Asset Management Archive » June, 2017

Asset Management - June, 2017

313 articles

• SEC Wins Contempt Bid Against Investment Co. Over Records
• Investor Says He Lost $4.8M As Shkreli Fund Failed
• SEC Investor Advocate Says It Needs Breather On Rules
• Husband In Couple's $70M Ponzi Scheme Gets 15 Years
• Novartis Escapes End Payors' Gleevec Antitrust Suit
• With No Bass In Drug Patent Appeal, USPTO Intervenes
• Sullivan Guides CPPIB In $1.2B Deal For Houston REIT
• Feds Say Brit Raised $37M For Fake Bitcoin, Office Cos.
• Sheppard Mullin Sued By Bankrupt Co. Over Property Sale
• CFTC Inks $5.2M Settlements Over Eurodollar 'Wash Trades'
• Brand Battles: Mars Says Hershey Can't Own 'Scary' Candy
• DOL Asks For More Info On Fiduciary Rule
• Real Estate Rumors: Harvard, VTS, Morguard
• American Realty Ex-CFO Guilty Of Securities Fraud
• 3 Key Areas Legal Operations Teams Should Focus On
• Protecting And Enforcing Judgment Creditor Interests In IP
• What The Experts Said About High Court Rulings This Term
• High Court Faces Tricky Knot On State Securities Suits
• REIT Ex-CFO 'Jacked Up' Key Metric, Feds Say In Summation
• Shkreli Investor Says She Felt 'Betrayed' By Bait And Switch
• 8th Circ. Vacates Firm's Disgorgement Under Kokesh Ruling
• CFTC Inks 1st Nonprosecution Deals With 3 Citi Cooperators
• Madoff Trustee Atty Blasts Discovery Concealment Accusation
• NewRiver REIT Buys Out UK Mall JV Partner For $77M
• Keppel REIT Drops $267M On Stake In Australia Project
• No Collusion In GM Investors' $300M Deal, 6th Circ. Told
• US Law Firms Face Discovery Of Foreign Clients' Records
• The Future Of Law And The Demise Of The Midsize Firm
• Shkreli Atty Dubs Him 'Genius,' Denies Fraud As Trial Begins
• Mayer Brown Malpractice Suit Tossed At 7th Circ.
• SEC Whistleblower Program Is Business As Usual, Chief Says
• Puerto Rico Oversight Board Must Rethink Plan In Bond Row
• FCA Intervention A Turning Point For UK Asset Managers
• A Significant Victory For Securities Class Action Defendants
• Canadian Investors Betting Big On US Clean Energy Sector
• The 10 Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• The Most Talkative Justice Of The High Court Term
• The Cases That Got The Justices Talking
• HSBC Says Housing Crash Claims Too Varied For Class Action
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Real Estate Atty From Ropes & Gray
• 2 FINRA Rules Ripe For Review And Clarification
• REIT Government Properties Puts Up $1.4B For First Potomac
• 2 Men Seek Acquittal In Nomura RMBS Fraud Case
• How Discovery Has Changed Under New Federal Rules
• The Stakes In High Court's Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Case
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Pre-Voir Dire Questions
• UK Watchdog Unveils Tough New Rules For Asset Managers
• REIT Ex-CFO 'Harmonized' Key Metric In Filings, Jury Hears
• Employers May Regret Forcing Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Test
• Shkreli Attorney Claims Bad Press Tainting Jury Pool
• Chilean Co. Receiver Fights Bankruptcy In $7.4M Fraud
• Gorsuch And Thomas Becoming Fast Friends At High Court
• Kortright Misrepresentation Claim Stands Against Investcorp
• 5 High Court Concurrences That Read Like Dissents
• The Sharpest Dissents From This Supreme Court Term
• Alleged Kickback Scheme Not Covered, Insurer Tells 9th Circ.
