Meekins, Inc. v. Laborers' Health & Welfare Fund for Southern California

relatedness of acts established by “proof of their temporal proximity, or common goals, or similarity of methods, or repetitions” | no actual conflict or adverse effect when attorney and his firm were being investigated by the government and were allegedly unusually cooperative with the government in defendant's case | no actual conflict or adverse effect when attorney and his firm were being investigated by the government and were allegedly unusually cooperative with the government in defendant's case | "[I]f the racketeering acts were performed at the behest of an organized crime group, that fact would tend to belie any notion that the racketeering acts were sporadic or isolated." | “[I]f the racketeering acts were performed at the behest of an organized crime group, that fact would tend to belie any notion that the racketeering acts were sporadic or isolated.” | traces the meandering and ever-changing state of the law with respect to what constitutes a “pattern” of racketeering under the RICO statute