An attorney's ability to offer "sound legal advice" is a property right that can support a charge of extortion if it is taken away from him, the Second Circuit has ruled in upholding the conviction of businessman Giridhar Sekhar for threatening to spread rumors about an ex-general counsel for the New York State Comptroller's Office who made a negative recommendation about Sekhar's company.
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Blackmail Threatened Attorney's 'Property,' Circuit Concludes
New York Law Journal
July 2, 2012
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