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USA v. Avenatti

  1. January 14, 2020

    Avenatti Loses Bid To Delay Nike Extortion Trial

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday refused to delay the trial for celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti over accusations that he defrauded a client as he plotted to extort millions of dollars from Nike Inc., brushing aside defense claims of being sandbagged by a document dump on the eve of trial.

  2. January 09, 2020

    Avenatti Must Face Fraud Charge At Upcoming Nike Trial

    Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti must face a charge that he defrauded his client in the process of allegedly attempting to squeeze $20 million out of Nike in exchange for keeping quiet about the company's payments to student-athletes, a New York federal judge ruled in a motion filed Thursday.

  3. January 06, 2020

    Avenatti Can't Escape Extortion Charges In Nike Case

    A New York federal judge on Monday rejected Michael Avenatti's request to dismiss charges that he attempted to extort Nike for $20 million, saying the indictment clearly lays out how the embattled attorney threatened to release information about the company paying student-athletes for his own benefit.

  4. January 03, 2020

    Avenatti Spars With Nike Over Evidence Ahead Of Trial

    Less than three weeks before embattled celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti faces trial on charges he attempted to extort Nike out of $20 million, the parties continue to trade motions over evidence, including whether prosecutors can offer evidence of Avenatti's finances and whether he can call certain Nike employees to testify.

  5. January 01, 2020

    Opioid, Theranos Cases Among Key Trials To Watch In 2020

    Another showdown between municipalities and the opioid industry, more product liability cases over Roundup weedkiller, and high-stakes criminal proceedings for attorney Michael Avenatti and Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes are sure to make headlines in the new year. Here, Law360 previews some of the more intriguing and significant trials expected in 2020.

  6. December 19, 2019

    The Biggest White Collar Cases Of 2019

    From men on the periphery of a presidential scandal to rich parents bribing their kids' way into college, 2019 was rife with headline-grabbing white collar cases, even while prosecutors suffered defeat in some of their most complicated fraud trials. Here, Law360 looks back at a few of the biggest white collar rulings of 2019.

  7. December 17, 2019

    Avenatti Denies Revamped Indictment In Nike Extortion Case

    Embattled celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti on Tuesday pled not guilty to a superseding indictment accusing him of defrauding a client as he plotted to extort millions of dollars from Nike Inc.

  8. December 11, 2019

    Avenatti Wants Settlement Talks Out Of Nike Extortion Trial

    Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti wants to keep jurors from hearing any details about the high-stakes settlement negotiations with Nike's lawyers that prosecutors say crossed the line into extortion, a request that strikes at the heart of a criminal trial scheduled to begin next month.

  9. November 25, 2019

    Avenatti Attack On Fraud Charge Is 'Hyperbole,' Gov't Says

    Michael Avenatti ignores the "unmistakable" wording of an allegation that he defrauded a client as he plotted to extort millions from Nike Inc., the federal government has told a New York judge, hoping to knock down the lawyer's arguments that the indictment against him is flawed because it doesn't use the word "bribe."

  10. November 18, 2019

    Avenatti Says Feds Want To Police Atty Negotiations

    Manhattan prosecutors are making a "disturbing" attempt to dictate when and how lawyers communicate with their clients amid "fluid" settlement talks, attorney Michael Avenatti told a New York federal court Friday in a request to dismiss a wire fraud charge.

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