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JANUARY 29, 2026
Publications
AI is transforming business operations by boosting productivity and innovation, but its “black box” nature makes risk assessment challenging. California’s Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act addresses this by requiring certain AI...
JANUARY 16, 2026
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers.
Richard Feinstein Scott Gant Hamish Hume James KeytePhilip...
JANUARY 13, 2026
In the News
On behalf of music executive Drew Dixon, Boies Schiller Flexner reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed on her behalf in 2023 under New York’s Adult Survivors Act. The terms of the settlement are confidential. Commenting on the outcome, Drew said “In...
JANUARY 12, 2026
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Gianluca Faella has joined the firm as a partner in its Rome office. Gianluca will focus on competition matters within Italy and the European Union, as well as cross-border antitrust-related disputes...
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,...
DECEMBER 4, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today that Douglas M. Miller has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in its securities litigation and global investigations and white collar defense practices.
A veteran trial lawyer with experience...
DECEMBER 2, 2025
In the News
BSF attorneys Melissa Zonne and Mariah Noah argued on behalf of Ding Ding, Ph.D. against Structure Therapeutics Inc.’s appeal of a district court order denying the company’s motion to compel.
BSF argued that although Ding’s case does not involve...
NOVEMBER 11, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Prateek Swaika was quoted by the Financial Times, City AM, Politico, and News5 in articles about President Donald Trump’s recent threat to sue the BBC for $1 billion over the misleading edit of its Panorama...
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
In the News
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed in part a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California that had dismissed claims brought by BSF on behalf of three former national team snowboarders and a U.S. Ski and...
OCTOBER 20, 2025
In the News
On behalf of the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, and BTA Bank, Boies Schiller Flexner secured a jury award worth more than $100 million – $52 million in damages plus more than $50 million in prejudgment interest.
The lawsuit, which was filed in the...
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...
SEPTEMBER 26, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner James Lee was quoted in an article by The Wall Street Journal examining the growing difficulty data-breach victims face in pursuing lawsuits, as courts increasingly require proof of tangible harm and a direct link to a...
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...
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...
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025
In the News
After a nearly three-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the jury found that Google unlawfully collected user data from millions of individuals who had opted out of tracking, awarding $425.7 million in...
AUGUST 26, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley was featured as the cover story for Lifestyle Magazine’s September issue. The magazine profiles Sigrid on her impressive work ethic, along with giving some insight on the woman leading many...
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...
AUGUST 18, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Dan Boyle is quoted in a Law.com article regarding the recent hacking of the federal judiciary’s electronic case management system, known as CM/ECF. The breach has resulted in U.S. courthouses nationwide requiring...
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...
JULY 10, 2025
Publications
On June 6, 2025, US District Judge Claudia Wilken granted final approval to one of the most significant antitrust settlements in sports history in House v. NCAA. The settlement resolves a trio of antitrust cases, all of which challenged NCAA’s...
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
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 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 11, 2025
In the News
In Law.com’s Class Actions: Critical Mass column, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant shares his take on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to dismiss Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis, a case involving blind patients...
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...
JUNE 5, 2025
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner hosted a fireside chat discussing global antitrust trends, including in the EU and in the U.S. with the new Trump Administration.
BSF Partner James Keyte and Commissioners Elisabetta Iossa and Saverio Valentino from the...
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 partner Dan Boyle co-authored an article in The Anti-Corruption Report on the recent executive order by President Trump authorizing the designation of international narcotics cartels and other transnational criminal...
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...
APRIL 18, 2025
In the News
In a Law.com International article spotlighting the firm, Chairman Matthew Schwartz highlighted the increase in client demand for trial lawyers and key growth at all levels as factors fueling an excellent year for the firm financially.
Matthew also...
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 24, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Hunt was featured on the Telecoms.com podcast as its first-ever legal guest.
Among other topics, David shared advice for how telecoms operators can manage regulatory risks and offered insights on the commercial...
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 7, 2025
Publications
In an article published by Legaltech News, Boies Schiller Flexner counsel Jon Mills and associate Alexandra Williams dive into conflicting circuit court rulings on geofencing and the constitutionality of this investigative tool. In the article, Jon...
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...
