A summary of Southern California-related business litigation developments during the past week.

State Agency Files RICO Suit: The State Compensation Insurance Fund said it had filed a civil racketeering suit in U.S. District Court against a group of its former customers. The suit charges that seven Southern California labor leasing companies conspired to misrepresent their business and misreport their payrolls to reduce the cost of their workers’ compensation coverage from State Compensation, the independent state agency which is the largest workers’ compensation carrier in California.