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

Text Messages — Authentication by One Party to Discussion — No Best Evidence Problem Converting Texts to Emails for Printing and Submission to Court — 12(f) Motion to Strike “Drastic,” Disfavored

Greco v. Velvet Cactus, LLC, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87778 (E.D. La. June 27, 2014): Plaintiff Joseph Greco moves to strike a number of exhibits attached to the motions for summary judgment of defendants Velvet Cactus, LLC and Scott Dickinson.…
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Diversity Jurisdiction — National Banking Association Is Citizen of State Where It Is “Located” — I.e., Has Its “Main Office” — Submitting Supplemental Material on Appeal to Establish Subject Matter Jurisdiction OK

Arthur v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 11053 (11th Cir. June 13, 2014): Fifty-eight individuals (hereinafter, "Appellants") whose homes were in various stages of the foreclosure process brought this action against JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (hereinafter,…
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Absent Definitive Ruling on Motion to Exclude Witness’s Testimony (Here, an Expert), Counsel Must Object to Specific Questions Posed at Trial or Waives Argument on Appeal That Admission Was Flawed

United States v. Threadgill, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 13377 (6th Cir. July 11, 2014): 2. Opinion Testimony Finally, Threadgill claims that the district court erred when it admitted testimony from Jackson and Bjorkman regarding Threadgill's knowledge, intent, and state of …
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Spoliation — Impact on Summary Judgment — Routine Practice of Destruction May Show No Bad Faith — Failure of Anyone to View Video before Automatically Recording over It Corroborative of No Bad Faith

Schreane v. Beemon, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 13859 (5th Cir. July 21, 2014): Schreane sought to compel the government to turn over surveillance video footage from the prison, which Schreane argued would show that while guarding Schreane's unit Beemon had…
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No Jurisdiction to Enforce Settlement Where Court Stated Terms on Record and Entered Order “Based on” Agreement Transcribed in Record But Did Not Incorporate Agreement in Order — How to Incorporate — Contempt Reversed, Other Sanctions Affirmed

StreetEasy, Inc. v. Chertok,2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 10691 (2d Cir. June 5, 2014): This appeal arises out of the attempted resolution of a dispute between a real estate listing website and one of its co-founders over the propriety of actions …
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Rule 11 Sanctions May Be Sought for Successfully Opposing Sanctionable Rule 11 Motion without Filing Cross-Motion — Filing Unauthorized Substantive Reply Disguised as Sanctions Motion = Improper Purpose Violation

Smith v. Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 8477 (11th Cir. May 6, 2014): Smith next argues that the district court erred in awarding Appellees attorneys' fees for the expenses they incurred opposing her Rule 11 motion. When …
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FRAP 38 and Pro Se Litigants — Observations, Not Sanctions, For Non-Existent Quotations

Rule 37(c)(1) Exclusion Sanction: Under R&R Sails, A Discovery Sanction Is Not Claim Dispositive Just Because It Makes It “Much More Difficult, Perhaps Almost Impossible” For A Party To Proceed With Its Claim Or Argument — The Sanction Must Be Fatal — Only Then Is Proof of Willfulness, Fault Or Bad Faith Required — To The Extent The Imposition Of Sanctions Turns On The Resolution Of An Issue Of Law, Review Is De Novo

Supreme Court: Party Moving to Set Aside Void Judgment Under Rule 60(b)(4) Must Do So Within A Reasonable Time Per Rule 60(c)(1)

Supreme Court: Erie/Rule 8/Rule 11: Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Conflicts with and Overrides Delaware’s Affidavit of Merit in Medical Malpractice Actions — A Valid Rule of Civil Procedure Displaces Contrary State Law Even If The State Law Is Substantive — Rule 11’s Proviso That “[U]nless A Rule Or Statute Specifical States Otherwise, A Pleading Need Not Be Verified Or Accompanied By An Affidavit” Refers to Rules Or Statutes Requiring Represented Parties To Verify Pleading Or Sign Affidavits — It Has Nothing To Do With Affidavits From Third Parties — Good Quote: Drawing A Negative Inference from Text Is Sometimes the Best Way To Understand It

RICO Statute of Limitations — Storm Warnings, Not Thunder and Lightning (Good Quote)

Rule 37 Discovery Sanctions: Ninth Circuit’s Five-Factor Test for Gauging Appropriateness of Dismissal — The Limited Utility of Rule 12(f) Motions to Strike

RICO: Employer Suffered Harm to Business or Property When Kickbacks Paid to Employees in Real Estate Transactions Done for Employer — Expert Testimony Sufficient to Prove Harm — Proof That Employer Paid Above-Market Prices Not Essential — Non-Disclosure of Certain Damages in Initial Disclosures Cured by Expert Report, Which Also Rendered Initial Non-Disclosure Harmless

Spoliation: Dismissal Under Rule 37(e)(2) and Monetary Sanctions Under Rule 37(e)(1), Implicitly Reading The “Or” Between 37(e)(1) and 37(e)(2) As Conjunctive, Not Disjunctive — Clear Error Standard of Review for District Court’s Intent (= Bad Faith) Finding under 37(e)(2)(C) — Additional Monetary Sanctions Imposed on Claimants under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and Rule 37(a)(5) — No Right to Jury Determination of Intent under Rule 37(e)(2) — “Substantially Justified” in Rule 37(a)(5) Has Same Meaning As In Equal Access to Justice Act and Thus Rule 11 — Meaning of “Unreasonable and Vexatious” in 7th Circuit

Inherent Power Sanction of Dismissal — Preponderance of the Evidence Burden of Proof, Not Clear and Convincing Evidence (7th Circuit)

§ 1927 Sanctions — Must A Lawyer Who Unreasonably and Vexatiously Multiplies Federal Court Proceedings Be Acting “As An Attorney” When Committing the Misconduct To Be Subject to Sanction under § 1927?

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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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