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October 23, 2024
Event
On October 23, 2024, partner Scott Gant will participate in a Bloomberg Law webinar titled, “Circuit Splits: Class Action Issues Ripe for Review.”
This webinar will explore key unresolved issues in class action litigation under Federal Rules of Civil...
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 24, 2024
Event
On September 24, 2024, BSF international arbitration partner Ben Love moderated a GAR Live North American panel on financial disputes and crypto.
Speakers discussed how practitioners can make the most of the growing appetite for arbitration from the...
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Publications
By Alan Vickery, John LaSalle, and Katherine Cassirer
In 2020, BSF client Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York (LLANY) was hit with a first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit. Relying on a 100-year-old New York statute requiring the return of...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
In the News
Partner Kenya Davis is quoted extensively in a Rolling Stone article about Sean “Diddy” Combs being indicted on racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and interstate transportation to engage in prostitution charges.
In the article, Kenya, who...
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
In the News
Jenna Smith and Lauren Goldman were interviewed by Law.com for its “How We Made Partner” column, chronicling their journeys to BSF.
In the interviews, Jenna and Lauren spoke about their careers, including their mentors, previous experience, and why...
September 10, 2024
In the News
Managing Partner Stuart Singer was featured in an in-depth profile on The Am Law Litigation Daily, chronicling his return to BSF following cancer treatment.
In the interview, reporter Ross Todd writes, ".... those familiar with his passion for...
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:
Allison Anderson
Marc Ayala
Sashi Bach
David...
September 3, 2024
In the News
Chairman-elect Matthew Schwartz was interviewed by the New York Law Journal in connection with the firm's status as a finalist for the 2024 New York Legal Awards Litigation Department of the Year.
In the interview, Matt shares some of the most...
AUGUST 7, 2024
Publications
By Renee Zaytsev and Nili T. Moghaddam
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...
AUGUST 2, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner today filed a lawsuit against the New York Board of Elections for failing to adhere to the readability standards set under New York’s “Plain Language Law” when finalizing the text that will appear on the November ballot...
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...
JULY 24, 2024
Announcements
Partner Josh Schiller has been named to the Daily Journal's 2024 Top AI Lawyers list.
The annual list honors California attorneys engaged in significant matters involving artificial intelligence technologies. In an individual profile published by the...
JULY 16, 2024
Event
On July 16, 2024, of counsel Shira Scheindlin joined Reed Smith partner Dave Cohen in a webinar titled, “20 years later: revisiting the landmark Zubulake e-discovery precedents.”
The two discussed Judge Scheindlin’s opinions in the landmark case of...
JULY 2, 2024
Publications
For the past 40 years, courts have applied the Chevron framework when reviewing federal agencies’ interpretation of federal statutes. Last Friday, the Supreme Court overturned Chevron in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. At its core, Loper Bright...
JUNE 28, 2024
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys were named to the 2024 Lawdragon 500 X - The Next Generation.
Brooke AlexanderAlison AndersonMarc AyalaEvan EzrayBlake GoebelCorey GrayLaselve HarrisonKatie KavanaughSabria McElroyPascual OliuDavid...
JUNE 24, 2024
Announcements
The Supreme Court denies remaining challenges to the historic $2.67 billion nationwide class action settlement against Blue Cross Blue Shield.
On Monday, June 24, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court denied two petitions for certiorari from the...
JUNE 6, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys and practices were singled out for inclusion in the Chambers USA 2024 rankings. The individual attorneys listed include: Chairman David Boies in Antitrust (New York), Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff (New York), Antitrust:...
MAY 23, 2024
Publications
Partner Prateek Swaika and associate Sam Heitlinger published a piece in FT Adviser exploring the recent appointment of Nick Ephgrave to Director of the Serious Fraud Office in the U.K. and how his plans could improve the organization.
FT ADVISER:...
MAY 23, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today that Ryan Dykal, Jordan Bergsten, and Mark Schafer have joined the firm as partners in its Washington, D.C. office. The move bolsters Boies Schiller’s intellectual property practice and significantly expands...
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 22, 2024
In the News
Partner Josh Schiller has been recognized by Daily Journal as one of 2024's Top Intellectual Property Lawyers.
The award honors the top performing intellectual property attorneys working in patent litigation, trademark, and copyright. In an...
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 10, 2024
Publications
Partner David Hunt and associate Sagar Gupta published an article for Developing Telecoms unpacking the legal issues regarding submarine cable damage claims and remedies.
DEVELOPING TELECOMS: Damage to submarine cables: claims and remedies
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 6, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today that John Lyons has joined the firm as a partner in its New York City office. John will focus his practice on the defense of companies against class actions and individual claims in state and federal court,...
MAY 1, 2024
Event
On May 1, 2024, partner Jenny Kim and associate Valecia Battle participated as panelists at the Law Firm Associates 2024 Career Strategies Conference hosted by the Corporate Counsel Women of Color.
Jenny spoke on the panel, “Career Chess: Smart...
APRIL 28, 2024
In the News
Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley was named one of the 2024 Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar by Law360.
The publication featured 11 individual attorneys whose work on behalf of plaintiffs over the last year secured them spots on the list. Sigrid was...
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 19, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Joshua Stein published an opinion piece in the Legal Dive about his experience as in-house litigation counsel and the challenges that can arise when working with outside counsel.
APRIL 17, 2024
Event
On April 17, 2024, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Renee Zaytsev will participate in a roundtable discussion hosted by ZMH Advisors on “Managing an ESG Program in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape.”
Panelists will discuss the corporate perspective...
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 4, 2024
Event
On April 4, 2024, BSF international arbitration partner Ben Love spoke on a panel as part of the ICC Young Arbitration and ADR Forum (YAAF) titled, Flying into the Future with Aerospace & Aviation Arbitration.
Speakers discussed how the aerospace...
APRIL 4, 2024
In the News
Oral arguments made to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit panel by partner Scott Gant were quoted in an article by Reuters.
Scott argued on behalf of client Will McRaney to revive a lawsuit alleging that a major Baptist organization made...
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...
APRIL 1, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Nili Moghaddam has joined as a partner, splitting her time between the firm’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. Nili brings a diverse skill set to the firm, focusing on corporate litigation, white...
MARCH 21, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner was recently included in the Global Arbitration Review’s GAR 100 as well as was shortlisted for the “International Arbitration Practice That Impressed” award.
Attorneys Tim Foden, David Hunt, Ben Love, Andrei Yakovlev, Kristen...
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 6, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Simons is featured in a series of training videos created by Hotshot, a learning platform for legal professionals, offering his knowledge about issues arising from the intersection of artificial intelligence —...
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...
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Kristen Young has joined the Washington D.C. office as a partner in the international arbitration group.
Kristen’s practice focuses on the full array of international investment and commercial...
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys Natalia Bagnato, Valeria Valentini, and Marianna Peroni published an article on Lavoce.info providing an analysis of the recent case concerning the Alviero Martini company.
Although it was not under...
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Publications
One of the most difficult aspects of working in-house as litigation counsel is demonstrating value to the company. Put another way, that means making it clear you are more than a cost center. Effective in-house litigation counsel can easily add value...
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 29, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Ben Love was recently selected for inclusion in the Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders: USA Arbitration 2024 report.
JANUARY 26, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner counsel Edoardo Gandini published an article in the latest issue of ‘Revista Internacional de Arbitragem e Conciliação’ by the Portuguese Arbitration Association.
Together with his Angolan fellow,...
01.25.2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has selected partner Alison Anderson as a 2024 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow, and Daniel Crispino and Alisha Moriceau as its LCLD Pathfinders.
Launched in 2011, the LCLD Fellows Program...
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 18, 2024
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Kenya Davis was profiled by Lawdragon in which she discusses what drew her to BSF, as well as her experience on several of the significant cases she has been a part of since joining the firm.
On her approach to juries,...
JANUARY 16, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has announced that attorneys Edoardo Gandini and Jacopo Mosca of the Milan office have been promoted to counsel.
Jacopo’s practice focuses on assisting family-owned corporations, private clients, and family offices...
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 12, 2024
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2024.
Kenya DavisHamish HumeSigrid McCawleyMatthew SchwartzStuart SingerAlan Vickery
JANUARY 12, 2024
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Natalia Bagnato participated in a session as part of a series of seminars organized by Italian Trade Association Federmanager and UniCredit bank, titled “Generational Shift: Challenges and...
JANUARY 9, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Renee Zaytsev, a trial lawyer who has handled complex corporate and commercial disputes throughout the United States, has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Renee brings deep...
JANUARY 3, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that four litigators, David Barillari, Alexander Boies, Lauren Goldman, and Jenna Smith, have been elevated to partner. Additionally, Washington, D.C.-based partner Amy Neuhardt has been named as the...
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...
DECEMBER 27, 2023
In the News
In his podcast Original Jurisdiction, David Lat identifies BSF as having had a great year with a bright future ahead. In addition, guest Sarah Isgur mentions she had previously interviewed partner Hamish Hume and calls him a “cool...
DECEMBER 4, 2023
In the News
Three Boies Schiller Flexner partners were named in Who’s Who Legal’s guide to International Arbitration for 2024. Timothy Foden and Ben Love were named in the WWL International Arbitration 2024 report, and David Hunt was ranked as an...
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner today announced that the firm has opened an office in Rome, with Natalia Bagnato and Simone Grassi joining as partners.
The Rome office is the firm’s second within the European Union and arrives two years after the firm...
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner received a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023 Corporate Equality Index, a well-known national benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+...
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 24, 2023
Publications
BSF associate Edoardo Gandini contributed to the volume on Iranian Commercial Law (Diritto Commerciale Iraniano). Together with Iranian colleagues, Edoardo edited the chapters “Protection of Property and Foreign Investments in the Light of the...
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Publications
BSF partners Luigi Macioce and Alessia Allegretti and associates Valentina Gava and Virginia Raimondi authored the Italian chapter in the Private Client 2024 Guide, published by Law Business Research.
The guide is aimed at facilitating a...
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 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...
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
In the News
In an article by Law360, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Corey Gray discusses why U.S. Army veterans make good attorneys.
Corey, who served in the U.S. Army as an active-duty officer in the Army 10th Mountain Division and currently serves as a...
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley was named to The INC Magazine’s annual listing of the 10 Most Empowering Women Leaders in 2023.
As a part of this listing, the magazine published an interview with Sigrid where she...
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 25, 2023
Announcements
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit unanimously upheld Alabama-based U.S. District Judge R. David Proctor’s August 2022 approval of a $2.67 billion settlement, which followed nearly a decade of litigation involving allegations...
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner Partner Ben Love was recently selected for inclusion in the Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders: Arbitration 2023 report.
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Announcements
UPDATE: On October 24, 2023, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth for the District of Columbia granted the addition of prejudgment interest at the rate of approximately 5% to the $299 million that was awarded in August to preferred shareholders of...
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Announcements
BSF is proud to announce that we have been honored by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) as a 2023 Top Performer and Compass Award winner, recognizing our continued commitment and involvement in LCLD’s important programming and...
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Publications
Attorneys David Hunt, Ben Love, Gina Rossman, and Sagar Gupta published an article in Global Arbitration Review called "Is the People’s Good the Highest Law? The Concept of Necessity in Investor-State Protections."
Examining the rising trend of...
OCTOBER 11, 2023
In the News
In Mining Weekly, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Tim Foden discusses the new Mali Mining Code as a cause of concern among investors. The new Mining Code allows the government to take a 10% stake in new mining projects, while also giving the state the...
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today that former U.S. District Court Judge Shira A. Scheindlin will join the firm on Monday, October 2, as of counsel.
Appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by President Bill...
