Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a nearly $20 million claim brought by Boies Schiller Film Group (which includes prominent litigator David Boies) against firm clients Impala Partners and its principal, Peter Nathanial, in connection with the financing of the 2015 film “Jane Got a Gun.”

The plaintiffs alleged they were misled into funding the Natalie Portman-led film. The film underperformed at the box office, and the plaintiffs sought damages on fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims.

The court ruled that there was no written evidence proving that the defendants had made any fraudulent or negligent misrepresentations, and third-party witnesses did not have clear recollections of the facts.

More information on the September 2024 ruling can be found here.

Taft Florida Chairman and West Palm Beach Partner-in-Charge Alan Rose led the team.

Rose concentrates his practice on the litigation of business disputes at the trial and appellate court levels. He is double board-certified by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education in Business Litigation Law (2004 to present) and Appellate Practice (2015 to present). He was one of the founding partners of Mrachek, Fitzgerald, Rose, Konopka, Thomas & Weiss, P.A., which merged into Taft in 2025 after 25 years as a litigation boutique.