High Court Won’t Determine If RICO Claim Can Be Brought Without Securities Claim

( January 12, 2026, 2:38 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 12 denied a financial institution’s petition for a writ of certiorari asking the court “to interpret a statutory provision that bars a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act plaintiff from ‘rely[ing] upon any conduct that would have been actionable as fraud in the purchase or sale of securities to establish’ a RICO violation.”...