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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...
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...
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...
APRIL 6, 2023
Publications
BSF partner Scott Gant’s article, Missing the Forest for a Tree: Unpublished Opinions and New Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1, 47 B.C. L. Rev. 705, 734 (2006), was quoted in the North Carolina Supreme Court’s dissent in Mole v....
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2022.
Sashi Bach − Commercial Litigation, esp. Professional Liability
David Barrett − Commercial Litigation, inc....
JUNE 14, 2022
In the News
A Boies Schiller Flexner team led by partner Scott Gant, with assistance from associates Will Harvey and Gina Rossman, received a litigator of the week shout out for their work on behalf of BSF client Georgetown University.
On June 1,...
JUNE 1, 2022
In the News
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan sided with BSF client Georgetown University in a dispute over D.C. mayoral candidate James Butler’s exclusion from a televised debate. Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant along with associates Will...
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...
JANUARY 31, 2022
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant is quoted by Reuters in an article discussing the combination of two big chicken processors – Sanderson Farms and Wayne Farms. Scott, who represents several clients including food distributors...
JANUARY 13, 2022
In the News
On Tuesday, January 18, Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies will argue on behalf of firm clients, David Cassirer and other petitioners, in Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, a dispute over ownership of a painting stolen by...
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant discusses the Court’s recent arbitration decisions and the pending case concerning the Affordable Care Act with Bloomberg Law, in an article examining the impact of a likely third Trump appointee to the...
September 15, 2020
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant discusses how to identify high-value antitrust claims and optimize claim value in a webinar with Burford Director Kelly Daley.
WHEN3:00 p.m. EDTTuesday, September 15, 2020
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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...
JANUARY 7, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant was quoted in an article in Bloomberg Law on a new Supreme Court rule that gives advocates two uninterrupted minutes to launch their argument. “Think about what it is that you absolutely want...
MAY 24, 2019
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Scott Gant was quoted in an article in USA Today on the legal issues surrounding charges by the U.S. Justice Department against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
“It appears at first blush that some of the charges...
FEBRUARY 9, 2019
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Reuters reported on the dismissal of a RICO lawsuit against retailers and BSF clients from Corrective Education Company (CEC), in which plaintiffs challenged the restorative justice program offered by CEC and retailers
BSF partner Scott Gant, who...
JULY 20, 2018
In the News
BSF partner Scott Gant was quoted in Bloomberg Law in an article about his representation of Phyllis Randall, the Chair of the Board of Supervisors for Loudoun County, Virginia, who was sued for briefly banning a constituent from her Facebook...
JULY 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...
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,...
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
Publications
The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act is a centerpiece of federal antitrust law. Designed to aid enforcement of Clayton Act Section 7, which prohibits mergers and acquisitions that “may…substantially…lessen...
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 25, 2017
In the News
The New York Law Journal and Law360 reported on the dismissal of a $50 million antitrust lawsuit against several law schools and bar exam preparation company Barbri.
In dismissing the case, U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled that the law...
MAY 1, 2017
In the News
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a separation-of-powers case brought on behalf of a client by BSF Partner Scott Gant, the National Law Journal reports. The question for the high court in Patchak v. Zinke is whether Congress exceeded its...
MARCH 29, 2017
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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 28, 2017
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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....
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner was honored with an Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice award by the American Antitrust Institute for its work on In re Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation, an MDL challenging...
OCTOBER 9, 2016
In the News
Constitutional lawyer Scott Gant, together with Professor Bruce Peabody of Fairleigh Dickinson University, published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal addressing constitutional issues related to calls for Donald Trump to stand down as the...
AUGUST 16, 2016
In the News
The searing lesson of the Gawker verdict and resulting bankruptcy is that a solitary publishing misstep can cascade into an existential threat, which may lead writers and editors to censor material they would previously have published, partner Scott...
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...
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...
The Wall Street Journal
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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...
DECEMBER 4, 2015
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Driverless cars may keep the antitrust cops busy.
Law360
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Practical Law
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Key considerations for citing to unpublished opinions in federal litigation and guidance on asking a court to publish an opinion.
Scott is a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office. His main practice areas include complex commercial litigation,...
The New York Times
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Corporate Counsel
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The Wall Street Journal
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The New York Times
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The Daily Beast
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The New York Times
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December 19, 2008
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BSF served as co-lead counsel for the Class Plaintiffs in an antitrust and patent case involving purchases of Taq DNA polymerase, an enzyme used to replicate DNA. The case was prosecuted against Defendants Hoffmann-La Roche and Applera...
JANUARY 11, 2008
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner has filed a brief amicus curiae in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of two senior Members of Congress, Representatives Chaka Fattah (D-PA), and John Conyers, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, joined by...
C-SPAN | Book TV
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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...
The Washington Post
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