You signed a five-year exclusive distribution agreement with a Manhattan importer for your Long Island City warehouse operation. The contract gives the importer “ sole discretion” to approve which retailers you can service. Two years in, they start rejecting every account you propose — not because the retailers are bad, but because the importer quietly launched a competing distribution arm and wants your business to fail. The contract's express terms don't o

You own 35% of a profitable Long Island City design-build LLC. On a Wednesday afternoon, your managing member emails a "restated and amended" operating agreement — 47 pages of new language — and gives you a week to sign. The new version quietly deletes your consent right on major decisions, adds a 10% "management fee" off the top of gross revenue, and slips in a mandatory buyout at book value if you ever "cease active participation." You never agreed to any of it. Welcome to

Your Chief Operating Officer resigned on a Monday. By Wednesday, you learn she'd spent the last eighteen months quietly funneling business to a side company she owned with her husband — while collecting a $340,000 salary from you. She thinks the worst you can do is sue her for the profits she diverted. She's wrong. Under New York's faithless servant doctrine, you may be able to force her to hand back every dollar of compensation you paid her during the entire period she was d

You just won a judicial dissolution order after eighteen months of fighting your managing member in Supreme Court, Queens County. The judge signed the decree. On paper, your Long Island City LLC is done. But your former partner still holds the QuickBooks logins, the landlord is calling about next month's rent, and there's a $600,000 receivable from a job that finished last week. Now what? Winding up a New York LLC is the phase almost no one plans for — and the phase where min

You signed a $5 million contract eight months ago to supply commercial HVAC units to a Long Island City developer. Delivery isn't due for another four months. Then, in a single Tuesday-afternoon email, the developer's project manager writes that the building is being redesigned and they 'won't need the units anymore.' No apology, no offer to renegotiate. Do you have to wait until the delivery date to sue for breach? Not in New York. Anticipatory repudiation in New York contra

Navigating the legal landscape after an accident or during a commercial dispute can feel like walking through a dense forest without a map. The path is often unclear, and the stakes are high. That is why having a reliable guide is essential. At Yassi Law PC, we provide comprehensive legal services tailored to meet the unique needs of individuals injured in accidents and businesses facing commercial disputes across New York’s five boroughs, Nassau, and Suffolk County. Our miss

You signed an $8 million three-year supply agreement with a Bronx-based distributor. Deliveries start in six months. Then your CEO gets an email from theirs: "We're not going to be able to move forward — we've decided to source from a different vendor." No product has changed hands. No invoice has gone unpaid. Nothing has technically "breached" yet. So can you sue right now, or do you have to wait six months for the delivery date to come and go? Under the doctrine of anticipa

Navigating the legal landscape after an accident or during a commercial dispute can feel like wandering through a dense forest without a map. The stakes are high, and the path is often unclear. That is why specialized legal services are not just a luxury but a necessity. At yassi law pc, we understand the intricacies of New York’s legal system, especially within the five boroughs and Nassau and Suffolk counties. Our mission is to provide clear guidance and strong representati

Your biggest client just terminated a three-year supply agreement with 22 months left to run. They hired your direct competitor instead. When you press for an explanation, an executive admits the competitor's sales VP showed up with a confidential copy of your pricing schedule and offered to undercut you by 18% if the client tore up your deal. You're not just looking at a breach of contract claim against the client. You may have a tortious interference with contract in New Yo

You're a 30% member of a Queens restaurant group. The managing member stopped sending you K-1s on time, started paying himself a "consulting fee" you never approved, and last month told you the business "had a rough quarter" — even though you can see the dining room packed every Friday night. You want answers. In New York, you have a powerful tool that most minority members don't know how to use: a formal demand for LLC books and records in New York. Done right, it gets you t

You spent 14 months negotiating to buy a SoHo loft building for $7.2 million. The seller signed. You wired the deposit. Then, a week before closing, the seller sends a one-line email: "We're terminating. Keep the deposit." Money damages won't get you that building, and there isn't another one like it on the block. This is where specific performance in New York commercial contracts becomes the remedy that actually matters. Specific performance is the equitable order that force

Your bookkeeper just disappeared with $850,000 from your construction company's operating account. Your former partner emptied a joint Manhattan brokerage account and bought a beach house in the Hamptons. The bank tells you it's a civil matter, the police tell you to hire a lawyer, and the money is moving fast. In New York, the legal vehicle for getting that money back isn't a breach of contract claim — it's a tort claim called conversion, often paired with a constructive tru

Learn how Yassi Law PC resolved a high-stakes board dispute for a Manhattan-based corporation, turning a potential $60,000 liability into a $30,000 gain for our client. This guide explores the role of NY commercial litigation attorneys in protecting business interests.

Every year more than 50 percent of companies face at least one major dispute that affects their reputation and revenue. Living in the business world, you can easily understand that business conflicts can be huge headaches. They disrupt operations, cost time and money, and create uncertainty. This is where a commercial litigation attorney steps in—they specialize in resolving conflicts that arise in business, such as broken contracts, shareholder disagreements, and intellectua

When selling goods in New York, what you say about a product can create real legal obligations. Many business owners believe warranties only exist when written into a contract. In practice, statements made during negotiations, marketing, or demonstrations often create enforceable rights for buyers—and those statements can later become the basis of a breach of warranty claim. Under Express Warranties Under New York UCC §2-313, sellers can unintentionally create warranties simp

In commercial transactions, warranties play an important role in protecting buyers. A warranty assures the buyer that the goods being sold meet certain standards. However, in some situations, a seller may want to limit or exclude certain warranties to reduce legal risk. The New York Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) allows sellers to exclude warranties, but only if specific legal requirements are followed. If the disclaimer is not written properly, it may not be enforceable in co

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