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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October 28, 2021
Kreindler Consultant Can't Plead Fifth After 9/11 Depo Leak

A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday directed a Kreindler & Kreindler LLP consultant to testify about his decision to leak a protected deposition in damages litigation over the 9/11 terrorist attacks, rejecting the legal investigator's bid to invoke the Fifth Amendment.
October 26, 2021
Kreindler Consultant Says He Will Plead Fifth In 9/11 Case

A consultant to Kreindler & Kreindler LLP will attempt to plead the Fifth in an upcoming hearing involving the leak of a deposition from multidistrict litigation over the 9/11 terrorist attacks, arguing he had not waived his privilege against self-incrimination through related declarations.
October 25, 2021
Saudis Say Kreindler Consultant Can't Plead Fifth In 9/11 Case

Saudi Arabia has urged a New York federal magistrate judge to block a consultant to Kreindler & Kreindler LLP from pleading the Fifth in an upcoming hearing involving the leak of a deposition from multidistrict litigation over the 9/11 attacks.
October 04, 2021
Kreindler Firm Must Explain Consultant's Breach In 9/11 MDL

A New York federal magistrate judge Monday ordered the firm Kreindler & Kreindler LLP to explain the chain of events that led to one of its consultants providing a Yahoo News reporter a deposition from multidistrict litigation seeking to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
September 09, 2021
DOJ Wants To Release Withheld Grand Jury Docs In 9/11 MDL

The Department of Justice on Thursday asked the New York federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation seeking to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to allow it to publicly disclose certain grand jury materials that were previously classified, pointing to an executive order issued last week.
May 25, 2018
Saudis Must Cough Up Documents In 9/11 Victims Suit

A federal judge in Manhattan has ordered the government of Saudi Arabia to disclose any documents and other information it may have on two former officials suspected of aiding hijackers in preparation of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, in a recently trimmed, yearslong lawsuit seeking to hold the kingdom liable for allegedly backing the plot.
May 01, 2018
Iran Ordered To Pay $6.27B To 9/11 Victims' Families

A federal judge in New York ordered Iran to pay certain family members of 9/11 victims some $6.27 billion as compensation for pain, suffering and mental anguish after the Islamic republic failed to refute allegations that it sponsored al-Qaida and was partly liable for the terrorist attack.
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.
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.
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.