More than 100 victims and relatives of victims of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants in Israel sued Iran, Syria and North Korea, accusing the countries of providing Hamas support and demanding at least $4 billion in damages. Read more about the lawsuit.
The lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., by the Anti-Defamation League is the largest case against foreign countries in connection with the attack, and the first backed by a Jewish organization, the ADL said. The Iran, North Korea and Syria missions to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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When a fractured U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that federal bankruptcy law does not permit members of the billionaire Sackler family to use the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of their company, Purdue Pharma, to avert all lawsuits by opioids plaintiffs, it said nothing about a controversial corporate maneuver known as the Texas two-step. But the court’s Purdue opinion, according to experts consulted by Alison Frankel, will force companies facing mass torts liability to think hard about whether it still makes sense to use the tactic.
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