Litigation

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In the News

• Judge Rules for BSF Client Barclays in Lehman Bankruptcy Deal (In The News)

• $25 Billion Class Action Brought Against U.S. Government Regarding 2008 AIG Takeover (November 21, 2011)

• After Trial, Delaware Court Rules that Hedge Fund Breached Fiduciary Duties to BSF Client Lerner Master Fund (08.10.2011)

• BSF at Forefront of Dispute Between Owners of AriZona Iced Tea (08.04.2011)

• Plaintiffs Drop All Charges Against BSF Client The Andy Warhol Foundation; Settlement Reached (03.29.2011)

• BSF Provides Legal Services and Expert Opinion on Matters Related to the Global Credit Crisis (In The News)

• BSF Successfully Defends NASCAR in Sixth Circuit Appeal (December 11, 2009)

• BSF's Ongoing Effort to Open Federal Courts to Cameras and the Internet Continues to Make Unprecedented Gains (December 20, 2009)

• BSF Wins $4.3 Billion Court Battle & Settles All Remaining Legal Disputes for Client Starr International (In The News)

• BSF Represents Bank of New York Mellon in $22.5 Billion Russian Litigation (10.22.2009)

• BSF Moves to Intervene on Behalf of “Obama Hope” Photographer (10.19.2009)

• BSF Achieves Dismissal of Claims Against Family Members of Vice President Biden (10.19.2009)

• Federal Prosecutors Investigating Price-Fixing in the Packaged-Ice Industry (August 7, 2008)

• BSF Wins Significant Victory for American Express in Class Action Trial (In The News)

• BSF Achieves $33 Million Settlement on Behalf of Class in Antitrust and Patent Case Concerning DNA Amplification (December 19, 2008)

• BSF and its client, Fresh Del Monte Win on Appeal (November 6, 2008)

• BSF Represents Wachovia in Multibillion Dollar Bid for Bank by Rival Suitors Citigroup and Wells Fargo (October 5, 2008)

• BSF client, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, featured in Fortune magazine cover story (issue date 10/13/08)

• BSF client, The Bank of New York Mellon, and Managing Partner, Jonathan Schiller, featured in Fortune Magazine (issue date 9/29/08)

• Federal Class Action Suits Rises Because of Subprime Crisis (August 7, 2008)

• BSF Squares Off Against Alan Dershowitz, G. Robert Blakey and Others in Russian Courtroom (August 7, 2008)

• Are Banks Still Off Limits? (July 14, 2008)

• Boies, Schiller & Flexner Clients Obtain Final Dismissal of Bankruptcy Trustee's Action Seeking $150 Million in Damages (July 11, 2008)

• BSF's Client ConnectU Finds New Evidence Against Facebook (June 5, 2008)

• The Lawyer Reports on BSF's Broad International Practice (May 9, 2008)

• BSF and Bank of New York Mellon Speak On $22 Billion Russian Litigation (April 8, 2008)

• BSF Represents The Weinstein Company in "Project Runway" Litigation (April 7, 2008)

• American Lawyer "Big Suits" Column Features BSF's $1.5 Billion Specific Performance Trial Verdict (March 1, 2008)

• BSF Wins Right to View Key Documents on Behalf of Client Maurice "Hank" Greenberg (February 21, 2008)

• New York Appellate Division Rules in Favor of Firm's Client on Access to Documents Claimed to be Privileged (February 20, 2008)

• Firm Cited for Landmark Pro Bono Litigation on Behalf of 1.6 Million Florida Children (January 14, 2008, at A1)

• BSF $ 2.2 Billion Recovery for American Express Noted in American Lawyer's "Big Suits" Column (January 2008)

• N.Y. Times Reports on Fallout of BSF's Genesco Win (December 29, 2007, at B2)

• BSF Wins Trial Requiring Completion of $1.5 Billion Acquisition (December 28, 2007, at A3)

• BSF at the Center of UBS-Genesco-Finish Line Trial (December 19, 2007)

• Genesco Lead Trial Counsel Jim Denvir Closes in Nashville Trial (December 19, 2007)

• BSF Wins Jury Trial in Las Vegas Federal Court (December 15, 2007)

• BSF Partner George Carpinello Again Nominated to New York Court of Appeals (October 14, 2007)

