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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Famed lawyer David Boies is involved in a lawsuit against best-selling author Emma Cline

    David Boies is representing a former boyfriend of author Emma Cline in a plagiarism suit.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 5, 2017 • 1 min read

    David Boies is representing a former boyfriend of author Emma Cline in a plagiarism suit. The tactics Boies used against her are reminiscent of the tactics he used when representing Harvey Weinstein -- threatening to reveal Cline’s previous sexual history and nude selfies.

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    Fleeing in the dead of night, lives upended: Personal stories from Ventura fire
    1. 0:00Ventura resident: 'No clue' where to go from here
    2. 11:14What's the outlook for containing the SoCal fires?
    3. 15:39Famed lawyer David Boies is involved in a lawsuit against best-selling author Emma ClineYou’re reading this
    4. 27:47Music producer Don Was wants to get a new generation hooked on jazz
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    3 of 4
    Fleeing in the dead of night, lives upended: Personal stories from Ventura fire
    1. 0:00Ventura resident: 'No clue' where to go from here
    2. 11:14What's the outlook for containing the SoCal fires?
    3. 15:39Famed lawyer David Boies is involved in a lawsuit against best-selling author Emma ClineYou’re reading this
    4. 27:47Music producer Don Was wants to get a new generation hooked on jazz
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