Paul Batista

Paul Batista

May 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Growing Exterritorial Expansion of RICO

Within months of the Supreme Court's decision in 'Yegiazaryan v. Smagin', a significant number of federal appellate courts applied the new precedent with impressive speed, thoroughness and consistency. In doing so, the Courts of Appeals have expanded the scope of RICO into terrain in which older decisions had not dared to tread.

By Paul Batista

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