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NY Law Firm Cancels DirecTV Subscriber s NJ RICO Claim
Law360 (January 20, 2021, 1:40 PM EST) A New York law firm on Wednesday escaped a beauty salon owner s New Jersey Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act claim over an alleged plot to extort money from her over purportedly unauthorized DirecTV services, with a New Jersey federal judge saying the woman didn t pay anything to the firm.
In granting summary judgment motions from Lonstein Law Office PC and related defendants, U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp found that plaintiff Angela Joaquin s claim fell short because she has not been injured under the NJRICO statute, noting that she neither made any payments to the defendants nor incurred any legal.