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
In the News
BSF filed a lawsuit on behalf of Rumble Inc. alleging that Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes is using his position to enforce extraterritorial censorship.
Justice Moraes has issued secret orders sua sponte, demanding that U.S.-based...
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
In the News
After three and a half years of wrongful detainment in Russian prison, Boies Schiller Flexner client Marc Fogel was finally released and touched down on U.S. soil.
A quote from partners Martin De Luca and Andrew Smith was included in the official...
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
In the News
On behalf of Dr. Ding Ding, Boies Schiller Flexner defeated Structure Therapeutics’ motion to compel arbitration for a second time.
Ding, whom the company hired as its first-ever chief financial officer and specifically for its planned initial...
JANUARY 29, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Michael Jacobs provided commentary on the Mastercard class action and resulting funder-class representative arbitration in a Law.com International article.
The article explores the growing debate over litigation...
JANUARY 24, 2025
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers.
David BoiesJim Denvir Richard Feinstein Scott Gant Hamish Hume James...
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...
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 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 26, 2024
In the News
U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III ruled that the New Jersey judicial privacy and security measure known as Daniel's Law is constitutional.
Representing Atlas Data Privacy Corp., BSF and co-counsel have filed more than 150 lawsuits seeking to...
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...
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 29, 2024
In the News
U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied Structure Therapeutics Inc.’s motion to compel arbitration in the suit filed by BSF client Ding Ding, Ph.D., who alleges she...
OCTOBER 29, 2024
In the News
Australian news outlet Stockhead took a deep dive into Sarama Resources’ legal dispute with Burkina Faso in which our client will pursue claims that the government acted illegally in rejecting the company’s exploration permit after more than 10 years...
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 23, 2024
In the News
Oral arguments have been scheduled for December 5, 2024, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on a landmark case challenging the federal ban on marijuana.
The lawsuit, originally filed in the Federal District Court for Western...
OCTOBER 22, 2024
In the News
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a $440 million judgment against four cruise lines, including BSF client Carnival Corp., as well as Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., and MSC Cruises SA...
OCTOBER 17, 2024
In the News
Law.com International reported on the lawsuit Telf AG & Mayaniquel SA v. Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote, which was filed by BSF in a Florida state court against the Guatemalan lawyer Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote. The suit was filed on behalf of...
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 27, 2024
In the News
BSF is representing Mayaniquel, a mining company affected by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions, imposed in late 2022, that shut down Guatemala's nickel mines.
On behalf of Mayaniquel, BSF co-founder Jonathan...
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today the addition of two lateral partners to the firm. Peter Skinner returns to the New York City office as co-leader of our investigations and white collar team, and Andrew Smith has joined as a partner in...
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 20, 2024
In the News
Partner Kenya Davis is quoted extensively in a Rolling Stone article about Sean “Diddy” Combs being indicted on racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and interstate transportation to engage in prostitution charges.
In the article, Kenya, who...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
In the News
Jenna Smith and Lauren Goldman were interviewed by Law.com for its “How We Made Partner” column, chronicling their journeys to BSF.
In the interviews, Jenna and Lauren spoke about their careers, including their mentors, previous experience, and why...
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...
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...
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...
AUGUST 7, 2024
Publications
By Renee Zaytsev
The article originally appeared on Bloomberg Law.
Editor's note: Renee Zaytsev was counsel in the matter of Paragon Technologies, Inc. v. Cryan prior to joining Boies Schiller Flexner.
Advance notice bylaws—provisions in a company's...
JULY 26, 2024
Announcements
Partner Sabria McElroy was named to Savoy Magazine’s 2024 Most Influential Lawyers in Corporate America.
According to Savoy, the list recognizes attorneys whose legal prowess and commitment to excellence inspire the highest levels of corporate...
MAY 23, 2024
Publications
Partner Prateek Swaika and associate Sam Heitlinger published a piece in FT Adviser exploring the recent appointment of Nick Ephgrave to Director of the Serious Fraud Office in the U.K. and how his plans could improve the organization.
FT ADVISER:...
MAY 22, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner represents the plaintiffs in an action against Attorney General Merrick Garland in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the constitutionality of the federal Controlled Substances Act’s...
