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Client's RICO Claim Against Lawyer Is Dismissed
A federal magistrate for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois decided that a radio talk show host failed to state a claim against his former lawyer under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO). Meier v. Musburger, 08 C 216. Popular Chicago radio personality Garry Meier and attorney Todd W. Musburger had a falling out over the handling of Meier's contract renewal talks with WLS-AM in Chicago. A state court jury found for Musburger in the lawyer's suit for fees for his representation of Meier in the renegotiation. While that case was on appeal, Meier sued Musburger and Musburger's son, a non-lawyer, in federal court. According to Meier's complaint, Musburger for many years acted as “agent and exclusive legal representative for the negotiating and drafting of [Meier's] agreements in the entertainment fields of radio and television, in exchange for a fee of five percent (5%) of the gross amount of any employment compensation and income payable to [Meier] under each such agreement.”
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