David Boies
David Boies
David Boiesis an American lawyer and chairman of the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner. He has been involved in various high-profile cases in the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth11 March 1941
CountryUnited States of America
lawyer cases
Obviously Im a lawyer; I like to have cases.
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It was important for the Supreme Court to say it’s a matter of constitutional law that everyone is equal, to say everyone is entitled to the dignity that comes from being married to the person you love.
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The facts are pretty clear of what Cablevision did. If the antitrust laws do apply, their conduct was wrongful.
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This case raises important questions of how the copyright laws are to be applied to this new medium,
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I think when you have as many lawyers that are involved on both sides, there is a danger that they all try to find something to do.
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The law provides that companies cannot get together and pool their copyright and use them for anticompetitive purposes, ... Only about 2 percent of musical artists are signed to record label contracts. Napster enables the other 98 percent to reach audience and compete with record labels.
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The statute says you need only have a sufficient number of votes to change or place in the doubt the results of an election. (Sauls) has not even looked at any of the ballots.
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There was a disadvantage to us in not being able to deal with Mr. Colburn at the time he was on the stand ... I think that disadvantage has been more than taken care of today because we had Mr. Case able to testify to that.
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Both Mr. Shandling and I are very pleased with the settlement. We're very pleased we could achieve it without the necessity of a trial.
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The Supreme Court of the United States has not, at least for 100 years and maybe going back further, ever stepped in to change the results of a national election by substituting its judgment as to how votes ought to be counted for the judgment of local election officials,
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Didn't you tell me two minutes ago they could?
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Did you want IBM to lower their rhetoric on Java?
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Did you or others on behalf of Microsoft tell Intel that Microsoft would hold up support for Intel's microprocessor if Intel did not cooperate with Microsoft?
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You don't? ... Is that what you're telling me? You don't understand what that means?