Arab Bank Facts » SCOTUS http://www.arabbankfacts.com Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:46:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Arab Bank and Supporters File Briefs with Supreme Court http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2017/09/arab-bank-and-supporters-file-briefs-with-supreme-court/ http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2017/09/arab-bank-and-supporters-file-briefs-with-supreme-court/#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:46:20 +0000 http://www.arabbankfacts.com/?p=1782 On August 21, 2017, Arab Bank submitted its brief with the Supreme Court in Jesner et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC. In its brief, the Bank makes its case that the Court should affirm dismissal of the case, a decision …

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]]> http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2017/09/arab-bank-and-supporters-file-briefs-with-supreme-court/feed/ 0 Supreme Court won’t save Arab Bank from terror trial http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/07/supreme-court-wont-save-arab-bank-from-terror-trial/ http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/07/supreme-court-wont-save-arab-bank-from-terror-trial/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:00:28 +0000 http://www.arabbankfacts.com/?p=1383 Fortune
July 1, 2014
Roger Parloff

The largest financial institution in Jordan—a nation the State Department terms an “invaluable partner” in the war on terror—faces a billion-dollar civil jury trial for allegedly financing terror attacks in Israel, Gaza, and the …

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]]> http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/07/supreme-court-wont-save-arab-bank-from-terror-trial/feed/ 0 Supreme Court Declines to Review Sanctions Against Arab Bank in Records Case http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/supreme-court-declines-to-review-sanctions-against-arab-bank-in-records-case/ http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/supreme-court-declines-to-review-sanctions-against-arab-bank-in-records-case/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2014 14:36:34 +0000 http://www.arabbankfacts.com/?p=1379 Wall Street Journal
June 30, 2014
Brent Kendall

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review legal sanctions against Arab Bank PLC for not turning over certain bank records in litigation with terrorism victims.

The plaintiffs are victims, or …

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]]> http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/supreme-court-declines-to-review-sanctions-against-arab-bank-in-records-case/feed/ 0 Arab Bank’s response to U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/arab-banks-response-to-u-s-supreme-courts-decision-in-linde-v-arab-bank-plc/ http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/arab-banks-response-to-u-s-supreme-courts-decision-in-linde-v-arab-bank-plc/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2014 14:30:48 +0000 http://www.arabbankfacts.com/?p=1373 Arab Bank released the following statement in response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision denying the Bank’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC. The Bank’s petition asked the Court to review whether the Second Circuit …

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]]> http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/arab-banks-response-to-u-s-supreme-courts-decision-in-linde-v-arab-bank-plc/feed/ 0 Let Global Banking Bloom http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/let-global-banking-bloom/ http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/let-global-banking-bloom/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:39:06 +0000 http://www.arabbankfacts.com/?p=1364 National Review Online
June 25, 2014
C. Dean McGrath, Jr.

The Framers of our Constitution wisely gave control of foreign policy to the political branches — the president and Congress. By and large, the judiciary was not part of the …

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]]> http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/let-global-banking-bloom/feed/ 0 When trial lawyers do foreign policy http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/when-trial-lawyers-do-foreign-policy/ http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/when-trial-lawyers-do-foreign-policy/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:35:04 +0000 http://www.arabbankfacts.com/?p=1360 Washington Times
June 24, 2014
Edward Gnehm, former

U.S. Ambassador to Jordan Actions have consequences, and sometimes those consequences are both unanticipated and potentially disastrous. This may be the case as the result of a recent federal court ruling that …

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]]> http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/when-trial-lawyers-do-foreign-policy/feed/ 0 Arab Bank Files Brief Concurring with U.S. Government’s Criticism of Sanctions http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/arab-bank-files-brief-concurring-with-u-s-governments-criticism-of-sanctions/ http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/arab-bank-files-brief-concurring-with-u-s-governments-criticism-of-sanctions/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:40:54 +0000 http://www.arabbankfacts.com/?p=1349 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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]]> http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/06/arab-bank-files-brief-concurring-with-u-s-governments-criticism-of-sanctions/feed/ 0 US backs terrorism finance case proceeding http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/05/us-backs-terrorism-finance-case-proceeding/ http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/05/us-backs-terrorism-finance-case-proceeding/#comments Wed, 28 May 2014 18:29:57 +0000 http://www.arabbankfacts.com/?p=1303 Jerusalem Post
May 28, 2014
Yonah Jeremy Bob

In a major decision that will affect the high-profile Arab Bank terrorism finance case in the US and the future of terrorism financing cases, the US government has told the US Supreme …

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]]> http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/05/us-backs-terrorism-finance-case-proceeding/feed/ 0 Amid Split on Bank Case, U.S. Seeks a Middle Path http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/05/amid-split-on-bank-case-u-s-seeks-a-middle-path/ http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/05/amid-split-on-bank-case-u-s-seeks-a-middle-path/#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 19:22:37 +0000 http://www.arabbankfacts.com/?p=1285 New York Times
May 27, 2014
Charlie Savage

WASHINGTON — Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. faced a legal and bureaucratic dilemma this year: Obama administration officials could not agree about what he should tell the Supreme Court about a …

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]]> http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/05/amid-split-on-bank-case-u-s-seeks-a-middle-path/feed/ 0 Terrorism as an excuse for lawyers to loot global banks http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/05/terrorism-as-an-excuse-for-lawyers-to-loot-global-banks/ http://www.arabbankfacts.com/2014/05/terrorism-as-an-excuse-for-lawyers-to-loot-global-banks/#comments Thu, 01 May 2014 13:16:02 +0000 http://www.arabbankfacts.com/?p=1231 New York Post
May 1, 2014
Norman Lamont

Can American trial lawyers use US courts to legally blackmail foreign banks? The US Solicitor General — to whom the Supreme Court has turned for advice — is now considering whether the …

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