Is the legal remedy of “specific performance,” which dates back to English Common Law, a relevant approach to resolving real property disputes today, or should it be retired in favor of monetary damages? That timely question is addressed in the New York Law Journal article “Specific Performance’s ‘Land Is Unique’ […]
2022 was a milestone year for Yankwitt LLP: we memorialized our 13th anniversary with a “bar-mitzvah” style party featuring the traditional sign-in board, walk-down-memory-lane montage and yes, of course, the obligatory pigs in a blanket. Turning 13, however, was just one of the many reasons we had to celebrate this […]
Yankwitt LLP successfully defended a nonprofit organization and several associated individuals in a case in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York involving claims of defamation and tortious interference with business relations. Yankwitt LLP moved to dismiss the defamation claim on the grounds that the allegedly defamatory […]
Partner Dina Hamerman’s promotion to Executive Director was featured in the Law.com “How I Made It” column. The Q&A titled “How I Made Executive Director: Don’t Say No to Nonbillable Work” highlights Dina’s career, promotion, and influences, as well as advice she would give to associates whose goal is to […]
WHITE PLAINS, NY (November 3, 2022) – Yankwitt LLP, Westchester County’s go-to law firm for high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, has been named to the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms in Commercial Litigation, White Plains Metropolitan Tier 1. Firms included in the 2023 Edition of U.S. News – Best […]