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Asset Management - June, 2015

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• CalPERS Selling Up To $3B Of Real Estate In Asset Shuffle
• Beazer Homes Claims Hedge Fund Bought Too Much Stock
• Malpractice Suit Against Milbank Goes Forward In Calif.
• Tax Court Says Investor Liable For Separate Account Taxes
• Citing Tibble, 11th Circ. Revives SunTrust ERISA Suit
• Naked Shorts Suit Gives High Court Chance To Curb States
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: JDS, GoPro And NetSuite, Mitchell
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alpha Natural, Getrag, Banco Penta
• 11th Circ. Sends Paulson Investor Suit To Del. High Court
• Revolving-Door Roundup: DLA Piper, O'Melveny, Dilworth
• The Playful, Plainspoken Prose Of Justice Elena Kagan
• Justice Thomas Lets His Dissents Do The Talking
• CFTC Must Give Corzine More Details In MF Global Suit
• Tilton Loses Constitutional Challenge To SEC Admin Case
• Cenovus Sells Royalty Biz For $2.6B To Ontario Teachers' Plan
• A Fiduciary Standard For Brokerage Firms May Be Inevitable
• The 15 Biggest High Court Decisions Of The Past 15 Years
• A New Option For Restructuring Bonds?
• High Court To Hear Merrill Lynch Naked Short Selling Suit
• Boutiques Wipe The Supreme Court Floor With BigLaw Rivals
• Supreme Court Ends Term Sharply Divided
• Justices Pen More Dissents To Show Votes Aren't Political
• AOL Investors Seek Stock Appraisal After $4B Verizon Deal
• Madoff Trustee Attacks Banks' $800M Territoriality Tactic
• Three Justices Trusted With Most Controversial Opinions
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: FAO Schwarz, Ares, NRG Energy
• WP Carey Buys Bon-Ton Portfolio In $88M Sale-Leaseback
• Amphenol Offers $1.3B For Bain-Owned Connector Maker
• CFTC Proposes Cross-Border Margin Requirement Rule
• Top 15 High Court Class Action Rulings Of The Past 15 Years
• High Court Won't Hear Amedisys Shareholder Appeal
• Mack-Cali Pockets $81M For Wyndham-Leased NJ Property
• Jones Day Atty's Case Based On 'Illegal' Ch. 11: Fund Manager
• Corporate Attys Want More High Court Action After Slow Term
• Energy, Tech Dominate 2015's 10 Largest IPOs
• GE Unloads Fleet Units To Element Financial For $7B
• 4 Pieces Of Real Estate Regulation To Watch In The 2nd Half
• SEC Fines KKR $30M For Misallocating Broken Deal Expenses
• American Farmland REIT Lines Up $100M IPO
• Assessing SEC's New Reporting Requirements For Funds
• Madden Has Far-Reaching Implications For Loan Investors
• Bristol-Myers Inks 208K-SF Mass. Lease With REIT Alexandria
• SEC Enforcement Appeals Case It Lost Before In-House Judge
• Harbinger Agrees To $3.7M Settlement In Stock Deal Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, SRA International, Guardian Life
• 5 IPOs Look To Raise $677M Before Long Holiday Weekend
• Holland & Knight Steers Fibra Uno's $387M Real Estate Fund
• US Bank Decries 'Fishing Expedition' In Robosign Suit
• Judge Won't Bar SEC Admin Case Against Ex-Lehman Exec
• Dems Float Bill To End Tax 'Loophole' On Carried Interest
• SEC Sets July Compliance Date For New Pay-To-Play Ban
• Symbol Tech Can't Block Class Cert. In Investor Suit
• General Electric To Help Back $450M Aussie Wind Farm
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Egypt, Tianfang,Thor
• NY Judge Tosses REIT Accounting-Restatement Scandal Suit
• The Top 3 New Do's And Don'ts For Law Firm Websites
• A Battle In The Making: Second-Lien Vs. High-Yield Debt
• Treble Damages Compensatory In Qui Tam Suits: NM Court
