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Corporate and Securities Litigation
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
By Sarah S. Gold and Richard L. Spinogatti

"Sarah S. Gold, a partner at Proskauer Rose, and Richard L. Spinogatti, counsel to the firm, write that the growing body of circuit court decisions allowing the preservation of non-precluded claims in dual claim cases provides a clear road-map for plaintiffs' attorneys to avoid complete dismissal of their class actions under SLUSA. Further action by Congress to further limit state law claims by statutory amendment is unlikely in this economic environment, they warn."

Domestic Banking
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
By Clyde Mitchell

 "Clyde Mitchell, adjunct professor of banking law at Fordham Law School, discusses the movement to anoint the Federal Reserve Board as our systemic risk regulator, although other candidates, such as the FDIC, the OCC, the SEC or a new entity, also have their proponents. The determination may rest upon exactly what will the SRR do: will it be responsible for the 'whole nine yards' - spotting the risk-prone entity, trying to supervise it out of the problem and, if unsuccessful, taking it over, and then either winding it up or selling it - or just the first and second steps?"

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Title Litigation
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
By Adam Leitman Bailey

"Adam Leitman Bailey writes that at the start of this new millennium, the most effective means to rob a bank no longer includes the use of a gun; the real estate closing table has replaced the gun and mask as the most favored and effective tool of theft from financial institutions."