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Asset Management - August, 2016

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• Latest REIT Regulations Not As Broad As Some Had Hoped
• AIG, Others Battle Hedge Funds For $500M BofA Payout
• Ex-Visium Hedge Fund Manager To Get 'Co-Conspirator' List
• Gramercy REIT Buys 2 Industrial Facilities Worth $60M
• Norway Buys $453M Stake In San Francisco Real Estate
• Enron Investors Want Dismissal Of UBS Suit Undone
• Financial Planning Coalition Argues For DOL Fiduciary Rule
• CPBE Closes $603M UK Midmarket Buyout Fund
• K&L Gates Snags Paul Hastings Investment Management Atty
• Banks Say NovaStar Bankruptcy Halts $7.7B MBS Suit
• CAB Rules Won't Get Private Funds To Their Destination
• Reconciling The Practice With The Business Of Law
• Another Shareholder Challenges Starz-Lions Gate Merger
• IRS Expands Definition Of REIT-Qualifying Assets
• SEC Says Depositions Of Stifel Execs Are Allowed At Trial
• CFTC Floats Slew Of Changes For Whistleblower Program
• Law Profs Say 2nd Circ. Should Uphold Abacus Class Cert.
• SEC Scoffs As Investment Adviser Tries To Nix $3M Fees Suit
• Ex-AXA Broker Launches Broad Appeal Over $1.6M Trial Loss
• REBUTTAL: Establishing Standards And Norms In Mediation
• Hungry SEC Enforcers Find Fertile Ground In Muni Bonds
• New Class Action Filed Against Melted-Down Third Ave. Fund
• Real Estate Rumors: China Orient, Rubenstein, Pagcor
• Ill. Could Owe $500M More After Pension Fund Rate Downturn
• FINRA Sues Broker For Pitching Bad Energy, Gold Stocks
• Top House Dem Asks Regulators For Volcker Rule Update
• Deals Rumor Mill: SunEdison, Ocean Link, QSR Brands
• Fed Wants $1.2M Fine, Ban For Ex-Barclays Forex Trader
• Activists Urge High Court To Tighten Insider Trading Rules
• Investors Want $1B-Plus Ponzi Claims Back in Del. Court
• REIT Equity Commonwealth Sells 4 Properties for $417M
• How Accepting Responsibility Can Help At Sentencing
• SunEdison Wants Class Actions Consolidated In New York
• Fla. Investment Advisers Plead Guilty To $2.2M Fraud Scheme
• Global Watchdog Pushes For Fund Manager Transparency
• NY Real Estate Investment Co. Beats RICO Suit
• AXA Investor Fees Didn't Breach Fiduciary Duty, Judge Says
• Tribe Members Want Final Judgment In Embezzlement Fight
• Defining Attorney-Client Relationships In The Electronic Age
• SEC Signals Approval Of MSRB, FINRA Pay-To-Play Rules
• Scrapbookers' McDermott Malpractice Suit Now But A Memory
• Options Clearing Corp. Weighs In On Capital Plan Challenge
• IPO Row Belongs In Calif. Court, Investors Tell High Court
• Questioning 2nd Circ. Analysis In Aluminum Antitrust Case
• ExamWorks Investors Seek Stock Appraisal After $2B Buyout
• $62M Avon FCPA Settlement Gets Approval, Fees Cut 40%
• DOL Defends Authority For Fiduciary Rule In DC Court
• Adviser Who Targeted Elderly In Ponzi Scheme Gets 5 Years
• PE Magnate Tilton Loses Bid For SEC Review In Fraud Case
• Ballard Spahr To Lead BGC-GFI Appraisal Action
• SEC Says Advisers Must Report Clients' Derivatives Risk
• Ex-Madoff Aide Agrees To Assist Trustee Liquidating BLMIS
• Israeli Real Estate Co. Owes $396K Award To US Developer
• Fantasy Overwhelms The Transfer Tax
• 4 Reasons Law Firm Business Development Initiatives Fail
• Md. High Court Sides With Widow In Tom Clancy Estate Tax Row
• Haneberg, Williams Mullen Steer Wheeler REIT's $100M Shelf
• TIAA Pays $2.9M To Settle ERISA Class Action Claims
• SEC Slaps WL Ross With $2.3M Fine For Fee Overcharges
• Magcorp Trustee OK'd To Sell Stake In $213M Judgment
