RICO, Fraud, Breach of Contract

RICO class actions in the employment context – Georgia federal court denies motion to dismiss Georgia RICO claim based on...

Kilpatrick on 1/31/2025

Takeaway: A civil RICO claim – especially one framed as a putative class action – can be a powerful cause of action, given the civil remedies for RICO violations, which include treble damages and mandatory fee-shifting. ...more

The Mystery Continues: IUL Proprietary Indices Challenged in RICO Suit

Carlton Fields on 1/27/2025

Since the enactment of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, it has been invoked in civil litigation with mixed results. Congress did not intend for RICO to become a surrogate for plaintiffs’ state...more

Renewable Energy Production: U.S. District Court Addresses Dispute Involving Development Agreement

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/12/2019

A United States District Court (Rhode Island) (“Court”) addressed in a November 6th Order a procedural motion associated with a dispute regarding parties who had entered into a series of agreements to develop renewable energy...more

Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Insurer’s Fraud and Racketeering Claims Against Premium Financer

Carlton Fields on 12/19/2018

The Eleventh Circuit recently addressed the legal viability of federal racketeering, fraud, and declaratory relief claims by Sun Life against a premium finance company arising out of an alleged STOLI scheme, as well as the...more

Interesting and Useful Cases in Torts and Insurance - February and early March in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Maynard Nexsen on 5/21/2018

Nexsen Pruet attorney Marc Manos, a member of the SC Bar Torts and Insurance Practice Section Council, sheds light on a few recent cases from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, focused in the area of Torts & Insurance. ...more

CAFA’s Local Controversy Exception Requires Class Claims Against Local Defendant

Carlton Fields on 4/10/2018

As we previously reported, in September 2017, a federal district court in Louisiana dismissed with prejudice as time-barred putative class action RICO and state racketeering claims related to alleged wrongful conduct by an...more

Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin | October 2017

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 10/26/2017

The use of beauty products is “an understudied source of environmental chemical exposures” with a disparate effect on women of color, George Washington University and Occidental College researchers argue. Ami R. Zota, et al.,...more

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