Parker Waichman LLP Comments: Court Orders Trump To Answer Racketeering Claims
The order further permits the plaintiffs to assert new RICO causes of action against individual members of the Trump Family, including Donald J. Trump and his sisters Elizabeth Trump Grau and Maryanne Trump Barry, a retired United States federal judge.
- The order further permits the plaintiffs to assert new RICO causes of action against individual members of the Trump Family, including Donald J. Trump and his sisters Elizabeth Trump Grau and Maryanne Trump Barry, a retired United States federal judge.
- To accomplish that purpose, RICO includes not only criminal penalties, but also civil cause of action for damages recognized by both state and federal courts.
- Founding partner of Parker Waichman LLP, Jerrold S. Parker, leaves no doubt that Trump will cannot dodge the class action plaintiffs' claims: "In this country, no one is above the law.
- Whether he lives in Washington D.C., Mar-a-Lago, or the five boroughs, our justice system will reach him. "