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...
MAY 9, 2024
Event
BSF partner Martin De Luca spoke on the panel “Extradition and ‘related’ international criminal law issues arising from the Ukraine crisis” at the International Bar Association’s 26th Annual Transnational Crime Conference on May 9, 2024.
The...
APRIL 22, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Marc Ayala is quoted in the article, “Help, the Lenders Are Fighting Again: Creditor Violence Driving Demand in Bankruptcy, Litigation Practices” by The American Lawyer.
The article discusses the recent rise of...
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 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...
MARCH 22, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partners Adam Shaw and 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 installment of the...
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...
FEBRUARY 13-15, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner filed two lawsuits this week against Russell Simmons.
The firm filed a lawsuit in New York Federal Court on February 13 on behalf of a former executive at Def Jam Recordings accusing the label’s co-founder, Russell...
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...
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 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 10, 2023
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Hunt was quoted in a number of publications this week reporting on the recent King’s Speech, which included an announcement that the government will be introducing new arbitration legislation.
David noted it...
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Publications
BSF counsel Valeria Valentini contributed to the recent publication “L’organismo di vigilanza nelle società. Prassi operative, profili di responsabilità, strumenti digitali di supporto” (“Supervisory Board in...
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 19, 2023
Announcements
BSF is proud to announce that we have been honored by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) as a 2023 Top Performer and Compass Award winner, recognizing our continued commitment and involvement in LCLD’s important programming and...
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 17, 2023
Publications
In a much-awaited ruling, the U.K. Supreme Court held that the so-called Quincecare duty does not extend to banks in authorized push payment fraud situations. BSF attorneys David Hunt, Michael Jacobs, and Sagar Gupta consider the...
JULY 14, 2023
Publications
Earlier this year, a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California jury found Tesla CEO Elon Musk not liable for losses incurred by investors who accused him of fraud based on his tweets in August 2018, in which he said he was...
JULY 12, 2023
In the News
Several media outlets reported on the arrival of Boies Schiller Flexner's new Washington D.C. partner David Lehn.
When asked what drew him to the firm, David told Law360 "Boies, I felt like, had this small firm kind of litigation boutique...
JULY 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...
JUNE 26, 2023
Event
BSF's Milan office acted as donor and co-sponsor for the Independence Day Celebration of 2023 hosted at Villa Taverna in Rome by the U.S. Embassy to the Republic of Italy. Partners Alessia Allegretti and Luigi Macioce were in attendance.
The event...
MAY 26, 2023
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys were named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America.
Brooke AlexanderMarc AyalaDavid BarrettDavid Boies*Eric BrennerGeorge CarpinelloJim DenvirRichard FeinsteinScott...
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 24, 2023
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sashi Bach was featured in Law.com’s Q&A series “How I Made It.” In the interview, Sashi discusses her rise to Fort Lauderdale administrative partner, her various responsibilities in the role, and...
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...
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Publications
BSF attorneys Joanna Wright and Sabina Mariella published an article in MedCity News about the current legal landscape regarding access to medication abortion and reproductive healthcare.
Their article comments on the tension between the FDA’s...
FEBRUARY 2023
Event
The legal situation following the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe v. Wade leaves more questions than answers for employees and corporations in states where the laws are now unclear or rapidly evolving. The Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys who...
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
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...
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...
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Jenny H. Kim and Michael M. Fay have joined the firm’s New York office as partners. With deep experience in litigation involving financial products, bankruptcy, and securities cases, Jenny and...
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 20, 2022
Announcements
BSF is proud to announce that we have been honored by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) as a 2022 Top Performer and Compass Award winner, recognizing our continued commitment and involvement in LCLD's important programming and mission...
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...
September 19, 2022
Announcements
President Biden announced his intent to appoint Boies Schiller Flexner partner Steve Zack, among others, to serve as a member of the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts.
Established in 1958 by President Eisenhower, the...
AUGUST 29, 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...
AUGUST 19, 2022
Publications
Recently, an ICSID tribunal denied Spain’s request to reconsider its previous jurisdictional ruling where it had rejected the intra-EU jurisdiction objection. The denial of the reconsideration request signals that intra-EU investor-State...
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...
