US District Judge denies motion to dismiss claim against Arab Bank

In a move that could open the floodgates to thousands of lawsuits by terror victims against the Jordan-based Arab Bank, Judge Nina Gershon of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Monday denied a motion to dismiss the claims of terror victims against the bank under the Alien Tort Claims Act of 1789: In a written decision in federal court in Brooklyn, U.S.