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Asset Management - May, 2017

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• Madoff Testimony Undermines Trustee's Narrative, Court Told
• Exxon Investors Want Risks From Climate Policies Disclosed
• Chicago Trader Gets 1 Year For Stealing Company's Software
• Standard General Defends American Apparel Lending Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Extell, Mirae, Lululemon
• Liddle & Robinson Pays $1.25M To End UBS Exec Suit
• Traders Don't Deserve $27M Defamation Award, Allstate Says
• Ascott REIT Drops $106M On Manhattan DoubleTree Hotel
• 3M Not Covered For Ponzi Losses, 8th Circ. Affirms
• Alleged CMS Inside Traders Accuse Feds Of Judge-Shopping
• Genworth Investor Calls Rival's Conflict Claims 'Baseless'
• The Return Of Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire
• Brokerage Rep Takes Plea In Pension Fund Bribery Scheme
• Puerto Rico Bond Payments Frozen Amid Competing Claims
• Wells Fargo Turns Tables On BlackRock, Others In MBS Suit
• Chancery Cuts SWS Merger Price In Blow To Investors
• SEC Veteran, Ex-Senior Counsel Join Kirkland In DC
• Nomura Traders Mount Last-Minute Push For Fraud Acquittal
• Bankrupt Calif. 'Hedge Fund' Loses CFTC Suit By Default
• Schorsch, Others Seek Toss Of RCS Breach Suit In Chancery
• SEC Settles With Adviser Accused Of Cherry-Picking Trades
• Gray Matters: Identities Are Us
• LSEG Drops $685M For Citi's Fixed-Income-Related Biz
• Jumbo, Guggenheim Drop $79M On Boston Office Building
• Hedge Fund Fights FINRA Bid To Ditch Bogus Payout Suit
• Ivanhoe Cambridge-CCP Venture Drops $650M On NYC Tower
• Justices Won't Hear Tilton's Suit Over SEC In-House Courts
• The Emerging Popularity Of Interval Funds
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Turning 50, Greenberg Traurig Tops The Law360 400
• The Firms That Lost The Most Ground In 2016
• Biggest US Firms Opt For Modest Growth In Sluggish Market
• The Law360 400
• The Firms That Grew Fastest Without Merging
• Sports Biz Of Chinese Tech Co. Valued At $3.5B In Fundraise
• Fla. Firm Seeks To Claw Back Proceeds Of Alleged $64M Fraud
• Ocwen Says Loan Auditor Billed Strip Clubs, Bloated Hours
• Interest Rate Swap Trader Says Exchange OK On Its Own
• Glass-Steagall Revival Could Have Profound Impact
• 2nd Circ. Eyes Trader's Recordings In $83M Lehman Pay Spat
• BlackRock Inks $1.25B Lease For Hudson Yards Space
• Attys Seek $5M In Junk Bond Meltdown Settlement
• SEC, Investment Adviser Settle On $1.7M Disgorgement
• Keeping Up With The SEC's Enforcement Priorities
• Wealth Expert Sues Advisor Over Faking License, Stealing IP
• 'Hedge Fund' Founder Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges
• 7th Circ. Backs CFTC Dismissal Of $3.6M Trading Loss Suit
• Broker Agrees To Deal Over Alleged REIT Violations
• My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours: Part 2
• Chinese Cos. Buy Condom, Sexual Wellness Biz For $600M
• Kennedy Wilson Nabs Calif. Offices In $144M Deal
• Scottrade Says Customer's Data Breach Claims Again Fail
• SEC Says Unregistered Adviser Bilked $2.1M From Investors
