Current Case Update
Dear Sudanese American Friends,
I am delighted to send you good news. We received a favorable decision from the Court in New York denying the Bank’s Motion to Dismiss the case. This is a very significant victory for our case on behalf of Sudanese victims of the years of violence perpetrated by the Al-Bashir regime. As many of you know, we have worked for this for many years, and this decision vindicates our efforts and our faith in justice.
The case is not over. But we are allowed now to move forward against the Bank in a very good position that we are hopeful will result in a final victory of compensation for all victims now residing in the United States. We will be proceeding against the Bank in discovering additional evidence of the Bank’s collaboration with Sudan during the years of violence in Darfur and South Sudan. We will be building our case and seek a court certification of a class of all who were victims of the Bank’s conduct and now reside in the U.S. There may be more challenges against us by the Bank; but, we shall meet them and keep you up-to-date.
Now that the pandemic is hopefully slowing due to vaccinations, we look forward to visiting your communities again as we move forward. 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.
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I am delighted to send you good news. We received a favorable decision from the Court in New York denying the Bank’s Motion to Dismiss the case. This is a very significant victory for our case on behalf of Sudanese victims of the years of violence perpetrated by the Al-Bashir regime. As many of you know, we have worked for this for many years, and this decision vindicates our efforts and our faith in justice.
The case is not over. But we are allowed now to move forward against the Bank in a very good position that we are hopeful will result in a final victory of compensation for all victims now residing in the United States. We will be proceeding against the Bank in discovering additional evidence of the Bank’s collaboration with Sudan during the years of violence in Darfur and South Sudan. We will be building our case and seek a court certification of a class of all who were victims of the Bank’s conduct and now reside in the U.S. There may be more challenges against us by the Bank; but, we shall meet them and keep you up-to-date.
Now that the pandemic is hopefully slowing due to vaccinations, we look forward to visiting your communities again as we move forward. 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.
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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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