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Asset Management - February, 2016

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• Appaloosa Seeks Fast Trial Over Pact Tied To $2B Solar Deal
• Union Says REIT's Pinnacle Casino Buy Breaks Ind. Law
• Investment Firm Says Arent Fox Gave Bad Insurance Advice
• Ill. Reps. Consider Buyout Plans To Ease Pension Burden
• Chinacast Drops Litigation Against Banks Over $35M Theft
• Ex-Fannie Mae CEO Denied Exit From SEC Subprime Loan Suit
• FINRA Plan Would Force Bond Dealers To Show Price Markups
• Ex-Nomura Workers Can't Escape RMBS Suit, Feds Argue
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Infer That Deloitte Aided Chinacast Fraud
• Investcorp Nabs DC Office Building In $180M Deal
• Supreme Court Rejects NJ Workers' Pension Fund Row
• Icahn Makes Offer Valuing Federal-Mogul At $1.2B
• Takeaways From The 2016 BlackRock Letter To CEOs
• FINRA Is Concerned About Firm Culture: What Does It Mean?
• Argentina Reaches $4.6B Deal To End 'Epic' Debt Battle
• 11th Circ. Struggles With Challenges To SEC In-House Court
• Chancery OKs $10M GFI Settlement But Slashes Atty Fees
• Westech Investors Hit Greenberg Traurig With Breach Claims
• Madoff Trustee Says Atty Violated Order Over Bank Subpoenas
• Mayer Brown Adds 5-Partner Finance Team From K&L Gates
• Duped Investor Seeks To Beef Up $45M Nixon Peabody Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, MoFo, Sidley
• Real Estate Rumors: United, Bridgewater Capital, Sikich
• Fried Frank, Latham Guide $641M Tie-Up Of 2 Apollo REITs
• US Bank Has Mixed Day In RMBS Trust Cases
• Baker & McKenzie Guides Link REIT's $760M Hong Kong Buy
• Restructuring Partnership Debt? Tax Planning Is Key
• Simpson, Hogan Guide Hilton On REIT, Time Share Spinoffs
• RBS Tries To Dodge Suit Over Sale Of Liverpool Soccer Club
• RCS Accuses Competitor Of Poaching Top Executives
• Ex-ConvergEx Unit CEO Can't Exit SEC's Hidden Fee Suit
• DLA Piper Picks Up Ex-Proskauer Private Equity Pro
• FINRA Arbitration Beset With Unpaid Awards, Report Says
• Philly Atty On Hook For $18M Slams Added Costs At 3rd Circ.
• Singapore's CapitaLand Mall Trust Floats $71M In Notes
• Lockheed Ruling Has No Bearing On Forex Case, Judge Told
• MSRB Highlights Compliance Risks For Muni Broker-Dealers
• La. Utility Regulators Nix $4.7B Cleco Sale To Investor Bloc
• Weil Guides Brookfield In $2.8B Rouse Properties Buyout
• Alston & Bird, Allen Matkins Steer $370M Amazon Tower Trade
• Seward & Kissel Nabs Ex-SEC Regulator From Locke Lord
• Trust Indenture Act: What Is All The Fuss About?
• 5 Tips For Founding A Successful Law Firm
• DC Circ. Says No To Halting Clearinghouse Capital Plan
• 7th Circ. Nixes Trade Secrets Sentence For Ex-Fund Analyst
• SEC Lifts Industry Ban On Freed Insider Trading Tippee
• CFTC Sues Fla. Resident, Co. For $3M Investment Fraud
• Kyle Bass' Coalition Gets PTAB Review Of Anacor Patents
• Harmonizing Financial Regulations Across Borders
• SEC, DOL Sparred Over Proposed Fiduciary Rule, Report Says
• Shumaker Loop, Gibson Guide Welltower's $700M Debt Deal
• Dodd-Frank Impact Divides Analysts Before House Panel
• Real Estate Rumors: Hines, G&C Herald, Jehovah's Witnesses
• Judge Nixes Northstar Claims Over Schwab Bond Fund
• Disbarred Atty Gets 5 Years For $5M Investment Fraud
• Kennedy Wilson Raises $500M West Coast Real Estate Fund
• Argentina Nears $5B Settlement In Default Saga
• 5 Law Office Design Tips Before Moving To Latin America
• Citibank To Pay CFPB $8M For Illegal Debt Practices
• PEMGroup Accountant Beats $51M Ponzi Suit At 9th Circ.
