Virtual
New York City partners Ellen Greiper and Eugene Boulé will present “How the Recent RICO Complaints Change the Defense Landscape and What Insurance Companies Need to Do,” a Wilson Elser Forum webinar, on April 30, 2024. This webinar will focus on the implications of plaintiffs increasingly using civil RICO charges to pursue racketeering allegations against attorneys, doctors and other medical providers with varying degrees of success.
Defendants are refusing to testify during the pendency of these RICO actions, resulting in juries being disbanded or mistrials declared in existing matters. Importantly, a trend toward widespread fraudulent RICO claims is emerging, and numerous plaintiffs’ law firms have been identified as bad actors in this regard.
This webinar will explain the protocols our teams are using to assert counterclaims and present affirmative defenses, resulting in motions brought by plaintiffs’ counsel to withdraw their representations. Other discovery, motion and trial strategies will be discussed to create a template for carriers to defend themselves against these fraudulent claims.