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Civil Litigation

May 24, 2019

Judge sides with Avenatti’s co-counsel in class action debate

U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee is seeking a limited remand from the 9th Circuit to finalize her decision

U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee on Thursday said she'll appoint Michael J. Avenatti's former trial co-counsel to take over a class action, but she needs a remand from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals before she can do so.

Describing the fight as "jurisdictionally ambiguous," Gee said the question of who to appoint as class counsel "is arguably intertwined" with t...

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