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• Philip Morris Turns To Boies / Successes Include Battle With Microsoft 

Philip Morris has retained David Boies, who led the federal government's successful courtroom battle against Microsoft, to help defend against a $69 billion lawsuit by tobacco growers.

New Yorker Boies is widely viewed as a superlitigator and was credited by a number of legal experts as out-litigating, along with his team, the Microsoft opponents. . .

Alexander J. Pires, the Washington lawyer who brought the growers' lawsuit, said he was not surprised by Boies' involvement.

"This is the most important case they [Philip Morris] have," Pires said. "The only allies they have ever had for 60 years are suing them, and they know how important it is. That's why they hired Boies."

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