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JUNE 3, 2026
In the News
Law.com recently spoke with partner Kenya Davis about the ways her courtroom skills have translated into the political arena as she has assisted with her husband’s campaign for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council.
Applying the same focus on...
MAY 22, 2026
In the News
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators.
David Boies*Martin De LucaTimothy FodenSigrid McCawleyJonathan Schiller*Matthew SchwartzPeter SkinnerStephen Zack*Stefano...
MAY 20, 2026
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti contributed to an article by Citywealth discussing how the concept of the supercar as a symbol of achievement is shifting from status object to cultural object.
According to Alessia, its power...
MAY 20, 2026
In the News
On May 20, 2026, Founding Partner and Columbia University alumnus Jonathan Schiller was recognized during two commencement ceremonies, one for graduates and one for undergraduates, as a Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) Alumni Medalist.
Recognized...
MAY 12, 2026
In the News
In an article by Citywealth on disputes involving first-generation wealth transfers, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti discussed the importance of establishing governance frameworks that prepare the next generation for successful...
MAY 8, 2026
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Nicola Bonante and counsel Tiziana de Virgilio contributed to Milano Finanza with an article titled “Dal salario minimo al salario giusto” (“From Minimum Wage to Fair Wage”), offering an overview of the impact of a...
MAY 4, 2026
In the News
Today, BSF filed an unopposed motion on behalf of Payward, the parent company of Kraken, one of the world’s largest digital asset exchanges.
The motion requests leave to file a second amended complaint in Payward’s federal lawsuit against Etana...
APRIL 27, 2026
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today that Nicola Bonante has joined the Milan office as partner, focusing on employment law. Alongside him, three professionals join BSF from a leading U.S. law firm: counsel Tiziana de Virgilio and associates...
APRIL 17, 2026
In the News
A Boies Schiller Flexner team secured a trial win in the case Parker et al. v. Souki in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
The firm represents Christopher Parker and Red Mango Enterprises Ltd., who, beginning in 2017, invested in...
APRIL 9, 2026
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti moderated a webinar on “How Italian Boards Are Evolving,” organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy’s Governance Committee.
The chairperson of the committee, Alessia led a discussion...
MARCH 2026
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti has been appointed to the executive committee of Casa Ronald McDonald Italia, where she also serves on the board of directors.
Through its Ronald Houses and Family Rooms, the foundation helps families...
MARCH 3, 2026
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Jenna Smith was listed in Albany Business Review’s newest class of 40 Under 40.
Selected from more than 250 nominations, Jenna is among those who the publication views as being forward-thinking professionals making...
MARCH 1-3, 2026
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti will participate in the 31st annual Private Client Tax Conference in London, chairing the session “The Four-Pillar Dialogue: Family Office, Legal, Banking, and Investment Advisory - Perspectives on...
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 20, 2026
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti was featured in a 60-second interview with Citywealth Leaders List, which consists of top private wealth advisers spanning lawyers, trustees, and bankers.
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 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...
JANUARY 9, 2026
In the News
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has formally confirmed the appointment of Boies Schiller Flexner partner Martin De Luca as Examiner in the First Brands Chapter 11 cases, following his selection by the U.S. Trustee after a highly competitive national...
JANUARY 1, 2026
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti has been appointed liaison officer to the North American and European Regional Fora of the International Bar Association’s Private Client Committee for a two-year term commencing January 1, 2026.
DECEMBER 5, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Jesse Panuccio, who co-leads the firm’s Appellate practice, has been selected as chairman of the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission.
Jesse has served on the commission since 2016,...
NOVEMBER 24, 2025
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti spoke at Gentleman Top World Treasures 2026, an exclusive event hosted by Milano Finanza and Class Editori, which brought together the most iconic brands and retailers in the jewelry and...
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 2-7, 2025
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti will participate in two panels at the International Bar Association Annual Conference, which will be held in Toronto, Canada.
Alessia will chair the panel “Family Offices in this Day and Age,”...
