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Meghann Cuniff is a reporter and editor based in Southern California. A graduate of the University of Oregon, she worked at The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, and the Idaho Statesman in Boise, Idaho, before moving to California in 2013 to work at the Orange County Register. She spent four years as a litigation reporter for the Los Angeles Daily Journal and has written for Los Angeles Magazine, Bloomberg Law, ABA Journal, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Forward, Los Angeles Business Journal and the Laguna Beach Independent. Email her at [email protected]. Twitter: @meghanncuniff
September 17, 2021 | Legaltech News
Matthew Gatrel's website DownThem.org allowed paid subscribers to launch attacks while AmpNode.com hosted servers for customers that could be preconfigured with attack scripts and vulnerable websites that could amplify the effort through simultaneous attacks.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
4 minute read
September 10, 2021 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman on Thursday rejected a bid by Michael Avenatti to halt DOJ review of a newly accessed iPad in his wire fraud case involving ex-client Stormy Daniels. Distinguishing the case from the recent mistrial in California, the judge dismissed an oft-cited Fourth Circuit opinion criticizing the DOJ's privilege-review teams and said courts in his Second Circuit "have long blessed such procedures."
By Meghann M. Cuniff
10 minute read
September 9, 2021 | The Recorder
Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge since 2016, and Hernán Vera, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge since 2020, are tapped for the Central District of California, and Jennifer Thurston, a U.S. magistrate judge since 2009, is nominated for the Eastern District of California.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
6 minute read
August 24, 2021 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna said not having the data before trial denied Avenatti the opportunity to craft an overall case theory and incorporate the information into his opening statement and his witness exams.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
10 minute read
August 20, 2021 | The Recorder
Avenatti has a mistrial motion pending related to prosecutors' failure to disclose the data to him, and the judge said he can't move forward without determining what information, if any, exists.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
5 minute read
August 13, 2021 | The Recorder
In an unusual pro se defense, Avenatti is working to establish both his national prominence and his friendly relationships with his clients as a way of discrediting small details from prosecutors who have cast him as thieving and his clients as slowly suspicious.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
7 minute read
August 9, 2021 | The Recorder
The stipulation said attorneys for the law firm and plaintiff CashCall Inc. have "reached a settlement in principle."
By Meghann M. Cuniff
2 minute read
August 2, 2021 | The Recorder
"Did you ever authorize the defendant to use your settlement money to buy a private plane?" Assistant U.S. Attorney Brett Sagel asked as his final question.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
8 minute read
July 30, 2021 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge James V. Selna agreed prosecutors were entitled to explain the purpose of government meetings with Avenatti's paralegal after the pro se defendant questioned her about them in cross-examination.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
6 minute read
July 29, 2021 | The Recorder
Avenatti's lawyering is so central to the criminal case against him that trial testimony so far also is testing the divide between crimes and malpractice.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
6 minute read
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