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14 Apr 2009, 8:38 am
Earlier this month, Blagojevich was indicted [JURIST report] on 16 felony counts, including wire fraud, attempted extortion, racketeering conspiracy, extortion conspiracy, and making false [read post]
29 Dec 2007, 10:53 am
[JURIST] South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) [official website] Friday served an indictment on politician Jacob Zuma [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], charging him with corruption, fraud, money laundering and racketeering. [read post]
23 Mar 2007, 12:36 pm
In another outrageous story out of the politicized Bush Justice Department, The leader of the Justice Department team that prosecuted a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies said yesterday that Bush administration political appointees repeatedly ordered her to take steps that weakened the government's racketeering case. [read post]
18 Oct 2019, 3:38 pm
One cannot overstate the amount of fraud, racketeering and bad faith Kazan has been involved in. [read post]
31 Oct 2019, 3:00 am
The judge concluded that mootness fees were a “racket” & that the case should’ve been dismissed at the outset of the litigation. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 7:45 am
Green Building Council (USGBC), claiming among other things that USGBC lied, engaged in false advertising, and participated in racketeering [...] [read post]
25 Aug 2023, 7:36 am
NYT: House Republicans took aim on Thursday at the Georgia prosecutor bringing a sweeping felony racketeering case against former President Donald J. [read post]
23 Dec 2021, 9:41 am
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act doesn’t give private plaintiffs a right to sue for injunctive relief, the 4th U.S. [read post]
26 Jun 2004, 12:45 pm
District Judge Gladys Kessler said Friday that should the US Justice Department's $280 billion racketeering suit against major tobacco companies end in favor of he companies, she would allow an appeals court to review her decision without an appellate grant of review. [read post]
23 Jul 2010, 12:30 pm
Conahan, the former president judge of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas [official website], pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges [Citizens Voice report] for accepting more than $2.6 million in return for sentencing teenagers to two private juvenile detention facilities.... [read post]
TEN YEARS AGO ON INSTAPUNDIT: “Last year we had a panel of bigshot songwriters and entertainment la…
28 Feb 2012, 8:14 pm
In an effort to stir up some disagreement (since we had people from both the industry and the artist sides) I suggested that the record industry was vulnerable to racketeering charges. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 7:07 am
City of New York [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that the city government lacks standing under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) [text] to bring a suit against Hemi Group, which operates websites offering cigarettes for sale "tax-free [read post]
27 May 2009, 3:05 am
An overview of federal RICO law in civil casesJenner & Block"Congress passed the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) as Title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, a comprehensive legislative package aimed at combating the influence of organized crime on interstate commerce. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 1:30 am
Rita Gosselin, 58, and her husband, Richard Gosselin, 62, a fugitive couple accused of defrauding dozens of people in a massive real-estate Ponzi scheme, were each arraigned on one charge of racketeering, a 30-year felony, and five counts of obtaining money under false pretenses, a 10-year felony, before Judge James Kersten at 33rd District Court in Woodhaven, Michigan. [read post]
14 Nov 2023, 9:03 am
WaPo: The Atlanta-area prosecutor leading the criminal racketeering case against former president Donald Trump and 14 allies alleging they broke the law when they sought to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia asked the judge overseeing the case to… Continue reading The post “After Trump case video leak, Georgia prosecutor seeks emergency seal for evidence” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
6 Jan 2016, 3:30 am
Kim and others involved with Megaupload have been sought under counts of criminal copyright infringement, racketeering, conspiracy to commit money laundering as well as aiding and abetting criminal copyright infringement. [read post]
10 Aug 2004, 8:29 am
The decision comes 20 months into the 5 year, 4 month prison sentence Cianci received for a single count of racketeering conspiracy. [read post]
20 May 2015, 3:15 am
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 Act because a governmental organization cannot be shown to have the required mens rea and that the HISD had immunity... [read post]
24 Apr 2016, 11:40 am
A Federal New Jersey Judge has ruled that, PHH Mortgage Corporation must face a proposed class action lawsuit accusing it of racketeering by charging excessive amounts for insurance homeowners were forced to buy. [read post]
22 Mar 2005, 4:35 pm
[JURIST] The Justice Department and tobacco industry representatives have begun settlement negotiations in the government's racketeering case [DOJ case backgrounder] against the industry, an anonymous source involved with the case said Tuesday. [read post]
