David Boies: life beyond Cravath
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The legal community thought David Boies considered himself a permanent employee of New York's Cravath, Swaine and Moore, so his May 14, 1997, announcement of his departure from the firm stunned everyone. He did not feel professionally comfortable with withdrawing from representing the Yankees in the middle of a significant suit they had brought, largely in reliance on Boies' availability. It did, however, become apparent that Cravath was going to withdraw. Boies was difficult to draw out about future plans. He stated he would not take anyone with him that Cravath does not approve of, but the firm is the best reservoir he knows of talent.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1997
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Ex-Texaco execs say the lawyers were to blame; facing obstruction of justice charges, they say counsel left them in dark
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Former Texaco Inc executives facing federal obstruction of justice charges for allegedly concealing documents from plaintiffs in a race discrimination class action against the company have placed the blame for their actions on their lawyers. The defense claims that the executives made the best decisions they could by themselves after getting no help from Texaco's in-house lawyers or their own outside counsel. Prosecutors claim the defendants hid the documents, while the defense claims they had to interpret discovery rules for themselves.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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