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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 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,...
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...
MARCH 26, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner Chairman David Boies, Chairman-elect Matthew Schwartz, and Managing Partner Sigrid McCawley have been named to Forbes Top 200 Lawyers for 2024.
The inaugural list of America's Top 200 Lawyers highlights the finest...
MARCH 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...
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...
DECEMBER 4, 2023
In the News
Three Boies Schiller Flexner partners were named in Who’s Who Legal’s guide to International Arbitration for 2024. Timothy Foden and Ben Love were named in the WWL International Arbitration 2024 report, and David Hunt was ranked as an...
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Event
On November 16, of counsel Hon. Shira Scheindlin will attend the New York State Bar Association’s event “Taking the Lead 2023: Winning Strategies and Techniques,” which showcases women commercial litigators through the re...
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Event
As part of New York Arbitration Week, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Ben Love will host a panel titled, “21st Century Space Disputes: What Makes Them Unique? What Challenges Await?” at BSF’s New York City office.
The...
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner of counsel Hon. Shira Scheindlin will speak on the panel “Digital Dilemmas: Adapting Arbitration to Technological Evolution – A NY Perspective” during New York Arbitration Week.
The panel will introduce...
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...
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 6, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Martin De Luca has joined the firm as a partner. Martin counsels high-net-worth individuals and corporations in complex multijurisdictional disputes, developing offensive and defensive strategies to...
JUNE 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 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 3, 2023
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner hosted two events as part of Paris Arbitraiton Week.
Sunk Costs as a Remedy in International Arbitration: Sunken Treasure or Sunken Hopes?
The first event took place at the offices of FTI Consulting in Paris. BSF arbitration...
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...
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner was recognized in the 13th edition of Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" publication in the following practice areas:
National Rankings
Commercial Litigation, Tier 1Antitrust Law, Tier 2Litigation – Construction, Tier...
JUNE 2, 2022
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys and practices were singled out for inclusion in the Chambers USA 2022 rankings. The individual attorneys listed include: Chairman David Boies in Antitrust and Antitrust Mainly Plaintiff (New York and Nationwide),...
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...
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 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?...
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,...
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...
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...
FEBRUARY 22, 2019
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner co-founder and Managing Partner Jonathan Schiller has received Columbia Law School’s highest honor, the Medal for Excellence. The award is presented annually to alumni and past or present faculty members who exemplify the...
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 17, 2018
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has elected three lawyers, from offices in New York, California, and Florida, to its partnership.
“We are proud to announce our immensely talented new partners, Julia Bredrup, Ben Margulis, and Sabria McElroy, who already...
SEPTEMBER 2018
Announcements
BSF partner Matt Schwartz was named a 2018 Cryptocurrency Trailblazer by the National Law Journal.
In a profile, the publication highlighted his work for Ripple Labs, creators of the world's third-largest cryptocurrency, in which he became...
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...
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 6, 2017
Announcements
BSF attorneys David Barrett, Karen Chesley, and Alex Potter filed an amicus brief on behalf of The Women's Law Project and six other women's advocacy groups asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review in Lazar v. Kroncke, a case that...
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...
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 25, 2017
Announcements
BSF partner Matthew Schwartz was named a Rising Star by New York Law Journal. Schwartz joined the firm from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York in 2015, having worked on the successful prosecution of the Madoff...
MARCH 27, 2017
Announcements
Partner Matt Schwartz has been named a "rising New York star" for 2017 by Crain's New York Business.
"Recruited to build his firm's global white-collar practice, Matthew L. Schwartz has in the past two years defneded the producers of The Wolf of Wall...
AUGUST 17, 2016
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner was named a Litigation Powerhouse by Law360.
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 19, 2016
In the News
Professor Chemerinsky, who filed an amicus brief in an appeal of Oracle's copyright infringement suit against Oregon over the state’s heath insurance exchange, is represented by Ryan Park.
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 2, 2016
In the News
Rising Star: Boies Schiller's Joshua Schiller.
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 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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Financial Times
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JANUARY 15, 2016
In the News
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 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...
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...
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 9, 2015
In the News
Google Copyright Suit Vs. Authors Nears Key Chapter.
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Announcements
The following attorneys at Boies, Schiller & Flexner were recognized as New York-Metro, Super Lawyers:
New York City
Bagley, Parker H.
2006 - 2015
Barrett, David A.
2006 - 2007, 2010 - 2015
Boies, Christopher A.
