Judge Questions King & Spalding's 'Special Appearance' in Sanctions-Busting Case Against Turkish Bank
King & Spalding's Andrew Hruska, who appeared for Halkbank, admitted to not having any Second Circuit authority permitting special appearances in criminal matters, but said prosecutors had "ginned up the apparatus" of the court by bringing charges outside of its jurisdiction.
November 05, 2019 at 03:18 PM
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A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday said he was "not convinced" that Halkbank, the Turkish state-run bank accused of helping Iran evade U.S. economic sanctions in an alleged money-laundering scheme, could attack the criminal proceedings against it without even acknowledging the charges.
The comments, from U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman of the Southern District of New York, came in response to King & Spalding's request Monday to enter a "special appearance" on behalf of Halkbank for the narrow purpose of seeking to have the criminal case dismissed and Berman recused from the case.
"You haven't convinced me that you're entitled to that without your client responding to the indictment," Berman said.
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