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MAY 23, 2024
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Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today that Ryan Dykal, Jordan Bergsten, and Mark Schafer have joined the firm as partners in its Washington, D.C. office. The move bolsters Boies Schiller’s intellectual property practice and significantly expands...
APRIL 3, 2024
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For 40 years, Chevron deference has assured federal agencies a relatively free hand to adopt and change their interpretation of the statutes governing their actions. Over those decades, judicial attitudes toward Chevron deference have changed...
MARCH 21, 2024
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Boies Schiller Flexner was recently included in the Global Arbitration Review’s GAR 100 as well as was shortlisted for the “International Arbitration Practice That Impressed” award.
Attorneys Tim Foden, David Hunt, Ben Love, Andrei Yakovlev, Kristen...
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
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Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Kristen Young has joined the Washington D.C. office as a partner in the international arbitration group.
Kristen’s practice focuses on the full array of international investment and commercial...
JANUARY 18, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Kenya Davis was profiled by Lawdragon in which she discusses what drew her to BSF, as well as her experience on several of the significant cases she has been a part of since joining the firm.
On her approach to juries,...
JANUARY 3, 2024
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Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that four litigators, David Barillari, Alexander Boies, Lauren Goldman, and Jenna Smith, have been elevated to partner. Additionally, Washington, D.C.-based partner Amy Neuhardt has been named as the...
OCTOBER 25, 2023
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Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced the hire of three prominent attorneys, adding decades of experience across the technology and entertainment, finance, gaming, consumer protection, government, and bankruptcy sectors. Mark Brnovich, Joshua...
JULY 12, 2023
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Several media outlets reported on the arrival of Boies Schiller Flexner's new Washington D.C. partner David Lehn.
When asked what drew him to the firm, David told Law360 "Boies, I felt like, had this small firm kind of litigation boutique...
JULY 10, 2023
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Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today that David Lehn has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner. His practice will focus on regulatory and appellate matters. He brings particular knowledge in environmental, energy,...
MAY 3, 2023
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BSF partner Hamish Hume was selected as a 2023 Plaintiff’s Attorney Trailblazer by The National Law Journal.
The seventh-annual list recognized Hamish for his impactful work on the high-profile Blue Cross Blue Shield settlement (among other...
APRIL 6, 2023
Publications
BSF partner Scott Gant’s article, Missing the Forest for a Tree: Unpublished Opinions and New Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1, 47 B.C. L. Rev. 705, 734 (2006), was quoted in the North Carolina Supreme Court’s dissent in Mole v....
APRIL 3, 2023
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Boies Schiller Flexner hosted two events as part of Paris Arbitraiton Week.
Sunk Costs as a Remedy in International Arbitration: Sunken Treasure or Sunken Hopes?
The first event took place at the offices of FTI Consulting in Paris. BSF arbitration...
JANUARY 4, 2023
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Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that former U.S. Department of Justice Fraud Section Trial Attorney Blake Goebel* has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the global investigations and white collar...
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
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Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Kenya K. Davis has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the global investigations and white collar crime group. A former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of...
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
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Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant discusses the Court’s recent arbitration decisions and the pending case concerning the Affordable Care Act with Bloomberg Law, in an article examining the impact of a likely third Trump appointee to the...
September 15, 2020
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Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant discusses how to identify high-value antitrust claims and optimize claim value in a webinar with Burford Director Kelly Daley.
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
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Boies Schiller Flexner is calling on the Supreme Court to declare that the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks are part of the U.S. government, not private corporations, in a dispute over payment verification patents, the National Law Journal...
JUNE 1, 2020
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Boies Schiller Flexner today announced that two senior officials from the U.S. Department of Justice will join the firm as partners in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, strengthening the firm’s white collar and trial capabilities as well as...
MAY 8, 2020
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The Daily Business Review called Jesse Panuccio one of Washington’s youngest highfliers, having served as general counsel to Florida Gov. Rick Scott, run a state agency, and held the third-ranking...
APRIL 27, 2020
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The Paycheck Protection Program, a component of the CARES Act intended to provide forgivable loans to small businesses as an incentive to keep workers on the payroll, exhausted its initial $349 billion appropriation on April 16, 2020. Congress...
JANUARY 7, 2020
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Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant was quoted in an article in Bloomberg Law on a new Supreme Court rule that gives advocates two uninterrupted minutes to launch their argument. “Think about what it is that you absolutely want...
