Boris specializes in securities litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and fiduciary duty and disclosure counselling.
Boris has represented many of the leading technology companies: Google, Genentech, Salesforce, Instacart, Rivian and Palantir (complete list here).
Boris has also represented legendary entrepreneurs, including Marc Andreessen, Marc Benioff, Herb Boyer, Sergey Brin, Vint Cerf, Carly Fiorina, Arthur Levinson, Larry Page, and Mark Zuckerberg.
Boris has defended over 275 shareholder class actions, derivative suits, and merger challenges throughout the United States on behalf of domestic and foreign issuers. He has represented boards of directors in internal investigations and regularly represents companies and individuals in SEC enforcement proceedings. A major part of his practice is advising public companies on fiduciary duty and disclosure issues.
Boris was born in South Bend, Indiana. He attended Yale College on a National Merit Scholarship. At Yale, he was President of the Yale Debate Association and Speaker of the Yale Political Union. Boris graduated from Yale, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with distinction in history. Boris graduated from Yale Law School, where he served as Note & Topics Editor of The Yale Law Journal. He was also the Director of Debating for Yale University while a law student.
Boris has served on a variety of legal organizations, including the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law and the American Law Institute. He has been outside counsel to Palo Alto Community Eruv.
Boris has lectured at many law schools, including Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale. He has published extensively on litigation and securities law topics (articles here).
In addition to his ranking by Benchmark Litigation as a “Litigation Star” for Securities Litigation, Boris is recognized as a “Star Individual” for Securities Litigation by Chambers, and is recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” for Securities Litigation by The Legal 500.
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