Aug 5 (Reuters) - Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) has

turned to law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan to defend

it amid fallout from last month's global tech outage that

crashed millions of computers and disrupted flights, financial

services and hospitals.

In a letter to an outside lawyer for Delta Air Lines ( DAL ) on

Sunday, Quinn Emanuel's Michael Carlinsky fired back at the U.S.

air transport giant's claim that CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) should be blamed

for the July 19 tech meltdown.

Delta has hired prominent litigator David Boies of Boies

Schiller Flexner, known for high-stakes business cases. Delta

said last month it planned to take legal action against

CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) after the outage cost the airline $500 million.

Quinn Emanuel, with about 900 lawyers, is among the

country's top litigation-focused firms. It counts billionaire

entrepreneur Elon Musk as a client, and it has long defended

Alphabet's Google in court on some matters.

Quinn Emanuel and Delta had no immediate comment, and Boies

did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

CrowdStrike's ( CRWD ) letter to Delta said it was "disappointed"

that the airline had suggested CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) acted

inappropriately, and it denied that the company was grossly

negligent or committed misconduct.

Carlinsky, based in New York, leads Quinn Emanuel's complex

litigation team. He has represented billionaire investor Leon

Black, medical device maker Masimo and bond insurer Ambac

Financial Group.

The litigation team for CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) also includes Quinn

appellate partner Ellyde Thompson and intellectual property

partner Deepa Acharya, according to a person familiar with the

firm's team.

CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) was hit last week with its first shareholder

lawsuit tied to last month's outages. The lawsuit filed in

Austin, Texas federal court by the plaintiffs' firm Labaton

Keller Sucharow claimed CrowdStrike's ( CRWD ) assurances about its

technology were materially false and misleading.

Austin-based CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) has said the case has no merit and

the company will "vigorously" defend itself. Defense lawyers

have not made a court appearance for CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) in that case.

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