New York Attorneys JHA handles range the gamut of complex financial and commercial litigation and arbitration, including securities, RICO, corporate and contract disputes, credit default swaps, derivatives, and class, mass, and derivative actions. The firm also represents law firms in major disputes.

Commercial Litigation and Arbitration

New York Attorneys JHA handles range the gamut of complex financial and commercial litigation and arbitration, including securities, RICO, corporate and contract disputes, credit default swaps, derivatives, and class, mass, and derivative actions. The firm also represents law firms in major disputes.
Commercial Litigation and Arbitration

Joseph Hage Aaronson

Inherent Power Sanctions: Dismissal without Prejudice Generally Not an Abuse of Discretion — Dismissal OK for Omitting Statutory Prerequisite in Complaint without Showing of Intentionality — Meaning of Abuse of Discretion (11th Cir.)

Jenkins v. Hutcheson, 2018 WL 360428 (11th Cir. Jan. 11, 2018): PER CURIAM: *1 Adrian Jenkins, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint without prejudice for failure to fully disclose all of…
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FRAP 38 Sanctions: An Appeal Can Be Considered Frivolous “When an Appellant Gives the Court Nothing to Consider in the Appeal,” Such as by Asserting Arguments Impermissibly Raised for the First Time on Appeal

Matter of Kite (Kenneth Michael Wright, LLC v. Kite Bros., LLC), 2018 WL 400743 (5th Cir. Jan. 12, 2018): PER CURIAM: **1 On April 5, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana entered an order…
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Arbitration: Appeals Court Has Jurisdiction under FAA § 16 When District Court Couples Vacatur of Award (Always Appealable) with Remand for New Arbitration — Arbitrator Exceeds Powers under § 10(a)(4) Only When Award Is Completely Irrational

Sanchez v. Elizondo, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 367, 2018 WL 297352 (9th Cir. Jan. 5, 2018): Defendant-Appellant Robert Elizondo appeals the district court's order vacating his arbitration award and remanding for further proceedings. Elizondo was awarded $75,000 in damages (the…
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Sanctions: Party Who Refuses to Pay Arbitration Award Presumptively Should Be Ordered to Pay in Addition the Other Side’s Fees in Enforcing the Award And His/Her Lawyers May Be Sanctioned under § 1927.

Hyatt Franchising, L.L.C. v. Shen Zhen New World I, LLC, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 813 (7th Cir. Jan. 12, 2018): Our first decision in this appeal affirmed a judgment enforcing an arbitrator's award of approximately $9 million against Shen Zhen.…
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CAFA: Motion to Consolidate State Court Suits for Trial Creates a Removable Mass Action — CAFA Jurisdiction May Be Invoked Even If One of the Underlying Suits Was Commenced Pre-CAFA Enactment

Lester v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 547 (5th Cir. Jan. 9, 2018): ExxonMobil Oil Corporation removed the underlying suits as a "mass action" pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005.1 The consolidated interlocutory appeals…
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Sanctions: Bankruptcy R. 9011’s Safe Harbor Exception for Filing Frivolous Petition Applies Only to the Filer, Not to Lawyer Influencing the Filing — § 1927 Doesn’t Apply to Negligence But Could Reach Unqualified Lawyer Taking on Complex Bkcy

In re Blasingame (Church Joint Venture, LP v. Grusin), 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 216 (6th Cir. Jan 4, 2018): This appeal arises from a judgment entered by the Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("Panel") on November 7, 2016, vacating sanctions…
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Website Authentication by Contents, Testimony of Witness Present at Creation — Discrepancies between Testimony & Webpage Goes to Weight — No Need for Expert — Objection Must Be Specific to Preserve Review

United States v. Blanchard, 867 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2017): Following a jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Maine, Fritz Blanchard was convicted of one count of aiding and abetting the interstate transportation of…
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Full Social Media Authentication Not Required for Photo Pulled from Facebook — Origin of Photo Not Critical — Judge Need Not Be Persuaded of Authenticity, As Long As a Jury Reasonably Could Be

Beaty v. State, 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 10694  (Tex. Ct. App. Nov. 15, 2017): MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury found appellant Phillip Beaty guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. See Tex. Penal Code § 22.02(a)(2). The jury then…
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Inherent Power Sanctions: 10th Cir. Holds It Violates Discovery Stay to Take Consensual Interview of 1 Defendant under Oath As Part of Settlement to Use Against Others on SJ — Deposition-Like Transcript (Improper) vs. Affidavit (OK) — Transcript Out

Marin v. King, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 100 (10th Cir. Jan. 3, 2018): ORDER AND JUDGMENT* This case arises out of the execution of three search warrants on a New Mexico ranch owned by Plaintiffs Mario and Reyes Marin.…
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Sanctions: Unquantified Order Requiring Pl’s Counsel to Pay Fees for Civil Contempt & §1927 / Rule 11 Violations Is Unappealable Even If Def Won’t Move for Fees & Case Is Suspended until Fees Are Paid & Even Though Non-Party May Appeal Contempt

Cruz v. Fulton, 2018 WL 297191 (5th Cir. Jan. 4, 2018): PER CURIAM:* In a contempt order against counsel in the underlying litigation, the district court ordered Louis R. Koerner, plaintiff’s lead counsel, “to pay all of the fees, costs, …
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RICO: Fraudulent Concealment Must Prevent Discovery of the Injury to Toll Statute of Limitations