2014 -...
The Washington Lawyers' Committee
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Law360
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The New York Times
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AUGUST 21, 2015
Publications
On August 4, 2015, the Washington Redskins filed notice of their intent to appeal a district court decision from earlier this summer upholding the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB) decision to revoke the federal trademark registrations...
JULY 8, 2015
In the News
Plaintiffs Ordered to 'Start Over' On Eve of Securities Class Action Trial.
June 9, 2015
In the News
The New York Times reported on a $663 million judgment against Trinity Industries, the highway guardrail maker accused by a firm client of producing a faulty product. “The fact that a federal criminal investigation is pending is hardly...
JULY 21, 2015
In the News
Boy Scouts of America President Ponders Lifting Hiring Ban for Gay Adults.
JULY 21, 2015
In the News
Boy Scouts President Warns that Ban on Gay Leaders Threatens Organization.
MAY 15, 2015
In the News
Rising Dissent and Lawsuits Pushed Scouts to Change.
MAY 4, 2015
In the News
Cementing a victory for Barclays PLC and its lawyers at Boies, Schiller & Flexner, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Barclays to keep some $4 billion in a long-running asset dispute stemming from the bank’s frenzied 2008...
MAY 3, 2015
Publications
The U.S. government has been tougher on money launderers, but there are still cracks in the system, partners Peter Skinner and Matthew Schwartz write in American Banker.
MAY 1, 2015
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
In the News
SCOTUS Hears Same-Sex Marriage Arguments.
APRIL 21, 2015
In the News
LAW360: Boies Nabs O'Melveny Corporate Pro To Grow NY Office
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...
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...
The Atlantic
In the News
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...
DECEMBER 31, 2014
In the News
Randall Jackson, Matthew Schwartz and John Zach played major prosecuting roles in the extensive litigation related to the Madoff Five, as well as in other significant matters. "The three lead prosecutors—Schwartz, Zach and Randall...
DECEMBER 30, 2014
In the News
NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL: State, County to Split $20M From Salt Mine Settlement (subscription)
DECEMBER 19, 2014
In the News
NEW JERSEY LAW JOURNAL: Consumer-Fraud Suit Over Vegan Mayonnaise Shelved (subscription)
DECEMBER 18, 2014
In the News
Hellmann's Maker Drops False Ad Claims Over 'Just Mayo'.
DECEMBER 18, 2014
In the News
Unilever Drops False Ad Lawsuit Against Just Mayo.
DECEMBER 14, 2014
In the News
NEW YORK TIMES: New Lucerne Opera House Is Back on Track, but Hurdles Remain
DECEMBER 8, 2014
In the News
CBS Deal Ends Blackout, Litigation Risk for Dish.
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
In the News
Unilever Faces Blowback in Mayonnaise False Ad War.
In The News
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October 19, 2014
Announcements
The following attorneys at Boies, Schiller & Flexner were recognized as New York Metro Super Lawyers:
Bagley, Parker H.
2006 - 2014
Barrett, David A.
2006 - 2007, 2010 - 2014
Boies, Christopher A.
2014 -...
In The News
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
In the News
Diageo, Explorers Club Settle Suit Over Johnnie Walker Line.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2014
In the News
Diegeo Inks Deal to Exit Johnnie Walker Trademark Row.
AmLaw Litigation
In the News
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
In the News
LAW360: Morgan Stanley Unit, Lloyd's Dodge $350M Insurance Suit (subscription)
AUGUST 5, 2014
In the News
N.Y. Judge Bars Sale Of Whiskey Using Explorers Club TM.
JUNE 27, 2014
In the News
David Boies named litigator of the week for Halliburton argument
JUNE 25, 2014
In the News
Boies, Schiller & Flexner Managing Partner Jonathan Schiller will succeed William Campbell as Chair of the Columbia board of trustees, Columbia Spectator reported.
Schiller joined the board in 2009 and has served as co-chair since December. He...
JUNE 25, 2014
In the News
On June 23, in a case argued by Boies, Schiller & Flexner Chairman David Boies, the Supreme Court upheld its 1988 decision in Basic v. Levinson, ensuring the continued viability of private securities class actions. In deciding Halliburton v....
The New York Times
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MAY 27, 2014
In the News
Jurors Appreciated Lawyers Work
Bloomberg News
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MARCH 25, 2014
In the News
For additional coverage related to Mr. Zach’s closing argument see The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.