• Banks Say New 2nd Circ. Ruling Shows Lack Of Jurisdiction
• Kyle Bass Group Gets PTAB To Eye Pozen Drug Patent
• Law360's FINRA Arbitration Survival Guide
• OCC's Capital Plan Poses Imminent Harm, DC Circ. Told
• CFTC Algo Code Review Plan Raises Due Process Concerns
• Molycorp Reports Breakthrough Settlement In $1.9B Ch. 11
• Convicted Ex-Madoff Aides Want Longer 2nd Circ. Hearing
• Genworth Slams Investors' Class Cert. Bid In IPO Suit
• MGM Fights For Approval Of $75M CityCenter Settlement
• BMC Software's Lessons For Expert Witnesses
• SEC Urges DC Circ. To Uphold Clearing Corp.'s Capital Plan
• 3M Not Covered For Ponzi Losses, Insurers Tell 8th Circ.
• SEC Speaks '16: Enforcement Agenda Goes Beyond Disclosure
• Hughes Hubbard Taps SEC Veterans From Locke Lord
• Law360's FINRA Arbitration Cheat Sheet
• Judge Says Argentina Can Drop Injunctions To Pay Debt
• Debevoise Snags Ex-SEC Asset Management Unit Co-Head
• Blackstone Co.'s GC Gets Aggressive In Vetting Borrowers
• Deals Rumor Mill: ZTO Express, Yahoo, Sharp Corp.
• Tossed Yen Libor Claims Can't Be Reasserted, Judge Says
• Tax Planning Tips For Investors Relocating To The US
• EFG International To Pay $1.3B For BTG's Swiss Banking Unit
• Unibail-Rodamco Sells Paris Office Property For $364M
• Real Estate Rumors: Goldman, Tesla, Garrison Investment
• AXA Exec Testifies Investor Fees Are Fair, Reasonable
• Baker Donelson Plans Push To End Hedge Funds' Fraud Suit
• OPINION: Big Law's Perverse Incentive System
• SEC Wants Trading Records, Not To Expose 'Secret Sauce'
• SEC's Stein Calls For ETF Regulation 'Roadmap'
• Rimon Scores Foley & Lardner Transactions Wiz In Fla.
• Robbins Geller, Others Want $57M In Goldman RMBS Saga
• Brookfield Pays $65M To Complete Manhattan 'Super Site'
• SEC Notches Partial Victory Against Defunct Nutmeg Group
• CFTC Sues Canadian Over Illicit $2M Commodity Pool
• Disclosure Isn't Only Weapon In SEC Arsenal, Chief Says
• Yahoo Forms Cravath-Guided Review Panel Amid Alibaba Plan
• Stricken Yen Libor Complaint Can't Be Refiled, HSBC Says
• More Biotech IPOs Likely To Rely On Insiders Amid Slump
• FINRA Bars Chicago Broker For Alleged Stock Manipulation
• Galleon Informant Not Saved By Newman, Feds Say
• Resolved FCPA Enforcement Actions Drop To 10-Year Low
• Hermitage Asks 2nd Circ. To Guard Docs In Baker DQ Row
• MoFo Grows Bankruptcy Practice With Creditor-Side Pro
• LA Businessman Wins Almost $40M In Defamation Suit
• New FINRA Sweep Probes Broker-Dealer Compliance Culture
• Wall St. Players Sue SEC To Stop Clearinghouse Capital Plan
• Court Forgot Baker Donelson Fraud Row Arg, Funds Say
• Mezz Loans Becoming Backbone Of Real Estate Crowdfunding
• SEC Chastises In-House Challenger For Overlong Brief
• Liberty REIT Offloads 8 Properties For $131M
• Real Estate Rumors: Google, Invesco, Panattoni Development
• Algorithmic Trading Regulation With An Enforcement Edge
• NY Luxury Condo Tower Scores $265M Construction Loan
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Paulson Feeder Fund Investor's Suit
• PNC Accuses TD Bank Of Poaching Asset Managers, Clients
• Jury Hits Fla. Men With $9.5M Racketeering Verdict
• ADT Wants Lookalike $450M Stock Buyback Suit Tossed
• Madoff Trustee Shuts Down $11B Investor Suit For Now
• Caesars Granted More Time To Propose Ch. 11 Plan
• Del. Judge OKs New Oaktree Depositions For Molycorp Trial
• Argentina To Pay $1B To End Debt Fight With EM, Montreux
• SEC Floats Rule With FDIC On Failing Broker-Dealers
• Ex-Wells Fargo Trader Fights SEC's Insider Trading Finding
• $27M Goldman CDO Deal Gets Judge's Initial Sign-Off
• Genworth Says Witness Recantations Ruin Investors' IPO Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Asciano, Basic-Fit, UrbaCon Trading
• Lehman Tells 2nd Circ. Treaty Entitles It To Tax Credits
