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Asset Management - October, 2015

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• Wachtell Says CVR Undercut Own Bid To Save Malpractice Suit
• Here's How 22 Firms Connect To The Top 11 REIT Deals
• Bridgepoint To Pay $15.5M To Resolve Shareholder Suit
• Simpson Thacher, JPMorgan Ditch Suits Over $1.5B GM Loan
• Crowdfunding May Struggle Under New SEC Rules
• SEC 'Victim' Mark Cuban Can Join ALJ Fight, 11th Circ. Says
• JPMorgan Fights To Keep $8.6B Lehman Suit In Federal Court
• Argentina, Cleary Say Hedge Funds Want Privileged Docs
• SIFMA Backs Nomura, RBS On $806M Appeal At 2nd Circ.
• Fed's Plan To End Too Big To Fail Needs Vigilance To Work
• Newman Makes Bharara's October A Month To Forget
• FINRA Says Top Job Will Turn Over Next Year
• Ex-Intel Worker Cries Foul Over Retirement Plan Investments
• Fed Would Require Long-Term Debt In Bank Bail-In Proposal
• Split SEC Finalizes Crowdfunding Rules
• Mass. Adviser Admits Hawking Sham Facebook, Twitter Stock
• Dodd-Frank 2.0 — The Clinton Plan For Financial Regulation
• Adams & Reese, Others Settle Stanford Ponzi Scheme Suits
• F-Squared Ch. 11 Plan Docs Show $2B In Lodged Claims
• Real Estate Rumors: Broadcom, Fairfield, Paramount
• MoFo Aids Aetos Capital In $1.3B Sale Of Simplex
• Quiksilver's $175M Ch. 11 Financing Gets Final Approval
• New OECD Principles Aim To Boost Asia's Capital Markets
• 5 Do's & Don'ts For Crafting M&A Deals In Hot REIT Market
• Brookfield Sells Stake In $8.6B NYC Project To Qatari Co.
• Kirkland Dodges DQ Bid By Caesars' Creditors, For Now
• Wealth Management For Attorneys
• 5 Keys For Attys Navigating The New Crowdfunding Rules
• 5 Ways Your Ego Is Killing Your Career
• Barclays Investors Say 'Dark Pool' Probe Docs Off Limits
• Activist Elliott Turns Attention To Struggling Cabela's
• Fund Founder Can't Nix $4.2M Judgment Over Alleged Scam
• Real Estate Rumors: NY Mets Co-Owners, Darden, Klein Group
• Keppel DC REIT Drops $92M On Germany Data Center
• Legacy Capital Wants $213M Madoff Clawback Suit Gutted
• Canadian Market Watchdog Proposes Whistleblower Bounties
• Lessons From SEC's Latest Private Fund Fee Disclosure Action
• Kramer Levin Adds Ex-Dechert Investment Fund Partner In NY
• Ex-Rabobank Boss Grilled On Messages Seeking Libor Fixes
• Booming Market For REIT Deals Still Has Room To Run
• SEC To Keep Close Watch For JOBS Act Problems, Chair Says
• Xenia Hotels Sells Southern California Hyatt For $137M
• Goldman Sachs Reaches $50M Settlement Over NY Fed Leak
• 2nd Circ. Doubts SAC Trader's Conviction In Newman's Wake
• Hong Kong's Link REIT Sells 5 Properties For $222M
• CICC To Probe HK Workers' Client Account Trades Amid IPO
• SEC May Hear Jeers As Final Crowdfunding Rules Debut
• IRS Set For Easier Partnership Audits Under Budget Deal
• House OKs Bill To Delay Contentious DOL Fiduciary Standard
• Kyle Bass Group Gets PTAB To Review 2 Celgene Patents
• Pimco Founder Can't Slip Suit Over Son's Shuttered Co.
• Accused Rabobank Fraudster Denies Rigging Libor
• IRS Says Court Can't Force It To Give Swiss Co. $38M Refund
• Pro Bono: The New Associate's Compass To Success
• Real Estate Rumors: KKR, Wells Fargo, Carlyle
• PayPal Founder Leads $27M Bond Trading Startup Fundraise
• 5 Firms Pay $18M To FINRA For Overcharging Funds
• Ares, Kayne Anderson Nix $2.55B Deal Amid Energy Volatility
• Canadian Fund Nabs $350M Stake In US Property Portfolio
• Trader Says SEC Can't Flip Insider Trading In-House Loss
• Mass. Says Fidelity Allowed Unregistered Advisers To Trade
• TICC Must Delay Vote On Benefit Street Deal, Judge Rules
• IRS Offshore Income Program Rules Are Unfair, Suit Says
• Adviser Who 'Verified' Ponzi Investments Gets 30 Months
• SEC Fines Rating Agency $5.8M Over Slack RMBS Reviews
• Kyle Bass-Backed Group Gets PTAB To Review Gattex Patent
• Goldman To Face $50M Fine Over NY Fed Leak
• Olshan Nabs Commercial Litigation Atty From Morgan Lewis
• NYSE Parent Co. Pays $5.2B To Nab Interactive Data Corp.
