Halkbank Not Immune In Sanctions Case, 2nd Circ. Says

By Elliot Weld

The Second Circuit ruled Tuesday that Turkish state-owned bank Halkbank doesn't have common-law foreign sovereign immunity from charges that it laundered about $1 billion in sanctioned Iranian oil proceeds if the U.S. government's executive branch says it doesn't.

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