Articles by Bernard Vaughan

U.S. Jury Finds Arab Bank Liable Under Terrorist Financing Law

A U.S. jury on Monday found Arab Bank Plc liable for providing material support to Hamas and said it must compensate victims of two dozen attacks attributed to the Islamic militant group in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Jurors needed …

Former Dewey Law Firm Leaders Ask Judge to Dismiss Criminal Case

Former leaders of the defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf have asked a New York state judge to dismiss criminal charges against them, saying they should not be made “scapegoats” for the firm’s downfall. In court papers filed in Manhattan …

Court Exempts Airlines from Developer’s Sept. 11 Environmental Claim

American Airlines, United Airlines and the World Trade Center leaseholder do not have to pay a property developer environmental cleanup costs from the Sept. 11, 2001 hijacked plane attacks, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday. The 2nd U.S Circuit …

Allstate, Bank of America Agree to End Lawsuit Over Mortgages

Allstate Corp. and Bank of America Corp.’s Countrywide unit have agreed to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from $700 million of toxic mortgage debt, according to a court filing on Tuesday. The parties “have agreed to dismissal of this action in …

Nintendo Found Guilty of 3D Patent Infringement

A federal jury in New York on Wednesday found that video game company Nintendo Co. infringed an inventor’s 3-D display technology patent with its handheld 3DS videogame system. The jury awarded the inventor, Seijiro Tomita, $30.2 million in compensatory damages. …

World Trade Center Developer Challenges Airline’s ‘Act of War’ Defense for 9/11 Attacks

The leaseholder of the World Trade Center properties is asking a U.S. federal judge to reject arguments that American Airlines is not liable for damages stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001 hijackings because the attacks were an act of war. …