We have significant experience handling cases that arise under the amorphously worded RICO Act. RICO stands for “Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations.” The RICO Act, as originally conceived by Congress, was intended to ensnare all gangsters and the various companies and entities that they used to launder proceeds from their gangster activities. The RICO Act was therefore cast in broad, open-ended, peculiarly worded language, which at first glance seems perplexing, if not unintelligible. Sensing an opportunity, some litigants tried to use this Act to bring ordinary business claims against their counterparties, suppliers, and commercial customers, none of whom had ever participated in any activity that even remotely resembled “gangster activity.” To redress these misuses of the Act, the federal courts have developed strict rules and complicated doctrines that govern how claims under it must be pled and proven. We can help your firm to navigate these complex waters if it seeks to assert or must oppose RICO claims.