{"id":428,"date":"2020-07-28T13:18:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T17:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesslitigationtrends.com\/?p=428"},"modified":"2021-05-21T09:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T13:58:36","slug":"legal-intelligencer-civil-rico-and-proximate-cause-a-tool-for-defendants-and-challenge-for-plaintiffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-civil-rico-and-proximate-cause-a-tool-for-defendants-and-challenge-for-plaintiffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Intelligencer: Civil RICO and Proximate Cause: A Tool for Defendants and Challenge for Plaintiffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-description\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Group-1024x576-1.png\" alt=\"Diverse group of business people with arms folded\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/>A recent decision out of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan underscored the RICO \u201cproximate cause\u201d inquiry highlighting yet another, often overlooked, complexity in litigating such cases.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the July 23, 2020 edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\"><em>The Legal Intelligencer<\/em><\/a> Edward T. Kang, managing member of Kang Haggerty wrote &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/2020\/07\/23\/civil-rico-and-proximate-cause-a-tool-for-defendants-and-challenge-for-plaintiffs\/?fbclid=IwAR24vNLWUOH38_9cbgBHKTywaZhCzPlk1VO1VCFanOZWywoAzQELBfDAhe0\">Civil RICO and Proximate Cause: A Tool for Defendants and Challenge for Plaintiffs.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In March 2018, I authored a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslitigationtrends.com\/legal-intelligencer-forgotten-often-misunderstood-sections-rico\/\">column<\/a>\u00a0on civil RICO claims brought under 18 U.S.C.\u00a0Section 1962(a) and (b). In that space, I explained the complexity of those sections within RICO cases. A recent decision out of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan underscored the RICO \u201cproximate cause\u201d inquiry highlighting yet another, often overlooked, complexity in litigating such cases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-civil-rico-and-proximate-cause-a-tool-for-defendants-and-challenge-for-plaintiffs\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Legal Intelligencer: Civil RICO and Proximate Cause: A Tool for Defendants and Challenge for Plaintiffs\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent decision out of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan underscored the RICO \u201cproximate cause\u201d inquiry highlighting yet another, often overlooked, complexity in litigating such cases. In the July 23, 2020 edition of The Legal Intelligencer Edward T. 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