Legal and Privacy

The purpose of this website is to provide general information about the law practice of Bennett J. Yankowitz, dba as eGeneralCounsel.com (“eGeneralCounsel”); it is not intended to solicit clients, to advertise eGeneralCounsel’s services or to provide legal advice in any respect.  Legal advice is only provided by an attorney having a clear understanding of the client’s circumstances obtained only as part of an established attorney-client relationship. Neither viewing nor receipt of information presented on this website, the posting of any comments, nor any e-mail or other electronic communication sent through this website to eGeneralCounsel, any of its lawyers or any affiliates of eGeneralCounsel will create an attorney-client relationship, and any such e-mail or communication will not be treated as confidential.

No user of this website should act or refrain from acting on the basis of information presented on this website without seeking legal advice of counsel in the relevant jurisdiction.  The Practice expressly disclaims all liability in respect of any actions taken or not taken based on any contents of this website.

Although eGeneralCounsel does not intend to cause you harm, be advised that your posting of any comment or content to this website may be an act which constitutes your waiver of the confidentiality and/or privilege of your information. Do not post any information to this website that you intend to preserve as confidential or privileged information. Any information you intend to send to eGeneralCounsel or its attorneys with the expectation to maintain the confidential or privileged nature of the information should be sent in accordance with the instructions specified by eGeneralCounsel or the attorney, and with the attorney’s consent.

Do not send any proprietary or confidential to eGeneralCounsel unless you are a client of the firm and have entered into an engagement letter with the firm outlining the terms of engagement.

The Practice owns all copyright and other rights in and to (i) all copyrightable text and graphics on this website, (ii) the selection, presentation and arrangement of all materials on this website and (iii) the overall design of this website.  You are permitted to download and print any part of this website for your own personal, non-commercial use; however, any other copying, and any distribution, retransmission or modification of information or materials on this website (including modification of copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices), whether such information or materials is in electronic or hard-copy form, without the express prior written consent of eGeneralCounsel, is prohibited.

The Practice maintains offices in California and is licensed in and does not purport to practice in any jurisdiction other than California and New York. Any lawyers designated as “Of Counsel” are not associates or equity holders of eGeneralCounsel; however, their relationship with eGeneralCounsel is (i) “close, personal, continuous, and regular” within the meaning of Rule 1-400(E)(8) of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the State of California; (ii)  ”continuing” within the meaning of Rule 7.5(a)(iv) of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct; (iii) “regular and continuing” in accordance with Opinion 338 of the D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Committee; and (iv) otherwise in compliance with all other applicable ethical rules and regulations in connection with such designation.

This website contains links to other websites.  The Practice does not endorse or approve, and is not responsible for, any third-party content that may be accessed through this website.  Moreover, eGeneralCounsel is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites, and we encourage you to read the privacy statements of all third-party websites that you visit.  The Practice may monitor the use of this website and record the Internet IP addresses of users of this website; however, this information is collected by eGeneralCounsel and/or its agents for our internal purposes only and shall not be disclosed to any other person or entity, except as required by applicable law.

This website may contain attorney advertising.  Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

RS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE:  To ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Service, we inform you that any U.S. tax advice contained in any communication on this website is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed in this communication (or in any attachment).