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Asset Management - December, 2015

233 articles

• Asset Management To Buckle Down In 2016
• 11th Circ. Snubs Fla. Tribe's RICO Suit Against Leaders
• 3 Things To Expect From Legal Tech In The New Year
• SAC To Pay $10M To End Investors' Trading-Fraud Suit
• 7th Circ. Says Caesars Might Be Able To Halt Creditor Suits
• SEC Transfer Agent Rule Revamp Faces Uncertain Future
• $1.5B LightSquared Suit Against Dish Network Dropped
• Gov't Says Whitman Shouldn't Be Freed Pending Newman Appeal
• K&L Snags Ex-Pepper Hamilton Investment Management Pro
• Vornado Scores $450M Loan For St. Regis Retail
• 4 Areas Of Retail Real Estate To Watch In 2016
• Locke Lord, Reed Smith Rep Banks On $308M Mall Financing
• Real Estate Rumors: Apple Campus, Chetrit, JP Morgan
• Icahn Enterprises Wins Over Pep Boys With Nearly $1B Bid
• FINRA Fines Macquarie $2.95M Over Inaccurate Trade Data
• A Striking Defense Victory Amid SEC In-House Court Debate
• TICC Shareholders Vote Down Investment Adviser Deal
• Adviser's Spat Over SEC In-House Court Heads To 4th Circ.
• Vegas Adviser Indicted In $30M Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• SEC's Proposed Derivatives Rule And Potential Consequences
• Prof Says SEC May Plan Political Money Rule Despite Budget
• Ares Nabs $741M UK-Based Loan Portfolio From Barclays
• Morgan Stanley, SocGen Units Pay $10M In SEC 'Parking' Case
• PTAB Rejects VirnetX's Bid For Additional Hedge Fund Info
• Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo Want BlackRock MBS Suits Nixed
• Real Estate Rumors: Related, Monogram Residential, GroupM
• On Exit SEC's Aguilar Urges Secondary Market Reforms
• BakerHostetler Appeals DQ In $230M Russian Tax Fraud Row
• Mich. Funds Win Cert. In Northern Trust Negligence Action
• Deutsche Bank Rigged Forex By Delaying Trades, Suit Says
• A Look At Martin Shkreli's Legal Woes
• Ex-RBS Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud
• Cantor Fitzgerald Hit With $7.3M FINRA Trading Penalties
• Lehman Committee Members Say They Deserve $20M Payback
• Madoff Trustee Says Investor Suit Blocked By $7B Settlement
• SEC, Steve Cohen Set Date For In-House Trial
• CFTC Chair Slams Congress For Denying Budget Bump
• Trader's Expert Dodges DQ Bid In CFTC Spoofing Case
• Nomura Inks $1B Deal For American Century Stake
• Mayer Brown, Foster Pepper Steer $299M Amazon Office Deal
• Bob Evans Signs Letter Of Intent For $200M Sale-Leaseback
• The Long-Awaited Game Changer For US Real Estate
• ERISA Suit Likens Prudential Revenue Sharing To Kickbacks
• Debevoise, Pircher Nichols, Orrick Guide $1B Malls Deal
• New Best-Execution Guidance Provokes Significant Questions
• 10 Things You May Have Missed In Proposed Regulation AT
• The Firms That Dominated In 2015
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Why All US Attorneys Should Read Justice Breyer's New Book
• Labaton Chases Whistleblower Record In JPMorgan Case
• NJ Court Won't Ax Ironridge Global Suit Over Pharma Stocks
• SEC Says Private Investor Standards May Be Out Of Date
• 2nd Circ. Junks $574M False-Ratings Suit Against S&P
• BakerHostetler Tossed From $230M Russian Tax Fraud Suit
• 3 Lessons From Stockton's Bankruptcy
• Philly Atty On Hook For $18M In ERISA Row, 3rd Circ. Told
• Taxation With Representation: Jones Day, Proskauer, Cravath
• A 2nd Circ. Decision That Muddied Loss Causation
• JPMorgan Pays $307M To Settle SEC, CFTC Probes
• Kutak Rock, Klehr Harrison Steer $211M Red Lobster Deal
• Private Fund Regulation In 2015 — SEC Levels Up
• $5M Health Software Shareholder Deal Gets Initial OK
• $100M Twitter Pre-IPO Dispute Hits Del. High Court
• SEC Denied $8M Fine Against Ex-Level Global Manager
• New LightSquared, Garmin End Suit Over Spectrum Use
• Kirkland, Davies Steer JV In $3.2B Real Estate Buy
• Ex-MIT Dean, Son Get Prison Over $140M Hedge Fund Scam
• Real Estate Rumors: Hilton, A&E, Extell Development
• REIT Hispania Drops $84M On Hotel And Office Properties
• Review Of 2015 SEC Actions Against Broker-Dealers: Part 3
• From The Book Of Jargon: Fallen Angel
• Pa. Atty Asks 3rd Circ. To Ax $19M ERISA Judgment
• CFTC's Massad Bets Crisis-Era Chops On Eased Margin Rule
• Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty In $59M Fund Collapse
• Union Investment To Pay $180M For Boston Hotel
• Canadian Pacific Ups Takeover Bid For Norfolk Southern
• How Much Control Of Your Contracts Do You Really Have?
