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REPUBLIC OF IRAQ v. ABB AG

No. 08 Civ. 5951(SHS).

769 F.Supp.2d 605 (2011)

The REPUBLIC OF IRAQ, including as Parens Patriae on behalf of the Citizens of the Republic Of Iraq, Plaintiff, v. ABB AG, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 3, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian Patrick Siebott , Rebecca M. Katz , Stanley D. Bernstein , Brian Lehman , Bernstein Liebhard, LLP, New York, NY, Mark Maney , Roliff Holmes Purrington , Burford & Maney P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff.

S. Alyssa Young , Leader & Berkon LLP, Darrell Prescott , Baker & McKenzie LLP, Nancy Lynn Kestenbaum , Covington & Burling LLP, Aaron Hirsch Mendelsohn , Daniel Nathan Anziska , Elliot Cohen , Troutman Sanders LLP, Robert H. Baron , Cravath , Timothy Gray Cameron , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, H. Miriam Farber , Tammy Phyllis Bieber , Shearman & Sterling LLP, Meir Feder , Phineas Edward Leahey , Jones Day , Jason Jurgens , Nathan Marshall Bull , Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, New York, NY, Christopher S. Riley , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IL, Mark H. Lynch , O. Thomas Johnson, Jr. , Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Robert Stephen Bennett , Ellen Swennes Kennedy , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Jennifer Lynn Spaziano , William John O'Brien, III , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Philp Eric Urofsky , Shearman & Sterling LLP, Michael Evan Horowitz , James K. Robinson , Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP, Washington, DC, David Stephen Toy , David S. Toy, Esq. , Francis I. Spagnoletti , Spagnoletti & Co., Houston, TX, Philip Warren Crawford , Thomas R. Valen , Jennifer Marino Thibodaux , Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ, Larry R. Schmadeka , Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Robert Barnes Calihan , Calihan Law PLLC, Roch, NY, for Defendants.

OPINION & ORDER

SIDNEY H. STEIN, District Judge.

The Republic of Iraq initiated this action against more than ninety defendants to recover damages stemming from the alleged corruption of the United Nations Oil-for-Food humanitarian aid program. Among the accused wrongdoers is BNP Paribas, which operated the escrow account for the program's funds pursuant to a contract between its corporate predecessor...

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