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 25, 2025
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti will speak at “Geopolitics as Strategy: Turning Risks into Opportunities,” an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy and APCO, a global advisory and advocacy firm...
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 5, 2025
Announcements
Lawdragon named Boies Schiller Flexner partners to its 500 Leading Litigators in America list, a guide to the most elite courtroom advocates in the nation.
The following partners were recognized:
Alison AndersonMarc AyalaSashi BachDavid...
SEPTEMBER 4, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today that Kathleen Shannon has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Kathleen brings a wealth of experience to the firm’s global investigations and white collar defense team, as well as the...
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 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 24, 2025
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators.
David Boies*Martin De LucaTimothy FodenJonathan Schiller*Matthew SchwartzPeter SkinnerStephen Zack*Stefano Zonca
Additionally, David...
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 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
Publications
In an article for the FT Adviser, Boies Schiller Flexner partners Andrew Smith and Martin De Luca, along with associates Scott Nielson and Alexandra Williams, compare the U.K.’s debanking reforms to the U.S., with key takeaways for ultra-high-net...
JUNE 15, 2025
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partners Maxwell Pritt and Margaux Poueymirou authored an article for the Daily Journal on the use of “shadow library” Anna’s Archive and copyright issues in the AI space.
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 10. 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Martin De Luca was quoted by The New York Times about firm client Stephen James Hubbard, a teacher who has been wrongfully detained by Russia since 2022.
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 23, 2025
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti has been appointed by McDonald’s Development Italy LLC as a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation Ronald McDonald Italy.
The Ronald McDonald Foundation aims to build, purchase, and...
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 20, 2025
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti took part in the 9th IBA Global Entrepreneurship Conference in Milan, organized by the Closely Held Companies Committee.
She moderated the roundtable discussion “Governance Challenges in Family...
MAY 16, 2025
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner’s Ursula Ungaro, Carl Goldfarb, and Brittany Zoll say the state’s civil procedure amendments emphasize resolving cases efficiently but introduce limits to conducting discovery.
A potential discovery pitfall awaits the unwary...
APRIL 12, 2025
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Giancarlo Morelli and associate Roberta Giulia Iemoli published an article in Altalex, titled “Arbitrato societario irrituale: sussiste il potere cautelare in capo agli arbitri?”
The article examines...
MAY 5 & 12, 2025
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti was a guest lecturer at SDA Bocconi School of Management, where she contributed to the Family Business and Wealth Management track of the Master in Corporate Finance.
She led one session on family...
APRIL 30, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alison Anderson, who previously led a team that oversaw monitorships within the DOJ's Major Frauds Unit, was recently interviewed by Global Investigations Review about the early termination of Glencore’s...
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 9, 2025
Publications
This alert addresses the antitrust risks associated with our bank clients’ participation in Net Zero banking alliances, in light of recent litigation and a rapidly shifting political climate. Based on the pending Texas v. BlackRock case (No. 6:24-cv...
APRIL 4, 2025
Announcements
Daily Business Review recognized Boies Schiller Flexner as having the leading litigation practice in Florida last year, awarding the firm its Litigation Department of the Year (General Category) honor.
Highlights from this past year include reversing...
MARCH 31, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti was quoted in an ItaliaOggi7 article on the shifting global legal landscape in light of President Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency. The article explores the implications of protectionist...
MARCH 25, 2025
In the News
As a 2025 Florida Legal Awards Litigation Department (General) of the Year finalist, Boies Schiller Flexner’s South Florida offices were highlighted in a profile by Daily Business Review.
MARCH 25, 2025
Publications
During the Biden Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued Interpretive Letter (“IL”) 1179, which imposed special requirements on national banks and federal savings associations (collectively “banks”) for engaging...
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 21, 2025
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner settled for an undisclosed amount in the patent infringement case Touchstream Technologies Inc. v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC d/b/a Xfinity et al., in which BSF represents Touchstream Technologies.
In March 2023,...
MARCH 3, 2025
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Renee Zaytsev published an article with Governance Intelligence on the potential ramifications of Senate Bill 21 if enacted, such as substantially reducing the volume of stockholder litigation and arming boards with...