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 19, 2023
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner associate Edoardo Gandini published the article “The Enforcement of Arbitration Awards on Foreign State Property and Law Applicable to the Statute of Limitations of Ascertained Rights.”
The article addresses...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner associates Sabina Mariella, Andrew Steinmetz, Valecia Battle, and Jeffrey Waldron joined Lawdragon for a roundtable forum to discuss their experience as associates at BSF, which includes a high level of responsibility and a...
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...
AUGUST 22, 2023
Publications
BSF partner Michael Jacobs wrote an article in The Banker discussing how the recent rise in interest rates can increase the risk of litigation. Michael notes that economic pressures can prompt additional scrutiny of financing documents and trigger...
AUGUST 1, 2023
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner partners were listed to Benchmark's 2023 40 & Under list - U.S. edition.
Brooke AlexanderMarc AyalaPascual OliuThomas SosnowskiAndrew Villacastin
July 17, 2023
Publications
In a much-awaited ruling, the U.K. Supreme Court held that the so-called Quincecare duty does not extend to banks in authorized push payment fraud situations. BSF attorneys David Hunt, Michael Jacobs, and Sagar Gupta consider the...
JULY 14, 2023
Publications
Earlier this year, a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California jury found Tesla CEO Elon Musk not liable for losses incurred by investors who accused him of fraud based on his tweets in August 2018, in which he said he was...
JULY 10, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced today that David Lehn has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner. His practice will focus on regulatory and appellate matters. He brings particular knowledge in environmental, energy,...
JULY 7, 2023
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys were named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X - The Next Generation.
Brooke AlexanderAlison AndersonMarc AyalaEvan EzrayBlake GoebelCorey GrayLaselve HarrisonKatie KavanaughSabria McElroyPascual...
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...
JUNE 21, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Katie Kavanaugh, who is a registered foreign legal consultant with the State Bar of California, has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner. Genesis Shin will also join with Katie as an...
JUNE 16, 2023
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies and Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley were chosen as The American Lawyer’s Litigator of the Week for their work on behalf of sexual abuse victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
JPMorgan Chase...
JUNE 1, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys and practices were singled out for inclusion in the Chambers USA 2023 rankings. The individual attorneys listed include: Chairman David Boies in Antitrust and Antitrust Mainly Plaintiff (New York and Nationwide),...
MAY 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 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
Event
BSF Chairman David Boies will participate in a lunch discussion hosted by The Federalist Society on civility in the law on May 24, 2023.
The discussion will be moderated by Reginald J. Brown and includes additional speakers Charles J. Cooper and...
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 19, 2023
Publications
At first blush, the U.S. Supreme Court decision on May 18 in Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts Inc. v. Goldsmith seems to backtrack on nearly two decades of fair use precedent.
Upon closer consideration, however, although the majority certainly...
May 18, 2023
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys from London and Milan hosted a panel discussion and spoke at other events as part of London International Disputes Week.
BSF co-hosted a breakfast event with barrister chambers 3VB titled, "Dispelling Enforcement...
May 17, 2023
Publications
BSF partner Michael Jacobs was featured as a contributor to the Financial Times' “Your Questions” column. Michael responded to a reader’s question about pursuing legal action if retirement investments within the U.K. and U.S....
May 16, 2023
Announcements
New Hire Strengthens International Offering
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Almat Madaliyev has joined the firm as a partner focused on cross-border disputes, working from the London and New York offices. Almat served in various...
APRIL 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
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....
APRIL 6, 2023
Publications
Recently Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted Spain’s motion to dismiss a petition to enforce an ECT award, holding that the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction under the FSIA because...
March 31, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Ben Love has been inducted as an Executive Council Member of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational membership organization founded in 1906 and chartered by...
March 29, 2023
Publications
BSF attorneys Prateek Swaika and Sagar Gupta published an article in Wealth Briefing, which explored challenges and opportunities within digital asset tracing and enforcement. In the article, the authors consider what tools the English courts...
March 28, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Andrei Yakovlev has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the international arbitration group.
Andrei brings almost 30 years of experience resolving complex, high-value disputes arising...
MARCH 16, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has nominated partner David Simons as a 2023 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow, and Augusto Cividini and Valecia Battle as its LCLD Pathfinders.
Launched in 2011, the LCLD Fellows Program identifies high...
MARCH 16, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Corey Gray was profiled by The Daily Business Review after being honored in the Diversity and Inclusion category of DBR’s Florida Legal Awards.
Corey is an active participant in the firm’s...
MARCH 14, 2023
In the News
BSF partner Luigi Macioce was featured in Italian magazine Wall Street Italia, providing advice on how entrepreneurs and start-ups can succeed in the U.S. market. He notes the American market is sensitive to "champions" who are able to create...
MARCH 8, 2023
Event
Last week, BSF Chairman David Boies was honored by the Milan Bar Association with the prestigious seal of Gerolamo the Saint, patron of jurists. David and BSF Italy partners Alessia Allegretti, Luigi Macioce, and Stefano Zonca also met...
March 8, 2023
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Hunt published an article in The World Financial Review.
In the article, BSF arbitration partner David Hunt lays out some of the key challenges arbitration lawyers will face in 2023. Given the current geopolitical...
MARCH 8, 2023
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Hunt published a piece in The World Financial Review laying out some challenges arbitration lawyers will face in 2023. Given the current geopolitical landscape, David notes that challenges may manifest...
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...
MARCH 4, 2023
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Founder and Columbia University graduate Jonathan Schiller was interviewed by ESPN during half time of the Columbia vs. Cornell NCAA women's basketball game.
Columbia triumphed over Cornell, earning 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...
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partners Sashi Bach, James Lee, and Pascual Oliu were interviewed by Lawdragon to discuss the legal market in Florida, working at BSF, and their individual legal careers.
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Publications
BSF attorneys Joanna Wright and Sabina Mariella published an article in MedCity News about the current legal landscape regarding access to medication abortion and reproductive healthcare.
Their article comments on the tension between the FDA’s...
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Publications
On February 7, 2023, Boies Schiller Flexner’s London office hosted a round table event. BSF attorneys David Hunt and Sagar Gupta, alongside A&O counsel Naomi Briercliffe and Farrer & Co partner Hendrik Puschmann, discussed important...
FEBRUARY 2023
Event
The legal situation following the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe v. Wade leaves more questions than answers for employees and corporations in states where the laws are now unclear or rapidly evolving. The Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys who...
DECEMBER 31, 2022
In the News
BSF partners Sigrid McCawley and Kenya Davis recently spoke to Law & Crime about New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which temporarily suspends the statute of limitations on historical sex abuse claims; the anticipated rise in...
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 25, 2023
Publications
As foreshadowed in previous blog posts here and here, the development of international space law has not entirely kept pace with the increasing commercialization and privatization of outer space activities. As a result, several stakeholders in the...
January 23, 2023
Announcements
Three Boies Schiller Flexner partners were recognized in the global “Who’ Who Legal 2023,” a listing of the top lawyers in the world. Managing Partner Jonathan Schiller was ranked as a Thought Leader in USA – Commercial...
JANUARY 13, 2023
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2023.
Hamish HumeSigrid McCawleyMatthew SchwartzStuart SingerAlan VickeryJoanna Wright
David Boies, Jonathan Schiller, and Steve Zack are members...
JANUARY 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...
JANUARY 4, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that former U.S. Department of Justice Fraud Section Trial Attorney Blake Goebel* has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the global investigations and white collar...
DECEMBER 23, 2022
In the News
Matthew Schwartz, John Zach, and Craig Wenner were chosen as The American Lawyer's Litigator of the Week for the firm’s jury verdict – worth more than $218 million with interest – in favor of client BTA Bank.
On December 14,...
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 14, 2022
In the News
On behalf of West Flagler Associates, BSF partner Hamish Hume argued to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to uphold last year’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich. The original ruling found that the...
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys Ben Love and Sagar Gupta published an article, “Applicable Law in Investor-State Space Arbitration,” in Space Arbitration.
Their post identifies the major sources of public international law that might be...
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Kenya Davis published an article in Risk Management Magazine titled "Examining Supply Chains for Labor Trafficking and Abuses."
The article is about forced labor and human trafficking. Kenya notes...
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Publications
BSF partner Luigi Macioce and counsel Valeria Valentini published an article in the economic newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.
The article explores the possible reopening of the terms of “Voluntary Disclosure,” which was not mentioned in the...
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Event
BSF will host two events as part of Washington Arbitration Week. Ben Love will speak as a panelist for the first event, "Fair and Equitable Treatment and Denial of Justice: Violations of International Treaty Obligations by Domestic Courts." He will...
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Hamish Hume was interviewed by Lawdragon about leading the Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust case, one of the largest antitrust settlements ever achieved without government involvement.
Asked about what he likes about...
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Event
On November 10, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Ben Love will speak on the panel entitled “Crossing the Finish Line: UNCITRAL’s Re-imagining of Investor-State Dispute Settlement” at the American Society of International...
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley has been chosen by The American Lawyer as an Attorney of the Year finalist for her extensive work representing victims of sexual abuse. Sigrid has dedicated years to the pro bono representation...
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Publications
In the recent decision of EGF v HVF & Ors [2022] EWHC 2470 (Comm), the English Commercial Court (the ‘Court’) dismissed the claimant’s procedural challenges under sections 24, 67 and 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the...
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
In the News
BSF partner Luigi Macioce was featured in the newspaper ItaliaOggi, where he commented on the opportunities and problems of digitizing physical pieces of art through NFT and the use of blockchain for the traceability of transactions related to...
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner was recognized by the Diversity and Flexibility Alliance with the “Tipping the Scale” award for having a diverse U.S.-based partner class of 50% or more of women for 2022.
Of 206 law firms researched by the...
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Event
On October 27, Boies Schiller Flexner will host an event co-sponsored by American Society of International Law and TransPerfect Legal Solutions Inc. focused on translation in international disputes. The panel brings together a collection of...
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Event
On October 25, Ben Love will deliver the keynote speech for a panel entitled “The evolution of investment standards: towards more demanding regulations?” at the XXI General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law in...
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Publications
When Croatian national Bedri Selmani brought an investment claim against Kosovo under that state's 2014 foreign investment law, it might not have been obvious that the outcome of a central argument advanced by Selmani would turn on the translation of...
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 17, 2022
Publications
Judgment of the Supreme Court in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and others [2022] UKSC 25
The UK Supreme Court considered the duty of company directors with respect to the interest of creditors pursuant to s.172(3) of the Companies Act 2006. The decision...
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...
OCTOBER 5, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies, Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley, and partner Joanna Wright were selected by Benchmark for inclusion in its 2023 guide, with David and Sigrid being named by the publication as litigation stars, and Joanna...
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....
September 30, 2022
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys David Simons, Jon Mills, and Brandon Butterworth published the article "Is Cyber Insurance a Modern-Day Imperative?" in the New York Law Journal.
This article discusses the increasing risks of data breaches and...
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 19, 2022
Publications
Recently, an ICSID tribunal denied Spain’s request to reconsider its previous jurisdictional ruling where it had rejected the intra-EU jurisdiction objection. The denial of the reconsideration request signals that intra-EU investor-State...
AUGUST 18, 2022
Publications
The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation (the HCAA) – a new arbitration court and mediation centre that presents a fresh dispute resolution option to parties in the aviation sector – recently launched its arbitration and mediation...
AUGUST 10, 2022
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Hamish Hume was featured in The American Lawyer's “Under the Hood” story about the decade-long Blue Cross Blue Shield Multidistrict Litigation.
This week the court gave final approval to our...
AUGUST 8, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that veteran employment and workplace safety and health litigator Benjamin J. Kim has joined the firm as a Los Angeles-based partner.
