Asset Management Archive » November, 2014

Asset Management - November, 2014

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• Ackman Says Allergan Sale May Net $6B For Pershing Square
• Caesars Unit Pledges Tort Stake To Junior Bondholders
• RE Rumor Mill: Jamestown, Blackstone, Emmes Asset Mgmt
• Goldman Reaps $78M In Sale Of Tampa Wells Fargo Center
• SEC Will Hear SAC Trader Steinberg's Appeal Of Industry Ban
• Fund Dropped From Suit Over $3.5B Petters Ponzi Scheme
• Are You Ready For Florida's New LLC Law?
• Bond Buyers Won't Copy Argentina Holdouts, S&P Says
• Momentive Wants $9M In Bondholder Atty Fees Canceled
• Top Caesars Creditors Allege 'Brazen' Asset-Stripping
• Market Rumors: GlaxoSmithKline, Keppel, Jasmine Broadband
• What Municipal Bond Investors Can Learn From Detroit
• Griffin Capital, Signature REITs To Merge Into $3B Company
• ADT Wants Investor Stock Inflation Claims Booted
• Ivanhoe Cambridge, Callahan Drop $280M On Seattle Buildings
• Vornado Drops $142M On Long Island City Office Building
• Remembering Doar: Justice As A 4-Letter Word
• Falcone Steps Down As Harbinger Group's CEO, Chairman
• NII Floats Ch. 11 Deal With Aurelius-Led Bondholders
• MF Global Execs Seek To Tap $7.5M More In E&O Coverage
• Fla. Arbitration Dispute Bounced Back To State Court
• Hedge Fund Calls For Vote On Yanzhou's $2.3B Yancoal Deal
• SEC Wants MRI, Owner To Pay $585M For Ponzi Scheme
• Fairfield Tries To Preserve Challenge Of $230M Madoff Sale
• Polar Star Realty Eyes $500M IPO After Mega-REIT Debut
• Lowenstein Nabs DOJ Antitrust Vet To Beef Up DC Office
• Abbott Settles $3.4M Pension Row With Trucking Co.
• CVR, Icahn Fight Wachtell Bid To Upend Malpractice Row
• Momentive Creditors Slam Mootness Claims In Ch. 11 Appeal
• Top Caesars Noteholders Cry Default On Asset Sales
• FINRA Fines Citigroup $15M For Analyst Supervision Failures
• Real Estate Investing Goes High-Tech With Crowdfunding
• 'Tis The Season … For Data Breaches And Data Analytics
• Kelso, Estancia Pick Up American Beacon From TPG, Pharos
• Judge Accepts Credit Suisse $2.6B Tax Evasion Plea Deal
• SEC Grows Global Whistleblower Empire As Bounties Boom
• REIT Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Pays $79M For West LA Hotel
• Differentiate Your Litigation Practice With Data Security
• Do Lawyers Enjoy Immunity In Drafting Orders For Judges?
• Rakoff Continues Crusade Against SEC Admin Courts
• Starwood Sheds Australian Hotel For $399M
• Blackstone Drops $1.6B To Buy GE's Japan RE Business
• Exxon Retirees Win $4M For Financial Co.'s Mismanagement
• Valeant Unveils $2B Buyback Plan After Failed Allergan Deal
• CFTC Commissioner Slams Finance Regulation 'Explosion'
• Wedbush Pays $2.4M To Settle SEC's Market Access Case
• Enbridge Fund Issues $955M In Debt To Back Pipeline Deal
• SEC Shakes Would-Be Dark Pool Marketplace's Suit, For Now
• DiamondRock Pays $149M For Florida Westin Resort
• RE Rumor Mill: Ivanhoe, Land & Houses, Verizon
• CPPIB, Goodman Commit Another $500M To China RE Venture
• BGC Extends $675M Hostile Bid For Brokerage Servicer GFI
• Land Securities Makes £85M Stake Buy In London Offices
• Apache Sheds $1.4B In Assets After Activist Pushes Slimdown
• The Print Room: How To Spend Less And Get More
• Caesars Reveals Plan To Turn Largest Unit Into REIT
• SEC Will Struggle To Extend New Glitch Rules To Brokers
• Marion Lender Wants 'Bad-Faith' Ch. 11 Dismissed
• DC Circ. Urged To Revive Challenges To Dodd-Frank, CFPB
• Madoff Trustee Told To Tweak Mass Repleading Bid
• Allergan Deal Clouds Rightful Activist Role In Hostile M&A
• UK REIT Arm Scores Deal To Manage 22 IHG Hotels
• Canadian Securities Regulators Wary Of US Order Routing
• Goodwin Procter Leads Paramount In Largest-Ever REIT IPO
• 9th Circ. Limits Twombly, Iqbal Pleading Standards
• Dangers Lurk For Investors In Health Care Turnarounds
