A trio of industry trade groups is asking a federal appeals court to uphold a nearly century-old law that grants federal-court jurisdiction to civil lawsuits against any U.S. corporation in which claims arise from international banking or banking transactions in a U.S. territory. Last week, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, New York Bankers Association and California Bankers Association filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Bank of America in its MBS lawsuit with American International Group. AIG filed...