David Boies had a funding-fraud case rejected by a Florida appeals court, leaving the superstar lawyer and his business partners holding the bag for a wayward $20 million investment into a Natalie Portman western flop.
The Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal summarily rejected Boies’ arguments Thursday with a single word, “affirmed.” That ended a multi-year legal drama seeking reimbursement for cash lost by Boies’ backing of Portman’s 2015 “Jane Got A Gun,” the worst-performing western movie in modern history according to the defendants.
“I have nothing but the greatest respect for Mr. Boies as a trial lawyer and ...
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