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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.
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Service of Process: Rule 4(d) Does Not Impose Duty to Pay Costs on Foreign Party Who Declines to Accept Service — Sanctions: No FRAP 38 or § 1927 Sanctions for Appeal That Is Weak But Not Frivolous

Cox v. Koninklijke Philips, NV, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 8688 (6th Cir. May 9, 2016): Former employees at a glass and bulb manufacturing plant brought this action against their employer, Philips Electronics North America Corporation ("Philips"), and its Dutch parent company, Koninklijke Philips, N.V. ("KPNV"), for inj ...
Cox v. Koninklijke Philips, NV, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 8688 (6th Cir. May 9, 2016): Former employees at a glass and bulb manufacturing plant brought this action against their employer, Philips Electronics North America Corporation ("Philips"), and its Dutch parent…
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Inherent Power Sanctions: Plaintiff’s Testimony That He Visited & Photographed Premises, When In Fact His Lawyer Did, Leading to over 100 Revisions on Dep Errata Sheet = Bad Faith, Leads to Dismissal

Vogel v. Tulaphorn, Inc., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 2916 (9th Cir. Feb. 17, 2016): Martin Vogel and his attorney Lynn Hubbard III appeal the district court's order granting terminating sanctions.1 We affirm. 1   Vogel additionally appeals the district court's orders awarding attorneys& ...
Vogel v. Tulaphorn, Inc., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 2916 (9th Cir. Feb. 17, 2016): Martin Vogel and his attorney Lynn Hubbard III appeal the district court's order granting terminating sanctions.1 We affirm. 1   Vogel additionally appeals the district court's orders…
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Wayback Machine — Rejecting Multiple Arguments Against Admissibility — Accepting Butler’s Testimony & Taking Judicial Notice — Even If Wayback Machine Doesn’t Always Capture All Info on a Site, It Never Adds Info That Wasn’t on the Site

Marten Transport, Ltd v PlattForm Advertising, Inc., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57471 (D. Kan. Apr. 29, 2016): By this Memorandum and Order, the Court overrules defendant PlattForm's written objection to plaintiff Marten's designation of deposition testimony by Christopher Butler (Doc. # 167), and it grants Marten's mot ...
Marten Transport, Ltd v PlattForm Advertising, Inc., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57471 (D. Kan. Apr. 29, 2016): By this Memorandum and Order, the Court overrules defendant PlattForm's written objection to plaintiff Marten's designation of deposition testimony by Christopher Butler (Doc. …
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Sanctions: $75 Million Default Jmt for Discovery Violations — Jurisdiction vs Merits — If Court Has Jurisdiction, It Has Inherent Power to Impose Civil Contempt — Law of the Case on Appeal: Failure to Raise Issue on Prior Appeal = Waiver

Angiodynamics v. Biolitiec AG, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 8443 (1st Cir. May 6, 2016): Defendants, who violated a preliminary injunction, appealed the resulting civil contempt order entered by the district court. The contempt order included a civil arrest warrant and an escalating fines provision. Defendants persisted in their defiance as t ...
Angiodynamics v. Biolitiec AG, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 8443 (1st Cir. May 6, 2016): Defendants, who violated a preliminary injunction, appealed the resulting civil contempt order entered by the district court. The contempt order included a civil arrest warrant and…
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Federal Court Clerks Have Absolute Quasi-Judicial Immunity from Damages when Performing Tasks Integral to the Judicial Process unless They Act in the Clear Absence of All Jurisdiction

Cobb v. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 2867 (9th Cir. Feb. 26, 2015): The district court properly dismissed Cobb's claims against the federal court defendants because they are entitled to quasi-judicial immunity. See Mullis v. U.S. Bankr. Court, 828 F.2d 1385, 1390 (9th Cir. 1987) ("C ...
Cobb v. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 2867 (9th Cir. Feb. 26, 2015): The district court properly dismissed Cobb's claims against the federal court defendants because they are entitled to quasi-judicial immunity. See Mullis v. U.S. Bankr.…
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Appeals from Injunction Orders — How Much Flexibility Does Rule 62(c) Confer on District Court to Modify the Injunction Pending Appeal? — Circuit Split