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
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Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Jesse Panuccio, the former acting Associate Attorney General of the United States, will join the firm in Washington D.C. and Florida as a partner, focusing on high-stakes litigation and appeals,...
JULY 9, 2019
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The administration will soon announce plans to release Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government conservatorship, and potentially recapitalize them with private investment. Those who care about property rights should look closely at...
MAY 24, 2019
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Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant was quoted in an article in USA Today on the legal issues surrounding charges by the U.S. Justice Department against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
“It appears at first blush that some of the charges...
APRIL 4, 2019
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Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers Amy Neuhardt, Howard Vickery, Joseph Alm, Menno Goedman, and Bibeane Metsch were named to the District of Columbia Courts’ Pro Bono Honor Roll. The Roll recognizes attorneys who have...
OCTOBER 26, 2018
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The National Law Journal has named Boies Schiller Flexner to its 2018 Appellate Hot List, one of 22 firms saluted for their success before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appeals courts.
BSF was recognized for an important victory in antitrust...
JULY 20, 2018
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BSF partner Scott Gant was quoted in Bloomberg Law in an article about his representation of Phyllis Randall, the Chair of the Board of Supervisors for Loudoun County, Virginia, who was sued for briefly banning a constituent from her Facebook...
JULY 9, 2018
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The federal district court in Charlottesville, Virginia, ruled that plaintiffs’ claims can proceed today in the federal civil rights lawsuit against neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and affiliated groups over the violence in Charlottesville...
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
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A coalition of law firms led by David Boies of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, and The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today announced the filing of four landmark lawsuits challenging the winner-take-all method states use to allocate...
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
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BSF and co-counsel secured a settlement on behalf of client Uber Technologies in a hotly contested trade secrets case brought by Waymo over the future of self-driving cars that was billed as the intellectual property trial of the century. At the...
JANUARY 31, 2018
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The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and other media covered a lawsuit filed by lawyers at Boies Schiller Flexner on behalf of US Foods and Sysco alleging illegal price fixing against more than two dozen poultry companies, including Tyson Foods,...
JANUARY 17, 2018
Publications
In 2017, consumers in data breach lawsuits were vastly more successful at persuading federal appellate courts that they had pled a constitutional injury. This is a dramatic reversal in the trajectory of federal jurisprudence on “standing” in data...
JANUARY 2, 2018
Announcements
International litigation firm Boies Schiller Flexner has elected six new partners in the firm’s New York City, Washington D.C., London, and Oakland offices, effective January 1, 2018.
NEW YORK CITY
Leigh Nathanson has developed a broad practice...
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
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BSF's statement on behalf of Cogent Communications was cited by The Recorder in article chronicling what major law firms have recently told the FCC in the months leading up to the repeal of net neutrality. “In addition to better conforming...
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
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Hamish Hume was named a 2017 Litigation Trailblazer by The National Law Journal, one of 25 people “who have helped make a difference in the fight for justice.”
In a profile, the National Law Journal wrote that Hume successfully...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
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BSF partner Jim Denvir was named a 2017 Antitrust Trailblazer by The National Law Journal. The publication selected and profiled attorneys “who continue to make their mark in various aspects of legal work in the areas of deal making,...
MARCH 30, 2017
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Alex Jones, the proprietor of right-wing website Infowars, expressed regret for "any negative impact our commentaries may have had" on Washington restaurant Comet Ping Pong and its owner James Alefantis, CNNMoney reports. Jones was apologizing for...
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner partner Hamish Hume was named Litigator of the Week by American Lawyer’s Litigation Daily, after obtaining a ruling in favor of his client Palantir Technologies in a suit against the U.S. Army.
Hamish argued...
AUGUST 17, 2016
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner was named a Litigation Powerhouse by Law360.
AUGUST 16, 2016
In the News
The searing lesson of the Gawker verdict and resulting bankruptcy is that a solitary publishing misstep can cascade into an existential threat, which may lead writers and editors to censor material they would previously have published, partner Scott...
JULY 25, 2016
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In a recent legal filing wrapping up the scheduled part of the Perry Capital Appeal, Hamish Hume decapitated the obfuscation inherent in the government's legal filings, Seeking Alpha writes.
MAY 10, 2016
Publications
The Defend Trade Secrets Act, a statute designed to discourage and punish the misappropriation of trade secrets, will dramatically reshape the way trade secret disputes are evaluated, litigated and resolved, partner Scott Gant writes in an article...
