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Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Jun. 23, 2021

A new plagiarism accusation as Avenatti’s trial looms

Defense lawyer H. Dean Steward said U.S. prosecutors in Los Angeles lifted portions of a brief U. S. prosecutors in San Francisco filed in the fraud case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

A federal judge on Tuesday denied suspended lawyer Michael J. Avenatti's bid to delay the July 13 start of his embezzlement trial as the defense attorney accused prosecutors of plagiarizing parts of a brief.

Defense lawyer H. Dean Steward's accusation is the latest accusation of plagiarism in Avenatti's case. Earlier this year, federal prosecutors accused Steward of cribbing off a brief filed by Sidney Powell, a lawyer for former Nat...

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