Yankwitt LLP successfully represented a leading Fortune 100 company in a contract-based dispute with a vendor that performed testing and data collection for a critical product the company is developing. The company retained Yankwitt LLP to recover damages it allegedly sustained, including significant delays, as a result of the vendor’s performance under a service agreement. Importantly, however, the provider is one of only a few in the country that performs the specialized testing the company needs for its product development. Thus, the company tasked Yankwitt LLP with engendering a resolution that would recoup its losses while preserving an amiable business […]

Yankwitt LLP successfully defended the City of Rye’s Board of Ethics against a lawsuit filed by certain members of the City of Rye Council under New York CPLR Article 78. The petitioners challenged an opinion issued by the board regarding actions by the council that contravened ethics provisions. The matter was significant because the board had acted properly, making the suit an affront to a properly functioning Board of Ethics and its members personally. Yankwitt LLP defended the board against the lawsuit through substantive correspondence with the plaintiffs’ counsel and by preparing a motion to dismiss. Shortly after receiving Yankwitt […]

Summertime is almost upon us, school will be out soon and the countdown to the holiday season has already begun. Get in the spirit early and celebrate Christmas in July with the families and friends of the Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley (RMHGHV) Ronald McDonald House, located just steps away from Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, provides a home-away-from-home for families while their child receives critical medical care. The 12 bedroom house, which is at full occupancy almost every night, is always in need of items for the pantry, kitchen, and toy room. During the holiday […]