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For as long as labour unions have served as catalysts for the humane treatment of workers and fair wages, they have also been a target for criminal organisations that seek [...]

We often marvel at how plaintiffs' attorneys find new ways to sue businesses, including under RICO. Take for example the ever-increasing number of 'MSP' plaintiffs that we are seeing in [...]

Key Takeaways: The Supreme Court, building on its holding in RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community, held in Yegiazaryan v. Smagin that courts must apply a context-specific test when analyzing [...]

Introduction On June 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Yegiazaryan v. Smagin, No. 22 381, affirming the Ninth Circuit's holding that allowed a foreign plaintiff to [...]

On June 22, 2023, in a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Sotomayor, the United States Supreme Court held that a foreign national-holder of a foreign arbitration award, which was recognized [...]

In Part I of this series Defending RICO Claims in the Business Context, we described why a plan to defend against potential claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations [...]

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ('RICO') was enacted in 1970. Although RICO provides for both civil remedies and criminal penalties, the number of civil RICO claims far outstrips [...]

I. INTRODUCTION § 1 Scope Note 'RICO' is the acronym for the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, codified as Title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970.1 [...]

In Arunachalam v. International Business Machines Corp., the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's order imposing sanctions against plaintiff and patent owner, Dr. Arunachalam. Dr. Arunachalam sued IBM, SAP, and [...]

On May 11, 2016, the U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) created a federal remedy for trade secret misappropriation and added trade secret theft as an act that can form [...]

On September 21, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware affirmed a bankruptcy court's ruling that it had the constitutional authority to grant nonconsensual third-party releases in [...]

BrandRep, the defendant in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act putative class action lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, recently settled putative nationwide [...]

Federal prosecutors charged the head pharmacist and the president of New England Compounding Center (NECC), a now-bankrupt Massachusetts compounding pharmacy, with second-degree murder and racketeering in the U.S. District Court [...]

We are pleased to announce our schedule of webinars to take place in September to review the state of the law summarized in our World in US Courts publication. The [...]

Originally published May 2008 While many employers are now aware of the Department of Homeland Security's increased efforts to strengthen immigration-related worksite enforcement, including increased civil and criminal penalties for [...]

Co-authored by Mr Andrew H. Schapiro The Supreme Court granted certiorari in one case of potential interest to the business community. Amicus briefs in support of the petitioners are due [...]