KAPLAN v. LEBANESE CANADIAN BANK, SAL

Docket No. 19-3522 August Term, 2020.

999 F.3d 842 (2021)

Chaim KAPLAN, Rivka Kaplan, Brian Erdstein, Karene Erdstein, Ma'Ayan Erdstein, Chayim Kumer, Nechama Kumer, Laurie Rappepport, Margalit Rappeport, Theodore (Ted) Greenberg, Moreen Greenberg, Jared Sauter, Dvora Chana Kaszemacher, Chaya Kaszemacher Alkareif, Avishai Reuvane, Elisheva Aron, Yair Mor, and Mikimi Steinberg, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LEBANESE CANADIAN BANK, SAL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GARY M. OSEN , Hackensack, New Jersey ( Ari Ungar , Michael Radine , Dina Gielchinsky , Aaron A. Schlanger , Osen, Hackensack, New Jersey; Robert J. Tolchin , The Berkman Law Office, Brooklyn, New York, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

JONATHAN D. SIEGFRIED , New York, New York ( Douglas Walter Mateyaschuk , DLA Piper (US), New York, New York, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

HOGAN LOVELLS US, New York, New York ( Marc J. Gottridge , Lisa J. Fried , Benjamin A. Fleming , New York, New York, of counsel), filed a brief for Amici Curiae The Institute of International Bankers and The European Banking Federation, in support of Defendant-Appellee.

STEPHEN I. VLADECK , Austin, Texas, filed a brief for Amici Curiae Law Professors, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Before: LIVINGSTON, Chief Judge, KEARSE and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.


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