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

Complex Lit Blog

Email Evidence — Best Evidence Issues (Defamation Claim) — Court Has Discretion to Ignore Evidence Raised for First Time in Reply Brief (Good Quote)

Cellular Accessories For Less, Inc. v. Trinitas LLC, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130518 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 16, 2014):   Cellular alleges that Defendants "published one or more false statements which were intended to disparage CELLULAR ACCESSORIES's good and services." However, at the time motions for summary judgment were filed ...
Cellular Accessories For Less, Inc. v. Trinitas LLC, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130518 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 16, 2014):   Cellular alleges that Defendants "published one or more false statements which were intended to disparage CELLULAR ACCESSORIES's good and services." However, at…
Continue Reading

Experts — Supplemental Report Must Be Based on Additional or Corrected Info Unavailable when 1st Report Issued — Lack of Diligence by Counsel No Excuse for Lacking Info — Report Stating Additional Rationales & Opinions Not Supplemental

Curtis v. Crop Prod. Servs., Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118005 (W.D. Okla. Aug. 25, 2014): This matter comes before the Court on a series of motions, triggered by the filing of Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Allow Kent Martin, Ph.D., to Submit a Supplemental Expert Report (Doc. No. 67). In response thereto Defe ...
Curtis v. Crop Prod. Servs., Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118005 (W.D. Okla. Aug. 25, 2014): This matter comes before the Court on a series of motions, triggered by the filing of Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Allow Kent Martin, …
Continue Reading

RICO, Reliance & Class Certification — In Financial Fraud Cases, Payment May = Circumstantial Proof of Reliance Sufficient to Show Predominance — RICO Extraterritoriality & Proximate Cause = Merits, Not Class, Issues — No Fraud on Market in RICO

CGC Holding Co., LLC v. Hutchens, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 23043 (10th Cir. Dec. 8, 2014): This case requires us to consider the certification of a proposed class action to pursue claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). A class primarily composed of real estate borrowers ...
CGC Holding Co., LLC v. Hutchens, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 23043 (10th Cir. Dec. 8, 2014): This case requires us to consider the certification of a proposed class action to pursue claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act…
Continue Reading

YouTube Video Authenticated by Circumstantial Evidence Identifying Individual and Items Depicted, and Establishing Where and Roughly When Video Recorded, without Evidence from YouTube Personnel

United States v. Broomfield, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 22670 (11th Cir. Dec. 3, 2014): After a jury trial, James Franklin Broomfield, Jr. appeals his conviction and 180-month sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e)(1). On appeal, Broomfield argues, inter alia, that the dis ...
United States v. Broomfield, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 22670 (11th Cir. Dec. 3, 2014): After a jury trial, James Franklin Broomfield, Jr. appeals his conviction and 180-month sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of…
Continue Reading

Does a Conflict between Members Defeat Associational Standing? — Circuit Split — Types of “Profound” Conflict — General Requirements for Associational Standing

Auto. Body Parts Ass’n v. Ford Global Techs., LLC, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131101 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 4, 2014): ANALYSIS Standing is a threshold subject matter jurisdictional requirement. Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 559-60 (1992). Plaintiff has the burden of demonstrating standing. P ...
Auto. Body Parts Ass’n v. Ford Global Techs., LLC, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131101 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 4, 2014): ANALYSIS Standing is a threshold subject matter jurisdictional requirement. Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 559-60 (1992). Plaintiff has…
Continue Reading

Comments Posted on YouTube Purporting to State When Video Was Shot = Hearsay, Inadequate to Authenticate Timing of Depicted Activities

Sublime v. Sublime Remembered, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103813 (C.D. Cal. July 22, 2013): Plaintiffs Sublime and Floyd Gaugh IV filed this case in this Court on September 22, 2006. Sublime is a well-known popular music group, and Floyd Gaugh IV is a former member of Sublime. Plaintiffs brought this case seeking to enforce intellectual p ...
Sublime v. Sublime Remembered, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103813 (C.D. Cal. July 22, 2013): Plaintiffs Sublime and Floyd Gaugh IV filed this case in this Court on September 22, 2006. Sublime is a well-known popular music group, and Floyd Gaugh…
Continue Reading

Hearsay & Privilege — Statement to Own Counsel Not against Penal Interest (Rule 804(b)(3)) Because Confidential — Residual Exception: Dismal Public View of Lawyers Makes Exclusion of Testimony Reasonable under 807(a)

United States v. Awer, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 20700 (1st Cir. Oct. 29, 2014): A federal jury convicted Defendant Kent Awer of possessing cocaine base with intent to distribute. He appeals.  Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm. I. The Facts A. The Malibu In th ...
United States v. Awer, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 20700 (1st Cir. Oct. 29, 2014): A federal jury convicted Defendant Kent Awer of possessing cocaine base with intent to distribute. He appeals.  Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.…
Continue Reading

Judicial Notice of Internet Evidence (FINRA Rules) — Arbitration: Award May Be Confirmed in Any District Allowed under General Venue Statute — Court Looks to Arbitration Clause and Agreed Arbitral Rules to See If Parties Agreed Otherwise

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC v. Monaco, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 149419 (D. Colo. Aug. 26, 2014): This case is before the Court pursuant to an Order of Reference to Magistrate Judge issued by Judge Raymond P. Moore on March 17, 2014 (Docket No. 6). Petitioners ask the Court to enter judgment confirming an arbitration aw ...
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC v. Monaco, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 149419 (D. Colo. Aug. 26, 2014): This case is before the Court pursuant to an Order of Reference to Magistrate Judge issued by Judge Raymond P. Moore on March…
Continue Reading

Email Authentication via Admission

Anderson v. United States, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 166799 (N.D. Ga. Dec. 2, 2014): 6. Failure to Challenge Authenticity and Completeness of E-Mails Finally, Petitioner contends that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to challenge the authenticity and completeness of the printouts of e-m ...
Anderson v. United States, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 166799 (N.D. Ga. Dec. 2, 2014): 6. Failure to Challenge Authenticity and Completeness of E-Mails Finally, Petitioner contends that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to challenge the authenticity and…
Continue Reading

Dismissal as Discovery Sanction — Availability — Factors (5th Circuit) — Attorney’s Fees and Costs Imposed on Counsel Personally under Rule 37 for Deposing and Redeposing

Progressive Waste Solutions of La., Inc. v. Lafayette City-Parish Consol. Gov’t, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150199 (W.D. La. Oct. 22, 2014): MEMORANDUM RULING ON MOTION FOR CONTEMPT AND SANCTIONS AND ORDER On October 17, 2014, the undersigned held a hearing in open Court on the Motion for Contempt and Sanctions f ...
Progressive Waste Solutions of La., Inc. v. Lafayette City-Parish Consol. Gov’t, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150199 (W.D. La. Oct. 22, 2014): MEMORANDUM RULING ON MOTION FOR CONTEMPT AND SANCTIONS AND ORDER On October 17, 2014, the undersigned held a hearing…
Continue Reading
Previous221222223224225226227Next

Recent Posts

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

Archives
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.

New York Office

© 2025 Joseph Hage Aaronson LLC  
Disclaimer | Attorney Advertising Notice | Legal Notice