April 19, 2016
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Partner Hamish Hume was quoted in the Wall Street Journal and other media this week after arguing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on April 15 on behalf of shareholders who object to the government’s sweep of Fannie...
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
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Detroit International Bridge Co., represented by Boies, Schiller & Flexner partner Hamish Hume, has asked a U.S. District Judge to reconsider part of her 2015 decision in which she dismissed much of a suit against the United States and...
The National Law Journal
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JANUARY 22, 2016
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Partner Scott Gant tells Bisnow he's not surprised by the fact that Ted Cruz's natural born citizenship and eligibility for the presidential nomination has come into question, and says that there will be more to come. "I am 100% convinced that...
The Wall Street Journal
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JANUARY 15, 2016
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Partner Scott Gant says that questions about Ted Cruz's eligibility for presidential candidacy were predictable, based on the constitutional requirement that a U.S. President must be a natural born citizen. “All the people in state...
January 4, 2016
Announcements
Global litigation law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner has elected eight counsel and associates to its partnership, effective January 1, 2016, at its offices in New York, Washington, Armonk, Miami, and Palo Alto.
“We congratulate these accomplished...
JANUARY 4, 2016
In the News
Partner Hamish Hume, representing the bridge owners, said his client could and should get a permit to expand the Detroit-to-Canada Bridge soon. “It does not need any further public hearings or delay to determine again the same thing that it...
DECEMBER 31, 2015
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Key Rulings in Agency Lawsuits Expected in 2016
Law360
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12.18.2015
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Press Release
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DECEMBER 4, 2015
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Driverless cars may keep the antitrust cops busy.
Law360
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NOVEMBER 3, 2015
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A group of seven toll lane users, represented by partner Hamish Hume, are allowed to proceed with their suit against Transurban and two companies that helped with the debt-collection process. “It’s a very good development, from our...
OCTOBER 29, 2015
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PHILLY.COM: Mutual Fund Giant Sues Real Estate Mogul: 'Multi-year Fraud, Cover-up'
Law360
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
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Partner Hamish Hume is representing Cole Wexford Hotel in a class-action against Highmark, Inc. and a Pittsburgh hospital, claiming that the defendants had conspired to exclude competition, inflating the price of small group insurance...
Law360
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July 28, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP is pleased to announce that it has committed to lease the 10th and 11th floors at 1401 New York Avenue in Washington, D.C., bringing the law firm’s Washington operations directly into the center of government and...
Law360
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June 29, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner is proud to announce it was named one of two finalists in the National Law Journal’s Washington Litigation Department of the Year competition for 2015.
“Boies, Schiller & Flexner's ambitions to be one of...
Law360
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MAY 26, 2016
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On May 26, 2015, in Comptroller v. Wynne, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the State of Maryland’s refusal to give credit for income taxes paid to other states violated the Dormant Commerce Clause.
The Court held that Maryland’s tax...
Law360
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MAY 1, 2015
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP's DC partner Jonathan Sherman is a guest on "Richard French Live," Regional New Network (New York-New Jersey-Connecticut-based news talk show; discussing whether the Supreme Court should permit video coverage of its oral arguments).
Time
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The National Law Journal
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APRIL 23, 2015
Announcements
The following attorneys at Boies, Schiller & Flexner were recognized as Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers:
Feinstein, Richard A.
2008 - 2009, 2015
Lafferty, Patrick M.
2015
Mitchell, Michael S.
2014 - 2015
Zappala, Melissa...
The National Law Journal
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BloombergBusiness
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Forbes
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International Business Times
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Law360
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Gizmodo
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Practical Law
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Key considerations for citing to unpublished opinions in federal litigation and guidance on asking a court to publish an opinion.
Scott is a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office. His main practice areas include complex commercial litigation,...
03.16.2015
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(This article was first published by National Law Journal.)
MARCH 12, 2015
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(This article was first published by Global Competition Review USA.)
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FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Publications
Our laws are not built to protect victims of ideologically-driven data hacking
The New York Times
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Corporate Counsel
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JANUARY 5, 2015
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THE AMERICAN LAWYER: Deaf Partner at Boies Schiller Overcomes Obstacles
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DECEMBER 11, 2014
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On behalf of SpaceX, partner Hamish Hume sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department, asking it to investigate whether Russian officials under U.S. sanctions are profiting from the Russian-made RD-180 engines that United Launch Alliance...