• MF Global Investors Ask High Court To Review PwC Defense
• VirnetX Asks PTAB To Reconsider Security Patents Review
• UK Bans Ex-Hedge Fund Titan From Finance Industry
• Refresh Or Rebuild? Website Strategies For Big Law
• Ex-Rabobank Traders Lose Midtrial Bid To Toss Libor Case
• SEC Picks Up The Pace On Financial Reporting Fraud Efforts
• Bharara Wins A PR Victory After Bruising Newman Loss
• Lawmakers Say Other Agencies May Be Treading On SEC Turf
• Prevezon's Assets Will Stay Frozen In $230M Tax Fraud Case
• Naspers Adds $1.2B To Stake In Classifieds Site Avito
• Barclays Says Investors Won't Detail 'Dark Pool' Probe
• Hedge Fund Operator Inks $46M Deal In Madoff Clawback Suit
• Argentina Violated Agreement On $234M In Bonds
• Griffin Capital GC Sees Quest For Top Properties Driving JVs
• Xenia Hotels Snags $300M Loans As It Looks To Close Deals
• Broker Settles With SEC Over Alleged Simpson Thacher Tips
• 5 Firms Steer $1.9B Starwood-Milestone Deal For Apt. REIT
• Ex-Rabobank Traders Plan To Testify In Libor-Rigging Case
• Bill Aims To Cut In-House Proceedings For SEC Violations
• UK Watchdog Knocks Good Times-Bad Times Regulation
• Caesars Creditors Fight To Limit Kirkland's Role
• SEC Watchdog Finds Flaws In Fund Distribution Process
• Bharara Drops Steinberg Insider Trading Case After Newman
• SEC Enforcement Surged To Record High In Fiscal Year 2015
• IRS Tackles Concerns Over Hedge Fund Tax Strategy
• Why More Businesses Are Considering The B Corp. Model
• SEC's Insider Trading Suit Against Newman Draws To Close
• Halliburton Says Investors Have Enough Asbestos Atty Docs
• Fresh Faces At SEC Won't Mask Political Strife
• Athilon Beats Quadrant Claims Over Note Repurchase
• Caesars Nabs More Time To Proffer Ch. 11 Plan
• CFTC's Massad Says Automated Trading Rules Coming Soon
• Oil And Gas Ponzi Schemers Owe $35M To SEC, Judge Says
• Chancery Says $6.9B Deal Price Was Fair In BMC Appraisal
• Perella Weinberg Says Ex-Partners Stole Entire Group
• Deals Rumor Mill: Parques Reunidos, National Food, Barclays
• Judge Got US-UK Tax Treaty Wrong, Lehman Tells 2nd Circ.