MARCH 2-4, 2025
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti participated in the 30th Annual Private Client Tax Conference.
Alessia, an officer of the Private Client Tax Committee of the International Bar Association, spoke in the session “Rich Kids Part...
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 11, 2025
Publications
On February 5, 2025, the newly confirmed Attorney General, Pam Bondi, issued a memo titled “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences” (“Bondi DEI Memo”) directing the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division to...
FEBRUARY 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...
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partners Adam Shaw and Jenna Smith published their quarterly column in the New York Law Journal looking at cases of significance in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.
This installment of the column...
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 21, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Prateek Swaika authored an article for The Times exploring how current U.K. defamation law can potentially be used to bring claims against AI deepfakes, while also acknowledging that the law may not be...
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner of counsel Hon. Shira Scheindlin will speak on the panel “Enforceable Arbitral Subpoenas: What to Know” during New York Arbitration Week.
This panel will consider the significant recent case law developments affecting arbitral...
OCTOBER 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 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...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Announcements
BSF has received the DEI Leadership Bronze Seal from the California State Bar in recognition of its commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion within the firm and the legal profession.
The State Bar’s DEI Leadership Seal program spotlights legal...
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 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 15-20, 2024
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti spoke at the International Bar Association’s Annual Conference in Mexico City, which took place from September 15 to September 20, 2024.
Joined by a panel of speakers from different jurisdictions, she...
September 9, 2024
Announcements
Lawdragon named 43 Boies Schiller Flexner partners to its 500 Leading Litigators in America list, a guide to the most elite courtroom advocates in the nation.
The following partners were recognized:
Alison Anderson
Marc Ayala
Sashi Bach
David...
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 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 10, 2024
Announcements
The National Law Journal singled out Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley and our Class Actions practice group for recognition at ALM’s 2024 Elite Trial Lawyers Awards. The publication announced that Sigrid was chosen as a winner in the Elite Women of...
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...
MAY 8-9, 2024
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti led a two-day Masterclass on Family Business and Wealth Management at SDA Bocconi, as part of its Master in Corporate Finance.
Alessia engaged with a dynamic group of students, discussing the unique...
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 19, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti published the article “Navigating Family Governance: Strategies For Long-Term Success” in Wealth Briefing, which discusses a number of building blocks for establishing effective family...
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 11, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies and partners Mark Mao and James Lee were chosen as The American Lawyer's Litigators of the Week for their work on behalf of a class of Google users.
Google agreed to delete billions of data records it...
APRIL 3, 2024
Publications
For 40 years, Chevron deference has assured federal agencies a relatively free hand to adopt and change their interpretation of the statutes governing their actions. Over those decades, judicial attitudes toward Chevron deference have changed...
MARCH 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...
MARCH 15, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant was quoted in an article by Law360 on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling about when a public official’s social media activity can constitute state action.
The court's decision provides vital clarity to the "wild...
MARCH 5, 2024
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti attended the 29th Annual International Private Client Tax Conference of the International Bar Association - “Navigating the private client world in turbulent times,” which took place in...
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Event
On February 27, Boies Schiller Flexner associate Joshua Quaye will be a panelist on the symposium “Where Business Law & Tech Intersect,” which will be hosted by Black Tech Link.
Additional panelists include Taurean Brown, general...
JANUARY 31, 2024
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner of counsel Hon. Shira Scheindlin will speak at this year’s Legalweek Judges Panel: Judicial Legendary Legends and the Current MVPs, which takes place Wednesday, January 31 at 9:30 a.m.
Judge Scheindlin is among...
JANUARY 23, 2024
Publications
In summaryThe #MeToo Movement has exposed significant and pervasive sexual misconduct taking place within corporate organisations. Many executives and officers have already faced some measure of accountability, both for their own sexual misconduct...
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,...
JANUARY 1, 2024
Announcements
Partner Alessia Allegretti was appointed as Membership Officer of the International Bar Association’s Private Client Tax Committee, to serve from January 1, 2024 until December 31, 2025.