• Puerto Rico Doesn't Get Ch. 9 Access In Budget Bill
• PE Manager Slams SEC Fraud Case Over $2.8M Deal
• BakerHostetler Faces New DQ Bid In Russian Tax Fraud Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Ortega, Google, REIT Liberty Property
• Spending Bill Bars SEC Rulemaking On Political Spending
• Split CFTC Finalizes Swap Margin Rules Amid Controversy
• FSOC, MetLife Fight Watchdog's Attempt To Unseal SIFI Docs
• Review Of 2015 SEC Actions Against Broker-Dealers: Part 2
• Debt Restructuring Rider Dropped From Spending Bill
• Acorda Blasts Bass-Backed Group's Bid To Nix Drug Patents
• Freedom Communication Gets Nod For $4.5M Creditor Loan
• Highland Asks Texas Court To Revive Gray Reed Extortion Suit
• SEC Charges Atlantic Asset Mgmt. With $43M Bond Fraud
• Ill. Lawmakers Wary Of Norfolk Southern Takeover
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Masons' Madoff Feeder Fund Suit
• MoFo Steers $640M BofA Loan For Mixed-Use NY Towers
• Related Closes $1B Oversubscribed Real Estate Fund
• Vegas Showroom REIT Scraps $185M Public Debut
• SEC, Ex-Compliance Chiefs Settle Adviser Kickback Claim
• U.S. Venture Partners Raises $300M With An Eye On Startups
• 7 Deadly Business Mistakes That Can Tank Your Law Practice
• LLCs: A New Horizon For Charitable Giving?
• Review Of 2015 SEC Actions Against Broker-Dealers: Part 1
• Blank Rome, Proskauer Steer $2.3B DRA-Inland Merger
• SEC Scrutinizing $790M Fund After Freeze, CEO Departure
• Michael Lewis Rips Lobbying Against 'Flash Boys' Exchange
• 9th Circ. Ends $31M Challenge To Stockton's Ch. 9 Plan
• Ashford Investor Seeks To Halt $331M Remington Deal
• Trader 3Red Blasts CFTC Bid To DQ Expert In Spoofing Case
• 7th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Securities Firms' Fee Suit
• BlueMountain Buys Daughters Of Charity In $260M Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Clarion, New England Development
• TIAA-CREF Drops $235M On Seattle Mixed-Use Project
• Insys Blasts Coalition's Bid To Invalidate Painkiller Patents
• Conn. Real Estate Co. Hits Ch. 11 After Internal Probe
• Bridgestone Matches Icahn's $863M Pep Boys Bid
• Segall Says Sanctions Are Unwarranted In Ponzi Fee Dispute
• CEO Calls Gov't Search Illegal As New Charges Mulled
• The CFTC's New Enforcement Focus
• SEC Guards Fund Industry Turf With New Derivatives Rules
• Millennium $1.8B Ch. 11 Plan Survives Series Of Challenges
• SEC To Hear Appeal Of In-House Insider Trading Dismissal
• 5 Trends Real Estate GCs Will Watch In 2016
• Feds Avoid Sanctions In $230M Russian Tax Fraud Case
• Litvak Decision A Boon To Securities Fraud Defendants
• SEC Says 'Boiler Room' Fooled Elderly Into Soccer Club Stock
• Nixon Peabody Played Role In Client's Fraud, $45M Suit Says
• 6D Global Shareholders Accuse Directors Of Stock Scheming
• Split SEC Proposes New Derivatives, Mining Disclosure Rules
• Investment Co. Seeks To ID Reviewer Who Called CEO Abusive
• The Trade Date Rule And Important Year-End Considerations
• Real Estate Rumors: Alduwaliya, Sam Moon, Rilea Group
• Millennium Faces Pushback, Suit Over $1.8B Ch. 11 Plan
• 10-Year Sentence Too Harsh, $959M Fraudster Tells 2nd Circ.
