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Judge: World Trade Center Properties Cannot Recover Against Aviation Defendants
Posted on 19 Jul 2013 by Jennifer Hans

NEW YORK — (Mealey’s) World Trade Center Properties LLC and its holding companies’ $4.09 billion insurance recovery stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks corresponds to and offsets their maximum potential tort damages recovery... Read More

Tags: In Re September 11 Litigation , Sept. 11 , 2 World Trade Center LLC , Larry Silversteinm 1 World Trade Center LLC , WTCP , Catastrophic Loss , 5 World Trade Center LLC , 4 World Trade Center LLC , Litigation , Insurance , terrorist attacks , World Trade Center Properties

Victims Of September 11 Terrorist Attacks Ask High Court To Hear Their Case
Posted on 7 Oct 2013 by LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff

Almost twelve years to the day after the devastating 9/11 terrorist attacks, a Petition for Writ of Certiorari was filed in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of victims of those attacks in the case of In Re Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2011... Read More

Tags: Osama bin Laden , al Qaeda , Petitioners v. Al Rajhi Bank , 2001 , Jr. , et al. , 2011 , In Re Terrorist Attacks of September 11 , et al , Litigation , September 11 , John Patrick O'Neill , terrorist attacks , U.S. Supreme Court , 9-11

2nd Circuit: $5M Contingent Payment Pursuant To Sept. 11 Settlement Not Triggered
Posted on 9 Jun 2014 by Jennifer Hans

NEW YORK — (Mealey’s) The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 9 found that a lower federal court erred in ordering the WTC Captive Insurance Co. Inc. to make a $5 million first contingent payment pursuant to the settlement of personal... Read More

Tags: New York , Sept. 11 , 2001 , toxic torts , personal injury , Catastrophic Loss , World Trade Center , Litigation , Federal Emergency Management Agency , Insurance , FEMA , terrorist attacks , In re: World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation , Settlement , WTC Captive Insurance Co. , Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals , 9-11

Pittsburgh Steeler Sues Champion Over Tweet Dispute
Posted on 22 Jul 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

RALEIGH, N.C. - (AP) Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall is suing the parent company of the Champion sports apparel maker, calling the decision to drop his endorsement deal over his tweets about the death of Osama bin Laden and the Sept... Read More

Tags: tweets , Osama bin Laden , Rashard Mendenhall , Sept. 11 , Woods , Rooney , sports apparel , Vick , Pittsburgh Steelers , Twitter , Champion , Litigation , breach of contract , sports law , lawsuit , terrorist attacks , Hanesbrands , endorsement