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Tax Shelter Fraud Suit Against NatWest
• TIAA-CREF Picks Up 2 Midtown Manhattan Properties
• Unified SEC Adopts Trading-Tech Glitch Regulations
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms
• Madoff Fund Reaches $95M Settlement With Picard
• Gibson Dunn, Szenberg Guide $85M NY Real Estate Financing
• 3 Tips On Forming An SEC-Compliant Private Equity Fund
• McDermott Tries To Cut Scrapbooker's Malpractice Suit
• Midtown Manhattan Office Attracts 2 Law Firm Leases
• Madoff Trustee, Investor Fight To Halt Class Actions
• Dentons Reps Strategic Hotels In $140M Four Seasons Buy
• Abbott Labs Wants Trucking Co. Atty DQ'd In Contract Row
• $2.25B Deal Struck For Blackstone-Owned Manhattan Tower
• Zoetis Launches $500M Share Buyback As Activists Circle
• Actavis Reveals Allergan Breakup Fee, Board Picks
• China, Hedge Fund Ink Deal For $1B Mongolian Coal Plant
• Exhilway Asia Ventures Plans IPO Valued At $2.5B In 2015
• Dewey Partner Clawback Ruling May Hurt New York Law Firms
• Scalia's Deference Argument Could Have Dramatic Effects
• Manatt Beats Investors' Negligence Claims In $200M Ponzi Row
• EDMC Lenders Say Grudge Brought Restructuring To A Halt
• Sandell Presses TransCanada To Spin Off Energy Biz
• DOL To Mull Credit Suisse Pension Biz Fate After $2.6B Plea
• Ex-SAC Trader Martoma Ordered To Begin 9-Year Sentence
• Lennar, Macerich To Add Mall To Candlestick Project In SF
• FINRA, MSRB Unveil Plans To Boost Bond Price Transparency
• 5 Must-Know Facts About Allergan's $66B Actavis Tie-Up
• Madoff Investors To Get Nearly $500M In Feeder Fund Deal
• 5 Tips For Surviving An SEC Presence Exam
• FINRA Pitches Pay-To-Play Rule After SEC Courtroom Win
• Tax Shelters Had No Biz Purpose, Can't Deduct Losses: US
• SAC's Cohen To Face Wide-Ranging Deposition In Divorce Suit
• REIT DiamondRock Sells LA Marriott For $160M
• Ex-DBSI Prez Faces SEC Admin Suit Over Ponzi Scheme
• FINRA Eyes High-Speed Trader Surveillance With New Rules
• Allergan Finds White Knight In $66B Actavis Takeover
• SEC Wants $602M SAC Settlement To Go To Victims
• Valeant Disclosures Approved In Allergan Inside Trading Row
• Convicted Goldman Director Appeals 2 Cases To High Court
• Falcone Won't Give Up On LightSquared Equity Play
• Canyon Capital Picks Up 2 Chicago Apartment Complexes
• 2nd Circ. Says Pension Fund Claims Unavailable Under ERISA
• Stockton Holdout Wants Ch. 9 Plan Stopped During Appeal
• PE Funds Embrace Direct Lending As Debt Demand Soars
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Cravath, Cadwalader
• Cash-Strapped CFTC Faces Troubled Return To Admin Court
• Investors Seek Final OK For $590M PE Collusion Settlement
• As SEC Scrutiny Heats Up, PE Attorneys Get Serious
• DC Circ. Says SEC Can Withhold FINRA Arbitration Docs
• Japanese REIT Arm Snaps Up $229M Office, Retail Portfolio
• President Of Dallas Fed To Step Down In March
• Orthotic Co. Faces Stock Drop Suit Over Medicare Audits
• Goldman Foe Wants Review Of Order Trimming RMBS Suit
• CalPERS Plans To Add $4B In Infrastructure Assets
• FINRA Launches Equity Market Reform Push With 3 Proposals
• Pension Funds Seek Cert. In Suit Over MGM Complex Costs
• Allergan Slams Proposed Disclosures In Insider Trading Suit
• CFTC Sanctions Futures Merchant For Supervision Violation
• Darden Will Scrap Poison Pill 6 Months Ahead Of Schedule
• Ex-Barclays Rep Avoids Industry Ban For 'Parking' Scheme
• Questcor Securities Class Clinches Certification
• Derivative Suit Faults Allergan Board For Rejecting Valeant Bid
• SEC Schedules Vote On Rules Targeting Trading-Tech Glitches
• Berkshire To Buy Duracell With $4.7B In Owner's Equity
• CLOs: Fight Fraud With Better Analytics
• Martoma And Litvak: Prison Can Wait ... Sometimes
• 9th Circ. Nixes Investor Challenge To Mortgages Ltd. Payouts
• $4B Forex Fines Are Just The Beginning For Banks
• O'Melveny Hit With $14M Legal Mal Suit By Investing Co.
