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

Arbitration — Incorporation of UNCITRAL or AAA Rules in an Arbitration Clause Constitutes Clear and Unmistakable Evidence that Sophisticated Parties Intended to Delegate Arbitrability to Arbitrator

Oracle Am., Inc. v. Myriad Grp A.G., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 15284 (9th Cir. July 26, 2013): Myriad Group A.G. appeals the district court’s partial denial of its motion to compel arbitration. Myriad maintains that incorporation of the United Nations…
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Class Actions: Post-Comcast, Court May Certify Liability-Only Class Even If Individualized Issues Predominate on Damages, Provided Damages Track Liability — Meaning of GVR Order from Supreme Court

Jacob v. Duane Reade, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111989 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 8, 2013): Plaintiffs, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, bring claims against Duane Reade, Inc. and Duane Reade Holdings (collectively, “DR”), asserting that DR failed…
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Splitting Cause of Action — The Entire Controversy Doctrine — “Enough Is Enough” — Good Quote — § 1927 Sanctions for Venue Transfer Motion by Plaintiff Who Had Just Won Appeal That Venue Was Proper

Great W. Mining & Mineral Co. v ADR Options, Inc., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 16439 (3d Cir. Aug. 8, 2013): The “tortured procedural history” of this case is well-known. (J.A. 6.) In 2002, Plaintiff and Brownstein and Vitale (“B&V”) agreed…
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Discovery Sanctions — Rule 37 — Meaning of “Substantially Justified” — Requirements for Civil Contempt and Adverse Factual Determinations — Court May Not Sanction Foreign Instrumentality for Violations Committed by Its Sovereign

Thai Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co., Ltd. v. Gov’t of Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 110353 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 2, 2013): On August 5, 2011, this Court entered a judgment in favor of Thai-Lao Lignite (Thailand) Co., Ltd. and…
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Unavailability of Designated Arbitral Forum Does Not Preclude Judicial Appointment of Substitute Forum — Apparent Caselaw Split as to Whether Designation of Forum Is “Integral” to Agreement to Arbitrate May Be Short-Lived

Green v. U.S. Cash Advance Ill., LLC, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 15565 (7th Cir. July 30, 2013): Joyce Green contends that U.S. Cash Advance, from which she borrowed money, misstated the loan’s annual percentage rate and so violated the Truth…
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Rule 11 and § 1927 Sanctions Reversed Because Appellate Court Finds Position Deemed “Frivolous” by District Court to be “Substantial” and Potentially Meritorious

Leveski v. ITT Educ. Servs., Inc., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 13722 (7th Cir. July 8, 2013): Given our finding that Leveski’s allegations are sufficiently distinguishable from Graves–not to mention our finding that she has direct and independent knowledge of her…
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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

Supreme Court: Standing — When The Government Prohibits Or Impedes Company A from Using Company B’s Product, Both Are Objects of the Government’s Action And Have Standing to Contest It — “To Demonstrate Standing, Plaintiffs Must Answer A Basic Question—‘What’s It To You?’” (Good Quote) — Expert Evidence Not Required to Establish Standing — “Judges Are Not Required To Exhibit A Naiveté From Which Ordinary Citizens Are Free’” (Good Quote)

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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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