“Boies Schiller’s ability to take on and achieve success in...
AUGUST 3, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley was selected by Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 10 Women Litigators in the country for the fourth consecutive year. The list was announced in connection with Benchmark’s...
JULY 29, 2022
Publications
BSF attorneys David Hunt, Ben Love, and Gina Rossman have co-authored a chapter in the Global Arbitration Review’s Guide to Telecoms Arbitrations. This chapter, titled “Is the People’s Good the Highest Law? The Concept of Necessity...
JULY 28, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sabria McElroy was selected as one of the nation’s top 40 lawyers under 40 by Bloomberg Law.
In a Q&A with Bloomberg, Sabria answered questions about her practice, recent wins and what she is most proud of as a...
JULY 21, 2022
In the News
A team from Boies Schiller Flexner, along with the Center for Reproductive Rights and local counsel, won a preliminary injunction in Baton Rouge today that will allow clinics in Louisiana to continue to provide important care to their patients while...
JULY 21, 2022
Publications
In an impetus to climate-related litigation in the UK, the English High Court held that the UK government's actions in formulating the Net Zero Strategy were unlawful and in violation of its obligations under the UK Climate Change Act. David Hunt and...
JULY 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 28, 2022
Announcements
The Robinhood appeal comes as a House Report finds Robinhood exhibited troubling business practices, inadequate risk management, and a culture that prioritized growth above stability.
A putative class of individual investors seeking billions of...
JUNE 27, 2022
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys Joanna Wright, Sabina Mariella, Brianna Hills, and Lindsey Ruff were profiled yesterday when they obtained emergency relief enjoining the enforcement of Louisiana’s trigger laws that purport to ban abortion. As...
JUNE 27, 2022
Announcements
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, with local counsel Ellie Schilling, today filed a petition and request for...
JUNE 22, 2022
Publications
As of yesterday, June 21, Xinjiang-associated goods are presumptively barred from entering the United States.
Under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must presume that all imports manufactured,...
JUNE 15, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys and practices were recognized in the 2022 edition of Legal 500 USA. Our ranked practices include: Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Action Defense; Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Action Plaintiff; and...
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 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...
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
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner Managing Partner Matthew Schwartz spoke to Lawdragon about the differences between the government sector and private practice, the ways he attempts to convey complex information to juries, his role as managing partner, and...
MAY 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...
MAY 5, 2022
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies was recently interviewed by Jenna Greene at Reuters to discuss his 55-year career practicing law.
MAY 3, 2022
Event
New York and D.C. Partner Ben Love has been invited to speak on “Perspectives on International Investment Arbitration” at Leiden University’s campus in The Hague on Tuesday, May 3.
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 19, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Timothy L. Foden has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the international arbitration group. With deep experience in investment disputes and commercial arbitration, Tim will bolster...
APRIL 15, 2022
In the News
BSF’s appellate work was featured in an article by Daily Business Review. Partners Stuart Singer and Jesse Panuccio discussed increasing appellate demand in the state of Florida, as well as the firm’s appellate work nationally.
In the...
APRIL 7, 2022
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Ben Love will act as a commentator at this year's American Society of International Law Annual Meeting. The panel, Meet the Scholars: Cutting-Edge Issues in International Dispute Resolution, will...
MARCH 30, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has nominated Andrew Villacastin as a 2022 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow, and Vanessa Tussey, Rossana Baeza, Erika Nyborg-Burch, and Erica Sweeting as its LCLD Pathfinders.
Launched in 2011,...
MARCH 25, 2022
Event
On March 25, Boies Schiller Flexner Italy, together with Constantine Cannon LLP, Stonehage Fleming and DH Office, will host the event “Why are we still looking for Nazi-looted art in Italy?” at the Ateneo Veneto in Venice.
The conference...
March 25, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Kenya Davis was recently profiled by the D.C. Bar's Blog, Duly Noted, about her fight against injustice.
"When I conduct an investigation, it’s a real investigation. It’s worker-driven, survivor-driven,...
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”...
MARCH 7, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies was named to City & State’s Law Power 100 list, which recognizes New York’s most influential leaders in law, including elected officials, judges, prosecutors, and lawyers in private...
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2022.
Hamish HumeSigrid McCawleyMatthew SchwartzStuart SingerAlan Vickery
David Boies, Jonathan Schiller, and Steve Zack are all members...
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 27, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner received a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index, a well-known national benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+...
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 18, 2022
Announcements
Lawdragon published one of its limelight features on Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sabria McElroy. Sabria discussed the details of some of the cases she has worked on and the meaningful results she’s helped attain at BSF, her mentors, and her...
JANUARY 11, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner associate Rossana (Rosy) Baeza was recently appointed to the board of directors of SAVE Inc., an organization dedicated to protecting LGBTQ+ rights.
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...
DECEMBER 23, 2021
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Ben Love was quoted in the article “International Arbitration Experts Discuss The Impact Of Remote Proceedings," which published in both Mealey’s International Arbitration Report and...
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Ben Love and associate John Gerardi have authored portions of the U.S. chapter of Delos Dispute Resolution’s Guide to Arbitration Places (GAP). GAP is an online tool that includes in-depth reports, a summary of...
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced the addition of three highly regarded lawyers who have joined the firm as the founding partners of the new Milan office: Luigi M. Macioce, Alessia Allegretti and Stefano Zonca.
Known as Boies Schiller...
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Jesse Panuccio will speak at the 2021 National Lawyers Convention hosted by The Federalist Society. The panel will explore the important topic of federal court consent decrees to settle claims against state and local...
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Announcements
The American Antitrust Institute held their annual AAI Awards Night on Wednesday, November 10. Boies Schiller Flexner and co-counsel Hausfeld LLP won the award for Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice honoring their...
OCTOBER 30, 2021
In the News
The Telegraph published a story about Boies Schiller Flexner Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley on the cover of The Telegraph Magazine titled “The Woman Demanding to See Prince Andrew in Court.” The article discussed the...
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office rose to Band 3 in the competitive Banking Litigation category and to Band 5 in Litigation in the latest edition of the Chambers UK rankings. The firm also maintained its Band 5 ranking in International...
OCTOBER 7, 2021
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley was recognized at the annual Women Influence & Power in the Law Awards.
Corporate Counsel said the Law Firm Thought Leadership award recognizes transformative legal leadership and published...
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys were listed in the Top Lawyers issue of Ft. Lauderdale Illustrated magazine. They have been selected by Broward County peers as best in their field.
Managing Partner, Sigrid McCawley – Commercial...
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Announcements
The American Lawyer has selected Boies Schiller Flexner partner Joanna Wright as one of six winners in the Young Lawyers of the Year category of The American Lawyer Industry Awards.
BSF also was named as one of two finalists for Florida Litigation...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office was recognized by Legal 500 UK for Commercial Litigation: Premium, Banking Litigation: Investment & Retail, International Arbitration, and Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime.
In Commercial...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Event
On September 25, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Ben Love will give a virtual lecture at the University of Miami School of Law on “Investment Arbitration in Latin America.” The lecture covers the historical roots and development...
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Announcements
We are proud to be among the 118 firms certified under Mansfield 4.0 for their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Mansfield Rule Certification measures whether law firms have affirmatively considered at least 30 percent women,...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Ben Love has joined the firm’s New York and Washington, D.C. offices as a partner in the International Arbitration group. Ben’s hire bolsters a global practice advising clients in complex...
AUGUST 27, 2021
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Hamish Hume spoke to Tom Temin of the podcast Federal Drive about the recent National Security Agency cloud computing contract awarded to Amazon, which is currently tied up in protest by Microsoft.
"But...
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...
AUGUST 6, 2021
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Adam Shaw and associate Jenna Smith published their quarterly article in the New York Law Journal looking at cases of significance in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. This quarter’s...
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...
JUNE 17, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner was ranked by Law.com International as the top firm in the U.K. for representation of LGBTQ+ lawyers and partners. A Law.com survey of 64 firms found that Boies Schiller Flexner has both the highest proportion of U.K. lawyers...
APRIL 21, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner is proud to have been named to the 2021 Global Inclusion Index for the U.K., assessing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Placement on the index recognizes commitment to the three Index focus areas: Transparency and...
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 20, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Steve Zack was interviewed by Lawdragon. Steve has been a Lawdragon Hall of Fame member in the Leadership category since 2018.
"When I lecture, I’m often asked what makes a good lawyer, and what’s the...
APRIL 13, 2021
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Maxwell Pritt authored an article for the Daily Journal on the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Facebook v. Duguid, a case in which he co-authored an amicus brief. The ruling resolved an important issue...
APRIL 9, 2021
Announcements
Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley was named to South Florida Business Journal’s 2021 Influential Business Women.
When asked what makes a good leader, McCawley replied "a good leader must have emotional intelligence to...
MARCH 26, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partners Steve Zack and Sabria McElroy were honored in this year's Daily Business Review Florida Legal Awards. The publication named Steve a Distinguished Leader, and Sabria is recognized in the "On the Rise"...
MARCH 22, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner is proud to stand alongside the Human Rights Campaign's Business Coalition in calling for the passage of the Equality Act.
The Business Coalition for the Equality Act is a group of leading U.S. employers that support the...
March 16, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies and partner Harlan Levy were named to City & State’s Law Power 100 list, which recognizes New York’s most influential leaders in law, including elected officials, judges, prosecutors, and...
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...
MARCH 3, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has nominated Alicia Fitch, Sabina Mariella, Katie Cheng, and Shannon Prince as its 2021 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Pathfinders, and Sabria McElroy, Abby Dennis, and Corey Gray as LCLD...
MARCH 1, 2021
Announcements
Co-founder and Managing Partner Jonathan Schiller was interviewed by Lawdragon. Jonathan was inducted to the Lawdragon Hall of Fame on March 12, 2020.
“I’ve always been out there looking for opportunities to help people who are up against...
JANUARY 29, 2021
Publications
Whilst few could have foreseen the global turmoil that 2020 brought, it is clear that in 2021 the fallout from the pandemic and facing the reality of a post-Brexit landscape will continue to be front and center for financial services firms and the...
JANUARY 28, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner received a score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s premier benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related...
JANUARY 27, 2021
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2021.
Natasha HarrisonHarlan LevySigrid McCawleyMatthew SchwartzStuart SingerAlan Vickery
Boies Schiller Flexner founders David Boies and Jonathan...
JANUARY 7, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP strongly condemns the attempt to prevent the certification of the free and fair 2020 presidential election results occurring at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. We oppose any endeavor to disrupt the United...
JANUARY 1, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has elected six litigators from its offices in New York, Albany, Miami and Fort Lauderdale, to its partnership. The new partners are Andrew Beyda, Anne Nardacci, Pascual Oliu, David Simons, Tom Sosnowski and Andrew...
DECEMBER 23, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner pro bono client, Michael DeLeon, was released from prison on Thanksgiving Day, concluding the firm’s six-year pro bono representation of Mr. DeLeon.
In 2008, when DeLeon was seventeen, the police searched DeLeon’s...
DECEMER 9, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley spoke to Lawdragon about her work bringing serial sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to justice, and her representation of a number of his victims.
"There should be no window on the amount of time that...
DECEMBER 5, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Steve Zack is featured in episodes 6 and 7 of the podcast series Fox News Election Rewind: 2000, where he discusses the moment when the Bush and Gore campaigns turned to constitutional lawyers and the Supreme Court case...
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Announcements
The Diversity and Flexibility Alliance has recognized Boies Schiller Flexner with the “Tipping the Scale” award for having a diverse partner class of 50% or more of women.
Of 137 law firms researched by the Diversity &...
