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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-19-07 06:55 PM
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34. did Boies defend Napster?
Edited on Sat May-19-07 06:55 PM by KurtNYC
googlin... yep:

Microsoft - Years later famously took the "other side" by representing the Justice Department in the United States v. Microsoft case. Although the trial was a victory for Boies, Microsoft won many issues on appeal.
Major League Baseball - Boies represented New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in a suit against Major League Baseball. This would involve an action against all the teams. The Atlanta Braves were owned by Time Warner, a longtime Cravath client.
CBS - He defended CBS in the action brought by William Westmoreland. The general abandoned his case during the trial.
Bush v. Gore - Following the 2000 U.S. presidential election, he represented Vice President Al Gore in Bush v. Gore.
Napster - He also defended Napster when the company was sued by the RIAA for facilitating copyright infringement.
Enron - In November 2003, he has represented Andrew Fastow, deposed Chief Financial Officer of Enron.


edit to credit source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boies
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