Try our Advanced Search for more refined results

Linde et al v. Arab Bank, PLC

  1. August 18, 2014

    Arab Bank Balks At Alleged Hamas Ties In Terror Funding Trial

    In a Brooklyn federal courthouse Monday, attorneys for Arab Bank PLC sought to dismantle allegations that the Jordanian bank funneled money to known terrorists such as Hamas, challenging expert testimony that tried to lay the groundwork for the unprecedented case by linking Hamas to attacks in Israel and Palestinian territories.

  2. August 14, 2014

    Arab Bank Accused Of Aiding Terror Funding As Trial Begins

    Attorneys for victims of terrorism in Israel and the Palestinian territories on Thursday told a federal jury that Arab Bank PLC knowingly funneled millions of dollars to known terrorists and their families, as the long-awaited trial of the Jordanian bank opened in Brooklyn.

  3. April 07, 2014

    Victims Want High Court To Sit Out Arab Bank Terror-Aid Row

    The plaintiffs in a 10-year-long litigation alleging Arab Bank PLC aided known terrorists sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Thursday, asking him to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to not get involved and to let the case play out in New York federal court, where a trial is set for this summer.

  4. August 26, 2013

    Arab Bank Gets Alien Tort Claims Tossed In Terror Aid Case

    A New York federal judge on Friday cut Alien Tort Statute claims from several consolidated suits accusing Arab Bank PLC of aiding known terrorists, saying a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision had affirmed that ATS claims against corporations are barred within the Second Circuit. (Correction: An earlier story quoted Elsner as referring to the Supreme Court's Kiobel decision when indicating Judge Cogan's lack of available discretion in his ruling. He was referring to the Second Circuit's Kiobel decision. The error has been corrected.)

  5. April 24, 2013

    Terror Financing Suit Against Arab Bank To Head To Trial

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday pared some claims against Arab Bank PLC by victims of terrorist attacks accusing the bank of financing known terrorists, but allowed the remaining claims under the Anti-Terrorism Act to proceed to trial.

  6. January 18, 2013

    2nd Circ. Backs Arab Bank Sanctions In Terror Aid Case

    Citing a lack of jurisdiction, the Second Circuit on Friday refused to lift tough sanctions imposed on Arab Bank PLC for not obeying discovery orders in a lawsuit brought by victims of terrorist attacks who say the bank financed known terrorists.