Indian hands behind pincer move on BNP Paribas

The case against French banking giant BNP Paribas, which it settled for a record $8.9 billion this week, started with a mourning father's resolve to get justice for his daughter. Stephen Flatow had sued Iran, holding it responsible for a bombing in Gaza that killed his daughter in 1995. A federal court ordered him compensation, but Iran never paid. Flatow, a New Jersey lawyer, then filed a ...