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

Despite Bankruptcy Court’s Inability to Impose Criminal Contempt for Acts Outside Its Presence, Injunction of State Court Case Upheld — Elements of Civil Contempt — Civil vs. Criminal Contempt

In the Matter of Lothian Oil, Inc. (Grossman v. Belridge Grp.), 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 9353 (5th Cir. May 8, 2013): Appellants/Cross-Appellees-the Anti-Lothian Bankruptcy Fraud Committee, Israel Grossman, and other individuals and entities-challenge a bankruptcy court’s order enjoining their prosecutions…
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Early Reports from Expert That Are Not Drafts of 26(a)(2)(B) Report Are Not Protected from Discovery — Interrogatories Seeking Expert Information Prior to Expert Disclosure Date Set by Court Are Premature

Amco Ins. Co. v. Mark’s Custom Signs, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53803 (D. Kan. April 16, 2013): This is an insurance subrogation claim brought by Plaintiff against the named Defendants resulting from a fire occurring on April 3, 2009,…
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RICO Pleading & Iqbal — Plausibility Does Not Require Negating Every Improbable Alternate Inference — Statute of Limitations — Mere Hunch ≠ Grounds to Investigate — Failure to Find Lawsuit May Not Reflect Lack of Diligence

Cohen v. S.A.C. Trading Corp., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 6798 (2d Cir. April 3, 2013): Patricia and Steven were married in 1979. At the time, Steven was a trader at Gruntal & Co. (“Gruntal”). In January 1986, Steven created S.A.C.…
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Sanctions — Neither Prior Sanction Nor Explicit Observation of Frivolousness Affords Sufficient Due Process to Sustain Sua Sponte Rule 11 Sanction — Due Process Challenge Review Is Plenary, Not Abuse-of-Discretion

O.R. v. Hutner, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 2760 (3d Cir. Feb. 8, 2013): Appellant O.R. (“O.R.”) and his attorney, Rotimi A. Owoh (“Mr. Owoh”), (collectively “Appellants”), appeal the October 13, 2011 and January 27, 2012 Orders of the District Court,…
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Non-Testifying Expert Who Submits Declaration on Unsuccessful Summary Judgment Motion Is Subject to Deposition Concerning the Subject Matter of the Declaration — Also on Opinions Formed as Percipient Witness

Positive Techs., Inc. v. Sony Electronics, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49738 (N.D. Cal. April 5, 2013): Plaintiff and Defendant have filed a joint statement regarding a discovery dispute over the deposition of Plaintiff’s expert, Dr. Alan Sobel. See Dkt…
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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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