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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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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New NY State Ethics Rules Governing Websites

New York will have new ethics rules governing the contents of websites and advertisements effective February 1, 2007. They may be found at http://www.courts.state.ny.us/rules/attorney_ads_amendments.shtml. (GPJ) ...
New York will have new ethics rules governing the contents of websites and advertisements effective February 1, 2007. They may be found at http://www.courts.state.ny.us/rules/attorney_ads_amendments.shtml. (GPJ)
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Electronic Discovery — Metadata

The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has opined that it is generally permissible under the Model Rules to peel metadata out of documents received electronically. (Formal Opinion 06-442: Review and Use of Metadata (August 5, 2006).) Note that state ethics rules, which often vary from the Model Rules, may impose other obligations. F ...
The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has opined that it is generally permissible under the Model Rules to peel metadata out of documents received electronically. (Formal Opinion 06-442: Review and Use of Metadata (August 5, 2006).) Note…
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Class Action Fairness Act — Burden of Proof

On December 26, 2006, the Second Circuit joined the Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh in concluding that the defendant bears the burden of establishing federal subject matter jurisdiction under CAFA. It also remanded to the District Court for explicit findings as to how it calculated reasonably probable damages, given that the $5 million aggregated amount in controversy ...
On December 26, 2006, the Second Circuit joined the Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh in concluding that the defendant bears the burden of establishing federal subject matter jurisdiction under CAFA. It also remanded to the District Court for explicit findings as…
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Experts – Rulemaking

On January 13, 2007, the Discovery Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will be meeting in Arizona to consider whether the expert witness rule -- specifically, Rule 26(a)(2)(B) -- should be amended (1) to protect drafts of expert reports from discovery, (2) to protect some or all communications between counsel and expert for ...
On January 13, 2007, the Discovery Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will be meeting in Arizona to consider whether the expert witness rule — specifically, Rule 26(a)(2)(B) — should be amended (1) to…
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The Four Most Significant Developments in Federal Practice in 2006

(1) The December 1, 2006 Electronic Discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the increasing burden on outside counsel to monitor preservation and compliance. (2) Increasingly stringent class certification requirements culminating in the Second Circuit's decision in the IPO Securities Litigation on December 5, 2006 (In re Initial Public ...
(1) The December 1, 2006 Electronic Discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the increasing burden on outside counsel to monitor preservation and compliance. (2) Increasingly stringent class certification requirements culminating in the Second Circuit’s decision in…
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Experts: “Normally, Courts Are Loath to Outright Dismiss An Expert” (Good Quote) — Experts Are Unhelpful If They Misstate the Law [Note Premise That Testimony on Law Not Precluded Outright] — Rule 37 Sanctions Unwarranted for Unjustifiable Failure to Produce Relevant Document Already in Requester’s Possession

FRAP 38 Sanctions: (1) Pressing Objectively Frivolous Arguments, Multiple Misstatements at Oral Argument and Failure to Address What District Judge Said Warrant Award against Appellants’ Counsel (Only) — (2) “General Award” of $5,000 Warranted Where Appellee Failed to Sufficiently Document Its Fees and Expenses [Goodyear v. Haegar Issue]]

RICO: Capital Call Investment Process Increasing Equity of Those Responding to Call at Expense of Those Not Responding ≠ Collection of An Unlawful Debt

RICO [And Constitutional] Standing: Concrete Injury Requirement Not Satisfied by Alleged Intangible Injuries of Intrusion Upon Seclusion, Confusion And Emotional Distress, Public Disclosure of Private Facts, Deterred Speech On Nondefamatory Matters, Violation Of First Amendment Rights, And Compulsion

Rule 37(b) Sanctions: Striking of Answer, Default Judgment, Civil Contempt and Piercing Corporate Veil for Deliberate Disregard of Multiple Orders to Produce — Finding of Deliberate Disregard of Court Order Is Factual, Triggering Clear Error Review — Discretion Narrows When Default Sanction Involved — Fourth Circuit Factors for Rule 37 Default Sanction Are Different Than Those for Inherent Power Dismissal Sanction — Continued Defiance of Court Orders And Millions in Unpaid Judgments And Tax Liens Render Lesser Sanctions Futile

RICO: No Causation for Company Harmed by Governmental Customers Shunning It After Employee Publishes Book Admitting He Bribed Governmental Officials — Harm Too Indirect, Not from Bribery (Predicate Act) But from Customers’ Decisions to Shun and Publication of Book (Both Lawful) — Customers Injured by Bribery of Their Officials Are More Direct Plaintiffs

FRAP 38 Sanctions for Frivolous Opposition to Arbitration

Extrinsic Fraud Exception to Rooker-Feldman — Where Defendants’ Perjury, False Evidence, Flawed Legal Arguments Prevented Plaintiffs from Presenting Their Claim in State Court

Federal Jurisdiction: Party Can Waive Subject Matter Jurisdiction — While Federal Courts Must Ensure They Do Not Lack Subject Matter Jurisdiction, There Is No Duty to Find and Exercise It

“RICO Is a Judge’s Nightmare” — “The Requisite RICO Pleading Standards Are Far From Explicit, And The RICO Jurisprudence Offers Courts (And Plaintiffs) Little Guidance” (Good Quotes) — Common Elements of § 1962(a), (c) and (d)-Based Claims — Closed-End Continuity: Duration > 1 Year = Substantial Period of Time — Continuity: Courts Skeptical If Number of Victims and Schemes Is Limited — Untargeted Persons Who Suffer Derivative Injury Do Not Add to the Number of Victims Considered for Continuity Purposes — Open Ended Continuity Can Be Established by Showing Defendant Commits Predicate Acts As “Regular Way of Doing Business” — Citing the Existence of Other Lawsuits Alleging Similar Predicates ≠ Pleading Facts Demonstrating Defendant’s Commission of Similar Predicates Against Others

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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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