Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, Part 1: The FSIA and Criminal Prosecutions

On Jan. 17, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, a case that raises the question whether the U.S. government can criminally prosecute corporations owned by foreign states. The petitioner, Türkiye Halk Bankasi A.Ş. (Halkbank), a corporation owned and controlled by Turkey, maintains that the federal criminal jurisdiction conferred byThis article has been indexed from Lawfare