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Results (209)
JULY 16, 2026
Event
Partner Alessia Allegretti co-chaired the AmCham Italy roundtable “From Pipeline to Power Play,” jointly organized by the AmCham Italy Governance Committee and the Supply Chain Committee.
The roundtable brought together senior representatives...
JUNE 4, 2026
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys and practices were singled out for inclusion in the Chambers USA 2026 rankings.
The individual attorneys listed include:
Marc Ayala in Litigation: General Commercial (New York)
David Boies in Antitrust:...
MAY 21, 2026
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Douglas Miller will speak at Securities Enforcement Forum West 2026 on Thursday, May 21. Formerly supervisory trial counsel for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Los Angeles Regional Office and an assistant...
APRIL 9, 2026
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti moderated a webinar on “How Italian Boards Are Evolving,” organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy’s Governance Committee.
The chairperson of the committee, Alessia led a discussion...
JANUARY 28, 2026
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Tim Smyth published an article in The Times analyzing the potential role of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in The Hague as a source of leverage in current U.S.-Iran relations.
Iran’s multibillion-dollar pending...
JANUARY 6, 2026
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner announced today that it has elected five attorneys to the partnership, elevated New York partner Eric Brenner to international administrative partner, and made a number of additional changes in business-oriented roles. Daniel...
DECEMBER 5, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Jesse Panuccio, who co-leads the firm’s Appellate practice, has been selected as chairman of the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission.
Jesse has served on the commission since 2016,...
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner announced the addition of two lateral partners to our New York office this week: Robert Gordon and Frederick Lee. Robert, who started on October 24, focuses on both in-court and out-of-court restructuring matters; while...
OCTOBER 16, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner’s London office was ranked in Chambers UK 2026 for Dispute Resolution Specialist Firms.
Additionally, this year’s ranking included our partners Timothy Foden (International Arbitration), David Hunt (International...
OCTOBER 14, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti recognized among We Wealth’s Top 200 Wealth Advisors of 2025, marking her fourth consecutive year on the list.
The annual guide celebrates leading professionals across Italy’s wealth-management...
OCTOBER 1, 2025
Publications
In the recently enacted Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality and Economic Growth Act (the “CHOICE Act”), Florida – which was already an employer-friendly state – inaugurated an even more pro-employer framework governing non...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner represents Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. in connection with recovering misdirected rent payments for Chipotle’s locations at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station.
Last week, BSF filed a non-party motion requesting an order directing...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman Matthew Schwartz spoke with Law.com about maintaining a busy trial practice while serving as chairman, the fact that he has three trials scheduled for the remainder of the year, and the ways that our people define our...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
Publications
While some white collar enforcement trends have cooled during the Trump administration, False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement continues to heat up. The U.S. Department of Justice is wielding the FCA broadly and across numerous business sectors to...
AUGUST 21, 2025
Publications
Sports organizations in the United States have long operated under a patchwork of legal precedents and statutory exemptions that have largely shielded them from antitrust liability in the past. But as professional and collegiate sports become...
JULY 28, 2025
Publications
Background
On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice to issue an advisory opinion on states’ obligations under international law relating to climate change. The request was led by several...
JUNE 24, 2025
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti will speak at the second edition of the W Leadership Forum 2025 in Milan, hosted by Class CNBC and Milano Finanza.
The event will bring together prominent leaders across sectors to explore...
JUNE 5, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys and practices were singled out for inclusion in the Chambers USA 2025 rankings.
The individual attorneys listed include: David Boies in Antitrust (New York), Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff (New York), Litigation:...
MAY 27, 2025
Publications
Introduction
Trade-based money laundering (TBML) uses the transportation of goods to launder money (i.e., to conceal where the money originated from and is going). Since a significant amount of trade moves in international commerce, TBML schemes are...
MAY 20, 2025
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti took part in the 9th IBA Global Entrepreneurship Conference in Milan, organized by the Closely Held Companies Committee.
She moderated the roundtable discussion “Governance Challenges in Family...
MAY 16, 2025
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner’s Ursula Ungaro, Carl Goldfarb, and Brittany Zoll say the state’s civil procedure amendments emphasize resolving cases efficiently but introduce limits to conducting discovery.
A potential discovery pitfall awaits the unwary...
MAY 12, 2025
In the News
In the latest episode of their podcast, The Intersection, Michael Sitrick and Sallie Hofmeister speak with Boies Schiller Flexner partner Josh Schiller about the impact of the court of public opinion on case outcomes, and the intersection of law...
MAY 1, 2025
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Carl Goldfarb will speak at the American Bar Association IPL Section annual meeting in Virginia, joining a session on “Antitrust–Intellectual Property Interface Developments in the New Administration.”
Carl and his...
