( January 6, 2026, 2:56 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A financial institution issued a reply brief in support of its petition for a writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme 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,” arguing that an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel was wrong to determine that the statute turns on whether the particular plaintiff would have a viable securities suit....