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19 Feb 2011, 6:38 am
[JURIST] A jury in the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania [official website] reached a split decision on Friday in the corruption trial of former Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella, convicting him of 12 counts, including racketeering, money laundering and conspiracy, and acquitting him of 27 counts, including extortion. [read post]
25 Aug 2005, 2:49 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice [official website] said Wednesday that tobacco companies should be responsible for more than $140 million in US government costs associated with bringing a racketeering lawsuit against the industry for misleading the public about the health effects of smoking. [read post]
12 Mar 2009, 10:24 am
The AP (3/11, Hegeman) reported, "In a victory for news technology in federal courts, a judge is allowing a reporter to use the microblogging service Twitter to provide constant updates from a racketeering gang trial this week. [read post]
5 Jan 2018, 10:33 am
Thirty-seven-year-old Wayne Jenkins of Middle River pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Baltimore to counts including racketeering, robbery and falsifying records. [read post]
11 Jan 2007, 9:16 am
Federal prosecutors have charged Black, the former head of the newspaper chain Hollinger International, with 14 counts of criminal fraud, racketeering, obstruction of justice, money-laundering, and mail and wire fraud. [read post]
14 Dec 2021, 2:44 pm
Ravenell and illegal drug proceeds, a connection that is crucial to the government’s racketeering and conspiracy case. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 5:14 am
If my goal were to convince taxpayers that government is just a racket and not worth a dime of my hard-earned money, I don’t think I could do better than the Wisconsin political establishment has done over the past few months. [read post]
29 Sep 2004, 1:01 pm
Anthony "The Genius" Megale, alleged to be the underboss of the Gambino crime family, and 11 others were charged in a 46-count federal indictment with racketeering, extortion and illegal gambling. [read post]
26 Oct 2015, 7:25 am
By Nathan Hale Law360, Miami (October 23, 2015, 7:20 PM ET) — Takata and Honda attacked racketeering claims as part of their arguments Friday in Florida federal court urging dismissal of multidistrict litigation over defective air bags, and pointed along with other automakers to massive recall efforts to repair the millions of faulty components. [read post]
6 Mar 2021, 9:15 am
The CAFC decision also noted that patent infringement is not a predicate act for purposes of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and that “redundant, immaterial, impertinent or scandalous” matter may be... [read post]
18 Jul 2016, 8:23 pm
LLP 15-1525 Issue: Whether, where purchasers allege that a manufacturer misrepresented a drug’s safety to prescribing doctors to increase sales, the presence of the doctors breaks the causal chain—for purposes of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act causation—between the misrepresentations and the purchasers’ economic injuries. [read post]
30 Aug 2023, 9:00 am
Like many British Columbians, I was surprised at the end of last month to read about a Chilliwack couple undertaking a Ghandi-inspired hunger strike against the Pickleball courts in their neighbourhood.[1] Could the racket sport really be so disruptive that residents felt the need to engage in a public protest? [read post]
1 Nov 2023, 11:48 am
AJC: When Fulton County prosecutors announced racketeering charges against Donald Trump and 18 others in August, they said a data breach in Coffee County was part of their alleged criminal enterprise to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 2:21 am
“Salim Razaq, 31, became a ‘mob boss in police uniform’ after taking charge of a drug and money-laundering racket when his younger brother, Hafiz, was jailed for kidnapping a rival gang member during a brutal turf war. [read post]
29 Aug 2023, 11:10 am
Several of the 18 defendants charged alongside Donald Trump in the racketeering case in Georgia have signaled that they were merely doing their jobs. [read post]
1 May 2019, 1:09 pm
Lawrence Adell Sefa, 65, Fenton, Michigan has pleaded guilty today to racketeering. [read post]
18 Jul 2006, 6:49 am
Louis on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and fraud for allegedly accepting illegal sports bets online. [read post]
15 Jan 2011, 9:03 am
Edwards has been in prison since 2002 when he was sentenced to 10 years for fraud [AP report], racketeering and extortion. [read post]
20 Aug 2009, 2:59 pm
Supreme Court’s 2008-2009 term’s criminal law decisions included important, need-to-know rulings on double jeopardy, the admissibility of forensic laboratory reports, vehicle searches, prosecutorial immunity, and the scope of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. [read post]
14 Feb 2006, 3:22 am
[JURIST] Lawyers for former HealthSouth [corporate website] CEO Richard Scrushy [JURIST news archive] and former state highway director Mack Roberts filed motions Tuesday asking a federal judge to drop charges against them in connection with a racketeering scheme [JURIST report] involving former Alabama Gov. [read post]
