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Torts/Personal Injury

Aug. 20, 2026

Emrani cites New York RICO loss in challenge to Uber suit

Jacob Emrani is urging a Los Angeles federal judge to reconsider allowing Uber's racketeering claims to proceed, citing a new ruling in New York that dismissed a similar RICO case against personal injury lawyers and medical providers.

Jacob Emrani is urging a Los Angeles federal judge to reconsider allowing Uber Technologies Inc.'s racketeering claims against him to proceed, pointing to a new decision dismissing a similar Uber lawsuit against personal injury lawyers and medical providers in New York.

Emrani and the Law Offices of Jacob Emrani filed a notice of supplemental authority Tuesday citing U.S. District Judge Orelia E. Merchant's Aug. 14 ruling in Uber Technologies Inc. v. Wingate, Russotti,...

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