Miller v. Davis, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177606 (E.D. Ky. Sept. 23, 2015): This matter is before the Court on Defendant Kim Davis' Emergency Motion to Stay the Court's Injunction Order of September 3, 2015 Pending Appeal (Doc. # 113). In that Order (Doc. # 74), the Court granted Plaintif ...
Miller v. Davis, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177606 (E.D. Ky. Sept. 23, 2015): This matter is before the Court on Defendant Kim Davis' Emergency Motion to Stay the Court's Injunction Order of September 3, 2015 Pending Appeal (Doc. # 113).…
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Rule 11 Sanctions Properly Imposed on Counsel (Who Was Also a Plaintiff) for Filing Suit Barred by Rooker-Feldman Doctrine

ASAP Copy & Print v. Brown, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 5521 (9th Cir. Mar. 24, 2016): Plaintiffs ASAP Copy and Print ("ASAP"), Ali Tazhibi, and Nina Ringgold1 appeal the district courts' orders transferring venue, assigning the case to Judge Manuel Real, denying an ex parte ...
ASAP Copy & Print v. Brown, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 5521 (9th Cir. Mar. 24, 2016): Plaintiffs ASAP Copy and Print ("ASAP"), Ali Tazhibi, and Nina Ringgold1 appeal the district courts' orders transferring venue, assigning the case to Judge …
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RICO & Extraterritoriality: US Criminal and Civil Laws Differ in Extraterritorial Effect — “Jurisdiction Is a Word of Too Many Meanings” (Good Quote)

United States v Leija-Sanchez, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 7966 (7th Cir. May 2, 2016): An indictment charged four persons with arranging [*2]  the murder of Guillermo Jimenez Flores (known as Montes) in Mexico in order to reduce competition against a Chicago-based criminal organization that created bogus immigration docume ...
United States v Leija-Sanchez, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 7966 (7th Cir. May 2, 2016): An indictment charged four persons with arranging [*2]  the murder of Guillermo Jimenez Flores (known as Montes) in Mexico in order to reduce competition against a…
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RICO — Mere Expectation ≠ Business or Property — Hope of Collecting on Judgment If Suit Succeeds, Absent Non-Speculative Property Right to Collect from Defendant = Mere Expectation — Before RICO Default Judgment, Misconduct Not Actionable

Villoldo v. BNP Paribas S.A., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 7747 (2d Cir. April 26, 2016): Plaintiffs, default judgment creditors against the Republic of Cuba ("Cuba"), appeal from the dismissal of their civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") claims, see 18 U.S.C. § 1962, and New York state law c ...
Villoldo v. BNP Paribas S.A., 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 7747 (2d Cir. April 26, 2016): Plaintiffs, default judgment creditors against the Republic of Cuba ("Cuba"), appeal from the dismissal of their civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") claims,…
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§ 1927 Sanctions Rejected for Defense Counsel’s Failure to Note Client’s Lack of Diversity for a Year — Issue Litigated in Interim Would’ve Been Litigated Somewhere — 1927 Is Permissive; Sanction May Be Denied Even If Criteria Satisfied

Bommkiasamy v. Parikh, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 5085 (7th Cir. Mar. 21, 2016): This appeal concerns a district court's decision to deny sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927, the statute that authorizes fees to be imposed on lawyers who "unreasonably and vexatiously" multiply proceedings. The underlying dispute ...
Bommkiasamy v. Parikh, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 5085 (7th Cir. Mar. 21, 2016): This appeal concerns a district court's decision to deny sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927, the statute that authorizes fees to be imposed on lawyers who "unreasonably …
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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.
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