Course Overview
Understand RICO's mandatory damages multiplier framework.
Analyze business or property injury thresholds.
Apply direct relationship tests to claims.
Identify limiting principles for dispositive motions.
Course Overview
Understand RICO's mandatory damages multiplier framework.
Analyze business or property injury thresholds.
Apply direct relationship tests to claims.
Identify limiting principles for dispositive motions.
Why Attend
Agenda
Session 1
Treble Damages: Origins, Purpose, and Statutory Frameworks
Session 2
RICO Statutory Text and Pre-Horn Circuit Precedents
Session 3
Medical Marijuana v. Horn: Facts and Procedure
Session 4
Supreme Court Horn Opinion Analysis and Reasoning
Session 5
Break
Session 6
Implications for Personal Injury and Product Liability
Session 7
Strategic Considerations for Plaintiffs' Counsel Post-Horn
Session 8
Defensive Strategies for RICO Respondents After Horn
Session 9
Hypotheticals and Interactive Breakout Discussion Exercises
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm EST
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Troutman Pepper Locke
This session explores the foundational rationale behind treble damages, including deterrence, punitive incentives, and the ‘private attorney general’ concept. Participants will examine key statutory regimes—RICO, Clayton Act, and state analogues—while learning how treble damages interact with standard tort remedies and the distinctions between compensatory and punitive components.
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1:15 pm - 1:30 pm EST
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Troutman Pepper Locke
This session analyzes the civil RICO provision under 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c) and its ‘business or property’ injury requirement. Participants will examine the pre-Horn circuit split, with some circuits rejecting and others allowing recovery for economic losses flowing from personal injuries, and critique the ‘antecedent personal injury bar’ doctrine.
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1:30 pm - 1:45 pm EST
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Troutman Pepper Locke
This session details the Horn case background: a truck driver’s use of CBD products marketed as THC-free, his subsequent positive drug test, and resulting job loss. Participants will trace the procedural history from district court through the Second Circuit reversal and examine the specific question presented to the Supreme Court.
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1:45 pm - 2:00 pm EST
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Troutman Pepper Locke
This session dissects Justice Barrett’s majority opinion rejecting the categorical antecedent-injury bar and its textual analysis of ‘injured in business or property.’ Participants will examine what the Court left unresolved, Justice Jackson’s concurrence, and the dissents from Justices Thomas and Kavanaugh warning of federalized tort expansion.
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Troutman Pepper Locke
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm EST
Winston & Strawn LLP
Troutman Pepper Locke
A brief intermission allowing participants to refresh before diving into the practical implications and strategic applications of the Horn decision. Use this time to review notes and prepare questions for the remaining sessions.
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Troutman Pepper Locke
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm EST
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Troutman Pepper Locke
This session explores how Horn expands RICO’s reach into personal injury litigation, including scenarios involving misrepresentation, defective products, and toxic torts. Participants will identify which harms remain outside RICO’s scope and learn how to navigate interactions with parallel tort claims while avoiding double recovery.
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Troutman Pepper Locke
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm EST
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Troutman Pepper Locke
This session provides plaintiffs’ attorneys with practical guidance on when to plead RICO claims alongside traditional torts and how to structure arguments for maximum causal linkage. Participants will learn strategies for selecting predicates, proving pattern requirements, conducting enterprise-focused discovery, and leveraging treble exposure in settlement negotiations.
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Troutman Pepper Locke
2:50 pm - 3:00 pm EST
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Troutman Pepper Locke
This session equips defense counsel with tools to attack proximate cause, challenge ‘business or property’ characterizations, and pursue early dismissal through Rule 12 or summary judgment motions. Participants will explore strategies for limiting damages exposure through bifurcation and addressing insurance and indemnity allocation issues.
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Troutman Pepper Locke
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm EST
Winston & Strawn LLP
Troutman Pepper Locke
This interactive session presents three borderline fact patterns—supplement injuries, prescription drug misprescription, and industrial accidents with misleading disclosures—for group analysis. Participants will debate which hypotheticals should support treble claims under Horn and practice drafting and defending such claims.
