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Asset Management - September, 2017

239 articles

• Some Claims To Advance In Schorsch, RCS Trustee Suit
• Judge Saves Walmart Investors' 'Disguised Derivative Claim'
• NY Ex-Broker Swindled Retirees For $6M, Says SEC
• SEC Overrated Banker's Copy-Paste Fraud, DC Circ. Says
• Ex-JPMorgan Banker's Dad Settles SEC Insider Trading Case
• 5 Tips For Boards Blindsided By An Activist Campaign
• F-Squared CEO Tells Jury He Didn't Lie To Investors
• Deals Rumor Mill: AC Milan, Sushiro Global, Cedar Realty
• CFTC Accuses Calif. Couple Of $1.2M Ponzi Scheme
• Passco Buys DC-Area Apts. From AEW Venture For $113M
• Ex-Katten Atty Seeks Jurors Without 'Pharma Bro' Baggage
• Ex-Investment Adviser Arrested On Fraud, Perjury Charges
• Brokerage Rep Avoids Prison For Bribing NY Pension Official
• 4th Amendment And Shared Servers: Lessons From Shkreli
• Puerto Rico Rejects $1B Loan From Power Utility Bondholders
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• SEC Says NY Brokers Bilked Investors For Lucrative Fees
• Wilmington Trust Bid For Fed Docs Cleared On Eve Of Trial
• Andrew Calamari, SEC's Go-To Guy In NY, Leaving Agency
• Morgan Stanley To Pay $500K For Future Trading Fee Errors
• Embattled $12B Student Loan Group Hits Legal Fee Logjam
• SEC Ordered To Turn Over Empire State REIT Docs Index
• Drinker Biddle Adds Investment Mgmt. Partner In Chicago
• San Juan Can't Stop Vote On Restructuring Bank's $4.1B Debt
• New Sedona Principles Stress Information Governance
• Real Estate Rumors: Goldman Sachs, Farbman, Extell
• College Basketball Bribery Charges Send Warning To Schools
• Puerto Rico Power Co. Bondholders Offer $1B DIP Loan
• Minn. Judge Turns Down Bid To Scrap Petters Receivership
• GE Accused Of Losing $700M In Retirement Plan Investments
• Sheppard Mullin Can Arbitrate Claim It Bungled $50M RE Deal
• Bloomberg Asks 2nd Circ. To Ax Libel Suit Revival
• Congress Sends ETF Safe Harbor Bill To Trump's Desk
• Tilton, Patriarch Beat SEC Fraud Claims Over Zohar Funds
• Deals Rumor Mill: Spotify, ACS, TCW Group
• For More Value And Diversity In Outside Counsel, Go Small
• Soft Commission Research Ban Stirs Up EU-US Conflict
• Congress Faces 'CHOICE' On Future Of SEC Enforcement
• Protecting Securities Fraud Recoveries Post-ANZ
• Top 3 Political Law Risks For Investment Firms
• Ex-CEO Defends $4.5B Purchase In McClatchy Trust Trial
• Outgoing CFTC Member Wants High-Speed Trading Rules Set
• Feds Charge 2nd Man In $1M Overseas Investment Loan Scam
• Financial Analyst, Ex-Banker Accused Of Insider Trading
• Citing Hurricane, Judge Postpones Puerto Rico Debt Hearings
• Ex-Hunton Atty Avoids Jail For Wine-Fueled Insider Trading
• Ex-Deutsche Trader Claims UK-US Probe Tainted Libor Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: IQiyi, Alvogen, JC Flowers
• Examiner OK'd To Investigate National Events Ch. 11 Case
• HSBC Rips Ponzi Victims' Suit, Says Lawyers Hid Evidence
• Forex Scammer Who Faked JPM Guarantees Gets 3 Years
• Adidas Exec, 4 NCAA Coaches Charged With Corruption
• Canada Life Latest To Absorb Research Costs Under New Law
• CFPB's 1st 'Abusive' Claim Against A Loan Purchaser
• A Look At SEC's Rules Of Practice, A Year After Amendments
• Wilmington Trust Says Fraud Case Merely 'Bad Bank' Claims
• MBS Investors Want Rethink Of Bank Wins In BNY Mellon Suit
• Puerto Rico Agency Wants To Minimize Restructuring Delays
