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SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2025
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partners Eric Palmer and James Keyte are participating in Fordham Law School’s upcoming 52nd Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy + Antitrust Economics Workshop.
James, who is the director of the...
September 15, 2025
In the News
Forbes included Chairman Matthew Schwartz, Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley, and partner Kenya Davis in its second annual Top Lawyers list.
Forbes says “A top lawyer offers more than legal acumen—they are a trusted counselor in every sense of...
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...
JULY 23, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today that former supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jacqueline Kelly has joined the firm as a partner in its New York City office.
During her time at SDNY, Kelly...
JUNE 25, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley and partner Kenya Davis were named to Forbes’ inaugural list of America’s Best-In-State Lawyers. This list recognizes top attorneys across all 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions.
Sigrid was...
JUNE 24, 2025
In the News
In an interview with Ross Todd of The Am Law Litigation Daily, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Kenya Davis discusses bringing a labor trafficking case to trial for five Guatemalan migrant farmworkers, which resulted in securing a $570,000 jury verdict...
JUNE 9, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner won a full dismissal, with prejudice, of defamation claims brought by Hollywood director Justin Baldoni and his company, Wayfarer Studios, against Blake Lively’s publicist, Leslie Sloane, and her company, Vision PR. The claims...
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 21, 2025
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partners Dan Boyle and John Kucera published an article with The Anti-Corruption Report on the recent executive order by President Trump authorizing the designation of international narcotics cartels and other transnational...
APRIL 8, 2025
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Maxwell Pritt will speak on the panel “The State of Litigation: Understanding the Dozens of Copyright Suits Against LLMs.”
Hosted by the Association of American Publishers and the Copyright Alliance, the panel will...
MARCH 10, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner obtained a rare GVR—granting of a petition for certiorari, vacating the judgment below, and remanding to the lower court—for client David Cassirer.
The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
MARCH 4, 2025
Publications
In a Law.com International article, Boies Schiller Flexner partners John Lyons and Kristen Young, along with Ricardo Rios Ferrer and Julio Gutiérrez of RiosFerrer + Gutiérrez, explore solutions for businesses operating in Mexico to mitigate...
JANUARY 22, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has selected partner Jenna Smith as a 2025 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow, and Sarah Jones and Katherine Zhang as its LCLD Pathfinders.
Launched in 2011, the LCLD Fellows Program identifies high-potential...
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partners were named in Lexology’s guide to International Arbitration for 2025. Timothy Foden and Ben Love were listed as recommended in the report and David Hunt and Kristen Young were ranked as future leaders.
OCTOBER 29, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner was recognized by the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance as “Tipping the Scales” for having 50% or more women in its 2024 partner class.
Of the 196 law firms researched by the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance for its 2024...
OCTOBER 28, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner client Sarama Resources announced this week that it had secured funding to pursue claims before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against the government of Burkina Faso over the withdrawal...
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Announcements
BSF has been named a Top Performer and Compass Award winner by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), which recognizes law firms and corporations that show a strong commitment to building a more inclusive legal profession.
LCLD is composed...
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Announcements
BSF has achieved Mansfield Certification for 2023-2024 in recognition of its dedication to promoting an inclusive and equitable workplace.
BSF has participated in the program since 2019, earning the designation of “Early Adopter.”
Mansfield aims to...
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner has joined the team heading a proposed class action against Meta for allegedly using copyrighted material to train its artificial intelligence product “Llama.”
Plaintiffs include comedian Sarah Silverman, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and...
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Publications
By Alan Vickery, John LaSalle, and Katherine Cassirer
In 2020, BSF client Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (LLANY) was hit with a first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit. Relying on a 100-year-old New York statute requiring the return of...
September 18, 2024
Announcements
BSF associate Amber Stewart has been selected as a National Bar Association Associate Advancement Academy for Excellence Fellow, one of only 20 young attorneys in the United States invited to participate in the 2024-2025 cohort.
This 10-month...
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...
MAY 22, 2024
Event
On May 22, 2024, Boies Schiller Flexner hosted The Distinction Group Alternatives Forum in partnership with The Distinction Group at our New York City office.
