November 13, 2017
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.
November 01, 2017
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.
October 16, 2017
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.
June 21, 2017
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.
May 15, 2017
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.
May 08, 2017
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.
April 17, 2017
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.
April 07, 2017
An attorney representing Saudi Arabia in multidistrict litigation over financial liability for the 9/11 attacks on Friday blasted an attorney for families suing the country, saying a series of recent interviews given by the attorney violated an order seeking to prevent counsel from "trying their cases in the media."
November 02, 2016
A New York federal judge largely accepted a magistrate judge's recommendations in multidistrict litigation against the Islamic Republic of Iran Monday, including with a nearly $1.8 billion dollar default judgment for 9/11 victims from the Islamic republic's alleged sponsorship of al-Qaida.
October 28, 2016
Family members of 9/11 victims asked a New York federal judge Thursday to serve an anticipated judgment against the Islamic Republic of Iran directly to the U.S. State Department for diplomatic service, arguing mail service of court orders to the theocratic state is futile.