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

RICO Extraterritoriality: Focus of Mail or Wire (MoW) Fraud Stat. Is Use of MoW in Aid of Scheme, Is Domestic If Use Is Domestic & Core Component of Scheme — Bank Fraud Domestic If Core Component Is Use of Domestic MoW to Steal Property in US

Bascuñán v. Elsaca, 2019 WL 2455168 (2d Cir. June 13, 2019) (Bascuñán II) (the Second Circuit’s opinion in Bascuñán I is contained in our November 20, 2018 blog post): *1 This is the second time we have been asked to …
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RICO Enterprise: Only Some Defendants with Forum Selection Clause (FSC) or Arbitration Clause — All Defs “in Cahoots” with Signatory Stuck with FSC, All Plaintiffs with Arb. Clauses May Ask FSC Court Not to Enforce Them—FSC = Fed Law Iss.

Wilson v. 5 Choices, LLC, 2019 WL 2451068 (6th Cir. June 12, 2019): *1 Rebecca K. Wilson and twenty other Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s dismissal of Plaintiffs’ claims against 5 Choices, LLC and twenty-five other Defendants. Plaintiffs argue on…
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Pro Se Not Entitled to Rule 37 Attorney’s Fees — Pro Se Lawyer May Receive Attorney’s Fees per Inherent Power — Destruction of Records Per Business Policy before Notice of Claim Unsanctionable

Lucas v. Telemarketer Calling From (407) 476-5680 & Other Tel. Nos., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 16106 (6th Cir. May 29, 2019) (unpublished): Vincent Lucas, a pro se Ohio resident, appeals a district court judgment dismissing his complaint based upon…
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New Trial for Fraud Requires More Than “Differences in Recollection or Opinion” — 60(b) Denial of New Trial for Fraud Bars New Fraud Action — Action “Plainly Barred by Res Judicata” Is Baseless, Warrants Rule 11 Sanctions (Good Quotes)

Elkharwily v. Franciscan Health Sys., 2019 WL 2406946 (9th Cir. June 7, 2019) (unpublished): MEMORANDUM* In No. 17-35009 (“Elkharwily I”), Alaa Elkharwily, M.D., appeals the district court’s judgment after a jury trial his action against Franciscan Health System …
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RICO Not Preempted by ERISA — Issue Waived on Appeal if Arguments “Underdeveloped, Conclusory or Unsupported by Law” — Failure to “Engage with the Reasons the District Court Gave” = Waiver (Good Quotes)

DiJoseph v. Standard Ins. Co., 2019 WL 2406629 (7th Cir. June 7, 2019) (unpublished): Teresa Di Joseph appeals the district court’s dismissal of her claims against Standard Insurance Company and UnitedHealth Group. Di Joseph sued the companies for terminating her …
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§1782 Application Denied Where It Sought (1) Discovery Available from Party to Foreign Litigation, (2) to Circumvent Restrictive Foreign Discovery Practices & (3) Evidence from Foreign Subsidiary of Subpoenaed U.S. Entity

Effecten-Spiegel AG v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 17061, 2019 WL 2354776 (2d Cir. June 4, 2019) (unpublished): UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the order of the…
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Arbitration — 4 Triggers for the New York Convention — Because Convention Is a Treaty, It Is Unaffected by Statute Protecting State Regulation from Any “Act of Congress” — Convention Preempts Contrary State Statute

McDonnel Grp., L.L.C. v. Great Lakes Ins. SE, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 14177, 2019 WL 2082905 (5th Cir May 13, 2019): In this appeal, relating to arbitration under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards,…
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Declining Supplemental Jurisdiction on Dismissal of Federal Claims without Considering Diversity Abuses Discretion when Diversity Possible from Complaint — Pro Se Should Get One Amendment

Stoller v. Walworth Cty., 2019 WL 2305033 (7th Cir. May 30, 2019): *1 Christopher Stoller (along with Michael Stoller, who is not a party to this appeal) sued Walworth County, Wisconsin, and many of its public officials for allegedly selling …
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Rule 37 Discovery Sanctions: Ninth Circuit’s Five-Factor Test for Gauging Appropriateness of Dismissal — The Limited Utility of Rule 12(f) Motions to Strike

RICO: Employer Suffered Harm to Business or Propoerty When Kickbacks Paid to Employees in Real Estate Transactions Done for Employer — Expert Testimony Sufficient to Prove Harm — Proof That Employer Paid Above-Market Prices Not Essential — Non-Disclosure of Certain Damages in Initial Disclosures Cured by Expert Report, Which Also Rendered Initial Non-Disclosure Harmless

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

Inherent 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

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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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