitt has been named a Litigation Star in Benchmark Litigation’s 2023 guide. Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to the leading litigation law firms and lawyers […]
CPLR 3126 provides the trial courts with broad discretion to sanction parties for failing to comply with their discovery obligations. One of the most drastic remedies is striking a party’s pleading, which requires a clear indication that a party’s failure to comply with discovery is “willful and contumacious.” Given the […]
As aggressive defense counsel, one of our first considerations when reviewing a complaint is, “Can we move to dismiss?” In an ideal scenario, the plaintiff has failed to state a claim, and a motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) will dispose of the case entirely or […]
According to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York’s Labor Law (NYLL), statutory fee-shifting trumps the default American rule that each party bears its own fees and costs and obligates defendants to pay the attorneys’ fees of prevailing plaintiffs. What happens when plaintiffs prevail on some claims but […]