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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

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Denial of Discovery Sanctions without Explanation Requires Remand — Contours of the Deliberative Process Privilege

U.S. ex rel. Williams v. Renal Care Group, Inc., 696 F.3d 518 (6th Cir. 2012): 1. The Alexander letter During discovery, the defendants sought evidence related to whether Medicare/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was aware of the RCG/RCGSC relationship. As part of this effort, they requested evidence rel ...
U.S. ex rel. Williams v. Renal Care Group, Inc., 696 F.3d 518 (6th Cir. 2012): 1. The Alexander letter During discovery, the defendants sought evidence related to whether Medicare/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was aware of the RCG/RCGSC…
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Sanctions Reversed Where Inference of Bad Faith Drawn in Part from Conduct of Others — “[O]nly Conduct Explicitly Referred to in the Instrument Providing Notice Is Sanctionable” —

Cameron Int’l Trading Co. v. Hawk Importers, Inc., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 22294 (2d Cir. Oct. 25, 2012): Movants J. Curtis Edmondson and Scott D. Frendel (collectively "movants"), defendants' counsel in this matter, appeal from a January 18, 2011, memorandum and order finding that they violated Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b) and ...
Cameron Int’l Trading Co. v. Hawk Importers, Inc., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 22294 (2d Cir. Oct. 25, 2012): Movants J. Curtis Edmondson and Scott D. Frendel (collectively “movants”), defendants’ counsel in this matter, appeal from a January 18, 2011, memorandum…
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Extraterritorial Application of RICO — Case Law Split as to Whether to Focus on Enterprise vs. Pattern to Determine Whether Statute Being Improperly Applied Extraterritorially

United States v. Chao Fan Xu, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 93 (9th Cir. Jan. 2, 2013): Viewed as a whole, the activities subject to count one encompass a unified scheme, wherein the Defendants: stole as much money as possible from the Bank of China; transferred the stolen funds out of China; escaped, through immigration fraud, to a safe harbor ...
United States v. Chao Fan Xu, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 93 (9th Cir. Jan. 2, 2013): Viewed as a whole, the activities subject to count one encompass a unified scheme, wherein the Defendants: stole as much money as possible from…
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Invited Error Doctrine and Intervening Change of Law

United States v. Maury, 695 F.3d 227 (3d Cir. 2012): Under the invited error doctrine, "[a] defendant cannot complain on appeal of alleged errors invited or induced by himself." Console, 13 F.3d at 660 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). "[W]here a defendant makes a request in favor of certain instructions, he waiv ...
United States v. Maury, 695 F.3d 227 (3d Cir. 2012): Under the invited error doctrine, “[a] defendant cannot complain on appeal of alleged errors invited or induced by himself.” Console, 13 F.3d at 660 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).…
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Testifying Expert in Related Case Is Afforded Work Product Protection under 2010 FRCP Amendments — Notes of Experts and Communications with Non-Lawyers Unprotected — Communication Through, or Copying, Agents Does Not Undo Protection

In re Application of Republic of Ecuador ... under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157497 (N.D. Fla. Nov. 2, 2012): This proceeding is a small part of an expansive, long-running international dispute. The principal adversaries are the Republic of Ecuador ("the Republic"), on one side, and on the other, Chevron Corporation--as ...
In re Application of Republic of Ecuador … under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157497 (N.D. Fla. Nov. 2, 2012): This proceeding is a small part of an expansive, long-running international dispute. The principal adversaries are the…
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Inherent Power Sanctions: Abuse of Discretion Review Enhanced — Conduct Must Constitute/Be Tantamount to Bad Faith and Be Motivated by Improper Purpose — Unmade Argument Not Waived Where No Chance to Timely Raise It

Wilson v. Citigroup, N.A., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 26381 (2d Cir. Dec. 26, 2012): On March 21, 2011, plaintiff Robert E. Wilson III filed a complaint in the district court alleging that various defendants wrongfully denied him participation in the distribution of large profits from an investment strategy and portfolio in Brazilian companie ...
Wilson v. Citigroup, N.A., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 26381 (2d Cir. Dec. 26, 2012): On March 21, 2011, plaintiff Robert E. Wilson III filed a complaint in the district court alleging that various defendants wrongfully denied him participation in the…
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Adoption of Arbitral Rules That Grant Arbitrator the Power to Determine Arbitrability Evinces Parties’ Binding Agreement to Forgo Judicial Resolution — So, Too, Does Use of Broad Arbitration Clause

Wynn Resorts, Ltd. v. Atlantic-Pacific Capital, Inc., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 23312 (9th Cir. Nov. 13, 2012): 1. Responsibility for Deciding the Arbitrability Issue "The question whether the parties have submitted a particular dispute to arbitration, i.e., the 'question of arbitrability,' is 'an issue for judicial det ...
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. v. Atlantic-Pacific Capital, Inc., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 23312 (9th Cir. Nov. 13, 2012): 1. Responsibility for Deciding the Arbitrability Issue “The question whether the parties have submitted a particular dispute to arbitration, i.e., the ‘question of…
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Experts — Rule 26(e)(2) Duty to Supplement Expert Report or Deposition Cannot Be Used to “Sandbag One’s Opponent” and Introduce New Opinions after Court-Ordered Deadline — Rule 37(c)(1) Preclusion Applies — Good Quote