• Rakoff Limits Cross-Examination In Libor Fraud Trial
• 2 PE Firms Will Drop $4.5B To Take SolarWinds Private
• US Trustee Balks At Proposed FGMK Hire In Quantum Ch. 11
• Slimmer $98B Petrobras Investor Dispute Forges Ahead
• SL Green Selling 2 Manhattan Properties For $649 Million
• A Warning To Noncompliant Taxpayers With Offshore Holdings
• Cybersecurity Will Begin Affecting Credit Ratings
• 4 Reasons To Use Electronic Deposition Exhibits
• Goldman Investors Urge 2nd Circ. To Deny Abacus Appeal
• Rabobank Traders Attack Gov't Witness In Libor Fraud Trial
• 3 Takeaways From Blackstone, Ivanhoe's Stuy Town Deal
• Obama Taps Law Pro And Ex-Senate Aide To Join SEC
• Thor Equities Scores $90M From TPG For Brooklyn Buy
• Estate Of Ex-Bank CEO To Pay $11M In TARP Fraud Settlement
• Sidley Austin Reps Wells Fargo On $350M Loan To REIT
• FINRA Fines 12 Firms $6.7M For Failing To Apply Discounts
• PTAB Denies Another Kyle Bass Petition For Drug Review
• Real Estate Rumors: Starwood Capital, Ares, Extell
• SEC Chair Calls For Treasury Market Rule Gaps To Be Filled
• Caesars Wants 7th Circ. To Save It From Creditor Suits
• Blackstone, Ivanhoe Seal Deal For Beleaguered Stuy Town
• Coding Errors Increasingly Lead To Regulatory Sanctions
• Embattled Hedge Fund Manager Files For Ch. 11
• CFTC Hits Chicago Trader With Spoofing Suit
• MF Global Execs Ask For E&O Coverage Extension
• SIFMA Throws Support Behind Senate Cybersecurity Bill
• SEC Private Fund Study May Slow Regulatory Creep
• TCW Loses Bid To Gut Hedge Funds' $128M MBS Suit
• Hedge Funds Blast Argentina, Cleary Over Stalled Discovery
• Biogen Attacks Bass Group's AIA Review Bid For MS Drug
• UBS Firms To Pay $17.5M Over Investment Strategy Switch
• SEC Sues Fund Manager For Diverting $2.8M To Failing Fund
• Swiss Insurer Says IRS' Bid To Toss $38M Suit Is Repetitive
• Fund Manager Can't Dodge SEC Asset Freeze In Hacking Case
• Investors To Appeal Dismissal Of Quiznos Restructuring Suit
• Barclays, Wachovia Exit Credit Union MBS Row For $378M
• Auditor Looks To Sink Funds' $75M Malpractice Suit
• GFH Capital Strikes $125M US Industrial Property Deal
• Vornado Inks $200M Deal To Sell NYSE Tower Lease
• Real Estate PE Firm To Pay $1.9B For Campus Crest
• Real Estate Rumors: Stuyvesant, Silverstein, Kushner
• A New Antitrust Risk For Investment Firms
• OPINION: The Bitter Pill Of Competition Within Large Law
• Last OppenheimerFunds Junk Bond Class Wins Cert.
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Pension Fund's 'London Whale' Claims
• New Orleans Reaches $75M Deal Over Firefighters' Pension
• SEC Gets $25M Ruling In Unregistered Securities Case
• SEC Investor Advocate Argues Against NYSE Rule Change
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Simpson, Kirkland
• CFTC Enforcement Chief Bemoans Lack Of In-House Judges
• Yum Brands Adds Hedge Fund Activist To Board
• SEC Concedes Defeat In Newman Insider Trading Civil Suit
• China's 'Bad Loan' Bank Eyes $2.5B IPO
• Caesars Exec's Testimony Caps Off Forced-Bankruptcy Trial
• 3 Proxy Advisers Urge TICC Holders To Veto Co.'s Proposal
• SEC Head Says 'Cracks' Found In Funds' Fiduciary Duty
• Hunton, Bass Berry Guide REIT Bluerock's $60M Offering
• Deutsche Bank Investors Try MBS Suit Again Under Omnicare
• A Brief History Of SEC Enforcement Actions Against Directors
• SEC Accuses Hedge Fund Exec Of Defrauding Investors
• Bankruptcy Judge Nixes Fund's Buy Of $230M Madoff Claim
• Investor Who Hid Computer In Pillsbury Ceiling Convicted
• Yodlee Investors Challenge $660M Merger With Envestnet
• Motley Rice To Lead ITG Investor Suit Over $20M Fine
