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Hezbollah Rocket Attack Victims Sue Al-Jazeera TV In New York Federal Court
Posted on 14 Jul 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK - On the fourth anniversary of start of the Lebanese-Israeli War, 91 American, Israeli and Canadian victims of Hezbollah rocket attacks filed an unprecedented lawsuit against the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television network. The suit, filed July... Read More

Tags: punitive damages , Al-Jazeera , Hezbollah , Robert J. Tolchin , compensatory damages , Berkman Law Office LLC , Heideman Nudelman & Kalik , Litigation , lawsuit , Human Rights , Lebanese-Israeli War , Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

Lawyers Ask New York City Judge To Find Iran Liable For 9/11
Posted on 23 May 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK - (AP) Lawyers representing 9/11 families are asking a federal judge to find Iran culpable in the Sept. 11 terror attacks, saying new evidence shows Iranian officials had advanced word of the attacks and helped train the hijackers. The lawyers... Read More

Tags: Damages , Sept. 11 , al-Qaida , terror , 9/11 , terrorist , Iran , Hezbollah , Ministry of Information and Security , Sunni , Litigation , lawsuit , Shiite , terror attacks

Israelis Sue Al-Jazeera Over Lebanon War Reporting
Posted on 13 Jul 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

JERUSALEM - (AP) A group of 91 Israelis wounded by Hezbollah rockets during the 2006 war is suing the Arab news network Al-Jazeera for $1.2 billion in a New York court for allegedly aiding the Lebanese guerrillas, their lawyer said Tuesday. Nitzana Darshan... Read More

Tags: Al-Jazeera , Qatar , Hezbollah , Arab news network , Haim Kaplan , Lebanon , Litigation , Israelis , lawsuit , Nitzana Darshan-Leitner