• Calif. Assembly Passes Private Equity Fee Transparency Bill
• Class Seeks OK For $36M Louisville Bedding Sale Fight
• 2nd Circ. Won't Reconsider Ex-S&P Exec's SEC Challenge
• Cohen Capital Calls For Shakeup At Engineering Firm CBI
• HFF Closes $95.6M Sale Of Two Tampa Communities
• SEC Charges 71 Municipal Bond Issuers For Faulty Disclosure
• Judge Won't Let Chicago Trader Escape CFTC Spoofing Case
• 4 Major Banks Launch Digital Currency Blockchain Project
• Highland, Ex-Exec Can't Sway Appeals Court To Shift Awards
• Oaktree, Molycorp Row Getting 'Personal,' Del. Judge Says
• MMA Promoter Must Pay SEC $2.87M For Fraud
• Natixis Says Suit Over $400M In RMBS Losses Is Too Late
• 2nd Circ. Rebuffs Lynn Tilton Again On SEC In-House Fight
• 2nd Circ. Declines To Stay $542M Triaxx CDO Default Sale
• Blackstone Signs $620M Deal For NYC Multifamily Complex
• 10th Circ. Affirms $55M SEC Win Against Investment Adviser
• Crown Castle Prices $700M Bond To Pay Down Debt
• 5th Circ. Won't Order $6M Ponzi Clawback From Golf Channel
• Platinum Equity Drops $111.1M On Asian Industrial Assets
• From BigLaw To Your Own Firm: 4 Tips For Legal Startups
• Chancery Endorses Share Tracing In Dell
• Fraudster Who Hid Tablet At Pillsbury Can't Dodge SEC Ban
• NJ Atty And His Hedge Fund Fire Back At SEC Complaint
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of FINRA Arbitration Suit
• Activist Meister Seeks To Replace Williams Board
• Chancery Sets Sept. Trial In Hill International Meeting Dispute
• SEC Settles With Ex-Fannie Mae CEO, Ends Subprime Suit
• Canada Watchdog To Study If New Rules Help Fund Investors
• Report Says SEC Probing Silver Lake Over Fees
• Opponents Mischaracterize Fiduciary Rule, DOL Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Carlyle, Strategic
• New York REIT's Board Approves Liquidation Plan
• Investment Firm FAB Pays $333M For NY Debt Manager CIFC
• 4 Communications Fundamentals For High-Stakes Litigation
• Impact Of Pay-To-Play Rules In 2016 Election Cycle
• Judge 'Schools' Attorneys in $10M Patriarch Partners Suit
• Ex-Santander Exec Defaults On $1M Insider Trading Suit
• Morgan Stanley Hit With $150M Suit Over 401(k) Management
• Class Cert. In Goldman Suit Was Proper, 2nd Circ. Told
• Retirement Plan Suits Find A New Target: Academia
• SEC Blasts Stay Bid Pending High Court Action In Salman
• SEC Tosses Enforcement Claims Against Bank Exec
• Northstar Fights For Revival Of Schwab Fund Suit
• Forex Dealer Dodges Investor Suit Over Swiss Franc Losses
• Gramercy REIT Buys Mass., Miss. Properties For $68M
• Gupta Says Jury Instruction Flouted Newman In Trading Trial
• Risk Management Tips For Attys Serving As Local Counsel
• Steamfitters Funds Chosen To Lead Endo Class Action
• Bharara Shows Path To Post-Newman Wins In Stewart Trial
• Pensions Can Be 'Reasonably' Lowered, Calif. Panel Says
• FINRA Erases Tribe's Claims Against Morgan Keenan Rep
• T. Rowe, Alleghany Go After Valeant For Stock Drop
• SEC Moves Against Mich. Transfer Agent Bay City, Boss
• JPMorgan-Sterling Bay Venture Lands $78M Loan From BofA
• SEC Bars Mass. Adviser Who Copped To Stealing IPO Dollars
• SEC Waited Too Long For $3M Disgorgement, Agency Told
• SunTrust Employees Win Class Cert. In ERISA Suit
• Dusek Doesn't Bar Merck Investors' Claims, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Goldman Wants Aluminum Price-Fix Claims Tossed
• Real Estate Rumors: Gemdale, Stellar, Oak Tree Capital
• SEC's Investor Advocate Praises Proposed Audit Rules
