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. […]
The firm ranks in the top 10 also for the third year White Plains, NY (April 24, 2023) — Yankwitt LLP, Westchester County’s go-to law firm for high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation, has been named to the Best Companies to Work for in New York for the third year in a row. […]
Yankwitt LLP attorneys Michael Reed and Scott Wenzel examine personal jurisdiction in Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions and whether all opt-in plaintiffs must demonstrate their claims arose out of the defendant’s minimum contacts with the forum state. This was the topic of their article published in the New York […]
While the CPLR permits an early pleading amendment as of right, any subsequent or “late in the game” amendment requires agreement among the parties or leave of court under CPLR 3025(b). That provision counsels courts that “[l]eave shall be freely given upon such terms as may be just . . […]