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In Re: Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001

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Case Number:

1:03-md-01570

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

George B. Daniels

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  1. March 29, 2018

    9/11 Victims' Terrorism MDL Against Saudi Arabia Trimmed

    A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday mostly dismissed multidistrict litigation brought by victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, their families and insurers against Saudi Arabia and banks for allegedly backing the terrorist organizations behind the plot, allowing just limited discovery into two ex-Saudi government officials suspected of aiding the hijackers. 

  2. March 08, 2018

    Saudis Raised Immunity Bar Too Late, 9/11 Victims Say

    Victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, their families and insurers on Wednesday blasted Saudi Arabia and a now-shuttered Saudi charity for waiting too long to demand a higher bar for the accusations that they aided the terrorist organizations behind the plot.

  3. November 15, 2017

    Dubai Bank Fights 9/11 Victims' Bid For Account Records

    Dubai Islamic Bank has urged a New York federal judge not to make it hand over information from certain accounts with alleged connections to terrorism to victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, saying that the requests are either irrelevant to claims against it or had already been waived.

  4. November 13, 2017

    9/11 Victims Say Saudi Arabia Can't Nix Terror-Support Claims

    Saudi Arabia can't dispose of the massive lawsuit claiming it supported al-Qaida as it planned and carried out 9/11, victims of the terrorist attacks told a New York federal judge Thursday, arguing that the country hasn't adequately challenged the court's jurisdiction.

  5. November 01, 2017

    9/11 Victims Seek Terrorism-Linked Records From Dubai Bank

    Victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, their family members and insurers on Monday urged a New York federal judge to force Dubai Islamic Bank to turn over financial information related to hundreds of accounts with alleged connections to terrorism and threaten sanctions if the bank doesn't comply.

  6. October 16, 2017

    Insurers Sue Saudi Arabia For $1.5B In Losses After 9/11

    A group of 17 insurance companies from the U.S., Europe and Canada sued Saudi Arabia, two Saudi financial institutions and the construction company founded by Osama bin Laden's father on Friday in New York federal court over their alleged roles in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, seeking compensation exceeding $1.5 billion.

  7. June 21, 2017

    Noncitizen 9/11 Victims, Families Denied Damages From Iran

    A New York federal judge Tuesday adopted a magistrate judge's recommendations in multidistrict litigation against the Islamic Republic of Iran, saying the estates of non-U.S. citizens who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are not entitled to damages because neither the deceased nor their family members are U.S. nationals.

  8. May 15, 2017

    9/11 Families Seek Sanctions For Bin Laden Associate's Atty

    A plaintiffs attorney in a multidistrict litigation over the 9/11 terrorist attacks accused the counsel for alleged Osama bin Laden associate Wa'el Jelaidan on Friday of feigned "helplessness" in his dealing with the Office of Foreign Asset Control to pay a discovery violation sanction.

  9. May 08, 2017

    9/11 Victims' Partners, Dependents Ask For Restitution

    More than 60 families urged a New York federal court to include the fiances, fiancees, same-sex partners and stepchildren of 9/11 victims in awards of restitution Friday, urging the judge to consider nontraditional relationships on a case-by-case basis in the multidistrict litigation.

  10. April 17, 2017

    Saudi Arabia Says Press Order Bid In 9/11 MDL Misconstrued

    In the latest tit-for-tat filing about media interviews in multidistrict litigation over liability for the 9/11 attacks, an attorney for Saudi Arabia said Monday that his recent call for the New York federal court to reaffirm an order directing counsel not to try the case in the press was never meant to limit public debate.