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Asset Management - October, 2017

272 articles

• Jailed Lawyer Can Plead 5th In SEC Case Against Ex-US Atty
• 'Phantom' Debt Collector Settles With Ill. AG, FTC For $9M
• Investor Tells Of Cash-Out Woes In Trial Of Ex-Katten Atty
• Petrobras Says EIG Funds Can't Skirt Sovereign Immunity
• Puerto Rico To Revise Fiscal Plan In Wake Of Hurricane Maria
• Fired JPMorgan Banker Tells Jury Of 'Extreme Anxiety'
• MF Global Can't Undo Arbitration Order In Insurer Fight
• Team Of Ex-Bracewell Attys Joins Hogan Lovells
• REIT Makes $69M SoCal Expansion With Nursing Portfolio
• Judging A Book: McConnell Reviews 'Unequal'
• Real Estate Rumors: SL Green, Patrick Beach, Capri Street
• Retrophin Privilege Fray Irks Judge At Ex-Katten Atty's Trial
• 2nd Circ. Sets Out New Test For Domestic Injuries Under RICO
• Del. Court Wants More Talks On $15B Student Loan Trusts
• Judge Says Atty Can Counsel Witness In Union Graft Trial
• Suspect In $20M Hedge Fund Ponzi Scheme Pleads Guilty
• Treasury Stole Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Stock, 7th Circ. Told
• Credit Suisse, Insurers Settle Over $69M Spent On Dud RMBS
• After-Hours Pump And Dumps Net Illegal Gains Of $700K: SEC
• SEC Seeks $14.7M In Judgments For FCC Licensing Scheme
• Ogier, Mayer Brown Guide $330M London Office Purchase
• Northern Trust Undercut Employees' Benefits, 7th Circ. Told
• NJ Pastor Gets Five Years For Bitcoin Bribery Scheme
• Making Pro Bono Work
• Being There: Preparing Witnesses For Depositions
• AkzoNobel Unit Eyes Merger Of Equals With $8B Axalta
• UBS Fined $3.5M Over Charity, Retiree Overcharge Claims
• Whistleblower Protections Here To Stay, Expert Says
• Pension Fund Wins Seat At Performance Sports Ch. 11 Table
• Union Boss Drinking When Pitched With Bribe, Witness Says
• SEC Says Resort Co. Secretly Run By Admitted Fraudster
• Brand Battles: Cellino & Barnes Face TM Fight Over 888-8888
• Stearns Weaver, Friedlander Misler Aid $82M Banyan-TA Deal
• SEC Owes $15B After Kokesh Bars Disgorgement, Suit Says
• Del. Justices Say Investor's Suit Belongs In Bulgaria
• Herrick Feinstein Owes For Malpractice, Investor Group Says
• Making Pro Bono Work: The Sidley-Exelon Partnership
• Treasury Says Bank Rules Shouldn't Apply To Asset Managers
• Taxation With Representation: Cooley, Alston, Mayer, Davis
• Recipe For Legal Project Management: Look To BBQ Champs
• Huntsman, Clariant Scrap $20B Merger Amid Activist Pressure
• BNP Paribas Says Madoff Trustee's $156M Suit Must Fail
• Star Witness In Union Graft Trial Details Bribery Schemes
• SEC Names Driscoll Permanent Director Of Compliance Unit
• SEC Enforcement To Zero In On Retail Investor Harm
• Iconix Slips Securities Suit Over Accounting Errors
• Royal Park Fights Deutsche Bid To Nix Funding Source Suit
• RBS Agrees To Cough Up $44M In No-Prosecution RMBS Deal
• Activist Tells Supervalu To Sell Stores, Buy Back Shares
• Haynes And Boone Picks Up Insurance-Recovery Pro In DC
• Making Pro Bono Work: Can You Practice In Your State?