• Advocacy Group Sues For IRS Estate Transfer Records
• DOL Fiduciary Rule Puts American Investors First
• Extending Omnicare Beyond The Section 11 Case
• Questions Following Prevezon Money Laundering Settlement
• Feds Drop Charges In $30M Pump-And-Dump Row, Cite Ruling
• Mistrust Reigns In Fight Over Paying Off $14B In Ill. Debt
• Wells Fargo Fails To Escape Penalty In $1.25B Tax 'Sham'
• NJ High Court Rebuffs Pension Funds' Appeal Of $1B Cuts
• My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours: Part 1
• Safran Cuts Zodiac Offer To €7.3B To Appease Shareholders
• 2 Real Estate Firms Seek IPOs Led By Granite Point
• Trump Budget Chief Defends Domestic Cuts At House Panel
• Feds Tell High Court To Rule On State Securities Suits
• 5 Charged With Securities Fraud In CMS Reimbursement Leak
• SEC Charges CPAs Over Oil Royalty Profit-Hiding Scheme
• Goldman Says 2 Ex-VPs Started Rival Firm, Poached Clients
• Fiduciary Rule's 'Soft Open' Makes Full Repeal Less Likely
• $30M Rx Service Investor Double-Crossed, Suit Says
• Judge Rips 'Draconian' Sentence Bid In ForceField Fraud Case
• Rate-Swap Class Plaintiffs Paint Big-Dollar Damages Picture
• SEC Halts Some Admin. Proceedings After 10th Circ. Ruling
• NorthStar, China Resources Ink $390M London Office Buy
• La. Judge Doesn't See Bias In FINRA Panel's Arbitration
• Fiduciary Rule Comments: Some Conflict, Lots Of Interest
• Genworth Investors Say Lead Plaintiff Rival Has Conflict
• Investment Bank Hits Monster With $8.9M Contract Suit
• Ex-Eaton Vance Manager Pleads Guilty In $1.9M Fraud
• Attorneys, Your Input Is Needed On Deposition Rule
• JP Morgan Tipper's Jury Victory Doesn't Spare Tippee Pals
• No-Admit Settlements Undercut Accountability, Paper Says
• Investors Ask To Keep Deutsche, JPMorgan Deals In NY
• Puerto Rican Agencies Added To Restructuring
• SEC Says Two Stole $11M From Hedge Fund Investors
• SEC Slams Retrial Bid In $22M Oil Investment Fraud Case
• Carlyle, EOG Resources Sign $400M Partnership
• Hacker Gets Time Served In $30M Press Release Scheme
• Shkreli Wins Grand Jury Subpoenas In Securities Fraud Suit
• 2nd Circ. OKs Nixing Of Fund's $230M Madoff Claim Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: HNA, Sinochem, General Electric
• $100M Defamation Suit Against Bloomberg Tossed
• Texas Driller 'Death Spiral' Suit Against Investor Dismissed
• Blackstone, Saudi Arabia To Launch $40B Infrastructure Fund
• The FX Global Code And Its Enforcement: What To Expect
• Trustee To Form Retiree Committee In Puerto Rico Bankruptcy
• SEC's Cooperman Deal Gives Defense Bar New Tool
• Chicago Aims To Borrow $389M To Finish School Year
• Ex-NY Town Supervisor Found Guilty Of Muni Bond Fraud
• Fla. Financier Will Pay SEC $4.1M To Settle Fraud Claims
• Ex-Barclays Forex Trader Gets $1.2M Fine, Industry Ban
• Fiduciary Rule Foe Points To High Court Arbitration Stance
• Creditors Seek To Force Car Battery Recycler Into Bankruptcy
• SEC Still Weighing Plans For 1st New Trading Pit In Decades
• PNC Sues To Overturn Ex-Worker's $1.8M FINRA Award
• 8th Circ. Refuses To Clarify 401(k) Retiree Loss Ruling
• Questions About Bankruptcy Court Authority Continue
