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NY Expands Jurisdictional Reach Over Foreign Banks Using Correspondent Accounts

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The New York Court of Appeals recently gave a leg-up to plaintiffs seeking to hale foreign banks before New York state courts, clarifying that the use of a New York-based correspondent account could, under certain...more

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NY Court of Appeals Finds Personal Jurisdiction Based on Use of NY Correspondent Bank Accounts

A sharply divided New York Court of Appeals recently held that defendants who allegedly made intentional and repeated use of New York correspondent bank accounts for money laundering thereby purposefully transacted business...more

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New York Court of Appeals Finds 'Repeated, Deliberate Use' of Correspondent Account Sufficient to Establish Personal Jurisdiction...

In a decision that has implications for non-U.S. financial institutions with correspondent accounts in New York, a closely divided New York Court of Appeals held on November 22, 2016, that the “[r]epeated, deliberate use [of...more

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U.S. Lawsuits Against Non-U.S. Banks; Recent and Expected Changes

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Two recent developments in U.S. law may be of special interest to non-U.S. clients, especially foreign banks. First, the highest appellate state court in New York issued a decision on November 20, 2012 holding that a Lebanese...more

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