DECEMBER 10, 2014
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INQUISITR: Apple Lawyers Fighting The Release Of Steve Jobs’ Testimony, Claim The Media Just Wants To See A ‘Dead Man’
DECEMBER 9, 2014
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ASSOCIATED PRESS: Apple Trial Likely To Go On With New Plaintiff
December 9, 2014
Announcements
Lisa Barclay, the former Chief of Staff for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has joined the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner as Counsel in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
“I am excited to welcome Lisa to the firm,” said Boies,...
The Wall Street Journal
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OCTOBER 8, 2014
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CBS NEWS: Quaker Oats Accused of Stealing the "Face of America's Breakfast"
The Travel Retail Business
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
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Diageo, Explorers Club Settle Suit Over Johnnie Walker Line.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
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Jonathan Sherman was interviewed by Lawdragon.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
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LAW360: Morgan Stanley Unit, Lloyd's Dodge $350M Insurance Suit (subscription)
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AUGUST 6, 2014
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The District’s Budget Autonomy Decision Could Rest on Home Rule Act’s History.
JULY 7, 2014
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D.C. Budget Autonomy Fight Could Turn on Home Rule Act’s History.
JUNE 27, 2014
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David Boies named litigator of the week for Halliburton argument
JUNE 25, 2014
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On June 23, in a case argued by Boies, Schiller & Flexner Chairman David Boies, the Supreme Court upheld its 1988 decision in Basic v. Levinson, ensuring the continued viability of private securities class actions. In deciding Halliburton v....
The New York Times
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APRIL 16, 2014
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D.C. budget autonomy suit could compel Congress to butt out of District’s finances
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FEBRUARY 17, 2014
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The Washington Post reports on Boies, Schiller & Flexner's new partners in Washington D.C. "Boies Schiller is known as the go-to law firm for high-stakes, high-profile litigation -- what executives and corporate lawyers call 'bet the company'...
May 31, 2013
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In a turn-around seldom seen in civil jury cases, BSF has won the right to a retrial of a fraud claim for its client Terra Firma against Citigroup over the leveraged buyout of EMI. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the verdict in the case...
The Daily Beast
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September 15, 2011
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MAY 10, 2010
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BSF managing partner Donald L. Flexner is leading a team of lawyers representing E.I. DuPont Nemours & Co. and Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. in bringing claims against Monsanto for monopolization of the genetically modified soybeans and corn...
APRIL 20, 2010
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The legal and policy landscape leading up to and arising from the global credit crisis, including litigation against financial institutions, continues to be examined by leading media as part of the larger business story about the crisis and its far...
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BSF is prominently featured in the Am Law 1OO issue -- "Don't Bet Against The House." The detailed, leading story examines the Firm's entrepreneurial business model from its beginnings and draws the readers' attention to...
December 20, 2009
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BSF client, Courtroom View Network, and Partner, Jonathan Sherman continue their successful advocacy to allowing video cameras in federal courtrooms. Recently, the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council, which oversees all trial courts in California and...
OCTOBER 19, 2009
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BSF Partners George Carpinello and Michael Underhill have moved to intervene in a copyright lawsuit on behalf of Mannie Garcia, acknowledged to be the photographer behind the iconic “Obama Hope” image. Asserting copyright...
The New York Times
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APRIL 15, 2009
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BSF is pleased to announce the appointment by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of our Partner, Richard Feinstein, to serve as its Director of the Bureau of Competition. "This position is extraordinarily important to the enforcement of U.S....
December 19, 2008
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BSF served as co-lead counsel for the Class Plaintiffs in an antitrust and patent case involving purchases of Taq DNA polymerase, an enzyme used to replicate DNA. The case was prosecuted against Defendants Hoffmann-La Roche and Applera...
July 14, 2008
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D.C. partner, Jonathan Sherman, was quoted in the July 14, 2008, issue of the Legal Times of Washington, in an article regarding the changing dynamic between major law firms and the financial industry. Elite firms, the article reports, historically have stayed away from representing plaintiffs against financial institutions. The recent crisis in the credit markets, however, has begun to change that state of affairs. BSF, Mr. Sherman contends, is placed perfectly -- with its defense-side expertise and plaintiffs'-side experience, to reap the benefits by representing private equity and hedge funds, and even banks themselves, as they seek to recover their losses. .
