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OPINION AND ORDER DORA L. IRIZARRY, United States District Judge This is a consolidated action pursuant to the civil liability provision of the Antiter-rorism Act of 1992 (“ATA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2333(a) (“§ 2333(a)”). Plaintiffs, over 200 individuals and estates of people who are deceased (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), seek to recover damages from Defendant Crédit Lyonnais, S.A. (“Defendant”) in connection

Reversed and Remanded and Memorandum Opinion filed November 4, 2021. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-17-00223-CV REBECCA WILSON, ET AL., Appellants1 V. GEORGE FLEMING AND FLEMING & ASSOCIATES, L.L.P., Appellees On Appeal from the 189th District Court

463 F.Supp.2d 310 (2006) Courtney LINDE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ARAB BANK, PLC, Defendant. Philip Litle, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Arab Bank, Plc, Defendant. Oran Almog, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Arab Bank, Plc, Defendant. Robert L. Coulter, Sr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Arab Bank, Plc, Defendant. Gila Afriat-Kurtzer, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Arab Bank, Plc, Defendant. Michael Bennett et al., Plaintiffs,<

In three consolidated negligence actions, plaintiffs in the first action, in which damages are sought for injury to person and property, appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered February 26, 1965, as, upon reconsideration, adhered to the court’s prior decisions denying them a general preference in trial. Order affirmed insofar as appealed from, with $20 costs and disbursements. No opinion. On th

Reversed and Remanded and Opinion filed December 21, 2018. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-17-00223-CV REBECCA WILSON, ET AL., Appellants1 V. GEORGE FLEMING AND FLEMING & ASSOCIATES, L.L.P., Appellees On Appeal from the 189th District Court Harr

OPINION AND ORDER GERSHON, District Judge: The issue presented here is what sanctions to impose for defendant’s recalcitrance in meeting its discovery obligations. Defendant’s objections to discovery on the basis of foreign bank secrecy were overruled in 2006. Since then, defendant has continued in its refusal to comply with its production obligations. In light of defendant’s production failures,

ORDER NINA GERSHON, District Judge: Defendant Arab Bank moves under Rule 44.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure “to submit evidence of foreign law.” That Rule provides: A party who intends to raise an issue about a foreign country’s law must give notice by a pleading or other writing. In determining foreign law, the court may consider any relevant materi

Mulvey, J. Appeal (upon remittal from the Court of Appeals) from a judgment of the County Court of Chenango County (Revoir Jr., J.), rendered December 1, 2014, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the second degree. Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of the intentional second degree murder of his wife, Jennifer Ram

LEVAL, Circuit Judge: Plaintiffs, who are approximately 200 United States nationals (or their estates, survivors or heirs) who were victims of terrorist attacks launched in Israel by Ha-mas, appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Irizarry, /.), dismissing, on summary judgment, their suit against Defendant National Westmin

ORDER NINA GERSHON, District Judge: In an order filed July 12, 2010, pursuant to Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the plaintiffs were awarded a variety of sanctions against the defendant Arab Bank for its failure to comply with its obligations to produce discovery. The sanctions included “attorneys’ fees and costs incurred as a result of the defendant’s production failures and t

ORDER NINA GERSHON, District Judge. In a letter dated January 23, 2013, certain plaintiffs request, pursuant to Rules 1, 54(b), and 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 6.3, that the prior decision in Litle v. Arab Bank (“Litle Opinion”), 507 F.Supp.2d 267 (E.D.N.Y.2007), dismissing those plaintiffs on timeliness grounds, be vacated in light of recently enacted ame

OPINION & ORDER NINA GERSHON, District Judge. The parties in this case have brought fifteen motions to exclude expert testimony pursuant to Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. This Opinion and Order will address eleven of those motions. The remaining four motions directed to banking experts are pending. Prior rulings regarding expert testimony were made in a written order of December

DECISION AND ORDER DAVID G. LARIMER, District Judge. Plaintiff Aaron Luckette (“Luckette”) brings this action against his former employer, F.M. Howell & Co., Inc. and Howell, Liberatore & Associates, Inc. (“HLA”), formerly known as Howell, Liberatore & Wickham, alleging discrimination in employment on the basis of disability and the taking of FMLA leave, pursuant to the Ame

ORDER NINA GERSHON, District Judge. During oral argument on April 24, 2013, on defendant Arab Bank’s motion for summary judgment, decision was reserved with respect to whether plaintiffs’ civil conspiracy claims would be dismissed in light of Rothstein v. UBS AG, 708 F.3d 82, 97-98 (2d Cir.2013). In Rothstein, the Second Circuit held that the Anti-Terrorism Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2331

ORDER NINA GERSHON, District Judge. By order dated January 21, 2011, this court granted plaintiffs’ request that the parties be allowed to file motions to exclude expert witnesses on the grounds of relevancy and prejudice, based upon their initial reports, prior to the submission of rebuttal reports or depositions. Plaintiffs now seek to exclude 16 of the defendant’s 20 expert witnesses. This o

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER VIKTOR V. POHORELSKY, United States Magistrate Judge. The defendant Arab Bank pic (“Arab Bank”) has moved to compel the production of documents by nonparty respondents Israel Discount Bank of New York (“IDBNY”), Israel Discount Bank Ltd. (“IDB”), and Bank Hapoalim (“Hapoalim”), and to compel depositions of certain persons employed by the respondents. As discussed below, Arab Bank’s motio

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER BRIAN M. COGAN, District Judge. Table of Contents INTRODUCTION.. to to 00 EVIDENCE AT TRIAL. to to to I. Plaintiffs’ Case.299 II. Defendant’s Case.305 STANDARD OF REVIEW.310 DISCUSSION.310

608 F.Supp.2d 351 (2009) Courtney LINDE, et al., Plaintiff, v. ARAB BANK, PLC, et al., Defendants. Philip Litle, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Arab Bank, PLC, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff. v. Bank Hapoalim, et al., Third Party Defendants. Oran Almog, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Arab Bank, PLC, Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff, v. Bank Hapoalim, et al., Third Party Defendants. Robert L. Coulter, Sr., et al., Plain

Mulvey, J. Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chenango County (Revoir Jr., J.), rendered December 1, 2014, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the second degree. On December 11, 2012, Jennifer Ramsaran (hereinafter the victim) went missing after last being seen at her home in the Village of New Berlin, Chenango County. Af

SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judge: This case concerns claims brought by victims and families of victims of terrorist attacks committed in Israel between 1995 and 2004. Proceeding under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2333, and the Alien Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1350, plaintiffs seek monetary damages from Arab Bank, PLC (“Arab Bank” or the “Bank”), a large bank headquartered i