• Black Elk Trustee Gets $29M In Platinum Partners Claims
• Cooperman, Omega Pen $4.9M Insider Trading Deal With SEC
• Defunct Escrow Co. Inks Settlement In Japanese Ponzi Suit
• Trump Rolls Back DOL Rule For State Retirement Plans
• How Client Feedback Programs Benefit Law Firms And Clients
• Fundamental Advisors Clinches $1B PE Fund
• Bermuda Insurer Fights MF Global's $1.8M Attys' Fee Bid
• CFTC Swaps Capital Proposal Needs Work, Groups Say
• SEC OKs New Continuing Ed. Rules For Muni Advisers
• 'Big Short' Adviser Case Paused While DC Circ. Weighs ALJs
• SEC Rethinking Approval Of Leveraged ETFs
• Shkreli Loses Bid To Suppress Docs In Securities Fraud Case
• Morgan Lewis Nabs Paul Hastings Pair Shortly After Move
• Ex-Client Hits BakerHostetler With $1.4M Bill For Russia Spat
• FINRA Fines Merrill Lynch Over Customer Trade Prices
• Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Puts Pensions At Risk
• Chinese Construction Firm Pours $140M Into NYC Project
• SEC Warns Firms To Beef Up Security After Cyberattacks
• Future CFTC Chair Announces New Tech Initiative
• Recalcitrant Hedge Fund Boss's Passport Released By Court
• Bipartisan Bill Again Calls For Transparency In Settlements
• Deals Rumor Mill: WaveDivision, Stonyfield, Global Atlantic
• Oil Driller Sucking Fund Into 'Death Spiral,' Judge Told
• Bernstein Litowitz Bumps Motley Rice In Wells Fargo Case
• Travelers Must Cover Charney Suit, Standard General Says
• SEC Pursuing MBS Traders Despite Prosecutors' Early Flop
• 11th Circ. Says Packaging Co. Can't Sue Fund Under ERISA
• Malaysian Family Wants Some US Gov't Seizure Bids Tossed
• Trader Convicted In Galleon Probe Meets Skeptical 2nd Circ.
• Ex-Faruqi Partner Urges 2nd Circ. To Revive Commission Suit
• Old Mutual Selling Shares In US Arm In $252M Offering
• CHOICE Act's Potential Outsized Influence On The SEC
• Valeant, Pershing Square Balk At Draft Class Action Notices
• SEC Seeks Judgment Against Simpson Thacher Tipster
• Activist Elliott Urges BHP To Split Off Petroleum Biz
• Solving The Legal Industry's Data Protection Breakdown
• Virtus Gets Mixed Cert. Rulings In 2 Securities Suits
• Ex-Katten Atty Looks To Gut Indictment In Shkreli Case
• 3 Firms Get $27M Payday In Elan Investors' SAC Capital Suit
• US Bank Slammed Over Bid To Cut RMBS Plaintiff From Case
• SEC Wins Freeze Against Fraudster Over Alleged Client Fibs
• Clipper Realty Lands $74M Financing For Brooklyn Purchase
• SEC Charges Ex-Nomura Head Traders Over MBS Lies
• 5 Things To Know About Justice Gorsuch's First 30 Days
• K&L Gates Adds Paul Hastings Banking, Finance Pair In Paris
• Prevezon To Pay $6M In Settlement Reached On Eve Of Trial
• SunEdison Attacked For Insufficient Ch. 11 Plan Details
• Trump Admin Chaos Shows How To Handle Corporate Crises
• MF Global Wary Of Insurer's Nixed Jurisdiction Challenge
• 5 Mistakes That End Law Firms
• Former Va. Hedge Funder Cops To $9M Ponzi Scheme
• Anonymous Investor Letter Irks Platinum Partners Judge
• Intrinsic Value Asks AkzoNobel For More Analysis Of PPG Bid
• Shkreli Probe Not Finished, Prosecutor Tells NY Trial Judge