• Starwood Capital Seeks SEC Pay-To-Play Waiver
• SEC's White Says Some Proxy Battles Can Be Avoided
• Radnor Exec Urges 3rd Circ. To Kill Skadden's $4M Fee Award
• Deals Rumor Mill: Valeant, Zoetis, Aetna, Total
• Wyden Bill Takes Aim At Hedge Funds Using Tax Loophole
• SEC Wants Stay Of Ga. Judge's Admin Court Injunction
• SEC's Aguilar Wants Brokers Bound To Cybersecurity Rules
• US Bank Says Citigroup Pushed Bad MBS In Renewed Suit
• Ashford Strikes $101M Deal For Minneapolis Hotels
• Equity Commonwealth Nets $376M In Sale Of Chicago Tower
• Charney Launches New $100M Suit Against American Apparel
• Colt, Creditors Achieve Detente With New $75M DIP
• Sabra Health Care REIT Drops $234M On Maryland Facilities
• Commish Urges CFTC To Finish Stalled Governance Rule
• Beware Perils In Nontraded REITs' Deal Push, Experts Say
• Aareal Bank Sells Frankfurt Office Building For $103M
• Sahara's $1.7B Sale Of Hotel Stakes Stalls Amid Investor Suit
• Salus Maintains Push To Convert RadioShack To Ch. 7
• SIC Advisors Fund To Issue $2.25B In Stock
• Cox Castle, Dechert Guide $220M Watt-Prudential Refinancing
• Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings Raises $1B In Bonds
• SEC Says Yes To Tweeting Reg A Securities Offerings
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Sam Zell, Hotel Chelsea, Wells Fargo
• 7th Circ. Upholds $25M CFTC Asset Freeze
• Key Points From The Fed's Foreign Funds Volcker Relief
• The Global Hot Spots Of 2015
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2015
• The 5 Firms That Made The Biggest Global Gains
• Ambitious Global Firms Must Have Roots In These Cities
• Judge Casts Doubt On Stillwater's $50M Real Estate Suit
• Weatherford Will Settle Investor Fraud Class Action
• US Bank Strikes $44M Deal To End Peregrine Class Action
• JPMorgan Says Ex-Broker Stole Client Info In Jump To Merrill
• SEC Brings Civil Charges In $79M Visa Investment Scheme
• XL Prevails In 11th Circ. 'Consent-To-Settle' Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Formula 1, Tunstall
• New York REIT Plans $150M Buyback, Potential Asset Sale
• Locke Lord Dials Up Miami Real Estate Talent With 2 Attys
• Billionaire Defends Sanctions Bid In $156M Stock Heir Suit
• 2nd Circ. Gives Foundry Insider Reprieve From Surrender Date
• Darden To Spin Off Property Holdings Into Public REIT
• The High Cost Of FINRA Membership For HFT Firms
• SEC Ramps Up Scrutiny On Retirement Advisers
• Colt Bondholders Object To Speedy Sale Of Gun Maker
• CVC-Led Group Picks Up Controlling Alvogen Stake
• REIT Drops $105M On Industrial Property Portfolio
• 2 Years After Windsor, SEC Addresses Same-Sex Investors
• FINRA Fines Morgan Stanley, Scottrade For Weak Security
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Norway, Blackstone, AIG
• Madoff Victim Disputes $7.4M IRS Estate Tax Bill
• Gramercy Drops Indemnity Suit Over Client's Tax Shelter
• Commercial Mortgage REIT Polishes $300M IPO Plans
• Brookfield Nets $349M In Sale Of DC Office Portfolio Stake
• High Court Won't Hear Madoff Trustee's $2B Clawback Appeal
• Fosun Pays $476M To Buy Insurer Phoenix From Delek
• Bharara's No. 2 Takes Latest Spin Through Revolving Door
• Chanos Wins $422K In Attys' Fees In Wynn Defamation Row
• MBS Trustees Reload $743B Claims Against US Bank In NY
• Forex Plaintiffs Ask To Add More Cases To Consolidated Suit
• Pauley Set To Broker Unusual Fraud Action Over GFI Merger
• Fidelity Offers $904M To Take Telecom Co. Colt Private
• UK Investment Seller Sentenced To Almost 7 Years
• Sears Investor Sues To Halt $2.5B REIT Plan
