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

Foreign Arbitration Subject to Limited Appellate Review (FAA-Like) Is a “Proceeding” within 28 U.S.C. § 1782 — As This Is the First Post-Intel Circuit-Level Decision, Is There More Than a Nominal Circuit Split?

Application of Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones S.A., Pursuant to 28 USC 1782, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 12949 (11th Cir. June 25, 2012) (NOTE: THIS OPINION WAS WITHDRAWN SUA SPONTE ON 1/10/14 — see Application of Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecoms.…
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Allegedly False Representations Directed to Person in State Giving Rise to Claim Satisfy Minimum Contacts — Circuit Split as to Whether All Jurisdictionally Relevant Acts Must Be Aimed at State or Only Tortious Acts

Felland v. Clifton, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 11380 (7th Cir. June 6, 2012): While vacationing in Arizona, Robert and Linda Felland entered into a contract to purchase a condominium unit in a planned beachfront development in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. The…
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Sanctions — What Constitutes Bad Faith for § 1927 and Inherent Power Purposes — Even Meritorious Arguments May Be Advanced in Bad Faith for Harassment Purposes — Award of Costs as Sanction

Save the Peaks Coalition v. U.S. Forest Serv., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 12666 (9th Cir. June 21, 2012): Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Arizona Snowbowl Resort Limited Partnership (Snowbowl) has moved for attorney’s fees and costs. The court is well aware that Plaintiffs-Appellants and…
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RICO — Damage to Reputation from Defamation Is Personal, Not Injury to Business or Property, Even If It Results in a Loss of Income

Santana v. Cook Cnty. Board of Review, , 679 F.3d 614 (7th Cir. 2012): Finally, Santana alleges that the defendants’ alleged racketeering activity–including bribery, money laundering, honest-services fraud, and extortion–injured him “in business or property” and therefore violated RICO, 18…
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Inherent Power Sanctions — Voluntary Dismissal in Face of Summary Judgment Motion = Evidence of Awareness of Frivolousness/Subjective Bad Faith — Client’s Verification of Complaint No Defense to Attorney’s Filing Baseless Claim

Dubuc v. Green Oak Township, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 11334 (6th Cir. June 4, 2012): Dennis Dubuc has a long history of instigating lawsuits against his township. As chronicled in an opinion from the Michigan Supreme Court, Dubuc filed “at…
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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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