Current Case Update
Dear Sudanese American Friends,
As mentioned in our last update, we received a favorable decision from the Court in New York denying the Bank’s attempts to dismiss the case. This significant victory means that the case is moving forward. We are now in the process of building our case and seeking a court certification of class for all victims of the Bank’s conduct who now reside in the U.S. This next step will involve searching for and discovering additional evidence of the Bank’s collaboration with Sudan during the years of violence in Darfur and South Sudan. In May we received the schedule from the Court which outlines the major deadlines of this discovery process. This schedule, which can be found on our website here will guide our work moving forward as we fine tune our arguments and gather evidence. The case is not over and there may be more challenges against us by the Bank; but, we shall meet them and keep you up-to-date.
With the pandemic slowing due to vaccinations, we look forward to visiting your communities again in the coming months. We will continue working together as a team of two law firms: Hecht Partners (in New York and California) and Hausfeld (in Washington D.C. and global).
Thank you for your support and encouragement.
Kathryn Lee Boyd
Hecht Partners LLP
Brent Landau
Hausfeld LLP
As mentioned in our last update, we received a favorable decision from the Court in New York denying the Bank’s attempts to dismiss the case. This significant victory means that the case is moving forward. We are now in the process of building our case and seeking a court certification of class for all victims of the Bank’s conduct who now reside in the U.S. This next step will involve searching for and discovering additional evidence of the Bank’s collaboration with Sudan during the years of violence in Darfur and South Sudan. In May we received the schedule from the Court which outlines the major deadlines of this discovery process. This schedule, which can be found on our website here will guide our work moving forward as we fine tune our arguments and gather evidence. The case is not over and there may be more challenges against us by the Bank; but, we shall meet them and keep you up-to-date.
With the pandemic slowing due to vaccinations, we look forward to visiting your communities again in the coming months. We will continue working together as a team of two law firms: Hecht Partners (in New York and California) and Hausfeld (in Washington D.C. and global).
Thank you for your support and encouragement.
Kathryn Lee Boyd
Hecht Partners LLP
Brent Landau
Hausfeld LLP
أصدقائي السودانيين الأمريكيين الأعزاء،
كما أخبرتكم في إيميلي السابق، لقد تلقينا قرارًا إيجابيًا من محكمة نيويورك يقضي برفض محاولات البنك إلغاء القضية. إن هذا الانتصار الكبير يعني أن القضية ستمضي قدما وقد بدئنا الآن ببناء قضيتنا والسعي للحصول على موافقة المحكمة من أجل تقديم دعوى جماعية لضحايا سلوك البنك الذين يقيمون حاليا ًفي الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية. ستشمل الخطوة الموالية البحث عن المزيد من الأدلة التي تثبت تعاون البنك مع السودان خلال سنوات العنف في دارفور وجنوب السودان. كذالك، تلقينا الأسبوع الماضي الجدول الزمني من المحكمة الذي يحدد المواعيد النهائية الرئيسية لعملية البحث هذه. هذا الجدول الزمني، الذي يمكن العثور عليه على موقعنا على الإنترنت هنا، سيوجه عملنا للمضي قدمًا بينما نقوم بضبط تفاصيل القضية وجمع المزيد من الأدلة. طبعاً لم تنته القضية بعد ومن المحتمل ان تعترضنا المزيد من التحديات القانونية مع البنك؛ لكننا سنلتقي بهم و نطلعكم على آخر المستجدات.
مع تباطؤ وثيرة انتشار الوباء بسبب التلقيح، نتطلع إلى زيارتكم مرةً أخرى خلال الأشهر المقبلة و سنواصل العمل معًا كفريق واحد مكون من شركتين للمحاماة هما: هيشت و شركاؤه (المتواجدة بكل من نيويورك و كاليفورنيا) و هاوسفيلد (المتواجدة بواشنطن و بقية العالم).
شكرا لكم على دعمكم و تشجيعكم المتواصل،
كاثرين لي بويد
هيشت و شركاؤه
برنت لانداو
هاوسفيلد
كما أخبرتكم في إيميلي السابق، لقد تلقينا قرارًا إيجابيًا من محكمة نيويورك يقضي برفض محاولات البنك إلغاء القضية. إن هذا الانتصار الكبير يعني أن القضية ستمضي قدما وقد بدئنا الآن ببناء قضيتنا والسعي للحصول على موافقة المحكمة من أجل تقديم دعوى جماعية لضحايا سلوك البنك الذين يقيمون حاليا ًفي الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية. ستشمل الخطوة الموالية البحث عن المزيد من الأدلة التي تثبت تعاون البنك مع السودان خلال سنوات العنف في دارفور وجنوب السودان. كذالك، تلقينا الأسبوع الماضي الجدول الزمني من المحكمة الذي يحدد المواعيد النهائية الرئيسية لعملية البحث هذه. هذا الجدول الزمني، الذي يمكن العثور عليه على موقعنا على الإنترنت هنا، سيوجه عملنا للمضي قدمًا بينما نقوم بضبط تفاصيل القضية وجمع المزيد من الأدلة. طبعاً لم تنته القضية بعد ومن المحتمل ان تعترضنا المزيد من التحديات القانونية مع البنك؛ لكننا سنلتقي بهم و نطلعكم على آخر المستجدات.
