1.   Freeh said the FBI now has to use other laws, such as wire fraud or the racketeering statute, to pursue health care schemes.

2.   Measures common in other democracies, such as electronic surveillance and racketeering statutes, are not used in Ireland.

3.   The case raises broader questions about when the racketeering statute and other federal laws must take a back seat to state insurance regulations.

4.   The federal racketeering statutes were written to allow victims of organized crime to sue the Mafia in civil court for financial damages.

5.   The GM lawsuit accuses the defendants of violating federal racketeering statutes, federal trademark and copyright laws and Michigan fraud laws.

6.   The latest lawsuit was filed under federal racketeering statutes, which allow for actual damages to be tripled.

7.   The plaintiffs charged that the defendants had violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and other racketeering statutes by carrying out a campaign of threats and terror.

8.   The racketeering statute has been used in lawsuits pitting tenant against landlord, investor against corporation, and one party of a business contract against the other.

9.   They also criticized prosecutors for using racketeering statutes against Rich, a use of such statutes that the Justice Department later rejected.

10.   Three other members of the gang were convicted under federal racketeering statutes in May and December of last year and were given life in prison.