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ate an oilfield investment on behalf of a Chinese energy giant. Read full article » 2nd Circ. Nixes $8.9M Restitution From Gambler Billy Walters A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday vacated and remanded back to trial $8.89 million in restitution ordered against professional sports gambler Billy Walters for insi

lly directed" his activities at the United States by sup- porting al Qaeda. Plaintiffs also submit that Mr. Aljomaih's company does busi- ness with General Motors and Shell Corpo- ration and that, therefore, he must have had contacts with the United States. See Opp. at 11; Statement of Jamie L. Paye attached

0 (hereinafter "Supp. Al-Wohai- bi Aff."). a. Status of the PIF In Filler v. Hanvit Bank, a case with facts very similar to those presented here, the Second Circuit reiterated Dole Food's requirement of direct ownership for instru- mentality status. Two defendants were commercial banks majority-owned by the Ko

t of the Princes’ ac- tions. [22-24] Pursuant to the Second Cir- cuit’s instruction, the Court must first de- termine whe

very least, discovery should be ordered circumspectly and only to verify allega- tions of specific facts crucial to an immuni- ty determination.”)). The Second Circuit has instructed “that generally a plaintiff may be allowed limited discovery with re- spect to the jurisdictional issue; but until [plaintiff] has sho

fully directed” his activities at the United States by sup- porting al Qaeda. Plaintiffs also submit that Mr. Aljomaih’s company does busi- ness with General Motors and Shell Corpo- ration and that, therefore, he must have had contacts with the United States. See Opp. at 11; Statement of Jamie L. Paye attached to

128 F.3d 1188, 1191 (7th Cir. 1997) (collecting cases); United States v. Hand, 863 F.2d 1100, 1104 (3d Cir. 1988) (it makes no sense to say that "if General Motors or Chase Manhattan Bank had funds stolen, in violation of federal criminal law, a DAVID SCHOEN HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017650 --- PAGE BREAK --- Page 16

ongressional determination, blocking defense efforts to obtain pretrial discovery about government witnesses. For example, in United States v. Coppa, the Second Circuit overturned the district court's approval of a scheduling order requiring the government to identify its witnesses in advance of trial. +3? The distri

aying she accidentally swept them up with other personal files. Read full article » 2nd Circ. Nixes $8.9M Restitution From Gambler Billy Walters A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday vacated and remanded back to trial $8.89 million in restitution ordered against professional sports gambler Billy Walters for insi

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Rules The Metropolitan Museum of Art can keep a Pablo Picasso painting sold by a Jewish industrialist to raise money to escape Nazi persecution, as the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday that a $100 million suit brought by a relative of the businessman was filed too late. Opinion attached I Read full article » EMPLO

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