• Brazilian Bank Itau Cuts Deal For $2B Stake In Brokerage
• Shaping FINRA's Desk Commentary Safe Harbor
• Ill. Dangerously Near Junk Bond Status, Lawmakers Told
• Merkin, Madoff Trustee Fire Back Over Trial Testimony
• NY Banking Regulator Sees Leeway To Ban Bad Actors
• Emory Must Face Claims Of Retirement Plan Mismanagement
• Deals Rumor Mill: Abercrombie, Dominion Diamond, HCG
• Tikehau Capital Injects $103M Into Managed Services Provider
• Prevezon Loses Bid to Sink Money Laundering Suit
• Clearing Broker Ducks $68M Loss Claim In FINRA Arbitration
• Real Estate Rumors: Roosevelt, Chinese Estates, Knotel
• What To Watch For From The New SEC Chairman
• 4 Ex-Ropes & Gray Attys Join Gibson Dunn In Hong Kong
• Trump's Tax Plan And 401(k)s: What's Old Could Be New Again
• SEC Keeps Up Aggressive Wrap Fee Enforcement, For Now
• Investors Seek Final OK Of $4M Deal With Travel Co., Auditor
• Barclays To Pay SEC $97M For Investment Client Overcharges
• Voices Of Desperate SunEdison Shareholders Flood Docket
• Prevezon Wary Of Anti-Russian Jury Bias In $230M Fraud Trial
• Investors Drop Suit Over $1.4B REIT Sale
• McKool Smith Adds 2 Financial Litigation Principals In NY
• SEC Aims To 'Slam The Courthouse Door,' Tilton Tells Justices
• Real Estate Rumors: SL Green, China Construction, JPMorgan
• Big Banks' $165M Deal Gets Initial OK In NovaStar MBS Suit
• NY Judge Won't Combine Loan Suits Against REIT
• Gov't Breathes Sigh Of Relief In Russian Fraud Evidence Row
• Goldman Sachs Investor Says Firm Pays Directors Too Much
• $11M Investment Fraud Nets Ill. Man 9-Year Sentence
• DLA Piper Gets Second Win In $36M Bankruptcy Appeal
• Platinum Partners Not Covered For Fraud Claims, Insurers Say
• Fiduciary Rule Flouts First Amendment, 5th Circ. Told
• 'Excess' Atty Fees Chopped In $40M Sears REIT Settlement
• Investors Claim Sheppard Mullin Hid Ex-Client's Artwork
• 2nd Circ. Looks Split On Martoma Insider-Trading Conviction
• Marijuana Co. Provisionally Settles SEC's Sham Pot Farm Suit
• Simpson Thacher Deal Maker Picked To Lead SEC Corp. Unit
• Pictet Group Unit Closes $815M PE Fund
• Elliott Blasts AkzoNobel's Rejection Of PPG's $29.3B Bid
• Feds Hit Back At Shkreli's Password-Cracking Allegations
• 'Deceitful' Kapur Out Of Jail For Contempt Over Unpaid $30M
• Deutsche Used Shortcuts In $306M Suit, Morgan Stanley Says
• Why US Law Firms Need Anti-Money Laundering Policies
• SEC Allowing Bigger Bets With Leveraged ETF Approval
• Developer Can't Shake Gibson Dunn Attys' $6M Sanctions Win
• Biotech Investor Wants Details Of Stock Swap Plan
• SEC Sues To Make Pair Turn Over $600K Judgment From 2013
• Nomura Traders Slam Ex-Coworker At RMBS Fraud Trial
• Fintech Co. Accuses Interest Rate Swap Servicer Of Monopoly
• KKR, Dunas, Alua Acquire 4 Hotels In Spain
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Parexel, Kinder Morgan
• Platinum Investors Blame Fund Losses On Feds' 'Crusade'
• Real Estate Rumors: Mastercard, CBRE, Banco de Brasil
• 3 Firms Steer CareTrust REIT's $300M Notes Offering
• Wells Fargo Asks For Reconsideration In Securities Suit
• Stanford Receiver's $5M Clawback Suit Fails At 5th Circ.
