Editing David Boies (section)

==== 2001-2010 ====
In 2001 Boies represented the Justice Department in the ''[[United States v. Microsoft Corp. (2001)|United States v. Microsoft Corp.]]'' case.{{sfn|Carreyrou|2018|p=134}} Boies won a victory at trial, and the verdict was upheld on appeal.<ref name="monthly">Andrew Cockburn, "Gates of Hell" (review of ''Pride Before the Fall: The Trials of Bill Gates and the End of the Microsoft Era'', by John Heilemann), in ''[[Washington Monthly]]'', March 2001, p. 53; Brendan I. Koerner, "Fatal Error", (review of ''World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies'', by [[Ken Auletta]]), in ''[[Washington Monthly]]'', March 2001, p. 54.</ref> The appellate court overturned the relief ordered (breakup of the company) back to the trial court for further proceedings. Thereafter, the George W. Bush administration settled the case. [[Bill Gates]] said Boies was "out to destroy Microsoft".<ref name="salon">{{cite news| last =Tapper| first =Jake| author-link = Jake Tapper | title =Boies vs. Olson| work =[[Salon.com|Salon]]| date =November 19, 2000| url =http://archive.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/19/lawyers/index.html| access-date = April 27, 2009}}</ref> In 2001, the ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' called Boies "a brilliant trial lawyer", "a latter-day [[Clarence Darrow]]", and "a mad genius" for his work on the ''Microsoft'' case.<ref name="monthly" /> In 2006, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP negotiated a major settlement with The [[American International Group]] on behalf of its client, C. V. Starr, a firm controlled by [[Maurice Greenberg|Maurice R. Greenberg]], the former chairman and chief executive of [[American International Group#Bailout| A.I.G.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/business/06insure.html|title=Insurer and Ex-Chief's Firm Settle 18 Cases|first=Jenny|last=Anderson|date=December 6, 2006|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> 

In 2008 Boies negotiated on behalf of American Express two of the highest civil antitrust settlements ever for an individual company: $2.25 billion from Visa, and $1.8 billion from MasterCard.<ref>[[The Wall Street Journal]], June 26, 2008. [[wsj.com|wsj.com/law]]</ref>

In 2009, following the [[California Supreme Court]] ruling on ''[[Strauss v. Horton]]'', Boies joined former Solicitor General [[Theodore Olson]], the opposing attorney in ''Bush v. Gore'', in the lawsuit ''[[Perry v. Brown]]'' seeking to overturn the state of [[California]]'s [[California Proposition 8 (2008)|Proposition 8]] ban on [[same-sex marriage]].{{sfn|Carreyrou|2018|p=134}}<ref name="Williams, Carol J">{{cite news |author=Williams, Carol J. |date=May 26, 2009 |title=Bush vs. Gore rivals challenge Prop. 8 in federal court |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/05/bush-v-gore-rivals-challenge-prop-8-in-federal-court.html |access-date=May 26, 2009 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In August 2010, the District Court judge ruled in their clients' favor, finding [[California Proposition 8 (2008)|Proposition 8]] to be unconstitutional. On June 26, 2013, the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] ruled that the proponents of [[California Proposition 8 (2008)|Proposition 8]] did not have standing to challenge the ruling, allowing the District Court judgment to stand. Same-sex marriages resumed in California on June 28, 2013. Also in 2009, the [[Golden Gate Yacht Club]] retained Boies for their ongoing dispute with [[Société Nautique de Genève]] regarding the [[33rd America's Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |title=GGYC Statement – August 20, 2009 |url=http://www.ggyc.com/acnews.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815081809/http://www.ggyc.com/acnews.php |archive-date=August 15, 2009}}</ref>

In March 2010, Boies joined the team of attorneys representing [[Jamie McCourt]] in her divorce from [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] owner [[Frank McCourt (executive)|Frank McCourt]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Silverman |first=Billy |date=March 9, 2010 |title=Jamie McCourt Retains Famed Trial Lawyer David Boies |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jamie-mccourt-retains-fam_n_491859 |work=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref>