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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Treating Physicians = Unretained Experts Requirng Rule 26(a)(2)(C) Disclosures, Not 26(a)(2)(B) Reports — Even If They Form Opinions as to Causation After Treatment Rather Than During Treatment

O’Leary v. Kaupas, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95769 (S.D.N.Y. July 11,2012): Defendant Paul Kaupas (“Kaupas”) moves this Court to bar the testimony of three of Plaintiff Marlis O’Leary’s (“O’Leary”) expert witnesses because the witnesses failed to submit written reports under…
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Factual Material Provided to and Considered by Expert Is Discoverable Despite 2010 Expert Witness Amendments — Even If Material Includes Work Product

Fialkowski v. Perry, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91165 (E.D. Pa. June 29, 2012): The present discovery dispute arises from defendants’ request that plaintiff produce materials that plaintiff’s expert witness, certified public accountant Howard Lapensohn, identified in paragraph 17 of the…
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Sanctions — Sixth Circuit Issues Directive Requiring Appellants and Their Counsel to Address Adverse Precedent and Advise the Court If They Are Arguing for a Change in the Law, or Face Sanctions

Waeschle v. Dragovic, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 14501 (6th Cir. July 16, 2012): B. Sanctions Following Waeschle’s appeal to this Court, Defendants filed a motion for sanctions under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 38 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1912 and…
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Scope of Subject Matter Waiver of Privilege, If Any, Resulting from Intentional Prelitigation Disclosure of Privileged Memo Is Governed by the Same Fairness Considerations as in Rule 502(a) — Undecided Whether 502(a) Applies Prelitigation

Wi-Lan, Inc. v. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 14432 (Fed. Cir. July 13, 2012): The law firm of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP (“Kilpatrick Townsend”) appeals contempt sanctions entered in connection with a subpoena served on…
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Spoliation — Second Circuit Limits Pension Committee — Holds That Failure to Issue Litigation Hold Despite Notice of a Claim Does Not Per Se Constitute Gross Negligence — Totality of Circumstances Test

Chin v. Port Auth. of NY & NJ, 2012 WL 2760776 (2d Cir. July 10, 2012): Plaintiffs-appellees, eleven Asian Americans currently or formerly employed as police officers by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (“Port Authority”), sued…
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History of Prevailing Party Attorneys’ Fees (US vs. UK) in a Few Sentences — Good Quotes: (1) District Court Doesn’t Address All Factors; (2) Sanctions: Absence of Dismissal Motion Undercuts Claim Case Was Frivolous from Outset

Gibson v. Solideal USA, Inc., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 14415 (6th Cir. July 10, 2012): It is true that some jurisdictions routinely award fees to the prevailing party. Footnote 1. In Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co., 386 U.S.…
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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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