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Firms Can t Shake RICO Suit Over Loan Scheme, Court Told
Law360 (May 12, 2021, 5:17 PM EDT) A now-defunct investment partnership urged an Illinois federal judge not to let two law firms escape civil racketeering claims it launched over their alleged roles in a fraudulent loan scheme, arguing the attorneys should be forced to answer for their conduct.
Bishop Partnership LLC argued Tuesday that U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood shouldn t let The Law office of Ray Garcia PA and Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider Grossman LLP escape its lawsuit over an alleged loan scheme involving American Enterprise Bank, because their purported services far exceeded the rendering of legal advice and constituted participation in fraudulent conduct that violated the RICO.
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Firms Can t Be Roped Into RICO Suit With Client, Judge Told
Law360 (April 7, 2021, 9:47 PM EDT) Two Florida law firms that represented American Enterprise Bank in foreclosure actions have urged an Illinois federal court to toss claims that they participated in an alleged fraudulent loan scheme, saying lawyers can t be held liable under federal racketeering law for providing legal services.
The now-defunct Bishop Partnership LLC defaulted on a nearly $1.7 million business loan from AEB to renovate condominiums in Chicago, which had been secured by Florida condominiums owned by two individual plaintiffs and used as collateral, according to filings in the case. Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider & Grossman LLP and The Law Office of Ray Garcia represented.