• Arcapita Bank Closes Escape Valve For Foreign Defendants
• Representing Women At The Intersection Of Law And Finance
• Retrophin Ex-Chairman Says Ex-Katten Atty Not Independent
• Threat Of New 401(k) Limits May Upset Investment Industry
• Trustee Switch For $12B Student Loan Fund Hits Snag In Del.
• SEC Backs Whistleblower On Protections In High Court Row
• Puerto Rico Gets Court's OK For Use Of FEMA Relief Funds
• Activist Investor Snow Park Tells Cedar Realty To Mull Sale
• SEC Says Ex-Apollo Exec Billed Clients For Travel, Haircuts
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, Deutsche AM, Learning Care Group
• Insurers, Credit Suisse Brace For $69M RMBS Trial
• Litvak Tells 2nd Circ. Feds' Stance Is Slippery Slope
• Amherst Scoops Up 1,500 Single Family Rentals For $153M
• Asian Travel Booker Klook Raises Nearly $60M In VC Funds
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $220M To States In Libor-Rigging Deal
• Pa. Investment Adviser Nears Settlement In Investor Suit
• Belgian Biotech Ablynx Raises $200M In Upsized IPO
• Making Pro Bono Work: Building Sponsorship Relationships
• THL Slates HighTower For Recap, $100M Injection
• Tobacco Co. Wants Quick Win On Transfer Fraud Claim
• Rep. Brady Hints At Lower 401(k) Limits, Contradicting Trump
• House Bill Would Raise Stakes Of Congressional Inquiries
• What I Learned In My 1st Year: Be A Sponge
• Two Men Sentenced In $6M Calif. Bank-Guarantee Scam
• Ex-Katten Atty Seeks To Chase Shkreli's Specter From Trial
• Puerto Rico Asks To Speed FEMA Relief Despite Bankruptcy
• Deloitte, Others Move To Toss $350M Ponzi Scheme Claims
• Key Witness Trashed In Openings At NYC Union Graft Trial
• Making Pro Bono Work: Beyond The Hurdles
• MoFo Fights DQ Bid In Banc Of Calif. Cloud Access Suit
• SEC Chief Pushes Security, Data-Driven Enforcement
• Chapman Hires Ex-SEC Counsel Specializing In ETFs
• UK-Focused REIT Aims To Raise $197M In Share Sale
• Real Estate Rumors: Carlyle, Peapod, Triple Five Group
• Ex-Katten Atty Was Shkreli's Right-Hand Man, Jury Hears
• Lehman MBS Trial May Be Delayed After Claims Removal Row
• Feds Hit Back At Acquittal Bids In Nomura RMBS Fraud Case
• Platinum Execs' Doc Requests Denied In $1B Fraud Row
• Freight Co. Takes Benefit Plan Violation Case To High Court
• Judging A Book: Pryor Reviews 'Scalia Speaks'
• SEC Extends Review Of NYSE Bid To Delay End-Of-Day News
• State Street Blasts Investor Suit Over 'Rounding Errors'
• Perkins Coie, Davis Polk Steer $3.3B Potlatch-Deltic Tie-Up
• Ares Venture Lands $140M Loan For Pair Of Boston Hotels
• The Inside Counsel Revolution
• Deutsche Bank Trader Scores Hearing On DOJ Case Taint
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Fannie Owners Ask Justices To Revive Conservatorship Fight
• Tech Expert Gets 16 Months In Bitcoin Bank Bribery Scheme
• Ex-Katten Atty Betrayed Client, Feds Say As Trial Starts
• Judge OKs LendingClub Investor Class, Competing State Suit
• 2 Sens. Unveil Bill To Weigh Foreign Investments In US
• Stock Analyst Pleads Guilty In Insider Trading Case
• Saxena White To Lead Consolidated HD Supply Investor Suit
• SEC Says Charity President Committed $9M Securities Fraud
• 2nd Circ. Sends Momentive Ch. 11 Back For Interest Revisions
• US Bank Tries To Duck $25M Liability For Sham Tribal Bonds
• Banks Want Newest Round Of SIBOR-Rigging Suit Dismissed
• Bylaw Response To 'Placeholder Slate' Tactic Is Unproven
• Funds Could Use 1st Amendment To Beat Antitrust Penalties
• How Arbitrators Maintain Proportionality In Discovery
• JPMorgan Exec To Lead SEC's Trading And Markets Division
• Ex-Katten Atty's Jury Won't Hear Of Shkreli Acquittal
• RMBS Trustees Defend $11.4B Breach Claim Against Lehman
• $500M Las Vegas Mall Developers Owe Investors, Judge Says
• Bank Regulator Calls Fintech Charter Fears 'Exaggerated'
• 2nd Circ. Won't Save $17M Men's Wearhouse Short-Swing Suit
• Mo. Ruling Sinks Stock Buyback Retaliation Suit: 8th Circ.
