Boies Schiller & Flexner, sharply reprimanded last year by a federal judge for taking on a case in which it had an obvious conflict, now has been ordered to pay $271,000 in legal fees and expenses to a former client.

Southern District Judge Colleen McMahon (See Profile) last October sanctioned Boies Schiller for suing its former client, Host Hotels & Resorts Inc., and performing an “incompetent” document review to investigate the conflict.