• Activist Investor Builds Stake, Pushes For ConAgra Overhaul
• AIFMD — From Reluctance To Action
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Lloyds, Teachers, Indiabulls
• Windstream Spinoff Not An Augur Of More Telecom REITs
• Why Lateral Candidacies Fail
• Gibson Dunn Denied Quick Exit In $720M Real Estate JV Row
• Philly Mayor Signs Measure OKing $325M Mall Redevelopment
• SEC Too Tough On Compliance Officers, Gallagher Says
• NFL Pension Plan Denies Allegations In Benefit Denial Row
• SEC Charges 36 Firms For Fraudulent Muni Bond Offerings
• Judge Closes Book On SAC Capital Advisors Civil Suit
• Pure Industrial Scores $98.8M Financing For FedEx Portfolio
• 2 Minority Views From The Top Of BigLaw
• Lumenis Ltd. To Be Acquired By XIO In $510M Buyout
• Labor Sec. Defends Fiduciary Standard To Wary House Panel
• PE-Backed Univar Raises IPO Terms To $735M
• Insulet Hit With Securities Suit Over Insulin Pump Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: T-Mobile, Tujia.com, EBay
• Extra Space Offers Stock To Help Fund $1.4B SmartStop Buy
• SEC Sues Interinvest For $17M Conflicted Penny Stock Buys
• NY High Court Closes Door On Host Of Crisis-Era Suits
• Yellen Says Fed's 2008 AIG Actions Were Legal
• High Court Gives Bharara More Time To Mull Newman Appeal
• Lew Says Regulations Not Cause Of Bond Market Problems
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: BlackRock, A&P, Macquarie
• 5th Circ. Provides Clarity On Ch. 15 Litigation Management
• Colt Poised For Bankruptcy Showdown With Bondholders
• Genworth Must Face Investor Suit Over Delayed IPO
• SEC Wants Latest ALJ Case Taken Away From Georgia Judge
• TH Real Estate Drops $186M On European Properties
• 11th Circ. Won't Reconsider Big Apple Consulting SEC Suit
• Blackstone Transmission Biz Puts Up $284M For Lake Cleanup
• ARC Hospitality Extends Buying Spree With $300M Hotel Deal
• Sovereign Funds Snap Up Shares In Citic's $3.5B Placement
• NII Warns Bankruptcy Plan Denial Could Doom Company
• O'Melveny Wins Bid To Arbitrate Aletheia Malpractice Claims
• NFL Players Lose Jury Trial Rights In $53M BB&T Suit
• SEC Hits Fired Athlete Investment Exec For Theft From Clients
• SEC To Appeal District Judge's Admin Court Injunction
• 2nd Circ. Jettisons BofA Investors' Mortgage Risk Suit
• Tips To Avoid Conflicts When Hiring In-House Lawyers
• Allen & Overy-Led Omers To Pay $1.7B For Enviro Consultancy
• Colt Hits Ch. 11, Says It Needs To Sell Quickly
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, Goodwin, Skadden
• Expert Testimony Restricted In $312M Refco Suit
• Merrill Lynch Blasted For High Court Bid In Short-Selling Suit
• Amedisys Urges High Court To Hear Revived Shareholder Suit
• Defunct ECOtality's Brass Hid Woes With DOE, Investors Say
• ​Alternative Lenders For Mergers Are Here To Stay
• Timbervest Joins Challenges To SEC's In-House Judges
• SEC Judge Refuses To Say Whether He Favors Agency
• NJ Securities Firm Disputes Cayman Partner's $99M IRS Bill
• Allied, Creditors Blast Yucaipa's Bid To Delay Ch. 11
• SEC Hits NY Broker Over $4.1M Share-Purchase Scheme
• SEC In-House Trial Halt A Temporary Setback At Best
• Why Law Firms Collapse
• Nixon Peabody On Hook For Ex-Partner's Fees In Lost Appeal
• Activist Elliott Seeks To Halt Samsung Unit's $600M Share Sale
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Shorenstein, Heidi Klum, Tesla
• The Atlanta Judge Who Stuck A Thorn In The SEC's Side
• Health Care-Focused Joint Venture Lands $192M For 1st Fund
• KG Urban's $650M Casino Project Makes Headway In Mass.