MARCH 7, 2025
In the News
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers for 2025.
David Boies* − Litigation - Antitrust, Sports, Gaming
Stuart Singer − Litigation - Antitrust, Sports,...
MARCH 11, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today that it has expanded in California with the hire of Margaux Poueymirou as partner in the firm’s San Francisco office.
Margaux is an experienced litigator who has represented plaintiffs and defendants in...
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today that Michael Losco has joined the firm’s New York office as counsel in the international arbitration practice. Losco is the second recent addition to the group, following closely behind Timothy Smyth, who...
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Publications
On February 5, 2025, the newly confirmed Attorney General, Pam Bondi, issued a memo titled “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences” (“Bondi DEI Memo”) directing the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division to...
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
In the News
In the debut episode of their podcast, The Intersection, Michael Sitrick and Sallie Hofmeister interview Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman Matthew Schwartz, who speaks about his new leadership role and the challenges facing law firms...
JANUARY 29, 2025
Event
On January 29, Boies Schiller Flexner and the Institute of International Bankers will host “Enforcement in 2025 and Beyond: Prevent, Mitigate, Litigate,” a panel discussion about what President Trump's second term means for banking...
JANUARY 29, 2025
Announcements
International law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has been retained to conduct an investigation into possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other misconduct by the officers and directors of the Latin School of Chicago (“Latin” or the “School”). The...
JANUARY 9, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner UK LLP announced today that experienced international arbitration practitioner Timothy Smyth has joined the London office as counsel.
Smyth has advised investors, sovereign states, multinational corporations, and high-net-worth...
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti has been appointed co-chair of the Corporate Governance Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy.
The committee will focus on four key strategic areas: cybersecurity; diversity, equity...
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today the addition of two lateral partners. James Keyte, a trial lawyer with extensive experience in antitrust and sports litigation joins the New York office, and Enoch Liang, an attorney who litigates...
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alison Anderson will participate in Ad Item Network’s CLE Webinar “The Voice of Champions: Front Line Fighters in the War Against Sexual Assault” on December 3, 2024.
Alison, who co-leads the firm's Sexual...
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner of counsel Hon. Shira Scheindlin will speak on the panel “Enforceable Arbitral Subpoenas: What to Know” during New York Arbitration Week.
This panel will consider the significant recent case law developments affecting arbitral...
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Event
On October 31, 2024, Boies Schiller Flexner associate Nicolas Caballero Hernandez will moderate a webinar during Colombia Arbitration Week titled, "Opportunities in the Latin American Energy Sector and Risks of Disputes.”
Panelists include Fernanda...
OCTOBER 29, 2024
In the News
As an American Lawyer Lifetime Achievement honoree, Chairman David Boies is featured in a profile published by The American Lawyer chronicling his career.
The article revisits the founding of the firm in 1997 and highlights some of David’s...
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Event
On October 2, 2024, partners Sabria McElroy and Kenya Davis will speak at the 20th Annual Corporate Counsel Women of Color Career Strategies Conference in Las Vegas, NV.
Sabria is participating in the “Breaking Barriers: Empowering Voices...
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partners Alessia Allegretti and Luigi Macioce, along with associates Valentina Gava and Virginia Raimondi, have contributed to the Italian chapter of Lexology’s Private Client 2025 Guide.
The 2025 edition delivers valuable...
SEPTEMBER 15-20, 2024
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti spoke at the International Bar Association’s Annual Conference in Mexico City, which took place from September 15 to September 20, 2024.
Joined by a panel of speakers from different jurisdictions, she...
September 3, 2024
In the News
Chairman-elect Matthew Schwartz was interviewed by the New York Law Journal in connection with the firm's status as a finalist for the 2024 New York Legal Awards Litigation Department of the Year.
In the interview, Matt shares some of the most...
AUGUST 21, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Luigi Macioce and associate Beatrice Russo co-authored an article for Artribune about how to protect the copyright of fictional characters.
The article describes in detail the growing phenomena of Art-vertising, which...
JULY 11, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Prateek Swaika and associate Michael Smyth co-authored an article for The Times discussing the legal implications of former president Donald Trump’s failure to pay £300,000 in costs ordered by the U.K. High Court. The...
JULY 2, 2024
Publications
For the past 40 years, courts have applied the Chevron framework when reviewing federal agencies’ interpretation of federal statutes. Last Friday, the Supreme Court overturned Chevron in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. At its core, Loper Bright...
JULY 1, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partners Adam Shaw and Jenna Smith published their quarterly column in the New York Law Journal looking at cases of significance in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.
This installment of the column...
JUNE 24, 2024
Announcements
The Supreme Court denies remaining challenges to the historic $2.67 billion nationwide class action settlement against Blue Cross Blue Shield.
