Asset Management Archive » February, 2018

Asset Management - February, 2018

256 articles

• Ambac's Puerto Rico Bond Payment Challenge Tossed
• SEC Bosses Deny Trump-Era Enforcement Slowdown
• Ameriprise Settles SEC Suit Over $1.7M In Overcharges
• Investor Rep. Never Voiced 'Bribe' Unease, Mass. Jury Hears
• Real Estate Rumors: WeWork, Snap, Kushner
• Towers Watson Got Shafted In $18B Willis Deal, New Suit Says
• McAfee-Tied Investment Firm Beats Securities Fraud Suit
• 4 Republicans Round Out Congressional Pension Committee
• Zurich Seeks Quick Win In $5M F-Squared Coverage Row
• Calif. Atty, Firm Liable For $26M Judgment In EB-5 Suit
• Tobacco Co. Merits A Loss In Asset Transfer Row, Judge Told
• Shkreli Argues For Short Prison Stint Ahead Of Sentencing
• Ironworkers Funds Take Lead In Dick's Stock Drop Suit
• The Securities Law Questions Raised By #MeToo
• Deutsche Inks $240M Deal To Settle Libor-Rigging Row
• Wells Fargo Execs To Face Bulk Of Claims In Shareholder Suit
• Allstate Must Face Investor Claims Over Shoddy Underwriting
• Real Estate Rumors: Akelius, Sterling Bay, Sabal
• Extended Stay Sells 25 Hotels For $114M To Three Wall
• Dropbox Could Set Tone For More 'Unicorn' IPOs
• Ex-Shareholder Rep. Tells Jury He Took U2, NBA Tix For Data
• NY Appeals Court Spurns Zohar Jury Bid In $58M Fraud Row
• Why Machine Learning Should Matter To Lawyers
• Energy Exec Must Share Tax, Trust Docs In $40M GE Row
• REIT Park Hotels & Resorts Sells 11 Hiltons For $317M
• Is The VIX Fixed? A Look At Wall Street's 'Fear Gauge'
• Highlights From 'SEC Speaks' 2018
• Justices Limit Ch. 11 Safe Harbor For Securities Clawbacks
• Advisers Paid Bribes For Investor Data, Feds Tell Mass. Jury
• Focus Tightening On Debate Over Banning Post-IPO Suits
• JPMorgan Beats Adviser's Wrongful Firing Claims
• SEC Wins Asset Freeze On Alleged $12M 'Con Artist'
• Shkreli Caused $10.4M In Losses, Not Zero, Judge Rules
• Waddell & Reed Must Face $7M Suit Over Funds In 401(k)
• Deutsche Unveils IPO Plans For Asset Management Group
• Ex-JPM Banker Argues Conviction Served On 'Silver Platter'
• REIT Resource Capital Beats Investor Suit Over $41M Loss
• Arnold & Porter Guides MetLife's $260M NYC Loan
• MoFo Atty DQ'd In Banc Of Calif. Cloud Access Suit
• Reg A+ 'Mini-IPOs' Face Market Resistance
• High Court Fight Over SEC In-House Judges Heats Up
• NY Atty, Judge Accused Of Stealing Over $4M From Trusts
• Illinois Software Exec Pleads Not Guilty In Spoofing Case
• Looming Cap On Borrowing Could Alter Financing Strategies
• 9th Circ. Flips ERISA Ruling To Favor Transamerica
• Rakoff Questions $285M Atty Fees In $3B Petrobras Deal
• 2nd Circ. Gives 2nd Shot To Schwab's Libor Claims
• SWS Investors Lose Bid For Higher Stock Price Post-Sale
• Shkreli Can't Beat Stock Fraud Rap Post-Trial
• UK Health Care REIT Scores £94M From Share Sale
• Tilton, Patriarch Hit With $10M Suit In TransCare Case
• Ex-SEC Chair Urges Delay Of Post-IPO Suit Policy Debate
• Latham & Watkins Advises Hyatt On $1B Sale Of 3 Hotels
• Examining SEC's 2018 Exam Priorities
• 2nd Circ. Raises Bar For US Jurisdiction Over Foreign Banks
• Man Posed As Well Owner For Millions In Loans, DOJ Says
• Ex-Tech Co. CEO Admits Insider Trading In Co.'s Securities
• Citing Aruba Appraisal Appeal, Attorney Seeks Dell Reset
• Resort-Focused Aspen REIT Pulls Reg A+ IPO
• SEC Case Exposes Justices' Rift Over 'Legislative History'
• Deals Rumor Mill: Phoenix, Telecom Italia, United Tech
• Ga. Man Charged In $2M Lottery Scam Targeting Elderly
• Chevron Spared As Justices Say 'Whistleblower' Term Clear
• DOJ Fights Ex-State Street Exec's Bid To Sever New Charge
