Topic
Racketeering
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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Pellicano Convicted of RICO
By Ellen Podgor
A DOJ Press Release reports that "Former private investigator Anthony Pellicano and two associates were found guilty today of federal racketeering charges for participating in a criminal enterprise in which…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Melvyn Weiss Pleads Guilty, Will Serve 18-33 months
Melvyn Weiss agreed to plead guilty to a federal racketeering charge and acknowledge that he and others concealed secret payment arrangements that Milberg Weiss had with named plaintiffs in class…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Another Labor RICO Suit
In what is becoming increasing prevalent in modern labor disputes, Cintas has filed a RICO suit against UNITE HERE, Teamsters, and Change To Win in the Southern District of New…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Tyson Foods Gains Summary Judgment in RICO Case
A federal judge threw out a long-running lawsuit under the federal racateering statute (RICO) claiming that Tyson Foods, Inc., the world's largest meat producer, hired undocumented immigrants to depress wages.…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Companies Assert RICO Claims Against Unions
Kris Maher reports in yesterday's Wall Street Journal:Employers are using laws originally aimed at organized crime to combat aggressive union organizing efforts that they claim amount to extortion.Two lawsuits filed…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Weiss Is Indicted
As expected, Melvyn Weiss was indicted, charged with conspiracy, racketeering, obstruction of justice and making false statements to a grand jury. The indictment also broadened the charges against the Milberg…
The Contingency
Federal Jury Finds Conrad Black a Blackguard
Blawgletter hasn't paid much attention to the fraud and racketeering case against Conrad Black, not least because it struck us as an unseemly but semi-ordinary example of insider avarice. Plus…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Immigration Articles
Banias, Bradley B. Comment. "Membership in a particular social group": does America comply with its international obligation? 1 Charleston L. Rev. 123-145 (2007).Gilbert, Lauren. Facing justice: ethical choices in representing…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
NOW v. Scheidler Litigation Comes to an End
The Chicago Tribune reported last week on the end of the protracted litigation in NOW v. Scheidler, in which plaintiff health care clinics alleged that anti-abortion protestors engaged in pattern…
Chicago IP Litigation
Corporate Defendant’s Former Executive Not Allowed to Intervene in Trademark/RICO Dispute
Google, Inc. v. Central Mfg. Inc., No. 07 C 385, 2007 WL 789418 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 12, 2007) (Kendall, J.). Judge Kendall denied third party Leo Stoller's motion to intervene…