2nd Circ. Tosses Iraq's Suit Over $10B Oil-For-Food Scheme

By Khadijah M. Britton (September 18, 2014, 6:35 PM EDT) -- The Second Circuit on Thursday upheld the dismissal of Iraq's $10 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing multinational companies of helping Saddam Hussein defraud the United Nations' so-called Oil-for-Food program, finding the Hussein regime acted as a representative of the Middle Eastern nation, which could not sue itself....

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