• Investors, US Bank Agree To Move MBS Claims To NY Court
• JP Morgan Guides Sterling Bay's $510M Warehouse Buy
• Olshan Frome Adds Ex-Miller & Wrubel Securities Pro
• Deutsche Says Foreign Investors Not Fit To Lead RMBS Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Green REIT, LA Mansion, The Vault
• Activist Investor Barington Pushes Bloomin' Brands Spinoff
• SWS Investor Says Chancery Appeal Gave Heft To Bad Math
• Sidley Austin Adds Ex-Winston & Strawn Global Finance Atty
• 1st Circ. Affirms Fidelity's Win In Workers' ERISA Suit
• Woodbridge Seeks Ch. 11 Judge's OK For Calif. Consent Order
• New Senior Can't Duck Shareholder Suit Over $640M Merger
• In Somers, High Court Takes Us Back To 2014
• Westinghouse Cleared To Solicit Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
• Companies May Find High Court Whistleblower Ruling Costly
• Finance Cos. Told To Stop Contacting Ex-NFL Players
• LendingClub Unveils $125M Settlement Of Investor Suits
• Investor Counsel Sanctioned For ExamWorks Suit Delays
• Bitfunder Boss Charged With Lying About $70M Bitcoin Heist
• Supreme Court Narrows Definition Of Whistleblower
• Cohen Can't Seal Suit Over Alleged Harassment At Firm
• State Securities Cops Filling In For Feds On Fiduciary Beat
• Wilmington Suit Over Ex-Chesapeake CEO's $464M Debt Stays
• High Court Rejects Cert Petitions In 7 Employment Cases
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Angelo Gordon, GGP
• Judge Nixes LendingClub Investor Bid For Underwriter Docs
• Woodbridge Ponzi Defendant Seeks Toss Of SEC Charges
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche Bank, Tesco, United Arab Bank
• High Court Turns Away Fannie, Freddie Investor Appeals
• Ex-UBS Trader Gets Spoofing, Fraud Counts Nixed Over Venue
• Ex-Katten Muchin Atty Says Jury Misconduct Tainted Trial
• $300M Emergency Loan Approved For Puerto Rico Electric Co.
• Observations On Delaware Appraisal In A Post-Dell World
• SEC Settles Suits Over $1.8M Shell Company Scheme
• Harbor Drops $56M On Offices Via Goldman, Blue Vista JVs
• Insmed Beats Stock-Drop Suit Over Lung Disease Drug
• Investor Groups Cheer Calls For Limiting Dual-Class Perks
• Muni Market Shaken By Puerto Rico Special Revenues Ruling
• Atty Botched Plea, Man Convicted Of Fraud Tells 2nd Circ.
• Health Care-Focused Blank Check Co. Prices $250M IPO
• Former SEC Branch Chief Joins Dechert's DC Office
• Swindled Mass. Investors Blame Canadian Portfolio Managers
• Newswire Hacker Can't Beat $30M Securities Fraud Case
• Real Estate Rumors: RBC, Gramercy, Virgo Business Centers
• Boston Herald Cleared For $12M Ch. 11 Sale To MediaNews
• SEC Halts Trading In 3 Penny Stocks Tied To Cryptocurrency
• Sidley Austin Lures Proxy Pro From Vinson & Elkins
• Judge Iffy On Spiking Bank's $45M Fraud Suit Against Tilton
• Ashford Hospitality Prime Buying Florida Ritz For $171M
• How Emerging Sources Of ESI Will Impact Discovery
• Puerto Rico Electric Co. Denied Bid For Emergency Loan
• 6D Global Investors Say Derivative Suit Deal Is 'Worthless'
• SEC's Jackson Calls On Exchanges To Limit Dual-Class Stock
• Real Estate Rumors: Union Investment, ADME, Braintree
• Mass. Regulator Charges Scottrade Over Sales Contests
• SPACs Set For Another Strong Year, Fund Manager Says
• Northrop Grumman Gets Ex-Workers' ERISA Suit Trimmed
• Hedge Fund Owner Convicted Of $4M Fraud, Lavish Spending
• Put The Brakes On Acceleration Bay Litigation Funder Ruling
• Judge Blasts Tilton Removal As 'Objectively Unreasonable'
• Torys, Blake Guide Choice Properties, CREIT In $4.8B Deal
• Aruba Share Payout Cut 30% In $2.8B HP Tie-up Appraisal
