| Joyce E. Mayers has an extensive background
dealing with various federal regulatory programs,
giving her wide experience in administrative
practice before a number of federal agencies
including the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal
Trade Commission, and Federal Communications
Commission. Ms. Mayers has handled complex federal
court litigation arising from issues involving
these regulatory programs, as well as regulatory
investigations and proceedings before these agencies.
Ms. Mayers has also litigated several cases under
the False Claims Act and has a background in
antitrust matters.
At the CFTC, Ms. Mayers conducted numerous
investigations involving fraudulent commodity
trading operations, and prosecuted enforcement
proceedings in federal court. Ms. Mayers
also handled the investigation into actions
taken by the commodity exchanges in response
to the Hunt family's alleged attempt to “corner
the silver market.” In private practice,
Ms. Mayers has litigated matters involving
cutting edge issues of regulation of interbank
transactions in derivative products and foreign
currency trading.
Ms. Mayers has defended a large financial
newsletter publisher in parallel investigations
before the SEC and CFTC involving investment
advisor and trading advisor registration,
and counseled the publisher on issues relating
to regulation of financial newsletters. Ms.
Mayers has also defended a number of FTC
investigations relating to fraudulent advertising
and telemarketing businesses.
Ms. Mayers litigated through appeal the
unauthorized use by the District of Columbia
of federal funds restricted to hire additional
police officers under the False Claims Act.
The appellate phase of this matter involved
issues of first impression relating to "new
federalism" and the reach of qui tam
provisions to municipalities in general and
the District of Columbia specifically.
Ms. Mayers has litigated several class action
lawsuits brought to enforce the rights of
independent truck drivers under the federal
Truth-in-Leasing regulations. Several cases
handled by Ms. Mayers have established important
precedent for enforcing owner-operator rights
under the federal Truth-in-Leasing regulations
including:
- Owner-Operator Independent
Drivers Ass’n, Inc. v. Arctic Exp.,
Inc., 159 F.Supp.2d 1067 (S.D. Ohio,
2001)(forfeiture of unused escrow funds
in violation of Truth-in-Leasing regulations
held unlawful).
- Owner-Operator Independent
Drivers Ass’n, Inc. v. Arctic Express,
Inc., 238 F.Supp.2d 963 (S.D. Ohio,
2003)(absent class members not subject
to debt counterclaims in action to enforce
federal regulations).
- In re: Internet: OOIDA
v. Huntington National Bank, 273
B.R. 153 (S.D. Ohio 2002)(federal Truth-in-Leasing
regulations create statutory trust over
owner-operator escrow funds).
- Owner-Operator Independent
Drivers Ass’n, Inc. v. Arctic Express,
Inc., 2001 WL 34366624 (S.D. Ohio
2001)(class certified to enforce federal
regulations; individual damage issues
may not defeat cognizable class).
- Owner-Operator Independent
Drivers Ass’n, Inc. v. Arctic Express,
Inc., 270 F.Supp.2d 990 (S.D. Ohio
2003)(ICCTA does not impose impermissible
retroactive effect when applied to pre-enactment
leases).
- Owner-Operator Independent
Drivers Ass’n, Inc. v. Arctic Exp.,
Inc., 288 F. Supp. 2d 895, (S.D. Ohio
2003)(definition of applicable measure
of damages for violation of escrow provisions
of federal Truth-in-Leasing regulations).
- Comwest, Inc. v. American
Operator Services, Inc., 765 F. Supp.
1467 (C.D. Cal. 1991)(RICO action dismissed
with prejudice for failure to plead fraud
with specificity).
- U.S. ex rel. Settlemire
v. District of Columbia, 198 F.3d
913, 339 U.S.App.D.C. 166 (D.C. Cir.
1999)(False Claims Act action for improper
use of District of Columbia police funds).
Admissions
- Florida, 1977
- District of Columbia,
1979
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