Jordan seeks US government's help in fight against terror finance lawsuit

The Jordanian Embassy has hired Hogan Lovells to lobby the US government over a billion-dollar lawsuit against Jordan’s biggest bank.
A picture taken on August 16, 2014 shows the entrance of Arab Bank's main offices in the Jordanian capital, Amman. Jordan's Arab Bank went on trial on August 15, 2014 in New York accused of aiding terror by transferring support funds to the families of Palestinians who died in the conflict with Israel. The families of several Americans killed in early 2000s attacks by the Islamic movement Hamas said the bank, which has a New York branch, was in violation of the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act when it served as a co
A picture shows the entrance of Arab Bank's main offices in the Jordanian capital, Amman, Aug. 16, 2014. - KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty Images
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Jordan is trying to get the US government on its side in a billion-dollar terror finance lawsuit that could cripple the country's biggest bank.

The Jordanian Embassy in Washington hired international law firm Hogan Lovells last month to help overturn a September 2014 verdict by a US jury in New York that found Amman-based Arab Bank liable for Hamas attacks that killed and injured several Americans. The bank initially agreed to a settlement believed to be above $1 billion last year, but later appealed the 2014 verdict.

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