Pryor Cashman Files Amicus Brief In Second Circuit Charities Case

Pryor Cashman filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, weighing in on the issue of limiting standing to sue by foreign beneficiaries of U.S. charities.

Partners Shveta Kakar and Daniel Kurtz and Associate Abla Belhachmi filed the brief in support of appellees, Profs. Emerita Ellen Aprill and Miriam Galston, Prof. Jill Manny, and former Lawyers Alliance Executive Director Sean Delany.

The brief notes that the amici's interest in the case, which involves claims by the foreign beneficiary, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, against the American Foundation for Basic Research in Israel, Inc. to hand over donations it collected in the U.S.: