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The Rico Trend In Class Action Warfare, Briana Lynn Rosenbaum
The Rico Trend In Class Action Warfare, Briana Lynn Rosenbaum
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Aggregate litigation, including class actions and mass actions, have been under attack for decades. Recent Supreme Court cases have further weakened class actions, and the current Congress is considering numerous aggregate litigation and tort reform efforts. Recently, defendants in aggregate litigation have employed an additional tactic by filing civil RICO cases against plaintiffs’ counsel. In a number of these cases, defendants’ primarily allegation is that plaintiffs’ counsel are fraudulently inflating the value of lawsuits by filing baseless lawsuits as part of aggregate litigation. In some of these cases, the predicate acts consist solely of litigation filings: the filing of complaints …
Employment Discrimination: Recent Developments In The Supreme Court (Symposium: The Supreme Court And Local Government Law, 1993-1994 Term), Eileen Kaufman
Employment Discrimination: Recent Developments In The Supreme Court (Symposium: The Supreme Court And Local Government Law, 1993-1994 Term), Eileen Kaufman
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Money Laundering: Business Beware, Larry D. Thompson
Money Laundering: Business Beware, Larry D. Thompson
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This Article examines the constitutionality of the Anti-Money Laundering Statutes. Specifically, the Article stresses that the Anti-Money Laundering Statutes, like RICO, are unconstitutionally vague and overbroad when applied to routine business transactions. Accordingly, Part II summarizes the void for vagueness and overbreadth doctrines. Part III sets forth the elements of the Anti-Money Laundering Statutes and then examines these elements under both doctrines. Part IV discusses how the lack of guidelines and, in some cases, the lack of prosecutorial discretion exacerbates the problems of vagueness and overbreadth. The Article concludes with the suggestion that guidelines similar to those adopted for RICO …