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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 15, 2021 | The Recorder
Senior U.S. District Judge James Selna scheduled another status conference Monday to discuss the data that still needs to be given to Avenatti, but the judge also made clear the Nov. 2 retrial date is not going to change.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
5 minute read
September 13, 2021 | The Recorder
A new complaint accuses Eagan and his solo practice of accepting money from Avenatti between 2014 and 2016 that Eagan allegedly knew should have instead gone to Eagan Avenatti's growing list of creditors.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
6 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
August 26, 2021 | New York Law Journal
Avenatti's 30-month sentence for his conviction in New York on charges that he tried to extort more than $20 million from Nike is set to begin on Sept. 30.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
4 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 | New York Law Journal
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 20, 2021 | The Recorder
Avenatti, who's representing himself, contends the software program Tabs contains costs and fees for his law firm that are key to refuting prosecutors' claim of a broad scheme to defraud clients.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
8 minute read
August 16, 2021 | The Recorder
A federal judge in Delaware issued the order as Avenatti was defending himself in his wire fraud trial in the Central District of California, which could end this week.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
7 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 11, 2021 | New York Law Journal
Another New York-based agent could be flying across the country soon, too, as the judge still is considering another subpoena Avenatti served last week.
By Meghann M. Cuniff
4 minute read
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