Rule 37 Default Judgment Sanction: (1) Abuse of Discretion Review = Legal Conclusions De Novo. Factual Findings for Clear Error — (2) Client May Be Sanctioned for Misconduct of Its Counsel, Though Here Client Was Directly Involved in Bad Faith Misbehavior — (3) Is There A Difference, Under Rule 11 As Opposed to Rule 37, Concerning Whether A Client Can Be Sanctioned for Its Counsel’s Misconduct? — (4) While Sanctions of Last Resort (Dismissal/Default) Are Apt Only If Lesser Sanctions Wouldn’t Ensure Compliance, Rule 37 Doesn’t Require the Vain Gesture of First Imposing Lessert Sanctions When It Is Clear They Would be Ineffective — (5) Court’s Reconsideration of Non-Final Orders Is Governed by Rule 54(b), And Court’s Discretion under That Rule Is Governed by the Law-of-the-Case-Doctrine

RICO: (1) Special Pleading Requirements? — (2) Although Enterprise Must Be More Than a Summation of the Predicate Acts, The Predicate Acts Can Demonstrate the Existence of the Enterprise — (3) Requirement That Association-in-Fact Exist For Purposes Other Than Just to Commit Predicate Acts Merely Requires Continuity — (4) To State an Association-in-Fact Enterprise Consisting of One Natural Person and Collection of Legal Fictions Requires Factual Detail As to How They Acted Together — (5) “A § 1962(c) Enterprise Must Be More Than An Association of Individuals Or Entities Conducting the Normal Affairs of a Defendant Corporation” (Good Quote)

RICO: (1) Fee Award May Exceed Amount Recovered — Strict Proportionality Not Required — (2) Nonmonetary Benefits and Injunctive Relief Recovered Also Relevant Factors — (3) Loss on Some Claims Need Not Result in Lowered Fees, Especially When Both Arise Out of The Same Nucleus of Operative Facts

RICO: Indirect Purchasers (Car Buyers/Renters) Lack Standing to Sue Manufacturers for RICO Violations Even Though Intermediaries (Auto Dealer Direct Purchasers) Lack Any Damages

RICO: Statutory Requirement that RICO Be Liberally Construed Does Not Establish a More Liberal Pleading Standard for RICO Claims — “To Be Sure, Adequately Pleading a RICO Claim Can Be Challenging” (Good Quote) — Court May Dismiss Action Pursuant to Rule 41(b) Absent A Motion

Electronic Spoliation/Rule 37(e): (1) Finding of Recklessness But Neither Gross Negligence Nor Willfulness in Loss of Video Evidence Precludes Rule 37(e)(2)’s Severest Sanctions Because (i) No Intent to Deprive and (ii) Rule 37(e)(2) Displaces District Court’s Power to Invoke Inherent Power to Impose Those Sanctions — (2) Appellate Review = Abuse of Discretion, With The Caveat That Whether The District Court Applied The Correct Legal Standards Is Reviewed De Novo — (3) Inherent Power Is Often Available As An Alternate Source of Sanctioning Power But Can Be Limited by Rule or Statute, Something Which Courts Do Not Lightly Presume — (4) The Text of Rule 37(e)(2), As Confirmed by the Advisory Committee Note, Displaces Inherent Power to Impose the Sanctions Specified in the Rule or Any More Severe Sanctions — (5) “Intent to Deprive” in Rule 37(e)(2) = “The Willful Destruction Of Evidence With The Purpose Of Avoiding Its Discovery By An Adverse Party” — (6) Appellate Standing Conferred by Virtue of Issuance of Sanctions Regardless of Merits Outcome — (7) Value of Advisory Committee Notes in Interpreting Rules Enacted without Change Despite General Reticence to Rely on Legislative History

RICO: (1) Plaintiff Need Not Suffer Injury from Each Predicate Act to Establish Standing, And The Pattern May Include Predicates As to Which No Plaintiff Has Standing — (2) 7 Elements of a Civil RICO Claim (2d Circuit Articulation) Which Must Be Established As to Each Defendant — (3) Requirements of an Association-in-Fact Enterprise — (4) Each Defendant Must Personally Commit 2 or More Predicate Acts — (5) Pattern of Racketeering Activity: Horizontal and Vertical Elements — (6) No Requirement That All Members of a RICO Enterprise Joined at Inception — Can Join Over Time/Others Can Quit — (7) Cannot Charge 2 Predicate Acts Where One Action Violates Two Statutes — (8) A Footnote to Consider for Briefs: “Unless Otherwise Noted, When Quoting Judicial Decisions This Order Accepts All Alterations And Omits All Citations, Footnotes, And Internal Quotation Marks.”

For An Appeal to Be Timely, A Motion for Reconsideration in The District Court (A Rule 59(e) Motion) Must Be Filed, And Not Just Served within 30 Days of The Decision, to Toll The 30-Day Period for Filing An Appeal

There Is No Good-Faith Defense For Issuing An Overly Burdensome Subpoena

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New York Attorneys JHA handles range the gamut of complex financial and commercial litigation and arbitration, including securities, RICO, corporate and contract disputes, credit default swaps, derivatives, and class, mass, and derivative actions. The firm also represents law firms in major disputes.
New York Attorneys JHA handles range the gamut of complex financial and commercial litigation and arbitration, including securities, RICO, corporate and contract disputes, credit default swaps, derivatives, and class, mass, and derivative actions. The firm also represents law firms in major disputes.

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