• SEC Enforcement Chief Says 'Broken Windows' Is Working
• Rajaratnam's Brother Sues For $13.5M In Unpaid Commissions
• Quiksilver Gets Nod On $175M Oaktree DIP If Sale On Radar
• SEC Commish Urges Review Of Trading Rules After ETF Flop
• FINRA Looks To Protect Vulnerable Investors With New Rules
• Ex-Atty Gets 6 Years For Defrauding Poor Nation Out Of $3.5M
• Tax Court Hands Older Donors New Estate Planning Tool
• Metadata 101 For Lawyers: A 2-Minute Primer
• NJ Retirement Savings Bill Criticized As Redundant
• Real Estate Rumors: Thor Equities, Nicola, TIAA-CREF
• Aussie Antitrust Agency Questions Brookfield's Asciano Bid
• $407B Invested Globally In Commercial Real Estate In 1st Half
• Tesco Unloads 14 UK Development Sites For $386M
• Asset Management Industry Regulation Remains In Flux
• E&Y's Negligence Led To $128M Madoff Loss, Jury Told
• Fifth Street Inflated Assets For IPO, Shareholder Suit Says
• MF Global Investors Get Class Cert. In Collapse Case
• Quiksilver Urges Court To Reject Alternative Ch. 11 Financing
• Small-Biz Group Rallies Behind SEC's Regulation A+
• Lehman Seeks Billions In Allegedly Lost Swap Payments
• NJ High Court Snubs Domestic Partner Inheritance Tax Case
• Newman, Chiasson Say High Court Pass Should End SEC Suit
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Case It Lost Track Of For 5 Years
• SEC Warns 11th Circ. Against Making Split On In-House Court
• Real Estate Rumors: BlackRock, Beacon Capital, Clarion
• JP Morgan, 5 Others To Pay $2.5M For Stock Sale Violations
• Recent Reflections Of Heightened Class Ascertainability
• 4 Ways Companies Can Brace For An Activist Campaign
• Investcorp Bags $400M US Residential Portfolio
• German Real Estate Co. Vonovia Offers $16B For Rival
• Parsing The New Regulated Investment Company Regulations
• Activist Says Shutterfly 'Inaction' Could Ignite Proxy Battle
• Women Suing Goldman Say Ex-Worker Can Seek Bias Ban
• High Court Denies Hollister Ex-Beneficiaries' ERISA Appeal
• Newman's Domino Effect: 12 Cases On Edge After Cert. Denial
• Quiksilver Creditors Fight Oaktree Financing Proposal
• Molycorp Creditors Seek Oaktree Docs Over $260M Loans
• Real Estate Rumors: Signature Bank, Viking Partners, A&E
• Calif. Pension Funds Pushed To Disclose Private Equity Fees
• Mayer Brown Guides Waterton-Park Madison $511M Fund
• Hellman & Friedman Inks Deal For Edelman Financial
• GE Capital Sells $30 Billion Loan Portfolio To Wells Fargo
• Caesars Setback In Creditor Suits Throws Wrench Into Ch. 11
• Ex-CEO Challenging SEC Court Asks 7th Circ. For Rehearing
• SEC Offers To Remove Industry Bans After DC Circ. Ruling
• 10 Ways To Become A 360-Degree Lawyer
• Dechert Snags Ex-K&L Gates Partner For DC Office
• Calif. Law Requires Public Pensions To Divest Coal Stakes
• American Apparel Lender Thinks Ex-CEO Might Disrupt Ch. 11
• Warner/Chappell Sues Over 'Porgy And Bess' World Rights
• Delaware Affirms The Power Of A Stockholder Majority
• White's Cravath Ties DQ Her From Picking Official, Groups Say
• TV Pioneer's Marital Trustees Must Pay $19.4M Estate Taxes
• FINRA Allowed To Share Over-The-Counter Securities Data
• CalSTRS Can't Intervene In Yen Libor-Fixing Class Action
• LSE To Shed Russell Investments In $1.15B Sale To PE Firms
• SEC Takes $1M Bite Out Of Wolverine For Alleged Info Sharing
• Hedge Fund Group Gets Review Of Bowel Disease Drug Patent
• NJ Judge Sinks Challenge To Pension Cuts
• Clinton Pledges To Undo Insider Trading Decision
• Pimco Founder Ordered To Deposition In Tiff Over Son's Co.
• Yieldco Bubble Set To Pop For Clean Energy Cos.