The Legal Practice Division (LPD) Committees provide...
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
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner was named Florida Litigation Department of the Year at The American Lawyer's annual Industry Awards.
Our submission pulled examples of our work for Fortune 500 clients like Carnival and NextEra, plaintiff-side work such as...
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 25, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced the hire of three prominent attorneys, adding decades of experience across the technology and entertainment, finance, gaming, consumer protection, government, and bankruptcy sectors. Mark Brnovich, Joshua...
OCTOBER 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...
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Announcements
On behalf of Knorr-Bremse's subsidiary Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems Italia, Boies Schiller Flexner finalized the acquisition of the Italian company Alisea S.r.l., an electronics engineering services company that caters to the railway...
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Adam Shaw and counsel 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 quarter's...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2024.
Alison Anderson − White Collar, Investigations, Complex Litigation
Marc Ayala − Complex Commercial...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Martin De Luca has joined the firm as a partner. Martin counsels high-net-worth individuals and corporations in complex multijurisdictional disputes, developing offensive and defensive strategies to...
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 30, 2023
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Adam Shaw and counsel 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 quarter's...
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
Announcements
A new lawsuit filed today in New York federal court against defendants De Tomaso Automobili Holdings N.A. LLC, its majority shareholder, Sung-Fung “Norman” Choi, and others, will reverberate loudly across the world of limited edition,...
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 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 20, 2023
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner’s Joseph Kroetsch takes the position that AI-generated fake content undermines the credibility of all digital content, and makes it harder to fault a defendant for disregarding the truth.
Artificial intelligence technology is...
APRIL 6, 2023
Publications
Recently Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted Spain’s motion to dismiss a petition to enforce an ECT award, holding that the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction under the FSIA because...
APRIL 3-4, 2023
Announcements
BSF partner Alessia Allegretti gave two lectures about family office and family governance as part of the Master's course in corporate finance offered by SDA Bocconi.
The course aims at introducing students to the wealth management industry and the...
MARCH 6, 2023
Publications
Italian economic affairs magazine ItaliaOggi published its yearly survey on “Pink Power” in law firms, featuring the achievements of female attorneys who are increasingly gaining prominent positions. A special feature is dedicated to BSF...
MARCH 5-7, 2023
Event
BSF partner Alessia Allegretti co-chaired the “hot topics roundtable” at the the 28th IBA Annual International Private Client Conference at Claridge's in London, where over 150 attendees took part in an interactive discussion on the...
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Event
On Friday, February 24, 2023, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Alessia Allegretti, with the support of associate Frances Onwudimegwu, gave a lecture at 24ORE Business School's Executive Master in Corporate Governance and Extraordinary...
JANUARY 30, 2023
Publications
BSF partner Alessia Allegretti authored an article in Wall Street Italia exploring how wealth transfer to Millennials and Generation Z will impact wealth management strategies. Alessia talks about how sustainability, philanthropy, and technology and...
JANUARY 12, 2023
Announcements
BSF partner Alessia Allegretti was featured in We Wealth’s top 200 wealth advisors list on a national and international level. The article underlines how Alessia’s corporate background and private client experience allows her to develop a...
JANUARY 4, 2023
Publications
In a recent pro-arbitration ruling in Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited v Shell Western Supply & Trading Limited, the English Commercial Court (the ‘Court’) affirmed the validity of unilateral option clauses in English-seated...
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partners Joanna Wright and Sabria McElroy were featured in the National Association of Women Lawyers' December issue. Joanna and Sabria discuss challenges they have faced as women in law and some of their biggest, most...
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 7, 2022
Publications
In the recent decision of EGF v HVF & Ors [2022] EWHC 2470 (Comm), the English Commercial Court (the ‘Court’) dismissed the claimant’s procedural challenges under sections 24, 67 and 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the...
OCTOBER 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...
JULY 6, 2022
In the News
In an ItaliaOggi interview, BSF partner Alessia Allegretti commented on bill n. 2945 on the regulation of lobbying activity.
"One of the purposes of the Italian branch of Boies Schiller Flexner is to encourage institutional dialogues to...