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...
JULY 1, 2022
Publications
Green Power Partners K/S and SCE Solar Don Benito APS v. The Kingdom of Spain
In a first after the Achmea and Komstroy judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union, an investor-State arbitral tribunal denied jurisdiction based on the intra...
MAY 18, 2022
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Meredith Schultz spoke to Law.com about her journey to making partner.
"Throughout my time working at BSF, I have focused on the fact that for many of our clients—whether they be in-house lawyers or...
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...
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...
MARCH 18, 2022
Publications
The “total institutional failure” of the Department of Justice’s handling of privileged material in the ongoing prosecution of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng highlights the serious issues with the use of “filter”...
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 26, 2022
In the News
BSF attorneys filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in support of the final three states that ratified the ERA. Nevada, Illinois, and Virginia are suing the national Archivist to require him to record the ERA as the...
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...
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...
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 20, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP filed an amicus brief on behalf of more than 500 athletes—including U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team forward Megan Rapinoe, WNBA All-Star Layshia Clarendon, and more than two dozen...
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...
AUGUST 6, 2021
In the News
The Daily Business Review profiled the efforts of Sashi Bach and Carl Goldfarb in reaching a settlement between their client, Fisher Island Community Association, and Fisher Island’s developers, Fisher Island Holdings LLC and Par 7 LLC, in a...
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 14, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Jesse Panuccio has been reappointed to the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission by Governor DeSantis.
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...
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...
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...
MARCH 26, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partners Steve Zack and Sabria McElroy were honored in this year's Daily Business Review Florida Legal Awards. The publication named Steve a Distinguished Leader, and Sabria is recognized in the "On the Rise"...
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 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...
DECEMBER 5, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Steve Zack is featured in episodes 6 and 7 of the podcast series Fox News Election Rewind: 2000, where he discusses the moment when the Bush and Gore campaigns turned to constitutional lawyers and the Supreme Court case...
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 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...
OCTOBER 23, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies and partner Sigrid McCawley were named Litigators of the Week for the latest victory in their tireless work shining the light on Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking conspiracy. They were recognized...
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...
JULY 28, 2020
Publications
As the United States battles simultaneous public-health and economic crises, COVID-19 has presented some unprecedented challenges — many are familiar to borrowers, regulators, servicers and investors who recall the financial crisis in 2008....
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...
DECEMBER 16, 2019
In the News
Sigrid McCawley has been waging a war against Jeffrey Epstein and his various allies for the past five and a half years, representing eight women and serving as co-counsel for three others, American Lawyer columnist Vivia Chen wrote. McCawley's...
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,...
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Announcements
The Daily Business Review named Stuart Singer a Most Effective Lawyer in the Appellate category for the second year in a row. Singer received the latest award for two big appellate wins in different courts in the past year.
Singer, who heads Boies...
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 15, 2019
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys were recognized in the 26th edition of Best Lawyers in America.
David Boies** − Antitrust Law, Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Public Finance Law
David Boyd...
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...
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office won higher rankings in the latest editions of both Chambers UK and Legal 500 UK, in recognition of its status as a growing force in London.
In Banking Litigation, Chambers reports Boies Schiller Flexner has a...
OCTOBER 26, 2018
Announcements
The National Law Journal has named Boies Schiller Flexner to its 2018 Appellate Hot List, one of 22 firms saluted for their success before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appeals courts.
BSF was recognized for an important victory in antitrust...
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 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 31, 2018
In the News
The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and other media covered a lawsuit filed by lawyers at Boies Schiller Flexner on behalf of US Foods and Sysco alleging illegal price fixing against more than two dozen poultry companies, including Tyson Foods,...
JANUARY 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...
JANUARY 1, 2018
Publications
Ad hoc committees can allow creditors to effectively maximise leverage and pressure against a debtor company to obtain the best outcome for them both individually and as a group. However, it is critical that the structure, decision-making, governance...
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
In the News
BSF's statement on behalf of Cogent Communications was cited by The Recorder in article chronicling what major law firms have recently told the FCC in the months leading up to the repeal of net neutrality. “In addition to better conforming...
NOVEMBER 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,...