• Investors Ramping Up India Real Estate Buys Despite Hurdles
• Caesars Can't Halt Creditor Suits Against Parent Company
• 'Bond King' Bill Gross Sues Pimco Over His Ouster
• Nixon Peabody, CWL Partners Join Forces In Hong Kong
• A New Critique Of Ch. 11 Reform Carries Serious Weight
• Bharara Says He Wasn't Surprised By Newman Cert. Denial
• Hedge Fund Gets PTAB To Eye VirnetX Patents In Apple Case
• 11th Circ. Won't Lift Order Blocking SEC In-House Suit
• 8th Circ. Leaves Intact NJ Fraud Claims Against Broker
• Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Settles SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Tesco Hit With Securities Suit Over $500M Overstatement
• Clear Contractual Terms Beat Equitable Principles — Again
• Former SEC Director Rejoins WilmerHale In NY
• FINRA Bans Firm, CEO Over Cancer Drug Kickback Scheme
• TPG Raises $2B For Real Estate Fund
• Newman Denial Clears Way For IBM Insider Trading Trial
• Anderson Kill Fights Ex-Client's $30M Employee Insurance Suit
• Ex-JPMorgan Execs Near Deal With SEC In Pay-To-Play Suit
• 15 Lines That Capture The Newman Case, From Start To End
• Critics Fear TPP Sets Stage For Weakened Financial Regs
• SEC Enforcement Appeals Insider Trading In-House Loss
• Eden Rock Fraud Claims Over $150M Capstone Deals Revived
• UBS Hit With Fraud Suit Over $500M Chinese Investment
• REIT Tanger Sells 5 Factory Outlets For $151M
• Judge OKs Clawback For Estate Of Convicted Ex-Detroit Atty
• Lending Startup ZestFinance Raises $150M From Fortress
• Relativity Gets Green Light For $125M Sale Of TV Business
• UK Banks And Insurers Face New Whistleblower Rules
• Swiss Asset Firm, DOJ Reach Deal Over Tax Evasion Charges
• Nontraditional Lenders Rush In Where Banks Retreat
• Petrobras Insists $98B Kickbacks Suit Lacks Jurisdiction
• Prudential Provides $197M Loan For UK Student Housing
• Cayman Eviscerates Liquidation Option For Fund Investors
• 5 Things Clients Never Tell Their Lawyers
• Lynn Tilton, Patriarch Partners Sued Over Investor Losses
• CORRECTED: SEC Fines Ocwen-Linked Loan Servicer $1.5M
• CFTC Lands $3.8M Win In Commodity Pool Fraud Suit
• Feds To Rethink Insider Trading Strategy After Newman Snub
• Scottrade Hit With 1st Data Breach Suit
• Trial Fires Up Over Dueling Caesars Bankruptcies
• Lawyers Weigh In On Supreme Court's Newman Rejection
• New MetLife Debt Fund Lends $86M To Cypress For Minn. Mall
• Swiss Banker Who Testified Against UBS Exec Avoids Prison
• Schwab's Libor Claims Get No Supreme Court Traction
• BNY Mellon Can't Dodge RMBS Suit Over Loan Docs
• High Court Knocks Down Madoff Victims' Appeal
• SL Green Sells Stake In $115M NYC Building
• Del. High Court Affirms Chancery Nixing $2.6B KKR Deal Suit
• NY Grants License To Winklevoss-Backed Bitcoin Firm
• Law Trio Guides REIT's $325M Financing For NYC Tower
• Justices Snub Chesapeake Investor's Appeal In Fraud Suit
• Activist Investor Fund Trian Unveils $2.5B Stake In GE
• DLA Piper Guides Brookfield Logistics In Warehouses Buy
• Real Estate Rumors: Twitter, Ohio STRS, Alcon
• High Court Denies Schwab Appeal In Crisis-Era Class Action
• Supreme Court Rejects Newman Insider Trading Appeal
• SEC Judge Says Ex-Assisted Living CEO Owes $4.2M For Fraud
• Wells Fargo Ordered To Pay $17.8M Over Mismanaged Trusts
• Barnes & Thornburg Wants Rest Of Malpractice Suit Nixed
• Resource Extraction Rules Coming Next Summer, SEC Says
• Leave In-House Court Spat To Judiciary, SEC Republicans Say
• UK Agency Takes Aim At Hutchison's $15.5B O2 Buy
• REIT CBL & Associates Scores $314M In Financing
• SEC Takes Second Shot At Conflict Minerals Rule In DC Circ.
• CFTC Muscles Its Way To New Regulatory Turf
• 5 Firms Work On UK REIT's Financing Deals Worth $1.4B
• BB&T Enters Specialist Insurance Broking Partnership
• Grant Thornton Firms Pay SEC Over Independence Violations
• Inside National Futures Association Cybersecurity Guidance
• 9th Circ. Shoots Down Davis Fund Excessive Fee Suit
• DOL Lets Credit Suisse Manage Pensions After Criminal Plea
• Madoff Trustee Can't Claw Back Foreign Transfers, Cos. Say
• Pension Fund Can't Force Co. To Pay Higher Arbitration Fees
• Neo@Ogilvy To Seek High Court Review In Whistleblower Case
• JPMorgan Beats Bulk Of $8.6B Lehman Collapse Suit
• Bankers Not Liable For Board Actions, Del. Justices Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: JPMorgan, Bombardier, Elliott
• Real Estate Rumors: Monogram REIT, Origin Capital, Antioch
• 5 Firms Steer $2.3B In Macerich Mall Stake Deals
• Big Banks Finalize $1.9B Deal Over CDS Claims
• Morgan Stanley's Alleged Race Bias Continues, Suit Says
• BofA Gets Suit Over $219M Bond Offering Trimmed
• HK Regulators Mull New Derivative Rules
• Can Alphabet Soup Fix Puerto Rico's Debt Service Issues?