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Asset Management - March, 2018

316 articles

• NJ Hedge Fund Manager Smacks Down SEC Fraud Claims
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• SEC Must Take Securities Claims Against NY Lender To Trial
• House Panel Skewers Puerto Rico Fiscal Board's Performance
• Zohar Claims Fund Manager Lacks Standing For Ch. 11 Exit
• Ex-Katten Atty Should Hand Over A Half-Million, Feds Say
• Lehman Benefits Plan Blasts Whistleblower 1st Circ. Appeal
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Gibson, Vinson
• Costco Escapes Investor Suit Over $3.7B Ponzi Scheme
• Goodwin Liu Talks Academia, Constitutional Law, Oxtail Stew
• Major Banks Accused Of Mexican Bond Price-Fixing
• Republic Airways Execs Escape Securities Fraud Suit
• Heirs Who Won $6B In JPMorgan Trial Seek Lower Judgment
• 'Mazel' Doesn't Bring Employer Luck In NY's Top Court
• Hedge Funds Starting To Consider ESG Issues In Campaigns
• Broker Says JPM Railroaded Him For Cooperating With Feds
• The Justices' Divergent Views On Class Action Tolling
• Prosecutors Should Be Wary Of Overreach After Marinello
• BigLaw Doesn't Have A Diversity Problem
• SEC Nixes Ex-Investment Adviser's $3M Disgorgement Penalty
• Libor Judge Surprises Feds With 'Thoughts' On Case
• Del. Bank Paid Loan Interest To Prop Up Past-Due Clients
• Fed. Board Seeks Additional Cuts In Puerto Rico Fiscal Plan
• 2nd Circ. Revives Investors' Korean Futures Manipulation Suit
• Futures Giant CME Group To Acquire NEX Group For $5.4B
• Developer Lobs $10M Suit Over Dallas-Area Subdivision Sale
• SEC Tells 7th Circ. It Correctly Tossed Exchanges' Fee Row
• Employers, Ore. Strike Deal On Retirement Plan Reporting
• Ex-JPM Banker Says No Case Supports Rejection Of Trial Win
• Kirkland Guides WHI's Oversubscribed $285M Fund
• The Big Picture: Securities Class Actions Post-Cyan
• Roman J. Israel, Esquire, Meet Donald J. Trump, POTUS
• Keys To Corporate Social Responsibility Compliance: Part 4
• Judge Notes 'Disturbing' Allegations In Zohar Ch. 11 Dispute
• Edward Jones Can't Dodge Latest Version Of 401(k) Fee Suit
• Fintech Co. Nex Group Mulls $5.4B Offer From CME Group
• Ex-UBS Trader Can't Nix 'Front-Running' Evidence, Feds Say
• Feds Push For US Sale Of $250M Yacht Tied To 1MDB Scheme
• Biogen Lacked Intent To Defraud, Shareholder Suit Judge Says
• Silver Lake Drops $500M For Minority Stake In Credit Karma
• After Cyan: A 'Problem' That Does Not Exist
• Blockchain Share Tracing Can Change Appraisal Arbitrage
• We Need A Cybersecurity Framework For Law Firms
• Next Steps For BDCs As Long-Awaited Reforms Arrive
• Keys To Corporate Social Responsibility Compliance: Part 3
• Attys Divided Over Prospects Of Facebook Shareholder Suits
• Feds Mistreating Yacht Linked To 1MDB Scheme, Court Hears
• Citing Cryptic Answers, Crypto-Investor Sues For Records
• Extra Time Ordered For $4.1B Kindred-Humana Merger Vote
• Westinghouse Secures Approval Of Ch. 11 Plan
• After Cyan: Potential Trends In Section 11 Litigation
• Deutsche Urges Cert. Denial In $86B RMBS Bondholder Row
• Judge OKs Hunton's $34M Settlement With Stanford Investors​
• Platinum Execs Can't Evade Investor Fraud Indictment
• Equity Partnership Isn't What It Used To Be
• Feds Fight To Uphold Convictions In $4M Hedge Fund Fraud
• AkzoNobel Inks €10.1B Sale Of Specialty Chemicals Biz
• Ex-Workers Press For Sanctions In Colgate ERISA Suit
• Keys To Corporate Social Responsibility Compliance: Part 2
• High Court Appears Split On A Limited 'American Pipe'
• Ex-State Street Exec Seeks DOJ Help To Get Foreign Evidence
• Shkreli To Appeal Fraud Conviction, 7-Year Prison Sentence
• Zohar Insurers, Investors Want Tilton Ch. 11 Tossed
• NEA Can't Shake Portfolio Co.'s Del. Investor Suit
• 6 Companies Fill IPO Pipeline With Filings Totaling $656M
• Colgate Says No Sanctions Warranted In ERISA Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Ri Happy, Abraaj Group
• Lehman Bros. Nixes Customers' $117M Transfer Claims
• Impac Mortgage Says RMBS Whistleblower Not An Insider
