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Asset Management - August, 2014

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• Madoff Trustee Seeks Repleadings In Bankruptcy Suits
• Carlyle Group To Pay $115M To Settle PE Collusion Row
• Exxon Ruling Gives Employers More Leeway In Bonus Plans
• Ex-Heartland Exec Beats SEC Insider Trading Suit
• IPO Filings Soar In Late-August Heat
• SEC Judge Shouldn't Delay Steinberg's Industry Ban: Attys
• ALJ Says SEC Must Cough Up Docs In Wedbush Action
• GFI Shareholder Suit Says CME Takeover Undervalues Co.
• Banks Say Forex Plaintiffs Have No Proof Of Antitrust Plot
• Abercrombie & Fitch Settles Shareholder Suit Over CEO Pay
• Irish Agency Nets €211M In Sale Of 4 Dublin Properties
• ICMA Revises Sovereign Bonds To Avoid Another Argentina
• Dealmakers Q&A: Davis Wright's Sean McCann
• 5 Reasons Large Companies Are Turning To Boutique Firms
• More Deals Expected This Fall As Economy Pushes M&A Surge
• Chinese Investors, US Developers Anxious About EB-5 Delays
• Brookfield Property To Pay $4.3B For Capital Automotive
• Trusts Want Picard's $10M Clawback Suit Tossed
• Madoff Investors Sue Picower Estate For $11B In Ponzi Losses
• Chinese Bad-Debt Manager Locks Down $2.4B Before IPO
• CFTC Says Some UK Bank Deposits OK After MF Global Rule
• Ex-Barclays Rep Gets SEC's 'Credibility' Filing Axed
• LightSquared Nails Down $121M In DIP Financing
• Halliburton Case Returns To District Court For 'Price Test'
• TD Bank Challenges $7M Settlement With Rothstein Investor
• Hedge Funds Can't Escape Octaviar Suit Over Conveyance
• Goldman Fights Bid For Review Of Order Trimming MBS Suit
• 2nd Circ. Has Made Morrison Standard Even More Arbitrary
• SEC's Lauded Securitization Rules Still Pack Big Burdens
• Gallagher, Piwowar Balk At 'Hasty' Credit Rating Rules
• Education Management Restructures To Dump $1.1B In Debt
• India's Securities Board Aims To Strengthen Safety Net
• Argentina Presses For End-Run Payments To All Creditors
• NJ Brokerage Firm Beats Arbitration Bid In Fraud Case
• TPP Breakthrough Unlikely As Key Players Remain Coy
• The 5 Biggest M&A Moves Of The Summer
• TIAA Henderson Scores $72M Backed By Austria Mall
• McGuireWoods Snags Chicago Banking And Finance Lawyer
• Legg Mason-Backed Fund Raises $327M For IPO
• Chancery Fast-Tracks Ackman Suit To Force Allergan Meeting
• SEC Passes Dodd-Frank Securitization, Credit Rating Rules
• RBS, NatWest Fined $24M Over Faulty Mortgage Advice
• Del.'s Adoption Of Garner — And Practical Ways To Respond
• Allergan Sets Special Meeting In $53B Valeant Takeover Bid
• SEC Asked To Pause On SAC's Cohen; Steinberg Awaits Word
• Jessica Alba's The Honest Co. Raises $70M From Investors
• Bold 10th Circ. Opinion Muddies FIRREA Challenges
• B&G Foods Inks Lease At Tenn. Logistics Park
• LightSquared Seeks $121M In DIP Financing
• Judge Wants More Facts On UBS Exec's Foreign Witnesses
• 4 Takeaways From Burger King's Whopping Tim Hortons Play
• Argentina Banishes BNY As Hedge Funds Sue Bank In UK
• Advisory Firm Blasts Investors' 'Meritless' Fees Suit
• Feds Charge Investor Relations Exec With Insider Trading
• Man Who Bilked UGA Football Players In $80M Plot Gets 5 Years
• Citigroup To Pay $2.5M To Settle FINRA Trading Charges
• Tax-Free REIT Spinoffs Could Be The Next Big Thing
• Argentina's New Debt Plan Looks Like A Long Shot
• GAO, Industry Clash Over New Markets Investment Returns
• RE Cos. Bankrolling Downtown LA Center Revitalization
• Life Time Fitness Considering A REIT Conversion
• PointPark Pays €523M For Czech Logistics Parks
• IRS Buoys REITs With Increasing Property Values
• Manulife Fund Boosts Canadian Portfolio With Office Buy
• CFTC Names Ex-Chemical Safety Atty As Head Of Secretariat
• Valeant, Ackman Launch Suit Pushing For Allergan Meeting
• Fox Rothschild Nabs Tax Pro From Lovett Bookman
• Activist Urges Ann Taylor Parent To Consider $2.5B Sale
