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The article features Kwok Cheung Chow or Shrimp Boy, a middle-aged former Chinese-mafia don living in San Francisco, California. Topics covered include his preparation of prison-party dishes like a dip made with smoked oysters, the difficulty faced in transitioning from gang boss to upstanding citizen and his trial on charges of racketeering, money laundering and conspiracy. Also presented is a profile of Shrimp Boy's lead lawyer J. Tony Serra.

The article offers news briefs related to legal discipline in California. Isaac Estrada Guillen was disbarred following his conviction for violating racketeering and conspiracy to laundry money. Stephen Michael Reynolds was suspended for 30 days and placed on two years of probation for failing to perform legal services and failing to respond to a client's reasonable status inquiries. Verlyn Nadell Jensen has received a public reproval following his conviction for violating Vehicle Code 23152.

The article reports on the hearings of private investigator Anthony Pellicano. He will be imprisoned at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, California for nine more months until he stands trial on 112 counts of wiretapping, identity theft, racketeering, conspiracy, witness tampering and destruction of evidence. The author mentioned that the charges could land him in prison for a decade or more.

The article reports on the investigation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Angelo T. Commito for evidences of health care scams in San Francisco, California. The investigation was conducted due to the belief of the FBI and the Labor Department's Office of Labor Racketeering that they uncovered nationwide conspiracy by mob groups and suspected bribery of labor leaders. Commito denied the allegations and the wrongdoings of his companies.

The article reports on a lawsuit filed against Doctor Kali P. Chaudhuri for the alleged fraud, corruption, and racketeering with regards to his control of millions of dollars from health maintenance organization (HMO) in California. Also, Chaudhuri and his management company, KM Strategic Management, is alleged to have cut off funds from several medical groups. According to counsel Marc P. Miles, the lawsuit seeks injunctive relief against Chaudhuri's fraud and racketeering enterprise.

Reports that police departments in Los Angeles, California has used the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) to arrest members of the Diablos motorcycle gang which has terrorized parts of Connecticut and California. Original usage of the RICO to deal with organized crime and the Mafia; How RICO makes the breaking up and arrest of gangs much easier; Social information on the establishments of a gang and its gang members. INSET: Consider this...

This article reports that a federal appeals court in San Francisco, California has reinstated a number of racketeering suits against E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. As of September 30, 2005, the company had 73 pending cases related to fungicide Benlate crop losses and alleged health damage. DuPont has paid nearly $2 billion in damages and legal costs during the 15 years involving Benlate cases.

Reports that a federal district court judge has ruled that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law can be used in lawsuits against the Los Angeles Police Department in California. Consequences of the decision; Implications of the anti-racketeering statute.

Reports the court approval on the use of federal racketeering law against Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers in California. Basis in the damages allowed by the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO); Context of the ruling of Judge William J. Rea on the RICO claim of Louie Guerrero against LAPD officers; Overview of the case.

Reports on a San Francisco, California federal jury's conviction of a group of lawyers for racketeering and mail fraud committed against insurance companies. Lawyers' manipulation of a number of insurance cases in the city; Profile on the convicted lawyers; Case background.

The article provides information regarding the illegal wiretapping and racketeering case of former Hollywood private investigator (P.I.) Anthony Pellicano. According to the author, Pellicano has served as his own lawyer during the two-month trial of his case that was expected to wrap up and was brought to the jury. He stresses that he simply gather information for his high-profile clients in exchange for money in which something every other investigator does.

The article reports on the Anthony Pellicano trial in Los Angeles, California. According to the author, Pellicano is representing himself in the charged of wiretapping and of doing illegal business by the government. Furthermore, he mentions the questioning of computer expert Donald Schmidt, about the evidence that was said to be found by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the latter's Sunset Boulevard offices in 2002.

The article reports developments on the case filed by the government against Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants charged with illegal wiretapping and racketeering in Los Angeles, California. On March 26, 2008, former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) expert Jeffrey Edwards was cross-examined on the workings of the Telesleuth software that computer programmer Kevin Kachikian allegedly created for Pellicano to record phone calls. Details of the case are discussed.

This article reports that Bill Graham Presents and its parent company Clear Channel Entertainment have shortchanged Mountain View, California, according to an independent audit. The audit lend credence to a lawsuit filed by the city in 2001, which cites accounting fraud, breach of lease, conversion, racketeering, false claims, theft of public funds and other claims relating to long-term lease to operate the Shoreline Amphitheatre and share the generated revenue.

Reports that a federal judge has given the right to doctors to seek damages from insurance companies under the federal anti-racketeering law. Complaints of physicians on the refusal of the insurance companies to permit doctors to go through procedures and to cut back payments for medical services; Lawsuit filed by the California Medical Association and individual physicians against health plans in California; List of defendants.

Editorial. Criticizes Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) inability to inability to dissociate itself from contractors that appear to be in continuing trouble. Invocation of the Federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act; Implications of MTA's loss.