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Racketeering
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Legal Profession Blog
Mexican Mafia Attorney Disbarred
From the February 2011 California Bar Journal:[An attorney] was disbarred Dec. 9, 2010, and was ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court.[The attorney] pleaded guilty…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Infamous 93-year-old crime boss gets eight-year federal sentencing
Main January 14, 2011Infamous 93-year-old crime boss gets eight-year federal sentencingAs detailed in this New York Daily News piece, "Colombo underboss John (Sonny) Franzese could be out prison for his…
South Carolina Nursing Home Blog
Care One, LLC
By Ray Mullman
NorthJersey.com had an interesting article on CareOne, LLC which owns and operates dozens of nursing homes in New Jersey. There have been multiple lawsuits and allegations of kickbacks, theft and…
Litigation & Trial
E.D.Pa. Refuses To Dismiss RICO Act Claims Against Title Insurers On Enterprise “Distinctiveness” Grounds
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") is not all that complicated. Section 1962(c) provides: It shall be unlawful for any person employed by or associated with any enterprise…
The Contingency
RICO Tax Case Loses in Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court took aim today at "the troubling specter of turning RICO into a tax collection statute." Hemi Group LLC v. City of New York, No. 08-969, slip op. at 13…
NC Legal Landscapes
Of Bribery, Extortion and Racketeering
By Tom Terrell
Earlier this week I wrote about ethics laws affecting local governing boards. On Friday I was in Raleigh where the News & Observer ran the front page banner headline…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Did federal sentencing of CEO of BetonSports have an over/under?
Main January 9, 2010Did federal sentencing of CEO of BetonSports have an over/under?This new Wired story, which is headlined "Online Gambling Boss Gets 33-Month Sentence," accounts for the cheeky title…
Litigation & Trial
Blackwater Settles Iraqi Racketeering, Alien Tort Statute and War Crimes Act Claims
JURIST Paper Chase reports: US security firm Blackwater [JURIST news archive] on Wednesday reached a settlement agreement in seven federal lawsuits filed by Iraqi citizens. The suits claimed that Blackwater,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Crooked state juve judges indicted now on federal racketeering charges
Main September 10, 2009Crooked state juve judges indicted now on federal racketeering chargesThis new piece from the Legal Intelligencer, which is headlined "Pa. Judges in Corruption Scandal Indicted for Racketeering,"…
The Contingency
Supremes Refuse to Cabin RICO, Reject “Structure” as Limit
The Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act has waxed and waned since Congress passed it, and President Richard Nixon signed it, in 1970 -- at least for the treble-damages civil cases…