• Ex-Phoenix Payment CEO Balks At $4M Fee For Ch. 11 Sale
• KBS REIT II Nabs $150M For West Palm Beach Office Tower
• 3 Companies Join IPO Pipeline As Others Take A Step Back
• RE Rumor Mill: Sabana REIT, Kiely Realty Group
• Ex-Barclays Rep Fires Back At SEC Over 'Parking' Charge
• PE Plaintiffs Hit Back At Carlyle In Antitrust Expert Row
• Rep. Urges SEC To Appeal DC Circuit On Stanford Ponzi Relief
• CFTC Orders NY Firm, Execs To Pay $3M In Metals Trades
• Energy Co. Loses Damages Appeal In Microcap Fraud Suit
• Valeant, Ackman Request Allergan Special Meeting
• Madoff Judge Denies Benefit Plan Investors' SIPA Claims
• Argentina Blasts Bond Judge's Remarks As Imperialist
• LSE Looks To Raise £938M To Back Frank Russell Deal
• Tishman Speyer Acquires Murdock Plaza In Los Angeles
• Proxy Play Intensifies Bramson's Run At Electra
• Corp. Governance Politics: Much Ado About Symbolic Change
• Allergan Suit May Not Stop Meeting To Replace Board
• Halliburton Investor Asks To Depose Cheney, Citing His Health
• RE Rumor Mill: Infinity And Nightingale, Lone Star, Hornig
• Ex-CFTC Commish Joins Speed Traders He Once Derided
• Fla. Rep. Nabs $704M In Damages Over Derivium Stock Scheme
• Clarion Partners Pays Ares $107M For SF Office Building
• Morgan Stanley's $4.2M Deal In OT Class Action Gets Nod
• DC Circ. Stance Threatens Agency Flexibility, DOL Says
• Judge Calls Argentina Debt Proposal Illegal, Balks At Contempt
• Saudi Arabia Takes Cautious First Step To Open Up Markets
• Ex-DBSI President Gets 20 Years For Ponzi-Like Fraud
• MF Global Brass Scores $15M 'Stopgap' In D&O Battle
• Health REIT Nabs Up To $350M Credit Line To Back Deals
• How To Control Risk And Cost Of E-Discovery
• Monness Settles SEC's Insider Trading Control Claims
• GM Should Face Wrongful-Conviction Claims, Trustee Says
• RE Rumor Mill: Tishman, Sterling Bay, Lend Lease-AXF
• MSRB Gives SEC Best-Execution Plan for Municipal Securities
• Carlyle Fights To Nix Experts In PE Antitrust Case
• 5 Bold Moves Shaping Valeant's Epic Fight For Allergan
• Valeant Says Allergan Lied To Obstruct $53M Takeover
• SEC's Investor Advocate Makes Case For Adviser Exam Fees
• Investors To Keep Growing Alternative Asset Portfolios
• Berkshire Settles US Antitrust Claims Over USG Deal
• Jones Day Adds White & Case PE Pro In Singapore
• OMERS Continues Go-It-Alone Approach With DTI Deal
• Argentina Plans To Skirt US Courts, Pay Bonds Locally
• Blank Check Co. Hydra Acquisition Aims For $100M IPO
• Bowing To Activist, PetSmart Heads To Selling Block
• Sandell Expects To Win 5 Or More Bob Evans Board Seats
• National Enquirer Publisher To Convert $121M Debt To Equity
• American Realty Accused Of Dodging $63M Award
• College Profs Seek Final OK Of $19.5M Retirement Row Deal
• Wedbush Calls FINRA Market-Access Practices Case 'Unfair'
• Greenberg Traurig Atty Knew Client Forged Doc, Motion Says
• SEC's Muni Adviser Exams Offer Crash Course In Regulation
• Tabb Tells Sen. Levin Not To Ban Payment For Order Flow
• High-Profile Fights For Control Showcase Seller's Market
• Allergan Eyes Salix Tie-Up To Thwart $53B Valeant Takeover
• Goldman Withdraws Bid To Toss $1B Libya Fund Suit
• Picard Powerless To Block Independent Madoff Settlements
• RBC Hits Back At CFTC In Wash Trading Case
• Investment Manager Pleads Guilty To Aiding Rothstein Scheme
• Mason Hayes, Matheson Guide Irish REIT's $173M Loan
• Trader In 2nd Circ. Appeal Challenges SEC Industry Ban
• CWCapital Fires Back At Junior Lenders' Stuy Town Title Suit
• Orange Capital Urges Board Shakeup, Sale At Bellatrix
• From The Book Of Jargon: 10b5-1 Plan
• Reed Smith Picks Up Ex-Mayer Brown Finance Whiz In SF
• Skadden's $4M Fee Award In Radnor Bankruptcy Upheld
• 2nd Circ. Adds Depth To Morrison's Bright Line
• Hedge Funds Sue Lehman Over Swaps Interest Claims
• String Of Defeats Puts Madoff Trustee On The Ropes