MARCH 18, 2014
In the News
Appropriation Artist Richard Prince Settles Photographer's Lawsuit.
New York Post
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DECEMBER 20, 2013
In the News
LAW360: AmEx To Spend Up To $79M In Surcharge Suit Settlement
Bloomberg
In the News
November 19, 2013
In the News
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."
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
In the News
REUTERS: AIG Settles With Former Executive Before $274 Million Pay Trial
In The News
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For additional coverage, see USA Today and Bloomberg Businessweek
In The News
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JULY 10, 2013
In the News
On July 10, 2013, BSF filed a class action complaint against the United States under the Takings Clause of the U.S. Constitution for appropriating all of the economic rights of the junior preferred stockholders in Fannie Mae and Freddie...
JULY 8, 2013
In the News
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...
In The News
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May 31, 2013
In the News
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
In the News
APRIL 25, 2013
In the News
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...
APRIL 4, 2013
In the News
The Honorable Eugene Nardelli has joined Boies, Schiller & Flexner as Counsel in the New York City office. Until his retirement from the bench in 2011, Justice Nardelli served for eighteen years as a Justice of the Appellate Division,...
In the News
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Guatemalteca in Electricity Generator Buy
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Bloomberg
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The Wall Street Journal
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NOVEMBER 12, 2012
Announcements
BSF Managing Partner Jonathan D. Schiller, CC ’69, Law ’73, was honored Thursday, November 15th at an awards dinner in New York City. Before an audience of nearly 350, Mr. Schiller received the 2012 Alexander Hamilton Medal, the...
May - July 2012
In the News
07.11.2012
In the News
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
In the News
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...
04.18.2012
In the News
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...
March 23, 2012
In the News
February 9, 2012
In the News
November 21, 2011
In the News
On behalf of Starr International Inc., BSF filed a $25 billion class action and derivative lawsuit on November 22, 2011, in the United States Court of Federal Claims against the U.S. government. The lawsuit asserts unlawful taking of nearly 80% of...
November 15, 2011
In the News
The players union of the National Basketball Association formally disbanded on Monday, November 14, following a breakdown in labor negotiations with the N.B.A. The players hired Boies, Schiller & Flexner for counsel on next steps; the following...
October 2011
In the News
October 21, 2011
In the News
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"...
08.10.2011
In the News
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...
Columbia Law School Magazine
In the News
June 9, 2011
In the News
As part of several actions being handled by the firm in connection with Modell’s Sporting Goods, BSF filed a shareholder derivatives suit on behalf of Shelby Modell and the company on June 9, 2011, in New York State Supreme Court. The complaint...
JUNE 7, 2011
In the News
BSF continues to work alongside the non-profit organization Kids In Need of Defense (KIND), founded by actress Angelina Jolie and Microsoft Corporation, to provide pro bono legal counsel and representation to undocumented...
In The News
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04.15.2011
In the News
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...
April 1, 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...
DECEMBER 10, 2010
In the News
BSF scored a major antitrust win for core client Fresh Del Monte Produce. Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment dismissing an MDL direct-purchaser class action seeking in...
In The News
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Magda Jimenez Train Selected for Participation in the Executive Leadership Program for Latina Lawyers
Above The Law
In the News
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 25, 2010
In the News
BSF is representing a group of bondholders, including Marathon Asset Management and York Capital management, who purchased bonds issued by Washington Mutual Bank. During the credit crisis of 2008, the Bank became the largest bank failure in U.S....
MAY 18, 2010
In the News
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
In the News
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
In the News
NEW YORK TIMES: At Law Firms, Reconsidering the Model for Associates’ Pay
In The News
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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...
APRIL 1, 2010
Announcements
David Boies, Jonathan Schiller, Donald Flexner, David Barrett, Robert Dwyer, Steven Froot, Nicholas Gravante, Robin Henry, Michael Kosnitzky, Marilyn Kunstler, Harlan Levy, William Ohlemeyer, Robert Silver Jack Stern, Alan Vickery, and Howard Vickery are among the only 5% of all attorneys named in Super Lawyer's Top Lawyers in New York-Metro.
For more information on Super Lawyers and its selection process, please click onto the link below.
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March 30, 2010
In the News
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...
02.01.2010
In the News
Metropolitan Corporate Counsel [MCC] recently interviewed BSF associate Neena Reddy for a Q & A profile story. The piece focuses broadly on diversity and the role and importance of diversity in BSF’s business model.
“I like to talk about...
