A federal judge fined the Mongols Motorcycle Club $500,000 following its conviction in a racketeering case, but declined to strip the group of its trademark protected logos, US Attorney’s Office of Central California said.
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Friday fined the Mongols Motorcycle Club $500,000 following its conviction in a racketeering case, but declined to strip the group of its trademark protected logos, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Central California said.of its trademarked logo, citing constitutional protections against intrusions on free speech and excessive fines.
"The Mongols Motorcycle Club is very pleased that Judge Carter shut down another attempt by the government to limit symbolic speech," Stubbs, of Las Vegas, said in a phone interview Friday evening. After Carter said in February he would not strip the Mongols of its trademarked logo, prosecutors tried again, asking that the group be prohibited from preventing others from using it, which Stubbs said the judge also denied.
At trial, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher M.
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