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    MarkC

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    It is interesting to see how the different federal three-letter agencies in different federal districts write very different styles of affidavits.

    Oh, yeah, and upon a cursory read, it seems that Mr. Avenatti is so thoroughly hosed. ;)
     

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    I find it impressive that stuff that started on March 19th resulted in charges by March 25th....but it seems that the FBI were already taking a close look at him, according to the second Complaint.

    Never, ever screw with your client's money. I mean, your client has already proven that they are litigious (that goes for any plaintiff), for Avennati's clients in particular, they have also proven that they are probably greedy and of low character....they hired Avenatti.

    In sum, if you're going to screw someone over- don't make it your client.
     

    HoughMade

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    It appears that Mark Geragos is licensed in California.

    My first thought...

    ...but would he bite the hand that fed Kap?

    They did say that CC-1 was an attorney known for high profile cases and representing celebrities....

    ...it's a long shot, and I couldn't be this lucky....and I hate to call her an attorney, but it couldn't be Gloria Allred, could it? She dances on that "represent my client" vs. "extortion" line.
     

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    Called it.

    Indeed, my first thought of "celebrity lawyer" was Allred. But, I couldn't see her shifting into the AAU hoops market. Just doesn't fit. Now, if it was to file a lawsuit saying that the women's basketball coaches deserve the same graft and corruption, then sure. She'd be all over that.
     

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    Called it.

    Indeed, my first thought of "celebrity lawyer" was Allred. But, I couldn't see her shifting into the AAU hoops market. Just doesn't fit. Now, if it was to file a lawsuit saying that the women's basketball coaches deserve the same graft and corruption, then sure. She'd be all over that.

    I see we share similar opinions of Ms. Allred's "celebrity lawyering"
     

    HoughMade

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    I'm going to speculate a little here.

    There can be a fine line between negotiating a settlement where you mention adverse publicity that can be avoided and extortion. I am dealing with a couple of cases of local media interest where "negative publicity" gets mentioned from time to time in an effort to "encourage" settlement. Not by me. I represent defendants.

    If, however, you are not careful with the words you use, you can fly right over that line and it looks a lot more like extortion.

    Speculation- Geragos is much more sophisticated than Avenatti and probably avoided the line. Avenatti, however, is an @ss and wouldn't know subtlety if it landed on him. Have you seen the quotes? Threatening to affect stock price? That's a really, really bad way to avoid the extortion line.

    Also, this whole thing about "pay my client $1.5 million and pay us (the lawyers) something like $20 million to do an 'internal compliance investigation' for Nike..." That stinks of extortion.
     

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    It is interesting to see how the different federal three-letter agencies in different federal districts write very different styles of affidavits.

    Oh, yeah, and upon a cursory read, it seems that Mr. Avenatti is so thoroughly hosed. ;)

    So his bid for the White House he talked about a little while back is probably not going to happen then?

    :laugh:
     

    T.Lex

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    My skim of the complaint suggests that Geragos had the contacts at Nike and basically brokered the meeting - probably for a cut, if a deal happened. Then when the federales came asking questions, he didn't hold back on anything in exchange for immunity of some sort.*

    Seems to me, the key was when the feds prompted the Nike attorneys to confirm that the 2 deals were tied together. If Avenatti had been willing to settle his "client's" case for whatever, then SEPARATELY discuss engagement on the larger problem... I'm not sure there would've been a problem with that.

    Well. There's still the moral problem, as opposed to ethical.

    * I would be... interested ... if some dirt on Geragos came out, that he'd been dirty like that on other cases. I do tend to think he's sophisticated enough to avoid that kind of stuff, though.
     
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