RICO – What is it, exactly?

RICO – What is it, exactly?

RICO is short for the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a federal law passed in 1970 to fight organized crime. In a nutshell, RICO allows the federal government to charge many people for broad activities that it determines are part of an “ongoing...

Crime-Fraud Exception

A New Jersey criminal defense lawyer can explain that the attorney-client privilege protects information that you convey to him or her. However, there is an exception to this privilege. The crime-fraud exception does not allow such communication to be privileged if it...