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
In the News
The Salt Lake Tribune and other media outlets covered a $7 million settlement that Boies Schiller Flexner reached with two defendants in an antitrust lawsuit on behalf of a class of consumers who purchased contact lenses online. The settling...
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 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...
JUNE 19, 2017
In the News
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that the government cannot deny trademark registration to offensive names is good news for the Washington Redskins and others, but there is a cultural cost, BSF Partner Josh Schiller tells The New York...
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 28, 2017
In the News
The White House's decision to leave media outlets out of press briefings is a threat to First Amendment rights, partner Scott Gant tells The New York Times. “The exclusion of certain news organizations from press briefings, if motivated by...
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
In the News
Partner Scott Gant tells the Houston Chronicle there's a good chance Clarence Thomas is the Supreme Court Justice that Sen. Ted Cruz suggested will step down in the near future. "If I had to guess, I'd think that's who Ted is referring to....
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...
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
Publications
In 2012, I witnessed a scene that has been on my mind this week: then-Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough reprimanded a less experienced staffer for merely referencing the ongoing reelection campaign during a mid-level NSC policy...
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...
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...
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...
MAY 2, 2016
In the News
The Supreme Court's Hobbs Act ruling in Ocasio v. U.S. bolsters the prosecutor’s motivation to have his witnesses under indictment, rather than gamble with an independent witness, Lauren Louis tells Law360. "Despite assurances by the majority...
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 22, 2016
In the News
Partner Scott Gant tells Bisnow he's not surprised by the fact that Ted Cruz's natural born citizenship and eligibility for the presidential nomination has come into question, and says that there will be more to come. "I am 100% convinced that...
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...
12.18.2015
In the News
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...
Financial Times
In the News
The New York Times
In the News
Law360
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 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 7, 2015
In the News
Democrats and Republicans finally agree on something – repealing the Cadillac tax on high-cost health plans. Good news? Not exactly. Both the Cadillac tax and the bipartisan calls to repeal it illustrate what is...
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...
Law360
In the News
The Washington Lawyers' Committee
In the News
Law360
In the News
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...
The New York Law Journal
In the News
National Law Journal
In the News
Law360
In the News
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 26, 2016
In the News
On May 26, 2015, in Comptroller v. Wynne, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the State of Maryland’s refusal to give credit for income taxes paid to other states violated the Dormant Commerce Clause.
The Court held that Maryland’s tax...
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.
MAY 1, 2015
In the News
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP's DC partner Jonathan Sherman is a guest on "Richard French Live," Regional New Network (New York-New Jersey-Connecticut-based news talk show; discussing whether the Supreme Court should permit video coverage of its oral arguments).
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...
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April 20, 2015
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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.
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03.16.2015
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MARCH 10, 2015
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The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) requires financial institutions to detect and report suspicious activity. For years, the BSA was almost purely the province of banking regulators. But recently, the Department of Justice has dramatically increased the rate...
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FEBRUARY 6, 2015
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THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS: ‘I Obtained Addresses…NYTHA Could Have Done The Same’
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JANUARY 12, 2015
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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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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
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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...
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December 9, 2014
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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
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CBS Deal Ends Blackout, Litigation Risk for Dish.
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OCTOBER 8, 2014
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CBS NEWS: Quaker Oats Accused of Stealing the "Face of America's Breakfast"
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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
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APRIL 16, 2014
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D.C. budget autonomy suit could compel Congress to butt out of District’s finances
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November 19, 2013
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Debates on software patent eligibility have focused "unduly" on preemption, Parker Bagley tells Law360. "Here, the abstract idea is really giving a gift. That can be implemented any number of ways and this is one way."
OCTOBER 22, 2013
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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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For additional coverage, see USA Today and Bloomberg Businessweek
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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
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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...
June 26, 2013
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In a landmark civil rights ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has found in favor of BSF and co-counsel at Gibson Dunn that backers of Proposition 8, the ban against same-sex marriage in California, lacked standing to appeal the district court's finding...
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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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Guatemalteca in Electricity Generator Buy
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Bloomberg
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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...
JUNE 26, 2012
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Citing his work in Bush v Gore and his tenure as the first Hispanic-American president of the ABA, Florida Super Lawyers profiled BSF partner Stephen Zack in the June 2012 issue. Mr. Zack has been ranked as a Florida Super Lawyer for the past six...
