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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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Federal Rule of Evidence 502 Introduced in Senate

Download associated file: S 2450.pdf  Federal Rule of Evidence 502 (Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product; Limitations on Waiver) was introduced in the Senate on December 11, 2007 as The Leahy-Specter Bill. The text of the bill is attached. The floor statement of S ...
Download associated file: S 2450.pdf  Federal Rule of Evidence 502 (Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product; Limitations on Waiver) was introduced in the Senate on December 11, 2007 as The Leahy-Specter Bill. The text of the bill is attached. The…
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Morgan Stanley Prevails Over Perelman in Florida Supreme Court

The intermediate appellate court's reversal of the $1.58 billion judgment entered against Morgan Stanley in Florida state court (see our post of March 23, 2007) is now final and unreviewable. The Florida Supreme Court voted 5-0 to reject Pereleman's attempt to reinstate the jury's verdict. The New York Times article reporting this development can be found at: htt ...
The intermediate appellate court’s reversal of the $1.58 billion judgment entered against Morgan Stanley in Florida state court (see our post of March 23, 2007) is now final and unreviewable. The Florida Supreme Court voted 5-0 to reject Pereleman’s attempt…
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Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege: Waiver

Does the plaintiff in an employment discrimination action waive the psychotherapist-privilege by alleging serious medical problems — here, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, gout, and obstructive sleep apnea — with a history of depression but does not specifically allege psychological injuries? Not under the D.C. Circuit’s opinion in Koch v. SEC, 48 ...
Does the plaintiff in an employment discrimination action waive the psychotherapist-privilege by alleging serious medical problems — here, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, gout, and obstructive sleep apnea — with a history of depression but does not specifically allege psychological injuries? Not…
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Computer Crash as Spoliation (Part 3)

Whether a computer crash may constitute spoliation has been discussed in previous posts of June 29 and March 5, 2007. In this installment, the plaintiff in Orrell v. Motorcarparts of Am., Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89524 (W.D. N.C. Dec. 5, 2007), was once again not exactly pristine in preserving evidence. Among other things, she used the “Evidence Elimin ...
Whether a computer crash may constitute spoliation has been discussed in previous posts of June 29 and March 5, 2007. In this installment, the plaintiff in Orrell v. Motorcarparts of Am., Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89524 (W.D. N.C. Dec.…
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12(b)(6) Motions — Documents That May Be Considered

The critical issue on many motions to dismiss concerns just what extra-complaint documents the court may properly consider. Perhaps the most expansive formulation is employed in securities actions. The following is taken from Securities and Exchange Commission v. Power, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87632 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 27, 2007): On a motion t ...
The critical issue on many motions to dismiss concerns just what extra-complaint documents the court may properly consider. Perhaps the most expansive formulation is employed in securities actions. The following is taken from Securities and Exchange Commission v. Power, 2007…
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Sovereign Immunity — FDCPA

Can the federal government be sued under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for its efforts to collect student loans? Deciding this issue of first impression, the Fifth Circuit ruled negatively in Wagstaff v. U.S. Dep’t of Educ., 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 28001 (Dec. 4, 2007), reasoning that the FDCPA lacks the prerequisite — a statutory provision “uneq ...
Can the federal government be sued under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for its efforts to collect student loans? Deciding this issue of first impression, the Fifth Circuit ruled negatively in Wagstaff v. U.S. Dep’t of Educ., 2007 U.S.…
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Attorney-Client Privilege — Subject Matter Waiver & In-House Counsel — How Far Does Seagate Go?

Our post of August 27, 2007, reported the Federal Circuit’s holding in In re Seagate Tech., LLC, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 19768 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 20, 2007), that — in a case charging willful infringement — the subject matter waiver effected by asserting the defense of advice of counsel was limited to the advice of opinion counsel (the pre-litigation counsel o ...
Our post of August 27, 2007, reported the Federal Circuit’s holding in In re Seagate Tech., LLC, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 19768 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 20, 2007), that — in a case charging willful infringement — the subject matter waiver…
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Senate Passes Bill to Allow Televising of Supreme Court Proceedings

Download associated file: S 344.pdf  On December 6, 2007, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed S.344 -- a bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. It is attached. ...
Download associated file: S 344.pdf  On December 6, 2007, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed S.344 — a bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. It is attached.…
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The Profession — The Wolters Sanctions Case