• BSF Obtains $64m Settlement for Class in Tracking Stock Litigation (August 10, 2007)

• BSF Represents Rocker in Overstock.com Short Sale Litigation (June 15, 2007)

• Firm Defends Former AIG Chairman Greenberg (June 14, 2007)

• Boies, Schiller & Flexner Defends Michael Moore Against Federal Investigation into "Sicko" (June 12, 2007)

• David Shapiro Featured in California Lawyer in the Wake of U.S. Attorney Firings (June 2007)

• Partner Bill Marsillo to Receive "Rising Star" Award (May 23, 2007)

• The Law Dragon Leading Litigators: Boies, Schiller & Flexner Partners Receive Highest Ranking (2007)

• Second Circuit Upholds World Trade Center Insurance Verdicts (November 30, 2006)

• Triumph in Florida Trial for Fresh Del Monte Produce (November 17, 2006)

• ACLU Settles Case of Sexual Harassment and Labor Law Violations Against Manhattan Hotel (August 29, 2006)

• Florida Pediatricians Sue State Over Children’s Healthcare (December 5, 2005)

• Big-time Lawyer Boies to defend AIG's Chairman (May 4, 2005)

• Boies Schiller & Flexner Represents Court TV In Attempt To End Ban on Cameras In Court (April 2005)

Press Releases

• Boies, Schiller & Flexner Obtains Stay for NASCAR Banning Jeremy Mayfield from NASCAR Racing (July 27, 2009)

• Boies, Schiller & Flexner Brings On Former Head of DOJ Criminal Division (July 22, 2009)

• Kentucky Judge grants Summary Judgment in favor of NASCAR in $1.2 billion Antitrust Suit (January 14, 2008)

• BSF Files Brief in Supreme Court's Second Amendment Case on Behalf of Members of Congress (January 11, 2008)

• Hank Greenberg Sues Current AIG Directors and Management Over Unnecessary and Improper Restatement (06.20.2007)

• Boies, Schiller & Flexner Partner Scott Gant Publishes New Book, "We're All Journalists Now" (06.06.2007)

• Inside Counsel Magazine Names Don Flexner as the Nation’s Top Antitrust Lawyer to Call “When Disaster Strikes” (04.23.2007)

• Philippa Scarlett Named Clerk for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (02.10.2007)

• Fresh Del Monte and Senior Officers Found Not Liable in Miami Trial (11.20.2006)

• Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Construction of the New Yankee Stadium (11.16.2006)

• Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, and the U.S. Government Settle $155 Million False Claims Act Case Against Medco (11.01.2006)

• Court Upholds $27 Million Treble-Damage Jury Award Won By BSF (10.01.2006)

Recognition

• BSF Places as a Finalist for American Lawyer's Litigation Department of the Year Award (January 3, 2012)

• Unprecedented Attempt to hold Directors Responsible Thwarted (December 8, 2008)

• Five BSF Attorneys Named As Top Lawyers in the South Florida Legal Guide (December 2008)

• Four BS&F Attorneys Named in Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2008 Guide (10.17.2008)

• New York Super Lawyers Name Seven BSF Attorneys as Top Lawyers in the New York Metro Area (09.15.2008)

• BSF Earns High Marks in Distinguished Vault's 2009 Top 100 Law Firm Ranking (08.21.2008)

• BSF Ranked as Leading Law Firm By Legal 500 (May 24, 2007)

• Chambers USA: Boies, Schiller & Flexner partners named leaders in their fields (2007)

• Vault Ranks Boies, Schiller & Flexner as a Top 5 antitrust and Top 10 litigation firm (2005)

Firm Report Dev Jan 2010

• Former Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ Joins BSF in Washington, DC (Winter 2010)

• BSF Wins $4.3 Billion Lawsuit Against AIG for Client Starr International Company (Winter 2010)

• Other BSF Cases of Interest (Winter 2010)

• In Historic Civil Rights Case, David Boies Co-leads Challenge to Gay Marriage Ban (Winter 2010)

• BS&F Elects Three New Partners at Annual Firm Meeting (Winter 2010)

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

Firm Report Spring 2011

• BSF Wins Court Battle for Barclays in Lehman Purchase Suit (Firm Newsletter Spring 2011)