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Asset Management - May, 2016

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• Ex-CalPERS CEO Gets 4.5 Years For Fraud Conspiracy
• Attorney Web Bios: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
• SEC Says Adviser Owes $2.7M For Shielding Sale Conflict
• Husband, Wife Get Prison Terms For $8M Financial Fraud
• Intervention Calls Creditor's Prepetition Actions Predatory
• Real Estate Rumors: Dime Savings Bank, LSR, Schroder
• FINRA Says Wedbush Put $200M In Customer Assets At Risk
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carmila, Valeant, Bank of America
• Trusts Say $2B UBS Mortgages Trial Belongs In District Court
• No Discovery, No Recovery In Nutmeg Investor Row: Receiver
• Investors Slam Halliburton's Bid To Muzzle Accounting Pro
• A Closer Look At The Proxy Case Everyone's Talking About
• Goodwin Snags Compensation Pro From Skadden
• Google Shareholder Seeks Political Transparency
• Taxation With Representation: Proskauer, Skadden, Hogan
• Behind The Curtain: Technical Advisers In Complex Cases
• UK Insurance Co. Picks Up 2 AXA Units In $548.7M Cash Deal
• NJ Couple Faces Prison, Civil Fine Over Alleged Ponzi Scheme
• Deutsche Bank Cites RMBS Accrual Clause In Quicken Appeal
• Chamber Report Says Yates Memo Discourages Cooperation
• UBS, Others Can't Duck Tenn. Pension Fund's $164M MBS Suit
• Ex-Summit Wealth Owner Pleads Guilty In $35M Fraud Scheme
• High Court Urged To Knock Back State Securities Suits
• FINRA Tweaks Tackle Confusion Over Debt Research Rules
• Aussie Watchdog Sees Competition Issue In Freight Co. Deal
• Israeli Military Contractor Accused Of Stock Inflation
• Regulators Are Widening The Spoofing Net
• Hedge Fund Nets $112K Ch. 11 Fee For Quiksilver Loan Idea
• Versa Media Nabs $100M For Film Financing
• Tech Unicorn Snapchat Raises $1.8B In Latest Equity Round
• $240M ACA Suit Against Goldman, Paulson Looks Trial-Bound
• Proskauer, Hogan Lovells Guide $8.4B REIT Deal
• 5 Tips For Negotiating And Drafting Joint E-Discovery Plans
• FINRA Staff Keeps Focus On Manipulative Trading
• Faulty Troubleshooting Hurt Citi In CFTC Benchmark Probe
• 9th Circ. Backs CFTC In Row Over Losing Trades
• Ocwen Says Study Refutes Investors' Contract Claims
• Senate Votes To Block DOL 'Fiduciary Rule'
• Gold Investors Cite Libor Decision In Price-Fixing MDL Case
• FINRA Suspends Ex-UBS Broker For Unauthorized $5M Trade
• FINRA Doing 'Fabulous' Job In Face Of Criticism, Gov. Says
• Salsano Group Drops $125M On Panama Land Tract
• Citibank To Pay CFTC $425M Over Benchmark Manipulation
• NML Seeks Sanctions For Mossack In Argentina Bond Suit
• Objectors Can't Derail $120M Barclays Libor Deal, Judge Told
• FINRA Enforcement Head Says More AML Cases To Come
• 2 Cos. Ready IPOs Totaling $341M While Bank Nets $80M
• Spokeo Backs Alcatel Pension Suit, Unions Say
• Merck Investors Fight For American Pipe Tolling At 3rd Circ.