On Monday, June 24, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court denied two petitions for certiorari from the...
JUNE 21, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office has joined the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme.
Stonewall is the leading LGBTQ+ rights charity in Europe, whose work includes policy development, cultural and attitudinal change, lobbying for legal...
JUNE 18, 2024
Announcements
On behalf of Tampieri Energie S.r.l., Boies Schiller Flexner finalized the acquisition of Energia Civile S.r.l., an Italian company operating in the field of district heating.
With this acquisition, the Tampieri Group aims to recycle its production...
JUNE 17, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Prateek Swaika was quoted in an article by Raconteur on the need for improved whistleblowing policies in the finance sector. Prateek recommends that business leaders be aware of the legal solutions available within the...
JUNE 6, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys and practices were singled out for inclusion in the Chambers USA 2024 rankings. The individual attorneys listed include: Chairman David Boies in Antitrust (New York), Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff (New York), Antitrust:...
MAY 23, 2024
Announcements
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 18, 2024
Publications
On April 4, the Delaware Supreme Court issued its decision in the appeal of In re: Match Group Inc. Derivative Litigation, a closely watched case in which it was asked to break up with a decade of Delaware Chancery Court precedent and ease the...
APRIL 3, 2024
Publications
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
Event
On March 21, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Mark Brnovich will speak at Magna Legal Services’ annual March CLE Madness conference on the panel “Successful Strategies for Negotiation.”
Moderated by David Barnard, senior litigation consultant at Magna...
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Event
On February 27, Boies Schiller Flexner associate Joshua Quaye will be a panelist on the symposium “Where Business Law & Tech Intersect,” which will be hosted by Black Tech Link.
Additional panelists include Taurean Brown, general...
JANUARY 31, 2024
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner of counsel Hon. Shira Scheindlin will speak at this year’s Legalweek Judges Panel: Judicial Legendary Legends and the Current MVPs, which takes place Wednesday, January 31 at 9:30 a.m.
Judge Scheindlin is among...
JANUARY 23, 2024
Publications
In summaryThe #MeToo Movement has exposed significant and pervasive sexual misconduct taking place within corporate organisations. Many executives and officers have already faced some measure of accountability, both for their own sexual misconduct...
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner of counsel Hon. Shira Scheindlin will speak at HarrisMartin’s the Art of Litigation Conference: Crafting a Better Practice, which will feature eight active and retired judges.
Shira will speak on the panel "Art for...
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Joshua Schiller is speaking on the panel “Breaking Ground: The Potential Federal Rescheduling of Cannabis” at the International Cannabis Bar Association’s annual Cannabis Law Sessions in Las...
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Event
On November 16, of counsel Hon. Shira Scheindlin will attend the New York State Bar Association’s event “Taking the Lead 2023: Winning Strategies and Techniques,” which showcases women commercial litigators through the re...
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner of counsel Hon. Shira Scheindlin will speak on the panel “Digital Dilemmas: Adapting Arbitration to Technological Evolution – A NY Perspective” during New York Arbitration Week.
The panel will introduce...
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Michael Jacobs held a fireside chat with Algbra General Counsel Omar Salem as part of the Legal Business Financial Regulatory and Disputes Summit.
Their discussion focused on transforming culture in financial services...
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Announcements
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...
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Tim Foden argues in a Sustainable Growth Voice article that the EU’s recent exit and subsequent dissolution of the Energy Charter Treaty will have a serious impact on the green energy transition, taking away a key...
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Announcements
On behalf of Knorr-Bremse's subsidiary Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems Italia, Boies Schiller Flexner finalized the acquisition of the Italian company Alisea S.r.l., an electronics engineering services company that caters to the railway...
JUNE 1, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys and practices were singled out for inclusion in the Chambers USA 2023 rankings. The individual attorneys listed include: Chairman David Boies in Antitrust and Antitrust Mainly Plaintiff (New York and Nationwide),...
May 24, 2023
Publications
BSF attorneys Prateek Swaika and Sagar Gupta published an article in Corporate Compliance Insights that discusses developments within the regulatory framework of the U.K.’s anti-money laundering regime since the U.K. imposed sanctions targeting...
May 17, 2023
Publications
BSF partner Michael Jacobs was featured as a contributor to the Financial Times' “Your Questions” column. Michael responded to a reader’s question about pursuing legal action if retirement investments within the U.K. and U.S....
May 16, 2023
Announcements
New Hire Strengthens International Offering
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Almat Madaliyev has joined the firm as a partner focused on cross-border disputes, working from the London and New York offices. Almat served in various...
APRIL 6, 2023
Publications
Recently Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted Spain’s motion to dismiss a petition to enforce an ECT award, holding that the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction under the FSIA because...
MARCH 15, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner was featured in the Chambers Global 2023 rankings.
