On June 10, 2014 Arab Bank filed a supplement brief in support of the Bank’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC concurring with the U.S. Government’s comprehensive critique of the sanctions imposed on the Bank.…
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Arab Bank Files Petition for Writ of Mandamus
On August 29, 2013 Arab Bank filed a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC. The writ petitions the Second Circuit to vacate the Eastern District Court of New York’s order denying the Bank’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiffs’ Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) claims based on an erroneous causation standard; the order consolidating hundreds of claims involving dozens of alleged terrorist incidents over three and a half years in one trial; and orders excluding evidence proving the Bank’s compliance with governing laws.…
Click here to read more...U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York Dismisses All Alien Tort Statute Claims Brought Against Arab Bank, PLC
On August 23, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed claims filed by plaintiffs under the Alien Tort Statute against Arab Bank. The Bank released the following statement in response to the order:
On Friday, August 23, Judge Brian Cogan of the U.S.…
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