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, NYC Law, Sam Chang
• US Tax Planning For Bona Fide Puerto Rico Residents
• In Cybersecurity, No Harm Does Not Necessarily Mean No Foul
• BakerHostetler Can't Stay In $230M Tax Row, 2nd Circ. Told
• Argentina Reaches Settlement In Bondholder Class Action
• SEC Agrees To Stay Ex-Nomura Workers' Civil Suit
• Battling Revenue Doom And Gloom With Litigation Finance
• 'Too Big To Fail' Banks Still A Problem, Fed Official Says
• Pa. GOP Lawmakers Sue Gov. To Stop Pension Board Closure
• Kirkland Guides Thoma Bravo Software Fund To $1B Cap
• Christie's 2017 Budget To Pump $1.9B Into NJ Pension Fund
• Financial Adviser Pleads Guilty To $1.1M Investment Scheme
• Stanford Receiver To Pay Out $50M To Ponzi Victims
• ESMA Opens Consultation To Clean Up Benchmarks Regulaton
• Real Estate Rumors: Citadel, Brickman, Santander Bank
• Townsend Group Raises $496M Global Real Estate Fund
• Paul Weiss Steers Apollo In $15B ADT Deal
• Real Estate JVs With NY Owners Call For Creative Lawyering
• How Morrison V. Australia Bank Was Applied In Petrobras
• Scalia's Rapid-Fire Questioning Transformed Oral Arguments
• Justice Scalia Leaves His Mark In Biting, Clever Dissents
• Death Of Scalia Leaves High Court Docket In Limbo
• Scalia Leaves Mighty Legacy At High Court
• GOP Attys Would Likely Back Srinivasan To Replace Scalia
• Scalia's Originalism Shifted The Constitutional Debate
• Scalia Took On Gun Control, Class Actions In Top Opinions
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies At 79
• Signature Bank Wants Out Of Chinacast Suit Over $35M Theft
• SEC Judge Fight Belongs In Federal Courts, 4th Circ. Hears
• SEC Settles Case, Drops Penalty Against British Hedge Fund
• DC Court Revives Carlyle's Coverage Bid For Investor Suits
• CFTC Claims It Has New Proof Of Chicago Trader's 'Spoofing'
• Ex-Carlyle Portfolio Manager Launches $100M Retaliation Suit
• Argentina Targets Injunctions In Debt Settlement Talks
• FINRA Sends Plan For Algorithmic Developers To SEC
• Info Not Privileged In $1B Contract Fight, Boeing Says
• Neuberger Berman Nets $462M For Brand Acquisition Fund
• Trust Seeks $20M Tax Refund Related To Madoff Losses
• 'Unicorn' Investors Securing Safety Nets In Shaky IPO Market
• Amended Rule 26's Proportionality Standard: The First 60 Days
• Hedge Fund Asks For OK On $27.5M Goldman CDO Deal
• SEC Sues Calif. Atty For $6M 'Prime Bank' Investment Scheme
• Blount's $855M Buyout Would Cheat Investors, Suit Says
• Illinois Investment Fund Says $50M Fraud Loss Is Covered
• Caesars' Bank Lenders Say Patience 'Wearing Thin'
• Fifth Street Unopposed In Bid To Move IPO Suit To NY
• Chancellor OKs Third Change In $4.2B Tibco Sale Lawsuit
• SunEdison Barred From Asset Transfers In $150M Arbitration
• Yellen Catches Heat For Fed's Handling Of Living Wills
• Pharma PTAB Petitions Jump As Firms Test New Forum
• Madoff Trustee Fights Proposed $64B Investor Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: PwC, Quantlab, Signature Bank
• Investors Urge Denial Of Barnes & Thornburg Atty Defenses
• Impact Investing: Doing Well By Doing Good
• Sabra Health Care REIT Sells Bankrupt Hospital In $96M Deal
• Long Slog To EU-CFTC Clearing Deal May Color Future Talks
• CFTC Chair Faces Budget Scrutiny After Accounting Errors
• Puerto Rico Bondholder Group Floats Debt Restructure Plan
• Emmet Marvin Guides $75M Manhattan Office Mortgage
• SEC Approves New Cross-Border Swaps Reporting Rules
• Barnes & Thornburg Atty Not Owed More Info, Investors Say
• Cravath Takes Lead On Argentina Debt Default Defense
• Judge Says FSOC Wasn't Neutral In MetLife SIFI Labeling
• China Stock Dive Steers Investors Away From Luxury Condos
• Halliburton Urges 5th Circ. To Undo Investors' Cert.