• SEC In-House Judge Tosses Case Against Defunct Adviser
• Beware The 'Standard' Mediation Confidentiality Agreement
• PE-Backed Inc Research Unveils $204M Secondary Share Sale
• SEC Agrees To Take Another Look At Nasdaq, NYSE Pricing
• Deals Rumor Mill: Wako Pure Chemical, MSG, Brookfield
• New Biz Continuity Obligations For Investment Advisers
• Investors Says Deutsche Knew Securities Were Bad
• Ex-JPMorgan Banker Convicted of Insider Trading
• Gabonese Man Facilitated Fund's Bribery Scheme, US Says
• Columbia Faces $100M Suit Over Retirement Plan Losses
• Stillwater Says Judge Erred In Not Staying Property Sale
• Bank, Brokers Push To Escape Yen Libor-Rigging Suit
• Stifel Blasts SEC Bid To Limit Ex-Agency Director's Testimony
• FINRA Fines UBS Over Mutual Fund Discount Dodging
• Skullcandy Mulling Mill Road Bid Against $189M Incipio Deal
• Ex-Nomura Trio Wants Jury To Hear About Industrywide Fibs
• Ex-Goldman Trader Pays $400K To Settle RMBS Fraud Charges
• Investor Slams $1.6B Buyout Of RedBox Parent As Unfair
• CFTC Bars Ex-SAC Manager Cohen Over Insider Trading
• SEC Eases Up On Enforcement Actions In 2016
• 2nd Circ. May Take Up No-Suit Order In Condor Asset Sale
• New ISS Policy Affects IPO Co. Director Elections
• Skadden Reaches Deal With La. Firefighters In Investment Row
• Unintended Consequences Of New DOL Fiduciary Rule
• 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Law Libraries
• SunEdison Unit Says Hedge Funds' Math Doesn't Add Up
• Bulldog Sues Hill International For 11th-Hour Meeting Delay
• SEC Sues Fund Manager Over 'Death Put' Options Scheme
• Commodity Pool Heads Get $10M Penalty For Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-State Street Exec Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud Charges
• SEC Denies Appeal From Exec Of Investment Firm For Athletes
• Kirkland Boosts Investment Funds Group With Ex-SEC Atty
• S. African, Nigerian Investment Funds Look To Raise $700M
• Quicksilver Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed After Vote-Trading Tussle
• Deals Rumor Mill: Morgan Stanley, Honeywell, Lyft
• FINRA Relaxes Arbitration Chair Requirements
• A Key Victory For SEC In Battle Over Administrative Courts
• Scottsdale Tells 4th Circ. FINRA Can't Dispute Overreach
• SEC Upholds Wedbush FINRA Fine Over Reporting Violations
• MAA, Post To Merge Into $17B Multifamily-Focused REIT
• Real Estate Rumors: Samsung, TJAC, Alliance Private Capital
• Law Students Should Explore BigLaw Pro Bono Options
• Trader Brought Low By Feds Hopes Newman Will Clear Name
• Deloitte Unit Battles High Court Review In Fraud Row
• Amira Foods Investors' Class Action Over $90M IPO Tossed
• 3rd. Circ. Defines Investment Adviser For 1st Time
• Possible Deadlock In Ex-JPMorgan Banker's Fraud Trial
• Skadden, Sidley Steer New Residential's $284M Offering
• Investing Co. Eyes Settlement Of $10M IRS Deduction Dispute
• Real Estate Rumors: Brookwood, APF, Bar Invest
• REIT Spirit Realty Prices $300M Debt Offering
• 3 Firms Steer $376M Loan For Brooklyn Watchtower Building
• Calif. Pair Faces Insider Trading Charges In Biotech Scheme
• New Ruling May Revive Mutual Fund Securities Litigation
• CTFC Exempts Federal Reserve Banks From DCO Liabilities
• DOJ, SEC Say Calif. Fund Runner Faked Returns, Assets
• List Of Universities Sued Over Retirement Plan Fees Grows
• Romance Reports Don't Clear Up Fifth Third GC's Firing
• CFTC Stands Behind Penalties Over Money Pass Scheme
• Blackstone Reaps $1.2B From New York REIT Sale
• Goldman Says 2nd Circ. Ruling Nixes MDL's Aluminum Buyers
• Why The Government's Wall Of Secrecy Must Fall
• Ropes & Gray Adds Private Funds Partner From Wachtell Lipton
• SL Green Sells $480M Building Stake, Plans $1B Buyback
• SEC Extends Ex-Barclays Trader's Ban To 5 Years
• Real Estate Rumors: Klingbeil, Dalan, RXR
• SEC Names New Co-Head Of Investment Adviser Exams
• Kirkland Guides Oaktree-Owned Roofer On Sale To Onex Fund
• Cayman Court Clarifies Investor Rights In Liquidation
• Investor Says Ratners Should Loosen Hold On Forest City
• Rothstein Feeder Fund's Suit Against Ex-Counsel Reinstated
• Ex-Hunton Attorney & Pal Charged With Insider Trading
• Verdict Eludes Jury In Ex-JPMorgan Banker's Fraud Trial
• Real Estate Rumors: Katy Perry, Sperry Equities, ICAP
• MF Global Gets Nod On $159M Settlement With Former Execs
• Novo Nordisk's $305M Campus Sale Sets NJ Record For 2016
• Ex-Football Player Arrested Over $8M Ponzi Scheme
• Caledonia To Pay $480K For Merger Notification Flub
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Madoff Five's Appeal
• 2nd Circ. Denies Redo In $81M Morgan Stanley Buyback Suit
• Blackstone Primes $5B Non-Traded REIT
• IRS Relaxes Rules for Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts
• Milbank, Latham Guide MGM Growth's $500M Notes Deal
• DOL Fiduciary Rule: Real-World Applications And Effects
• SEC's Big DC Circ. Win Won't End In-House Clash
• Life Insurers Say Fiduciary Rule Will Harm Annuity Trade
• Ex-JPMorgan Banker's Insider Trading Case Heads To Jury
• Mayer Brown, Funds Say 7th Circ. Can Hear Malpractice Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Jacques Berrebi, Tom Ford, Altmark
• Deals Rumor Mill: Formula One, BP, JC Flower & Co.
• Writing Arbitration Clauses To Get The Arbitration You Want
• NYU, MIT, Yale Hit With ERISA Suits Over Retirement Plans
• Feds Say Ex-Atty's Funds Are Theirs In $9.3M Ponzi Scheme
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Secondary Aluminum Buyers' Antitrust Suit
• Deutsche Bank Wants Toss Of Remaining Securities Claims
• SEC Wins 1st Appellate Ruling On In-House Constitutionality
• FINRA Is Wrongfully Imposing Rule 2010 Sanctions
• Spotlight On 'Shadow Banking'
• Nomura Traders, Gov't Feud Over 'Victim-Blaming' Evidence
• Feds Brand Ex-JPMorgan Banker As A Liar As Trial Nears End
• Nixon Peabody Tells Judge To Ignore 9th Circ. Fraud Ruling
• AIG Escapes Ill. Pension Fund's Securities Fraud Suit
• O'Melveny Keeps Aletheia Malpractice Claims In Arbitration
• Dexus Sells 3 Australian Properties For $545.8M
• Deutsche Bank Pays $12.5M Over Lax Customer Info Controls
• Rosen Law Adds Ex-Placitella Roth Atty, Philly Controller
• Chinese Brokerage Giant Seeks $1B Hong Kong IPO
• Carter Validus REIT Nabs $116M Health Care Portfolio
• Aluminum Buyers Say Goldman Is Mum On Price-Fixing Claims
• American Realty Capital, Global Net Plan $671M Merger
• Real Estate Rumors: John Hancock, Madison Realty, IMG
• Barclays To Pay $100M In Multistate Libor Settlement
• 9th Circ. Agrees To En Banc Rehearing Of Edison ERISA Suit
• AbbVie Hit With Hedge Fund's Suit Over Failed Shire Deal
• Investment Adviser Wants Out Of SEC's $3M Hidden Fees Suit
• New Audit Rule Limits Tax Discharges By Partnerships
• Quiznos Ex-Execs Want Units To Shield Them From Lawsuit
• Gov't Says Gupta's Insider Trading Verdict Survives Newman
• Stanford Receiver Pushes For OK Of $35M Chadbourne Deal
• SEC Says Hands Were Tied With Clearinghouse Capital Plan
• Feds Pile More Charges On Trader Over $9M Ponzi Scheme