• BNY Can't Dislodge Class Rep In Trust Beneficiaries Case
• Repatriation Holiday Won't Create Jobs, Tax Think Tank Says
• REIT Propertylink Rejects Centuria's $455M Buyout Offer
• Morgan Stanley To Pay $13M To End FINRA Probe Into Fees
• OTC Investors' Counsel Want $32M Fee In Libor MDL
• Investcorp Drops $350M On Arizona, Florida Properties
• SEC Takes Walk In Businesses' Shoes With Database Hack
• Ex-Hunton Atty Seeks No Jail Time For Tipping Off Friend
• LendingClub Fights Shareholder Cert. In Stock Drop Suit
• SEC Says Colo. Adviser Conned Investors And Lost Their $1M
• BofA, Merrill Unit Pay $5M To Settle 'Pre-Hedging' Probes
• Alleged Bitcoin Fraudster Faces NY Criminal Charges
• DLA Piper Renews 119K-Square-Foot Silicon Valley Lease
• Why Kokesh Really Matters
• Singapore's GIC Joins $909M Deal For Tokyo Disney Sheraton
• Judge Tosses U Of Pennsylvania Retirement Plan Suit
• Steptoe & Johnson Partner Tapped To Head CFTC Division
• Ex-Broker Skips Court After Telling SEC 'Just Die. Please'
• Lehman Faulty-Mortgage Suit Must Wait, FDIC Says
• Rothstein Feeder Fund Slaps Insurance Broker With $63M Suit
• MF Global Asks To Appeal Arbitration Order In Insurer Row
• Extending CalPERS V. ANZ Securities To Exchange Act Cases
• CFTC Accuses Brooklyn Programmer Of $600K Bitcoin Scam
• BlackRock Selling Singapore Tower For Nearly $1.6B
• Feds Fight Shkreli Bid To Release $5M In Bail Funds
• Darden Spinoff REIT To Pay $67M For 41 Restaurants
• Digital Realty Trust V. Somers May Kill Corporate Compliance
• SEC Failed To Heed Warnings Of Weak Cyber Defenses
• The Role Legal Finance Can Play In Firm Year-End Collections
• SEC Says Hackers Hit Its Database, May Have Traded Off Info
• Wilmington Trust Fights Student Loan Fund's Block On Exit
• White Collar 'Goes Dark' With Rise Of Secret Messaging Apps
• DOL's Proposed Fiduciary Rule Delay Draws 131 Comments
• Real Estate Rumors: Wells, Museum Center Corp., Blatteis
• Madison Buys Out JV Partner's Stake In $1B Retail Portfolio
• DOJ Says Madoff Victim Payouts To Begin By Year's End
• Feds Say Platinum Fund Downfall Plays Into Union Graft Case
• Mass. Accuses Firm Of 'Unethical' Nontraded REIT Sales
• Madoff Trustee Can Proceed With $2.2M Clawback Suit
• Ex-Fiber Optics Boss Accused Of $2M Insider Trading Scheme
• KBC, Motley Rice To Lead Cloud Computing Co. Investor Suit
• 'Per-Doc' Pricing Can Improve Document Review
• Ill. Firm Must Face AlphaMetrix Receiver's Malpractice Suit
• CFTC Cuts University Slack On Billion-Dollar Endowment
• Ex-Atty Gets 38 Months For Defrauding Investors Of $1.4M
• Feds Seek 51-Plus Months For Ex-Hunton Atty's Tipping
• Arent Fox Presses For Ex-Client's Communications With Attys
• Activists Look To Derail $20B Clariant-Huntsman Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Renova Energia, Apollo Global
• Neuberger Berman Closes Credit Opportunities Fund At $1.1B
• Emirates Order Can't Halt UK $700M Dana Gas Bond Trial
• CFIUS Continues To Present Obstacle To Chinese Acquisitions
• Madoff Trustee Blasts Merkin's 'Double Recovery' Claims
• Wilmington Trust Seeks Fed Reserve Docs Before Fraud Trial
• ChinaCast Bankruptcy Can't Stop Insurance Payout: Creditors
• Fraudster Who Used Slick Wall St. Video Pitch Gets 12 Years
• SAC Trader Seeks To Withdraw Insider Trading Guilty Plea
• CFTC Wins Sanctions Against 2 Jailed In $40M Ponzi Scheme
• Stroock, Wilf Steer Skyline's $83M NYC Development Site Buy
• DOL Defends Authority To Issue Fiduciary Rule At DC Circ.
