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

Disqualification of Former Government Lawyer — Under NY Rule of Prof’l Conduct 1.11(a)(2), “Matter” = Discrete Transaction Or Set of Them & “Substantial Participation” Is Substantive, Affecting the Merits

Ferncliff Cemetery Ass'n v. Town of Greenburgh, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 219042 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 17, 2019): Before the Court are Defendant Town of Greenburgh's motions to disqualify Plaintiff's counsel Frederick W. Turner, (Doc. 30), and dismiss the Amended Complaint, (Doc.…
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Facebook Authentication by Course of Dealing — Details and History of Communication with Specific User May Suffice to Authenticate Post As Emanating from That User, Just As Past Pattern of Phone Call May Authenticate ID of Caller

Commonwealth v. Agro, 2019 Mass. App. Unpub. LEXIS 775 (Mass. Ct. App. Nov. 21, 2019) (non-precedential): MEMORANDUM AND ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 1:28 After a jury-waived trial in the Central Division of the Boston Municipal Court Department, the trial judge…
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RICO Securities Bar: Purchase of Shares in Tax Shelter Scheme ≠ Actionable Secs. Fraud — Can’t Base Closed End Continuity on Bald Assertions As to 3d Parties or Open End by Pinpointing a Moment in Time & Disregarding Contrary Facts (Good Quotes)

Menzies v Seyfarth Shaw LLP, 943 F.3d 328 (7th Cir. Nov. 12, 2019): Insurance executive Steven Menzies sold over $64 million in his company’s stock but did not report any capital gains on his 2006 federal income tax return. He …
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12(b)(6) Dismissal Motion: Judicial Notice of News Reports & Non-Official Websites, including YouTube & Wikipedia, Only to Establish What Was in Public Realm, Not for Truth — Motion Converted to SJ to Consider Truth

Strojnik v. Azul Hosp. Grp., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 207424 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 2, 2019): Plaintiff is proceeding in this matter pro se, but he is licensed as an attorney in the state of California; pre-trial proceedings are accordingly referred to …
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R. 37 Sanctions — Default Judgment — Bad Faith/Willfulness/Fault —Well-Pleaded Allegations Must Show Liability As a Matter of Law — Failure to Object to Magistrate Judge R&R Waives Review — Discretionary Review for Plain Error

Isigi v. Dorvilier, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 38054, 2019 WL 6997902 (2d Cir. Dec. 19, 2019) (unpublished): SUMMARY ORDER UPON DUE CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment entered on April 2, 2018, is…
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Waiver of Right to Arbitrate — 3 Factors — 18 Month Delay, Litigation of Motion to Dismiss Effects Waiver — What Constitutes Prejudice to Opponent

Flores v. Adir Int'l, LLC, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 37262 (9th Cir. Dec. 17, 2019) (unpublished): MEMORANDUM* Defendant-Appellant Adir International, LLC (Adir) appeals the district court's denial of its motion to compel arbitration in an action brought by Plaintiff-Appellee…
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Arbitration: Public Policy Defense to Enforcement in N.Y. Convention Is Very Narrow — Must Be Explicit, Well-Defined, Dominant — Must Violate Most Basic Notions of Morality — Loss of Federal Statutory Claim Not Enough

Cvoro v. Carnival Corp., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 30940 (11th Cir. Oct. 17, 2019): Plaintiff Sladjana Cvoro appeals the district court's denial of her petition to "vacate and/or alternatively to deny recognition and enforcement" of the foreign arbitral award in…
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RICO Extortion: Hobbs Act Requires Plaintiff Part with $ — Not Enough to Claim Right to $ Def Possesses — “Wrongful” Requires Def Have No Lawful Claim to $ in Dispute — Market Power Alone Doesn’t Invalidate Contract Freely Entered (Good Quote)

Crawford's Auto Ctr. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 37964, 2019 WL 6974428 (11th Cir. Dec. 20, 2019): *1 Plaintiffs Crawford’s Auto Center, Inc. and K & M Collision, LLC are two auto body …
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Spoliation Sanctions: Seventh Circuit Requires Bad Faith Based on Pre-37(e) Case Law, While Citing Rule 37(e) Which Does Not Require It — Is a Video “Electronically-Stored Information?”

