SIFMA has submitted an Amicus “Friend of the Court” Brief.

Court:

U.S. Supreme Court

Amicus Issue:

Whether financial services firms, by engaging in their ordinary business in South Africa, in a manner consistent with applicable law and encouraged by their home countries pursuant to policies of constructive economic engagement, aided and abetted the apartheid regime in violation of the Alien Tort Statute

Counsel of Record:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 11215

Thomas C. Rice
Mary Elizabeth McGarry
Agnes Dunogue
Other Amici on SIFMA’s Brief:

The Clearing House Association
American Bankers Association
Bankers’ Association for Finance and Trade
European Banking Federation
The Financial Services Forum
The Financial Services Roundtable
Institute of International Bankers
The Swiss Bankers Association