The forum, which featured two panel discussions and a networking reception, was attended by...
APRIL 19, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Joshua Stein published an opinion piece in the Legal Dive about his experience as in-house litigation counsel and the challenges that can arise when working with outside counsel.
APRIL 18, 2024
Announcements
According to BTI Consulting Group's latest research, corporate counsel identified Boies Schiller Flexner as one of 64 law firms that improved their client service performance in 2024, which equates to less than 10% of all law firms.
MARCH 26, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies, Chairman-elect Matthew Schwartz, and Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley have been named to Forbes Top 200 Lawyers for 2024.
The inaugural list of America's Top 200 Lawyers highlights the finest...
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...
JANUARY 12, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti has been named as one of the top 200 Wealth Advisors in 2024 by We Wealth, an Italian platform dedicated to wealth management.
The guide is addressed to Italian and international private investors,...
DECEMBER 4, 2023
In the News
Three Boies Schiller Flexner partners were named in Who’s Who Legal’s guide to International Arbitration for 2024. Timothy Foden and Ben Love were named in the WWL International Arbitration 2024 report, and David Hunt was ranked as an...
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...
OCTOBER 20 - NOVEMBER 9, 2023
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys won two settlements on behalf of a class of victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff granted final approval of the $290 million settlement between JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the class of...
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Announcements
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit unanimously upheld Alabama-based U.S. District Judge R. David Proctor’s August 2022 approval of a $2.67 billion settlement, which followed nearly a decade of litigation involving allegations...
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Announcements
UPDATE: On October 24, 2023, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth for the District of Columbia granted the addition of prejudgment interest at the rate of approximately 5% to the $299 million that was awarded in August to preferred shareholders of...
OCTOBER 16, 2023
In the News
BSF secured a $30 million settlement for Canadian mining company Winshear Gold in relation to its dispute with the United Republic of Tanzania. Winshear confirmed it has received the total amount of funds from Tanzania and has agreed to terminate the...
JULY 11, 2023
In the News
The American Lawyer published its annual pro bono scorecard, which ranked Boies Schiller Flexner 39th out of all AmLaw 200 firms for work performed by U.S.-based lawyers.
Half of the score comes from the average number of pro bono hours per...
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...
MAY 1, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that former Deputy Solicitor General Evan Ezray has rejoined the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office as a partner focused on appellate and complex commercial litigation.
“For a Florida litigator, there...
April 14, 2023
Publications
Key Takeaways
Certain YPF shareholders opted to sue the Argentine state in U.S. court under New York/Argentine law rather than commence investment-treaty arbitration (as other YPF shareholders did before ICSID in 2012). When sovereign conduct harms...
MARCH 8, 2023
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Hunt published a piece in The World Financial Review laying out some challenges arbitration lawyers will face in 2023. Given the current geopolitical landscape, David notes that challenges may manifest...
JANUARY 13, 2023
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2023.
Hamish HumeSigrid McCawleyMatthew SchwartzStuart SingerAlan VickeryJoanna Wright
David Boies, Jonathan Schiller, and Steve Zack are members...
JANUARY 4, 2023
Announcements
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...
DECEMBER 14, 2022
In the News
On behalf of West Flagler Associates, BSF partner Hamish Hume argued to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to uphold last year’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich. The original ruling found that the...
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...
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner was recognized by the Diversity and Flexibility Alliance with the “Tipping the Scale” award for having a diverse U.S.-based partner class of 50% or more of women for 2022.
Of 206 law firms researched by 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 28, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sabria McElroy was selected as one of the nation’s top 40 lawyers under 40 by Bloomberg Law.
In a Q&A with Bloomberg, Sabria answered questions about her practice, recent wins and what she is most proud of as a...
APRIL 21, 2022
In the News
On Thursday, April 21, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, in favor of BSF’s clients. The Supreme Court’s decision addressed an important choice of law issue in a...
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...
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
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...
JANUARY 10, 2022
Announcements
Lawyers from Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on behalf of 26 organizations advocating for the certification of the 28th Amendment, also known as the Equal Rights...
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...
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Announcements
The American Lawyer has selected Boies Schiller Flexner partner Joanna Wright as one of six winners in the Young Lawyers of the Year category of The American Lawyer Industry Awards.
BSF also was named as one of two finalists for Florida Litigation...
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...
JULY 2, 2021
Publications
The U.K.'s data protection regulator — the Information Commissioner's Office — fined American Express Services Europe Ltd. £90,000 ($124,300) in May for sending more than 4 million unsolicited direct marketing emails to customers...
JUNE 17, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner was ranked by Law.com International as the top firm in the U.K. for representation of LGBTQ+ lawyers and partners. A Law.com survey of 64 firms found that Boies Schiller Flexner has both the highest proportion of U.K. lawyers...
MARCH 22, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner is proud to stand alongside the Human Rights Campaign's Business Coalition in calling for the passage of the Equality Act.
The Business Coalition for the Equality Act is a group of leading U.S. employers that support the...
MARCH 11, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner is launching a new tribal affairs task force, led by partner John Kucera, a former assistant U.S. attorney in California. The firm will partner with Tyler Burtis, former special agent in charge at the California Department of...
MARCH 8, 2021
Publications
Multinational organizations often adopt corporate structures that are calculated to insulate the group parent company from the wrongful acts of its subsidiaries. The recent jurisprudence of the UK Supreme Court demonstrates that such structures may...
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...
JANUARY 28, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner received a score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s premier benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related...
DECEMBER 23, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner pro bono client, Michael DeLeon, was released from prison on Thanksgiving Day, concluding the firm’s six-year pro bono representation of Mr. DeLeon.
In 2008, when DeLeon was seventeen, the police searched DeLeon’s...
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Announcements
The Diversity and Flexibility Alliance has recognized Boies Schiller Flexner with the “Tipping the Scale” award for having a diverse partner class of 50% or more of women.
Of 137 law firms researched by the Diversity &...
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Publications
One common observation about the first presidential debate—from all parts of the political and media spectrum—was that it was chaotic, marked by constant interruptions. While there is little that can be done to assure the candidates...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
In the News
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...
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Announcements
Legal Business has shortlisted the London office of Boies Schiller Flexner for Commercial Litigation Team of the Year 2020. The award category identifies an impressive result in commercial litigation by the winning team.
Boies Schiller was nominated...
AUGUST 31, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has named Max Pritt and Sean Rodriguez as Administrative Partners for its San Francisco office.
Max Pritt tries high-stakes cases for plaintiffs and defendants in courtrooms across the country. Max has secured significant...
AUGUST 20, 2020
Announcements
Best Lawyers has named Stuart Singer as the 2021 Fort Lauderdale Lawyer of the Year for Bet-the-Company Litigation. Only one lawyer in each practice area and geographic region is selected for the Lawyer of the Year award each year. Best Lawyers also...
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 27, 2020
Publications
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...
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
Currently, there are “no FDA-approved drugs specifically for the treatment of patients with COVID-19,” per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There is also no vaccine. But there are antiviral drugs that show promise in tests...
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...
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
In the News
Columbia University Athletics dedicates its main basketball court to Boies Schiller Flexner Managing Partner Jonathan Schiller in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the university, its athletics department, and the men’s basketball...
JANUARY 21, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner received a score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s premier benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related...
JANUARY 10, 2020
Publications
Television and movies teach us that only guilty people “take the fifth.” The Fifth Amendment right itself is often referred to as the right (or privilege) against self-incrimination. In fact, the most commonly formulated version of the...
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley talked about her career, and her representation of one of the first sexual abuse survivors to speak out against Jeffrey Epstein, for a profile in the Daily Business Review.
The No. 1 thing...
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Announcements
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,...
AUGUST 16, 2019
In the News
The American Lawyer's Litigation Daily highlighted work by Boies Schiller Flexner partners Chris Duffy and Helen Maher at trial for Barclays Bank Delaware subsidiary Analog Analytics Inc. after a New York Commercial Division jury rejected a claim by...
AUGUST 2, 2019
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner’s London office secured an important victory for its pro bono client, ClientEarth, an environmental law charity, in litigation before the Polish Courts. ClientEarth successfully challenged a board resolution in connection...
APRIL 26, 2019
Announcements
BSF partner Stuart Singer was named Litigator of the Week by the American Lawyer’s Litigation Daily after winning at the Fifth Circuit for client Greenberg Traurig.
The investor plaintiffs argued that Greenberg was responsible for...
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...
AUGUST 15, 2018
Publications
Golden Belt 1 Sukuk Co BSC(c) v. BNP Paribas: A Golden Opportunity for Secondary Purchasers of Debt?
In Golden Belt 1 Sukuk Co BSC(c) v. BNP Paribas, the English High Court, for the first time, imposed a duty of care from a bank that acted as an arranger to a publicly listed capital market issue to secondary purchasers of debt. This legal analysis...
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 2, 2018
In the News
BSF partner Scott Gant was quoted in the Mercury News in its coverage of a RICO class action lawsuit concerning client Corrective Education Company, a provider of a program offered by retailers to combat shoplifting.
“The program is...
MARCH 12, 2018
Publications
When Judge William Alsup asked the lawyers in Waymo v. Uber—the recent showdown over self-driving car technology—if engineers really had to get lobotomies before going to their next job, he wasn’t just asking if they had to...
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
In the News
A class-action lawsuit filed by Boies Schiller Flexner involving 91,000 au pairs is making the case that the longstanding U.S. program violates federal and state wage laws and exploits young people traveling from abroad to care for American children,...
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 16, 2017
Publications
Suppose that in 1980, two parties entered into a contract to buy cassette tapes with an arbitration clause incorporating the American Arbitration Association (AAA) rules for disputes related to that contract. The parties eventually terminate the...
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...
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Publications
This column addresses decisions of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Recently the court revisited personal jurisdiction issues since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014) changed the...
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner was shortlisted for London Office of the Year by the UK's Legal Week. The winner, to be selected by an independent panel of senior business lawyers, will be announced at the 2017 British Legal Awards on November 30,...
JULY 3, 2017
Publications
Now more than ever, state attorney generals are the last line of defense against the excesses of the President in Washington. This is a welcome development — but the expectations are high and the challenges many.
Now more than ever, state...
JUNE 21, 2017
In the News
One of the most significant mandates awarded to Boies Schiller Flexner since opening in London has resulted in a successful outcome for the firm and its clients, The Lawyer reported, after the firm secured a settlement in a dispute over early...
APRIL 19, 2017
Publications
Since Congress passed the Bank Secrecy Act in 1970, banks and other financial institutions have had a legal obligation to report suspicious customer activity to the government or risk regulatory penalties and even criminal prosecution. The purpose is...
MARCH 29, 2017
In the News
A Georgia federal court handed summary judgment to BSF client Delta Air Lines Inc. and AirTran Airways Inc. in long-running multidistrict litigation alleging that they colluded to institute a first-checked baggage fee, Law360 reports.
“Even...
MARCH 7, 2017
In the News
Managing Partner Jonathan Schiller was interviewed by Forbes on how he and David Boies founded BSF in 1997. “We knew each other well, we had a strong level of trust and confidence, and we had ideas about how a good law firm should be...
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...
JANUARY 3, 2017
Publications
The courts in this country have spent decade after decade—sometimes hundreds of years—setting out rules of decision in resolving common law claims. Considering both process and policy, can we say from state to state whether the courts...
DECEMBER 29, 2016
Announcements
International law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner has elected 10 new partners in the firm’s New York City, Washington D.C., London, Los Angeles, Miami, and Oakland offices. The changes are effective January 1, 2017.
NEW YORK CITY
Karen...
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner was honored with an Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice award by the American Antitrust Institute for its work on In re Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation, an MDL challenging...
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...
April 19, 2016
In the News
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...
April 17, 2016
In the News
Partners Stuart Singer and Carl Goldfarb received media attention after reaching a settlement that will improve access to medical and dental care for more than two million children covered by Florida’s Medicaid program. The New York Times and...
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...
April 1, 2016
Announcements
British publication Legal Business has shortlisted the London office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner for its U.S. Law Firm of the Year award for 2016. The award “highlights the U.S. firm that has made the greatest progress over the past year in...
March 7, 2016
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner’s London office was shortlisted for Financial Litigation Team and Partner of The Year awards by Financial News. Each year the publication presents its Excellence in Legal Services Awards, Europe, to celebrate the...
The National Law Journal
In the News
JANUARY 15, 2016
In the News
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...
Press Release
In the News
DECEMBER 4, 2015
Announcements
Attorneys from Boies, Schiller & Flexner’s Fort Lauderdale office have won Most Effective Lawyer Awards from the Daily Business Review, which are awarded to lawyers based in South Florida. Partners Stuart Singer and Carl Goldfarb won in the...
The New York Times
In the News
October 26, 2015
Announcements
The American Academy of Pediatrics has awarded Stuart Singer and Carl Goldfarb, partners in the Fort Lauderdale office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, with 2015 Child Health Advocate Awards.
Mr. Singer and Mr. Goldfarb represent pediatricians in a...
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 New York Law Journal
In the News
JULY 21, 2015
In the News
Boy Scouts of America President Ponders Lifting Hiring Ban for Gay Adults.
MAY 3, 2015
Publications
The U.S. government has been tougher on money launderers, but there are still cracks in the system, partners Peter Skinner and Matthew Schwartz write in American Banker.
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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...
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DECEMBER 31, 2014
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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 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.
AUGUST 5, 2014
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N.Y. Judge Bars Sale Of Whiskey Using Explorers Club TM.
07.08.2014
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JUNE 27, 2014
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David Boies named litigator of the week for Halliburton argument
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...
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JULY 10, 2013
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On July 10, 2013, BSF filed a class action complaint against the United States under the Takings Clause of the U.S. Constitution for appropriating all of the economic rights of the junior preferred stockholders in Fannie Mae and Freddie...
JULY 9, 2013
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner acted as counsel to EGWP Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of client EG Capital and the ultimate parent entity of WaterPik Inc., a leader in oral hygiene, faucet and showerhead products, in connection with the sale of...
JULY 8, 2013
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In a closely watched dispute between the New York Yankees and the country’s largest ticket reseller, StubHub, BSF won a court order preventing StubHub from opening a storefront near Yankee Stadium days before the start of the 2013 Major League...
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...
APRIL 25, 2013
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In an intellectual property case with broad implications for the art world, BSF scored a huge win for contemporary photographer and painter Richard Prince. On April 25, 2013, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the majority of...
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November 6, 2012
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner, working as co- lead counsel, has reached a proposed settlement for $50 to $80 million for a class of investors in Fairfield Greenwich Group, the largest Madoff “feeder fund.” The settlement, filed November 6, 2012 in New...
May - July 2012
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JULY 6, 2012
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An appellate court has tossed out $284 million in claims for contract damages against Boies, Schiller & Flexner client John Ferolito, one of the founders and owners of the multi-billion dollar AriZona Iced Tea company. The decision knocks...
May 30 2012
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MAY 22, 2012
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Contemporary photographer and painter Richard Prince called upon Josh Schiller to put together a team from BSF to pursue an appeal of an important ruling in federal court. Prince faces copyright infringement liability as well as ongoing claims...
May 7, 2012
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APRIL 18, 2012
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BSF partners Stuart Singer and Carl Goldfarb are leading a team of attorneys providing pro bono services for the 1.7 million Florida children on Medicaid and their advocates in a federal trial that began on December 7, 2009. BSF...
APRIL 8, 2012
Announcements
The American Lawyer named Boies, Schiller & Flexner one of five finalists in the publication’s sixth biennial Litigation Department of the Year contest from a field of over 70 firms who competed. Firms were chosen based on litigation...
March 23, 2012
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August 7, 2011
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August 6, 2011
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JULY 21, 2011
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BSF was engaged in June 2010 to defend Goldman Sachs in a fraud action growing out of a derivatives transaction. Basis Yield Alpha Fund -- run by Basis Capital Group, an Australian investment firm -- sued various Goldman Sachs entities. Basis was...
JUNE 7, 2011
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BSF continues to work alongside the non-profit organization Kids In Need of Defense (KIND), founded by actress Angelina Jolie and Microsoft Corporation, to provide pro bono legal counsel and representation to undocumented...
05.19.2011
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"We're being told of the need to cut spending, but there are two problems," said David Boies, one of the co-chairs of the ABA Task Force on Preservation of the Justice System. First, he said, funding for courts already has been cut back to...
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04.15.2011
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BSF is representing over 50 former Galleon employees in the closely watched insider trading trial of hedge fund mogul Raj Rajaratnam. The legal team is also advising these former employees in related ongoing insider trading investigations by the US...
04.14.2011
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If your legislator said to you, "Instead of focusing on fixing the economy, I'm working on a measure that's going to add bureaucracy and costs to our state government," how would you respond?
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02.10.2011
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner partner and ABA President Stephen N. Zack established the Task Force on Preservation of the Justice System as one of his four core initiatives for the 2010-2011 year. The Task Force is co-chaired by BSF Chairman David...
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
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On November 3, 2010, BSF filed a motion for court approval of a settlement in Pokorny v. Quixtar (Amway), a class action case in federal court in the N.D. California. BSF represents a class of several hundred thousand current and former distributors...
DECEMBER 29, 2010
Publications
The below article, written by Frederick J. Lee of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, and Dr. David Tabak of NERA Economic Consulting, was originally published in Law360's Expert Analysis section. An extended version is also...
DECEMBER 10, 2010
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BSF scored a major antitrust win for core client Fresh Del Monte Produce. Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment dismissing an MDL direct-purchaser class action seeking in...
12.02.2010
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On November 23, 2010, a jury in the Northern District of California returned a record-breaking $1.3 billion verdict in favor of Boies, Schiller & Flexner client Oracle against SAP AG, SAP America, and SAP America’s wholly owned subsidiary,...
November 1, 2010 Issue
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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.
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Magda Jimenez Train Selected for Participation in the Executive Leadership Program for Latina Lawyers
AUGUST 25, 2010
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On August 4, 2010, salesforce.com reached settlement in their patent infringement dispute with Microsoft. Boies, Schiller & Flexner was retained by salesforce.com after Microsoft filed suit against the San Francisco start-up in Federal Court in...
JULY 1, 2010
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner ranked at the top of the Up-and-Comers list for the American Lawyers 2010 A-List law firms. The A-List consists of the 20 highest ranked law firms, and the Up-and-Comers category consists of the next 21-50 law...
APRIL 1, 2010
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NEW YORK TIMES: At Law Firms, Reconsidering the Model for Associates’ Pay
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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...
March 30, 2010
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BSF's corporate group represented Starr International Company, Inc. in the sale of up to 10 million shares of common stock of American International Group, Inc. in a variable pre-paid forward sale transaction with UBS Securities LLC. The...
February 6, 2010
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ABA President-Elect and BSF parnter Stephen N Zack spoke at an event on February 6, 2010, to honor five people who have worked to ensure racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession. Each honoree received the 2010 Spirit of Excellence Award...
02.01.2010
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Metropolitan Corporate Counsel [MCC] recently interviewed BSF associate Neena Reddy for a Q & A profile story. The piece focuses broadly on diversity and the role and importance of diversity in BSF’s business model.
“I like to talk about...
DECEMBER 28, 2009
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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...
12.01.2009
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ABA President-elect Stephen N. Zack says notario fraud demands more attention. “It’s an issue that’s been under the radar for a long time —far too long,” he said at a press briefing ...
NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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David Boies and his team at BSF successfully defended Starr International Company (Starr) in a trial of claims brought by AIG seeking more than $4 billion of Starr's assets. After a three-week trial, a federal jury returned a unanimous verdict...
October 8, 2009
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When Stephen N. Zack, administrative partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP's Miami office, takes up presidency of the American Bar Association next year, the 400,000-member organization's focus will shift to civic education, Hispanic legal...
JULY 31, 2009
Announcements
BSF announced today that Miami Regional Director David Nelson is set to join the Firm as counsel in September after a distinguished two-decade career at the SEC. Nelson will be based out of the Ft. Lauderdale and Miami offices and will represent...