• Fed Economists Critique New SEC Money Market Fund Rules
• 2nd Circ. Says Missed Deadlines Sink $124M Twitter Suit
• Pershing Square Again Sues US Over Fannie, Freddie Profits
• No Acquittal For Ex-DBSI Executives In Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Steadfast Sues Texas O&G Investment Firm Over Trademark
• Valeant Giving Allergan Until End Of Year To OK $53B Buyout
• Wedbush Failed To Prevent Manipulative Trades, FINRA Says
• Lessons From SEC Focus On Compliance Officers
• Yet Another Case Counters 6th Circ.'s Omnicare Reasoning
• Argentina Bondholders Appeal Blocking Of $539M Payment
• Investors Take Challenge To $100M Madoff Deal To High Court
• REIT Zais Financial Gets $100M For Resi Loan Purchases
• Fed's Leveraged Lending Limits Put Banks In A Bind
• Lehman Unsecured Creditors To Get $4.6B Payout
• FINRA Defends Plan To Get Enforcement Tips From Arbitrators
• Cliffs Director Resigns Amid Boardroom Fight With Activist
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Suit Over Porsche's Bid For VW
• Valeant Calls Allergan's Insider Trading Claims A Stunt
• Darden Begins Search For New CEO Amid Activist Pressure
• Fed Official's Call For Repo Revamp Seen As Excessive
• An In-House Lawyer's Top 10 Tips For Outside Counsel
• Pershing Square Sues U.S. Over $131B In Fannie, Freddie Profits
• US Says Ex-DBSI Boss Should Spend Rest Of Life In Prison
• Ex-SAC Trader Martoma Makes Last-Ditch Plea For Acquittal
• NML Atty Says $3B Hunt May Unearth Argentine Corruption
• SEC Settles With Accountant Who Traded On Tax Client Info
• Bankers Blame Sell-Off For Weak Pricing On $2B LBO Loans
• Activism Enters 'Golden Era' With Record No. Of Campaigns
• Goodwin's Tech, RE Groups Launch Crowdfunding Practice
• Morgan Stanley Shells Out $4.2M To Settle OT Class Action
• Ackman Eyes Pershing Square Holdings IPO To Back Activism
• PE Distributions Hit Record $568B Last Year
• Investors Sink $82.5B Into Hedge Funds, Most Since 2007
• ISDA Sets Date For Argentina Credit Default Swap Auction
• Gazit-Globe Nabs $205M In Sale Of 6 Medical Properties
• Shell Divests $2.1B Worth Of Natural Gas Assets In 2 Deals
• Allergan Makes $588M Acquisition Play Amid Valeant Fight
• Dealmakers Q&A: Irell & Manella's Gregory Klein
• Judge Won't Toss SAC Insider Trading Class Action
• 7-Suit Clash Between Billionaire Neighbors Hits NY Court
• Labaton Replaced By Former Partners' Firm In MF Global Suit
• JPMorgan Accused Of Self-Dealing In Managing Church Trust
• Politically Connected Cos. Face Lower SEC Threat, Study Says
• Aurelius Pans Settlement Chances In Argentina Debt Crisis
• Bankrupt News-Journal Must Pay Pension Before Shareholder
• East West Bancorp's $10M Ponzi Class Deal Gets Green Light
• SEC Seeks Dismissal Of Republican Pay-to-Play Suit
• NYPD Legal Head Maynard Returns To Akin Gump
• NML Can Seek Info On Argentine Assets In Nev., Judge Says
• Law Firms May Be Violating Copyrights
• Last Firm Standing In PE Collusion Case Prepares For Battle
• Hibernia REIT Inks $134M Credit Deal With Bank Of Ireland
• SEC Launches Sweep Examination Of Alternative Mutual Funds
• Lowenstein Sandler Continues Growth With New DC Office
• Court Slashes Madoff Trustee's $564M Suit Against Merkin
• Goodwin Aids $112M Refinancing Of 7-Property Portfolio
• REITs To Open Up New Investment Opportunities In India
• FTC Sends Allergan, Valeant Second Info Request
• Ex-MIT Professor And Son Cop To $140M Hedge Fund Scam
• SEC Eyes Extending Principal Trade Rule For Some Advisers
• Why Fox Could Make Another Run At Time Warner
• Riverstone-Led Group Sinks $617M Into Canadian Oil Firm
• From The Book Of Jargon: Big Boy Letter
• M&G Real Estate Puts Up $262M For Wales Mall
• Societe Generale Unit Must Face UK Bank's $34M CDO Suit
• Darden Uses Red Lobster Sale To Cut $900M In Debt
• Endo, Impax Face Yet Another Suit Over Opana Pay-For-Delay
• ADT Investors Detail Alleged Stock Inflation Scheme