• Wells Fargo Can't Deduct Tax In Sham Barclays Transaction
• Pa. Treasurer Hails Pension Board's Move To Cut Wall St. Fees
• Ex-Navellier Exec Can't Quash F-Squared Subpoena
• 2 Pillars Of Commonsense Reform
• REIT Had Reasons Not To Pursue Investor Claims, Judge Told
• Trends In Credit Crisis Settlements
• 9th Circ. OKs $75M Settlement In MGM CityCenter Suit
• Insider Trading After Martoma: Benefits Without Friends?
• Ex-SunEdison Execs Get OK For $17M In Investor Deals
• Paul Hastings Aids Banks On FibraHotel $220M Offering
• Pension Fund Trustees Win Tax Credit Fight At Top EU Court
• Credit Suisse Sets Aside $79.5M For MassMutual RMBS Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Chetrit, LoanCore Capital, Brennan
• A Guide To The Executive Branch Official Nomination Process
• FINRA Fines JPMorgan Over Trade Volume Advertising
• 'Hedge Fund' Founder's Sentencing Nixed On Victim Question
• Judges Have Leeway On 'Hardship' Decisions, 3rd Circ. Says
• Fund Takes Nix Of $230M Madoff Claim To High Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Cornerstone OnDemand, Axa
• Feds Win Pause In 1MDB Forfeiture Cases, Halting Discovery
• Proskauer Aids New York REIT's Sale Of Stake In $1.7B Tower
• SunTrust Pays SEC Over High-Fee Fund Recommendations
• FCA Wants Antitrust Probe Into UK Investment Consultants
• 8th Circ. Sets Standing Marker With Data Breach Rulings
• Puerto Rico Fuel Line Lenders Prep For Utility Revenue Fight
• Investors Ask Del. Justices To Toss Bulgarian Venue Order
• Small Talk Of Weather Looms Large At $2B Payday Loan Trial
• Martin Shkreli In Custody After Clinton Comments
• SEC Uses Data Analysis To Catch Cherry-Picking Advisers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain, Nordstrom, Carlyle
• Trump Blocks Canyon Bridge's $1.3B Chipmaker Buy
• Keppel DC REIT Buys Dublin Data Center In $78M Deal
• Ex-Chuhak Atty Gets 18 Months For Defrauding NFL Players
• Real Estate Rumors: Stuart Handler, Q Mgt., Matt Damon
• $2B Payday-Loan Hustle Hid Behind Tribes, Gov't Says
• Ex-Hunton Atty Won't Get Do-Over Of Insider Trading Trial
• Rajaratnam Asks 2nd Circ. For Leave To Appeal, Again
• SEC Fines Adviser Over Allegedly Improper Fund Charges
• EisnerAmper Wants To Keep $100M Fraud Claims Nixed
• Sports Consulting Co. Sued Over $20M Loan Deal Breach
• FINRA Fines C.L. King $750K For Part In Death Put Scheme
• Real Estate Rumors: Evocative, Pacific Life, Fortis
• 2nd Circ. Revives Fund Exec's Bloomberg Defamation Case
• Founders Find Leverage In Investors' Short Memories
• Ransomware Issues Too Often Lost In The Shuffle: Part 2
• Investors OK'd To Switch Class Rep In Libor-Rigging MDL
• San Juan Fights Puerto Rican Bank's $4.1B Debt Deal
• Stock-Drop Suit Targeting PJT For Banker's Fraud Thrown Out
• Former F-Squared CEO Finally Heads To Trial In Fraud Case
• Why Proxy Fights For CEO Seats Need Tougher Look From ISS
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, IG3, Tiffany
• Gov't Tells High Court Leidos Had CityTime Disclosure Duty
• Ex-Union Head, Platinum Founder Can't Dodge Fraud Charges
• Deals Rumor Mill: EssilorLuxottica, Vivint, IndusInd Bank
• BP Pipeline Unit Files IPO Led By Vinson & Elkins
• DOL's Fiduciary Rule: Death By A Thousand Cuts?