7/31/2009
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Albany County Supreme Court Justice John C. Egan, Jr. granted BSF’s motion on behalf of the New York Yankees to quash the legislative subpoena of Assemblyman Richard Brodsky to release documents about the new stadium, and denied the Assemblyman’s...
JULY 27, 2009
Announcements
On Friday, July 24, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the preliminary injunction issued by the Western District of North Carolina which had lifted NASCAR's suspension of driver Jeremy Mayfield following a positive drug test for...
JUNE 4, 2009
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American Airlines was denied a preliminary injunction against a former sales executive accused of bringing trade secrets to Delta Air Lines. BSF partner Harlan Levy successfully argued that without a noncompete agreement, American had no grounds to...
MARCH 31, 2009
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BSF recently won a complete defense victory in the trial of a nationwide class action brought against American Express in California Superior Court. The Court agreed with the Firm that American Express' agreement with cardmembers...
January 2009
Announcements
BSF was recognized for its "superior" client service in BTI's 2009 Survey of Client Service Performance: The BTI Client Service A-Team. The annual survey singles out law firms who "stand out from the pack in the client's...
January 23, 2009
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Governor Paterson named former BSF Partner and U.S. Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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New York Magazine, June 7,...
November 6, 2008
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BSF won on appeal for their client, Fresh Del Monte, a fruit company that was sued by Mexican investors who claimed the 1996 sale of the company was induced by a bribe payment. What turned out to be an emotional three-week jury trial won by Fresh...
October 5, 2008
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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.
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OCTOBER 3, 2008
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The article, which appears as a cover story in Fortune magazine, profiles Hank Greenberg, former longtime Chairman and Chief Executive of American International Group (AIG). The detailed feature story, written by Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, James Bandler, examines Greenberg's efforts to save AIG, which he built into the world's largest insurer. The story also chronicles Greenberg's legal challenges and his quest for vindication. BSF Managing Partner, David Boies, and Partner, Nicholas Gravante, Jr., appear in the story.
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http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/26/magazines/fortune/bandler_greenberg.fortune/index.htm
July 7, 2008
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and the Firm's client, Courtroom View Network ("CVN") (an internet-based newsgathering organization), were the subject of recent press involving the attempt to get cameras in federal courts. Led by D.C. partner, Jonathan Sherman, CVN has successfully obtained access to federal civil proceedings in New York and is currently seeking access to proceedings in class action litigation -- pending in the District of Massachusetts -- arising out of the subprime crisis against Countrywide. If successful, it would be the first time in nearly fifteen years that cameras are allowed in federal court outside of New York
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http://newhouse-web.syr.edu/legal/blog_comments.cfm?blogpost=660
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June 26, 2008
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and the Firm's client, American Express, were featured in numerous articles reporting on the Firm's historic $1.8 billion settlement of American Express's antitrust claims against MasterCard. The total...
January 14, 2008, at A1
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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...
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 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...
August 16, 2007
Announcements
ARMONK, NY - August 16, 2007 - The law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP recently concluded its successful representation of the High Risk Opportunities Hub Fund Ltd. (in liquidation), which resulted in the recovery of over $270 million and...
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...
June 15, 2007
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Bloomberg reported that BSF has been retained as co-lead counsel in Overstock.com's lawsuit against Rocker Partners and others. In the case, Overstock.com alleges that statements and analysis about Overstock's business by Rocker Partners...
June 14, 2007
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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....
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 17, 2006
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After a four-year legal battle surrounding the 1996 sale of the multinational corporation, BSF partner Carlos M. Sires obtained a favorable jury verdict against the allegations of Mexican Investors against Fresh Del Monte Produce and company...
November 2004
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Fresh from a victory in the Supreme Court over rivals Visa and MasterCard, American Express and its counsel Boies, Schiller & Flexner anticipate recovering the staggering damages caused from Visa and MasterCard barring 20,000 banks from issuing...
DECEMBER 1, 2000
Announcements
Described by a client as a lawyer who "gets newly discovered by every generation" and characterized as "a previously undiscovered species of superstar lawyer," David Boies was named by Time as a runner-up in its annual person of the year issue. ...