Circuit upheld U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler's ruling in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, case, which found the tobacco industry guilty of engaging in a decades-long conspiracy to defraud the American public about the health risks of tobacco.

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As a typically self-denigrating joke goes, the difference between a Ukrainian racketeer and a Russian one is that the Ukrainian has no money.

ECONOMIST: Ukraine

These three mild suburban guys strike it rich only after Rock assumes the identity of a jailed racketeer and dubs his group CB4 (for Cell Block Four).

NEWYORKER: CB4

This farce about a Prohibition racketeer named Snaps Provolone (Sylvester Stallone) is the kind of film in which an accountant named Little Anthony (Vincent Spano) is sure to drive an Imperial.

NEWYORKER: Oscar

What do a miserly duck, a 370-year-old vampire, and a Jazz-age racketeer have in common?

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The original RICO complaint now on appeal, filed on behalf of four of the five current plaintiffs, identifies CAIR as a racketeering enterprise under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), which is a criminal racketeering statute that allows victims to sue defendants in civil court.

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The two companies are now faced with a class-action lawsuit arguing that a joint venture between them violated the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly known as RICO.

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Along the way, she falls in love with one of the participants, Michel (Carlo Brandt), a hard-nosed, tenderhearted small-time racketeer who is soon to be released.

NEWYORKER: Free Hands