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Second Circuit Review: Litigation Activity in a Single Lawsuit is No Basis for Civil RICO Claim
June 22, 2018 Download PDF
Litigation partners Martin Flumenbaum and Brad Karp’s latest Second Circuit Review column, “Litigation Activity in a Single Lawsuit is No Basis for Civil RICO Claim,” appeared in the June 18 issue of the New York Law Journal. The authors look at the recent decision holding that one frivolous, fraudulent or baseless lawsuit cannot constitute a viable RICO predicate act of racketeering activity. Litigation associate Nairuby Beckles assisted in the preparation of this article.