• Icahn Didn't Influence $8.5B Family Dollar Deal, Buyer Says
• Dealmakers Q&A: Orrick's Dennis Martin
• Implementing SEC's New Money Market Fund Rules
• A Close Look At NY's New Privilege Log Rule
• Ex-SAC Trader Martoma Should Forfeit $9.4M, Feds Say
• Harbinger Challenges LightSquared Ch. 11 Plan With Its Own
• Suit Over SEC Pay-To-Play Rule Banks On Receptive Justices
• Deals Rumor Mill: RBS, 21st Century Fox, Snapchat
• NY Lawyer Blasted For Deleting Evidence In Copyright Case
• Weatherford Investors Ask Again For Internal Tax Audit Docs
• CFTC Fines NY Man For Commodity Pool Fraud
• Mitsui Unit, Tokio Marine Create $75M Fund For Solar Plants
• Argentina Appeals To White House In Sovereign Debt Crisis
• Kansas Settles SEC Charges It Understated Muni Bond Risks
• Andreessen Horowitz Invests $50M In Expanding BuzzFeed
• Norway's Wealth Fund Buys $576M Stake In London District
• India's Securities Board OKs REIT Rules
• Blackstone Picks Up European Auto Parts Co.
• Ex-Vanguard Atty Seeks SEC Help In $1B Whistleblower Suit
• Madoff Trustee Can't Derail $410M Merkin Deal At 2nd Circ.
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Microsoft, Greenland
• Argentina Threatened With Contempt In Debt Dispute
• Milbank Reaps $14M In LightSquared Bankruptcy Fees
• BES Credit Protection Pacts Migrate To New Bank, ISDA Says
• 5th Circ. Renews Yellow Pages ERISA Suit, Citing Fifth Third
• Halliburton Heard Loud And Clear In AIG's $960M Settlement
• Deals Rumor Mill: PQ Corp., IndCor Properties, Herff Jones
• Banks, Brokerages Back SIFMA In Exchange Data Fees Fight
• Kleinberg Kaplan Nabs Ex-Katten Hedge Fund Partner In NY
• Malaysia Airlines To Go Private In $430M Buyout
• New Discovery Stay Questions Arise Post-Halliburton
• Compliance Reigns Supreme As In-House Demographics Shift
• NY, Tenn. Republicans Sue SEC Over Political Donation Rule
• LightSquared Offers Ch. 11 Plan Averting Ergen Debt Brawl
• Citi Exec Cautions SEC On 'Sledgehammer' Trading Rule
• RE Rumor Mill: Freeman Spogli, Extell, Yelp
• Sovereign Wealth Joins Pension Funds In Eschewing PE
• SEC Charges Ex-CEO Of ConvergEx Unit Over Hidden Fees
• Derivatives Lobby Gives CFTC Advice On Market Surveillance
• Argentina Looks To Square Off Against US At The Hague
• R2 Capital Made Off With $1.2M In Client Money, CFTC Says
• Fidelity Dumps Valeant Shares In Thick Of Allergan Assault
• H&R REIT Pays Ivanhoe, Sears $127M For Winnipeg Mall
• 5 Tips For Policyholders Amid M&A Insurance Boom
• Cliffs Appoints Casablanca Board Nominee As Chairman, CEO
• Goldman Sachs' Dark Pools Under Investigation
• KKR, TPG, Blackstone To Pay $325M In LBO Collusion Suit
• Dealmakers Q&A: Richards Kibbe's William Orbe
• New Activist Weapon — A Look At Appraisal Arbitrage Cases
• Rakoff Stirs SEC Pot Again With Administrative Law Question
• Fiber Optic Networks Newest Consideration For REITs
• Picard Says Funds Can't Skirt $10M Madoff Clawback Suit
• RE Rumor Mill: Hillary Clinton, SL Green, Adventus
• FERC Feud May Lead To Clarity From Courts On Manipulation
• Rothstein Investors Say Hedge Fund Deal Doesn't Bar Claims
• Texas Bar Asked To Probe AG Candidate Over Securities Work
• Proxy Advisers Slam Allergan, Support Shareholder Meeting
• ADT Investor Raises Alarm Over Alleged Pump And Dump
• FERC Says Outspoken Hedge Fund Manipulated Energy Market
• UK Sets Social Media Standards For Promoting Investments
• Tricon, New Home Join To Develop Calif. Planned Community
• Banco Espirito Santo Breakup Won't Trip CDSs, ISDA Rules
• DLA Piper Nabs Former CFTC Chief Counsel In DC
• A Close Look At The Treasury's Upcoming Form SHL Survey
• Morgan Stanley In Crosshairs For RMBS Sold To CalPERS
• OppenheimerFunds Sues Over R.I.'s $594M Tobacco Bond
• RE Rumor Mill: Vornado, Thor Equities, WeWork
• Madison Realty Closes 3rd RE Debt Fund At $145.4M
• National Penn Says Ex-Workers Took Client Info To New Co.
