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Racketeering
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Drug & Device Law
D. Mass. (!) Refuses to Certify Celexa/Lexapro RICO Class Action
Is there a more misused statute than RICO? Or one that more convincingly shows the weakness of the textualist position, which wads up any evidence of legislative intent and tosses…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Bulger Appeals Court Upholds Denial of Right to Argue Immunity Before Jury
What do Bill Cosby and Whitey Bulger have in common? Both have lost challenges to criminal accusations based on the claim that their prosecutions were barred because they received oral,…
Drug & Device Law
The Third Circuit Does an About-Face on RICO Claims
This post comes only from the Cozen O’Connor side of the blog. For years, many courts have treated RICO as a sprawling monster, awkwardly extending its civil reach into areas and transactions…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
The FIFA Indictments
I have been thinking about the impact of yesterday's indictment of numerous FIFA officials on the various organizations' tax statuses, both here in the United States and abroad -- particularly…
Sentencing Law and Policy
More evidence for sentencing fans that soccer can be very exciting
Main May 27, 2015More evidence for sentencing fans that soccer can be very excitingThis lengthy official Justice Department press release provides all the basic details on the sentencing and soccer…
Education Law Prof Blog
Fifth Circuit Holds that Houston School District May Not Be Sued Under RICO
The Fifth Circuit decided a novel issue in its circuit on Monday, holding that the Houston Independent School District (HISD) may not be sued under the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Judicial second-thoughts leads to greatly reduced prison sentences for cheating Atlanta school administrators
Main May 1, 2015Judicial second-thoughts leads to greatly reduced prison sentences for cheating Atlanta school administratorsAs reported here a few weeks ago, the judge presiding over the sentencing of 10…
Supplemental Conditions
Ironworkers union leader Edward Sweeney gets eight years for extortion, racketeering, arson – Philadelphia Business Journal
Local 401 business agent Edward Sweeney admitted to participating in 10 incidents of extortion or attempted extortion, including a December 2012 arson at a Chestnut Hill Quaker meetinghouse. He is…
Education Law Prof Blog
Takes on the Atlanta Cheating Trial
Yesterday, Judge Jerry Baxter, the presiding judge over the Atlanta cheating trial, berated the former educators who declined an offered (and unusual) post-trial deal in exchange for accepting responsibility. (Two…
Education Law Prof Blog
Eleven Atlanta Public School Defendants Convicted of Racketeering in Standardized Test Cheating Trial
After eight days of deliberations and five months of testimony, the verdicts in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating trial came in yesterday. The jury convicted eleven administrators and teachers and acquitted one…