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...
JUNE 30, 2022
In the News
Italian business magazine Capital Class Editori interviewed BSF partner Alessia Allegretti to discuss the leadership style of millennials.
Mentioned as a rising young partner involved in the management of a law firm, Alessia said, "our main...
JUNE 27, 2022
Announcements
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, with local counsel Ellie Schilling, today filed a petition and request for...
JUNE 15, 2022
Publications
Summary: The Supreme Court’s decision bars the use of §1782 to seek evidence in support of a foreign-seated commercial or ad hoc investment arbitration. The position of arbitration under the ICSID Convention potentially remains open.
28...
JUNE 13, 2022
Publications
BSF partner Alessia Allegretti contributed to an article in ItaliaOggi Sette about wealth management, noting that many companies and families rely on specialized figures to better protect their assets.
She says, "periods of crisis...
MAY 20, 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 quarter’s...
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...
May 16, 2022
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sabria McElroy was interviewed by Daily Business Review about increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout law firms and how a diverse group of attorneys leads to more innovation, creativity, and...
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 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...
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...
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...
APRIL 1, 2021
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley was selected to receive University of Florida Law’s 2021 Outstanding Alumnus Award. This award honors alumni who have exemplified the UF Law ethos of excellence through personal...
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 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...
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 6, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office rose to Tier 4 in the competitive Commercial Litigation: Premium category in Legal 500 UK, a rise in ranking for the third year in a row. The firm also maintained its Tier 2 ranking in Banking Litigation:...
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 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 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...
AUGUST 4, 2020
Publications
More than a decade ago, California’s voters approved Proposition 8, a single-sentence attack on the liberty and dignity of their fellow Californians and Americans that proclaimed that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or...
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 30, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has joined the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance (LFAA), a newly formed group of law firms committed to working together, in partnership with legal services organizations, to identify and fight racism.
The purpose of the Alliance...
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...
JANUARY 22, 2020
In the News
Columbia University Athletics announced it will dedicate the main playing surface for the varsity basketball and volleyball teams in honor of Jonathan Schiller in appreciation of his outstanding contributions to the University, the athletics...
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Jesse Panuccio, the former acting Associate Attorney General of the United States, will join the firm in Washington D.C. and Florida as a partner, focusing on high-stakes litigation and appeals,...
AUGUST 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...
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 7, 2018
Event
BSF partners Meredith Dearborn and Maxwell Pritt will speak on lessons in trade secret law from the recent Waymo v. Uber trial in San Francisco on March 7.
Dearborn and Pritt will make up a panel organized by the Bar Association of San...
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Announcements
A coalition of law firms led by David Boies of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, and The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today announced the filing of four landmark lawsuits challenging the winner-take-all method states use to allocate...
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner and Swords to Plowshares filed an amicus brief in support of the petitioners in Monk v. Shulkin, who are seeking to aggregate a class of all veterans whose disability benefits appeals before the Department of Veterans Affairs...
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...
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...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
Announcements
BSF partner Jim Denvir was named a 2017 Antitrust Trailblazer by The National Law Journal. The publication selected and profiled attorneys “who continue to make their mark in various aspects of legal work in the areas of deal making,...
AUGUST 30, 2017
Publications
This column addresses recent decisions of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. This installment discusses a case evaluating when a settlement is final for enforcement, and a decision exploring how service of process affects...
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...
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...
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....
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 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...
AUGUST 4, 2016
Publications
Over the past few years, there has been a quiet revolution in the state of corporate criminal law in the United Kingdom, as the country approaches ever closer to the American model of large settlements and huge fines. In 2011, the UK Bribery Act came...
JULY 25, 2016
In the News
In a recent legal filing wrapping up the scheduled part of the Perry Capital Appeal, Hamish Hume decapitated the obfuscation inherent in the government's legal filings, Seeking Alpha writes.
JULY 15, 2016
Publications
Recent noteworthy decisions in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York address when it is appropriate to maintain a lawsuit anonymously, partner Adam Shaw writes in New York Law Journal.