Chairman David Boies in “Eminent Practitioners in Litigation: Trial Lawyers,” and partner Ben Love is included as an “Up and Coming in...
MARCH 5-7, 2023
Event
BSF partner Alessia Allegretti co-chaired the “hot topics roundtable” at the the 28th IBA Annual International Private Client Conference at Claridge's in London, where over 150 attendees took part in an interactive discussion on the...
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Publications
On February 7, 2023, Boies Schiller Flexner’s London office hosted a round table event. BSF attorneys David Hunt and Sagar Gupta, alongside A&O counsel Naomi Briercliffe and Farrer & Co partner Hendrik Puschmann, discussed important...
JANUARY 4, 2023
Publications
In a recent pro-arbitration ruling in Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited v Shell Western Supply & Trading Limited, the English Commercial Court (the ‘Court’) affirmed the validity of unilateral option clauses in English-seated...
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Announcements
Continued Growth in London Targets In-Demand Restructuring Financial Services Work
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Michael Jacobs has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the litigation group. With deep experience in...
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Kenya Davis published an article in Risk Management Magazine titled "Examining Supply Chains for Labor Trafficking and Abuses."
The article is about forced labor and human trafficking. Kenya notes...
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
In the News
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Judge Adalberto Jordan approved an amended settlement agreement that allocates hundreds of millions of additional dollars in state money each year to improve access to medical and dental care for the approximate 2 million...
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Publications
In the recent decision of EGF v HVF & Ors [2022] EWHC 2470 (Comm), the English Commercial Court (the ‘Court’) dismissed the claimant’s procedural challenges under sections 24, 67 and 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the...
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Event
On October 13, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Kenya Davis will speak on a virtual panel titled “Legal Issues Related to Supply Chain." The panel will explore forced labor concerns under UFLPA, cybersecurity and Section 889...
AUGUST 18, 2022
Publications
The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (the HCAA) – a new arbitration court and mediation centre that presents a fresh dispute resolution option to parties in the aviation sector – recently launched its arbitration and mediation...
JULY 21, 2022
Publications
In an impetus to climate-related litigation in the UK, the English High Court held that the UK government's actions in formulating the Net Zero Strategy were unlawful and in violation of its obligations under the UK Climate Change Act. David Hunt and...
JUNE 27, 2022
Announcements
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, with local counsel Ellie Schilling, today filed a petition and request for...
JUNE 22, 2022
Publications
As of yesterday, June 21, Xinjiang-associated goods are presumptively barred from entering the United States.
Under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must presume that all imports manufactured,...
JUNE 2, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys and practices were singled out for inclusion in the Chambers USA 2022 rankings. The individual attorneys listed include: Chairman David Boies in Antitrust and Antitrust Mainly Plaintiff (New York and Nationwide),...
MAY 18, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner Managing Partner Matthew Schwartz spoke to Lawdragon about the differences between the government sector and private practice, the ways he attempts to convey complex information to juries, his role as managing partner, and...
MAY 5, 2022
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies was recently interviewed by Jenna Greene at Reuters to discuss his 55-year career practicing law.
APRIL 19, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Timothy L. Foden has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the international arbitration group. With deep experience in investment disputes and commercial arbitration, Tim will bolster...
APRIL 5, 2022
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner associate Alisha Moriceau is one of four University of Florida Levin College of Law alumni who will be speaking to law students about their experiences as judicial clerks. The program is designed to give 1L students guidance on...
MARCH 25, 2022
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner attorney Jon Mills is a moderator at the 2022 Technology, Media, & Privacy Law Conference hosted by the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Jon will be moderating the panel Emerging Issues...
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Announcements
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...
JANUARY 4, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced that five litigators have been elected to its partnership, effective January 1. The new partners are Brooke Alexander in Armonk, New York; David Hunt in London; Meredith Schultz in Fort Lauderdale, Florida;...
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Jesse Panuccio will speak at the 2021 National Lawyers Convention hosted by The Federalist Society. The panel will explore the important topic of federal court consent decrees to settle claims against state and local...
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Adam Shaw and associate Jenna Smith published their quarterly article in the New York Law Journal looking at cases of significance in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. This...
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office rose to Band 3 in the competitive Banking Litigation category and to Band 5 in Litigation in the latest edition of the Chambers UK rankings. The firm also maintained its Band 5 ranking in International...
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sabria McElroy was a featured speaker on CenterForce's Women, Diversity & Change Podcast, where she discussed how to make DE&I a priority.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that former U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Deputy Chief Alison Anderson has joined the firm as a Los Angeles-based partner in the Global Investigations and White Collar practice.
Alison worked in the...
AUGUST 26, 2021
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Carl Goldfarb and other panelists will discuss the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property in the Second Circuit’s June decision involving the Federal Trade Commission and 1-800 Contacts. In that...
JULY 20, 2021
Publications
LGBTQ+ & Allies Affinity Group co-chair David Simons discusses the increased importance clients now place on working with a diverse array of attorneys and how Pride is part of BSF’s DNA throughout the year.
“In the eight years that I’ve been...
JULY 13, 2021
Publications
LGBTQ+ & Allies Affinity Group member Ted Uno talks about life as a bisexual man, his experience fostering children, Proposition 8 and the importance of celebrating differences.
“Many of us in the LGBTQIA+ community have become experts in...
JULY 6, 2021
Publications
LGBTQ+ & Allies Affinity Group member Rosy Baeza discusses her motivation for joining BSF and the importance of working on cases that impact society.
“I wanted to work on cases that I was proud of. And as a gay woman, I also wanted to work...
APRIL 21, 2021
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sabria McElroy will participate in the Women in Law & Leadership Virtual Summit, speaking on the panel Caregiving & Career: Mastering the Balancing Act about the impacts of COVID-19 on the work-life balance. The...
MARCH 29, 2021
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner associate Shouvik Bhattacharya is a featured co-panelist at on online workshop hosted by the Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association on Monday March 29, 2021. The session is titled "Hearings and...
JANUARY 29, 2021
Publications
Whilst few could have foreseen the global turmoil that 2020 brought, it is clear that in 2021 the fallout from the pandemic and facing the reality of a post-Brexit landscape will continue to be front and center for financial services firms and the...
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office has risen to Band 4 in the Banking Litigation category, and to Band 5 in the International Arbitration: Commercial Arbitration category, in the recently published Chambers UK guide. The firm was also ranked in...
JUNE 30, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has joined the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance (LFAA), a newly formed group of law firms committed to working together, in partnership with legal services organizations, to identify and fight racism.
The purpose of the Alliance...
JUNE 5, 2020
Publications
Perhaps no government program in recent memory has better embodied the “building-the-plane-as-it-flies” analogy than the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). A component of the CARES Act, the massive $659 billion program is intended to...
APRIL 14, 2020
Publications
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. The CARES Act created the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which is intended to provide partially forgivable loans to...
APRIL 1, 2020
Publications
The expanding scope and spread of COVID-19 has created uncertainty and anxiety on a global scale, creating a plethora of public health, financial, and legal consequences. The Energy Industry is facing trying times. While the exact length and severity...
JANUARY 31, 2020
Publications
The Florida Supreme Court has recently issued two blockbuster opinions about its methodology for deciding cases. First, the court adopted the “supremacy-of-the-text principle,” or textualism, as its governing methodology for construing...
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
In the News
Jonathan Schiller thrives on complex legal puzzles in the U.S. and abroad, Columbia Law wrote in a profile of the Boies Schiller Flexner Managing Partner.
“We want to do the most difficult work,” Schiller told Columbia Law. “We...
JANUARY 9, 2019
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner and its co-counsel Towards Justice today announced a historic $65.5 million settlement in their au pair class action suit, Beltran v. Interexchange, Inc. The lawsuit, originally filed in November 2014, alleged that fifteen...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Publications
In a major recalibration of England’s laws regarding litigation privilege, England’s Court of Appeal has recently ruled in The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited (2018) EWCA Civ 2006,...
AUGUST 6, 2018
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has successfully obtained an order from the English High Court in favor of the representatives and relatives of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks providing for dispensation of service against the Republic of Iran and other...
JULY 9, 2018
Announcements
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...
MAY 5, 2018
Event
Charles Fox Miller addressed the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Florida Chapter 40th Annual Institute on Saturday, May 5. Miller, a past president of the AAML Florida Chapter, spoke on agreements.
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Announcements
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...
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 15, 2017
Publications
Employers do not want employees they have trained and provided with proprietary business information to leave and go to work for competitors. Buyers who purchase businesses do not want the sellers to start new, competing businesses. Thus, employment...
JULY 26, 2017
Publications
In Omidi v. United States, decided March 13, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the government is not required to provide notice of its seizure of property in “judicial” forfeiture matters, even if no case has actually been...
JULY 5, 2017
Announcements
BSF partner Rick Pocker has been named President-Elect of the State Bar of Nevada Board of Governors. He will become President in July 2018.
Pocker, the former U.S. Attorney for Nevada, heads the firm's Las Vegas office, where he practices civil and...
APRIL 6, 2017
In the News
Corporate Counsel magazine's cover story featured BSF's litigation against Chiquita Brands over security payments the company made to Colombian groups designated as terrorist organizations.
Lee Woloksy, who along with Douglass Mitchell is...
