Alan Dershowitz sues prominent New York attorney for defamation

By Tim Pearce

Published February 11, 2020 9:13pm ET

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Alan Dershowitz sues prominent New York attorney for defamation — In this image from video, Alan Dershowitz, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020.

Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz escalated his legal battle with David Boies by suing the New York attorney for defamation.

Dershowitz filed his countersuit against Boies with the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal. In the filing, Dershowitz alleges that Boies defamed and intentionally inflicted emotional distress on the Harvard professor.

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