• Pension Funds Sue Dole Over Alleged Merger Fraud
• Nixon Peabody Hit With Malpractice Claim In Twitter Share Suit
• Morgan Stanley To Pay $225M To End RMBS Suits
• Real Estate Rumors: Starwood, William Macklowe, MakeOffices
• Buffett Unveils 8% Stake In Sears' REIT Seritage Growth
• The Art Of The Mock
• SEC Feels Home Court Disadvantage After 1st Circ. Rebuke
• 10th Circ. Denies Oppenheimer's Junk Bond Class Cert. Appeal
• Cohen & Gresser Denies Duty To File $210M Greenberg Suit
• SEC To Review Ex-Assisted Living CEO's $4.2M Fraud Penalty
• Ex-Western Asset Worker Charged With Hacking Email
• Pep Boys-Bridgestone Deal On Rocks Amid $863M Icahn Bid
• PTAB Urged To Nix Reviews Sought By Bass-Affiliated Group
• Kingate Denied Quick Appeal In $825M Madoff Clawback Suit
• Blackstone Drops $2B On Residential Portfolio
• Strategies For Your Evolving Law Department
• High Court Won't Hear Suit Against Bankruptcy Trustee
• The First Insider Trader In Commodities
• Yahoo Nixes Alibaba Spinoff Plan Amid Activist Pressure
• JPMorgan Board Liable For Madoff Failures, 2nd Circ. Hears
• LightSquared, Deere Settle Dispute Over GPS Spectrum
• 2nd Circ.'s Litvak Reversal Has Silver Lining For Prosecutors
• Key Gov't Witness Skips Deposition In $230M Tax Fraud Row
• Puerto Rican Utility Delays Restructuring Support Deadline
• Jury Convicts Execs Of Fraud In $10M Investment Scheme
• High Court's Ch. 9 Stance Key To Puerto Rico's Fate
• Morgan Stanley Whistleblower Not Protected, Judge Rules
• Real Estate Rumors: Tishman, Isaac Chetrit, Resource REIT
• Chinacast Says Banks Missed 'Red Flags,' Allowed $35M Theft
• Gibson, Paul Hastings Guide Investcorp's $400M Property Buy
• France Hits Virtu, Euronext With Market Manipulation Fines
• House GOP Slams Prudential, MetLife SIFI Labels
• Rep. Floats Ban On Tax-Free REIT Spinoffs
• Norfolk Southern Snubs Revised Bid From Canadian Pacific
• China Relaxes Fund Transfer Rules For Foreign Investors
• Ex-Jefferies Trader Gets Conviction Overturned By 2nd Circ.