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
Announcements
Legal Momentum – The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today filed federal lawsuits on behalf of an individual and entities in Arizona and Florida against the website Backpage.com for participating in...
JANUARY 6, 2017
In the News
Boies, Schiller & Flexner Chairman David Boies and partner Carl Goldfarb were recognized as Litigators of the Week by the American Lawyer's Litigation Daily for a long-running securities class action that ended in a $100 million settlement...
November 4, 2016
Announcements
Stephen N. Zack, a Miami trial lawyer and a past president of the American Bar Association, has been selected by the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession as one of four recipients of its 2017 Spirit of Excellence Award for...
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Announcements
Lawyers from Boies, Schiller & Flexner's London office have again ranked high in the leading legal directories, Chambers UK and Legal 500.
London Managing Partner Natasha Harrison was ranked in Band 1 for Banking Litigation by Chambers UK,...
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Announcements
Legal Momentum—The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund, represented by Boies, Schiller & Flexner, today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case against Backpage.com for facilitating the buying and selling of children for...
AUGUST 4, 2016
Publications
Over the past few years, there has been a quiet revolution in the state of corporate criminal law in the United Kingdom, as the country approaches ever closer to the American model of large settlements and huge fines. In 2011, the UK Bribery Act came...
JULY 19, 2016
In the News
Professor Chemerinsky, who filed an amicus brief in an appeal of Oracle's copyright infringement suit against Oregon over the state’s heath insurance exchange, is represented by Ryan Park.
APRIL 5, 2016
Announcements
The Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (“FCAAP”), the Florida Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (“FAPD”), Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, and the Public Interest Law Center announce that a settlement has been...
MARCH 22, 2016
Announcements
Charles Fox Miller was named a Divorce, Trusts & Estates Trailblazer by the National Law Journal. He was among 40 attorneys who show “a deep passion and perseverance in pursuit of their mission, having achieved remarkable...
February 9, 2016
Announcements
Partner Charles Fox Miller and associate Lauren Alperstein of the firm’s Hollywood, Florida, office were named Attorneys of the Month by Legal Aid Service of Broward County for providing pro bono services to a veteran in need of legal assistance. Mr....
Financial Times
In the News
Law360
In the News
October 23, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner partner Rick Pocker has become a founding member of Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration, a group of current and former law enforcement leaders dedicated to pushing reforms that will reduce...
OCTOBER 9, 2015
In the News
Google Copyright Suit Vs. Authors Nears Key Chapter.
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Publications
The threat to cybersecurity has evolved more rapidly than the technologies and processes available to defend our most sensitive information, and the speed with which new threats are emerging is leaving the legal framework that governs data...
The Washington Lawyers' Committee
In the News
AUGUST 21, 2015
Publications
On August 4, 2015, the Washington Redskins filed notice of their intent to appeal a district court decision from earlier this summer upholding the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB) decision to revoke the federal trademark registrations...
Daily Business Review, July 29, 2015
In the News
They say you can't go home again or back in time. My trip to Cuba made me question both beliefs.
Landing at Jose Marti International Airport brought back a flood of memories from my last visit when I was almost 13 years old leaving the country. That...
JULY 8, 2015
In the News
Plaintiffs Ordered to 'Start Over' On Eve of Securities Class Action Trial.
June 9, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner today announced that the law firm is relocating its New York City headquarters to 55 Hudson Yards, which is expected to open in 2018. Boies, Schiller & Flexner has leased over 83,000 square feet across three floors....
MAY 15, 2015
In the News
Rising Dissent and Lawsuits Pushed Scouts to Change.
MAY 1, 2015
Publications
On April 21, 2015, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) posted an alert flagging a new Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) that was sent to roughly 700 Miami businesses. According to FinCEN's alert, the GTO was issued "to shed light on cash...
Forbes
In the News
April 20, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner, one of the leading litigation law firms, has joined with Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) in efforts to represent the growing numbers of unaccompanied children who are placed in immigration removal proceedings.
Last...
Law360
In the News
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JANUARY 12, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner has hired Assistant U.S. Attorneys Matthew L. Schwartz, Peter M. Skinner and John T. Zach from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. The group bolsters the firm’s existing white...
December 31, 2014
Announcements
Today, federal Judge Adalberto Jordan found that the 1.9 million children who depend on the Florida Medicaid program for their medical and dental care are not receiving the care required by federal law.
Dr. Tommy Schechtman, President of the...
DECEMBER 31, 2014
In the News
Randall Jackson, Matthew Schwartz and John Zach played major prosecuting roles in the extensive litigation related to the Madoff Five, as well as in other significant matters. "The three lead prosecutors—Schwartz, Zach and Randall...
DECEMBER 18, 2014
In the News
Hellmann's Maker Drops False Ad Claims Over 'Just Mayo'.
