News & Insights

The New York Law Journal has published the article, “Defendants Face Demanding Disclosure Requirements Under the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act (CIDA),” written by Managing Partner Russell Yankwitt and associate Scott Wenzel. This insightful article outlines the new landscape of insurance disclosure requirements that defendants now face in litigations filed on […]

Firm named seventh in the Best Small Company category   White Plains, NY (April 20, 2022) For the second year in a row, the Best Companies Group has honored White Plains litigation firm, Yankwitt LLP, as the seventh “Best Company to Work for in New York” in the small business […]

Yankwitt LLP Managing Partner Russell Yankwitt will join esteemed leaders from Westchester County law firms to present “The View from the Top,” a continuing legal education program hosted by the Westchester County Bar Association. The CLE will take place on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at 12:00 noon via Zoom. The […]

Judge Halpern Denies City of Mount Vernon’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff Firefighter’s Procedural Due Process Claim Arising from His Unpaid Suspension In Salahuddin v. City of Mount Vernon, New York, No. 20-CV-07021 (PMH), 2022 WL 564002 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 24, 2022), the plaintiff, Deputy Chief of the City with the Mount […]

For decades, the “first-to-file rule” has guided courts in determining the appropriate venue for litigation by creating a rebuttable presumption in favor of the first litigation filed where litigants file competing and substantially overlapping litigations in different jurisdictions. While the presumption can be rebutted in certain instances, the Southern District […]