District Judge Harold Baer, Jr.’s opinion in Wolters Kluwer Fin. Servs. Inc. v. Scivantage, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88052 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 29, 2007), is worth reading. The findings are extensive but it is the analytical framework that merits attention. It is refreshing to abandon cynicism about the profession and to focus every once in a while on what the pra ...
District Judge Harold Baer, Jr.’s opinion in Wolters Kluwer Fin. Servs. Inc. v. Scivantage, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88052 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 29, 2007), is worth reading. The findings are extensive but it is the analytical framework that merits attention. It…
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Qui Tam Actions — Sanctions

The issue in United States v. Atkinson, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88435 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 3, 2007), was the appropriateness of sanctions under the statutory sanctions provision of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(d)(4). The prevailing defendants requested an award of attorneys' fees and expenses at the conclusion of 13 years of litigation. The language of ...
The issue in United States v. Atkinson, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88435 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 3, 2007), was the appropriateness of sanctions under the statutory sanctions provision of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(d)(4). The prevailing defendants requested…
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RICO Person vs. Enterprise: Subsidiary in Typical Corporate Structure Does Not Control Parent And Therefore Does Not Conduct Parent’s Affairs

Patently Frivolous RICO Complaint Fails to Confer Federal Question Jurisdiction — Subject to Rule 12(b)(1) for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction

Inherent Power Sanctions — Dismissal — Abuse of Discretion Review Is “More Exacting” When Judge is “Accuser, Fact Finder and Sentencing Judge All in One” — Client Responsible for Her Lawyer’s Discovery Defalcations — No Need for Evidentiary Hearing When Sanctions Based Entirely on an Established Record — Lesser Sanctions Reasonably Determined to be Ineffective Given Record of Repeated Discovery Abuses

Inherent Power Sanction of Dismissal for Fraud on the Court — Fabrication of Evidence and Lying about It to the Court — 2-Part Test for Dismissal Sanction (Eleventh Circuit) — Whether Fraud on Court Was Committed for the Court, Not a Jury

New York Law Firm That Advised Florida Resident for Years Subject to Personal Jurisdiction in Florida, Thus Subject to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 in Florida — Court Cannot Amend Protective Order Following Dismissal of Case Unless the Order Retains Jurisdiction Post-Dismissal — Parties Can Enforce Stipulated Protective Order Post-Dismissal Through Breach of Contract Action

Rule 37(e)/Spoliation — “Intent to Deprive” Determined under the Preponderance of the Evidence Standard — Court May Make Determination Or Allow Jury to Do So — Lesser “Culpable Conduct” Standard of Residential Funding Continues to Apply in Second Circuit Outside ESI Context — Once Judge Has Definitively Ruled on the Record Denying A Requested Instruction, Counsel Is Not Required to Object to the Charge Again at Trial to Preserve Issue for Appeal

Rule 11 (9011) and Inherent Power Sanctions for “Unapologetic [Refusal to Apologize] Defiance” of Court’s Rules and Orders — Advising Client to Take Steps That Same Judge Had Told Lawyer Were Improper in Prior Case — Obstinate Recidivism — Silence upon Withdrawal of Motion As Rule 11 (9011) Violation (Noted But Not Addressed on Appeal)

Rule 37 Sanctions Properly Denied for Failure to Produce Documents That Were Already in the Requester’s Possession And Were Not Relevant to The Principal Issue in the Lawsuit — Experts/Daubert: Exclusion Appropriate Where Opinion Was Predicated on Erroneous Assumptions of Law

Supreme Court: Obtaining a Preliminary Injunction Does Not Render the Plaintiff a “Prevailing Party” Entitled to Attorney’s Fees — Must Win “Enduring Relief” On The Merits From A Judicial Order — Extraneous Events, Like Legislation, That Preserve The Outcome And Moot The Lawsuit Do Not Turn The Plaintiff into A Prevailing Party (Note, However, That A Defendant Need Not Obtain A Favorable Judgment On The Merits In Order To Be A “Prevailing Party”)

Supreme Court: When A Plaintiff Amends The Complaint To Delete The Federal-Law Claims That Enabled Removal To Federal Court, Leaving Only State-Law Claims, The Federal Court Loses Supplemental Jurisdiction, And The Case Must Be Remanded To State Court

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