• Wells Fargo Says Derivative Ruling Won't Help In Class Action
• The Law Firm CFO's Role In The Strategic Planning Process
• ChinaCast, Creditors Prodded To Settle Insurance Payout Row
• Credit Suisse Attacks $288M Highland Land Deal Fraud Loss
• Day-Trading Firm, Founder End SEC Fraud Claims For $1.7M
• SEC Seeks Default Win Against $1.4M Forex Fraud Fugitive
• Singaporean REIT Drops $70M On Multiple Buildings In Nation
• Gov't, Defense An Ocean Apart On Coin.mx Pastor's Sentence
• Investors Take Second Pass At Cert. In $1B RMBS Suit
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Faruqi Atty's Commissions Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Deutsche, Maxx Properties, Jamestown
• Investcorp Adds To Buying Spree With $370M Kee Safety Deal
• Law Firms Must Transition To An Industry Sector Approach
• MarkitServ Settles Swap Trading Monopoly Suit
• Sullivan, Simpson Steer $100M Data Center REIT Investment
• AML For Broker-Dealers: Takeaways From SEC Enforcement
• 7th Circ. Upholds 4-Year Sentence For Defrauding Seniors
• Shkreli Acquittal Inadmissible At Trial, Gov't Argues
• Fund Exec Says 2nd Circ. Can Skip Media Claims In Libel Row
• Advisers Rip Wells Fargo's Bid To Turn Tables In MBS Suit
• Madoff Relative Must Hand Over Some Docs In Clawback Case
• BNY Fights Trust Class's Bid For Quick Win In Tax Fee Dispute
• EIG Funds Say Petrobras Lacks Immunity From Drillship Suit
• Platinum Judge Suddenly Reassigns $1B Fraud Cases
• ChinaCast Shareholders Defend Bid To Collect From Insurers
• Deals Rumor Mill: SpringerNature, Pure Group, Deutsche Bank
• Brown Rudnick Adds Ex-Mayer Brown M&A Pro In NY
• Judging A Book: Kozinski Reviews 'The Judge'
• 2nd Circ. Vindicates Bharara's Level Global Raid
• High Court Cancels Leidos Arguments In Wake Of Settlement
• The Evolution Of Regulators' Views On Bitcoin ETFs
• SEC Asks Supreme Court To Weigh In On In-House Judges
• Ex-Katten Atty Loses Bid To Nix Shkreli Conspiracy Charge
• Leidos Settles Fraud Suit Ahead Of High Court Arguments
• Linklaters Nabs Mayer Brown Derivatives Pro For NY Office
• Ex-REIT Execs Must Face Fraud Suit, Utah Judge Says
• Loan Servicing Co. Investors Seek Final OK For $6M Deal
• Wells Fargo Ordered To Pay Clients $3.4M Over Faulty Advice
• Calif. Extends Wells Fargo Sanctions Over Accounts Scandal
• Defense Bar, Profs Say 2nd Circ. At Sea On Insider Trading
• New Post-Recession Metrics For BigLaw Partner Success
• Acting As Fiduciary Is Always In An Atty's Best Interest
• Del. Court Finds Investment Firm Defaulted On Part Of Deal
• Bahraini Bank, Investment Co. Must Face Ch. 11 Suits In US
• Ex-Racer Can't Get New Trial On Fraud Conviction
• Off-Market Forex Dealer Pleads Guilty To Commodities Fraud
• Susman, Entwistle To Lead Valeant Insider Trading Suit
• Citibank's $1.74B Settlement With Lehman Gets Court's OK
• IHeart Investors Lose Texas Appeal Over $516M Stock Move
• Utah Man To Pay $9.1M To Settle SEC's Fraud Claims