• Investing In The Marijuana Industry: Where We Stand
• Real Estate Rumors: Burlington, Weyerhaeuser, Bridgeton
• How Does Skadden Stay No. 1?
• CFTC, Europe Hatch Accord On Clearing Rules
• SEC, CFTC To Beef Up Enforcement Staffs Under Obama Plan
• Hedge Funds Win $22M Judgment Against Deutsche Bank
• Madoff Feeder Renews Bid To Intervene In $55M PwC Deal
• SEC Enforcement Says In-House Judge Got Newman Wrong
• UK Fines Ex-JPMorgan Banker $1.15M Over 'London Whale'
• Apple Can't Jump Into VirnetX Patent Reviews, PTAB Told
• BofA, Merrill Lynch Settle Adviser Trainees' OT Action
• SEC Judges Unconstitutional, Mark Cuban Tells DC Circ.
• Senior CFTC Trial Attorney In Corzine Case Joining Latham
• Kaye Scholer Snags 2 Ex-K&L Finance Partners In NY, LA
• Investors Rip Genworth's 'Recantation' Claims In IPO Suit
• $6.5B Argentina Deal Attacked By Class Action Counsel
• SEC's Data Audit Trail Could Go Live In '17: Official
• Regional REIT Inks $115M UK Portfolio Deal
• OPINION: The Road To Partnership Must Keep Evolving
• Obama Budget Would Ensure Wealthy Pay Investment Tax
• CBL-DRA Venture Acquires Raleigh Mall In $174M Deal
• Swiss Asset Manager Adveq Raises $481M Total For 2 Funds
• 9th Circ. Muddies Loss Causation
• Arbitrator Should Have Ignored Defamation Claims, Court Told
• Oaktree Blasts Threat To $514M Molycorp Bankruptcy Claims
• Obama Wants SEC, CFTC Funding Doubled By 2021
• 2 Men Convicted Over $65M UK Ponzi Scheme
• Pension Fund Seeks Sanctions On Symbol Over Lost Emails
• Small-Biz Group Wants To Speak Up For Reg A+ In DC Circ.
• Three Firms Guide $1.9B NY Skyscraper Deal
• NYC Comptroller Says Proxy Access Keeps Boards Honest
• Former Stanford Exec Urges SEC To Overturn Fraud Ruling
• Deutsche Ruling Bolsters US Bank Suit, RMBS Investors Say
• Broker Duped Tribe In Investment Scheme, FINRA Says
• Securities Law Considerations In Marketplace Lending
• Justices Asked To Mull Jurisdiction Of SEC Admin Challenges
• SEC Wins $1M Judgment Against Phony Hedge Fund Manager
• Real Estate Rumors: Jamestown, Carey Watermark, Equinix
• Baker Donelson Evades Hedge Funds' Legal Fee Fraud Suit
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 8 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• SEC's Stanford Case A Chance To Clarify Compliance Duties
• Hong Kong To Allow Leveraged, Inverse ETFs On Its Exchange
• LeClairRyan Grabs Bankruptcy Pro From Hodgson Russ
• PTAB Grants Review Of Patent Asserted In Apple Litigation
• 4 Firms Guide $390M NYC Rental Tower Buy, $285M Loan
• Argentina Floats $6.5B Deal To End Epic Default Battle
• Canada Court Rejects Broker's Bid For Extradition Counsel
• UK's Biggest Landlord Sheds German Assets In $138M Deal
• Takeaways From A Recent Application Of Unocal Standard
• New FIRPTA Changes Are No Panacea
• HSBC Will Pay $601M In Federal-State Mortgage Case
• Can Foreign Banks Be Forced To Freeze Accounts?