Stuhlmacher v. Home Depot USA, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 164722 (N.D. Ind. Nov. 19, 2012) (note: This LEXIS citation is subject to change when the opinion is annotated and Shepardized by LEXIS): Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(D) states that a party must make expert disclosures "at the time and in the sequence that ...
Stuhlmacher v. Home Depot USA, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 164722 (N.D. Ind. Nov. 19, 2012) (note: This LEXIS citation is subject to change when the opinion is annotated and Shepardized by LEXIS): Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(D) states…
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Securities — Nature and Extent of § 16(b) Liability — Violation of Statutorily-Imposed Fiduciary Duty to Issuer Defeats Argument That Derivative Plaintiff Lacks Constitutional Standing — Violation of Statutorily-Granted Right = Injury in Fact

Donoghue v. Bulldog Investors G.P., 696 F.3d 170 (2d Cir. 2012): Defendants Bulldog Investors General Partnership and principal Phillip Goldstein (collectively, "Bulldog") appeal from a judgment entered on March 31, 2011, by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Denise L. Cote, Judge), in favor of plain ...
Donoghue v. Bulldog Investors G.P., 696 F.3d 170 (2d Cir. 2012): Defendants Bulldog Investors General Partnership and principal Phillip Goldstein (collectively, “Bulldog”) appeal from a judgment entered on March 31, 2011, by the United States District Court for the Southern…
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Res Judicata / Collateral Estoppel May Form Valid Defenses to Motion to Compel Arbitration

Saucier v. Aviva Life & Annuity Co., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 23531 (5th Cir. Nov. 16, 2012): Under the Mississippi Structured Settlement Protection Act ("MSSPA"), no direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights is effective unless a court finds, among other things, that the transfer is in the best interest of the se ...
Saucier v. Aviva Life & Annuity Co., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 23531 (5th Cir. Nov. 16, 2012): Under the Mississippi Structured Settlement Protection Act (“MSSPA”), no direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights is effective unless a court…
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Supreme Court: (1) Fraudulent Inducement Theory of Mail Fraud: Statute Violated If Victim Is Tricked into Parting with Money Or Property, Even If Victim Suffers No Pecuniary Loss — (2) “A Fraud Is Complete When The Defendant Has Induced The Deprivation Of Money Or Property Under Materially False Pretenses” — (3) The Old Soil Principle of Statutory Construction Applies Only to the Extent That a Common-Law Term Has Accumulated a Settled Meaning — (4) Rescission for Fraud Does Not Require Economic Loss; Sufficient If Property of A Different Character Or Condition Provided — i.e, If Victim Tricked into A Bargain Materially Different from The One Promised — (5) “At The Right Level Of Specificity, Anything Can Be Described As ‘Unique’ Or ‘Different From’ Something Else” (Good Quote) — (6) “Materiality Look[s] To The Effect On The Likely Or Actual Behavior Of The Recipient Of The Alleged Misrepresentation” (Good Quote)

Statements in Briefs As Judicial Admissions

Supreme Court: TRO As Appealable Order — And District Court Inaction As Tantamount to Refusing An Injunction And Thus Appealable

“Slow-Playing Discovery” in Response to Court Order, Prejudicing Opponent, Violates Rule 37(b)(2)(A)

RICO Pattern: No Closed-Ended Continuity If Racketeering Activity Lasted Less Than One Year (11th Circuit) — Conspiracy Allegations Governed by Rule 8(a), Not 9(b) — Two Paths to Establishing A RICO Conspiracy: Agreement to Objective Or to Commit 2 Predicate Acts — Plaintiff Need Not Show Reliance When The Predicate Acts Are Wire Fraud — In Dicta, 11th Circuit Intimates That Even If The Primary RICO Violation Allegations Fail, The RICO Conspiracy Allegations Might Survive, But Is Probably Talking About A Conspiracy to Commit The Predicate Acts

United States Trinity Energy Servs., L.L.C. v. Se. Directional Drilling, L.L.C., 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 10178 (5th Cir. Apr. 28, 2025): FRAP 38 Separate Motion Requirement FRAP 38 Sanctions Properly Denied for Want of Separate Motion — Request in Brief Insufficient — “Manifest Disregard” Is Not A Freestanding Ground for Vacatur of Arbitration Award in Fifth Circuit (Or First, Eighth Or Eleventh)

§ 1927 Sanctions Apt for Failing to Withdraw Claim Until Summary Judgment Hearing, Requiring Opponent and Court to Prepare for An Abandoned Argument — Bad Faith Established by False and Misleading Statements to Court — Raising New Argument for First Time in Reply Brief Does Not Warrant § 1927 Sanctions

RICO: Mail and Wire Fraud: Act of Emailing Transcript of Court Proceedings Containing Allegedly False Statements Made in Court ≠ Wire Fraud — Mailing (Serving on Opposing Party) Declarations Allegedly Containing False Statements ≠ Mail Fraud

Supreme Court: (1) Rule 11 Sanctions Available Where Affirmative Defense “Obviously Applies” and Plaintiff/Plaintiff’s Counsel “Lack A Good Faith Basis to Believe Otherwise” — (2) If Affirmative Defense Pled, Court May Require Plaintiff to File a Reply to the Answer Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a) Setting forth “Specific, Nonconclusory Factual Allegations” Showing That The Affirmative Defense Does Not Apply — (3) The Title of a Statute And The Heading of a Section May Properly Be Used to Interpret the Text

FRAP 38 Sanctions — Sixth Circuit Usually Declines to Impose FRAP 38 Sanctions Unless An Improper Purpose Was Behind the Appeal

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