• MF Global Insurer Posts $15M To Continue Arbitration Bid
• High Court Turns Away Bear Stearns Investor After CalPERS
• Supreme Court Declines To Hear Class Action Tolling Case
• Platinum Defendants Claim SEC Is Strong-Arming Receiver
• SEC, CFTC Chiefs Say Budget Proposals Reflect Tech Needs
• Martin Shkreli Goes On Trial — What To Expect
• CDL Hospitality Trusts Buys Munich Hotel For $112M
• FINRA Continues To Step Up Focus On Senior Investors
• An Interview With Floyd Abrams
• Supreme Court To Review State Jurisdiction In Securities Suits
• REIT Ex-CFO Tells Jury 'Absolutely' No Intent To Defraud
• IAC Drops Stock-Shuffling Plans, Negating Class Action
• Puerto Rico Defends Methods To Resolve Bond Conflict
• Certainty For Defendants Will Burden Institutional Investors
• FelCor Hit With Investor Suit Over Merger With RLJ Lodging
• Harsh Words For Shkreli From Jurors As Selection Begins
• Madoff Trustee Inks $23M Deal With Fraudster's Sons' Estates
• NJ Judge OKs $4M Deal Ending Investor Suit Over Travel Co.
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• IP Cases Led The Pack In High Court Amicus Briefs
• 2 Commercial REITs Move Forward On IPOs Totaling $245M
• Bucking Tradition: NewLaw And The Coming Millennials
• Third Point Takes $3.5B Nestle Stake, Calls For Change
• Deutsche Drops $394M On Pair Of London Properties
• Real Estate Rumors: JPMorgan, Pacific Urban, Mountain View
• DLA Piper-Led Store Capital Gets $377M Berkshire Investment
• PE-Backed Hotel Manager Gets $255M Golub Capital Loan
• DC Circ. Split Tees Up High Court Review Of SEC Judges
• High Court Applies Strict Time Limit To Securities Suits
• Justices To Resolve Split Over Dodd-Frank Whistleblowers
• Gray Matters: We Feel, We Decide
• 4th Circ. Rules NFL Retirement Plan Wrongly Denied Benefits
• AbbVie Fights Hedge Funds' Bid To Return To State Court
• Ex-ITG Head Settles SEC's Foreign Shares Supervision Claims
• Mortgage Lender's Board Hid Possible Fraud, Investor Says
• Wash. State Co. Agrees To CFTC Bar On Commodities Trades
• Real Estate Rumors: Extell, Equity Office, HUD
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Labaton Sucharow Picked To Lead Tempur Sealy Investor Suit
• The Misconception About SWS Appraisal Decision
• Contract Challenges With Selling 'Dualed' Auto Dealerships
• Feds, Shkreli Trade Claims Of Dubious Witness Tricks
• Investors Call Coworking Startup Bar Works A Ponzi Scheme
• REIT Ex-CFO's Bonus Could Hit 8 Times Salary, Feds Say
• Deutsche Defends Loan Sample In $306M Mortgage Trust Suit
• JPMorgan Says Fee Complaint Compares The Uncomparable
• Clayton Laments IPO Decline At SEC Meeting
• Commercial REIT Prices $205M IPO To Fund Asset Deals
• SEC Says NY REIT's Charter Change Stiffed Shareholders
• Insurer Ordered To Pay MF Global Almost $1M In Attys' Fees
• Willkie Farr Snags Stroock Fund Formation Atty
• Puerto Rico Court Shouldn't Hear Tax Row, Stakeholders Say
• Wells Fargo Makes $3.25M Settlement Over Options Reporting
• Justice Kennedy's Moderating Influence On The High Court
• A Resurgence Of Synthetic Securitizations
• How Kokesh Will Impact The FTC And Other Agencies
• UK Watchdog OKs £3.8B Standard Life-Aberdeen Tie-Up
• Sheppard Mullin Beats Fraud Claims Over $8.5M Judgment
• Justice Sotomayor On The Power Of Dissent
• Azeri Bank's Restructuring Under Fire In Ch. 15 Hearing
• Genworth Agrees To $20M Settlement In Suit Over Unit's IPO
• Junior Staffer OK'd REIT's Challenged Filing, Jury Hears
• Arbitration Over $27M Tin Futures Trading Loss Rebooted
• Pebblebrook Hotel REIT Sells Dumont NYC For $118M
• Ex-Prosecutor Who Drafted Swiss Bank Plan Joins Jones Day
• Cattle Futures Traders To Pay CFTC $5.5M For Flouting Limits
• SEC Wants Briefs On CBOE Reviews Of Disciplinary Actions
• China Shares Finally Added To Key Emerging Markets Index
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Juror-Posed Questions
• Marblegate Picks New Fight With EDMC After 2nd Circ. Loss
• Adviser Gets 2 Years In $1.3M 'Cherry-Picking' Scheme
• Ex-Faruqi Atty Seeks to 'Rewrite' Fee Deal, Firm Tells 2nd Circ.