01.28.2010
In the News
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Sullivan granted BSF’s motion to dismiss, with prejudice, a lawsuit against firm client George Steinbrenner brought by Robert Gutkowski, former president of Madison Square Garden Corporation. ...
January 20, 2010
In the News
WalMex Moves into Central America
January 18, 2010
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Goldman Sachs Buys Mining Assets in Columbia
DECEMBER 28, 2009
In the News
BSF represents the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), the challenger for the 33rd America’s Cup, in litigation in New York State Court against Societe Nautique de Geneve (SNG) the defender. The litigation is to enforce a judgment obtained by...
December 11, 2009
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...
12.15.2009
In the News
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 7, 2009
Announcements
NEW YORK - December 7, 2009 - Representing the estimated 1.4 million children in Florida eligible for Medicaid, a team of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (BSF) attorneys began trial today in Miami before US District Judge Adalberto Jordan. The...
NOVEMBER 27, 2009
In the News
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
In the News
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 19, 2009
In the News
BSF won a major victory when New York Supreme Court Justice Bernard Fried granted in its entirety the Firm's motion to dismiss all claims filed against BSF's clients, including James and Hunter Biden, the Vice President’s brother and son, respectively, for alleged breach of contract, conversion and fraud arising from a failed acquisition of portions of a hedge fund.
7/31/2009
In the News
Albany County Supreme Court Justice John C. Egan, Jr. granted BSF’s motion on behalf of the New York Yankees to quash the legislative subpoena of Assemblyman Richard Brodsky to release documents about the new stadium, and denied the Assemblyman’s...
07.08.2009
In the News
Partner Alan B. Vickery and associate Michael M. Merley of BSF represented the Firm’s client, The New York Yankees, in a suit brought by a Red Sox fan who claims he was wrongly ejected from Yankee Stadium for trying to walk to the restroom...
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...
APRIL 1, 2009
Announcements
David Boies, Jonathan Schiller, Donald Flexner, Steven Froot, Nicholas Gravante, Robin Henry, Michael Kosnitzky, Harlan Levy, William Ohlemeyer, Robert Silver, Jack Stern, Alan Vickery, and Howard Vickery are among the only 5% of all attorneys named in Super Lawyer's Top Lawyers in New York-Metro.
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http://www.superlawyers.com/new-york-metro/
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December 8, 2008
Announcements
Miami's Daily Business Review named BSF Partners Stuart Singer and Damien Marshall "Most Effective Lawyers 2008" in the area of Bankruptcy in December 2008 for their achievements in defending the former directors, officers and...
October 5, 2008
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BSF attorneys were called on quickly by Wachovia in the midst of the financial crisis to navigate state and federal litigation arising from Wachovia's rejection of merger with Citibank in favor of preferred merger with Wells Fargo.
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OCTOBER 3, 2008
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The article, which appears as a cover story in Fortune magazine, profiles Hank Greenberg, former longtime Chairman and Chief Executive of American International Group (AIG). The detailed feature story, written by Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, James Bandler, examines Greenberg's efforts to save AIG, which he built into the world's largest insurer. The story also chronicles Greenberg's legal challenges and his quest for vindication. BSF Managing Partner, David Boies, and Partner, Nicholas Gravante, Jr., appear in the story.
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.
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http://www.superlawyers.com/new-york-metro/
July 11, 2008
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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.
June 5, 2008
In the News
CNET.com reports that BSF's client ConnectU has found new evidence against Facebook, an online community website. According to CNET.com, the lawsuit stems from 2004 and accuses Facebook of pilfering ConnectU's "business plan and...
May 9, 2008
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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...
February 21, 2008
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The Times reports that a New York State appellate court, in a crucial decision, accepted the arguments of BSF in a case involving access to internal documents relating to the accounting dispute arising out of American International Group. Nicholas...
February 20, 2008
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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 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 1, 2008
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Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP and client American Express featured in The American Lawyer's "Big Suits" column published January 2008. The case resulted in a $2.25 billion settlement in favor of American Express. Visa was sued...
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 14, 2007
In the News
The Wall Street Journal reports on litigation, brought originally by shareholders of AIG and now taken over by the company itself, against former Chairman and BSF client Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg. "David Boies, attorney for Mr....
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...
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...
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...
May 4, 2005
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Reporting that former American International Group Chairman and CEO, Maurice R. (“Hank”) Greenberg has hired David Boies, “the legal world’s equivalent of a rock star,” and his firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner to defend him in connection with...
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