On June 1, 2011, DLA Piper announced that David Goldstein and Gerald Rokoff, both formerly of White & Case LLP, have joined the firm as Partners in New York.  Goldstein joins the firm’s global Finance Group and will lead the Investment Funds Practice.  Rokoff joins the Tax Group.  Goldstein has been quoted regularly in the Hedge Fund Law Report.  See, e.g., “As Banks Close Prop Desks and Traders Move to Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund Managers Focus on Permissible Scope of Use of Confidential Information,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 2, No. 18 (May 7, 2009); “Hedge Fund Managers Grapple with Legal and Practical Consequences of Demands from CalPERS, URS and Other Pension Funds for Better Investment Terms and Separate Accounts,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 2, No. 14 (Apr. 9, 2009).