Judge orders US to let Avenatti search his firm’s data servers

Judge orders prosecutors to make Eagan Avenatti LLP servers available to Michael Avenatti to look for potentially missing financial data.

SANTA ANA -- A federal judge told prosecutors Friday to try to locate accounting data that disgraced lawyer Michael J. Avenatti says are missing and would more accurately reflect costs for his clients' cases.

Avenatti is accused of stealing $10 million from five clients' settlement funds. Core to his defense has been the assertion that the clients were unaware of the costs related to their case and didn't know how much he actually owed them...

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Judge orders US to let Avenatti search his firm’s data servers

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