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office has risen to Band 4 in the Banking Litigation category, and to Band 5 in the International Arbitration: Commercial Arbitration category, in the recently published Chambers UK guide. The firm was also ranked in...
OCTOBER 23, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies and partner Sigrid McCawley were named Litigators of the Week for the latest victory in their tireless work shining the light on Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking conspiracy. They were recognized...
OCTOBER 21, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner, along with co-counsel at the Center for Constitutional Rights and Lambda Legal, has filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a transgender woman who was sexually assaulted while incarcerated...
OCTOBER 12, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Stuart Singer spoke about his experience in academic debate, the lessons of the coronavirus, and the lack of civility in the legal profession, in an interview with the Daily Business Review. The publication named...
OCTOBER 12, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley spoke to the Daily Business Review about her work for the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, and how the climate for survivors has changed since she began the work.
“It was a much different...
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 6, 2020
Publications
So your corporate has done the crime (or not). It has decided to do the time (or not). But what does “time” entail for a corporate facing a criminal conviction? Where does the liability start and where does it finish? Can it simply pay its way out?...
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 28, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner associate Corey Gray served two tours of duty in Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division before transitioning to the U.S. Army Reserve. He pursued a law degree at the urging of senior leaders while he was assigned to U.S. Southern...
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office was shortlisted for Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year and International Arbitration Team of the Year in Legal Week's British Legal Awards. Partner Will Hooker was shortlisted as a...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner associate Corey Gray discusses his time in the military and his move to Big Law in an episode of The Lawyer's Edge podcast titled “An Officer and a True Gentleman: Lessons in Leadership and Authenticity Learned...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sashi Bach discusses Ethics: Are NDAs and Confidentiality Agreements Still Appropriate? at DRI's Retail and Hospitality Virtual Seminar.
WHEN2:15 p.m. EDTFriday, September 25, 2020
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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
Announcements
We are proud to be among the firms certified under Mansfield 3.0 for their commitment to diversity. The goal of the Mansfield Rule is to boost the representation of diverse lawyers in law firm leadership by broadening the pool of candidates...
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...
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Announcements
Legal Business has shortlisted the London office of Boies Schiller Flexner for Commercial Litigation Team of the Year 2020. The award category identifies an impressive result in commercial litigation by the winning team.
Boies Schiller was nominated...
AUGUST 31, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has named Max Pritt and Sean Rodriguez as Administrative Partners for its San Francisco office.
Max Pritt tries high-stakes cases for plaintiffs and defendants in courtrooms across the country. Max has secured significant...
AUGUST 20, 2020
Announcements
Best Lawyers has named Stuart Singer as the 2021 Fort Lauderdale Lawyer of the Year for Bet-the-Company Litigation. Only one lawyer in each practice area and geographic region is selected for the Lawyer of the Year award each year. Best Lawyers also...
AUGUST 13, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley was named one of the Top 10 Woman Litigators in the United States for 2020, while partner Helen Maher was named to Benchmark's list of Top 250 Women in Litigation.
The lists of the most distinguished...
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 29, 2020
Event
Sigrid McCawley takes part in a discussion of the bravery, dedication, and hard work of the survivors, attorneys, police officers, investigators, and others to bring Jeffrey Epstein's abuses to light. She is joined by fellow survivors' attorney...
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....
JULY 2, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner Partner Sigrid McCawley, who represents several Jeffrey Epstein survivors, spoke with Nightline's Juju Chang about the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell.
“This morning was a very joyful and tearful filled morning. It was a...
JUNE 24, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner is one of 18 leading private law firms joining an ACLU of Louisiana Litigation Campaign Against Racist Policing Practices in the wake of the deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, and many others.
The...
JUNE 5, 2020
Publications
Perhaps no government program in recent memory has better embodied the “building-the-plane-as-it-flies” analogy than the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). A component of the CARES Act, the massive $659 billion program is intended to...
JUNE 1, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner today announced that two senior officials from the U.S. Department of Justice will join the firm as partners in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, strengthening the firm’s white collar and trial capabilities as well as...
MAY 27, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley is interviewed in “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich,” a Netflix docuseries about sexual abuse and trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein. The series also features extensive interviews with four of the...
MAY 8, 2020
In the News
The Daily Business Review called Jesse Panuccio one of Washington’s youngest highfliers, having served as general counsel to Florida Gov. Rick Scott, run a state agency, and held the third-ranking...
May 4, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley was named as a finalist for Attorney of the Year by the Daily Business Review, which recognized her work representing survivors of Jeffrey Epstein. The publication named Boies Schiller Flexner partner...
APRIL 30, 2020
Publications
After the pandemic, everything will eventually return to normal. But our privacy may never be the same. Health officials generally agree that to fully open society, three things are required: treating, testing and tracking. Everyone understands...
APRIL 27, 2020
Publications
The Paycheck Protection Program, a component of the CARES Act intended to provide forgivable loans to small businesses as an incentive to keep workers on the payroll, exhausted its initial $349 billion appropriation on April 16, 2020. Congress...
APRIL 14, 2020
Publications
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. The CARES Act created the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which is intended to provide partially forgivable loans to...
APRIL 1, 2020
Publications
Currently, there are “no FDA-approved drugs specifically for the treatment of patients with COVID-19,” per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There is also no vaccine. But there are antiviral drugs that show promise in tests...
APRIL 1, 2020
Publications
The expanding scope and spread of COVID-19 has created uncertainty and anxiety on a global scale, creating a plethora of public health, financial, and legal consequences. The Energy Industry is facing trying times. While the exact length and severity...
MARCH 30, 2020
Publications
Companies in the health care industry are on the front lines of responding to the COVID 19 pandemic. Health care companies—broadly defined to include hospitals and healthcare systems, insurers, pharmacies, and medical device and product...
MARCH 20, 2020
Announcements
The following Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers were named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2020.
Karen DyerNicholas GravanteNatasha HarrisonHarlan LevySigrid McCawleyStuart Singer
Boies Schiller Flexner founders David Boies and...
MARCH 10, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies and partner Harlan Levy were named to City & State’s Law Power 100 list, which recognizes New York’s most influential leaders in law, including elected officials, judges, prosecutors,...
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has nominated partner James Lee as its 2020 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow, and associate Laselve Harrison as an LCLD Pathfinders.
Launched in 2011, the LCLD Fellows Program identifies high-potential...
JANUARY 31, 2020
Publications
The Florida Supreme Court has recently issued two blockbuster opinions about its methodology for deciding cases. First, the court adopted the “supremacy-of-the-text principle,” or textualism, as its governing methodology for construing...
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...
JANUARY 21, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner received a score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s premier benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related...
JANUARY 20, 2020
In the News
The AmLaw Litigation Daily reported on a ruling in federal court in Atlanta upholding a new policy by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on the allocation of donor livers.
Litigators at Boies Schiller Flexner have been at the forefront...
JANUARY 2020
Publications
This issue summarizes 2019 data privacy law developments across the world, including the implementation of the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). Nearly half of the states in the U.S. have now implemented some type of general requirement for...
JANUARY 10, 2020
Publications
Television and movies teach us that only guilty people “take the fifth.” The Fifth Amendment right itself is often referred to as the right (or privilege) against self-incrimination. In fact, the most commonly formulated version of the...
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...
JANUARY 1, 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley was profiled among the American Lawyer's Litigators of the Year. McCawley has been focused for years on her representation of the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, helping to build the record of evidence...
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has elected six litigators from its offices in New York, Washington D.C., and Armonk, to its partnership. The new partners are Marc Ayala, Martha Goodman, Laura Harris, Kyle Smith, Craig Wenner, and Joanna Wright.
“Our...
WINTER 2019 - 2020
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley was featured in the Winter 2019-2020 issue of Fort Lauderdale's Venice Magazine, in a four-page article about her award-winning work bringing justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein.
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley talked about her career, and her representation of one of the first sexual abuse survivors to speak out against Jeffrey Epstein, for a profile in the Daily Business Review.
The No. 1 thing...
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Jesse Panuccio, the former acting Associate Attorney General of the United States, will join the firm in Washington D.C. and Florida as a partner, focusing on high-stakes litigation and appeals,...
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley was named a Litigator of the Year by the American Lawyer. McCawley was nominated for her tireless work over the past five years representing Virginia Giuffre, Sarah Ransome, and other victims of sex...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office leapt two tiers in Banking Litigation, rose in a further two categories, and debuted in Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime in Legal 500 UK's 2020 rankings, earning across-the-board mentions for the...
AUGUST 2019
Publications
Privacy law is becoming more important than ever. This guide provides an update as of August 2019 to the new legislation, regulation and constantly evolving case law in data privacy around the globe.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
Publications
What happens in the jury room is generally a well-kept secret. No one can contest a jury verdict by eliciting evidence about jury deliberations, even if jurors accuse each other of ignoring the judge’s instructions, misunderstanding the law, or...
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
Announcements
The National Law Journal named Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley a Litigation Trailblazer.
McCawley has successfully litigated numerous class actions, trust disputes, intellectual property issues, and high stakes commercial disputes. In...
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...
JULY 25, 2019
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Mark Mao will join the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner, helping to expand and lead the firm’s data privacy practice nationally and internationally. Mao is one of the country’s...
JULY 9, 2019
Publications
The administration will soon announce plans to release Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government conservatorship, and potentially recapitalize them with private investment. Those who care about property rights should look closely at...
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...
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...
MARCH 20, 2019
In the News
Politico quoted Boies Schiller Flexner partner Sigrid McCawley in its coverage of litigation over whether records should be unsealed in a Jeffrey Epstein-related sex trafficking case.
“The truth is that Ms. Maxwell and Mr. Epstein sexually...
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...
DECEMBER 11, 2018
Publications
By Matthew L. Schwartz
This Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of the arrest of Bernard Madoff. Madoff’s crime was, without doubt, the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time and a contender for the most notorious financial fraud ever. Over the...
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office won higher rankings in the latest editions of both Chambers UK and Legal 500 UK, in recognition of its status as a growing force in London.
In Banking Litigation, Chambers reports Boies Schiller Flexner has a...
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Announcements
BSF attorneys David Boies, and Nick Gravante were listed as Top 100 Trial Lawyers by Benchmark Litigation. Boies and Gravante were also listed as National Practice Area Stars, as was Phil Iovieno. Helen Maher was in Benchmark's Top 250 Women in...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Publications
In a major recalibration of England’s laws regarding litigation privilege, England’s Court of Appeal has recently ruled in The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited (2018) EWCA Civ 2006,...
AUGUST 6, 2018
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has successfully obtained an order from the English High Court in favor of the representatives and relatives of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks providing for dispensation of service against the Republic of Iran and other...
JULY 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 12, 2018
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner congratulates partner Rick Pocker on becoming President of the State Bar of Nevada.
Pocker is a first-chair veteran of scores of federal and state jury trials in his years of government service and private practice, and is the...
JULY 9, 2018
Announcements
The federal district court in Charlottesville, Virginia, ruled that plaintiffs’ claims can proceed today in the federal civil rights lawsuit against neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and affiliated groups over the violence in Charlottesville...
MAY 5, 2018
Event
Charles Fox Miller addressed the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Florida Chapter 40th Annual Institute on Saturday, May 5. Miller, a past president of the AAML Florida Chapter, spoke on agreements.
MARCH 12, 2018
Publications
When Judge William Alsup asked the lawyers in Waymo v. Uber—the recent showdown over self-driving car technology—if engineers really had to get lobotomies before going to their next job, he wasn’t just asking if they had to...
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 9, 2018
Announcements
BSF and co-counsel secured a settlement on behalf of client Uber Technologies in a hotly contested trade secrets case brought by Waymo over the future of self-driving cars that was billed as the intellectual property trial of the century. At the...
