The New York Times is seeking “appropriate remedies” for “a grave betrayal of trust” after the New Yorker reported Monday that famed attorney David Boies’ law firm represented the paper at the same time that Boies assisted efforts to derail a bombshell Times expose of his client, Harvey Weinstein.
“We learned today that the law firm of Boies Schiller and Flexner secretly worked to stop our reporting on Harvey Weinstein at the same time as the firm’s lawyers were representing us in other matters,” Eileen Murphy, a New York Times spokesperson, told TheWrap.
“We consider this intolerable conduct, a grave betrayal of trust, and a breach of the basic professional standards that all lawyers are required to observe,” she continued.