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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.
Plaintiff's firm Napoli Shkolnik told the Southern District of New York it should scrap a discrimination lawsuit from one of the firm's former lawyers for failure to state a claim and because the court has no jurisdiction over the case or the attorneys named personally, who live in Puerto Rico.
Chicago-based firm Freeborn & Peters LLP will merge into Atlanta-based Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP, with the firms saying in an announcement Tuesday that the combination will produce a nearly 400-attorney and 14-office firm that will continue to operate under the Smith Gambrell name.