• Ga. Judge Who Blocked SEC Admin Suit Gets Similar Case
• Dechert Sued By Bottle Maker Over Ch. 11 Exec. Pay
• Mirae Drops $115M On Wiley Rein-Anchored DC Tower
• Honigman Guides Pebblebrook In $125M Loan Deal
• DOJ Says Ga. Judge Erred With SEC Admin Court Injunction
• NJ Hedge Fund Manager Charged With $4M Scheme
• Madoff Trustee Slams Territoriality Bid In $42M Clawback Row
• Barnes & Thornburg Ducks Legal Mal Claims In $50M Row
• NJ Casino Officials OK Icahn's Ownership Of Trump Taj Mahal
• BofA Wins Mixed Ruling For Arbitration In Rothstein Case
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: SL Green, Tishman, GIC
• Deals Rumor Mill: Digital Realty Trust, Goldman, Nemak
• New Residential REIT Prices $505M Follow-On Offering
• MSCI Indexes Exclude China Stocks Over Market Openess
• Arcapita Nets $640M In Senior-Housing Sale To NorthStar
• Recent Unitranche Issues In RadioShack Bankruptcy Case
• Tariff Compliance Not Enough For FERC In Powhatan Case
• Unions Could Take NJ Pension Battle To US Supreme Court
• Highland Wants $376M From Credit Suisse For Land Deal
• Halted SEC Case To Spark More In-House Court Challenges
• Investor Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Sino-Forest Loss Suit
• House Passes CFTC Reauthorization Bill Despite Veto Threat
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Boies Schiller, Laurene Jobs, RREEF
• Madoff Feeder's $75M Settlement OK'd Despite Objections
• Goldman Sachs Investor Sues Over 'Excessive' Director Pay
• Maples Teesdale, CMS Cameron Guide £83M Property Sales
• Spat Over San Bernardino's CalPERS Payouts To Be Appealed
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cerberus, Fiat Chrysler, Atmel
• Wyly Wants $650K Per Month For Bankruptcy Lawyers
• Statoil Inks $321M Leaseback Deal For Headquarters
• Sears REIT Seritage Launches $1.57B Rights Offering
• Forex Allegations Continue To Roll In Against Big Banks
• China Mobile Games Strikes $689M Go-Private Deal
• Agencies Issue Diversity Hiring Standards For Banks, Brokers
• 'Big Short' Adviser Blasts SEC In-House Court's Practices
• Actavis, Others Plotted To Delay Generic Namenda, Suit Says
• Qatar Fund Buys $990M Stake In HK Tycoon's Utility
• NJ High Court Allows Christie Pension Cut
• Debevoise Guides CPPIB In $12B Deal For GE Lender Antares
• Robbins, Abraham, Stull Shut Out Of $21M Leucadia Atty Fees
• Cadwalader Nabs Kirkland M&A Pro Skilled In Activist Battles
• Deals Rumor Mill: General Electric, CPPIB, Titan Outdoor
• REIT Hersha Hospitality Drops $57M On DC Hotel
• SEC To Weigh In-House Court Claims In Timbervest Appeal
• Standard Register Unsecured Creditors Can Sue Silver Point
• Florida Asset Firm Can't Shake SEC's $31M Fraud Suit
• Ex-State Street Exec Attacks SEC Penalty In 1st Circ.
• Tilton Tells SEC Judge She Was Upfront With Investors
• Stifel To Buy Barclays' US Investment Management Unit
• SEC In-House Trial Halted On Constitutional Grounds
• Sher Garner, Locke Lord Guide $417M Office Towers Deal
• NII CEO Says Co.'s Future In Doubt If Ch. 11 Plan Fizzles
• American Capital Fund Puts $85M In Senegal Wind Farm
• Dentons Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Fumbled Tax Swap
• Univar Plans For $440M IPO, $350M Private Placement
• 4 REITs Pay $173M For Stake In Reit Management & Research
• Jones Day Says Hedge Fund Chief's Suit Violates Bankruptcy
• Hedge Fund Hits Another Horizon Patent With AIA Review Bid
• Proskauer-Led ARC Hospitality Drops $351M On 26 Hotels
• Tech-Focused PE Firm Raises $283M For Buyout Fund
• Omnicare Revives Deutsche Bank Class Action: High Court
• Argentina Ordered To Shell Out $5.4B To Bond Holders
• Defendants See Achilles Heel In SEC's Admin Judge Hiring
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: BlackRock, Adidas, Carib Mall
• Lawsky Led The Way In Regulating Financial Arena
• BofA Investors Claim Omnicare Revives Mortgage Risk Suit
• REIT Snags Calif. Apartments In $118M Deal
• In Rare Victory, Texas Advisory Firm Slips SEC Admin Suit
• FINRA Relaxes Restrictions On Related Performance Info
• Seyfarth Shaw Snags Greenberg Traurig Corporate Pro For NY
• Lehman Trustee Strikes $1B Deal To End Barclays Asset Fight
• Shareholder Activism And Defense Strategies: Part 2
• 7th Circ. Greets SEC In-House Court Claim With Skepticism
• SEC Asks SEC Judge If He Is Biased Towards SEC
• NII Witness Says Ch. 11 Plan Detractors To Pocket The Most
• SEC Issues Pay-Ratio Study After Scathing Warren Letter
• Tempur-Pedic Defeats Investor Class Action In 6th Circ.