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...
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
In the News
A class-action lawsuit filed by Boies Schiller Flexner involving 91,000 au pairs is making the case that the longstanding U.S. program violates federal and state wage laws and exploits young people traveling from abroad to care for American children,...
JANUARY 31, 2018
In the News
The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and other media covered a lawsuit filed by lawyers at Boies Schiller Flexner on behalf of US Foods and Sysco alleging illegal price fixing against more than two dozen poultry companies, including Tyson Foods,...
JANUARY 17, 2018
Publications
In 2017, consumers in data breach lawsuits were vastly more successful at persuading federal appellate courts that they had pled a constitutional injury. This is a dramatic reversal in the trajectory of federal jurisprudence on “standing” in data...
JANUARY 2, 2018
Announcements
International litigation firm Boies Schiller Flexner has elected six new partners in the firm’s New York City, Washington D.C., London, and Oakland offices, effective January 1, 2018.
NEW YORK CITY
Leigh Nathanson has developed a broad practice...
JANUARY 1, 2018
Publications
Ad hoc committees can allow creditors to effectively maximise leverage and pressure against a debtor company to obtain the best outcome for them both individually and as a group. However, it is critical that the structure, decision-making, governance...
DECEMBER 11, 2017
Publications
In a series of recent prosecutions, the Department of Justice has reimagined “corruption” to target private, commercial conduct. In doing so, the government may have expanded the definition of the term...
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
Publications
Suppose that in 1980, two parties entered into a contract to buy cassette tapes with an arbitration clause incorporating the American Arbitration Association (AAA) rules for disputes related to that contract. The parties eventually terminate the...
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Publications
Employers do not want employees they have trained and provided with proprietary business information to leave and go to work for competitors. Buyers who purchase businesses do not want the sellers to start new, competing businesses. Thus, employment...
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
Announcements
For the third year in a row, Boies Schiller Flexner has scored a perfect 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, earning the distinction of being one of the “Best Places to Work" for lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Publications
This column addresses decisions of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Recently the court revisited personal jurisdiction issues since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014) changed the...
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner was shortlisted for London Office of the Year by the UK's Legal Week. The winner, to be selected by an independent panel of senior business lawyers, will be announced at the 2017 British Legal Awards on November 30,...
SEPTEMBER 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...
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...
JUNE 30, 2017
In the News
BSF partner Steve Zack discusses how a string of bad luck in his life turned to success in his legal career. For example, the traumatic experience of fleeing Cuba in 1961 was “the seminal moment of my life when I decided to be a lawyer,”...
JUNE 27, 2017
In the News
Flexibility is a key concept at BSF that has allowed James Grippando to represent his clients successfully over the past 15 years while also flourishing as a nationally acclaimed writer, he tells the Daily Business Review. “I can write a...
JUNE 21, 2017
In the News
One of the most significant mandates awarded to Boies Schiller Flexner since opening in London has resulted in a successful outcome for the firm and its clients, The Lawyer reported, after the firm secured a settlement in a dispute over early...
JUNE 19, 2017
In the News
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that the government cannot deny trademark registration to offensive names is good news for the Washington Redskins and others, but there is a cultural cost, BSF Partner Josh Schiller tells The New York...
JUNE 2, 2017
In the News
BSF Partner Stuart Singer talks about putting contests with Supreme Court Justice Byron White, and the large impact that competitive debating has had on his legal career. "I am certain that my success in law school was assisted by debate," he...
APRIL 19, 2017
Publications
Since Congress passed the Bank Secrecy Act in 1970, banks and other financial institutions have had a legal obligation to report suspicious customer activity to the government or risk regulatory penalties and even criminal prosecution. The purpose is...
MARCH 30, 2017
In the News
Alex Jones, the proprietor of right-wing website Infowars, expressed regret for "any negative impact our commentaries may have had" on Washington restaurant Comet Ping Pong and its owner James Alefantis, CNNMoney reports. Jones was apologizing for...
MARCH 29, 2017
In the News
A Georgia federal court handed summary judgment to BSF client Delta Air Lines Inc. and AirTran Airways Inc. in long-running multidistrict litigation alleging that they colluded to institute a first-checked baggage fee, Law360 reports.
“Even...
MARCH 7, 2017
In the News
Managing Partner Jonathan Schiller was interviewed by Forbes on how he and David Boies founded BSF in 1997. “We knew each other well, we had a strong level of trust and confidence, and we had ideas about how a good law firm should be...
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
Announcements
Legal Momentum – The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today filed federal lawsuits on behalf of an individual and entities in Arizona and Florida against the website Backpage.com for participating in...
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
Publications
In 2012, I witnessed a scene that has been on my mind this week: then-Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough reprimanded a less experienced staffer for merely referencing the ongoing reelection campaign during a mid-level NSC policy...
JANUARY 6, 2017
In the News
Boies, Schiller & Flexner Chairman David Boies and partner Carl Goldfarb were recognized as Litigators of the Week by the American Lawyer's Litigation Daily for a long-running securities class action that ended in a $100 million settlement...
JANUARY 3, 2017
Publications
The courts in this country have spent decade after decade—sometimes hundreds of years—setting out rules of decision in resolving common law claims. Considering both process and policy, can we say from state to state whether the courts...
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner was honored with an Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice award by the American Antitrust Institute for its work on In re Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation, an MDL challenging...
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
In the News
Boies, Schiller & Flexner partner Hamish Hume was named Litigator of the Week by American Lawyer’s Litigation Daily, after obtaining a ruling in favor of his client Palantir Technologies in a suit against the U.S. Army.
Hamish argued...
November 4, 2016
Announcements
Stephen N. Zack, a Miami trial lawyer and a past president of the American Bar Association, has been selected by the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession as one of four recipients of its 2017 Spirit of Excellence Award for...
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Announcements
Lawyers from Boies, Schiller & Flexner's London office have again ranked high in the leading legal directories, Chambers UK and Legal 500.
London Managing Partner Natasha Harrison was ranked in Band 1 for Banking Litigation by Chambers UK,...
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Announcements
Legal Momentum—The Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund, represented by Boies, Schiller & Flexner, today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case against Backpage.com for facilitating the buying and selling of children for...
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...
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 21, 2016
In the News
The O'Jays Sound Off Against GOP's 'Unauthorized' Use of their Music at Republican Convention.
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.
JULY 14, 2016
In the News
Justice Ginsburg's comments on Donald Trump did not violate any ethical rules, nor is it reasonable to expect judges to separating themselves from the nation’s political life, Ryan Park writes in The Washington Post.
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 19, 2016
In the News
Partner Hamish Hume was quoted in the Wall Street Journal and other media this week after arguing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on April 15 on behalf of shareholders who object to the government’s sweep of Fannie...
April 17, 2016
In the News
Partners Stuart Singer and Carl Goldfarb received media attention after reaching a settlement that will improve access to medical and dental care for more than two million children covered by Florida’s Medicaid program. The New York Times and...
APRIL 5, 2016
Announcements
The Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (“FCAAP”), the Florida Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (“FAPD”), Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, and the Public Interest Law Center announce that a settlement has been...
April 1, 2016
Announcements
British publication Legal Business has shortlisted the London office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner for its U.S. Law Firm of the Year award for 2016. The award “highlights the U.S. firm that has made the greatest progress over the past year in...
March 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...
The Wall Street Journal
In the News
MARCH 22, 2016
Announcements
Charles Fox Miller was named a Divorce, Trusts & Estates Trailblazer by the National Law Journal. He was among 40 attorneys who show “a deep passion and perseverance in pursuit of their mission, having achieved remarkable...
March 7, 2016
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner’s London office was shortlisted for Financial Litigation Team and Partner of The Year awards by Financial News. Each year the publication presents its Excellence in Legal Services Awards, Europe, to celebrate the...
MARCH 7, 2016
In the News
Much has been written about how companies can protect their sensitive information from being compromised by a direct intrusion. But companies also must protect their information when, in the normal course of business, they provide third party vendors...
February 23, 2016
Announcements
Latino Leaders Magazine has named Steve Zack, administrative partner of Boies, Schiller & Flexner’s Miami office, as one of The 25 Most Influential Hispanic Lawyers. The list is composed of 25 of the top Hispanic lawyers in the country.
Mr....
The Atlantic
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FEBRUARY 17, 2016
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner was named “Appellate Firm of the Year” by Benchmark Litigation, which recognized the firm's growing stature in the appellate area, based on a survey of peer firms nationwide. Benchmark described the firm...
February 9, 2016
Announcements
Partner Charles Fox Miller and associate Lauren Alperstein of the firm’s Hollywood, Florida, office were named Attorneys of the Month by Legal Aid Service of Broward County for providing pro bono services to a veteran in need of legal assistance. Mr....
Financial Times
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JANUARY 15, 2016
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The Baltimore Sun reported on Boies, Schiller & Flexner's representation of daily fantasy sports company DraftKings in Maryland.
“We agree with the Attorney General that this is a matter for the legislature,” Boies, Schiller &...
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...
January 8, 2016
Announcements
Partners Stuart Singer in Fort Lauderdale and David Barrett in New York were honored as “Litigators of the Week” by AmLaw’s Litigation Daily for their recoveries for investors in Bernard Madoff feeder funds. The honor came after the announcement last...
January 4, 2016
Announcements
Global litigation law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner has elected eight counsel and associates to its partnership, effective January 1, 2016, at its offices in New York, Washington, Armonk, Miami, and Palo Alto.
“We congratulate these accomplished...
DECEMBER 31, 2015
In the News
Key Rulings in Agency Lawsuits Expected in 2016
Law360
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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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DECEMBER 4, 2015
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Driverless cars may keep the antitrust cops busy.
Financial Times
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The New York Times
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November 18, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner is proud to have achieved a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to...
Law360
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November 3, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner celebrated 15 years in South Florida at an event in Miami on November 3. The firm established its presence in South Florida in April 2000, with a single partner, Caryl Boies, based in an office in Hollywood. Today, it...
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Announcements
Three Boies, Schiller & Flexner partners were recognized in the global “Who’s Who Legal: Litigation 2015,” a listing of the 740 top litigators in the world. Chairman David Boies is considered by many as “one of...
October 26, 2015
Announcements
The American Academy of Pediatrics has awarded Stuart Singer and Carl Goldfarb, partners in the Fort Lauderdale office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, with 2015 Child Health Advocate Awards.
Mr. Singer and Mr. Goldfarb represent pediatricians in a...
October 23, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner partner Rick Pocker has become a founding member of Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration, a group of current and former law enforcement leaders dedicated to pushing reforms that will reduce...
OCTOBER 9, 2015
In the News
Google Copyright Suit Vs. Authors Nears Key Chapter.
OCTOBER 7, 2015
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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...
The Washington Lawyers' Committee
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AUGUST 24, 2015
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A federal court of appeals decision recently created a sharp circuit split regarding the requirements for certifying class actions in cases involving consumer purchases of inexpensive items where consumers are not likely to have retained their...
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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JULY 31, 2015
Publications
This column discusses a decision by Senior District Court Judge Lawrence E. Kahn ordering disclosure of internal investigation documents and communications of a public relations firm; a decision by Chief Judge Gary L. Sharpe dismissing an appeal of a...
Daily Business Review, July 29, 2015
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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...
July 28, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP is pleased to announce that it has committed to lease the 10th and 11th floors at 1401 New York Avenue in Washington, D.C., bringing the law firm’s Washington operations directly into the center of government and...
JULY 7, 2015
Publications
Since their implementation in 2010, the SEC’s Whistleblower regulations have been the topic of endless speculation, fascination, and analysis by the securities defense bar. But their practical impact so far has been relatively...
National Law Journal
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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...
