Sentences with word «racketeering»

Williams and 10 other former Atlanta Public Schools educators were convicted of racketeering charges.

· In the same way as they refuse contributions from organized crime, political parties and all candidates for office should publicly kick the addiction to tobacco money — an industry which has been convicted of racketeering in federal court.

The plaintiffs claimed that Hartford violated federal racketeering law by developing a scheme to buy the annuities from its Hartford Life affiliate without notifying the claimants, and then setting the prices so that Hartford withheld 15 % of the value of the structured portion of settlements.

With the latest fixation on using racketeering laws to persecute companies and organization siding with skeptic climate scientists, a fourth talking point could be added, «when deniers persist with their industry - bought and orchestrated lies, they should be charged with crimes against humanity.»

Ramos faces charges of racketeering conspiracy, also known as RICO conspiracy, and conspiracy to aid the distribution of narcotics.

The agency pointed to a federal racketeering case against plaintiffs» counsel in mass - tort litigation.

While Bulger «informed» the bureau of his enemy's dealings, the FBI, and agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) in particular, almost turned a blind - eye to the horrific criminal activities that he was undertaking, which included racketeering, money laundering, extortion, and multiple murders.

The federal racketeering trial of James «Whitey» Bulger kicks off today in U.S. District Court in Boston.

The federal indictment charges the five men with racketeering conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs as well as conspiracy to aid and abet the distribution of narcotics.

The questionable rationale for the subpoena comes from the legal attempt to attack ExxonMobil using civil racketeering statutes, likening the petroleum company's use of climate data it collected to the tobacco industry's suppression of cancer data.

Some have urged federal regulators to prosecute oil companies under racketeering charges, as the Department of Justice did in 1999 in a case against Philip Morris and other major tobacco brands.

He found them unconcerned about the unorganized poor, too wedded to promoting only self - interest when organizing, and too ready to wink at racketeering within their ranks.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the State Farm case are pursuing a separate case in federal court alleging that State Farm's involvement in his campaign amounted to a «racketeering enterprise» that conspired to funnel more than $ 4 million to elect Karmeier in 2004.

Mr Mensah was suspended together with the Deputy Sports Minister for their roles in the visa racketeering scandal that has left the country embarrassed.

Mr. Rich has represented clients in, among other civil and commercial matters, breach of contract actions, business torts cases, bankruptcy and adversary proceedings, civil racketeering actions, oppressed minority shareholder disputes, product liability litigation, franchisor - franchisee litigation, qui tam...

A newly filed racketeering lawsuit claims several law firms, including K&L Gates and BCL Burton Copeland, were key participants in an alleged scheme to cover up widespread sexual misconduct by disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

CHICAGO (Legal Newsline)- A company that frequently finds itself targeted by asbestos attorneys is taking the reins on racketeering claims that allege those lawyers manipulated the system to unfairly drive up the costs of settlements and verdicts.

The charges range from racketeering to conspiracy to mail and wire fraud.

Bello said that Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) had been able to dislodge a land racketeering group that used to operate in Area 11, near the Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS) head office.

Three top management members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have been accused of involving in contract racketeering of N14 Billion naira projects.

NEW YORK — A Bronx restaurateur ordered his associate in an organized crime ring to break the knees of a panhandler supposedly bothering people near his eatery as part of a massive racketeering conspiracy, according to a federal court indictment.

Oh and let's not forget the recent allegations of RACKETEERING going on in the idie game scene.

Ringling countersued, bringing racketeering allegations against the plaintiffs for paying its co-plaintiff.

There needs to be a RICO investigation into climate racketeering by the White House and government agencies who work for the White House.

Ekonomou is a member of The Lambros Firm, a boutique firm in Atlanta, which mostly handles civil and criminal racketeering cases for D.A.s around the state.

If there's any plaintiff's law firm in America that should know racketeering when it sees it, it's Cohen Milstein.

Americans, the CENTURY said, have been too quick to condemn racketeering, «the poor boy's easy road to quick wealth,» while ignoring ways «the son of a comfortable home seeks to make his pile and make it quickly» (August 6, 1930).

FTSE only rallying because of hedge funds playing games, government QE, stockmarket racketeering, companies (esp banks) issuing debt and buying back stock.

Defendants named in a $ 4 million federal racketeering suit brought by Islip Town over the illegal dumping at Roberto Clemente Park in Brentwood argued that a federal judge should dismiss the complaints against them.

At his fall, he was accused of all sort of heinous crimes — poultry racketeering, a killer squad to bump off political enemies, real or phantom, and gubernatorial fascism Ekiti never knew; and again unlikely to know.

The President reiterated the determination of his administration to stop all forms of fraud in the country, noting that security agencies had been alerted to apprehend persons engaged in currency racketeering in the country.

Social media footsoldiers of the ruling New Patriotic Party government have, in the past few days been circulating a story from a fake news website which alleges that the former Chief of Staff has been banned from travelling to seven western countries because of his involvement in visa racketeering while he was the Chief of Staff.

He worked as a trial prosecutor and later as chief of the labor racketeering unit and the rackets bureau, where he handled organized crime cases.

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Olive racketeering has been going on for quite a while to some extent.

To extricate herself, she calls upon ethical lawyer and general stand - up guy Charlie Jaffey (Idris Elba) as the Feds seek to rope her into a larger racketeering charge even after she's lost all her money and left that life behind her.