• Time To Lift Student Loan Counseling Restrictions
• BNY Mellon Loses 2nd Bid To Toss Commerzbank's RMBS Suit
• A Look At The New Qualified Financial Contracts Rule
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• CFTC Says 3 Men Raised $3.1M In Commodity Pool Fraud
• Del. Justices Nix Revival Of $1B IHeartMedia Debt Suit
• ERISA Time Limits Can Be Waived, 11th Circ. Says
• Deutsche Says It Can Fund Defense From Disputed Trusts
• 8th Circ. Panel Hands US Bank Win In ERISA Suit
• LendingClub Investors Poised To Win Cert. Over Objections
• Saudi Oil Investor Wants $2M Palantir Shares Unfrozen
• Investors Want $152M In Libor Settlements Approved
• Ex-Trader Asks 2nd Circ. To Renew Fight Against $20M Award
• Barclays Urges 9th Circ. Not To Revive Dark Pool Suit
• Lucia And The (Un)Constitutionality Of SEC Judges
• 9th Circ. Hears Round 3 In Northstar Suit Over Schwab Fund
• Investors Seek Del. Revival Of iHeartMedia Debt Challenge
• SEC Says Attys Sent Fraudulent Penny Stock Opinion Letters
• Columbia Property Trust Grows With $935M In Acquisitions
• ChinaCast, Lenders Slam PE Firm's Insurance Payout Request
• Why You Should Consider Hyperlinking Your Next Brief
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Uphold Litvak's RMBS Fraud Conviction
• Convicted Ex-Simpson Thacher Tipper Gets Opening On Fine
• CFTC Fines Dubai Trading Firm $300K For Alleged Spoofing
• Cowboys' McFadden's $15M Suit Against Adviser Stays Intact
• KKR Increases Offer For Hitachi Unit To $2.72B
• 1 Lawyer Steers Pair Of Major Hotel Purchases
• Ex-Katten Muchin Atty, Prosecutors Submit Revised Juror Q's
• Platinum Execs Say Insurers Must Give Cash For Defense
• SEC's Walter Jospin Plans To Exit Atlanta Director Role
• Fee Examiner Appointed In Puerto Rico Utility Restructuring
• REIT Biz Says Md. Charter Blocks Ex-Officers' Del. Fee Claims
• Don't Drive 'Train' Through Risk Retention, DC Circ. Told
• Justices Give Gov't Go-Ahead To Argue In Leidos Case
• Honeywell Unveils Plans To Spin Off Pair Of Businesses
• Asian-Americans Facing Challenges In The Legal Industry
• BNY Mellon Slams MBS Investors' Bid To Revisit Quick Wins
• Bear Stearns Seeks 3rd Circ. Halt To FINRA Claim's Arbitration
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Case On 'Nonsensical' Renco Trial
• 15 Minutes With Hamilton Lane's General Counsel
• Justices Deny Ex-Stanford Advisers' Arbitration Appeal
• Qualcomm Offers EU Concessions In Stalled $38B NXP Bid
• CalPERS Suit Marks Another Loss For Multiclass Stock Plans
• P&G Says Trian Lost Proxy Fight For Board Seat
• SEC Settles With Estate Of 'Extreme' Day Trader For $4.6M
• Judge Unlikely To Dismiss Ex-Katten Atty Conspiracy Count
• LendingClub Investors Fight Class Cert. Objectors
• Convicted Ex-SAC Manager Asks Full 2nd Circ. For Rehearing
• SEC Says Atlanta Atty Participated In $30M Ponzi Scheme
• Judge Sits Out Discovery Row In MarkitSERV Suit, For Now