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SESSION I
Deposing trucking company personnel…
SESSION II
Defending the Company. Effective Deposition …
SESSION III
Defending the Company. Effective Deposition …
SESSION IV
Defending the Company. Effective Deposition …
2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
In trucking accident litigation, plaintiff attorneys must strategically depose key company personnel to uncover negligence, regulatory violations, and systemic misconduct.
This session provides practical deposition strategies to hold carriers accountable and maximize case value. From frontline drivers to senior executives, attendees will learn how to ask precise questions that expose operational lapses, reveal liability patterns, and strengthen plaintiff claims.
Participants will gain tools to challenge unsafe company cultures, evaluate inadequate training and hiring, and document compliance gaps that often lead to catastrophic incidents.
2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
In trucking accident litigation, plaintiff attorneys must strategically depose key company personnel to uncover negligence, regulatory violations, and systemic misconduct.
This session provides practical deposition strategies to hold carriers accountable and maximize case value. From frontline drivers to senior executives, attendees will learn how to ask precise questions that expose operational lapses, reveal liability patterns, and strengthen plaintiff claims.
Participants will gain tools to challenge unsafe company cultures, evaluate inadequate training and hiring, and document compliance gaps that often lead to catastrophic incidents.
2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
In trucking accident litigation, plaintiff attorneys must strategically depose key company personnel to uncover negligence, regulatory violations, and systemic misconduct.
This session provides practical deposition strategies to hold carriers accountable and maximize case value. From frontline drivers to senior executives, attendees will learn how to ask precise questions that expose operational lapses, reveal liability patterns, and strengthen plaintiff claims.
Participants will gain tools to challenge unsafe company cultures, evaluate inadequate training and hiring, and document compliance gaps that often lead to catastrophic incidents.
2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
In trucking accident litigation, plaintiff attorneys must strategically depose key company personnel to uncover negligence, regulatory violations, and systemic misconduct.
This session provides practical deposition strategies to hold carriers accountable and maximize case value. From frontline drivers to senior executives, attendees will learn how to ask precise questions that expose operational lapses, reveal liability patterns, and strengthen plaintiff claims.
Participants will gain tools to challenge unsafe company cultures, evaluate inadequate training and hiring, and document compliance gaps that often lead to catastrophic incidents.
Attorneys will learn how the Supreme Court's Horn decision rejected the antecedent personal injury bar, allowing RICO plaintiffs to recover treble damages for business losses deriving from personal injuries.
Attorneys will gain strategic considerations for pleading directness requirements, challenging causation, selecting damages categories, and navigating forum selection in post-Horn RICO litigation.
Attorneys will learn how the Supreme Court's Horn decision rejected the antecedent personal injury bar, allowing RICO plaintiffs to recover treble damages for business losses deriving from personal injuries.
Attorneys will gain strategic considerations for pleading directness requirements, challenging causation, selecting damages categories, and navigating forum selection in post-Horn RICO litigation.
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speakers
A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.
Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024). He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.
A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.
Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024). He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.
A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.
Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024). He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.
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Sarah focuses her practice on product liability matters, mass tort cases, and other complex commercial disputes. She is recognized as a ‘One to Watch’ and ‘Key Lawyer’ in product liability and mass tort defense, with extensive experience managing complex, high-profile cases for major U.S. and international corporations.
Winston & Strawn LLP
Sarah focuses her practice on product liability matters, mass tort cases, and other complex commercial disputes. She is recognized as a ‘One to Watch’ and ‘Key Lawyer’ in product liability and mass tort defense, with extensive experience managing complex, high-profile cases for major U.S. and international corporations.
Troutman Pepper Locke
Cal is an experienced trial attorney who represents clients in complex civil, white-collar criminal, and RICO litigation matters and state and federal government investigations. He is uniquely positioned to handle litigation involving RICO with extensive experience defending businesses and individuals across a broad spectrum of industries.
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Date / Time: December 11, 2025
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2026-03-30 14:00:00
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The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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