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

Reliance on Internal Investigation as Affirmative Defense Effects Waiver Not Only of Report But Also Witness Interviews, Notes and Other Materials Protected by Privilege and Work Product

From Angelone v. Xerox Corp., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109407 (W.D.N.Y. Sept. 26, 2011): This Title VII employment discrimination action stems from plaintiff’s employment with defendant Xerox. See Complaint (Docket # 1). Specifically, plaintiff alleges that she was discriminated against…
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Contempt Sanctions for Violation of Protective Order — Giving Documents to Unauthorized Person with a Financial Incentive to Read Them = Contempt Notwithstanding Oral Direction Not to Read Them

From Hunt v. Enzo Biochem, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117607 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 11, 2011): Enzo Biochem, Inc., Heiman Gross, Barry Weiner, Elazar Rabbani, Sharim Rabbani, John Deluca, Dean Engelhardt, and John Does 1-50 (the “Enzo Defendants”) bring this motion…
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Texas Law of Tortious Interference with Contract — What Is Good Faith? — Limits on Inherent Power Sanctions — Not Remedy for Underlying Misconduct or Conduct before Other Tribunals — Award Must Be ≤ Harm Caused

Symetra Life Ins. Co. v. Nat’l Ass’n of Settlement Purchasers, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116966 (S.D. Tex. Oct. 11, 2011): This dispute involves two participants in the structured-settlement payment industry and a trade association representing companies that purchase structured settlements.…
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Counsel Not Disqualified for Representing Former Executives of Corporate Client at Deposition — Anti-Solicitation Rule — Waiver by Not Objecting Despite Advance Knowledge of Representation

From Zarrella v. Pacific Life Ins. Co., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108229 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 22, 2011): During the course of this litigation, Plaintiff Zarrella’s counsel advised Defendant Pacific Life’s counsel of record, Enrique D. Arana, that Zarrella wished to…
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Judicial Recusal Requires Bias from Extrajudicial Source — Rulings in Prior Cases Almost Never Sufficient — Judge Subject to Recusal If Objective Observer Would Doubt Impartiality

From Ocean-Oil Expert Witness, Inc. v. O’Dwyer, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 20467 (5th Cir. Oct. 6, 2011) (affirming contempt sanction issued under inherent power): O’Dwyer argues that Judge Lemelle should have recused himself from sitting in this case because of…
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No Right to Attorneys’ Fees on Appeal for Defending Sanctions Award, Absent Sanctionable Conduct on Appeal — Appellate Fees Not “Caused” by Sanctionable Conduct Below — Sources of Bankruptcy Court Sanctions Power

From Franken v. Mukamal (In re Creative Desperation Inc.), 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 20306 (11th Cir. Oct. 5, 2011): Section 105 of Tile 11 of the United States Code imbues bankruptcy courts with the same inherent powers as federal district…
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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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