EFTA00037104.pdf
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Summary
This document is a legal letter dated October 19, 2023, from a coalition of 17 State Attorneys General (led by New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez) to Judge Jed S. Rakoff regarding the case Doe v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. The Attorneys General object to Section 1.25 of the proposed settlement, which attempts to release 'sovereign or government' claims. They argue this language improperly interferes with their authority to bring parens patriae actions under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) on behalf of trafficking victims, contrasting this with the Deutsche Bank settlement which did not contain such a release.
People (19)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Jed S. Rakoff | Judge |
Recipient of the letter; U.S. District Court Judge.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Perpetrator |
Mentioned as the source of harm, trafficking, and abuse related to the class action.
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| Raúl Torrez | New Mexico Attorney General |
Primary signer of the letter.
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| Kris Mayes | Arizona Attorney General |
Signatory.
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| Anthony G. Brown | Maryland Attorney General |
Signatory.
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| Rob Bonta | California Attorney General |
Signatory.
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| Keith Ellison | Minnesota Attorney General |
Signatory.
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| William Tong | Attorney General of Connecticut |
Signatory.
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| Letitia James | Attorney General State of New York |
Signatory.
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| Kathleen Jennings | Attorney General of the State of Delaware |
Signatory.
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| Ellen R. Rosenblum | Oregon Attorney General |
Signatory.
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| Brian Schwalb | District of Columbia Attorney General |
Signatory.
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| Michelle A. Henry | Pennsylvania Attorney General |
Signatory.
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| Anne E. Lopez | Attorney General, State of Hawai'i |
Signatory.
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| Jonathan Skrmetti | Tennessee Attorney General & Reporter |
Signatory.
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| Kwame Raoul | Illinois Attorney General |
Signatory.
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| Sean D. Reyes | Utah Attorney General |
Signatory.
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| Lynn Fitch | Attorney General, State of Mississippi |
Signatory.
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| Charity R. Clark | Attorney General State of Vermont |
Signatory.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
Defendant in the class action suit (Case No. 1:22-CV-10019).
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| U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
Court handling the case.
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| Deutsche Bank |
Mentioned for comparison regarding their settlement which did not release government claims.
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| Attorneys General Offices |
Of NM, AZ, CA, CT, DE, DC, HI, IL, MD, MN, MS, NY, OR, PA, TN, UT, VT.
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Timeline (1 events)
2023-10-19
Submission of letter by Coalition of Attorneys General objecting to settlement terms.
New York, NY
State Attorneys General
Locations (3)
| Location | Context |
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Court location in New York.
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Address of the courthouse.
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Mentioned regarding a parallel settlement with JPMorgan.
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Relationships (2)
AGs objecting to settlement terms proposed by JPM in Doe v. JPM.
Implied by the class action suit regarding trafficking facilitation.
Key Quotes (4)
"Section 1.25 releases claims that could be brought to recover damages from the Released Defendant Parties on behalf of a Member of the Class by any other party, including any sovereign or government"Source
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Quote #1
"The Doe settlement with Deutsche Bank, by contrast, does not contain the same language releasing 'any sovereign or government' claims."Source
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Quote #2
"The undersigned do not object to any other aspect of the Doe settlement and believe that Jeffrey Epstein’s surviving victims should be fully compensated for the profound harm they have suffered."Source
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Quote #3
"If broad releases of non-party state Attorneys General law enforcement actions under the TVPA seeking victim-specific relief were deemed permissible without their express consent, state Attorneys General may be deterred from bringing these important civil law enforcement actions in the future"Source
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