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Sean T. Scott, Brian Trust; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 17, 2012 On May 15, 2012, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Circuit Court”) issued an opinion in In re TOUSA, Inc., in which it affirmed the original decision of the bankruptcy court and reversed the appellate decision of the district court. After a 13-day trial, the bankruptcy court...
|  | Second Circuit Reaffirms That Knowledge Defenses Can Defeat Class Certification
Joseph De Simone, Joshua D. Yount; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2012, previously published on May 3, 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; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2012, previously published on May 1, 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; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2012, previously published on April 30, 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,...
| | The Backlash to Employers Requesting Applicants’ Facebook Passwords
Robert P. Davis, Marcia E. Goodman, Richard E. Nowak, Andrew S. Rosenman; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 27, 2012, previously published on April 26, 2012 Social media has come to play an increasingly important role in how businesses operate. Because social media sites allow users to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content faster than ever before, employers have sought to harness the power of social media to remain relevant in...
| | California Employers “Provide” Meal Periods by Making Them Available but Need Not Ensure that Employees Take Them
Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 26, 2012, previously published on 18 April 2012 In Brinker Restaurant Corp., et al. v. Superior Court of San Diego County (Hohbaum, et al.), the California Supreme Court ruled that employers satisfy their obligation under California law to “provide” duty free meal periods by making them available, but need not ensure that employees...
| | Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act Makes Significant Changes to Capital Formation, Disclosure and Registration Requirements
Rory M. Cohen, Frank A. Falbo, Wendy Dodson Gallegos, Gary A. Jungels, Stephanie M. Monaco, John W. Noell, Matthew A. Posthuma; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 10, 2012, previously published on April 5, 2012 The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, was signed by President Obama on April 5, 2012. The JOBS Act makes significant changes to the capital formation, disclosure and registration requirements applicable to many public companies.
| | JOBS Act Provides Greater Flexibility to Private Fund Sponsors
Rory M. Cohen, Frank A. Falbo, Wendy Dodson Gallegos, Gary A. Jungels, Stephanie M. Monaco, John W. Noell, Matthew A. Posthuma; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 9, 2012, previously published on April 5, 2012 The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act contains two provisions that are particularly beneficial to sponsors of private investment funds.
| | Nationalized Financial Institutions May Be Entitled to Sovereign Immunity under Pre-Nationalization Contracts
Douglas A. Doetsch, David K. Duffee, Steven W. Walker; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 9, 2012, previously published on April 4, 2012 In Fir Tree Capital Opportunity Master Fund v. Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited (November 28, 2011), the US District Court for the Southern District of New York held that Anglo Irish Bank (AIB), which was nationalized by the Irish government in 2009, was entitled to sovereign immunity as a...
| | Obama Administration and Five US States Sign Memorandum Promising Greater Collaboration Regarding Offshore Wind Energy Development in the Great Lakes
J. Paul Forrester; Mayer Brown LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2012, previously published on April 3, 2012 Following the precedent of the Obama administration’s Smart from the Start initiative to speed offshore wind energy development off the Atlantic Coast, on March 30, 2012, the Obama administration and five of the eight Great Lakes littoral states signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)...
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