• NJ Investment Official Defends Fund Manager Fees
• Kramer Levin Lures Deals Pro From Arnold & Porter In NY
• Dems Press DOL Head On Felon Banks' Waiver Requests
• ADT Corp. Shakes Another Stock Repurchase Suit
• Arent Fox, Sidley Austin Guide Getty-United Oil $214M Deal
• Fed's Tarullo Says SIFI Tag Unlikely For Big Asset Managers
• Unified Capital Markets Not Cure-All For EU, Group Says
• Duane Morris Brings Back Corporate Law Pro In Philly
• ARC Hospitality Pays Wheelock $92.5M For 5 Marriott Hotels
• Shareholder Activism And Defense Strategies: Part 1
• SEC's Gallagher Rues Slow Market Structure Reform
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Palo Alto Networks, Gap, Monogram
• Baker Donelson Rips 'Wild Goose Chase' Discovery Bid
• Pillsbury Lands Ex-McGuireWoods Aviation Finance Atty
• NII Boss Goes To Bat For Ch. 11 Plan Amid Creditor Flak
• Wall St. Lobby Fights Fiduciary Fire With Fiduciary Fire
• Deals Rumor Mill: BASF, AstraZeneca, Synchronoss
• Longview Not Entitled To $600M Shale Judgment, Court Told
• Salus Wants To Force RadioShack To Convert To Ch. 7
• MoFo Guides HMS Income Fund In $1.5B Offering
• Bryan Cave, Fried Frank Guide $116M Brooklyn City Point Deal
• Fowler Rodriguez Continues To Grow With Miami Tax Partner
• Wendy's Serves Up $1.4B Share Repurchase Program
• 6th Circ. Hands A Landmark Victory To SOX Whistleblowers
• Brookfield Buys Center Parcs In Deal Rumored At $3.8B
• Lessons From DuPont's Proxy Contest Victory
• Madoff Trustee Cleared To Pursue Hundreds Of 'Net Winners'
• Annaly REIT Investors Lose Fight Over Management Shift
• SEC, FINRA Officials Talk Cyberbreach Enforcement
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Vornado, Tishman, Avant
• NII Bondholders Continue Attack On Ch. 11 Plan
• Honigman Opens In Chicago With Schopf & Weiss Merger
• SEC Holds SAC's Cohen Case As Feds Mull Newman Cert
• Fla. Adviser Charged With Defrauding Teachers, Officers
• Office Space-Focused REIT Eyes $1.1B IPO
• Former FINRA Honcho Joins Shulman Rogers
• LightSquared Gets Nod For $1.75B Exit Financing
• Baker & McKenzie Guides HK Brokerage On $500M Share Sale
• TravelCenters, Ex-Parent Agree To $397M Sale-Leaseback
• 5 Insights From Schneider Electric GC Peter Wexler
• 1 Year In, Massad Starts To Turn CFTC Ship Around
• Deals Rumor Mill: CPPIB, Novo Banco, Azadea
• Investment Adviser Hit With $1M Punishment In SEC Cases
• GE Puts Commercial Lending Unit Up For Sale
• Merrill Lynch To Pay SEC $11M Over Bad Short-Sale Data
• Labor Fiduciary Plan To Empower Plaintiffs Bar
• Apple Hospitality REIT Shareholder's Class Action Tossed
• 'Big Short' Adviser Takes SEC Court Gripes To 2nd Circ.
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Jones Day, Boies Schiller
• Madoff Trustee Claws Back $35M From Merkin Funds
• Key Considerations When Forming Sharia-Compliant Funds
• Intel To Buy Rival Chipmaker Altera In $16.7B Deal