DECEMBER 18, 2014
In the News
Unilever Drops False Ad Lawsuit Against Just Mayo.
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,...
DECEMBER 8, 2014
In the News
CBS Deal Ends Blackout, Litigation Risk for Dish.
The Travel Retail Business
In the News
AmLaw Litigation
In the News
JUNE 25, 2014
In the News
Boies, Schiller & Flexner Managing Partner Jonathan Schiller will succeed William Campbell as Chair of the Columbia board of trustees, Columbia Spectator reported.
Schiller joined the board in 2009 and has served as co-chair since December. He...
MAY 7, 2014
In the News
LAW.COM: Family Gives Up Disputed Patent, Ending Trial With Boies' Client (subscription)
November 19, 2013
In the News
OCTOBER 22, 2013
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner was honored at the ARC of Westchester’s A Matter of Taste 10th Anniversary gala on Tuesday, October 22, 2013. The Firm received The 2013 Works For Me award from the New York State Office for People with...
In The News
In the News
MARCH 25, 2013
Announcements
The National Law Journal has named BSF Chairman David Boies one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers, in their first such list since 2006. In their search to identify “members of law’s power elite,” the editors conducted independent...
May 7, 2012
In the News
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The Daily Beast
In the News
October 21, 2011
In the News
The Harvard Art Museums announce a gift of 38 drawings, paintings, and sculpture from Didi and David Barrett's 20th-century American Collection of Self-Taught, Folk, and Outsider Art. The gift comprises works by 24 American "outsider"...
August 8, 2011
Announcements
BSF chairman David Boies and Gibson Dunn's Theodore B. Olson received the American Bar Association's highest honor, the ABA Medal, at the association's annual meeting in Toronto, held August 4 – 9, 2011. The award, presented by outgoing ABA...
August 6, 2011
In the News
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June 10, 2011
Announcements
Chambers & Partners, one of the leading legal directories and rating agencies, has recognized BSF and its attorneys for outstanding work in Antitrust, Litigation, International Arbitration and Tax. Below is a breakdown of our rankings, as...
June 3, 2011
In the News
BSF filed a complaint on April 14, 2010, against Chiquita Brands International, Inc. on behalf of victims of terrorist acts in Colombia. The acts were committed by a foreign terrorist organization, United Self-Defense Groups of Colombia...
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
In the News
Boies, Schiller & Flexner is advocating for industry-wide acceptance of innovative and highly effective technology to prevent injuries from table saws. Thousands of people in the U.S. sever fingers or maim hands with table saws every year,...
November 1, 2010 Issue
In the News
Firm chairman David Boies appears in the current issue of Fortune in a profile that details the major milestones of his career. The profile, titled "David Boies: Corporate America's No. 1 hired gun" is accompanied online by a slideshow of his major accomplishments, as well as an on-camera interview with reporter David Kaplan.
Click on the link below to read the article and watch the video. The issue is also available on newsstands nationwide.
August 2, 2010
In the News
It is time for lawmakers to recognize the value of our judicial branch as more than a line item in a budget — and keep courts well-funded.
By Stephen N. Zack, BSF partner and ABA president-elect.
Recent news reports tell of a Wall Street...
July 5, 2010
Announcements
BSF partner Carl Goldfarb was listed in the Miami Herald Movers section for his election to president of the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC), a non-profit agency providing legal services to immigrants of all nationalities.
To learn more...
JUNE 7, 2010
Announcements
Five Boies, Schiller & Flexner attorneys have been recognized by Chambers and Partners in the 2010 USA rankings. Their methodology is based on independent research of firms and their clients.
David Boies (Antitrust); Jonathan Schiller...
DECEMBER 28, 2009
In the News
BSF represents the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), the challenger for the 33rd America’s Cup, in litigation in New York State Court against Societe Nautique de Geneve (SNG) the defender. The litigation is to enforce a judgment obtained by...
December 7, 2009
Announcements
NEW YORK - December 7, 2009 - Representing the estimated 1.4 million children in Florida eligible for Medicaid, a team of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (BSF) attorneys began trial today in Miami before US District Judge Adalberto Jordan. The...
DECEMBER 5, 2009
In the News
BSF managing partner David Boies has teamed up with former Solicitor General Theodore Olson, who battled against Boies in the historical Bush v. Gore Florida-recount case in the 2000 election, to challenge California's Proposition...
10.15.2009
In the News
The next leader of the American Bar Association says he wants the group to get behind an effort to teach American high school students about the role of government.
ABA President-Elect Stephen N. Zack vows to make civics education a hallmark of...
July 31, 2009
In the News
05.04.2009
In the News
12.01.2008
In the News
On December 1, the state's Commission on Judicial Nomination recommended seven candidates to Governor Paterson to succeed retiring Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye. BSF Albany Partner George Carpinello is one of the distinguished nominees for...
