Nike Reveals Recovered Emails, Texts in Lawsuit Against Former Designers

The lawsuit between Nike and three designers—Marc Dolce, Mark Miner and Denis Dekovic, who turned in their swoosh to start a hip new design studio for rival Adidas—is starting to heat up. After filing a $10 million lawsuit against the designers on Monday, the Portland-based footwear company has submitted new evidence to the court that cast Dekovic in a negative light, citing computer forensic evidence to show a conspiracy was afoot.

According to court filings obtained by The Oregonian, after the three Adidas designers announced that they would be leaving the company, Nike executive Holly Hearn packed up their ...