A team of lawyers from McGuireWoods persuaded a federal jury in Detroit last week that Bank of America did not discriminate when it closed the account of an Arab-American charity.

Instead, after less than 30 minutes of deliberation, the jury sided with the defense, which argued BofA closed the account based on legitimate concerns about unusual activity and unknown sources of cash deposits.

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