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Billionaire Boies Club

The plaintiffs who sued Google aren’t receiving a penny, but the law firms who represented them are looking at a historic billion-dollar bonanza over the company’s “incognito” mode scandal. David Boies, one of the lead attorneys, says more 10-figure paydays are coming.

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Boies says his firm embraces high-risk, high-reward endeavors “out of necessity,” contrasting his approach with rivals that squeeze profits through leverage. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images
Eriq Gardner
April 15, 2024

A couple weeks ago, news broke about an exceptional legal settlement in a multiyear class action against Google. The tech giant agreed to expunge the data it amassed from people using Chrome’s so-called “Incognito” mode. The class-action attorneys—from Boies Schiller, Susman Godfrey, and Morgan & Morgan—hailed the settlement as a “historic step” for user privacy, while Google also struck a triumphant note, boasting to reporters, “The plaintiffs originally wanted $5 billion and are receiving zero.”