• Barington Capital Readies Proxy Fight At Chico's
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vogue International, Goldman, PSA Peugeot
• Market Volatility Has REITs Crying The 'Borrowing Blues'
• Ex-Vanguard Atty Can't Argue Wrongful Termination Again
• CFTC Finalizes Cross-Border Swap Margin Rule
• NFL Agent Beats Suspension After Fraud Charge Tossed
• OrbiMed Nets $307M For Israel Health Care Fund
• Investor Classes Lodge Proposed Deals Over Argentina Debt
• Winston & Strawn Rips Jurisdictional Claim In Negligence Suit
• Old Mutual Stake In US Fund Manager Entices Suitors
• Panama Papers: Reminders About Law Firm Cybersecurity
• The Evolution Of SOX: A Powerful Remedy For Retaliation
• Philly Hits Big Banks With Rate-Swap Antitrust Suit
• Hong Kong Exchange Expands Renminbi Futures Trading
• American Capital Nets $97M On Treatment Center Sale
• FINRA Chief Sees Broker Culture As Key To Compliance
• Kyle Bass Convinces PTAB To Review Citius Drug Patent
• PNC Settles Philly Asset Manager Poaching Row With TD Bank
• Ex-Nomura Traders Say Gov't Can't Block SEC Suit Evidence
• General Atlantic Buys Into Energy Sector Data Provider Argus
• Ares Capital In $3.4B Deal To Buy PE Shop American Capital
• NHI Acquires 5 Bickford Senior Facilities For $87.5M
• Calif. Man Banned From Market, Fined $3M Over Fake Trades
• Aluminum Cos. Lose Sanctions Bid In Price-Fixing MDL
• Dish Accused Of Improper $1B Spectrum Tax Deduction
• Ex-CalPERS CEO Should Get 4 Years For Conspiracy, US Says
• 4th Circ. Says Co. Owes 4 Years Front Pay To Whistleblower
• Nasdaq Pushes Back Against IEX Approval As Exchange
• Investors Win Final Nod For $300M Deal In GM Securities Suit
• Generic-Drug Price-Fixing Suits Belong In Pa., JPML Told
• HK Regulator Inks Cross-Border Oversight Pact With FINRA
• OPINION: Sotomayor's Solution To Pro Bono Is Incomplete
• Personal Capital Valued At $500M After Latest Fundraise
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Latham, Vinson
• SEC Mulling ETF Regs And Fund Disclosure Tips, Chair Says
• Creating Barclay Damon: Lessons From A Law Firm Merger
• RXR Seals $1.65B Buy In One Of Year's Top Deals
• 6th Circ. Says Morgan Keegan Investors Can't Pause Clock
• Texas Court Upholds $2.1M Morgan Keegan Bond Ruling
• TD Ameritrade Added To $350M Ponzi Suit Naming Sidley
• FINRA Charges Lawson Financial With Fraud For Bond Sales
• 2nd Circ. Halts Wachtell Malpractice Row During NY Appeal
• Reflecting On The 20th Anniversary Of BMW V. Gore
• $2B UBS Trial Might Have Been In Wrong Court, Judge Says
• SAC's Cohen Dodges Ex-Wife's $5.5M Divorce Fraud Claims
• Gaming REIT, Building Supplier Price $478M In Offerings
• Texas Utility Agency Ends Hunt Plan To Reorganize Oncor
• Get On $864M Dance Floor With Gannett, Tribune Told
• AMP, Northleaf Seal $370M Deal For Chicago Garages
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider (The Sequel)
• Sovran Expands Into Vegas, Northern Calif. With $1.3B Deal
• JPMorgan Beats Investor Suit Alleging It Enabled Madoff
• Sen. Ron Wyden Targets Derivatives To Tackle Tax Evasion
• BofA, Others Accused Of Fixing Agency Bond Prices
• Man Gets 3.5 Years, Must Pay $1.9M For Hedge Fund Fraud
• Halliburton Seeks To Toss Expert In Securities Fraud Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Monsanto, Goldman, Hotel Lotte
• DLA Piper Guides REIT LaSalle Hotel On $150M Offering
• Ski Resort Owner Hit With $200M EB-5 Scam Suit
• Okla. Supreme Court Revives Cattle-Tracking Secrets Claims
• FINRA Probing More Firms In Mutual Fund Waivers Sweep
• SEC Seeks Comments On NYSE's Tracking Stock Fee Proposal
• Raymond James To Pay $17M For Money Laundering Flubs
• Ex-SEC Member Backs Cost-Benefit Analysis At Agency