MAY 26, 2016
In the News
On May 26, 2015, in Comptroller v. Wynne, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the State of Maryland’s refusal to give credit for income taxes paid to other states violated the Dormant Commerce Clause.
The Court held that Maryland’s tax...
JULY 21, 2015
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Boy Scouts of America President Ponders Lifting Hiring Ban for Gay Adults.
JULY 21, 2015
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Boy Scouts President Warns that Ban on Gay Leaders Threatens Organization.
MAY 15, 2015
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Rising Dissent and Lawsuits Pushed Scouts to Change.
MAY 4, 2015
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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
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP's DC partner Jonathan Sherman is a guest on "Richard French Live," Regional New Network (New York-New Jersey-Connecticut-based news talk show; discussing whether the Supreme Court should permit video coverage of its oral arguments).
MAY 1, 2015
Publications
On April 21, 2015, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) posted an alert flagging a new Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) that was sent to roughly 700 Miami businesses. According to FinCEN's alert, the GTO was issued "to shed light on cash...
APRIL 28, 2015
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SCOTUS Hears Same-Sex Marriage Arguments.
Forbes
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April 21, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner has added highly experienced corporate attorney Dev R. Sen as a partner in its Corporate Group in New York. Mr. Sen’s expertise in the area of corporate finance will complement the firm’s existing mergers and...
April 20, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner, one of the leading litigation law firms, has joined with Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) in efforts to represent the growing numbers of unaccompanied children who are placed in immigration removal proceedings.
Last...
Law360
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Gizmodo
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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,...
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...
MARCH 10, 2015
Publications
The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) requires financial institutions to detect and report suspicious activity. For years, the BSA was almost purely the province of banking regulators. But recently, the Department of Justice has dramatically increased the rate...
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FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Publications
Our laws are not built to protect victims of ideologically-driven data hacking
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
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THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS: ‘I Obtained Addresses…NYTHA Could Have Done The Same’
Corporate Counsel
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JANUARY 12, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner has hired Assistant U.S. Attorneys Matthew L. Schwartz, Peter M. Skinner and John T. Zach from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. The group bolsters the firm’s existing white...
DECEMBER 31, 2014
Announcements
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Years Selected
Harrison, Natasha
2013 - 2014
Miles, Wendy J.
2013 - 2014
DECEMBER 31, 2014
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Cove, Jr., John F.
2006, 2008 – 2014
Dearborn, Meredith R.
2013 - 2014
Hanley Cook, Devon T.
2013 - 2014
Holtzman, Steven C.
2012 - 2014
Pritt, Maxwell V.
2014 - 2014
Reblitz-Richardson, Beko...
December 31, 2014
Announcements
Today, federal Judge Adalberto Jordan found that the 1.9 million children who depend on the Florida Medicaid program for their medical and dental care are not receiving the care required by federal law.
Dr. Tommy Schechtman, President of the...
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DECEMBER 18, 2014
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Unilever Drops False Ad Lawsuit Against Just Mayo.
DECEMBER 14, 2014
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NEW YORK TIMES: New Lucerne Opera House Is Back on Track, but Hurdles Remain
DECEMBER 11, 2014
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On behalf of SpaceX, partner Hamish Hume sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department, asking it to investigate whether Russian officials under U.S. sanctions are profiting from the Russian-made RD-180 engines that United Launch Alliance...
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’
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
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Unilever Faces Blowback in Mayonnaise False Ad War.
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October 20, 2014
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Trinity Industries, the highway guardrail maker accused of selling systems that can malfunction during crashes and slice through cars, was found by a jury on Monday to have defrauded the federal government, The New York Times reported. “We...
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OCTOBER 8, 2014
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CBS NEWS: Quaker Oats Accused of Stealing the "Face of America's Breakfast"
The Travel Retail Business
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2014
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Diegeo Inks Deal to Exit Johnnie Walker Trademark Row.
AmLaw Litigation
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
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LAW360: Morgan Stanley Unit, Lloyd's Dodge $350M Insurance Suit (subscription)
AUGUST 6, 2014
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The District’s Budget Autonomy Decision Could Rest on Home Rule Act’s History.
AUGUST 5, 2014
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N.Y. Judge Bars Sale Of Whiskey Using Explorers Club TM.
07.08.2014
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JULY 7, 2014
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D.C. Budget Autonomy Fight Could Turn on Home Rule Act’s History.
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JUNE 27, 2014
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David Boies named litigator of the week for Halliburton argument
The New York Times
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03.18.2014
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DECEMBER 20, 2013
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LAW360: AmEx To Spend Up To $79M In Surcharge Suit Settlement
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...
AUGUST 15, 2013
Announcements
David Boies, BSF Chairman and co-founder, has been named one of 50 Top Innovators in the Last 50 Years by The American Lawyer. The magazine named him one of the seven Business of Law innovators, citing the Firm's use of alternative fee...
JULY 9, 2013
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner acted as counsel to EGWP Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of client EG Capital and the ultimate parent entity of WaterPik Inc., a leader in oral hygiene, faucet and showerhead products, in connection with the sale of...
JULY 8, 2013
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In a closely watched dispute between the New York Yankees and the country’s largest ticket reseller, StubHub, BSF won a court order preventing StubHub from opening a storefront near Yankee Stadium days before the start of the 2013 Major League...
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...
May 31, 2013
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In a turn-around seldom seen in civil jury cases, BSF has won the right to a retrial of a fraud claim for its client Terra Firma against Citigroup over the leveraged buyout of EMI. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the verdict in the case...
New York Daily
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APRIL 25, 2013
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In an intellectual property case with broad implications for the art world, BSF scored a huge win for contemporary photographer and painter Richard Prince. On April 25, 2013, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the majority of...
MARCH 25, 2013
Announcements
The National Law Journal has named BSF Chairman David Boies one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers, in their first such list since 2006. In their search to identify “members of law’s power elite,” the editors conducted independent...
February 11, 2013
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Guatemalteca in Electricity Generator Buy
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
Announcements
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
Announcements
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...
The Wall Street Journal
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November 6, 2012
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner, working as co- lead counsel, has reached a proposed settlement for $50 to $80 million for a class of investors in Fairfield Greenwich Group, the largest Madoff “feeder fund.” The settlement, filed November 6, 2012 in New...
08.05.2012
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BSF partner Jonathan Sherman is quoted in this article about the July 2012 Colorado shootings.
May - July 2012
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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...
JULY 6, 2012
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An appellate court has tossed out $284 million in claims for contract damages against Boies, Schiller & Flexner client John Ferolito, one of the founders and owners of the multi-billion dollar AriZona Iced Tea company. The decision knocks...
JUNE 26, 2012
Announcements
Citing his work in Bush v Gore and his tenure as the first Hispanic-American president of the ABA, Florida Super Lawyers profiled BSF partner Stephen Zack in the June 2012 issue. Mr. Zack has been ranked as a Florida Super Lawyer for the past six...
JUNE 8, 2012
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A team of lawyers led by BSF partners Robin A. Henry and Motty Shulman have secured another significant victory in their continuing representation of BNP Paribas in its suit against Bank of America. BNP Paribas has alleged that Bank of...
May 30 2012
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MAY 22, 2012
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Contemporary photographer and painter Richard Prince called upon Josh Schiller to put together a team from BSF to pursue an appeal of an important ruling in federal court. Prince faces copyright infringement liability as well as ongoing claims...
May 7, 2012
In the News
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APRIL 18, 2012
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BSF partners Stuart Singer and Carl Goldfarb are leading a team of attorneys providing pro bono services for the 1.7 million Florida children on Medicaid and their advocates in a federal trial that began on December 7, 2009. BSF...
04.18.2012
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Time Out New York published a profile on BSF associate Keola Whittaker, along with physician Joshua Cohen, for their work with Trevor Project’s NextGen, group dedicated to providing outreach and support to LGBTQ teens. Read the full article by...
APRIL 8, 2012
Announcements
The American Lawyer named Boies, Schiller & Flexner one of five finalists in the publication’s sixth biennial Litigation Department of the Year contest from a field of over 70 firms who competed. Firms were chosen based on litigation...
The Daily Beast
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DECEMBER 28, 2011
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A suit brought by BSF and client MBIA alleging fraud by Morgan Stanley and certain Morgan Stanley affiliated entities has reached a favorable settlement. MBIA brought claims of fraudulent inducement and breach of contract in New York State Supreme...
October 21, 2011
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The Harvard Art Museums announce a gift of 38 drawings, paintings, and sculpture from Didi and David Barrett's 20th-century American Collection of Self-Taught, Folk, and Outsider Art. The gift comprises works by 24 American "outsider"...
October 3, 2011
Announcements
On the heels of BSF's record $1.3 billion copyright infringement verdict for software company Oracle, The National Law Journal named the Firm to this year's Plaintiffs' Hot List. The NLJ looks for examples of "exemplary, cutting...
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.
08.10.2011
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Following a four-day trial, the Delaware Chancery Court issued a 101-page opinion in favor of BSF client Lerner Master Fund in a lawsuit against hedge fund manager Paige Capital Management, which had invoked contractual hedge fund gates to block...
August 8, 2011
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August 6, 2011
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August 6, 2011
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08.01.2011
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JULY 27, 2011
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The National Football Leagueretained BSF after the NFL Players Association walked out on Friday, March 11 from collective bargaining negotiations and an ongoing mediation, renounced its status as a union, and promptly filed several antitrust suits...
June 10, 2011
Announcements
Chambers & Partners, one of the leading legal directories and rating agencies, has recognized BSF and its attorneys for outstanding work in Antitrust, Litigation, International Arbitration and Tax. Below is a breakdown of our rankings, as...
June 3, 2011
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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...
JUNE 6, 2011
In the News
In a precedent-setting decision, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned a denial of class certification in a federal securities action being brought by BSF client Erica P. John Fund, Inc., and others against Halliburton. The issue before the...
May 6, 2011
Announcements
BSF Miami partner Bruce A. Weil's extensive pro bono work has earned him the Attorney of the Year Award by the Dade County Bar Association's Legal Aid program and its highly renowned pro bono project, "Put Something Back." Mr. Weil has...
May 25, 2011
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As reported by the Los Angeles Daily Journal, BSF has a new office in the Los Angeles area. Four attorneys are currently stationed at the Santa Monica location, with plans for more in the next several months. The expansion has been a natural result...
05.19.2011
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"We're being told of the need to cut spending, but there are two problems," said David Boies, one of the co-chairs of the ABA Task Force on Preservation of the Justice System. First, he said, funding for courts already has been cut back to...
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04.15.2011
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BSF is representing over 50 former Galleon employees in the closely watched insider trading trial of hedge fund mogul Raj Rajaratnam. The legal team is also advising these former employees in related ongoing insider trading investigations by the US...
04.14.2011
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If your legislator said to you, "Instead of focusing on fixing the economy, I'm working on a measure that's going to add bureaucracy and costs to our state government," how would you respond?
Please follow the link below to read the...
April 4, 2011
In the News
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,...
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner Managing Partner Jonathan Schiller has been named Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer for his successful representation of Barclays PLC in a lawsuit brought by Lehman Brothers.
02.18.2011
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"Interview with ABA President Stephen Zack,"WBPT (PBS affiliate), Host Helen Ferre Aguirre from the roundtable discussion program Issues interviews Zack on theABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities. Zack talks about...
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...
02.10.2011
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner partner and ABA President Stephen N. Zack established the Task Force on Preservation of the Justice System as one of his four core initiatives for the 2010-2011 year. The Task Force is co-chaired by BSF Chairman David...
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
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On November 3, 2010, BSF filed a motion for court approval of a settlement in Pokorny v. Quixtar (Amway), a class action case in federal court in the N.D. California. BSF represents a class of several hundred thousand current and former distributors...