• Hedge Fund Settlement Shows Broad Reach Of New York FCA
• O'Melveny, Fried Frank, Sidley Steer $7.4B REIT Tie-Up
• 9th Circ. Sets New Falsity Standard, Citing Omnicare
• Molycorp Investor Asks Chancery To Stop Mineral Rights Deal
• Retrophin Slams Shkreli's Move For Katten Muchin Docs
• Claimed Tipster Can't Earn On Tips To Other Agencies: SEC
• Real Estate Rumors: Workville, Gemini, Miami Penthouse
• Nomura Trader Loses Last-Minute Bid For Separate Trial
• Ascott To Invest $50M In Manhattan Hotel
• DC Circ. Told To Embrace 10th Circ. Ruling On SEC Judges
• Receiver Drops Sanctions Against Atty In $28M Ponzi Case
• UBS Says Stock Co. Misled Court In Push For Arbitration
• FINRA Fines Ex-AIG Units Over Net Capital Accounting
• SEC Says Fraud Corp. Can't Hide Behind Owner's Rights
• Another Platinum Partners Exec Calls For Jury Leak Probe
• CIBC Adds Cash To $4.9B PrivateBancorp Deal In Final Offer
• RBS Beats Direct 2nd Circ. Appeal In Madoff Clawback Case
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Lehman Employee Stock Suit
• Firm, CEO To Pay $4M In Ponzi-Like Life Settlement Scheme
• PNC Bank Asks 6th Circ. To Back $70M Ponzi Suit Dismissal
• Brokerage Will Repay $1.9M Over Mutual Fund Waivers
• Feds Say 1st Circ. Ruling Doesn't Help SAC Trader's Case
• Australia Warns BHP Billiton Changes Could Spur Penalties
• Kayne Anderson Unit To Buy KKR-Backed REIT In $825M Deal
• Cousins JV Sells Atlanta Mixed-Use Space For $199M
• 13 FCPA Enforcement Actions Resolved In 2017 So Far
• Split 10th Circ. Won't Rethink Ruling On SEC Judges
• Russian's Death Off-Limits At Upcoming $230M Fraud Trial
• Senate Votes To Overturn Rule On State-Run Retirement Plans
• Fiduciary Rule Exceeds DOL's Authority, 5th Circ. Told
• Consultant Cleared To Weigh In On Labaton's $75M Fee Award
• LaSalle, O'Connor Invest In $135M Orlando Shopping Center
• Real Estate Rumors: Jesse Cohn, Allstate, CC Homes
• NFA Fines UK-Based Asset Manager $1M Over Loans To CEO
• Calvert To Pay $22M For Using Fund Assets For Marketing
• Feds Fight Nomura Trader's Last-Minute Bid For Separate Trial
• Akerman, Gibson Steer $115M Blackstone Condo Loan
• Axing Carried Interest Tax Perk May Create New Loopholes
• ForceField Promoter Convicted In $131M Stock Fraud Trial
• Nelson Mullins Atty Settles SEC Pay-To-Play Suit For $95K
• CFTC Claims Pa. Man Lied About Futures Trading Program
• SEC Rewards Whistleblower For 'Well-Hidden' Misconduct Tip
• F-Squared Trustee Seeks To Claw Back $2M From Co-Founder
• CFTC's New Automated Trading Rules Draw Criticism
• 2 PE-Backed Cos. Prime Secondary Offerings Nearing $361M
• DC Circ. Backs NLRB Over Freight Co. Benefit Plan Violation
• Hedge Fund Urges Etsy To Make Changes, Weigh Sale
• Traders Beat 13-Year-Old Suit Over Allegedly Botched Orders
• Genworth Investors Fight For Top Spot In $2.7B Merger Action
• Ackman's $4.6B Pershing Square Fund Opens London Trading
• Theranos Settles $96M Investor Damage, Share Swap Suits
• A Reminder That Market Regulators Are Still Watching
• What Lawyers Should Know To Avoid Online Scams
• Investors Seek Fast Chancery Ruling On Fund's Election
• Del. Justices Won't Bend Schedule For Facebook Deposition
• Fund Hid S&P 500 Short That Cost $600M, Suit Says
• Real Estate Rumors: St. Louis Resort, Est4te Four, A&E
• Banks Say Price-Fixing Data Errors Buy Them Do-Over
• Debevoise Adds Ex-SEC FCPA Chief To White Collar Practice
• O'Melveny, Hogan Steer $2.8B HTA-Duke Realty Deal
• Judge Sets Trial Date In SEC's Suit Against F-Squared CEO
• How Recent Executive Orders May Affect SEC And CFTC
• 3 Firms Steer Hospitality Investors Trust's $1.2B Refinance
• Merrill Lynch Calls Customer Cash Use Suit Opportunistic
• Real Estate Moguls On The Move
• Barclays To Pay $16.5M Over RMBS Trading Violations
• Web Servers: An Overlooked Cybersecurity Risk At Law Firms