• Delta has hired prominent attorney David Boies to pursue potential damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft after a mass outage earlier this month, CNBC’s Phil Lebeau reported on Monday.
  • CrowdStrike shares were trading lower in extended trading.
  • The outages cost Delta an estimated $350 million to $500 million.
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    Somebody needs to knock these fucks down a few pegs until they hire their QA department back. I’m sick of absolute garbage software that makes it impossible to do your work even on a good day.

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    Boies is known for representing the U.S. government in its landmark antitrust case against Microsoft and for helping win a decision that overturned California’s ban on gay marriage.

    Damn, this guy rocks

    He also worked with Harvey Weinstein, the imprisoned former Hollywood mogul, and Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who is currently serving a prison sentence for defrauding investors.

    Oh. Uhhhh…

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        I read his Wikipedia page and he has had a successful career but certainly not one I’d be proud of having.

        Don’t need to read more than the Weinstein section to have a pretty strong opinion on the guy

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            … Boies’ firm reportedly directed the Israeli private intelligence company Black Cube to spy on alleged victims of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuse and on reporters who were investigating Weinstein’s actions

            Months after Cyrus Vance Jr. dropped an investigation into a sexual assault allegation against Weinstein, he received a $10,000 donation from Boies … Andrew Cuomo opened an investigation into Vance’s handling of the Weinstein probe. However, after receiving a $25,000 campaign donation from Boies’ firm, Cuomo ended the investigation