Topic
Extortion
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The Right Coast
Wisconsin man who triggered protest charged with extortion – StarTribune.com
MADISON, Wis. Federal prosecutors on Friday charged a Black man whose arrest triggered a violent protest in Wisconsin's capital city with extorting local businesses. Police arrested 28-year-old Devonere Johnson in…
California Employment Law Blog
Extortion in Employment: Threat to Terminate Employment May Constitute Extortion
Threat to terminate employment could be extortion.
California Employment Law Update
Threat To Terminate Employee May Constitute Extortion
By Tony Oncidi
Galeotti v. International Union of Operating Eng'rs Local No. 3, 2020 WL 2188995 (Cal. Ct. App. 2020) John Galeotti, a former business agent for the union, alleged he was wrongfully…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #239 – Hackers Know How to Embarrass You
There have been numerous examples of how hackers can get hold of sensitive and deeply personal information and use it against individuals to embarrass and extort them into sending money…
A Lawyer's Blog
CONTRACT NOT TO DISCLOSE EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR
Is a plaintiff's attempt to enforce an agreement to keep silent about an extramarital affair in exchange for money illegal? We have heard about similar cases in the news and…
Legal Profession Blog
Reputation Management Gone Bad
An attorney convicted of Class A misdemeanors has been suspended on an interim basis by the Oklahoma Supreme CourtOn October 15, 2019, Bradley A. Pistotnik pled guilty to the Information…
Birdsong's Law Blog
Weird Criminal Law Stories # 562: Fake Kidnap Ring?
NEW YORK: Fake kidnap ring busted, read the headline. It has been reported that authorities have charged three men with extorting money from dozens of people from across New York…
Grand Jury Target
The Reach of Federal Blackmail and Extortion Statutes (Part II)
By Sara Kropf
Note: This is the second part of an article that was first published in the ABA Criminal Justice magazine. By Sara Kropf In Part I of this article, we analyzed…
Grand Jury Target
The Reach of Federal Extortion and Blackmail Statutes (Part I)
By Sara Kropf
Note: This article was first published in the ABA’s Criminal Justice magazine in Summer 2019. By Sara Kropf In early February 2019, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos published an explosive blog…
CEQA Developments
CEQA Meets RICO: True Stories Of Extortion And Litigation Abuse In Tinseltown
A lawsuit filed June 10, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for California’s Central District, and conspicuously reported on last month in Law360, takes dead aim at defendants who are…