• FINRA Panel's $20M Award Over Soured Trade Approved
• 7th Circ. Affirms Conviction For NBA Investment Adviser
• National Events Restructuring Put On Hold Again
• Feds' Witness Branded As Liar In American Realty Fraud Trial
• Biz Groups Say Bankruptcy Law Stops Lehman Swap Claim
• CFTC Dem Calling It Quits Over 'Intolerable' Gridlock
• Putnam Investments Beats ERISA Class Action
• Puerto Rico Blasted For Trying To Expand Bankruptcy Shield
• Wells Fargo Says Account Scandal Not Securities Fraud
• Pa. Justices Ax Fiduciary Duty In Insurance-Advice Dispute
• Supermarket Income REIT Eyeing £200M IPO
• REIT Head Urged Fraud Of Key Earnings Metric, Jury Hears
• Justice Sotomayor On Working A Room And The Post-Scalia Void
• Don't Believe The Tweet — Shkreli Low On Cash, Atty Says
• Puerto Rico Creditors Rip Board's Plan To Solve Bond Conflict
• Valeant Tries To Zap Claims In 4 Securities Fraud Suits
• Lender Blasted For Effort To Lift Ticket Reseller's Ch. 11 Stay
• Robbins Geller To Lead Proposed Amtrust Stock-Drop Class
• PE, Pension Firms Sink Cash Into Pattern's Clean Energy Push
• CFTC Watchdog Blasts Agency's Swaps Margin Analysis
• CareerBuilder Majority Stake Handed Off For $490M
• Footnote In Kokesh Signals Bigger Changes On The Horizon
• High Court Won't Hear ERISA Suit Over Bernie Madoff Profits
• FCA Ready To Clamp Down On UK Asset Management Sector
• 4-Year-Old Madoff Victim Fund To Begin Payments This Year
• Fed. Watchdog Wants Puerto Rico To ID Key Services
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink New Falsity Standard Ruling
• Consolidated Audit Trail Fee Plan Unfair, SEC Told
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• JPMorgan Wants Adviser's Suit Axed Over FINRA Arbitration
• Shkreli Wants Millions In Bail Back For Bills
• Fees Chopped, Releases Cut In $25M Third Ave. Settlement
• Reinsurer Exec Says $50M RICO Suit Must Be Arbitrated
• Travelers Says Charney Defamation Suit Costs Not Covered
• NJ Hedge Fund Owner To Face All Counts In 1 Trial
• Miners Find Themselves In The Spotlight Once Again
• CLO Market Forges Path To Risk-Retention Compliance
• Tips For Complying With ABA's New Encryption Guidance
• American Regulators Playing FinTech Catch-Up
• No Rules On Key REIT Metric, Witness Says In Ex-CFO Trial
• Gov't Goes After Another $540M In Assets In 1MDB Scheme
• Judge Won't Toss Suit Against GE Capital Over $3.6B Scheme
• Investors Get Class Cert. In Angola Oil Bribe Suit
• Broker Denied New Trial In $22M Oil Investment Fraud Case
• Real Estate Rumors: Google, Hines, Gateway Casinos
• Anthem, CalPERS Sued Over Reimbursement Levels
• Deals Rumor Mill: Slack, Capita, SS&C Technologies
• Granite Point Mortgage REIT Launches $205M IPO
• Judge OKs $9.5M Deal To Settle Tile Shop Investor Suit
• SEC Cuts Tilton Disgorgement By $45M After Justices' Ruling
• Bipartisan State Treasurers Urge No Change To Fiduciary Rule
• Creditor, Retiree Committees Appointed In Puerto Rico Case
• Jury Delivers Single Conviction In Nomura RMBS Fraud Case
• Skullcandy Shareholders Denied Attys' Fees
• DDR, Madison International Realty Ink $1.05B Mall Recap
• UK's Marex Ruling May Lead To New Tortious Cause Of Action
• 2 New Cases Highlight Scrutiny Of Univ. Retirement Plans
• Justice Ginsburg On Oral Argument And 'Imperious' Attorneys
• Chancery Sends Innoviva Board Fight With Sarissa To Trial
• 5 Federal Judges To Mediate Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Fights
• Lender To Bankrupt Ticket Reseller Seeks Lift Of Ch. 11 Stay
• Facing 8 Years In Prison, Coin.mx Founder Begs For Leniency
