The Situation In November 2017, a New Jersey hotel and casino (the casino), a long-time Yankwitt LLP client, ran a promotion under which the casino would match deposits of up to $1,000 made by new players who signed up for a casino internet gaming (I-Gaming) account. On November 2, 2017, […]
Situation In a long-running family business dispute, Yankwitt LLP was retained to replace another law firm to represent 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 litigation was brought by […]
Situation A casino patron filed suit against Yankwitt LLP’s hospitality client, an Atlantic City casino, after he allegedly sustained serious injuries from falling down an escalator on the premises. The plaintiff claimed the casino negligently maintained and inspected the escalator, which led it to “jerk forward” causing him to tumble […]
The Situation: Yankwitt LLP was retained by WB Studio Enterprises, Inc. (Warner Bros.) after an accountant of a newly acquired subsidiary lost more than $1.3 million of the subsidiary’s money to a sophisticated e-mail scam. An online hacker had infiltrated the accountant’s e-mail system and was able to intercept and […]
Situation A former employee filed suit against our hospitality client alleging employment discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD). The plaintiff claimed that: 1) he resigned as a restaurant general manager after suffering racial discrimination and 2) when he attempted to rescind his […]
Situation Yankwitt LLP was retained on the eve of trial to represent five former volunteer directors of a not-for-profit senior home in an adversary proceeding arising out of the senior home’s bankruptcy. The directors had been sued in federal court on behalf of the senior home and 79 of its […]
Situation Triboro Quilt Manufacturing Corp., a prominent family-owned Westchester textile manufacturer, was sued in the United States District Court for the Southern District of by its licensor Luve LLC for $43 million in damages. Luve alleged Triboro had materially breached an exclusive licensing agreement to manufacture a patent-pending bath blanket […]
Situation Yankwitt LLP was retained by the largest shareholder and chairman of the board of a New York corporation that purchases and repackages herbs and vegetables for sale to customers. Our client came to us after he raised concerns with the other shareholders that one of the shareholders and officers […]
Situation When Yankwitt LLP’s hospitality client acquired a restaurant chain in New York, it inherited several pending litigations against the acquired company. One case was filed by a website operator that claimed it was owed referral commissions for events under a supposed marketing agreement between the parties. When Yankwitt LLP […]
Situtation When Dr. Robert Atkins, creator of the famous Atkins Diet, passed away in 2003, he left an estate valued at more than half a billion dollars, much of which was placed in a marital trust for the benefit of his wife. In May 2003, Mrs. Atkins hired a trusts […]
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- D. Clive Metz