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Fifth Circuit: civil RICO class action against Southwest Airlines and Boeing cannot stand for lack of Article III injury-in-fact

Takeaway: Over two years ago, the Eastern District of Texas denied a motion to dismiss a putative civil RICO class action alleging an “overcharge-by-fraud” theory, where the class representatives ...
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E.D. Texas rules that fraudulent overcharge theory supplies standing for civil RICO class action

James Bogan III, C. Allen Garrett Jr. Takeaway: To have standing to sue in federal court, Article III of the Constitution requires an injury in fact caused by the challenged conduct. Federal RICO ...
BBC

Civil service interns must be working class, government says

The government will restrict civil service internships to students from poorer families as part of a drive from ministers to make Whitehall more working class. The main internship scheme designed to ...
Law

Civil RICO Class Action Accuses 2 Banks of Predatory Foreclosure Schemes Against Florida, Hawaii Homeowners

Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM. Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon were hit with a civil RICO class action Tuesday in Hawaii District Court. The suit, brought by attorneys Bruce Jacobs and ...