Atchley, et al. v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd., et al., No. 1:17-cv-02136 (D.D.C.), an ATA case against AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, GE Healthcare, Pfizer, and Roche, alleging that they paid bribes in the form of cash and free goods to Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM), an Iran-backed, Hezbollah-trained militant group that controlled the Iraqi Ministry of Health in post-Saddam Iraq. Our clients further allege that these corrupt payments provided material support to JAM, which financed and conducted attacks that killed or injured thousands of Americans serving and working in Iraq. We represent over 1,250 clients in this lawsuit.
Cabrera, et al. v. Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp., et al., No. 1:19-cv-3833 (D.D.C.), an ATA case against 10 multinational corporations that provided engineering, procurement, construction, security, telecom, and/or other such services in post-9/11 Afghanistan, alleging that they made protection payments to the Taliban (including its Haqqani Network). These corrupt payments provided material support to terrorist groups in Afghanistan, who used their funding to kill and injure thousands of Americans. We represent over 850 clients in this lawsuit.
Estate of Anne T. Smedinghoff, et al., v. Standard Chartered Bank, No. 1:23-cv-02865 (S.D.N.Y) and related cases, an ATA case in which our clients allege that Standard Chartered Bank provided key financial services to the primary manufacturer of precursor materials used by anti-American terrorists in Afghanistan to create improvised explosive devices (IEDs)—even after the bank was urged by the U.S. Government to stop doing so to save the lives of American servicemembers. We represent over 120 clients in these lawsuits.
Foley, et al. v. Lafarge S.A., et al., No. 1:23-cv-5691 (E.D.N.Y.) and related case, an ATA case against one of the world’s largest cement manufacturers, alleging that Lafarge bribed and partnered with ISIS and al-Nusrah Front terrorists to protect its operations and profits, an allegation that Lafarge has already been found criminally liable for. Our clients allege that Lafarge paid millions of dollars to terrorists, which aided the attacks that targeted Americans, and that Lafarge knew their conduct was illegal and went to great lengths to conceal it. We represent over 70 clients in these lawsuits.
Hughes, et al. v. Reza Zarrab and Halkbank, et al., No. 1:23-cv-06481 (S.D.N.Y.), an ATA case against a high-net-worth individual and one of the largest commercial banks in Türkiye, alleging that they systematically helped the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and its affiliates—which were known fronts for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—finance terrorist operations by evading anti-terrorism sanctions designed to prevent the IRGC from accessing the proceeds of Iranian oil sales. Through a prolonged campaign of alleged deception, our clients allege Zarrab and Halkbank helped IRGC fronts obtain and deploy at least $20 billion—and by some estimates, as much as $100 billion—while the IRGC was providing critical financial and logistical support to anti-American terrorists worldwide. Our clients allege that defendants thus enabled the IRGC to supply money, weapons, training, technology, and safe haven to terrorists in Afghanistan and Syria, who used that support to attack Americans. We represent over 150 clients in this lawsuit.
King, et al., v. Habib Bank Ltd., No. 1:20-cv-04322 (S.D.N.Y.) and related cases, an ATA case against Pakistan’s largest commercial bank, Habib Bank Limited (HBL), that allegedly operated as the primary terrorist finance arm of Pakistan’s intelligence service, which notoriously supported the Taliban (including its Haqqani Network), al-Qaeda, and Lashkar-e-Taiba – the “al-Qaeda Terror Syndicate.” HBL allegedly knowingly provided accounts and facilitated essential transactions that allowed the Syndicate to obtain and move money to terrorists committing attacks on Americans in post-9/11 Afghanistan. We represent over 410 clients in these lawsuits.
