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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August 28, 2025
9/11 MDL Families Clear Immunity Hurdle To Sue Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia cannot escape claims that kingdom officials helped hijackers who carried out the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Thursday, finding that victims' families have adequately alleged their claims fall under an exception that waives the kingdom's sovereign immunity.
March 06, 2025
Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

Believe it or not, there's still important litigation happening that doesn't involve President Donald Trump, and the proof exists in this month's circuit court calendars. During the remaining weeks of March, arguments will explore numerous high-profile topics, including a law firm's severe punishment for alleged misconduct in 9/11 litigation and a judicial rebuke of Trader Joe's for "an attempt to weaponize the legal system."
August 28, 2024
Taliban And Iran Ordered To Pay $144.7B For 9/11 Attacks

A New York federal court issued judgments requiring the Taliban and the Iranian government to pay $144.7 billion to thousands of people who were directly injured or lost loved ones in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
July 31, 2024
9/11 MDL Judge Probes Saudi Arabia's Latest Exit Bid

A Manhattan federal judge peppered Saudi Arabia's lawyers with questions Wednesday as they argued that years of discovery have yielded no real evidence of a Saudi government spy helping organize the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
June 21, 2024
9/11 Firm Consultant Acted Alone In Depo Leak, 2nd Circ. Told

A New York law firm representing victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a multidistrict litigation told the Second Circuit that a consultant who leaked a deposition transcript to the press acted by himself, asking an appellate panel to reverse millions of dollars in sanctions.
August 24, 2023
9/11 Suit Judge Says Saudi Bank Exec Must Sit For Deposition

The district judge in the long-running multidistrict litigation over the 9/11 attacks said a magistrate judge was correct in her determination that the chair of Riyadh-based Al Rajhi Bank might have "unique knowledge" relevant to the case, overruling the bank's objections to the magistrate judge's order requiring the chair to sit for an oral deposition.
July 17, 2023
9/11 Judge Won't Overturn Kreindler Sanctions For Doc Leak

A New York federal judge on Monday rejected Kreindler & Kreindler LLP's objections over sanctions imposed for the leak of a deposition from multidistrict litigation over the 9/11 attacks, finding the sanctions were reasonable for the firm's actions related to the leak.
February 21, 2023
9/11 Plaintiffs Can't Collect $3.5B From Afghan Bank

The judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over the 9/11 terrorist attacks rejected plaintiffs' efforts to collect $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank funds to help satisfy judgments against the Taliban on Tuesday, saying only the Taliban itself can pay those judgments.
January 13, 2023
9/11 MDL Judge Won't Stay Kreindler Sanctions Over Leak

Kreindler & Kreindler LLP can't hold off sanctions leveled against the firm in connection with the leak of a deposition transcript in the 9/11 multidistrict litigation that seeks to hold various countries responsible for the terrorist attacks, a New York federal judge has ruled.
December 08, 2022
Judge Calls Out Kreinder & Kreindler Probe Of 9/11 MDL Leak

A New York federal judge on Thursday criticized Kreindler & Kreindler LLP's efforts to investigate a consultant's leak of a document from multidistrict litigation over the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as the firm urged him to overturn related sanctions.

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