Litigator of the Year: William Isaacson of Boies Schiller
Whether defending against antitrust class actions or bringing them, William "Bill" Isaacson of Boies, Schiller & Flexner is an opponent to be reckoned…
December 21, 2015 at 01:33 AM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
Whether defending against antitrust class actions or bringing them, William “Bill” Isaacson of Boies, Schiller & Flexner is an opponent to be reckoned with. Representing a class of polyurethane foam buyers, Isaacson and co-counsel at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan turned back Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's challenges to class certification, then landed $433 million in settlements from foam manufacturers. He won a jury verdict for Apple that ended a decade of litigation over a disputed iTunes update, and teamed up with Hausfeld to convince a federal judge that college athletes should share in earnings from TV broadcasts and video games.
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