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Racketeering
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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
How Long Can The Government Take to Indict?
By Ellen Podgor
In our Nov. 17th post here, we spoke of the indictment of former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell of Atlanta, Georgia. In this prior post we also spoke of a defense…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Third Circuit Rejects Commerce Clause Challenge to Hobbs Act Convictions
By Ellen Podgor
The Third Circuit issued an opinion in United States v. Urban (here) upholding the convictions of a number of former Philadelphia plumbing inspectors who were convicted of violating the Hobbs…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Round Three for Scheidler v. NOW
By Ellen Podgor
The long-running RICO lawsuit between NOW and anti-abortion activists has made it to the Supreme Court twice, with decisions in NOW v. Scheidler, 510 U.S. 249 (1994) (RICO does not…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Sports Conviction-Should this be RICO?
By Ellen Podgor
Logan Young Jr., an investment banker, was convicted of paying a high school football coach, Lynn Lang, in order to recruit a star player to the Alabama team. Find out…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Alleged College Football Pass Ends Up in Federal Court
By Ellen Podgor
The Atlanta Journal Constitution in a post here and here reports the latest in the trial of Logan Young, an Alabama booster who is being tried for racketeering in federal…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Frankel Sentenced
By Ellen Podgor
White Collar cases often mover slower than cases involving street crime, but the case of Martin Frankel moved unusually slow. But there is a reason why...According to an AP story…
California Employment Law Update
Individual Who Lost Employment Opportunities Has No RICO Claim
By Tony Oncidi
Diaz v. Gates, 380 F.3d 480 (9th Cir. 2004) David Diaz sued Daryl Gates, Willie Williams, Bernard Parks and many others, alleging violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations…
California Employment Law Update
Agricultural Workers May Sue Employers For Violation Of RICO
By Tony Oncidi
Mendoza v. Zirkle Fruit Co., 301 F.3d 1163 (9th Cir. 2002) The prospective class of legally documented agricultural workers in this case alleged that their employers had depressed their wages…