Editing David Boies (section)

=== Involvement in defense of Harvey Weinstein ===
Boies helped Weinstein fend off journalist Ken Auletta's inquiry into Weinstein's alleged rape of Rowena Chiu at the Venice Film Festival in 1998.<ref>[[HBO]]. ''[[Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes]]''. 2021.</ref> [[Rose McGowan]] claimed that [[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]] attempted to arrange a deal between her and Boies in an attempt to make her stay quiet about her allegations against Harvey Weinstein whom Boies was representing at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roos |first=Meghan |date=2021-09-10 |title=Rose McGowan alleges Gavin Newsom's wife tried to bribe her before Harvey Weinstein scandal broke |url=https://www.newsweek.com/rose-mcgowan-alleges-newsoms-wife-tried-bribe-her-before-harvey-weinstein-scandal-broke-1628021 |access-date=2021-12-31 |website=[[Newsweek]] |language=en}}</ref> In 2017, Boies' firm reportedly directed the Israeli private intelligence company [[Black Cube]] to spy on alleged victims of [[Harvey Weinstein]]'s sexual abuse and on reporters who were investigating Weinstein's actions.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Farrow|first1=Ronan|author-link=Ronan Farrow|title=Harvey Weinstein's Army of Spies|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/harvey-weinsteins-army-of-spies|access-date=November 7, 2017|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> Over the course of a year, Weinstein had Black Cube and other agencies "target", or collect information on, dozens of individuals, and compile psychological profiles that sometimes focused on their personal or sexual histories. "Boies personally signed the contract directing Black Cube to attempt to uncover information that would stop the publication of a ''Times'' story about Weinstein's abuses, while his firm was also representing the ''Times'', including in a libel case."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/harvey-weinsteins-army-of-spies|title=Harvey Weinstein's Army of Spies|first=Ronan|last=Farrow|date=November 6, 2017|access-date=February 16, 2019|website=[[Newyorker.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/report-weinstein-hired-ex-mossad-to-track-his-accusers-1.5463626|title=Harvey Weinstein Hired ex-Mossad Agents to Track Women Accusing Him of Sexual Assault|date=November 7, 2017|access-date=February 16, 2019|website=[[Haaretz.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/us/harvey-weinstein-new-yorker.html|title=Report Details Weinstein's Covert Attempt to Halt Publication of Accusations|first=Jim|last=Rutenberg|date=November 7, 2017|access-date=February 16, 2019|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

Months after [[Cyrus Vance Jr.]] dropped an investigation into a sexual assault allegation against Weinstein, he received a $10,000 donation from Boies who was representing Weinstein at the time. [[Andrew Cuomo]] opened an investigation into Vance's handling of the Weinstein probe. However, after receiving a $25,000 campaign donation from Boies' firm, Cuomo ended the investigation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-29 |title=Report: NY Gov. Cuomo Received $25,000 From Weinstein Lawyer's Firm Before Suspending Probe |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/report-ny-gov-cuomo-received-dollar25000-from-weinstein-lawyers-firm-before-suspending-probe |access-date=2021-09-19 |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |language=en}}</ref> Boies' firm was representing ''[[The New York Times]]'' at the same time.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-espionage/the-black-cube-chronicles-the-double-agent |title=The Black Cube Chronicles, Part III: The Double Agent |last=Farrow |first=Ronan |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=2019-10-09 |access-date=2019-10-14 |language=en |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> A few days after ''[[The New Yorker]]'' broke the story "Harvey Weinstein's Army of Spies", ''The New York Times'' announced it had "terminated its relationship" with Boies' firm.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/harvey-weinsteins-army-of-spies|title=Harvey Weinstein's Army of Spies|last=Farrow|first=Ronan|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=2017-11-06|access-date=2019-10-14|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-york-times-fires-law-firm-david-boies-harvey-weinstein_n_5a02711ee4b04e96f0c64720 | title=New York Times Fires David Boies' Law Firm Over 'Reprehensible' Work For Weinstein | first=Rebecca | last=Shapiro | work=[[HuffPost]] | date=November 8, 2017}}</ref> According to its contract with Weinstein, Black Cube's assignment had been to kill the paper's negative reporting on Weinstein.<ref name=":1" /> Boies' involvement in defending Weinstein received criticism from several magazines, such as ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' and ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freedlander |first=David |date=2017-11-16 |title=David Boies Was America's Top Litigator. Now He's Known As Weinstein's Lawyer. |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/11/david-boies-from-top-u-s-litigator-to-weinsteins-lawyer.html |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=[[Intelligencer (website)|Intelligencer]] |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-04 |title=David Boies, Superstar Lawyer Tied to Harvey Weinstein, Isn't Panicked - Bloomberg |website=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-07/the-superstar-lawyer-tied-to-harvey-weinstein-and-charlie-rose-isn-t-panicked |access-date=2023-05-29 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304130048/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-07/the-superstar-lawyer-tied-to-harvey-weinstein-and-charlie-rose-isn-t-panicked |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> In 2021, several attorneys resigned from Boies Schiller Flexner, citing Boies' defence of Weinstein as one of the reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Brian |date=2021-09-10 |title=Boies Schiller law firm loses several attorneys over issues involving Harvey Weinstein, Elizabeth Holmes, founder's kids |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/10/boies-schiller-loses-lawyers-over-controversies-involving-theranos-harvey-weinstein.html |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=[[CNBC]] |language=en}}</ref>