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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Emails Offered on State of Mind ≠ Hearsay — in Employment Discrimination Case, Complaints Emailed by Employee’s Supervisor to Her Superior Admissible to Show Recipient’s Belief, in Discharging Employee, That Employee Had Acted Badly

Dickerson v. Holsten Mgmt. Corp., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 139425 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 27, 2012): Ms. Dickerson first takes issue with three emails written by one of Ms. Dickerson’s former supervisors, Carol Redman. Ms. Dickerson argues that these email messages…
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Arbitration / Sanctions — Claim Party Was Fraudulently Induced to Enter Contract, as Opposed to Just Arbitration Clause, Is for Arbitrator to Decide — Even If Rule 11 Violated, Sanctions Are Discretionary

Ipcon Collections LLC v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 20944 (2d Cir. Oct. 9, 2012): This appeal arises out of a contract dispute between Costco and ES Electrosales Leadsinger, Co., Ltd. (“Leadsinger”), a company that sold, inter alia,…
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Arbitration — Elements for Proving Fraud in Procuring Award — Error of Expert Witness Insufficient — Error of Fact or Law by Arbitrators ≠ Reversible Act of Exceeding Their Powers

Morgan Keegan & Co. v. Garrett, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 22057 (5th Cir. Oct. 23, 2012): A group of eighteen investors (collectively, “Appellants”) alleged that Defendant-Appellee Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. (“Morgan Keegan”) engaged in a fraudulent scheme that induced…
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Securities — Tipper and Tippee Scienter under Classical and Misappropriation Theories of Insider Trading — Scienter Requirement As Applied to Tippee Chains

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Obus, 693 F.3d 276 (2d Cir. 2012): A. The [Classical vs. the] Misappropriation Theory of Insider Trading Insider trading–unlawful trading in securities based on material non-public information–is well established as a violation of section 10(b)…
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Legal Malpractice and Choice of Law — A State Has a Paramount Interest in Regulating Lawyers Practicing within Its Borders — Elements of Judicial Estoppel (Majority Rule) and Law of the Case Doctrine — Law Governing Claim Governs Affirmative Defenses

Cobalt Multifamily Investors I, LLC v. Shapiro, 857 F. Supp. 2d 419 (S.D.N.Y. 2012): B. Choice of Law Issues The Receiver argues that the claims against the Law Firm Defendants are controlled by the laws of their respective domiciles, such…
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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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