May 19, 2023
U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff on Friday pondered JPMorgan Chase Bank's claim that former executive James "Jes" Staley may be held personally liable for the megabank's allegedly deep ties to deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein and his notorious sex-trafficking activities.
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 09, 2023
WilmerHale's previous work on an effort to void Jeffrey Epstein's non-prosecution agreement is not a conflict that warrants disqualifying the firm from a proposed class action against JPMorgan Chase & Co. over its alleged role in Epstein's sex trafficking, the bank argued Monday.
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.
April 20, 2023
A New York federal judge has ordered that the identity of an anonymous victim of Jeffrey Epstein's human trafficking ring be disclosed in a suit against JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and its former head of private banking, James "Jes" Staley.
April 10, 2023
A New York federal judge on Monday once again refused to sever ex-JPMorgan executive James "Jes" Staley from an alleged Jeffrey Epstein sexual abuse victim's suit alleging the bank knew of its former account holder's abuse, saying Staley is a "key figure" of the woman's case.
March 27, 2023
The Epstein Victims Compensation Program must hand over to JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank information regarding the number of approved applicants, a New York federal judge has ordered in a case alleging the banks enabled Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking and knowingly benefited from the late billionaire's operations.