• Target Hit With Investor Suit Over Retreat From Canada
• Alcatel Says Spokeo Backs Toss Of Workers' Pension Suit
• Settlement Close In Lehman's $65M Foreign Tax Credit Suit
• Mark Cuban, Others Urge Justices To Clarify Insider Trading
• Feds Press To Get Chicago Trader Off Market Before Trial
• Venable Guides STORE Capital In $275M Follow-On Offering
• Peabody Gets Final OK On $800M Ch. 11 Financing
• European Brokers Seek Dismissal From Yen Libor-Rigging Suit
• Real Estate Co. DivcoWest Raises $1B For Investment Fund
• TPG Unit Pressures Lender TICC Over Board's Stock Buys
• EU Looking To Ease Derivatives Reporting Requirements
• Libor Investors Say Banks Trying To Limit Doc Sharing In MDL
• Disbarred Atty Jailed For Failing to Pay Up In ERISA Order
• OPINION: Stop 'Vigorously Defending' Your Clients
• 90% Of SEC's Public Co. Enforcement In-House, Report Says
• 'Classic Con Man' Gets 9 Years In Wire Fraud Scheme
• Manning Will Have Limited Practical Impact
• Supreme Court Shields Shareholder Access To State Court
• The Madoff Five Claim Gov't Trial Misconduct In Latest Appeal
• 4th Circ. Denies Fast Track For Scottsdale's FINRA Challenge
• Attorneys React To High Court's Merrill Lynch Ruling
• First Hacker Pleads Guilty To $30M Press Release Scheme
• Berkshire Hathaway Buys 9.8M Apple Shares In Q1
• Brokers Must Pay SEC $1.9M In IBM Insider Trading Case
• Ill. Appeals Court Says Episcopal Church Sanctions Can Stand
• White & Case Steers Digital Realty's $874M Data Center Buy
• Shareholder Activism Catching Fire In Europe, Asia
• Invesco REIT Buying 5 Japanese Properties For $452M
• What ValueAct Means For Activism Tactics
• Justices Say Federal Securities Laws Don't Limit State Suits
• The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys
• The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• White & Case Outpacing Peers In Diversity
• US Law Firms Fail To Move Needle On Racial Diversity
• The 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Minorities
• Indicted Ex-State Street Exec Faces SEC Suit In Fee Row
• UBS Judge Strives For Best Way Forward As $2B Trial Wraps
• DC Circ. Questions Merit Of SEC Constitutionality Appeal
• SEC Gives Whistleblower $3.5M Payout On Second Look
• Deals Rumor Mill: Teva, ConvaTec, Abraaj
• Elliott, Aurelius Challenge Peabody's $800M Ch. 11 Financing
• The Metaphysics Of Systemic Risk
• Real Estate Rumors: Sage Hospitality, Hines, Benchmark
• Proskauer Fires Back At Steelworkers' 'Sideshow' DQ Motion
• Arco Capital Wants Another Shot At Deutsche Over $1B CLO
• Morgan Stanley Wants 2nd Circ. Rehearing in $81M Buyback
• Sullivan Denies Link To Doc Destruction In Aluminum MDL
• Big Banks Face More Interest Rate Swap Antitrust Claims
• Delaware House OKs Limits On Merger Appraisal Suits
• Goldman 'Wrong' To Cut Woman Who Quit From Bias Suit
• Zurich Subsidiary Drops $51M On San Diego Mall
• Responding To Conflicting Shareholder Directives
• 3Red Trading But Not Spoofing, Compliance Officer Tells Court
• Timbervest Fights To Keep SEC Challenge In DC Circ.
• StepStone Nabs $5B Of Assets With Swiss Capital Buy
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider
• Exxon Investors Urged To Call For Climate Change Risk Report
• FINRA Bars Broker-Dealer Exec For Penny Stock Manipulation
• Panama Papers Firm Doubles Down On Legal Action Threat
• AIB Tender Dispute Prompts Look At Del. Forum Choice Rule
• Intercontinental Buys Beacon's Massachusetts Tech Park
• Chancery Knocks T. Rowe Price Funds Out Of Dell Appraisal
• Bluesky Hotels Inks $1.64B Deal To Buy InnVest REIT
• SEC Says Amtrak Ruling Doesn't Apply In ALJ Challenge
• What Do The Highest-Paid Lawyers Make An Hour?