JUNE 8, 2012
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A team of lawyers led by BSF partners Robin A. Henry and Motty Shulman have secured another significant victory in their continuing representation of BNP Paribas in its suit against Bank of America. BNP Paribas has alleged that Bank of...
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
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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...
Columbia Law School Magazine
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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...
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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...
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
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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,...
DECEMBER 29, 2010
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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...
12.06.2010
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A decade ago this Sunday, a court decision was handed down that changed the course of American and world history; it also ended the most extraordinary case of my legal career. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against my client Vice President Al Gore...
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.
Click on the link below to read the article and watch the video. The issue is also available on newsstands nationwide.
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September 20, 2010
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One of the defining events in our nation’s history happened in September 223 years ago — the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the U.S. Constitution, a written charter for a new, and enduring, federal government....
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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...
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August 2, 2010
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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
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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.
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JULY 1, 2010
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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...
JUNE 7, 2010
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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...
APRIL 20, 2010
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The legal and policy landscape leading up to and arising from the global credit crisis, including litigation against financial institutions, continues to be examined by leading media as part of the larger business story about the crisis and its far...
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.
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01.28.2010
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U.S. District Judge Richard J. Sullivan granted BSF’s motion to dismiss, with prejudice, a lawsuit against firm client George Steinbrenner brought by Robert Gutkowski, former president of Madison Square Garden Corporation. ...
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
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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...
08.03.2009
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It was just one moment in a hallway outside another hotel meeting room, but it offered a telling glimpse into the impact Stephen N. Zack is likely to have when he takes his turn as ABA president.
He was giving an interview to a television crew on...
JULY 31, 2009
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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
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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...
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On February 16, 2009, BSF Partner, Stephen N. Zack was nominated to become President-elect of the American Bar Association (ABA) in a unanimous decision by the ABA Nominating Committee. Zack, who was introduced at the Mid-Year meeting, will be the...
04.29.2009
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APRIL 15, 2009
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BSF is pleased to announce the appointment by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of our Partner, Richard Feinstein, to serve as its Director of the Bureau of Competition. "This position is extraordinarily important to the enforcement of U.S....
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
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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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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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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 20, 2008
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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 18, 2008
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The law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP recently won the right to seek post-conviction DNA testing for their client Robert Breest. Chief Judge Steven McAuliffe of the United States District Court for the District of New...
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 28, 2007, at A3
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The Journal reports BSF's win in Tennessee Chancery Court. On December 27, 2007, Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle ordered Finish Line and UBS to proceed with a $1.5 billion merger they had sought to repudiate in light of the credit crisis. The...
December 2007
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP is among the firms setting the standard for working mothers, according to the National Association of Women Lawyers® ("NAWL"), which profiled the firm in its December 2007 newsletter. The article makes...
December 19, 2007
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The Wall Street Journal reports on closing arguments held in the Nashville trial of Finish Line and UBS. The action, brought by Genesco, seeks to enforce a sale agreement repudiated by the purchaser as a result of the liquidity crisis and other...
September 21, 2007
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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...
August 16, 2007
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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....
June 6, 2007
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WASHINGTON - June 6, 2007 - Scott Gant, a Boies, Schiller & Flexner partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, is the author of a new book, We're All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet...
May 13, 2007
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Reporting that David Boies has been hired to assist filmaker Michael Moore with a federal investigation into Moore's travel to Cuba for the making of his documentary film "Sicko."
May 9, 2007
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WASHINGTON, DC –– May 9, 2007 –– Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP is pleased to announce that D. Michael Underhill and Eric J. Maurer have joined the firm as partners in its Washington, DC office. They will focus on patent and trade secret litigation;...
April 23, 2007
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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...
January 18, 2007
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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.
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December 4, 2006
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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
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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 16, 2006
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Federal District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the Southern District of New York late yesterday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to stop construction of the new stadium that the New York Yankees are building in the Bronx. In her 57-page opinion, Judge...
October 26, 2005
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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...
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Regarding Iraq, War on Terror and the burden of proof.
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DECEMBER 1, 2000
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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. ...