In an audacious attempt to silence Greenpeace's constitutionally protected criticism of what the environmental protection group calls "Resolute Forest Destroyer," the logging company, Resolute Forest Products, sued Greenpeace under RICO - the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. In the suit, filed on May 31, 2016, Resolute sought CAD $100 million in economic damages and an injunction against "wrongful activity and disgorgement." With punitive damages, liability could total $300 million. To read more, click here
Thomas Jefferson School of Law Professor Emerita Marjorie Cohn's co-authored commentary published in Jurist