• Applications And Problem Areas Of New NJ Crowdfunding Law
• GCs Love These Firms More And More
• Texas Appeals Court Reverses $21.5M RBC Jury Verdict
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• SEC Puts Attorneys On Notice With EB-5 Enforcement
• 5 Firms Make It Back Onto GCs' Most Adored List
• 3 Firms Know The Secret To Keeping Clients Happy
• Aussie Property Co. Offers $1.8B For Office REIT
• 2nd Circ. Says Harbinger's $2B Suit Against GPS Cos. Fails
• ERISA Venue Selection Case Not Ripe For Justices, SG Says
• Vanguard: A Cautionary Tale For Whistleblowers
• SEC Sanctions Attys For Flouting Rules In EB-5 Offerings
• 2nd Circ. Pauses 'Big Short' Adviser's SEC Court Challenge
• Takeaways From SEC's Marwood Settlement Over Insider Info
• Where Common Law Litigation And Int'l Arbitration Divide
• Scottrade Wants Data Breach Suit Moved To Eastern Missouri
• SEC Admin Court Opponents Says Planned Fixes Fall Short
• BNY Mellon Investors Win $45M In Attys Fees In Forex Suit
• Robbins Geller's Fees Slashed To $74M In JPMorgan MBS Suit
• Calif. AG Conditionally OKs Massive Nonprofit Hospital Deal
• Venable Nabs Compliance Pro From Bessemer Trust
• Goldman Can't Duck Row Over $4B Tibco Deal, Investors Say
• Real Estate Rumors: CalPERS, Deutsche, Status Capital
• Kirkland, Simpson Guide $265M GID-Carlyle Riverside Deal
• Liberty REIT Pockets $245M For Pa. Office Portfolio
• High Court To Hear Puerto Rico's Appeal In Debt Fight
• Norfolk Southern Snubs Canadian Pacific's $28B Takeover Bid
• EU Disclosure Revamp Stirs Hope, But Quick Action Unlikely
• GSV Left On The Hook For Fraud Claims In Twitter Stock Suit
• SEC Admin Court Faces Huge Test In Steve Cohen Showdown
• Activist Says Bob Evans Packaged Food Biz Can Fetch $950M
• Caesars Noteholder Continues Fight Over Nixed Guarantee
• Fifth Street Looks To Toss Or Move Shareholder Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: RXR, Blackstone, Elevated Returns
• 5 Tips To Avoid Spoliation Sanctions
• Dentons, Hogan Steer $242M BlackRock-Rockcastle Mall Deal
• EU Capital Market Plans Making Headway, Official Says
• IRS Continues Slicing Through Barrier Options
• NexPoint Appeals To 2nd Circ. Over TICC Board Nominees
• Fed Chair Says Benefits Of Regulation Outweigh Costs
• Hogan, Hunton Guide $1.5B Single-Family REIT Tie-Up
• Browne George Ross Hit With Suit After Arbitration Demand
• Fund Wins Attachment Order Backing Singapore Award
• CFTC Deploys New Insider Trading Powers In Settlement
• Investor Classes Certified In SAC Capital Insider Trading Suit
• SEC Judge To Restart Case Against SAC's Cohen
• Ex-SAC Informant Gets 21-Day Sentence For Insider Trading
• Real Estate Rumors: Spear Street, Investcorp, Jackson Group
• CVC, GIC Team Up In Deal For Roadside Assistance Co. Stake
• American Realty Affiliate To Shut, Pay $3M Over Faked Votes
• Masons Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive Madoff Feeder Fund Suit
• Are Seesaw Share Prices Impacting Yieldco Buying Power?
• To Halliburton And Back: What To Expect From Round 3
• Charles Schwab Wins Injunction In Non-Compete Suit
• Justices Wary Of Moving 'Naked Shorts' Suit Out Of NJ Court
• Caesars' Dire Straits Demand Litigation Stay, 7th Circ. Told
• Settlement Reached In Slashed Navistar Investors' Suit
• Kinder Morgan, Brookfield Pay $242M For Pipeline Co. Control
• Hedge Fund Firm BlueCrest To Return $8B As It Goes Private
• GTAT Creditors Fight Exit Financing Plan, Seek Alternative
• Wannabe Dark Pool Calls SEC's Status Denial Baseless
• Glaucoma Drug Co. Says Investor Suit 'Makes No Sense'
• CFTC Watchdog Probing Whistleblower Office Awards
• Two Md. Apartment Properties Trade Hands For $89M
• Bass, Spangenberg Target Diprivan Patent In AIA Review
• Making The Most Of Document Analytics