مع تباطؤ وثيرة انتشار الوباء بسبب التلقيح، نتطلع إلى زيارتكم مرةً أخرى خلال الأشهر المقبلة و سنواصل العمل معًا كفريق واحد مكون من شركتين للمحاماة هما: هيشت و شركاؤه (المتواجدة بكل من نيويورك و كاليفورنيا) و هاوسفيلد (المتواجدة بواشنطن و بقية العالم).
شكرا لكم على دعمكم و تشجيعكم المتواصل،
كاثرين لي بويد
هيشت و شركاؤه
برنت لانداو
هاوسفيلد
General Statement
Thank you for your interest in the civil class action case, Kashef, et al. v. BNP Paribas, S.A., et al., (Case No. 1:16-cv-03228), which was brought on April 29, 2016, in the federal court in the Southern District of New York. This case was filed on behalf of certain Sudanese refugees in the United States who are victims of BNP Paribas's crimes, that is, violating U.S. sanctions and New York law. These sanctions banned companies like BNP Paribas from engaging in certain types of business with Sudan.
For your convenience, we posted the Key Documents from the ongoing civil case. The documents from our Appeal, Kashef, et al. v BNP Paribas, S.A., et al., (Case No. 18-1304), have been posted to the Appeal Documents. Specifically, the recent Appellate Court Opinion has been published and can be downloaded here.
You can read about the criminal case here.
IF YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE OR MAY BE A VICTIM OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT AND BNP PARIBAS AND WOULD LIKE TO BE UPDATED PERIODICALLY ON THE CASE AND NOTIFIED OF KEY COURT DECISIONS, PLEASE COMPLETE THE CONTACT FORM.
Please be advised that this civil lawsuit against BNP Paribas Bank, S.A. seeking compensation for Sudanese-American victims is not connected to the Department of Justice’s request for claimant information through the website www.usvbnpp.com in 2015. If you filled out information for that website, or requested that an attorney assist you in petitioning the U.S. Department of Justice for compensation for injuries by the Government of Sudan, that program closed as of July 31, 2015, and there is no government-sponsored victims’ compensation program available or being considered.
If you would like to write your United States Congress members (Senators and Representative) to ask for their assistance in establishing a victims’ compensation fund for Sudanese Americans who suffered at the hands of the Sudanese government, please see our
FORM LETTER to Congress. You can locate your senators and representative by using CongressLookup.
If you have any questions, please contact us at SudanVictims@hechtpartners.com or (213) 314-5262.
Kathryn (Lee) Boyd
Hecht Partners LLP
125 Park Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10017
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For your convenience, we posted the Key Documents from the ongoing civil case. The documents from our Appeal, Kashef, et al. v BNP Paribas, S.A., et al., (Case No. 18-1304), have been posted to the Appeal Documents. Specifically, the recent Appellate Court Opinion has been published and can be downloaded here.
You can read about the criminal case here.
IF YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE OR MAY BE A VICTIM OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT AND BNP PARIBAS AND WOULD LIKE TO BE UPDATED PERIODICALLY ON THE CASE AND NOTIFIED OF KEY COURT DECISIONS, PLEASE COMPLETE THE CONTACT FORM.
Please be advised that this civil lawsuit against BNP Paribas Bank, S.A. seeking compensation for Sudanese-American victims is not connected to the Department of Justice’s request for claimant information through the website www.usvbnpp.com in 2015. If you filled out information for that website, or requested that an attorney assist you in petitioning the U.S. Department of Justice for compensation for injuries by the Government of Sudan, that program closed as of July 31, 2015, and there is no government-sponsored victims’ compensation program available or being considered.
If you would like to write your United States Congress members (Senators and Representative) to ask for their assistance in establishing a victims’ compensation fund for Sudanese Americans who suffered at the hands of the Sudanese government, please see our
FORM LETTER to Congress. You can locate your senators and representative by using CongressLookup.
If you have any questions, please contact us at SudanVictims@hechtpartners.com or (213) 314-5262.
Kathryn (Lee) Boyd
Hecht Partners LLP
125 Park Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10017
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