The Southern District of New York has entered final judgments against the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of certain 9/11 plaintiffs, resolving a major procedural hurdle in the consolidated multidistrict litigation.
Judge George B. Daniels ordered the entry of final judgments against Iran for compensatory damages and prejudgment interest on behalf of specific Burnett plaintiffs who waived their punitive damage claims.
A federal judge held that an unmarried Irish father plausibly has custody rights under Irish law — defeating a motion to dismiss his petition to return his two-year-old child from Indiana to Ireland.
A federal judge ordered a Turkish toddler returned to Turkey after rejecting the mother's claims that domestic violence and the father's own conduct in the United States barred repatriation under the Hague Convention.