Firm Newsletter: Winter 2010

Litigation Highlights

BSF Wins $4.3 Billion Lawsuit Against AIG for Client Starr International Company

The Wall Street Journal called it the "Battle of the Super Litigators," and if the plaintiff had been successful it would have been the largest jury verdict in history....

From Russia, BSF Brings Home Big Win for Bank of New York

The New York Times called the case a "strange odyssey through the Russian legal system," and cited experts who criticized the proceedings as a "lapse of the rule of law in Russia."

BSF Tallies Another Victory for NASCAR

For many years, BSF has navigated its extensive antitrust expertise to benefit longtime client NASCAR. The Firm’s most recent major antitrust success for NASCAR came in December....

BSF Bats Down Antitrust Claims Against Fresh Del Monte

For the last decade, BSF has been defending Del Monte in multiple lawsuits over what is arguably the most valuable new fruit product in the world, an extra sweet hybrid pineapple that Del Monte brought to market......

After Opening Statement, BSF Wins Product Liability Suit for Pfizer

All it took was an opening statement by a BSF partner to send the Firm’s client home victorious....

BSF Wins Appellate Reversal of District Court’s Reduction of Jury’s Punitive Damages Award

On September 17, 2009, the Ninth Circuit reversed a Nevada federal district judge’s decision reducing by almost one-half a jury’s $1.6 million punitive damages award to BSF clients Ashley Andrews and Ashtonwood Stud Associates....

BSF Scores Summary Judgment in Dispute Over Validity of $1.8 Billion Tribal Court Judgment

When can a judgment issued by a tribal court be enforced in federal court? That was the issue faced by BSF clients Harrah's Operating Companies....

Judge Agrees with BSF, Rejects Investor Suit Under 'Bespeaks Caution' Doctrine

The case began with a rogue employee of commodities broker MF Global Ltd. losing some $140 million in unauthorized overnight trading in wheat futures in 2008....

With Court Docket Cleared by BSF, America's Cup Challenger Sails to Victory

BSF client Golden Gate Yacht Club, represented by BMW ORACLE Racing, won the America’s Cup on February 14, 2010, becoming the first American team to win since 1992.

BSF Represents Barclays in Multi-Billion Dollar Lehman Brothers Purchase Litigation

In September 2008, as the financial crisis reached its apex on Wall Street, and Main Street braced itself for the reverberations, Barclays Capital emerged as the only financial institution willing to purchase Lehman Brothers....

BSF Leads Way in Milestone Case for Seed Industry on Behalf of DuPont

It’s a closely watched case in the world of agribusiness. BSF clients E.I. DuPont Nemours & Co. and Pioneer Hi-Bred International are challenging Monsanto....

Firm Represents Major Investors Associated with Subprime Collapse

BSF has taken a prominent role in securities litigation arising from the collapse of markets for subprime and other mortgage-backed securities...

In Colorful Antitrust Case, BSF Tapped to Represent Andy Warhol Foundation

In 2001, a film producer named Joe Simon-Whelan submitted to the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board a work that he claimed was a self-portrait....

Litigation Notes

Other BSF Cases of Interest

Corporate Highlights

BSF Represents Caithness Energy, L.L.C. in Largest Wind Turbine Farm in the World

BSF represented Caithness Energy, L.L.C., an independent power producer headquartered in New York City, in a complex equity financing....

BSF Closes Deal for Client Alfa Partners to Sell Shares in Walmart Centroamérica

BSF represented Alfa Partners (one of the largest minority shareholders of Walmart Centroamérica) in the sale of Walmart Centroamérica to Wal-Mart de México....

Pro Bono Highlights

Fundraising Efforts Underway by BSF to Aid the People of Haiti

In response to the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010, BSF has raised in excess of $136,500 through its employee-matching fundraising....

In Historic Civil Rights Case, David Boies Co-leads Challenge to Gay Marriage Ban

The New York Times likened the landmark showdown over Proposition 8 to the Scopes trial....

BSF Seeks Medicaid Improvements for Florida Children in Nation’s Largest Pro Bono Case

In the wake of several favorable decisions on summary judgment and class certification, the Firm's major pro bono case on behalf of Florida's 1.2 million plus children on Medicaid is now in trial....

Veterans’ Traumatic Brain Injury Center for Treatment and Education

Boies, Schiller & Flexner has been an active supporter of the Veteran's Traumatic Brain Injury Center for Treatment and Education since its inception....

Expert View

The Future of Law

By ABA President-elect and BSF Partner Stephen N. Zack

New Firm Partners & Counsel

BS&F Elects Three New Partners at Annual Firm Meeting

BS&F Draws Former SEC Miami Regional Head

Former Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ Joins BSF in Washington, DC

Recruiting Highlights

2009 Another Banner Recruiting Year

Legal Talk

BSF Legal Talk, Winter 2010