boies in bar trouble

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http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1071351152026

The Florida Bar has filed an ethics complaint against famed Microsoft 
litigator David Boies, alleging that he violated Bar rules by paying 
more than $400,000 in legal fees for a client his firm is representing 
in a Palm Beach County contract dispute. 

Boies, 63, who represented Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election 
recount battle, is charged with providing financial assistance to a 
client, Amy Habie of Miami, according to the Bar complaint. The 
complaint was filed with the Florida Supreme Court on Dec. 11. 

According to the complaint, Boies' firm, Armonk, N.Y.-based Boies 
Schiller & Flexner, not only represented the affluent Habie for free 
but paid more than $400,000 to other law firms who worked on the case. 
Under Florida Bar Rule 4-1.8(e), it is generally a conflict of interest 
for an attorney to provide financial assistance to a client in 
connection with pending or contemplated litigation. . . .
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