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 Trial for Fraud Requires More Than “Differences in Recollection or Opinion” — 60(b) Denial of New Trial for Fraud Bars New Fraud Action — Action “Plainly Barred by Res Judicata” Is Baseless, Warrants Rule 11 Sanctions (Good Quotes)

Elkharwily v. Franciscan Health Sys., 2019 WL 2406946 (9th Cir. June 7, 2019) (unpublished): MEMORANDUM* In No. 17-35009 (“Elkharwily I”), Alaa Elkharwily, M.D., appeals the district court’s judgment after a jury trial his action against Franciscan Health System (“FHS”), alleging defamation and disabili ...
Elkharwily v. Franciscan Health Sys., 2019 WL 2406946 (9th Cir. June 7, 2019) (unpublished): MEMORANDUM* In No. 17-35009 (“Elkharwily I”), Alaa Elkharwily, M.D., appeals the district court’s judgment after a jury trial his action against Franciscan Health System …
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RICO Not Preempted by ERISA — Issue Waived on Appeal if Arguments “Underdeveloped, Conclusory or Unsupported by Law” — Failure to “Engage with the Reasons the District Court Gave” = Waiver (Good Quotes)

DiJoseph v. Standard Ins. Co., 2019 WL 2406629 (7th Cir. June 7, 2019) (unpublished): Teresa Di Joseph appeals the district court’s dismissal of her claims against Standard Insurance Company and UnitedHealth Group. Di Joseph sued the companies for terminating her long-term disability benefits. She brought thirteen claims u ...
DiJoseph v. Standard Ins. Co., 2019 WL 2406629 (7th Cir. June 7, 2019) (unpublished): Teresa Di Joseph appeals the district court’s dismissal of her claims against Standard Insurance Company and UnitedHealth Group. Di Joseph sued the companies for terminating her …
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Judicial Immunity: 2 Exceptions — 26(a) Disclosure of Amount of Attorney’s Fees But Failure to Produce Discovery Justifying It = 37(c) Exclusion — 5 Factor Substantial Justification / Harmless Error Test (6th Cir. = 4th)

  HLV, LLC v. Van Buren Cnty., 2019 WL 2273400 (6th Cir. Mary 28, 2019): *1 As many cases do, this one has taken on a new life as it progressed through the courts. What began as a collection action in state court has evolved into a federal civil rights and
HLV, LLC v. Van Buren Cnty., 2019 WL 2273400 (6th Cir. Mary 28, 2019): *1 As many cases do, this one has taken on a new life as it progressed through the courts. What began as a collection action in …
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§1782 Application Denied Where It Sought (1) Discovery Available from Party to Foreign Litigation, (2) to Circumvent Restrictive Foreign Discovery Practices & (3) Evidence from Foreign Subsidiary of Subpoenaed U.S. Entity

Effecten-Spiegel AG v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 17061, 2019 WL 2354776 (2d Cir. June 4, 2019) (unpublished): UPON DUE C ...
Effecten-Spiegel AG v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 17061, 2019 WL 2354776 (2d Cir. June 4, 2019) (unpublished): UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the order of the…
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Discovery Sanctions (26, 37, 1928, Inherent Power) Properly Denied Where All Materials Eventually Produced, None of the Late-Produced Documents Affected the Outcome, and Both Sides Contributed to Delay and Expense

Green v. City of Southfield, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 15744 (6th Cir. May 28, 2019): Two cars collided in a busy intersection in a Detroit suburb. The police decid ...
Green v. City of Southfield, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 15744 (6th Cir. May 28, 2019): Two cars collided in a busy intersection in a Detroit suburb. The police decided that one of the drivers, Dawn Green, ran a red…
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Arbitration — 4 Triggers for the New York Convention — Because Convention Is a Treaty, It Is Unaffected by Statute Protecting State Regulation from Any “Act of Congress” — Convention Preempts Contrary State Statute

McDonnel Grp., L.L.C. v. Great Lakes Ins. SE, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 14177, 2019 WL 2082905 (5th Cir May 13, 2019): In this appeal, relating to arbitrati ...
McDonnel Grp., L.L.C. v. Great Lakes Ins. SE, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 14177, 2019 WL 2082905 (5th Cir May 13, 2019): In this appeal, relating to arbitration under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards,…
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Declining Supplemental Jurisdiction on Dismissal of Federal Claims without Considering Diversity Abuses Discretion when Diversity Possible from Complaint — Pro Se Should Get One Amendment

Stoller v. Walworth Cty., 2019 WL 2305033 (7th Cir. May 30, 2019): *1 Christopher Stoller (along with Michael Stoller, who is not a party to this appeal) sued Walworth County, Wisconsin, and many of its public officials for allegedly selling tax-delinquent property at inflated prices based on “sham” apprai ...
Stoller v. Walworth Cty., 2019 WL 2305033 (7th Cir. May 30, 2019): *1 Christopher Stoller (along with Michael Stoller, who is not a party to this appeal) sued Walworth County, Wisconsin, and many of its public officials for allegedly selling …
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Social Media Video — Silent Witness Theory of Authentication / Admissibility — Unedited Videos Compiled from Party’s Phone Showing Party Sufficiently Authenticated without Proof of Process of Reproduction — Judge vs. Jury Roles [R. 104(a) vs.(b)]

Hibbert v. State, 2019 Md. App. LEXIS 438 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. May 29, 2019): Appellant Jovan A. Hibbert was convicted in the Circuit Court for Montgom ...
Hibbert v. State, 2019 Md. App. LEXIS 438 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. May 29, 2019): Appellant Jovan A. Hibbert was convicted in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County of human trafficking by force and benefitting financially from human trafficking. …
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Texts — Admissibility: Offer to Buy Cocaine ≠ Hearsay [I.e., Is a Verbal Act] — Authentication by Recipient Who Recognized Number As One He’d Used to Converse with Sender, and Sender’s Acts in Compliance with Text, Enough

Commonwealth v. Davis, 2019 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2129 (Pa. Super. Ct. May 31, 2019): Damion Glenroy Davis appeals from the judgment of sentence ente ...
Commonwealth v. Davis, 2019 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2129 (Pa. Super. Ct. May 31, 2019): Damion Glenroy Davis appeals from the judgment of sentence entered following his jury trial convictions for possession with intent to deliver ("PWID") [controlled substances] …
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No Disqualification for Concurrent Representation — Insurer’s Employment of Lawyer for Insured Creates Only Principal-Independent Contractor Relationship

Developers Diversified of Tenn., Inc. v. Tokio Marine & Fire Ins. Co., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70184, 2019 WL 1861322 (M.D. Tenn. April 25, 2019): Pending before ...
Developers Diversified of Tenn., Inc. v. Tokio Marine & Fire Ins. Co., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70184, 2019 WL 1861322 (M.D. Tenn. April 25, 2019): Pending before the Court is Plaintiff's motion for attorneys' fees and related nontaxable [*2] …
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Electronic Spoliation/Rule 37(e): (1) Finding of Recklessness But Neither Gross Negligence Nor Willfulness in Loss of Video Evidence Precludes Rule 37(e)(2)’s Severest Sanctions Because (i) No Intent to Deprive and (ii) Rule 37(e)(2) Displaces District Court’s Power to Invoke Inherent Power to Impose Those Sanctions — (2) Appellate Review = Abuse of Discretion, With The Caveat That Whether The District Court Applied The Correct Legal Standards Is Reviewed De Novo — (3) Inherent Power Is Often Available As An Alternate Source of Sanctioning Power But Can Be Limited by Rule or Statute, Something Which Courts Do Not Lightly Presume — (4) The Text of Rule 37(e)(2), As Confirmed by the Advisory Committee Note, Displaces Inherent Power to Impose the Sanctions Specified in the Rule or Any More Severe Sanctions — (5) “Intent to Deprive” in Rule 37(e)(2) = “The Willful Destruction Of Evidence With The Purpose Of Avoiding Its Discovery By An Adverse Party” — (6) Appellate Standing Conferred by Virtue of Issuance of Sanctions Regardless of Merits Outcome — (7) Value of Advisory Committee Notes in Interpreting Rules Enacted without Change Despite General Reticence to Rely on Legislative History

RICO: (1) Plaintiff Need Not Suffer Injury from Each Predicate Act to Establish Standing, And The Pattern May Include Predicates As to Which No Plaintiff Has Standing — (2) 7 Elements of a Civil RICO Claim (2d Circuit Articulation) Which Must Be Established As to Each Defendant — (3) Requirements of an Association-in-Fact Enterprise — (4) Each Defendant Must Personally Commit 2 or More Predicate Acts — (5) Pattern of Racketeering Activity: Horizontal and Vertical Elements — (6) No Requirement That All Members of a RICO Enterprise Joined at Inception — Can Join Over Time/Others Can Quit — (7) Cannot Charge 2 Predicate Acts Where One Action Violates Two Statutes — (8) A Footnote to Consider for Briefs: “Unless Otherwise Noted, When Quoting Judicial Decisions This Order Accepts All Alterations And Omits All Citations, Footnotes, And Internal Quotation Marks.”

For An Appeal to Be Timely, A Motion for Reconsideration in The District Court (A Rule 59(e) Motion) Must Be Filed, And Not Just Served within 30 Days of The Decision, to Toll The 30-Day Period for Filing An Appeal

There Is No Good-Faith Defense For Issuing An Overly Burdensome Subpoena

Purposes of Rule 37 and Section 1927 Sanctions

While Rule 11 Doesn’t Apply to Appellate Proceedings (Unless It Has Been Incorporated in Local Appellate Rules), Rule 11 Caselaw Is Looked to for Guidance in Interpreting Applicable Sanctions Powers on Appeal

Rule 11 Sanctions & Appellate Review: Abuse of Discretion Standard Applies Unless Sanctions Are Based Solely (Not Just in Part) on Legal Issues, in Which Case Review Is De Novo

Rule 37(b)(2)(A) Sanctions for Altering Expert’s 26(a)(2)(B) Report — Without the Expert’s Knowledge or Approval — by Converting It from PDF to Word, Changing Headings and Other Formatting, and Omitting a Page of Relevant Text and Appendices, Even Though Expert Testified That The Overall Substance of the Report Was Unchanged — Rule 37(b)(2)(A) Sanctions May Be Reversed If Failure to Comply with Discovery Order Was Due to Misunderstanding or Inability to Comply

Spoliation: Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(e) Imposes a Higher Standard — Intent — Than Fourth Circuit Law Previously Applied to Spoliation of Electronically-Stored Information (And Still Does As to Non-ESI) — Willfulness vs. Intent

Inherent Power and § 1927 Sanctions: Removal of counsel from case, referral for disciplinary action, and award of fees and costs for assaulting opposing counsel at deposition — Failure to request hearing waive any right to a hearing — Notice and opportunity to be heard required before sua sponte sanctions imposed, whether under Rule 11, the inherent power of the court or § 1927 — Notice may come from court or opposing counsel — Order imposing sanctions cannot provide notice of sanctions — Nature of bad faith requirement for inherent power sanctions: bad faith to obstruct the judicial process or bring about violation of a court order — Sanctions proceeding need not defer (Younger abstention) to disciplinary proceeding involving the same conduct — Sanctions proceeding doesn’t threaten to interfere with disciplinary proceeding — Why District Court is accorded significant deference in matters concerning attorney’s fees

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