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79 Def. Counsel J. 1 (2012)

handle is hein.journals/defcon79 and id is 1 raw text is: January 2012 Volume 79, No. 1 Pages 1-116 International Association of Defense Counsel 303 West Madison Suite 925 Chicago, IL 60606 USA Telephone: 312.368.1494 Fax: 312.368.1854 E-mail: info@iadclaw.org Web site: http://www.iadclaw.org In this issue... ANNOUNCEMENTS AND DEPARTMENTS Table of Contents........................................................... President's P age................................... ....................................................................3 IADC Tenets of Professionalism.....................5......... ...........5 IADC Officers and Board of Directors....................................7 Defense Counsel Journal Board and Committee Vice Chairs............................8 Calendar of Meetings.................................................10 Conning the IADC Newsletters. ............................. ............80 Reviewing the Law Reviews..... .......................... ...........................105 FEATURED ARTICLES ENVIRONMENTAL PROSECUTIONS: CRIMINAL LIABILITY WITHOUT MENS REA AND EXPOSURE UNDER THE RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE OFFICER DOCTRINE ..........................................12 By: Douglas S. Brooks and Thomas C Frongillo Highlighting the risks associated with prosecutions under the Clean Water Act, in which par- ties may be prosecuted-and convicted-without the demonstration of mens rea. FEDERAL MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION: BACKGROUND, BASICS, GLOBAL SETTLEMENTS, AND BELLWETHER TRIALS .....................21 By: Jeffrey R. Johnson and Tami Becker Gomez Summarizing the history, structure and basic mechanisms of the multi-district litigation pro- cess, and providing practitioners with ways to more conveniently dispose of claims occurring in multiple jurisdictions. THE ADA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008: PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS IN 2012 AND BEYOND................... ............. 32 By: Lawrence D. Smith and Molly Hughes Cherry Providing an overview of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, including its recently promul- gated interpretive regulations, and considering the impact to employers of the Amendments.