Kang Haggerty News
In the April 17, 2025 edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Edward T. Kang writes, “Civil RICO Gets Personal—Supreme Court Allows Recovery of Economic Harm Deriving From Personal Injury.”
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Medical Marijuana v. Horn expands the reach of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), clarifying that injuries to business or property that derive from personal injuries may, under some circumstances, constitute a compensable injury. Historically, courts have read RICO’s civil enforcement provisions narrowly, excluding economic losses deriving from personal injury. Horn reverses this trend, opening new possibilities for plaintiffs for recovery.
Beyond the substantive legal matters at issue, one procedural aspect of the trial has also generated significant attention; namely, that the entire proceeding was livestreamed for the public. We discuss below the pros and cons of such coverage, the history of recording devices in courtrooms, as well as provide recommendations for balancing the countervailing concerns at issue.