MAY 10, 2016
Publications
The Defend Trade Secrets Act, a statute designed to discourage and punish the misappropriation of trade secrets, will dramatically reshape the way trade secret disputes are evaluated, litigated and resolved, partner Scott Gant writes in an article...
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 5, 2016
Announcements
The Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (“FCAAP”), the Florida Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (“FAPD”), Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, and the Public Interest Law Center announce that a settlement has been...
March 31, 2016
Announcements
Three partners at Boies, Schiller & Flexner in New York were named Top Lawyers Under 40 by Law360, joining a list of attorneys whose “legal accomplishments belie their age.”
Alanna Rutherford was named a Rising Star in the Trials category. She...
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
In the News
Detroit International Bridge Co., represented by Boies, Schiller & Flexner partner Hamish Hume, has asked a U.S. District Judge to reconsider part of her 2015 decision in which she dismissed much of a suit against the United States and...
February 9, 2016
Announcements
Partner Charles Fox Miller and associate Lauren Alperstein of the firm’s Hollywood, Florida, office were named Attorneys of the Month by Legal Aid Service of Broward County for providing pro bono services to a veteran in need of legal assistance. Mr....
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 4, 2016
In the News
Partner Hamish Hume, representing the bridge owners, said his client could and should get a permit to expand the Detroit-to-Canada Bridge soon. “It does not need any further public hearings or delay to determine again the same thing that it...
December 21, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner was named a Finalist in The American Lawyer’s Litigation Department of the Year awards. The American Lawyer wrote that, while some law firms go to trial only as a last resort, Boies, Schiller & Flexner...
12.18.2015
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NOVEMBER 3, 2015
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A group of seven toll lane users, represented by partner Hamish Hume, are allowed to proceed with their suit against Transurban and two companies that helped with the debt-collection process. “It’s a very good development, from our...
October 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 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...
September 22, 2015
Announcements
London, September 22, 2015 – Less than 18 months after opening its doors for business, Boies, Schiller & Flexner’s London office has earned rankings from Legal 500 for banking litigation, commercial litigation, and international arbitration.
In...
Daily Business Review
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Responsibility for data privacy and cybersecurity causes anxiety and sleep deprivation for chief information officers, general counsels and CEOs for good reason. Virtually every day, headlines recount the miseries of a newly hacked company. What are...
Law360
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AUGUST 21, 2015
Publications
On August 4, 2015, the Washington Redskins filed notice of their intent to appeal a district court decision from earlier this summer upholding the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB) decision to revoke the federal trademark registrations...
Law360
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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...
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June 29, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner is proud to announce it was named one of two finalists in the National Law Journal’s Washington Litigation Department of the Year competition for 2015.
“Boies, Schiller & Flexner's ambitions to be one of...
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....
Law360
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MAY 26, 2016
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On May 26, 2015, in Comptroller v. Wynne, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the State of Maryland’s refusal to give credit for income taxes paid to other states violated the Dormant Commerce Clause.
The Court held that Maryland’s tax...
MAY 4, 2015
In the News
Cementing a victory for Barclays PLC and its lawyers at Boies, Schiller & Flexner, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Barclays to keep some $4 billion in a long-running asset dispute stemming from the bank’s frenzied 2008...
Law360
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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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03.16.2015
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MARCH 12, 2015
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MARCH 11, 2015
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(This article was first published by Law360. Republished with permission.)
The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission could subject hundreds and perhaps thousands of state...
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JANUARY 5, 2015
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THE AMERICAN LAWYER: Deaf Partner at Boies Schiller Overcomes Obstacles
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...
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DECEMBER 10, 2014
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INQUISITR: Apple Lawyers Fighting The Release Of Steve Jobs’ Testimony, Claim The Media Just Wants To See A ‘Dead Man’
DECEMBER 8, 2014
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CBS Deal Ends Blackout, Litigation Risk for Dish.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2014
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Diegeo Inks Deal to Exit Johnnie Walker Trademark Row.
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AUGUST 6, 2014
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The District’s Budget Autonomy Decision Could Rest on Home Rule Act’s History.
