Overview

• Nike filed the suit on August 11 in a Los Angeles federal district court alleging breach of contract by Edison Chen.
• Sneaker-focused outlets and social-media accounts circulated the case number (2:25-cv-07447) and cause code (28:1332 Diversity–Breach of Contract) before the complaint appeared on public dockets.
• Nike’s complaint seeks $126.6 million in damages but some reports have described that figure as a typo for about $126,615 in unpaid goods and services.
• Neither CLOT nor Adidas are named defendants and neither Nike nor Chen have issued public statements as the court docket remains unavailable.
• The lawsuit follows Chen’s shift to Adidas after two decades of high-profile collaborations with Nike and reflects the company’s recent push to enforce its branding agreements.