• Lyondell Shareholders Try To Ax $12.5B Clawback Row
• Caesars Brawls With Stakeholders In Pair Of New Lawsuits
• Investment Firm Hit With $15M Penalty Over Fraud Scheme
• Fla. Judge OKs SEC Deal In $500M Founding Partners Row
• Credit Rating Suit Against S&P, Others Goes To State Court
• Allergan's Valeant Suit Could Be Landmark Securities Case
• Judge Won't Boot Argentina Bond Row Negotiator
• NorthStar Realty Drops $4B To Buy A Health Care REIT
• Allergan Continues Assault On Valeant Disclosure Policy
• 2nd Activist Backs Darden Board Overhaul Ahead Of Meeting
• Bingham Ruling's Lessons On Proper Assertion Of Privilege
• Calif. Broker To Pay $9M To Settle SEC Fund Theft Claims
• RE Rumor Mill: Cousins, Media Nusantara, Grosvenor
• Atlanta REIT Pays $125M For 9 Grocery-Anchored Malls
• FINRA May Charge Oppenheimer Over Supervision Rules
• Darden Blasts Back At Starboard Over Red Lobster Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG, Gables, GlaxoSmithKline
• ADB JV To Funnel $400M Into Low-Carbon Deals In Asia
• Skadden Must Cough Up Interview Docs, Dana Investors Say
• Cartica Can't Lift Discovery Stay In CorpBanca Merger Suit
• Singapore Targets Investor Confidence With New Market Regs
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Names General Counsel
• CFTC Notches Wins Against Ex-Citi Energy Trader
• Chinese Co. Hit With Contract Breach Suit Over Failed IPO
• SIFMA, Others Weigh In On CFTC Position Limit Proposal
• Marcato Keeps Pressure On IHG After Spurned Deal
• Luxury Dubai Developer Pays $513M For Development Plot
• Verein Tie-Ups Gain Allure As Firms Eye Global Expansion
• UK Firms Expand Global Empire, But US Firms Gaining Ground
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Take Global To New Heights
• SEC Wins Nearly $70M In Judgments Against Financial Firms
• 2nd Circ. Clarifies Barriers To FINRA Arbitration
• SEC's Piwowar Urges Muni Disclosure Reform, Best Execution
• IRS Wrongly Labeled Loan Deal A 'Sham,' Investing Co. Says
• Cerberus Nabs $97M From Pbb To Buy German RE Loan
• Bob Evans Calls Activist Sandell's Reforms 'Short-Sighted'
• Carlyle Not Backing Down In Massive LBO Collusion Suit
• Argentina's Failure To Pay Is A Credit Event, ISDA Says
• Real Estate Investment Runner Settles SEC Charges
• Regulators Put Off Asset Manager SIFI Designations, For Now
• Ex-Evercore Banker Gets 30 Months For Insider Trading
• ValueAct Drops $336M For 16.8% Stake In Armstrong
• Spanish REIT Snaps Up $349M Hotel-Mall Complex
• Judge In Bond Row Blasts Argentina For 'Half-Truths'
• Allergan Alleges Insider Trading Between Valeant, Ackman
• Norges Pays BlackRock Fund $572M For Paris Property
• KPMG-Backed Tax Shelter Funds Can't Shake IRS Penalties
• SEC Moves Muni Disclosure Plan Deadline After Groups Balk
• Dealmakers Q&A: Richards Kibbe & Orbe's Jon Kibbe
• HFF Secures $175M In Financing For 7-Property Portfolio