{"product_id":"civil-rico-9781793130709","title":"Civil RICO","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Landmark Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Criminal Law - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIS CASEBOOK contains a selection of U. S. Court of Appeals decisions that analyze and discuss issues surrounding claims brought under 18 U.S. Code   1964 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. * * * RICO \"creates a private civil cause of action that allows '[a]ny person injured in his business or property by reason of a violation of section 1962 to sue in federal district court....\" A successful plaintiff may \"recover threefold the damages....\"RICO is implicated when defendants have engaged in a \"pattern of racketeering activity.\" That pattern consists of certain statutorily defined predicate acts \"encompass[ing] dozens of state and federal offenses\" \"that together demonstrate the existence or threat of continued criminal activity.\" The statute \"sets forth four specific prohibitions aimed at different ways in which a pattern of racketeering activity may be used to infiltrate, control, or operate a[n] enterprise['s]\" criminal misconduct. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants violated two of those prohibitions -    1962(c) and (d). Section 1962(c) proscribes participating in the conduct of an interstate enterprise's affairs through a \"pattern of racketeering activity,\" which RICO defines as \"at least two acts of racketeering activity.\" Section 1962(d) makes it unlawful to conspire to violate subsections (a) through (c).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45532459106455,"sku":"9781793130709","price":3172.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781793130709.webp?v=1767897621","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/civil-rico-9781793130709","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}