07.08.2014
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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
MARCH 25, 2014
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Bloomberg
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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
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner was honored at the ARC of Westchester’s A Matter of Taste 10th Anniversary gala on Tuesday, October 22, 2013. The Firm received The 2013 Works For Me award from the New York State Office for People with...
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...
APRIL 4, 2013
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The Honorable Eugene Nardelli has joined Boies, Schiller & Flexner as Counsel in the New York City office. Until his retirement from the bench in 2011, Justice Nardelli served for eighteen years as a Justice of the Appellate Division,...
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner has been named one of the most feared litigation firms via research from BTI Consulting Group. The group surveyed over 240 General Counsel and in-house Litigation Heads at companies with $1 Billion or more in revenue,...
November 30, 2012
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Miami partner and former ABA president Steve Zack received the 2012 Jurisprudence Award from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The ADL, founded in 1913, established the Jurisprudence Award “to recognize individuals who have made an outstanding...
Bloomberg
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NOVEMBER 12, 2012
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BSF Managing Partner Jonathan D. Schiller, CC ’69, Law ’73, was honored Thursday, November 15th at an awards dinner in New York City. Before an audience of nearly 350, Mr. Schiller received the 2012 Alexander Hamilton Medal, the...
08.05.2012
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BSF partner Jonathan Sherman is quoted in this article about the July 2012 Colorado shootings.
07.11.2012
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The Deal reported BSF Corporate represented NuStar Energy, an oil and gas pipeline and storage company, in connection with the signing of a proposed formation of a joint venture with Lindsay Goldberg, a New York based private equity fund, to hold and...
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...
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...
February 9, 2012
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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
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Representing Barclays, partner Hamish Hume rejected Lehman Brothers's argument that Barclays had agreed to pay $2 billion in bonuses to the employees that came over when the bank bought Lehman.
AUGUST 24, 2011
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BSF was retained by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company in its capacity as trustee for 99 mortgage-backed securities to pursue litigation against the FDIC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, for breaches of the MBS agreements. The MBS were issued by...
August 1, 2011
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Columbia Law School Magazine
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June 9, 2011
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As part of several actions being handled by the firm in connection with Modell’s Sporting Goods, BSF filed a shareholder derivatives suit on behalf of Shelby Modell and the company on June 9, 2011, in New York State Supreme Court. The complaint...
June 3, 2011
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BSF filed a complaint on April 14, 2010, against Chiquita Brands International, Inc. on behalf of victims of terrorist acts in Colombia. The acts were committed by a foreign terrorist organization, United Self-Defense Groups of Colombia...
April 4, 2011
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This article appeared on page D2 of The New York Times on April 4, 2011, under the headline, "With Stakes High, N.F.L. Relies on a Star Lawyer"
From the article:
"At 70, Boies is one of the country’s pre-eminent litigators,...
02.14.2011
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BSF partner and ABA president Stephen Zack addressed the ABA House of Delegates on February 14, 2011, during the ABA’s Midyear Meeting in Atlanta.
An except from his speech:
We are fighting around the world for the rule of law; the rule of...
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 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...
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
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In June 2010, BSF completed a six-week trial defending the law firm of Proskauer Rose from a claim of professional negligence. The Plaintiff, a seller of fuel and other aeronautical services at the Boca Raton Airport, alleged that it was...
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....
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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July 5, 2010
Announcements
BSF partner Carl Goldfarb was listed in the Miami Herald Movers section for his election to president of the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC), a non-profit agency providing legal services to immigrants of all nationalities.
To learn more...
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...
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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...
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 11, 2009
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In a unanimous decision released December 11, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of BSF clients NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. (ISC) in Kentucky Speedway's antitrust case; Kentucky...
12.09.2009
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To me, the answer to "Why does civic education matter?" is a deeply personal one. It's about my life story and that of my family. It's our particular story, but it's also an experience we share with many other American immigrants........
December 7, 2009
Announcements
NEW YORK - December 7, 2009 - Representing the estimated 1.4 million children in Florida eligible for Medicaid, a team of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (BSF) attorneys began trial today in Miami before US District Judge Adalberto Jordan. The...
