Federal practice; RICO 'conduct.'

Article Abstract:

The most frequently litigated RICO provision is 18 USC 1962(c), which bars racketeering by corporate insiders. The 1993 Supreme Court ruling of Reves v. Ernst & Young, an action brought by a bankruptcy trustee against the outside auditors of the bankrupt entity, , stated that the defendant must be involved in the enterprise's operation or management. The post-Reves case law has distinguished between outsiders such as the auditor-defendants in Reves, and insiders, such as the employees of the corporation.

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Federal practice; RICO causation

Article Abstract:

The article argues that since the US Supreme Court's 1992 Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corp. ruling, the directness of the injury suffered by a RICO has been the main consideration in proximate-cause considerations. The article lists subordinate issues courts consider when ruling on this main issue and examples of cases are also briefly described.

Analysis, Proximate cause (Law)

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Federal practice; the Clinton sanction

Article Abstract:

The article covers the civil contempt of court sanction, its most famous use in Jones v Clinton to sanction Pres Bill Clinton for perjuring himself in interrogatory answers and deposition testimony, and its use in other recent cases. The law implicated in the cases is Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(b)(2)(D).

Investigations, Clinton, Bill, Testimony, Depositions, Contempt of court

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