• CFTC's Paltry Budget Spurs Quick End To Forex Probe
• Chinese Hotelier To Buy Starwood-Owned Group Du Louvre
• RE Rumor Mill: Deutsche Bank, Invesco, Laxmi Management
• SEC Says Social Media-Hyped Investment Offer Was A Fraud
• FGIC Could Go After Banks Under $1B Detroit Debt Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Clear Channel, Etihad, Pershing Square
• Pebblebrook Pays $59M For Westin-Branded Miami Hotel
• Ardian To Ride Co-Investment Game Plan Amid Success
• Momentive Says Appeals Of Ch. 11 Plan Now Moot
• The Meaningful Return Of Shareholder Access
• Ex-SAC Trader Martoma Denied Bail In 2nd Circ.
• CFTC Commissioner To Float Alternative Swaps Trading Regs
• Realty Mogul GC Says Crowdfunding Is 'Starting To Snowball'
• Cheniere Secures $2.5B For Corpus Christi LNG Project
• Allergan Amends Bylaws Ahead Of Potential Proxy Fight
• 6 Banks To Pay $4B To Settle Forex Manipulation Charges
• Del. High Court Vets Timing Of RBC's Rural/Metro Appeal
• Argentina Creditor Can't Keep Lawyer From Leaving US
• $3.7B Petters' Ponzi Suit Against JPMorgan Stays Federal
• State Street Consultant Campaign Donations Investigated
• RE Rumor Mill: Colony Capital, IPsoft, Jenel Management
• FINRA's Ketchum Sells Risk Data Plan As A Fraud-Fighter
• Investor Slams 'Cumbersome' PE Collusion Settlement
• Lowenstein Nabs Ex-Proskauer Employee Benefits, PE Pro
• SEC's White Eyes New Executive Compensation Rules
• Allianz, Hammerson Pay $388M For French Shopping Center
• Jefferies Drug Testing Plan Poses Big Risks For Copycats
• Scalia, Thomas Seek Case Challenging SEC Power
• Tax Legislative Outlook For The Lame-Duck Session
• SHV Lifts Nutreco Bid To €3B To Fend Off Rival Cargill
• Jury Finds NM Businessman Liable In $35M SEC Suit
• Argentina Faces $4.7B In Claims In New Bond Suits
• Regulators Slam Banks On Weak Leveraged Lending Practices
• Ex-Moore Capital Trader Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• SEC Critics Appeal To Agency Pride In In-House Court Spat
• Principal Pays $335M To Pick Up AXA's Hong Kong Pension Biz
• Ceresney Rebuts Rakoff's Critique Of SEC Admin. Actions
• CFTC Plans More Administrative Actions, Criminal Crackdowns
• Paramount Group Sets Terms For Mega $2.3B REIT IPO
• EU Court OKs Spanish Foreign Acquisition Tax Breaks
• Wealthy Individuals Are Growing Source Of Cash For PE
• Clinical Development Co. INC Research Raises $150M In IPO
• Ackman Says Valeant Can Pay Max Bid For Allergan
• Allergan Decision May Chill Bidder-Activist Partnerships
• Sears Considers Forming REIT In Quest For Liquidity
• BofA Sets Aside $400M Amid Forex Investigations
• AIB Hit With Chancery Suit Over Bulgarian Bank Deal
• CFTC Obtains Record $3.3B In Sanctions In 2014
• DLA Piper Hires Cross-Border Finance Pro In Minneapolis
• Brookfield Buys €1.3B Stake In French Telecom Co. TDF
• Leucadia To Pay $70M To End Jefferies Investor Suits
• Texas Court Rebuffs Investor Suit Over Busted Highland Fund
• Allergan Confirms Deal Talks With Potential New Suitor
• Chinese Co. Offers $780M For Singapore Microchip Packager
• Babcock Spins Off Generation Biz Amid Activist Pressure
• K12 Ducks Investor Class Action Over 38% Stock Drop