• Investment Bank's Dicey Emails Fetch $900K FINRA Fine
• Ritchie Can't Revive GE Suit Over Petters Plot: 2nd Circ.
• Berlin-Based VC Firm Raises $171.5M, Closes 2nd Fund
• Why Recent Criticisms Of The SEC Are Unfair
• Real Estate Rumors: KBS, Itzhaki, Park Ave Penthouse
• Hedge Fund Priest Hits Bloomberg With $100M Libel Suit
• Tippee Tells High Court Insider Trading Needs Pecuniary Gain
• Fraudster Who Hid Computer At Pillsbury Gets Lifetime Ban
• Ameriprise Urges Pa. Justices To Reverse Fiduciary Duty Suit
• Greenberg Tentatively Gets Experts Cut From Doc Forgery Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: ABF, Telecom Italia, Pershing Square
• Trader Under Fire Says Spoofing Law Is Unconstitutional
• UBS Loan Judge Warns Attys He Won't Have A 'Charade' Trial
• Peabody, CITIC To Sell Off Australian Coal Assets For $88M
• Raymond James, Manager Hit With $71M Suit In Jay Peak Row
• SEC Approves PCAOB Contributing Auditor Disclosure Rules
• RCS To Get Nod For Ch. 11 Plan After Paring Releases
• CFTC Wasting Taxpayer Cash On Extra Offices, Watchdog Says
• Paul Weiss, Skadden Advising HCP On Planned REIT Spinoff
• UK Magic Circle Firms Caught In Panama Papers Data Dump
• Simon Property Group Reaches Deal To Sell $569M In Notes
• Pamplona Raises $1B For New TMT Fund, Sends $50M To Dyn
• The Evolving Fiduciary Landscape: Antitrust
• Receiver Rips Winston's Tactics In $107M Malpractice Row
• Banking Groups Call For Global Norms For Cybersecurity Regs
• Panama Papers To Provide Fertile FCPA Hunting Ground
• Atty Can't Arbitrate Bankruptcy Fraud Row, 9th Circ. Says
• F-Squared Pushes For Exit From Investor Class Action
• Brokerage Tells 4th Circ. To Speed Up Appeal On FINRA
• Hedge Fund Seeks Toss Of Failed American Apparel Deal Suit
• Panama Papers Data Dump Includes BigLaw Intermediaries
• ADT Dodges Shareholder Suit Targeting $450M Stock Buyback
• Cross-Border Crowdfunding Boom Would Test EU Regulators
• Blackstone, Mirvac Pay $620M For Australian Shopping Centers
• Freeport-McMoRan Divests $2.65B In Mining Assets
• Dickinson Wright Adds Ex-Shulman Rogers White Collar Chair
• Bharara To Appeal Level Global Raid Ruling To 2nd Circ.
