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

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Web Chats on Party’s Computer Authenticated by His Admission He Used Name Used in Chats — Also Admissible As Circumstantial Evidence Linking Him to Material — Unknown Speakers’ Messages Admissible as Context for Responses

United States v. Manning, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 76 (8th Cir. Jan. 3, 2014): i. Chat Transcripts Manning argues that the district court abused its discretion in admitting chat transcripts related to the usernames "boost_virgin" and "mem659" discovered on Manning's…
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Supreme Court on Personal Jurisdiction — General Jurisdiction over Foreign Corporation Exists Only If Its Affiliations with the State Are So Continuous and Systematic As to Render It “Essentially at Home in the Forum State

Daimler AG v. Bauman, 2014 U.S. LEXIS 644 (U.S. Jan. 14, 2014): This case concerns the authority of a court in the United States to entertain a claim brought by foreign plaintiffs against a foreign defendant based on events occurring…
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RICO — Elements of Associated-in-Fact Enterprise — Failure to Identify Common Purpose or Course of Conduct Vitiates RICO Claim for Failure to State “Ongoing Criminal Enterprise”

Crowe v. Clark, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 504 (10th Cir. Jan. 10, 2014): Vicki Dillard Crowe, proceeding pro se, appeals the dismissal of her civil rights complaint alleging constitutional and statutory violations stemming from the foreclosure of her Denver, Colorado …
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Good Samaritan Doctrine — Rescuers Are Liable Only If They Fail to Exercise Reasonable Care in a Way That Worsens the Position of the Victim, Either by Increasing the Risk or Inducing Reliance, by the Victim or Other Rescuers

Turner v. United States, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 23349 (4th Cir. Nov. 20, 2013): The USCG's [U.S. Coast Guard’s] enabling statute, 14 U.S.C. § 88, authorizes the USCG to undertake rescue efforts, but does not impose any affirmative duty to…
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RICO v. Art. III Standing—Paper Filed with No Inquiry May Not Be Sanctionable If Facts Prove True and Filer Prevails — Lengthy Investigation Satisfies Rule 11 Even If It Turns Up Little — Staying Rule 11 Motion Pending State Remand

Fiala v. B&B Enters., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 25705 (7th Cir. Dec. 26, 2013): This appeal arises out of a RICO class action suit that the district judge dismissed without deciding whether to certify it as a class action. The…
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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

nherent 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?

Rule 37 Sanctions — Unfamiliarity With Litigation Process Does Not Excuse Intentional Disregard of Court Order — Also Affirming Rule 26(g) Sanctions on Clients and Counsel for False Representations That All Responsive Documents Had Been Produced

Supreme Court: Notice of Appeal Filed After The Original Deadline But Before Reopening by The District Court Is Timely — It Relates Forward to The Date of The Order Making The Appeal Possible — Second Notice of Appeal After Reopening Unnecessary

Rule 37 Default Judgment: Second Circuit’s Four-Factor Test for Imposing Defaults and Three-Factor Test for Lifting Them

Rule 37 Default Judgment — Tenth Circuit Multifactor Test Is Not Exhaustive But a Non-Exclusive List of “Sometimes-Helpful Criteria Or Guide Posts”— Appeal from Preliminary Injunction Mooted by Entry of Permanent Injunction — Difficulty in Collecting Damages Award May Equal Irreparable Injury — A Monetary Award For Past Conduct Does Not Preclude A Permanent Injunction Against Similar Wrongful Conduct Likely To Occur In The Future

RICO: Cover-Up Within Limitations Period of Untimely RICO Violation “Was Merely A Continuation” Of The Original Injury And Could Not Be Used “As A ‘Bootstrap’ To Salvage [The] Time-Barred Claims–Declining to Apply Pinkerton Doctrine to Civil RICO Claims

Inherent Power — Circumstantial Evidence — Fact That Bad Faith May Be Shown by Establishing That Conduct Was So Egregious It Was Necessarily Committed in Bad Faith Does Not Mean That Bad Faith Must Be The Sole Explanation for The Bad Conduct

RICO Causation: Testing Labs’ Misstatements As to Alcohol Tests’ Efficacy Not Communicated to Plaintiffs’ Employers Did Not Cause Plaintiffs’ Professional Harm

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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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