February 2, 2011
In the News
DECEMBER 29, 2010
Publications
The below article, written by Frederick J. Lee of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, and Dr. David Tabak of NERA Economic Consulting, was originally published in Law360's Expert Analysis section. An extended version is also...
12.06.2010
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A decade ago this Sunday, a court decision was handed down that changed the course of American and world history; it also ended the most extraordinary case of my legal career. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against my client Vice President Al Gore...
12.02.2010
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On November 23, 2010, a jury in the Northern District of California returned a record-breaking $1.3 billion verdict in favor of Boies, Schiller & Flexner client Oracle against SAP AG, SAP America, and SAP America’s wholly owned subsidiary,...
November 11, 2010
In the News
Civic education is vital to developing the skills and dispositions that young people need to succeed in the 21st Century. Attorney and co-host Bob Ambrogi welcomes Stephen N. Zack, President of the American Bar Association at partner at BSF, to...
November 10, 2010
In the News
The Latino vote matters. Last Tuesday's midterm elections proved that the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population had a huge impact on the political landscape. Hispanic Americans have clout in the voting booth, but they may not have equal...
November 8, 2010
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For the past eight years, the Federal Trade Commission has pushed for greater regulation of the legal profession, drawing ire from the American Bar Association and rebukes from federal judges.
Now, the agency is back in court trying to salvage...
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...
11.01.2010
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September 20, 2010
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One of the defining events in our nation’s history happened in September 223 years ago — the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the U.S. Constitution, a written charter for a new, and enduring, federal government....
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Magda Jimenez Train Selected for Participation in the Executive Leadership Program for Latina Lawyers
AUGUST 25, 2010
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On August 4, 2010, salesforce.com reached settlement in their patent infringement dispute with Microsoft. Boies, Schiller & Flexner was retained by salesforce.com after Microsoft filed suit against the San Francisco start-up in Federal Court in...
August 9, 2010
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In an unprecedented move to address the legal issues of Hispanics in the United States, the 400,000-member American Bar Association -- under the new leadership of Stephen N. Zack, a Cuban-American lawyer from Miami -- will announce Monday the...
August 9, 2010
In the News
Stephen Zack has spent the past year preparing for his new role at the helm of the nation's largest organization of attorneys.
This week, the Miami attorney officially becomes the first Hispanic-American president of the 130-year-old American Bar...
August 10, 2010
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Incoming ABA President Moves to Increase Judicial Funding,
Improve Civics Education, Preserve Immigrant Rights and Advance Disaster
Planning, Among Goals
Stephen N. Zack becomes first Hispanic-American president of the American
Bar...
August 1, 2010
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When Stephen N. Zack talks about the importance of civic education in American schools, he is not just speaking at the elevated level of policy. To him, it’s a personal matter. Zack, who will start a one-year term as ABA president at the close of the...
AUGUST 1, 2010
In the News
BLOOMBERG LAW REPORTS: The Future of Mandatory Pre-Dispute Consumer Arbitration
JULY 28, 2010
Announcements
BSF Chairman David Boies has been selected the 2010 Global Litigation Lawyer of the Year by Who’s Who Legal, for the fourth time in his career. The selection for this prestigious award is based on independent research as well as votes from...
July 8, 2010
In the News
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When UF Law graduate and former president of The Florida Bar Stephen N. Zack is sworn in as president of the American Bar Association in August, he will become the first Hispanic-American to take on the duty and will be the fifth...
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
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner ranked at the top of the Up-and-Comers list for the American Lawyers 2010 A-List law firms. The A-List consists of the 20 highest ranked law firms, and the Up-and-Comers category consists of the next 21-50 law...
JUNE 27, 2010
Announcements
The prestigious Florida Legal Elite list for 2010 has been published, and a total of six BSF attorneys made the cut this year, including Alec Schultz as an Up and Comer and Steve Zack as a Hall of Fame Inductee. Links to the winning attorneys' bios...
JUNE 17, 2010
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On the cutting edge of class action litigation arising from investor losses in the Madoff Ponzi scheme, BSF filed one of the first "feeder fund" suits against Fairfield Greenwich Group -- the largest Madoff feeder fund -- seeking recovery of over $7...
JUNE 7, 2010
Announcements
Five Boies, Schiller & Flexner attorneys have been recognized by Chambers and Partners in the 2010 USA rankings. Their methodology is based on independent research of firms and their clients.
David Boies (Antitrust); Jonathan Schiller...
MAY 18, 2010
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BSF, led by partner Helen Maher, defended NASCAR against claims by NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield in federal court in the Western District of North Carolina. Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamine in May 2009, prompting NASCAR to suspend...
The New York Times
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May 6, 2010
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Grau and Echecopar Close New Antamina Loan
APRIL 20, 2010
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The legal and policy landscape leading up to and arising from the global credit crisis, including litigation against financial institutions, continues to be examined by leading media as part of the larger business story about the crisis and its far...
APRIL 1, 2010
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NEW YORK TIMES: At Law Firms, Reconsidering the Model for Associates’ Pay
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BSF is prominently featured in the Am Law 1OO issue -- "Don't Bet Against The House." The detailed, leading story examines the Firm's entrepreneurial business model from its beginnings and draws the readers' attention to...
March 30, 2010
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BSF's corporate group represented Starr International Company, Inc. in the sale of up to 10 million shares of common stock of American International Group, Inc. in a variable pre-paid forward sale transaction with UBS Securities LLC. The...
February 6, 2010
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ABA President-Elect and BSF parnter Stephen N Zack spoke at an event on February 6, 2010, to honor five people who have worked to ensure racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession. Each honoree received the 2010 Spirit of Excellence Award...
January 20, 2010
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WalMex Moves into Central America
January 18, 2010
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Goldman Sachs Buys Mining Assets in Columbia
01.14.2010
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A new year is upon us and the American Bar Association is carving out a new agenda with a new President. Attorneys and co-hosts Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams welcome President-elect of the American Bar Association, Attorney Stephen N. Zack, to...
01.01.2010
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Stephen Zack doesn't become president of the American Bar Association for another eight months, but the Miami attorney's presidential in-box is already filling up.
Zack, who will be the first Hispanic to lead the 400,000-member group, says many of...
December 11, 2009
In the News
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...
December 20, 2009
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BSF client, Courtroom View Network, and Partner, Jonathan Sherman continue their successful advocacy to allowing video cameras in federal courtrooms. Recently, the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council, which oversees all trial courts in California and...
12.15.2009
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Within days of the October 16th arrest of Raj Rajaratnam, Founder and General Managing Partner of Galleon Group, on charges of alleged insider trading, BSF was retained by Galleon to represent present and former employees of the company in...
DECEMBER 4, 2009
Announcements
BSF partners Carl Goldfarb, Stuart Singer and Carlos Sires were selected as 2009 Most Effective Lawyers in the area of Class Action for the work they did on behalf of client Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. The winners were announced at the 2009 Most Effective Lawyers Luncheon on December 4. Nominees are selected by The Daily Business Review's editorial staff.
For more information, please click onto the link below.
http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/news.html?news_id=58984
DECEMBER 5, 2009
In the News
BSF managing partner David Boies has teamed up with former Solicitor General Theodore Olson, who battled against Boies in the historical Bush v. Gore Florida-recount case in the 2000 election, to challenge California's Proposition...
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...
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
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BSF partners Philip Korologos and Richard Drubel, representing Bruce Sherman, have filed a securities fraud case against Bear Stearns, certain of its executives, and Bear Stearns’ auditor, Deloitte & Touche. Sherman is...
OCTOBER 21, 2009
Announcements
BSF partner Sigrid S. McCawley is featured in Gold Coast magazine, South Florida’s leading lifestyle publication, in its first-ever '40 Under 40,' published in the November 2009 issue.
The '40 Under 40' list highlights Broward County’s leading professionals under 40 years old in industries such as law, medicine, media, non-profit, sports, finance and community development. Recipients are recognized for their professional and civic contributions in Broward County; Gold Coast notes that Sigrid is a member of Leadership Broward and a board member of ChildNet, the not for profit organization that manages Broward County's child welfare system.
Please follow the below links for Gold Coast's website, as well as media coverage of this recognition.
10.20.2009
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BSF partner and president-elect of the ABA Stephen N. Zack is included in the 'Top 100 Influentials of 2009' by Hispanic Business Magazine. The magazine notes several of his professional accomplishments, including that he was the "first...
OCTOBER 19, 2009
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BSF Partners George Carpinello and Michael Underhill have moved to intervene in a copyright lawsuit on behalf of Mannie Garcia, acknowledged to be the photographer behind the iconic “Obama Hope” image. Asserting copyright...
10.15.2009
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The next leader of the American Bar Association says he wants the group to get behind an effort to teach American high school students about the role of government.
ABA President-Elect Stephen N. Zack vows to make civics education a hallmark of...
10.13.2009
In the News
This month, Hispanics across Florida are taking time to celebrate the achievements of our community, past and present. Hispanic contributions to our state are as rich and varied as the Hispanic cultures that call Florida home. We are living in a...
The New York Times
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08.06.2009
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August 6, 2009
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August 4, 2009
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August 4, 2009
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On August 10th, 2010, BSF Partner Stephen Zack began his one-year term as president of the American Bar Association (ABA). His election -- which was decided by the ABA's House of Delegates by unanimous vote on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 -...
AUGUST 4, 2009
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (BSF) is pleased to announce that today its Miami partner Stephen Zack was elected as president-elect of the American Bar Association (ABA). The unanimous vote on his nomination by the ABA's House of Delegates...
August 4, 2009
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08.03.2009
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It was just one moment in a hallway outside another hotel meeting room, but it offered a telling glimpse into the impact Stephen N. Zack is likely to have when he takes his turn as ABA president.
He was giving an interview to a television crew on...
JULY 27, 2009
Announcements
On Friday, July 24, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the preliminary injunction issued by the Western District of North Carolina which had lifted NASCAR's suspension of driver Jeremy Mayfield following a positive drug test for...
07.01.2009
In the News
In July 2009, Boies, Schiller & Flexner was named by American Lawyer as one of the top 100 law firms in the area of pro bono work. In particular, the Firm's extensive involvement in advocating the federal rights of more than 1.5 million...
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...
05.13.2009
In the News
May 13, 2009
While reporting on this breaking International Antitrust Case, Law360 spoke to BSF's Steven Holtzman. Holtzman, an antitrust partner, was asked for his opinion on how this action will affect the consumer and if the agencies acted quickly enough.
Please click on the link below to read the whole story.
Law360, May 13, 2009
EU's €1B Fine May Be Just The Start of Intel's Woes
http://www.law360.com/registrations/user_registration?article_id=101277&concurrency_check=false
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On February 16, 2009, BSF Partner, Stephen N. Zack was nominated to become President-elect of the American Bar Association (ABA) in a unanimous decision by the ABA Nominating Committee. Zack, who was introduced at the Mid-Year meeting, will be the...
04.29.2009
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APRIL 15, 2009
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BSF is pleased to announce the appointment by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of our Partner, Richard Feinstein, to serve as its Director of the Bureau of Competition. "This position is extraordinarily important to the enforcement of U.S....
MARCH 31, 2009
In the News
BSF recently won a complete defense victory in the trial of a nationwide class action brought against American Express in California Superior Court. The Court agreed with the Firm that American Express' agreement with cardmembers...
February 15, 2009
In the News
January 2009
Announcements
BSF was recognized for its "superior" client service in BTI's 2009 Survey of Client Service Performance: The BTI Client Service A-Team. The annual survey singles out law firms who "stand out from the pack in the client's...
January 23, 2009
In the News
Governor Paterson named former BSF Partner and U.S. Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Please click onto the links below for the full stories.
