Paul Handeen v. Gregory A. Lemaire Henry Lemaire Patricia Lemaire, Orlins & Brainerd Law Firm Richard K. Brainerd Peter I. Orlins

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• holding that summary judgment may be affirmed where plaintiff&s factual allegations, though unchallenged, fail to state claim for relief
• stating that attorneys who go beyond providing services and actively participate in the operation or management of a RICO enterprise may be liable under § 1962(c)
• observing that, “unless the repayment plan or bankruptcy court provides otherwise, the debtor retains custody of his possessions” (emphasis added)
• observing that- -“an attorney ... does not conduct an enterprise’s affairs [by providing] run-of-the-mill ... professional services”
• finding that three years of racketeering activity “was pervasive and is more than sufficient to demonstrate closed-ended continuity”
• “Furnishing a client with ordinary professional assistance, even when the client happens to be a RICO enterprise, will not normally rise to the level of participation sufficient to satisfy the Supreme Court’s pronouncements in Reves.”

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