SDNY News Clips. Tuesday. August 20. 2019

SDNY News Clips. Tuesday. August 20. 2019 SDNY News Clips Tuesday. August 20. 2019 Contents Public Corruption 2 Avenatti 2 Epstein 6 Dupont 9 White Plains 10 Tartaglione 10 Civil Division 11 Prado 11 EFTA00095856 SDNY News Clips, Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Public Corruption Avenatti Avenatti Argues Litigation Privilege Bars Prosecution on Nike Extortion Charges NY Law Journal By Tom McParland 8/19/19 Lawyers for Michael Avenatti on Monday asked a Manhattan federal judge to dismiss a criminal indictment accusing the embattled attorney of waging a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against athletic apparel company Nike Inc., saying their client had been acting in his legitimate capacity as an attorney. The filing, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, continued a multipronged attack from Avenatti's Florida-based attorneys, Scott A. Srebnick and Jose M. Quinon, who last week accused federal prosecutors of carrying out a politi