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

Unsolicited Email Sent After Purchase ≠ Notice of Duty to Arbitrate — Shrinkwrap vs. Browsewrap vs. Clickwrap Contracts — Summary Judgment Standard on Motion to Compel Arbitration; Choice of Law Clause Inapt on That Motion — Good Quotes

Schnabel v. Trileagiant Corp., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18875 (2d Cir. Sept. 7, 2012): The question presented to us on this appeal is whether the plaintiffs are bound to arbitrate their dispute with the defendants as a consequence of an…
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May a Party Raise a New Legal Argument before the District Judge in Objecting to a Report and Recommendation of a Magistrate Judge? — Three-Way Circuit Split — Second Circuit Standard for Considering New Arguments on Motion for Reconsideration

Amadasu v. Ngati, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129283 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 9, 2012): Whether a party may raise a new legal argument, or present an entire previously unasserted cross-motion or opposition, for the first time in objections to an R&R has…
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Sanctions — No Appellate Jurisdiction to Reverse Erroneous Award Where Notice of Appeal Filed Only after Opinion Granting Sanctions (Nonfinal) But Not after Fees Quantified and Awarded (Final) — FRAP 4(a)(2), 4(a)(4)(B)(i) Do Not Save Appeal

Feldman v. Olin Corp., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18106 (7th Cior. Aug. 27, 2012): We are sympathetic to Feldman’s contention that the district court abused its discretion by imposing sanctions. Global Brass admits that it never gave Feldman advance notice…
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Circuit Split as to Whether Daubert Applies at Class Certification — Supreme Court Has Granted Cert in Case Implicating This Issue and May Resolve It This Term

In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litig., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134241 (D.D.C. Sept. 20, 2012): Defendants correctly identify a circuit split as to whether a district court must address Daubert challenges at the class certification stage. Compare Am.…
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RICO — No PSLRA Bar to Tax Shelter Suit against Law Firm for Opinion Letters — Securities Only Incidental to the Fraud — 4 Letters over 5 Years (3 of Them within 2 Months) Satisfy Continuity

Ouwinga v. Benistar 419 Plan Services, Inc., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 19632 (6th Cir. Sept. 19, 2012): Plaintiff-Appellants Stephen, Leann, David, and Christine Ouwinga and their company, Stoney Creek Fisheries and Equipment, Inc., (the “Ouwingas”) appeal the dismissal of their…
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Daubert Safeguards “Not as Essential” in Bench Trial — Expert Testimony Based on Industry Experience That Does Not Rest on Scientific Principles Does Not Require Scientific Substantiation

Lightfoot v. MXEnergy Elec., Inc., 690 F.3d 352 (5th Cir. 2012): Under Federal Rules of Evidence 702 and 703, the trial judge serves as a gatekeeper to ensure the reliability and relevance of expert testimony. The Supreme Court has provided…
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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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