July 11, 2008
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As reported in the South Florida Business Journal on July 11, 2008, Boies, Schiller & Flexner obtained a final judgment dismissing all damages claims filed by a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee who was seeking $150 million from the former directors, officers and investors in Far & Wide Corporation.
June 5, 2008
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CNET.com reports that BSF's client ConnectU has found new evidence against Facebook, an online community website. According to CNET.com, the lawsuit stems from 2004 and accuses Facebook of pilfering ConnectU's "business plan and...
May 9, 2008
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The Lawyer reports that Boies, Schiller & Flexner is resisting the trend to open offices in London because it has, and has long had, major international reach, having "pulled in some heavyweight cases recently." "Much of that...
April 21, 2008
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Reporting that Donald L. Flexner, one of the Firm's Managing Partners, is one of the leading antitrust attorneys hired by Delta Airlines to represent it in the widely publicized proposed merger with Northwest Airlines.
For the entire article,...
JANUARY 11, 2008
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner has filed a brief amicus curiae in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of two senior Members of Congress, Representatives Chaka Fattah (D-PA), and John Conyers, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, joined by...
JANUARY 1, 2008
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and client American Express featured in The American Lawyer's "Big Suits" column published January 2008. The case resulted in a $2.25 billion settlement in favor of American Express. Visa was sued...
DECEMBER 29, 2007
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The NY Times reports that BSF's victory in the Tennessee trial of Genesco, Finish Line and UBS arising out of a failed attempt by the latter two to repurdiate a merger. Columnist Floyd Norris singles out the Court's findings that the key...
December 28, 2007, at A3
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The Journal reports BSF's win in Tennessee Chancery Court. On December 27, 2007, Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle ordered Finish Line and UBS to proceed with a $1.5 billion merger they had sought to repudiate in light of the credit crisis. The...
December 2007
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP is among the firms setting the standard for working mothers, according to the National Association of Women Lawyers® ("NAWL"), which profiled the firm in its December 2007 newsletter. The article makes...
December 19, 2007
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The Wall Street Journal reports on closing arguments held in the Nashville trial of Finish Line and UBS. The action, brought by Genesco, seeks to enforce a sale agreement repudiated by the purchaser as a result of the liquidity crisis and other...
December 19, 2007
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Reporting on the closing argument of BSF's Jim Denvir in the "three way battle between Genesco, Finish Line and UBS." "To hear him tell it, this case was in large part born of UBS’s desire to avoid losses at all costs. In the...
August 10, 2007
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Reporting that litigation between Genzyme Corporation and former shareholders involving use of "tracking stock" has settled. Genzyme will pay the plaintiff class $64 million in cash subject to approval by the Court. BSF acted as lead counsel to the...
C-SPAN | Book TV
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June 6, 2007
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WASHINGTON - June 6, 2007 - Scott Gant, a Boies, Schiller & Flexner partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, is the author of a new book, We're All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet...
May 9, 2007
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WASHINGTON, DC –– May 9, 2007 –– Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP is pleased to announce that D. Michael Underhill and Eric J. Maurer have joined the firm as partners in its Washington, DC office. They will focus on patent and trade secret litigation;...
November 16, 2006
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Federal District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the Southern District of New York late yesterday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to stop construction of the new stadium that the New York Yankees are building in the Bronx. In her 57-page opinion, Judge...
The Washington Post
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August 17, 2006
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Former shareholders of Genzyme Corp.’s Biosurgery Division and their counsel at Boies, Schiller & Flexner won a "major legal victory" when a New York federal judge ruled their case against Genzyme could go forward. According to the plaintiffs,...
November 2004
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According to Washingtonian magazine, "whether you’ve lost a bundle or have a company under assault," David Boyd is among the few lawyers who know the SEC and securities litigation best
August 11, 2003
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Reporting that BSF had filed Amended Complaint asserting class action claims against Genzyme Corporation over the elimination of one of its publicly-traded "tracking stocks." Plaintiffs seek damages as a result of alleged market manipulation by Genzyme intended to buy out the equity of certin minority shareholders at massive discount off of fair market value.
JUNE 1, 1997
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Customarily, United States Supreme Court opinions come unadorned, words on paper and nothing more. For the most part, the Justices rely on this venerable means of communication to great benefit.
Written opinions have an aura of dignity, and...