The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act doesn’t give private plaintiffs a right to sue for injunctive relief, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled in an issue of first impression that has divided other circuits courts, ...

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U.S. v. Pinson (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-137-17, 40 pp.) (Per Curiam) No. 15-4311, June 19, 2017; USDC at Columbia, S.C. (Norton, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit reverses RICO conspiracy and government program theft convictions for defendant, a former ...

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Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC v. Shein (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-04-0891, 6 pp.) (Graham Mullen, J.) 3:14-cv-00137; W.D.N.C. Holding: The complaint alleges that plaintiff did not discover defendants’ fraud until January 2013. Since the 2014 complaint does not allege all the ...

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When Congress passed the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in 1970, it was chiefly intended as a way to help prosecutors take on the organized crime syndicates. But in more recent years, RICO has proved to be a ...

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CVLR Performance Horses Inc. v. Wynne (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0707, 17 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 14-1021, July 9, 2015; USDC at Lynchburg, Va. (Moon, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Two investors who allege they were victims of defendant’s fraudulent financial schemes ...

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Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC v. Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, P.C. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-04-0274, 7 pp.) (Graham Mullen, J.) 3:14-cv-00116; W.D.N.C. Holding: Plaintiffs allege a pattern of fraudulent conduct in state court systems; the court will retain jurisdiction over plaintiffs’ ...

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U.S. v. Cornell (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0253, 33 pp.) (Agee, J.) No. 13-4630, March 16, 2015; USDC at Greensboro, N.C. (Beaty, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Three members of the Latin Kings, a violent street gang operating in North Carolina, cannot ...

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McNair Law Firm’s Columbia, S.C.’s office announced on Wednesday that one of its clients was among the plaintiff class that recently settled claims for $297 million related to a RICO class-action suit against Amsterdam-based Ahold USA. The client, Thomas & King, ...

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A Raleigh law firm hired to defend an allegedly criminal scam outfit has fended off allegations that the firm itself became part of the scam by virtue of how it handled the case. The case against the firm evolved out ...

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Cullen v. Emanuel & Dunn, PLLC Plaintiffs lost a prior lawsuit and are now suing the lawyers who represented the winning side. Plaintiffs have not shown that an attorney’s acceptance of a retainer to represent a defendant in a fraud action, without more, is enough to make the attorney liable under North Carolina's Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

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