• Miami Partner Rejoins Shutts & Bowen From Holland & Knight
• Golub Capital Sinks $270M Into Radiology Co.'s Calif. Growth
• A Chat With Hogan Lovells HR Chief Allison Friend
• Lloyds Bank Pulls £109B Plug On Standard Life Aberdeen
• Puerto Rico Utility Creditors Unveil $534M Loan Offer
• Trustee Fee Fight Prompts Ch. 11 Retroactive Closing Bid
• House Passes Changes To CFPB, SEC Disclosure Rules
• JP Morgan Beats Investor Suit Over Mutual Fund Fees
• Credit Suisse Targeted In FCPA Probe Over Asia Hiring
• Jackson Walker Adds Partners In Austin, Houston
• Broker's Bid For FINRA Docs On 'Layering' Rejected
• 3rd Circ. Snubs Fraudster Bar Owner's Bid To Trim Sentence
• Attorneys Predict Wave Of #MeToo Investor Suits
• NYU Employees Win Cert. In ERISA Plan Suit
• Mayer Brown Grows With 2 New Partners In Finance Groups
• Warburg Pincus Leads Duetto's $80M Series D Raise
• Recent Trends In Structuring Risk Retention Vehicles
• The Impact Of Kokesh So Far, And What's Next: Part 2
• $12M Digital First Media Bid Wins Boston Herald Auction
• Considerations For Attorneys Using Artificial Intelligence
• SEC Initiative A More Efficient Fix For Adviser Conflicts
• Del. Ruling Gives Schorsch, Others Part Of $18M Fee Tab
• NJ Hedge Funder Defrauded By 'Lying And Stealing,' Jury Told
• SEC Pushes Gibson Dunn Out Of Woodbridge Ch. 11
• Insurer Tells 9th Circ. Fee Kickback Suit Not Covered
• ExamWorks Seeks Investor Sanctions In Del. Appraisal Suit
• Ex-NFLer's Business Partner Gets 12 Years For $10M Fraud
• Ga. Investment Manager Stole $1.2M From Fund, SEC Says
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Ex-Brokers' IBM Insider Trading Verdict
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Prudential, GreenOak
• Proskauer Says No Evidence Ex-Partner Aided Stanford Scam
• How A Recent Tax Case Offers Guidance To Family Offices
• Cozen's Botched Filing Sank $6.8M Judgment, Suit Says
• The Impact Of Kokesh So Far, And What's Next: Part 1
• Cohen Firm Sued Over Alleged 'No Girls Allowed' Hostility
• Ex-Nomura Trader Can't Ditch SEC Fraud Suit, Judge Rules
• Feds, Ex-UBS Trader Spar Over Fraud, Spoofing Counts
• Former SEC Enforcer Joins Covington's DC Office
• Trump Budget Seeks CFTC User Fees To Raise $32M
• Scotiabank Expands Investment Biz With $950M Deal
• High School Basketball Director Escapes Adidas Bribe Suit
• SEC Seeks Budget Hike To Boost Cybersecurity, Add Staff
• Madoff Trustee Reaches $76M Settlement With Feeder Fund
• Shkreli Seeks Light Sentence, Saying His Victims Profited
• Hunton, Sidley Steer $385M NYC Hotel Refinancing
• Adviser Who Traded On Tip From Atty Gets 6 Months In Prison
• Judging A Book: Duncan Reviews 'Justice And Empathy'
• Orion Energy Snags $816M For Latest Credit Fund
• SEC, CFTC Whistleblowers Dodge A Devastating Tax Bullet
• Too Soon For Korean Financial Authority Ruling, Judge Says
• Ex-McDonald's Manager In SEC Impersonation Trial Gets Bail
• Hedge Fund Investors Sue After Losing 80% In Volatile Week
• MBS Trustees Under Scrutiny At Close Of Lehman Ch. 11 Trial
• Insulet Agrees To Pay $19.5M To End Investor Suit
• Broker-Dealer Seeks 'Layering' Docs From FINRA For SEC Suit
• Fox's 'Unusual' $90M Scandal Deal Gets Chancery's OK
• DC Circ. Exempts CLO Managers From Risk Retention Rules
• SEC Wins $14.7M In Judgments Over FCC Licensing Scheme
• Haynes And Boone Hires 2 Andrews Kurth Attys In Houston
• SEC Seeks Contempt For Accused Woodbridge Ponzi Boss
• REIT British Land Drops £103M On UK Mixed-Use Property
• 'Weak' Evidence Dooms Booz Allen Investors' Stock-Drop Suit
• UBS Escapes $2.9B Madoff Feeder Fraud Suit In 2nd Circ.