• Why More Global Giants Are Renouncing Their HQs
• Where The Global 20 Are Bolstering Their Ranks
• Global Firms Snap Up India Work With Liberalization In Limbo
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2017
• Firms Stay The Course On London Growth Amid Brexit Haze
• Shkreli Looks To Kill Conspiracy Charge Post-Trial
• LendingClub Investors Seek Class Cert. In Stock Drop Suit
• Innoviva Warns Of Bad Precedent Risk In Proxy Drop Battle
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Amanahraya REIT To Buy Malaysia Tower For $108M
• Judge Rejects Defamation Suit For Reporting On FINRA Probe
• CFPB's Usury Fight Against Calif. Tribe Shifts To Kan.
• Redaction Fails: 4 Times Doc Blunders Exposed Secret Info
• Carlyle Group Real Estate Leader Joins Kirkland & Ellis
• How Collaboration Is Changing Inside Some Law Firms
• Feds Want Shkreli's Bail Revoked Over Clinton 'Threat'
• BNY Mellon Gets Quick Wins On Some Claims In RMBS Suit
• Russian Corporate Raiding Suit Must Be Stayed: Receiver
• House Panel Questions FINRA's Self-Regulatory Model
• Travel Agency Leads 4 IPO Launches Totaling $375M
• Real Estate Rumors: REIT First Industrial, HNA, Lennar
• Judge Won't Nix Arbitration Order In MF Global, Insurer Row
• Fried Frank Snags Real Estate Pro From Simpson Thacher
• State Street Pays $35M To Settle SEC Fraud Charges
• Feds Call Wilmington Trust Employees 'Hostile Witnesses'
• Dealing With Difficult Lawyers
• New Fund Lets Litigation Investors Target Smaller Cases
• National Events DIP Loan Will Finance Dueling Investigations
• Puerto Rico Electric Co. Wants Rate Row Heard By Fed. Court
• Thema International To Pay $687M In Madoff Recovery
• State Securities Suits Hamper Markets, Justices Told
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Revive Madoff Feeder Class Action
• OECD Warns Of Consequences For Misuse Of Tax Data
• Feds Say Monex Swindled Metals Traders Into Losing $290M
• SWS Investors Say Chancery Erred In Lowering Deal Price
• Adviser Who Ripped Off Pro Athletes Sentenced To 33 Months
• Alibaba-Backed Best, Mortgage Co. Prep IPOs Totaling $959M
• Real Estate Rumors: Gap, SL Green, Florida Community Bank
• Pershing Square To Divest $497M Nomad Foods Stake
• SEC Bans Attorney For Trading On Cooperman Info
• Feds Say 'Sweeping' 1MDB Discovery May Expose Witnesses
• Clayton Says No Shift In Enforcement Priorities At SEC
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds New Partner Amid Hong Kong Growth
• Class Cert. Granted In ERISA Suit Against Deutsche Bank
• De-Risking Strategies For Defined Benefit Pension Plans
• 4 Takeaways From Hunton & Williams' $34M Stanford Deal
• Ambac Shareholder Suit Over Puerto Rico Bonds Dismissed
• EIG Funds' Claims Too Foreign, Petrobras Tells DC Circ.
• Merrill Lynch Exec Settles With SEC In Customer Cash Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Zara, Blackstone, TPG
• Texas Oil Ponzi Schemer Gets 7 Years, Must Pay $32M
• Investor Targeting PJT For Caspersen Fraud Meets Doubt
• Paul Hastings Steers Invesco's $631M Hotel Portfolio Buy
• Wachtell Guides Nasdaq In $705M Deal For Analytics Provider
• Weil Draws On Team Dynamics For Win In Archstone Suit
• First Convicted Spoofer Won't Get Rehearing In 7th Circ.
• Warburg Pincus Invests $183M In China's Nova Property
• Delaware Suit Brings Lessons For Externally Managed REITs
• SEC Judges Meant To Be Removable Officers, High Court Hears
• Dodd-Frank Protections Require SEC Reporting, Justices Hear
• MF Global Urges Court To Rethink Insurer Arbitration Order
• Fed OKs Qualified Financial Contracts Rule For Big Banks
• Shkreli Trial And Other Magic Tricks: A Chat With Ben Brafman
• New Flexibility Comes To REIT Earnings Distribution
• London Watching The Swiss Over New Fintech Challenge