Taking long shots; Microsoft winner has a slew of high-risk, and important, cases

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Some of the risky, high-profile cases taken by David Boies and his law firm are described, and the list includes Microsoft, Napster, and work as co-lead counsel in a large class action against US health maintenance organizations. Boies is interested in cases involving major questions of public policy.

Trial practice, Personalities

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John Gellene sentenced to 15 months; judge in ex-Milbank partner case blasts lawyers for focus on money over ethics

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John G Gellene, former partner at New York's Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy, was convicted of three felony counts of making false statements about his law firm's potential conflicts of interest when it sought to represent Bucyrus, a mining company, in its Chapter 11 petition. The statute Gellene was charged under, 18 USC 152, is normally used for debtors hiding their assets when they file for bankruptcy.

Officials and employees, Crime, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy L.L.P., Gellene, John G.

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Microsoft defense in trouble; key witnesses stumble under David Boies' deft cross-examination tactics

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Defense witnesses in the Microsoft Corp antitrust trial stumbled under lead government lawyer David Boies' cross-examination. Boies has taken full advantage of mistakes made by Microsoft's defense team, led by William Neukom and New York's Sullivan and Cromwell. Boies' cross-examination got Paul Maritz, the most senior Microsoft defense witness, to admit that Microsoft's pressure on Netscape to use Windows technologies was designed to render it a competitive non-threat.

Microsoft Corp., Antitrust law, MSFT

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