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

Experts: Rule 37(c)(1) Discretion Inapt If Late-Disclosing Party Fails to Show Good Cause to Modify Protective Order Deadline for Expert Reports, Necessitating Exclusion — 2-1 Eighth Circuit Decision

Petrone v. Werner Enters., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 30344 (8th Cir. Oct. 10, 2019): Philip Petrone and others (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed a class action against Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Drivers Management, LLC (collectively, Defendants) arising out of an eight-week student-driver …
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Facebook Authentication: Photos on Social Media Subject Only to Traditional [Fair-and-Accurate-Portrayal] Test Where Sole Proffer Is the Images, Not As Part of a Social Media Statement by the Ostensible Page Owner

United States v. Vázquez-Soto, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 29495 (1st Cir. Oct. 1, 2019): After a six-day trial and four days of deliberation, a jury convicted appellant Rodolfo Vázquez-Soto on two counts of making false statements and one count of …
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Forum Selection Clause Requiring Litigation in Federal Court Unless Court Lacks Jurisdiction Trumps Forum Defendant Rule, Which Is Procedural & Doesn’t Affect Subject Matter Jurisdiction

Capital Rest. Grp., LLC v. Burger King Corp., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176821 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 11, 2019): This matter is before the Court on Defendant Burger King Corporation's motion to dismiss. (ECF No. 9.) The Plaintiff filed a response…
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Daubert — While District Court Must Create a Record & Articulate Its Basis for Rulings on Expert Evidence, Belated Explanation in Order Denying New Trial Sufficient

United States v. Hodge, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 23715 (5th Cir. Aug. 8, 2019): After a five-week trial on False Claims Act and Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act claims, the government secured judgments and penalties that totaled nearly …
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Attorney-Client Privilege/Work Product — Waiver — Inadvertent Disclosure Made Prior to Commencement of Litigation Is Not Made “In a Federal Proceeding” and Isn’t Governed by Fed. R. Evid. 502(b)

Joubert v. Hussain, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 162073 (S.D. Ga. Sept. 23, 2019): Before the Court are Defendants Zachary Hussain, Sondy Lawrence, Tina Bland, Victory Duncan, Jim Hannah, Harriet Coles, Michael Newman, Cheri Newman, Lisa Childs, Waylon Cawley, and Edna…
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RICO Enterprise: Closed-Ended Continuity Requires 2 Years, But 2 Years, Alone, Insufficient (2d Cir.) — Open-Ended: Conclusory Allegation Schemes Are Defs’ Regular Way of Doing Business Insufficient — No Judicial Notice of Docs on Motion to Dismiss

Ambase Corp. v. 111 W. 57th Sponsor LLC, 2019 WL 4127342 (2d Cir. Aug. 30, 2019) (unpublished): SUMMARY ORDER Plaintiffs-Appellants AmBase Corporation, 111 West 57th Manager Funding LLC, and 111 West 57th Investment LLC (collectively, “AmBase”) appeal from the judgment…
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28 U.S.C. §1782: “Resides Or Is Found” = Limits of Personal Jurisdiction — Application to Non-Parties (Relationship betw. Contacts & Discovery) — §1782 Has Extraterritorial Reach, Like the Discovery Rules

In re del Valle Ruiz, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 30002 (2d Cir. Oct. 7, 2019): Banco Santander S.A. ("Santander") acquired Banco Popular Español, S.A. ("BPE") after a government-forced sale. Petitioners, a group of Mexican nationals and two investment and …
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The Existence of a Default Judgment against a Foreign State Can Establish Venue in the District in Which It Was Entered If the Foreign State Attempts to Open Up the Judgment (28 U.S.C. § 1391(f)(1))

Gater Assets Ltd. v. AO Gazsnabtranzit, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167195 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 27, 2019): Before the Court are a number of motions relating to Plaintiff-Petitioner Gater Assets Limited's ("Plaintiff") attempt to enforce an arbitration award against Defendants AO Moldovagaz …
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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

Inherent Power Sanctions — Dismissal for Threatening Defendant and Magistrate Judge — No First Amendment Right to Threaten Violence

RICO: Domestic Injury — Delivery of Fraudulently Non-Conforming Goods FOB Los Angeles for Shipment to China Means Injury Arose Domestically When Purchaser Took Title —Other Relevant Factors Include That The Non-Conforming Goods Were Sourced and Made in the U.S. and The Racketeering Activity (Mail/Wire Fraud) Occurred in, and Was Directed from, the United States — Irrelevant to Domestic Injury Inquiry Whether Property Is Tangible or Intangible — 7th Circuit’s “Injury-Felt” Test of Domestic Injury Rejected by Supreme Court — RICO Standing Requires Concrete Financial Loss, Not Merely Injury to Valuable Intangible Property Interest (9th Circuit)

RICO Causation: Parents of Children with Disabilities Deprived In-Person Education and Services during the Pandemic Were Not Causally Injured by Teachers’ False Assurances to Federal Authorities That IDEA-Complaint Policies Were in Place, Which Caused Funds to Issue But Not to the Benefit of the Disabled Children — Damages Too Indirect — Proper Plaintiff Is U.S. Government — Private Injunctive Relief Under RICO Uncertain in Third Circuit

Sanctions: Rule 37(b)(2) Dismissal — Sixth Circuit Factors

Inherent Power Sanctions — Extrajudicial Misconduct: Sanctions Power Extends to Conduct Intended to Sabotage Court’s Ability to Adjudicate the Case Before It, Here, By Commencing State Court Actions Seeking to Enjoin the Federal Plaintiffs from Proceeding with Their Federal Litigation — Sanctions Fee Awards: The Factors Used For Calculating A Fee Award To A Prevailing Party Do Not Govern — Under Goodyear, the Relevant Inquiry Is Whether There Is A Sufficient Causal Link Between The Sanctioned Misconduct And The Fees Awarded

RICO: Members of Association-in-Fact Enterprise Must Act with a Common Purpose—Mere Allegation That Various Defendants Agreed at Different Times to Engage in Various Fraudulent Schemes Does Not Plausibly Support the Essential Inference, That They Acted with s Sufficiently Common Purpose

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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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