November 11, 2008
In the News
In an interview with The New York Times, David Boies examined the political and market calculations that will shape antitrust practices under President-elect Barack Obama and made some predictions about the state of play of deal-making moving...
November 5, 2008
In the News
In an interview with the Financial Times, just one day after the historic presidential election, David Boies looks forward and discusses the opportunities for change presented by President-elect Barack Obama's new administration and the serious...
October 5, 2008
In the News
BSF attorneys were called on quickly by Wachovia in the midst of the financial crisis to navigate state and federal litigation arising from Wachovia's rejection of merger with Citibank in favor of preferred merger with Wells Fargo.
Please...
July 7 2008
In the News
The National Law Journal reports that BSF scored a major blow yesterday in a multidistrict price fixing case against computer chip makers Nvidia, Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices/ATI Technologies. The development hinged on the presentation of a 2002...
January 20, 2008
Announcements
Christopher Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP selected by Aspatore Books as author in new authoritative book, Corporate Governance and Compliance Client Strategies: Leading lawyers on Developing Compliance Procedures, Monitoring Government...
January 14, 2008, at A1
In the News
The Daily Business Review, the paper of record for the South Florida legal and business communities, reports that a team of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP attorneys is suing the state of Florida, in landmark pro bono litigation, on behalf of 1.6...
September 21, 2007
Announcements
Short Hills, NJ, September 21, 2007, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and the United States Government in conjunction with various other Relators and their counsel have announced a comprehensive $499 million settlement of several False Claims Act...
June 14, 2007
In the News
The Wall Street Journal reports on litigation, brought originally by shareholders of AIG and now taken over by the company itself, against former Chairman and BSF client Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg. "David Boies, attorney for Mr....
June 7, 2007
Announcements
Once again, BSF received stellar marks in the American Lawyer's annual review of the top 200 highest grossing U.S. law firms. BSF ranked seventh in the nation in pace of growth and tenth on what the American Lawyer refers to as the "blue...
June 6, 2007
Announcements
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...
June 2007
In the News
David Shapiro, Administrative Partner of BSF's California office, was featured in the June issue of California Lawyer magazine. In the wake of the firing of U.S. Attorneys by the Bush Administration, the magazine sought out Mr. Shapiro, the...
May 9, 2007
Announcements
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;...
April 23, 2007
Announcements
The law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP announced today that Managing Partner Donald L. Flexner was named in the April 2007 Inside Counsel magazine as one of “The best lawyers to call in a worst-case scenario.” The cover story...
MARCH 16, 2007
Announcements
David Boies (antitrust and litigation), Jonathan Schiller (international arbitration), Donald Flexner (antitrust), Stuart Singer (antitrust and litigation), and Richard Feinstein (antitrust) have been recognized by Chambers as among the most influential lawyers in the United States in their respective areas of practice.
January 18, 2007
Announcements
George Carpinello, Administrative Partner of the Albany, New York office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, was recently twice nominated to serve on the New York Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals is New York's highest court.
Under the New York...
December 4, 2006
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner taks pride in announcing that, effective January 1, 2007, Tanya S. Chutkan, Helen M. Maher, Damien J. Marshall, Sigrid S. McCawley, Fred Norton, Alanna C. Rutherford and Jonathan M. Shaw, will become partners.
Tanya Chutkan,...
November 20, 2006
Announcements
In a case that captured national media attention, a jury in Miami-Dade County on November 17, 2006 took just three hours to find Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer, Mohammed Abu Ghazeleh, and an investor group he represented not...
November 16, 2006
Announcements
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...
02.10.2006
In the News
As Chinese pharmaceutical firms emerge as the largest producers of Vitamin C, mounting evidence of price-fixing has led American courts to claim international jurisdiction and investigate antitrust claims and the harm to U.S. consumers. To date,...
2006
Announcements
The firm was recognized for its "huge reputation as a litigation powerhouse" with experience "in every form of dispute resolution." In particular, co-founder and managing partner Jonathan Schiller, head of the firm's domestic...
December 5, 2005
In the News
Reporting on litigation initiated by BSF on behalf of the Florida Pediatric Society against the State of Florida claiming the State’s healthcare system has neglected low-income children. The complaint alleges that 1.6 million children in Florida do...
May 4, 2005
In the News
Reporting that former American International Group Chairman and CEO, Maurice R. (“Hank”) Greenberg has hired David Boies, “the legal world’s equivalent of a rock star,” and his firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner to defend him in connection with...
Regarding the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
In the News
Regarding al Qaeda threat and Iraq war.
In the News
Regarding Iraq.
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Regarding Iraq, War on Terror and the burden of proof.
In the News
JUNE 1, 1997
Publications
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...