• TPG-Led Group Closes Scrutinized $1B Buy Of RE Firm DTZ
• RE Rumor Mill: KSL, BlackRock, Carnegie House
• Pension Fund Wants Software Co. $108M IPO Row Remanded
• 5 Ways To Uncover Bias During Jury Selection
• ECB's Stress Test Will Boost European Distressed Market
• Broker Pleads Guilty After SEC BigLaw Tipster Case
• NML Wants Ex-Official Kept In US In Argentine Debt Fight
• Attys Win $48M Fees For RBS-Pension Fund MBS Settlement
• UBS Adviser, Clients Arrested After Israeli Tax Probe
• CFTC Sitting On Mountain Of Unspent Whistleblower Cash
• Wells Fargo, Goldman Pare Litigation Loss Estimates
• How Senate Without Filibuster-Proof Majority Avoids Gridlock
• WG Trading Exec Won't Pull Guilty Plea For $554M Fraud
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Lawrence Sucharow
• Gov't Stands By Faegre Atty In Petters Ponzi Plea Deal Row
• Aviv REIT Pays $305M For GE Senior Care Portfolio
• In Allergan Insider Trade Ruling, Questions Upstage Answers
• Ex-NIR Analyst Avoids Prison As Judge Presses For Recovery
• Attorneys Seek CLO Workaround To New Risk Retention Rule
• A Win For Large Stockholders — And Their 'Side Benefits'
• RE Rumor Mill: Orion, Blackstone, Hyatt And Polsinelli
• Rakoff Blasts SEC's Growing Reliance On In-House Court
• Motorola To Repurchase $750M In Shares From ValueAct
• A New Distressed Claims Trading Landscape In Germany
• Republican Win Opens Door To Dodd-Frank Rewrites
• Ex-SAC Trader Stays Free Amid 2nd Circ. Emergency Bail Bid
• MetLife Hires Gibson Dunn Lawyer In SIFI Challenge
• Deals Rumor Mill: PSP Investments, Americana Group, Eni SpA
• DOL Says Steel Cos.' Plan Overseers Caused $7M Loss
• State Regulators Begin Probing Crowdfunding Schemes
• Charles Schwab Consultants' $4M OT Deal Gets Green Light
• 5th Circ. Nixes Review Of Nuance Arbitration Award Remand
• Brach Eichler Opens Palm Beach, Fla., Office
• $200M Attys' Fee Bid Draws Objection In LBO Collusion Case
• 2nd Circ. Cracks Door After Foreign Madoff Fund Sale Ruling
• Royal DSM To Unload 3 Biz Units Amid Investor Pressure
• $140M Suit Over Collapsed RBC Fund Gets Shut Down
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Acadia, Sumitomo
• GFI Board Rejects $675M Hostile Bid In Favor Of CME Deal
• Exchanges Say SEC OK'd Their Part In High-Frequency Trading
• Ackman Can Vote Allergan Shares Amid Insider Trading Flap
• Argentina Appeals Contempt Finding For Debt Bypass Plan
• What Transactional Lawyers Can Learn From Novelists
• Ergen Deal Could Be LightSquared's Ticket Out Of Ch. 11
• HSBC Sets Aside $378M For UK Forex Deal
• Omnicare Clings To Narrow Liability In Supreme Court Args
• Ex-UBS Exec Found Not Guilty In Tax Evasion Trial
• Goldman, Others Shell Out $205M For Utah Mall
• $700M Deal Axed After American Realty REIT Accounting Flap
• Expansion-Minded Virgin America Sets Terms For $368M IPO
• REIT HCP Loans $630M For UK Health Care RE Acquisition
• Freddie Mac Dodges Investor Suit Over Subprime Exposure
• UBS Says Madoff Trustee Seeks Again To Erode Confidentiality
• Allergan Says New Suitor Approached It About A Deal
• Cheaper, Stronger IPOs Still Elusive After JOBS Act
• Marion Energy Turns To Ch. 11 To Avoid Receivership