• Ice Cube's Hoops League Cries Foul, Says Rival A $6.6M Ponzi
• Fortress Affiliate Escapes Investor Suit Over $1.5B Deal
• A BigLaw Ladies' Guide To Becoming A 1st-Chair Trial Lawyer
• Real Estate Rumors: New York REIT, Optima, Lennar
• FINRA Mulls Greater Transparency On Board Meetings, Fines
• F-Squared Founder Violated Securities Law, Jury Finds
• NCAA Basketball Bribe Case Calls Amateurism Into Question
• Nutter McClennen Picks Up Hinckley Allen Partner In Boston
• September Madness: Problems With NCAA Corruption Case
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Judge Dismisses ERISA Suit Against L-3 Execs
• SEC Seeks $17M Disgorgement In Alleged Oil And Gas Fraud
• Traders Suing Schwab Bet On Strength Of New Complaint
• Feds Re-Up Bid To Ban 5 Experts In Ex-Katten Atty's Trial
• MIT Gets ERISA Suit Over Retirement Plans Trimmed
• Fake Hedge Fund Manager Accused Of Running Ponzi Scheme
• Franklin Templeton Can't Nix ERISA Class Cert.
• China's US Interests Are In For A Roller Coaster Ride
• 'Curator Of Cool' Gets 3½ Years For $500K Investment Scam
• SEC's Pay-To-Play Universe Continues To Expand
• 5 Tips To Ensure Proper Deposition Behavior
• Gaps In Trump-GOP Tax Plan Hint At Loss Of Current Benefits
• 1st Circ. Weighs Congressional Intent In IRA Payments Row
• National Events Probes Will Proceed With $280K DIP Approval
• 6th Circ. Won't Revive Ponzi Victims' Suit Against PNC Bank
• NJ Appeals Court Upends Civil Judgment Over Ponzi Scheme
• Puerto Rico Board Withdraws Bid To Force Furloughs
• Day Pitney Lands 2 Corporate Finance Partners
• State Street Pays $5M To Escape OFCCP Pay Bias Action
• Monex Defends Its Model, Wants CFTC Suit Moved Or Tossed
• MarkitServ Wants Withheld Data In Antitrust Suit
• The SEC Data Breach And Impact On New Reporting Rules
• Renco Can't Shake Claims Over Poisoning In Peru, Court Told
• Chief Counsel To Ex-CFTC Commissioner Rejoins WilmerHale
• SEC Says Adviser Misled Investors About $1.7M Feeder Fund
• Judge Shuts Door On AmEx Investors' Suit But Opens Window
• 'Pay To Play' Rules Expand To Capital Acquisition Brokers
• City Office REIT Picks Up San Diego Properties For $174.5M
• Making Sense Of The SEC Data Breach
• Judging A Book: Tunheim Reviews 'Miles Lord'
• Real Estate Rumors: Lawrence Stroll, KeyBank, Carlyle
• Ex-Katten Atty Fights To Keep 5 Experts In Shkreli Trial
• Citibank To Return $1.74B In Deal With Lehman Bros.
• SEC Gets $18M Judgment In 'Make A Lot Of Money' Scam
• REIT Lexington Realty Drops $200M On Industrial Portfolio
• Singapore's GLP Inks $2.8B Deal For European Logistics Co.
• Technology Assisted Review Can Work For Small Cases
• Feds Say Ex-SAC Manager Can't Withdraw Guilty Plea
• Real Estate Rumors: Henley, CSG, Convene
• RBC Unit, VP Aided $45M Ponzi Scheme, Investors Claim
• The Lasting And Evolving Role Of FSOC
• Univ. Section 403(b) Retirement Plans: Litigation Update
• Law360 Sizes Up The Term To Come