• Ropes & Gray Guides $435M Hamilton Lane Investment Fund
• New Senior Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $640M Deal
• Rakoff Rips Guidelines, Gives Ex-Visium Manager 1.5 Years
• Ex-Exec, SEC Settle Suit Over Pump-And-Dump Reporting
• CFTC Settles Off-Exchange Deals Dispute For $1.63M
• Elliott Eyes BHP Board Overhaul, Independent Review
• 3M Asks 8th Circ. To Reconsider Ponzi Loss Coverage
• Puerto Rico Fiscal Reform: The End Of The Beginning
• Regulatory Focus On Bond Valuation Should Not Be Ignored
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Preliminary Instructions
• All-Time Top Securities Settlements Boosted By Record 2016
• REIT Ex-CFO Made Up Numbers To Match Guidance, Feds Say
• MF Global Insurer Must Post $15M To Continue Arbitration Bid
• Former SEC Deputy Chief Of Staff Joins Quinn Emanuel
• White House Taps Ex-Derivatives Industry Lobbyist For CFTC
• Ex-State Street Exec. Should Face Fraud Charges, Feds Say
• Due Diligence From The Lateral Partner's Perspective
• UBS Says Fired Adviser Not Whistleblower Under Dodd-Frank
• Traders Who Used Schwab Get 3rd Crack At Fraud Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: JP Morgan, Facebook, Robert W. Baird
• Lateral Partner Due Diligence: Where Should A Firm Begin?
• Justice Ginsburg On Diversity And Persuading Her Colleagues
• Feds Go After New Luxe London Properties In 1MDB Scandal
• Citi To Pay $1M For Lax Trade Controls Behind Price Swings
• Investors Say Feds Wrong On State Securities Suit Petition
• CFTC, Watchdog Disagree Over Futures Association Oversight
• Costco Says Hedge Fund's Ponzi Scheme Suit Is Time-Barred
• Northrop Grumman Settles 401(k) Fee Class Suit For $16.75M
• Real Estate Rumors: Walton Street Capital, McLain, ASB
• Tritax Big Box REIT Drops $117M On UK Distribution Center
• The Shameless Wall Street Double Standard
• Alleged Ponzi Scheme A 'Melting Ice Cube,' Creditors Told
• Clayton Signals Enforcement Continuity With Director Picks
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Stearns Weaver Real Estate Pro
• Former CCO Barred For Life For Circumventing SEC Order
• Sidley Steers Deutsche Bank On $500M NYC Loan
• Bond Insurer Calls Puerto Rico Fiscal Plan Unconstitutional
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, King, Proskauer
• Vedder Price Snags Insurance, ETF Pro From Reed Smith
• CFTC Charges Wash. State Co. With $11M Fraud Scheme
• Has EU Really Made Cross-Border Asset Preservation Easier?
• Ohio Atty For Ponzi Couple Gets 14 Months For Fraud
• Royalty Biz Seeks Toss Of Hedge Fund's Bid For Board Seats
• CFTC Chair Unlikely To Get Requested $281.5M Budget
• SEC Names Co-Heads Of Enforcement Division
• Penny Stock Trader Hit With $12M Judgment
• Puerto Rico Justices Must Hear Bond Issuer Row, Judge Told
• Calamos Investor Seeks Stock Appraisal After Parent Buyout
• CMS Insider Trading Case Gets New Judge After Complaints
• SEC Denies Whistleblower Award, Defends Eligibility Cut-Off
• 'Phantom Pain' Device Maker Misled Investors, Suit Says
• Pension Fund, Union Fight Hospital Laundry Co.'s Ch. 11 Sale
• What Kokesh V. SEC Means For Enforcement Actions
• House Passes Bill Overhauling Dodd-Frank
• What To Know About High Court's ERISA Exemption Decision
• Valeant Sells Aussie Pharma Biz To PE Shops For $930M
• Wells Fargo Can't Apply Verdict To Nonjury ERISA Claims
• Tilton Asks SEC To Stay Her Case Pending DC Circ. Ruling
• Slate Retail REIT Drops $105M On 5 US Strip Malls
• The Fed, SEC Tell DC Circ. To Ditch Risk Retention Appeal
• FINRA Panel Bars Rep. In $100M EB-5 Dispute
