64 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 252,784 times   279 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 266,697 times   365 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "
  3. Atl. Marine Constr. Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court for the W. Dist. of Tex.

    571 U.S. 49 (2013)   Cited 3,674 times   39 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the correct procedural mechanism for enforcement of an FSC specifying a foreign forum is through a motion to dismiss for FNC
  4. H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.

    492 U.S. 229 (1989)   Cited 3,622 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the continuity prong can be met by showing that related predicate offenses continued over a substantial period of time or posed a threat of continuing activity
  5. Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

    29 Cal.4th 1134 (Cal. 2003)   Cited 1,655 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiff cannot recover damages under Cal. Bus. Prof. Code § 17200 unless plaintiff has "an ownership interest in the money it seeks to recover"
  6. Turner v. Cook

    362 F.3d 1219 (9th Cir. 2004)   Cited 534 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that court judgments are not transactions under the FDCPA; a transaction under the FDCPA must involve some kind of business dealing or consensual obligation
  7. Living Designs, Inc. v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Co.

    431 F.3d 353 (9th Cir. 2005)   Cited 496 times
    Holding that the elements of a civil RICO claim include causal injury to a plaintiff's "business or property"
  8. Hana Fin., Inc. v. Hana Bank

    574 U.S. 418 (2015)   Cited 86 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Abrogating prior decisions holding this was a legal question
  9. F.D.I.C. v. O'Melveny Meyers

    969 F.2d 744 (9th Cir. 1992)   Cited 446 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding Receiver not estopped from bringing legal malpractice claim on behalf of corporation based on fraudulent acts of corporate officers
  10. Grimmett v. Brown

    75 F.3d 506 (9th Cir. 1996)   Cited 362 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding “error to equate” a situation where “the injury is speculative because it is not known whether it will occur at all” to a situation where “the injury has occurred and is known, but it is speculative whether the damages might be reduced or even eliminated by alternative recovery efforts”
  11. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 38,931 times   316 Legal Analyses
    Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"
  12. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 17,839 times   315 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices
  13. Section 1962 - Prohibited activities

    18 U.S.C. § 1962   Cited 15,878 times   60 Legal Analyses
    Specifying prohibited activities
  14. Section 1961 - Definitions

    18 U.S.C. § 1961   Cited 14,952 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Defining what the terms “person” and “enterprise” include
  15. Section 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television

    18 U.S.C. § 1343   Cited 11,950 times   170 Legal Analyses
    Barring fraudulent schemes "for obtaining money or property"
  16. Section 1956 - Laundering of monetary instruments

    18 U.S.C. § 1956   Cited 9,287 times   141 Legal Analyses
    Defining “specified unlawful activity” to include, inter alia, controlled substance violations, murder, bribery, smuggling, various forms of fraud, concealment of assets, various environmental offenses, and health care offenses
  17. Section 1952 - Interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises

    18 U.S.C. § 1952   Cited 3,261 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Making it illegal to travel in interstate commerce to further a gambling business that is illegal under applicable state law
  18. Section 78aa - Jurisdiction of offenses and suits

    15 U.S.C. § 78aa   Cited 2,325 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Granting "[t]he district courts of the United States . . . exclusive jurisdiction [over] violations of [the Exchange Act of 1934] or the rules and regulations thereunder, and of all suits in equity and actions at law brought to enforce any liability or duty created by [the Exchange Act of 1934] or the rules and regulations thereunder."
  19. Section 78dd-1 - Prohibited foreign trade practices by issuers

    15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1   Cited 141 times   118 Legal Analyses
    Making it unlawful for any securities issuer or its officer to bribe a foreign official
  20. Section 641.3 - Commercial bribery

    Cal. Pen. Code § 641.3   Cited 33 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Proscribing an "employee" from "solicit[ing], accept[ing], or agree[ing] to accept money or anything of value from a person other than his or her employer, other than in trust for the employer, corruptly and without the knowledge or consent of the employer, in return for using or agreeing to use his or her position for the benefit of that other person," or "any person" from "offer[ing] or giv[ing] an employee money or anything of value under those circumstances"