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

Sixth Circuit Agrees with D.C. and Not First that Disclosure of Privileged Matter to Client’s Accountant Does Not Effect Waiver — Fact Lawyer Has Conflict Does Not Affect Client’s Right to Assert Privilege

From New Phoenix Sunrise Corp. v. Comm’r IRS, 408 F. App’x 908 (6th Cir. 2010): II. Reasonable Cause Exception The Commissioner assessed a 40% underpayment penalty applicable to valuation misstatements of more than 400% against New Phoenix. See I.R.C. §…
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Court Has Discretion to Decline Relief under Declaratory Act But Not to Decline Relief under Federal Arbitration Act (Here, by Remanding First pursuant to DJ Act)

From Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. v. Mortgage Guaranty Ins. Corp., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 12066 (9th Cir. June 15, 2011): Appellant Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Company (“MGIC”) appeals the district court’s decision to remand this suit back to state court pursuant…
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Information-and-Belief Allegations of Meetings that Experts Say Must Have Occurred between Banks and Madoff Are Speculative, Insufficient to Show Actual Knowledge of Fraud — Banks Generally Owe No Duty to Protect Non-Customers from Fraud by Customers

From MLSMK Inv. Co. v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 11425 (2d Cir. June 6, 2011): To state a claim for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty under New York law, a plaintiff must show…
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In Action Substantively Governed by State Law, Waiver of Privilege Is Determined by State Law, But Waiver of Work Product Protection Is Governed by Federal Law — Counsel Not Permitted to Make Independent Claim of Work Product Where Client Has Waived

From SEC v. McNaul, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62932 (D. Kan. June 14, 2011): Waiver of attorney-client privilege is governed by state law, while waiver of the work product protection is governed by federal law. Frontier Refining, Inc. v. Gorman-Rupp…
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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

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

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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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