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• NJ Hedge Funder In Fraud Case Grilled Over His Spending
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackRock, Bayer, Atlantia
• Ex-Worker Sues Credit Suisse Over $300M In Unpaid Wages
• Babcock & Wilcox Must Face Investor Suit, NC Judge Rules
• Lehman Puts Finishing Touch On MBS Claims Estimation Trial
• TerraForm Can't Use SunEdison To Halt $231M Suit
• The Art Of The Litigation Funding Deal
• 5 Cos. Price IPOs Totaling $959M Despite Market Turbulence
• Wynn Resorts Ignored Claims Of Steve Wynn Misconduct: Suit
• MEG Energy Unloads Midstream Assets In $1.27B Deal
• Accused Ponzi Leader Seeks End To SEC's $1B Asset Freeze
• EIG Hits Keppel With $660M RICO Suit Over Brazil Bribery
• Pitfalls Of Voluntary Remediation By Investment Firms
• Firms At Odds Over $22.5M In Fox News Settlement Fees
• Ex-State Street Exec Faces New Charge Of Bilking Insurer
• Schiff Hardin Adds Financial Markets Partner To SF Team
• Allianz Retirement Fund Plan, Holders Strike $12M Deal
• DLA Piper Snags Thompson & Knight Energy Atty In Dallas
• NJ Broker To Be Resentenced For Gambling Client Money
• Bahraini Bank, Investment Co. Can't Dodge Ch. 11 Suits
• Securities Cops Wary Of Bitcoin Morphing Into Madoff
• Real Estate Rumors: WeWork, GGP, ABS Partners
• Rakoff Smacks Down Bid To Seal Riders In $3B Petrobras Deal
• SEC Inspectors To Focus On Cryptocurrency, ICOs In 2018
• NBK Capital Partners Raises $75M For Real Estate Fund
• Shareholders Sue To Stop Steak 'N Shake Owner's Reorg
• Smart Contracts Need Smart Corporate Lawyers
• Bankrupt Payday Lender Can't Move CFPB Suit To Texas
• Cooley Fintech Leader Leaves To Join Bitcoin Wallet Startup
• Citigroup Gets 'Boys' Club' Bias Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Investors Want Closing Of Millennium Labs Ch. 11 Blocked
• Panel Grills Zohar Funds On Jury Waiver In Fraud Case
• Real Estate Rumors: Golub, Google, Terreno
• Apple Hospitality REIT Drops $63M On Pair Of Hotels
• How To Fix Your Broken Client Teams
• Regulating Cryptocurrencies Proving Tough, Watchdogs Say
• Valeant Seeks To Move NY Investor Fraud Suit To NJ
• SEC Chief 'Not Anxious' To Deter Post-IPO Class Actions
• 10 Highlights From FINRA's 2018 Priorities Letter
• Puerto Rico Oversight Board Defends $1.3B PREPA Loan Bid
• Walter Investment To See Lower Cash Projections, CEO's Exit
• FINRA Hits Wedbush With $1.5M Consumer Protection Fine
• Canadian Investor Says SEC's $17M Pump-Dump Case Fails
• 6th Circ. Remands Stock Fraud Conviction Due To Juror
• Hansteen Accepts Unsolicited $162M Offer For 51 Properties
• Wells Fargo Denied New Trial In $1.25B Tax 'Sham' Case
• GLP Sells Buildings, Solar Panels To REIT For $277M
• Feds Say Hedge Funder Lied About Credentials, Criminal Past
• Morgan Stanley, Others Must Face ISDAfix Rate-Rigging Suit
• Indictment Hinged On Misleading Word, Platinum Execs Say
• 10 Firms To Steer IPOs Exceeding $1.8B To Start February
• Madoff Investors Can't Get All SDNY Judges Off Their Case
• Jailed Spoofer Coscia Asks High Court To Review Conviction
• Prevezon Must Pay Out $6M Settlement Despite Asset Freeze
• Securities Pro Joins Foley & Lardner Auditor Liability Group
• How To Serve Your Blind Client Effectively
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Racial Bias Persists At Morgan Stanley, Fired Exec Claims
• Stock Issuance Void In Tony Roma's Board Row: Chancery
• REIT Investors Look To Keep Fraud Suit Alive Amid Deal Talks
• Allen Matkins Guides Kennedy Wilson's $93M Multifamily Buy
• Real Estate Rumors: Cai Kui, BNY Mellon, Blackstone
• Securities Trade Groups Brace For Benchmark Transition
• Puerto Rico Electric Co. Preparing To Privatize, Says Panel
• Platinum Partners Judge Says He's 'Unlikely' To Split Trial
• Evolving Due Process In The Digital Age
• Under New Tax Law, Time Is Running Out For Ponzi Victims