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.