Shapo v. O'SHAUGHNESSY

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals may “loosen” the Rule 9 requirements in cases where discovery is needed to acquire the requisite specificity to state a claim sounding in fraud
• stating that “[w]hile the Seventh Circuit has no per se rule on how long the predicate acts must last, Midwest Grinding lists a host of cases that find the duration to be insufficient when the scheme lasted less than two years.”
• finding allegations that racketeering activity lasted seven years were sufficient to plead continuity
• a corporation acts through its agents, directors, and officers and thus is liable for their intentional torts when they are acting within the scope of their authority
• listing courts that have adopted the investment rule

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