The Bank Seeks Reconsideration Of The Court’s Decision To Permit Trial Of A...
On May 8, 2013, the Bank filed a motion for reconsideration of the Court’s ruling to permit the plaintiffs to proceed to trial on their claims that the Bank provided financial services to Palestinian...
View ArticlePetition for Writ of Certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in Linde v. Arab...
On June 24, 2013, Arab Bank filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC. The Bank’s petition argues the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred when, on...
View ArticleAmicus Briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC
On July 25, 2013, the Kingdom of Jordan and the Union of Arab Banks (UAB) filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Arab Bank’s June 24 Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Linde v....
View ArticleU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York Dismisses All Alien...
On August 23, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed claims filed by plaintiffs under the Alien Tort Statute against Arab Bank. The Bank released the following...
View ArticleArab Bank Files Petition for Writ of Mandamus
On August 29, 2013 Arab Bank filed a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC. The writ petitions the Second Circuit to vacate the Eastern...
View ArticleArab Bank Files Brief Concurring with U.S. Government’s Criticism of Sanctions
On June 10, 2014 Arab Bank filed a supplement brief in support of the Bank’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC concurring with the U.S. Government’s comprehensive critique of...
View ArticleArab Bank Files Rule 50 Motion
On September 8, 2014, following the completion of the plaintiff’s case, Arab Bank filed a motion (known as a Rule 50 motion) asking the Linde Court to enter judgment as a matter of law in favor of the...
View ArticleArab Bank Files Motion Requesting New Trial
On October 10, 2014, Arab Bank filed a motion for a new trial, arguing the District Court made many serious errors in legal and evidentiary rulings, and in the trial structure, that prejudiced the...
View ArticleArab Bank Files Motion for Certification for Interlocutory Appeal
On November 5, 2014, Arab Bank filed a motion for certification for interlocutory appeal in the Linde case, requesting that the Court certify three questions of law for immediate appellate review prior...
View ArticleRulings by the District Court in Linde v. Arab Bank
Throughout the discovery process and during the trial, the Bank has argued that a series of rulings issued by the Linde Court are inconsistent with controlling precedent as well as decisions of other...
View ArticleArab Bank Files Appeal Brief with Second Circuit Court of Appeals
On October 20, 2016, Arab Bank filed an appeal of a liability verdict in Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. In its papers, the Bank argues that the District Court made...
View ArticleArab Bank Files Appeal Reply Brief with Second Circuit Court of Appeals
On February 15, 2017, Arab Bank filed its reply brief in the appeal of a liability verdict in Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. In its papers, the Bank argues that the...
View ArticleArab Bank and Supporters File Briefs with Supreme Court
On August 21, 2017, Arab Bank submitted its brief with the Supreme Court in Jesner et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC. In its brief, the Bank makes its case that the Court should affirm dismissal of the case, a...
View ArticleSecond Circuit Overturns Verdict in Linde v. Arab Bank
On February 9, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously reversed the District Court’s decision in Linde v. Arab Bank, ruling that the Court erred in failing to provide the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Jesner v. Arab Bank
On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the dismissal of claims brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) in Jesner v. Arab Bank, concluding that foreign corporations are not...
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