Conner v. Rubin-Asch, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 32880 (7th Cir. Nov. 4, 2019) (unpublished): Eric Conner, a Wisconsin inmate, sued a prison psychologist and eight correctional officers for retaliation and deliberate indifference because they removed him from clinical observation, despite…
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12(b)(6) Dismissal Motion: Judicial Notice of News Reports & Non-Official Websites, including YouTube & Wikipedia, Only to Establish What Was in Public Realm, Not for Truth — Motion Converted to SJ to Consider Truth

Strojnik v. Azul Hosp. Grp., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 207424 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 2, 2019): Plaintiff is proceeding in this matter pro se, but he is licensed as an attorney in the state of California; pre-trial proceedings are accordingly referred to …
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RICO: Indirect Injury Unrecoverable — Indirect Purchaser Rule Imported from Antitrust

Rule 11 Sanctions: (1) Improper Purpose of Harassment Reasonably Determined Based on Past Tactics (25 Lawsuits, 14 Ethics Complaints, and 150 FOIA Requests) As Well As Present Behavior — (2) Hearings Are Not Only Not Required to Satisfy Due Process But, If The Record Is Otherwise Adequate, Are Affirmatively Discouraged

RICO and Probate Exception to Federal Jurisdiction: Federal Jurisdiction over RICO Claim Not Barred by Probate Exception Even If the Federal Judgment May Be Binding on the Probate Proceedings (Or Vice Versa) — Calculating Damages Based on Diminution of Value of Estate ≠ Administration of the Estate — Doesn’t Matter If RICO Misconduct Includes Defendants’ Actions with Respect to The Estate

RICO: No Causation Where Harm Flowed Several Steps After the Fraudulent Acts — RICO Causation Same As Antitrust Causation

Sanctions vs. Automatic Stay: Imposition of Sanctions (Here, Inherent Power Sanctions) Is Subject to the Police Power Exception to the Automatic Stay in Bankruptcy

The Word “Include” May Be A Word of Limitation As Opposed to a Word of Enlargement, Depending on the Context

RICO — Pleading Conspiracy — Plaintiffs Must Plausibly Allege That the Defendants Knowingly Joined the RICO Conspiracy — Sparse Allegations of Knowledge of Fraud Due to Participation in a Commercial Transaction Insufficient to State RICO Conspiracy Claim Where Allegations Not Inconsistent with Ordinary Commercial Behavior — While Knowledge May Be Pled “Generally” under Rule 9(b), It Cannot Be Alleged Conclusorily and Must Satisfy the Twiqbal Plausibility Standard

Depositions: Improper to Object to Form to Straightforward Questions (Not Compound, Vague, Leading or Speculative) — Lack of Foundation Objection Improper in 30(b)(6) Deposition — Improper to “Educate” Witness During Breaks of 30(b)(6) Deposition Through Witness Calls to Knowledgeable Corporate Colleagues — Magistrate Judge May Impose Financial Sanctions

Spoliation/Sanctions: “A Party Does Not Spoliate Evidence When, Without Notice Of The Evidence’s Potential Relevance, It Destroys The Evidence According To Its Policy Or In The Normal Course Of Its Business” (Good Quote)

RICO: Fraud on Government Entities Causing Plaintiffs to Pay More for Inmate Calls Actionable on Bridge v. Phoenix Bond Analysis — Fact That Governments Had Separate Injuries As Part of the Scheme (from Reduced Commissions) Irrelevant — Plaintiffs’ Injuries Not Derivative of Governments’ — The Fraud on the Governments Was Not Too Distinct From Plaintiffs’ Injuries But Rather Necessary to Injure Plaintiffs — No Risk of Duplicative Recoveries and No Plaintiff Better Situated to Sue for Plaintiffs’ Injuries

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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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