New York Magazine, June 7,...
December 19, 2008
In the News
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...
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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 11, 2008
In the News
In an interview with The New York Times, David Boies examined the political and market calculations that will shape antitrust practices under President-elect Barack Obama and made some predictions about the state of play of deal-making moving...
November 6, 2008
In the News
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...
November 5, 2008
In the News
In an interview with the Financial Times, just one day after the historic presidential election, David Boies looks forward and discusses the opportunities for change presented by President-elect Barack Obama's new administration and the serious...
October 5, 2008
In the News
BSF attorneys were called on quickly by Wachovia in the midst of the financial crisis to navigate state and federal litigation arising from Wachovia's rejection of merger with Citibank in favor of preferred merger with Wells Fargo.
Please...
December 2008
Announcements
Steven W. Davis (Complex Commercial Litigation), Mark J. Heise (Complex Commercial Litigation), Stuart H. Singer (Complex Commercial Litigation), Carlos M. Sires (Commercial Litigation) joined a distinguished list of Florida attorneys to be selected as Top Lawyers in the South Florida Legal Guide. The Legal Guide also selected Paul Kunz as a "Top Up & Comer." The selection process for attorneys, according to South Florida Legal Guide, is based on reviews by their peers.
issue date 10/6/08
In the News
Armonk partner Robin Henry recently published an article in the New York Law Journal. The article observes that high stakes litigation is increasingly being brought under state law, rather than under the federal securities laws. Such litigation often raises difficult damages and causation questions and the article explores the significance of three core state law principles - comparative fault, relative causation and imputation - to those claims.
Please download PDF file to read the article.
OCTOBER 3, 2008
In the News
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
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
Announcements
David Boies, Nicholas A. Gravante, Jr., Robin Henry, Marilyn C. Kunstler, Harlan A. Levy, William S. Ohlemeyer, and Jack Stern are among the only 5% of all attorneys named in Super Lawyer's Top Lawyers in New York-Metro.
Please launch the PDF file for more information on each attorney.
For more information on Super Lawyers and its selection process, please click onto the link below.
http://www.superlawyers.com/new-york-metro/
July 11, 2008
In the News
As reported in the South Florida Business Journal on July 11, 2008, Boies, Schiller & Flexner obtained a final judgment dismissing all damages claims filed by a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee who was seeking $150 million from the former directors, officers and investors in Far & Wide Corporation.
July 7 2008
In the News
The National Law Journal reports that BSF scored a major blow yesterday in a multidistrict price fixing case against computer chip makers Nvidia, Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices/ATI Technologies. The development hinged on the presentation of a 2002...
July 7, 2008
In the News
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.
May 9, 2008
In the News
The Lawyer reports that Boies, Schiller & Flexner is resisting the trend to open offices in London because it has, and has long had, major international reach, having "pulled in some heavyweight cases recently." "Much of that...
April 28, 2008
In the News
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
In the News
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.
For the entire article,...
03.03.2008
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February 20, 2008
In the News
Reporting on First Department reversal of decision denying BSF client Maurice ("Hank") Greenberg access to documents claimed privileged by AIG created when Greenberg was Chairman and CEO of the company. The article quotes BSF partner Nick...
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
Announcements
The law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP recently won the right to seek post-conviction DNA testing for their client Robert Breest. Chief Judge Steven McAuliffe of the United States District Court for the District of New...
January 14, 2008
Announcements
ARMONK, NY - January 14, 2008 - The law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP recently secured the dismissal of all claims at summary judgment for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ("NASCAR") in Kentucky Speedway, LLC v....
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...
JANUARY 1, 2008
In the News
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and client American Express featured in The American Lawyer's "Big Suits" column published January 2008. The case resulted in a $2.25 billion settlement in favor of American Express. Visa was sued...
December 2007
In the News
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP is among the firms setting the standard for working mothers, according to the National Association of Women Lawyers® ("NAWL"), which profiled the firm in its December 2007 newsletter. The article makes...
December 19, 2007
In the News
The Wall Street Journal reports on closing arguments held in the Nashville trial of Finish Line and UBS. The action, brought by Genesco, seeks to enforce a sale agreement repudiated by the purchaser as a result of the liquidity crisis and other...
December 19, 2007
In the News
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...
December 15, 2007
In the News
September 21, 2007
Announcements
Short Hills, NJ, September 21, 2007, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and the United States Government in conjunction with various other Relators and their counsel have announced a comprehensive $499 million settlement of several False Claims Act...
August 10, 2007
In the News
Reporting that litigation between Genzyme Corporation and former shareholders involving use of "tracking stock" has settled. Genzyme will pay the plainitff class $64 million in cash subject to approval by the Court. BSF acted as lead...
JULY 31, 2007
In the News
The Concord (New Hampshire) Monitor reports on the litigation between the BSF's pro bono client, Robert Breest, and the State of New Hampshire. The firm represents Mr. Breest in a federal lawsuit seeking access to biological evidence for the purpose...
JUNE 20, 2007
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner acted as counsel for private equity firm EG Capital Group LLC in its recent acquisition of the personal healthcare products business of Water Pik Technologies.
The business had been jointly owned by The Carlyle...
JUNE 20, 2007
Announcements
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
In the News
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 2007
In the News
David Shapiro, Administrative Partner of BSF's California office, was featured in the June issue of California Lawyer magazine. In the wake of the firing of U.S. Attorneys by the Bush Administration, the magazine sought out Mr. Shapiro, the...
May 9, 2007
In the News
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
Announcements
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
Announcements
The law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP announced today that Managing Partner Donald L. Flexner was named in the April 2007 Inside Counsel magazine as one of “The best lawyers to call in a worst-case scenario.” The cover story...
APRIL 1, 2007
Announcements
Managing Partner Donald L. Flexner was named in the April 2007 Inside Counsel magazine as the best antitrust lawyer to call “in a worst-case scenario.” The cover story, titled The Crisis Rolodex, features five top law firm attorneys from...
MARCH 16, 2007
Announcements
David Boies (antitrust and litigation), Jonathan Schiller (international arbitration), Donald Flexner (antitrust), Stuart Singer (antitrust and litigation), and Richard Feinstein (antitrust) have been recognized by Chambers as among the most influential lawyers in the United States in their respective areas of practice.
February 28, 2007
In the News
Reporting that federal court in Texas granted the lead plaintiff’s request to replace as lead counsel Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins with BSF.
January 18, 2007
Announcements
George Carpinello, Administrative Partner of the Albany, New York office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, was recently twice nominated to serve on the New York Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals is New York's highest court.
Under the New York...
January 15, 2007
In the News
The Florida District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court's dismissal of a shareholder's securities fraud class action against Tyco International Ltd. as untimely. The court of appeals ruled that the plaintiff's claims were not tolled by the...
December 30, 2006
In the News
Reporting that, following deterioration of the lawyer-client relationship and as a result of concerns arising from the Justice Department’s probe into Milberg, Weiss, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund Inc. asked the court to name BSF as...
November 30, 2006
In the News
Reporting that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed two verdicts obtained involving insurance coverage for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
November 20, 2006
Announcements
In a case that captured national media attention, a jury in Miami-Dade County on November 17, 2006 took just three hours to find Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer, Mohammed Abu Ghazeleh, and an investor group he represented not...
November 17, 2006
In the News
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
Announcements
Federal District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the Southern District of New York late yesterday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to stop construction of the new stadium that the New York Yankees are building in the Bronx. In her 57-page opinion, Judge...
November 8, 2006
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner announced today that partner Kirsten Gillibrand was elected to New York's 20th Congressional District.
Kirsten waged a long and hard-fought campaign in her first run for political office. She defeated representative John...
November 6, 2006
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, and the United States Government have announced a $155 million settlement of a False Claims Act case against Medco Health Solutions, Inc. ("Medco") of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. Medco is the second largest...
August 29, 2006
In the News
Announcing settlement in litigation in which BSF worked with the ACLU Womens' Rights Project in representing Latina housekeepers at the Broadway Plaza Hotel. The allegations had involved sexual harassment and wage and hours violations; the terms of...
August 17, 2006
In the News
Former shareholders of Genzyme Corp.’s Biosurgery Division and their counsel at Boies, Schiller & Flexner won a "major legal victory" when a New York federal judge ruled their case against Genzyme could go forward. According to the plaintiffs,...
2006
Announcements
Recognized as one of the most elite law firms in the United States, Boies, Schiller & Flexner was ranked in The Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms (2007 Edition) as within the Top 10 Litigation Firms, Top 10 in Selectivity of Lawyers and Top 15...
June 2006
Announcements
Less than a decade after successfully building a small firm into an internationally recognized institution, David Boies continues to represent high-profile clients in "the kind of cases on which history turns."
January 20, 2006
In the News
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
2006
Announcements
The firm was recognized for its "huge reputation as a litigation powerhouse" with experience "in every form of dispute resolution." In particular, co-founder and managing partner Jonathan Schiller, head of the firm's domestic...
10.26.2005
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October 26, 2005
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AUGUST 1, 2005
Announcements
Recognized as one of the most elite law firms in the United States, Boies, Schiller & Flexner was ranked in The Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms (2006 Edition) as within the Top 5 Antitrust Firms, Top 10 Litigation Firms, and Top 40...
May 9, 2005
In the News
David Boies and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, two of America's top litigators, will square-off over the fate of ousted AIG chairman, Maurice Greenberg. Boies' small beginnings of a borrowed office and six attorneys that quickly became the...
February 2005
In the News
High River Ltd. has requested Boies, Schiller & Flexner's representation against Perry Corp. alleging the New York-based Hedge fund used sophisticated trading techniques to manipulate a corporate takeover. The suit claims Perry Corp. purchased...
November 2004
In the News
American Express seeks damages for the unfair alliances of rival credit card companies and banks that harmed consumers. The anticompetitive practices of Visa USA Inc., MasterCard Int'l Inc, and eight of their member banks created the effect of a...
November 2004
In the News
David Boies' keen intuition and sharp skills have earned him a spot as Ed Breen's right-hand attorney, navigating Tyco through troubled times.
November 2004
Announcements
Stephen Zack, a partner in the Miami office, appeared on Hispanic Business' List of 100 Influential Hispanics in the United States. Zack, a former President of the Florida Bar, maintains a wide-ranging litigation practice in addition to holding...
May 2003
In the News
From the Yankees to Philip Morris and Rudy Giuliani to Chevy Chase, a day in the life of David Boies is a far cry from ordinary.
Regarding Iraq.
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February 2001
In the News
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...
DECEMBER 1, 2000
Announcements
Described by a client as a lawyer who "gets newly discovered by every generation" and characterized as "a previously undiscovered species of superstar lawyer," David Boies was named by Time as a runner-up in its annual person of the year issue. ...
September 2000
In the News
David Boies has become the face for mammoth cases including litigation involving internet innovator Napster, the nation's health maintenance organizations and auction houses.
March 2000
In the News
Although most lawyers believe that "gotcha" moments can only be seen on television, David Boies pulled off a series of them while cross- examining Microsoft's highest-ranking officials to rake up a tremendous case victory.
May 2000
In the News
Boasting a list of impressive corporate clients including CBS, Northwest Airlines, and Philip Morris, important and profitable case victories have cemented the reputation of Boies, Schiller & Flexner as a powerhouse.
JUNE 1, 1997
Publications
Customarily, United States Supreme Court opinions come unadorned, words on paper and nothing more. For the most part, the Justices rely on this venerable means of communication to great benefit.
Written opinions have an aura of dignity, and...
The New York Times
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When a disagreement between one of the largest names in fashion and one of its principal licensees turned into an all-out war, Calvin Klein turned to Boies, Schiller & Flexner to take the field and win the battle.