• Chaitman LLP, Madoff Trustee Trade Sanctions Demands
• 5 Open Questions On Risk Retention
• Office-Focused REIT Sells Pa. Campus For $143M
• SEC Claims Over Atty's $1.1M EB-5 Fraud Specific Enough
• It's Time To Loosen The Limitations On BDC Investors
• Bain Pays $1.26B For Spanish Loan And Property Portfolios
• Unwanted Baggage: Some Lessons On Successor Liability
• 9 Tips For Becoming A Legal Pundit In The Media
• Fla. Investment Advisers Accused Of $2.2M Fraud Scheme
• SEC Says Franklin Fund Must Allow Vote On Discount Plan
• Ex-JPMorgan Banker Denies Insider Trading Claims At Trial
• Bank Says Tribe's Latest Embezzlement Complaint A Rehash
• Three Firms Steer Columbia Property's $350M Notes Offering
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Fla. Condo Project, Chetrit
• NJ Investment Firm Accused Of Racism In Firing Indian Man
• Ackman's Pershing Readies Sale Of Canadian Pacific Stake
• Toronto REIT To Buy 3 Properties For $78M
• FINRA Probe Targets Business Development Companies
• Law Firm Employees Can Better Defend Against Cyberthreats
• Activist Investor Corvex Calls For New Williams Directors
• Del. Judge Tosses Invalid Shares Suit As 12 Years Too Late
• IRS Will Hold Partnerships To New Audit Opt-In
• Fla. Firm Opts For Ch. 7 In Wake Of SEC's $64M Fraud Suit
• 'Big Short' Adviser Says SEC Fraud Claims Don't Hold Up
• 'Fraudster' Witness Derided At Ex-JPMorgan Banker's Trial
• Fried Frank Nabs Akin Gump Tax Partner
• FINRA Challengers Must Face SEC First, SEC Tells 4th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Denies Leidos A Redo In Investor Fraud Probe Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Samsung, EverBank, Anglo American
• INC Research Investors Prime $210M Secondary Offering
• NJ Leader Seeks Probe Of Alleged Union Threats On Pension
• UBS Beats Suit Claiming Brokers Deceived Enron Investors
• Barclays Hit With $1.3M FINRA Fine Over Reporting Errors
• Salman V. US: Will It Change The 'Personal Benefit' Test?
• SEC Blasts Ex-Director's Report Ahead Of $200M CDO Trial
• Nixon Peabody Beats All Claims In Twitter Stock Suit
• Warburg Pincus Denies Causing Rural/Metro Investor Losses
• Bankrupt Refco Gets Pass On $3.6M IRS Penalty
• Ex-JPMorgan Banker To Testify At His Insider Trading Trial
• LaSalle Lands $75M Loan From JPMorgan For Tenn. Property
• 4 Ways The Revolving Door Helps Your Defense Practice
• Gray Financial, Hill Seek 11th Circ. Do-Over On SEC Courts
• IRS Aims To Stop Undervaluation Of Transferred Interests
• Sweden Forms Commission To Analyze Crowdfunding Market
• The Specter Of A Financial Transactions Tax
• How To Attract Restructuring Investors To Post-Brexit UK
• NYRT, JBG Ax $8.4B Merger Amid Investor Opposition
• A Midyear Review Of 2016 Securities Enforcement
• Glaser Weil Can Arbitrate Dov Charney's Malpractice Suit
• Ex-JPMorgan Banker's Dad Got Tips From Son, Jury Told
• Qualcomm Beats Investor Action Over $2B Antitrust Missteps
• SEC Gives Itself More Time To Consider Audit Plan
• Mutual Fund In $2.8B Collapse Seeks Toss Of Class Claim
• UBS Dodges Suit Claiming It Hid Faults In $1.1B MBS Pool
• London Financial Research Firms Merge For Compliance Boom
• Technology Crossover Ventures Closes $2.5B Fund
• Brokers Say SEC Changing Story In IBM Insider Trading Row
• Trader Settles CFTC Software Fraud Suit For $1.5M
• K&L Gates Adds Partner To Finance Practice In London
• Two Firms Guide $4.4B Deal For Mobile Slots Game Maker
• BigLaw's (Crowded) Passage To India?
• Inside SEC's New In-House Court Rules