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

R. 11 Sanctions for Disqualification Motion—DQ Apt Only If Lesser Remedies Unavailable — Factors for Advocate Witness DQ — Type, # of Violations Guide Sanction — Papers “More About Vitriol … Than Fact Or Legal Principle” (Good Quotes)

Finley Grp., Liquidating Agent For RedF Mktg., LLC v. Roselli (In re RedF Mktg., LLC), 2019 Bankr. LEXIS 3311 (W.D.N.C. Bankr. Oct. 21, 2019): ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISQUALIFY AND GRANTING MOTION FOR SANCTIONS This matter is before the Court…
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Removal: Is Denial of Request for Admission That Claim Doesn’t Exceed $75,000 Sufficient to Establish Amount in Controversy? — Case Law Split — Settlement Offer Over $75K Can Be “Other Paper” Supporting Removal

Streicher v. Sam's East, Inc., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34052 (S.D. Ga. Mar. 4, 2019): Before the Court is Plaintiffs' Motion to Remand to State Court. (Doc. 4.) For the following reasons, the Court concludes that Defendant's removal was timely…
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Appeals: Party with Prejudgment Certification to Appeal Must File Petition in 10 Days — District Court Can’t Reenter or Recertify to Restart Clock — 10-Day Period Is Set in Statute, Is Jurisdictional, Not Claims-Processing

Groves v. United States, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 31974 ((7th Cir. Oct. 25, 2019): When a district court certifies an order for review before final judgment, parties have only ten days to petition us to hear the interlocutory appeal. Decades …
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FRAP 38 Sanctions for Not Substantively Addressing District Court’s Reasoning — Vexatious Litigant Injunction on Appeal Per Inherent Power & All Writs Act — Good Quote on Pro Se Status Not Insulating Party from Clogging Courts with Meritless Case

Henneberger v. Ticom Geomatics, Inc., 2019 WL 5688237 (5th Cir. Nov. 1, 2019) (unpublished):*1 Pending before the court is a motion to dismiss this appeal as frivolous, award the moving defendants-appellees1 costs in the amount of their attorney …
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Disqualification of Experts (2-Part Test) vs. Lawyers (2 Scenarios) — Courts Presume That Lawyers, But Not Experts, Received Confidential Information — Judicial Docs Presumptively Public Even If Not Relied on

Homeward Residential, Inc., Solely in Its Capacity As Master Servicer for the Option One Mortg. Loan Trust 2006-2 ex rel. Tr. & the Holders of Option One Mortg. Loan Trust 2006-2 Certificates, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 189285 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 31,…
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Bankruptcy Courts Have Power to Issue at Least Relatively Minor, Non-Compensatory Inherent Power Sanctions — Power Derived Not from Art. III But from Nature of Federal Judicial Institutions — Appeals Court Must Assess Jurisdiction of Lower Courts

Rosellini v. United States Bankr. Ct. (In re Sanchez), 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 32462 (2d Cir. Oct. 30, 2019): Per Curiam. In September 2013, Appellant Kenneth Rosellini filed a Chapter 7 petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the…
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Inherent Power Sanctions May Be Imposed on Lawyer for Violation of Court Order (Failure to Appear, Prosecute) Or Other Misconduct Not Undertaken for the Client’s Benefit without a Showing of Bad Faith (2d Cir.)

In re Sanchez (Rosellini v. U.S. Bankruptcy Court), 2019 WL 5596472 (2d Cir. Oct. 30, 2019) (unpublished): *1 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the orders of the district court dated May 19, 2017, and…
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§1927 Sanctions: Clear & Convincing Evid. Only If Cost of Whole Case Shifted — Persistent Prosecution of Baseless Claim Enough — Can’t Rely on Client If “Glaring Red Flags” (Many Good Quotes)

Morrison v. Walker, 2019 WL 4782749 (5th Cir. Oct. 1, 2019): *1 Litigation abuse is nothing new. Since 1813, when James Madison was president, a one-sentence federal statute has authorized monetary sanctions against attorneys who misuse the litigation process.1…
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Advocate-Witness Rule (3.7) — Lawyer in Bad Faith Insurance Action Who Represented Plaintiff in Underlying Suit = Necessary Witness & Disqualified — Not All Participation in Bad Faith Suit Barred

Timlick v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 174208 (D. Mont. Oct. 7, 2019): Defendants Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois have filed a motion to disqualify Plaintiff Jay Timlick's counsel, Gary Crowe, pursuant…
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Wayback Machine — Judicial Notice OK— Even If Not, Court Could Consider Internet Archive Corporate Witness’s Affidavits Authenticating the Technology from Other Cases Pursuant to Rule 104(a)

Pohl v. Mh Sub I, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 182695 (N.D. Fla. Oct. 23, 2019): ORDER ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE AND SANCTIONS This Court has considered, without hearing, parties' various motions. For the reasons stated below, Plaintiff's Motion in Limine,…
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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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