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Second Circuit Reaffirms That Knowledge Defenses Can Defeat Class Certification
Joseph De Simone,Joshua D. Yount, May 7, 2012
The recent summary order from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund v. RALI Series 2006-QO1 Trust, No. 11-1683-cv (2d Cir. Apr. 30, 2011), reaffirms the important principle of securities law that knowledge defenses can create individual factual...

City of Chicago Establishes Chicago Infrastructure Trust
David Narefsky, May 3, 2012
On April 24, 2012, the Chicago City Council, by a vote of 41-7, established the Chicago Infrastructure Trust, an innovative approach proposed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to leverage private investment for transformative infrastructure projects. The Trust was created in concert with the private sector,...

Tip of the Month, April 2012 - Best Practices in Collecting Data: Who To Do It, When To Do It, How To Do It
Anthony J. Diana,Frank M. Dickerson,Kim A. Leffert, May 2, 2012
A putative class action complaint has just been filed against a large company. After distributing a legal hold, the general counsel considers who should be in charge of the eventual collection of documents, including electronically stored information (ESI), when the collection process should begin,...

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