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

Arbitration — By Signing NY Convention, Sovereign Waives Immunity from Enforcement in Other Signatory States, Per 28 U.S.C. §1605(a)(1) — No Waiver by Signing Int’l Agreement Not Mentioning Waiver — Waiver vs. Arb. Exceptions in §1605

Tatneft v. Ukr., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 15787 (D.C. Cir. May 28, 2019): J U D G M E N T This case was considered on the record from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia,…
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Confidentiality of Litigation Docs—3 Standards: Rule 26(c), Common Law Right of Access, 1st Amendment — Judicial Records, Including Summary Judgment Exhibits, Presumptively Available under Common Law Rt. — Unclear If 1st Amend. Applies to SJ Exhs.

In re Avandia Mktg., Sales Practices & Prods. Liab. Litig., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 14794, 2019 WL 2119630 (3d Cir. May 15, 2019): Following a decision of the District Court granting summary judgment to GlaxoSmithKline LLC ("GSK"), the losing…
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Privilege & Work Product Apply to Public Relations Firm — Log Must Show All Elements of Priv. — Detailed Discussion of Fiduciary Exception (Inapt in Securities Fraud Case), Waiver, Predominant Business v. Legal Purpose, Crime-Fraud

Pearlstein v. Blackberry Ltd., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45098, 2019 WL 1259382 (S.D.N.Y. March 19, 2019): OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING BLACKBERRY'S PRIVILEGE DESIGNATIONS KATHARINE H. PARKER, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE BACKGROUND This case is a putative class action alleging…
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Arbitration — 2-Step Analysis: Whether (1) Parties Entered into Arb. Agreement, (2) If So, It Delegates to Arbitrator Issue of Arbitrability? — Whether Litigant Is Subrogated to Arb. Agmt. Is Step (1) Question — Schein Affects Step (2) Only

Lloyd's Syndicate 457 v. FloaTEC, L.L.C., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 11256 (5th Cir. April 17, 2019): This case concerns a disputed siting of Big Foot in the Gulf of Mexico. We refer to a floating oil-drilling platform that rests …
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Rule 37(c)(1) Exclusion of Expert Testimony for Failure to Timely Disclose Expert Evidence “Falls in the Heartland of Case Management Decisions” and “Review Is Highly Deferential” (Good Quotes)

Grant v. Entertainment Cruises and Spirit Cruises, LLC, 2019 WL 2158218 (D.C. Cir. April 29, 2019): MEMORANDUM Grant appeals from a judgment entered against her after a bench trial in an action for personal injury she brought under the Jones…
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Res Judicata: Federal Court Order Confirming Arbitration Award Has Same Preclusive Effect As Final Judgment, Which Is Determined by State Law in Diversity Case — Non-Party Parent Corp. Entitled to Same Preclusive Benefit as Wholly-Owned Subsidiary/Party

NTCH-WA, Inc. v. ZTE Corp., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 12283 (9th Cir. April 25, 2014): Plaintiff-Appellant NTCH-WA, Inc. previously arbitrated breach of contract and related claims against ZTE USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Defendant-Appellee ZTE Corp. ZTE Corp. was …
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Text Authentication — Recipient’s Testimony + Alleged Sender’s Admission That They Texted and Inability to Deny That “These Messages Are True” — Printouts Admitted Absent Genuine Issue as to Accuracy

In re Parenting Of: T.P.D.C. v. Staat, 2019 MT 107N, 2019 Mont. LEXIS 167 (Mont. May 7, 2019) (non-precedential):  [*P1]  Pursuant to Section I, Paragraph 3(c), Montana Supreme Court Internal Operating Rules, this case is decided by memorandum opinion…
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FRAP 38 Sanctions: (1) Pressing Objectively Frivolous Arguments, Multiple Misstatements at Oral Argument and Failure to Address What District Judge Said Warrant Award against Appellants’ Counsel (Only) — (2) “General Award” of $5,000 Warranted Where Appellee Failed to Sufficiently Document Its Fees and Expenses [Goodyear v. Haegar Issue]]

RICO: Capital Call Investment Process Increasing Equity of Those Responding to Call at Expense of Those Not Responding ≠ Collection of An Unlawful Debt

RICO [And Constitutional] Standing: Concrete Injury Requirement Not Satisfied by Alleged Intangible Injuries of Intrusion Upon Seclusion, Confusion And Emotional Distress, Public Disclosure of Private Facts, Deterred Speech On Nondefamatory Matters, Violation Of First Amendment Rights, And Compulsion

Rule 37(b) Sanctions: Striking of Answer, Default Judgment, Civil Contempt and Piercing Corporate Veil for Deliberate Disregard of Multiple Orders to Produce — Finding of Deliberate Disregard of Court Order Is Factual, Triggering Clear Error Review — Discretion Narrows When Default Sanction Involved — Fourth Circuit Factors for Rule 37 Default Sanction Are Different Than Those for Inherent Power Dismissal Sanction — Continued Defiance of Court Orders And Millions in Unpaid Judgments And Tax Liens Render Lesser Sanctions Futile

RICO: No Causation for Company Harmed by Governmental Customers Shunning It After Employee Publishes Book Admitting He Bribed Governmental Officials — Harm Too Indirect, Not from Bribery (Predicate Act) But from Customers’ Decisions to Shun and Publication of Book (Both Lawful) — Customers Injured by Bribery of Their Officials Are More Direct Plaintiffs

FRAP 38 Sanctions for Frivolous Opposition to Arbitration

Extrinsic Fraud Exception to Rooker-Feldman — Where Defendants’ Perjury, False Evidence, Flawed Legal Arguments Prevented Plaintiffs from Presenting Their Claim in State Court

Federal Jurisdiction: Party Can Waive Subject Matter Jurisdiction — While Federal Courts Must Ensure They Do Not Lack Subject Matter Jurisdiction, There Is No Duty to Find and Exercise It

“RICO Is a Judge’s Nightmare” — “The Requisite RICO Pleading Standards Are Far From Explicit, And The RICO Jurisprudence Offers Courts (And Plaintiffs) Little Guidance” (Good Quotes) — Common Elements of § 1962(a), (c) and (d)-Based Claims — Closed-End Continuity: Duration > 1 Year = Substantial Period of Time — Continuity: Courts Skeptical If Number of Victims and Schemes Is Limited — Untargeted Persons Who Suffer Derivative Injury Do Not Add to the Number of Victims Considered for Continuity Purposes — Open Ended Continuity Can Be Established by Showing Defendant Commits Predicate Acts As “Regular Way of Doing Business” — Citing the Existence of Other Lawsuits Alleging Similar Predicates ≠ Pleading Facts Demonstrating Defendant’s Commission of Similar Predicates Against Others

Practice of Seeking Leave to Amend after The Case Is Dismissed Is Discouraged

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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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