Topic
Racketeering
148 published works
Zalma on Insurance
RICO Suit Against Law Firm & Health Care Pros Fails
By Barry Zalma
UBER AND FEDEX FIGHT FRAUD Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is Designed to Defeat Fraud Perpetrators In Uber Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Simon & Simon P.C., et…
Florida Eminent Domain Law Blog
Civil RICO Claims Between Florida Businesses: How Companies Defend Them
Civil RICO claims turn a business dispute into a racketeering lawsuit, with treble damages and attorney’s fees on the table. When another Florida company sues you under Florida’s Civil Remedies…
California Appellate Report
Turrey v. Vervent (9th Cir. – Aug. 12, 2026)
By Shaun Martin
This is an opinion about accrual dates for RICO violations, but what's somewhat (very marginally) strange about it is that it seems like Judge Mendoza is deliberately writing the opinion…
Zalma on Insurance
Insurers & The Government Work Together to Defeat Fraud
By Barry Zalma
Insurer Fights Back Against No-Fault Clinic Mills Fraud Doesn’t Pay When Insurers Fight Back Post number 5353 ISSUE: Whether State Farm was entitled to a preliminary injunction staying pending no-fault…
Drug & Device Law
EDPA Dismisses Acthar RICO/Antitrust/Fraud Case
At the DDL blog we unashamedly confess our biases. Foremost among those biases is that we walk the defense side of the street. Another inescapable bias, at least for this…
Commercial Case Notes
RICO Claim Dismissed for Failure Adequately to Allege a RICO Enterprise
By John Lundin
On January 5, 2026, Justice Masley of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Bank of India, N.Y. Branch v. Anaya Gems, Inc., 2026 NY Slip Op.…
FCPA Professor
Checking In On The Firtash Enforcement Action
By Mike Koehler
In April 2014, the DOJ announced the unsealing of a criminal indictment charging six individuals “with participating in an alleged international racketeering conspiracy involving bribes of state and central government…
Criminal Jurisdiction
Federal RICO Charges: Understanding Racketeering Defense Strategies
By John Floyd
Federal RICO charges rank among the most serious in the U.S. criminal justice system. Enacted in 1970 to combat organized crime, RICO now covers a wide array of criminal networks,…
Religion Clause
10th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Fraud Claims Against LDS Church
In Gaddy v. The Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (10th Cir., Aug. 26, 2025), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed…
The Blunt Truth®
THC Found in CBD Tincture ‘Sparks’ Statutory Debate: SCOTUS Permits Fired Employee To Sue Cannabis Businesses Under CIVIL RICO Law
By Elliot Fink, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Anthony Califano
In Medical Marijuana, Inc. et al v. Horn, 604 U.S. ___ (2025), the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) engaged in a lively statutory interpretation debate over the reach…