October 23, 2023
The attorneys for victims of Jeffrey Epstein will receive $22.5 million in fees for their work securing a $75 million settlement with Deutsche Bank to resolve claims it kept Epstein as a client despite its knowledge of his sex trafficking scheme, a New York federal judge ruled Friday.
September 18, 2023
Attorneys for victims of Jeffrey Epstein suing Deutsche Bank over claims that it improperly kept Epstein as a client despite knowledge of his sex trafficking scheme have asked a New York federal judge for a $22.5 million fee award and roughly $1.1 million in litigation expenses for their work in resolving the case.
July 21, 2023
JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank may face a quagmire when trying to secure insurance coverage following the preliminary approvals of settlements resolving allegations that they improperly kept Jeffrey Epstein as a client despite knowledge of his sex trafficking scheme, experts say.
June 16, 2023
A New York federal judge gave his blessing Friday to a $75 million settlement resolving proposed class claims from a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse alleging Deutsche Bank enabled the late financier's sex-trafficking scheme.
May 30, 2023
Attorneys for a proposed class of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking victims have asked for initial approval of a $75 million settlement with Deutsche Bank over allegations it helped enable his crimes and said they plan to request up to 30% of the deal amount in fees.
May 17, 2023
Deutsche Bank will pay $75 million to put to rest allegations that it enabled Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking scheme, a "historic" deal that is likely one of the biggest of its kind, according to a lawyer for the woman who filed the proposed class action.
May 12, 2023
WilmerHale won't be disqualified from defending JPMorgan Chase against a putative class action alleging the bank enabled Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, a New York federal judge has ruled, finding the law firm's previous pro bono work for an Epstein victim doesn't create a conflict of interest.
May 05, 2023
A victim of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring who's spearheading a putative class action against JPMorgan Chase NA for enabling his abuse wants WilmerHale disqualified from the case, saying one of the attorneys now defending Chase previously worked pro bono on a closely related effort to void Epstein's notorious 2008 non-prosecution agreement.
May 02, 2023
A New York federal judge overseeing lawsuits accusing Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA of enabling Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking has, in a Monday opinion, recounted further allegations that JPMorgan's former head of private banking James "Jes" Staley not only knew about Epstein's abuses but also partook in them.
April 25, 2023
JPMorgan's former head of private banking, James "Jes" Staley, asked a New York federal judge to remove him as a third-party defendant in a suit over whether the bank owes money to survivors of a human trafficking ring allegedly run by former client Jeffrey Epstein, arguing the bank is attempting to pin the Epstein connection on him.