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Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. | Ed Fagan (born October 20, 1952 in Harlingen, Texas as Edward Davis Fagan) is an American reparations lawyer. He is best known for suing Swiss banks on behalf of Holocaust victims. He grew up in San Antonio, Texas, has two children, and is active in the Jewish community. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ...
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In the philosophy of justice, reparation is the idea that a just sentence ought to compensate the victim of a crime appropriately. ...
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Notable Lawsuits
In the 1990s, Fagan filed lawsuits against Swiss banks who had refused to repay money which belonged to Holocaust victims. The banks in question settled the claims outside of the court, resulting in a payout of USD1.25 billion. In 2000, Fagan represented some 82,000 Holocaust victims and family members (many of whom later accused him of negligence)[1], suing governments and companies in Germany and Austria based on the Alien Tort Claims Act. The First Provincial Bank of Taiwan in Taipei, Republic of China was formerly the central bank of the Republic of China and issued the New Taiwan dollar. ...
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In recent years, he represented the victims of the mountain railway disaster in Kaprun, Austria, which killed 155 people. In 2004, he led a suit against the government of South Africa on behalf of apartheid victims. In 2005, he initiated a lawsuit on behalf of tsunami victims[2]. The white funicular train is waiting at the valley station. ...
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Controversy Fagan is the subject of an ethics investigation that could lead to his disbarment. The New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics has accused him of "knowing misappropriation" of client money. [3] [4] [5] Disbarment is a penalty for lawyers. ...
He has been accused of abandoning personal injury clients in favour of the more lucrative Holocaust reparations cases. One personal injury client sued Fagan, and won a $3.2 million malpractice award. [6]
Fagan has also been accused of having had sex with an underage prostitute from Austria [7] and of having wasted over $500,000 of his clients' money. [8]
In 2006, Fagan initiated legal proceedings, suing the makers of the film Borat for $30 million damages, on behalf of two inhabitants of the village of Glod for human rights violations. He plans to submit lawsuits in New York and Florida state courts, as well as in Frankfurt, Germany. [9]Fagan said that he hoped to "teach Hollywood a very expensive lesson." The lawsuit was thrown out by U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in a hearing in early December 2006 on the ground that the the charges were too vague to stand up in court. Fagan plans to refile. [10] Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Borat Sagdiyev (Cyrillic: Борат Сагдиев) is a fictional character of a Kazakh journalist invented and portrayed by the British comedian provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen for Da Ali G Show, an unstaged and unscripted show in which Borat interviews people who believe that he is a real Kazakh...
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Glod is a Gypsy[1] village in Moroeni Commune, Dâmboviţa County, Romania, having a population of 1,513. ...
See also Christoph Meili Christoph Meili (born April 12, 1968) is a Swiss whistleblower. ...
External links Case of Ed Fagan
Holocaust Lawyer Fights Accusation He Hired Underage Austrian Hooker
Articles about Edward Fagan in overlawyered.com
References - ^ "The Case of Ed Fagan"
- ^ "Tsunami Lawsuit Over Inadequate Response Gains Media Attention Again as Prosecutors Begin Probe"
- ^ "Ethics Charges Leveled at Lawyer Who Fostered Holocaust Settlement"
- ^ "Update: Ed Fagan disciplinary hearings"
- ^ "Lawyer's 'hero' image tarnished"
- ^ "Personal Injury Client Wins Malpractice Award Against Holocaust Victims' Lawyer" August 12 2004, New York Law Journal
- ^ "Holocaust lawyer in Austrian sex scandal", 17 September 2005, The Independent
- ^ "Holocaust-Entschädigung : Schwere Vorwürfe gegen Star-Anwalt Fagan", February 18, 2005, 'Der Spiegel'
- ^ "Villagers to sue 'Borat'"
- ^ "NYC Judge Questions Viability Of Villagers' 'Borat' Lawsuit"
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