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...
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...
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....
12.01.2008
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On December 1, the state's Commission on Judicial Nomination recommended seven candidates to Governor Paterson to succeed retiring Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye. BSF Albany Partner George Carpinello is one of the distinguished nominees for...
November 25, 2008
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BSF's Miami Partner, Stephen Zack appeared on CBS affiliate WCCO radio on November 25 to offer an expert view on the Minnesota U.S. Senate election recount between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken.
To...
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 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.
Please click onto the link below for the online version.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/26/magazines/fortune/bandler_greenberg.fortune/index.htm
July 7, 2008
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Armonk partner Robin Henry recently published an article in the New York Law Journal, which explores valuation issues applicable to over-the-counter derivative securities in a litigation context.
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...
June 5, 2008
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Reuters reports BSF's client, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, has won the right to obtain access to pertinent, privileged documents that were held up by AIG. According to the article, Mr. Greenberg requested access to the documents in order...
April 28, 2008
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BSF Partner Steve Zack will become the President of the American Bar Association in 2010 -- the first Cuban-American to ever hold the office according to Latin newspaper El Neuvo. The article describes Steve's fascinating biography -- noting...
April 21, 2008
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Reporting that Donald L. Flexner, one of the Firm's Managing Partners, is one of the leading antitrust attorneys hired by Delta Airlines to represent it in the widely publicized proposed merger with Northwest Airlines.
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March 1, 2008
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Genesco v. Finish Line et al.
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and its client Genesco are listed in The American Lawyer's "Big Suits" column published March 2008. Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle of the Tennessee Chancery Court granted a...
January 20, 2008
Announcements
Christopher Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP selected by Aspatore Books as author in new authoritative book, Corporate Governance and Compliance Client Strategies: Leading lawyers on Developing Compliance Procedures, Monitoring Government...
JANUARY 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...
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 19, 2007
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Reporting on the closing argument of BSF's Jim Denvir in the "three way battle between Genesco, Finish Line and UBS." "To hear him tell it, this case was in large part born of UBS’s desire to avoid losses at all costs. In the...
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...
JUNE 20, 2007
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Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg today sued current and former directors and management of American International Group ("AIG"), seeking to hold them liable for unnecessary and improper decisions to restate the company's earnings and pay a $1.6 billion...
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....
The Diane Rehm Show
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June 6, 2007
Announcements
WASHINGTON - June 6, 2007 - Scott Gant, a Boies, Schiller & Flexner partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, is the author of a new book, We're All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet...
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;...
May 9, 2007
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Reporting that network security company Crossbeam Systems Inc. announced it had obtained $21 million in late-stage venture funding from BSF clients Tudor Investment Corp. of Boston, Charles River Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners and...
Summer 2007
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ALM Minority Law Journal publishes its annual ranking of hiring practices among "nation's biggest firms"; BSF is ranked 36 out of 250.
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.
Under the New York...
December 4, 2006
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner taks pride in announcing that, effective January 1, 2007, Tanya S. Chutkan, Helen M. Maher, Damien J. Marshall, Sigrid S. McCawley, Fred Norton, Alanna C. Rutherford and Jonathan M. Shaw, will become partners.
Tanya Chutkan,...
November 20, 2006
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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...
The Washington Post
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January 20, 2006
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Describing increasing movement of Nevada firms into multijurisdictional practices, and singling out BSF partner Vince Consul, President of the Nevada State Bar, as an example when his four lawyer firm joined BSF to establish its Las Vegas office
October 26, 2005
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May 4, 2005
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Reporting that former American International Group Chairman and CEO, Maurice R. (“Hank”) Greenberg has hired David Boies, “the legal world’s equivalent of a rock star,” and his firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner to defend him in connection with...
Regarding al Qaeda threat and Iraq war.
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February 2001
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When David Boies and Jonathan Schiller set out to found a law firm of their own, their goal was to remain involved in litigation that would impact the law; a warrior spirit and unfaltering competitive edge have successfully placed Boies at the...