• CFTC Broke Accounting Law With Office Leases: Watchdog
• 2nd Circ. To Hear Gupta Appeal Of Insider Trading Conviction
• Ashford Accused Of Blocking Board Ouster With Illegal Fee
• Arbitration Bid In Ladenburg Fraud Suit Struck Down, Not Out
• Wall Street Lobby Presses SEC To Ax New Exchange Fees
• Miami Firm Pays $1M For Anti-Money Laundering Violations
• Hersha Sells JV Interest In Manhattan Hotels For $571.4M
• Real Estate Rumors: Lincoln Hotel, Al Jazeera, Revolve
• Charney, Ex-Workers Target American Apparel Ch. 11 Stay
• Why Banks Shouldn't Ignore Fraudulent-Transfer Red Flags
• Developer Says Israeli Co. Must Cough Up Defamation Award
• McGuireWoods Snags Ex-Morgan Lewis Debt Finance Partner
• Royal Park's $3.1B Deutsche Bank RMBS Suit Mostly Survives
• Lender Fleeced Investors In $8.6M Fund, SEC Says
• $300M Principal Management Fee Suit Gets The Heave-Ho
• SEC Picks New Deputy Director For National Exam Program
• Caesars Presses For Monitor To Clear Up Creditor Disputes
• Index Ventures Nabs $550M To Invest In Disruptive Startups
• Madoff Feeder Trustee Can't Touch Proposed $55M PwC Deal
• PwC Owes Hedge Fund Founder $6M In Valuation Row
• Shkreli, Retrophin Strike $3M Deal To End Investor Suit
• Europe Activism Boom Calls For Gentler Tack From Investors
• Morguard North American Lands $48M Apartment Building
• Credit Default Swaps And Solvency Analysis
• PwC Tells Jurors To Forgive Its Hedge Fund Overvaluation
• Hedge Fund Wants $1.3B From Peru In Land Bond Fight
• Barclays Investors Get Class Cert. In Dark Pool Suit
• Petrobras Investors Win Cert. For 2 Classes In Bribery Suit
• RCS Capital Gains First Ch. 11 OKs On $1.4B Debt Rework
• Williams Connolly DC Property Gets $135M Refi From Allianz
• Yahoo Eyes $1B In Noncore Divestitures, Defends Spinoff
• Caesars Creditors Face Off In $11B Asset Dispute Trial
• Rockspring Drops $297M On Trio Of European Properties
• SEC Won't Pause Insider Tipster's Case For High Court
• Whitman Free On Bail After Judge Calls Jail 'Sadistic'
• Diamondback Gets $9M SEC Judgment Nixed After Newman
• Goldman Sachs Censured In Hong Kong For Pre-Buyout Trades
• Magic Leap Scores $793M In Funding Led By Alibaba
• Citi Strikes $23M 'Ice Breaker' Settlement In Libor Action
• REIT AvalonBay Drops $130M On NJ Multifamily Property
• SEC's ALJs Too Powerful, Financial Planner Tells DC Circ.
• Picard Ordered To Explain Opposition To Madoff Declaration
• Barclays Boosts NY AG Power With $70M Dark Pool Settlement
• 9th Circ. Backs CVB Investors' Loss Causation Argument
• Brokerage Parent RCS Capital Files Ch. 11 On $1.4B Debt
• Hedge Fund Owner Pleads Guilty To Obstructing SEC
• Pension Stream Seller Adds Texas To List Of Riled States
• Europe Needs More Nonbank Financing, Hedge Funders Say
• Genworth Investors Seek Class Cert. In Suit Over Unit IPO
• PwC Seeks To Block Trustee Objections To $55M Madoff Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Occidental Petroleum, Ruben, Prologis
• Invesco Drops $115M On Soho Retail Storefront