Entertainment & Sports
Nov. 8, 2017
Law firm’s actions on Weinstein’s behalf raise questions
David Boies’ statements justifying his hiring of a team to investigate on Harvey Weinstein’s behalf could be a legal ethics problem.
David Boies said in a statement to his firm, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, that he "would never knowingly participate in an effort to silence women or anyone else."
If David Boies’ hiring of a team to investigate and discredit a looming New York Times piece on Harvey Weinstein isn’t a legal ethics problem, experts say his statements made after the fact to justify the decision might be.
Boies, the chairman of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, acknowledged in a statement Tuesday that he agreed to hire a team of investigators on Weinstein’s behalf. The team was to investigate the New York Times article, ...
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