• 7th Circ. Judge Wary Of Sentinel's 2nd Clawback Attempt
• $2.4B Lehman RMBS Deal Draws Investor Side-Eye
• SEC Muddies Fiduciary Rule Waters With Comment Request
• Del. Justices Mull Appraisal Cases With DFC Global Appeal
• Delphi Auto Settles Creditor Suit For $310M
• DOL Looking To Revise Fiduciary, OT Rules: Labor Secretary
• GOP Says Choice Act Key To Broader Regulatory Agenda
• Questions Abound Concerning SEC's Administrative Process
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Setting Trial Time Limits
• Inside The 1st Muni Bond Criminal Case
• Carlyle, GTCR Ink $21.75-Per-Share Buyout Of AMRI
• Big Business Lobby Tries To Hobble Litigation Finance, Again
• Fintech Co. Seeks Court-Ordered Access To Swap Servicer
• Whistleblower, Digital Realty Disagree Over High Court Review
• Feds In Balancing Act When Pursuing Individuals In FCPA Cases
• Ex-State Street Exec Cops To Fee Scheme, Another Charged
• IT Biz Pushes Justices For Review Of State Securities Suits
• State Street Investors Deny Forum Shopping In Calif. Court
• PE-Backed Athene Eyes Potential $955M Secondary Offering
• SemGroup To Pick Up Oil Terminal Co. In $2.1B Deal
• 10th Circ. Places ERISA Causation Burden On Plaintiffs
• Billboard Owner Fires Up $72M IPO
• Colony Starwood Nabs $815M Portfolio, Prices $800M Offering
• A Review Of Recent Cases Against Execs: Part 2
• SEC Dealt Major Blow With Justices' Disgorgement Decision
• Hwy Toll Funds Under Fire In Puerto Rico Bond Payment Row
• Former OneWest CEO Otting To Bring Banker's View To OCC
• 4 Takeaways From High Court's ERISA Exemption Ruling
• McAfee's Tech Investment Biz Seeks Quick Win In $47M Suit
• Weyerhaeuser's Uruguay Biz Changes Hands For $402.5M
• BakerHostetler Fights Ex-Client's $1.4M Bill For Russia Case
• Nasdaq To Power Polish Commodity Trading Platform
• SEC Says Utah Brokerage Didn't Report Suspicious Activity
• 'Layering' Trades Doesn't Manipulate Market, Broker Says
• Fannie, Freddie Investors Wrong On DC Circ. Order, Feds Say
• Asset Management M&A Is Here To Stay
• White & Case Reps Blackstone Affiliates On $2B Buyout Offer
• Justices OK ERISA Exemption For Church-Affiliated Hospitals
• Supreme Court Limits SEC Disgorgement Orders
• Md. To Receive $95M In Deutsche Bank Crisis Settlement: AG
• RMBS Investors Seek Class Cert. In $3B HSBC Case
• Meal Kit Startup Blue Apron Leads 7 New IPO Filings
• Ameriprise Adviser Who Duped Cancer Patient Gets 5 Years
• SEC Chair Seeks Input On Investment Adviser Conduct Rules
• Lehman​ ​Deal ​Looks To End MBS Claims For Minimum ​$2.4B
• GOP Dodd-Frank Rewrite Heads For House Vote
• Chevron Defeats Workers' Second Try At ERISA Suit
• Ex-Exec Can Sue Ritchie Capital In Trade Secrets Row
• Nomura MBS Lies Were No Aberration, Jury Hears
• 5th Circ. Throws Out Wells Fargo's Loss In Texas Trust Suit
• Feds Say Shkreli's Past Fund Failures Relevant To Trial
• Ex-Top CFTC Enforcer Returns To Zuckerman Spaeder
• Inside PPG's Thwarted $30.2B AkzoNobel Buyout
• With No Budget Deal, Ill. Credit Drops To Edge Of Junk Status
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Duo Settle FINRA's $190M Bond Row
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Madoff Trustee's Calculation Method
• Bondholders Want Stay Lifted On Puerto Rico Public Pension
• REIT Inks $407M Deal For 18 Marriott, Hilton Hotels
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Dismissal In $86M Steelworker Pension Row
• PPG Drops €26.9B AkzoNobel Offer After Months Of Pursuit
• Judge Knocks BigLaw, DOJ During Och-Ziff Fixer's Sentencing