• Real Estate Rumors: Weingarten, Simons, Bridgeton
• Fintech Regulation: Recent Developments And Innovations
• Amtrak Ruling Shows SEC Judges' Shaky Status, DC Circ. Told
• SEC OKs Joint Rule On Limiting Exec Incentive Compensation
• Del. Judge OKs KaloBios Ch. 11 Disclosure, Investor Pact
• NY Judge Greenlights $2.3M AXA Advisors Wage Deal
• Seward & Kissel's Advice Got Financier In Hot Water, Suit Says
• BofA, Merrill Lynch Win Judge's OK Of $14M Deal In OT Suits
• Hilton Hit With ERISA Class Action Over Retirement Benefits
• Och-Ziff Can't Ditch Shareholder Suit Over FCPA Probe
• Deals Rumor Mill: Teva, Colony Capital, Riverstone Holdings
• Gupta Tells 2nd Circ. Newman Undid Insider Trading Verdict
• Adviser Settles With SEC On Charges Of Defrauding Athletes
• HSBC, Investors To Settle Yen Libor Rigging Suits
• The Fastest Rocket Docket For The 8th Straight Year
• PwC Closes Out $55M Settlement Deal In Madoff Feeder Action
• Real Estate Rumors: Vornado, Paylocity, Joseph Sitt
• Herbalife Says FTC Talks 'Advanced,' $200M Deal Possible
• RCS Capital's Ch. 11 Plan Needs Legal Fix, Judge Says
• NFL Retirement Plan Disputes Interest On Ex-Player's Benefits
• Moving AIB Scheme Suit To Bulgaria Will Kill It, Investor Says
• Feds Say Utah Man Ran $28M Real Estate Ponzi Scheme
• OppenheimerFunds Is On The Make In Puerto Rico, SEC Told
• Express Scripts Hid Risk of Losing Major Client, Investors Say
• Latham, Venable Guide REIT Kimco's $150M Notes Offering
• Big Banks Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Interest Rate Swaps
• Ex-SEC Officials Tell 2nd Circ. To Upend Goldman Class Cert.
• Ex-Citadel Analyst's Prison Term Halved In Secrets Row
• 6 Ways Lawyers Can Enhance Cross-Office Communication
• Real Estate Rumors: Donahue, Tribune, Retail Properties
• Vanguard Dodges Gambling Co. Investments Suit In 3rd Circ.
• Pershing Sued Again Over $7.2B Stanford Ponzi Scheme
• Libor Traders Say 11th Circ. Decision Boosts Class Claims
• SEC Says Timbervest Case Should Return To In-House Court
• DLA Piper Adds Ex-Willkie Farr Real Estate Pro In NY
• Time To Stop The End-Arounds In Muni Market Regulation
• Ex-JPMorgan Trader's Dad Gets Probation For Insider Trading
• UK Softens Accountability For Top Finance Execs
• SIFMA Blasts FINRA Mortgage Market Margin Proposal
• SEC, Ex-Fannie Mae CEO Experts Blocked In Subprime Suit
• Ex-RCS Brass Get Nod To Tap D&O Coverage In Ch. 11
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Offshore Finance Guru's Fraud Conviction
• 3 Firms Steer $238M Park Avenue Deal
• Valeant — A Case Study In Rotten Culture And Business Ethics
• FINRA Plucks Low-Hanging Fruit To Ink Record MetLife Fine
• ITG Investors Look To Keep Trading Platform Suit Alive
• Madoff Trustee Can Depose Convicted Ex-Employees
• Docs In 'Smart Ass' Price-Fixing Suit Had To Go, Court Told
• Och-Ziff Holding Back $200 Million For FCPA Probe
• SEC Completes All Rulemaking Mandated By JOBS Act
• John Hancock Sinks $227M Into SolarCity Projects
• Canada's Best-Interest Standard Plan And Related Concerns
• KaloBios Investor Settlement Hints At Kaye Scholer Suit
• Brokers Indicted For $131M ForceField Investor Fraud
• Aegon Adds BlackRock UK's $17B Pension Platform
• MetLife Pays Record $25M FINRA Fine Over Variable Annuities
• Banks Lose Fight Over UK Document Chase In Yen Libor Suit
• Robbins Geller, Others Snag $57M Fees In Goldman RMBS Suit
• ECB Study Says Investors Profit Off Prerelease US Data
• Traders Failed To Show Jurisdiction In Libor-Rigging Case
• SEC, Accountants Settle Over Athlete Investment Firm Fraud
• TruAmerica Reaches Further East With $187M Apt Buy
• CFTC Approves Amendment To Post-Trade Swap Rules
• The Resurgence Of SPACs In A Quiet IPO Market
• Deals Rumor Mill: Google, Apollo Global, Chicago Tribune
• Whistleblowers Denied Slice Of JPMorgan London Whale Deal
• LaSalle Drops $147M On UK Residential Project
• Ochs Goldberg Steers $105M Brooklyn Property Buy