• DOL, Trade Group Lay Down Swords In Fiduciary Rule Suit
• SEC Launches Deliberations On NYSE Plan For Bitcoin ETFs
• Moonwater Capital Lands $41M Loan For Las Vegas Tower
• Ireland Picks Goldman, Others for €13B Apple Tax Recovery
• After Cyan: Creative Lawyering Can't Displace Clear Statute
• Judging A Book: Hardiman Reviews 'Without Precedent'
• NY, I Can't Seem To Quit You (As My Tax Domicile)
• Keys To Corporate Social Responsibility Compliance: Part 1
• 1st Circ. Rejects CVS Workers' ERISA Claims As Hindsight
• Justices May Take Narrow View Of Widening 'American Pipe'
• Deutsche Bank Plan Fiduciaries Push To Pare ERISA Suit
• American Realty Cooperator Dodges Prison For REIT Fraud
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Jailed Atty Can't Reverse Contempt Order Over Missing $1M
• DC Circ. Tosses Penalties Against Ex-Ernst & Young Partner
• After Cyan: Some Prognostications
• Incentives Get Weaker For Internal Whistleblower Reporting
• Top Tax Changes For Law Firms: What Lawyers Need To Know
• NY Fines BofA $42M Over Electronic Trading Practices
• Fostering Trust Between Client And Fiduciary
• Fed Examiner Didn't Oppose Wilmington Trust Loan Waivers
• Puerto Rico Reaches Deal With US Treasury On Disaster Loan
• Broker Pleads Out Ahead Of $300M Stock Fraud Trial
• Charney Seeks Reversal Of $19.5M Standard General Award
• Fed Chair Says 'Fully Prepared' To Reach Banks Below $250B
• CFTC Blasts Budget Cut, Says Chairman Takes It 'Personally'
• Swiss Microsensors Maker Prices $290M IPO Atop Range
• Expats Beware: OVDP Is Over In September
• Companies Should Avoid The BigLaw Bonus Structure
• Goldman Sachs Floats Deal In Investor's Director Pay Suit
• Point72 Exec Fights To Keep Sexism Suit In Court
• Wilmington Trust Execs Want Different 'Past Due' Rules Used
• UBS Securities Beats $14.4M Clawback Action Over Sentinel
• Feds To Pursue Retrial Of 4 Corporate Advisers In Fraud Case
• Credit Suisse Pushes For 3-Year Limit In Martin Act Suit
• Gov't Slams Ex-Katten Atty's Move To Nix Conviction
• Ex-UBS Trader Can't Ditch Feds' Indictment, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Nixes Trusts' ERISA Suit Over Unpaid Contributions
• Qatar Fund Unit Sells Hong Kong Retail Stakes For $663M
• Chicago Exchange Manipulating VIX For Profit, Suit Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Citigroup, TMT, Owl Rock
• Validus Shareholders Sue Over AIG's $5.56B Acquisition
• Chief Innovation Officer — The New Star On Legal Teams
• Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley Want To Keep RMBS Suit Stay
• Millennium Lab Ch. 11 Cases Closed, But Not Retroactively
• Justices Cut Through 'Gibberish' To Uphold Shareholder Suits
• Claire's Gets Interim Access To $105M Bankruptcy Financing
• Ex-US Atty Strikes Deal With SEC To Settle Fraud Claims
• Wilmington Trust Execs Say Fed Never Flagged Loan Reports
• F-Squared Founder Hit With Securities Ban, $12.4M Penalty
• Wells Fargo Reaches Confidential Deal Resolving ERISA Suit
• Griffin Capital REIT Buys Florida Pepsi Facility For $60M
• House Moves To Trim Stress Tests For Nonbanks
• Schulte Roth Nabs Sheppard Mullin Tax Partner
• McAfee's Tech Investment Biz Sees $47M Suit Trimmed
• Regulation Of Thrift-Holding Insurers May Shift To States
• EXCLUSIVE: Behind The Downfall Of Latham's Chairman
• National Lawyers Need National Licensing For National Courts
• Justices Keep Securities Class Actions Alive In State Courts
• Valeant, Pershing Get Initial OK On $290M Investor Deals
• SEC Chair Outlines Fiduciary Duty Proposal Goals
• Aon Hewitt Sheds Caterpillar Plan ERISA Suit
• FMC Escapes Employees' ERISA Suit Over Retirement Plans
• Former Georgeson Advisers Get Mistrial After Juror's Exit
• UBS Can't Escape Or Arbitrate Laid-Off Workers' Claims
• Akin Gump Reps Tippee Pro Bono In Insider Trading Case
• Trump Bans Venezuelan Cryptocurrency Transactions In US
• Fund Liquidity Risk Disclosure: Too Much Or Not Enough?
• NC Asset Manager Blasts BCBS Claim On 'Blue' Trademark
• REIT Hammerson Rejects Klepierre's $6.9B Acquisition Offer
• SEC Whistleblowers Net $83M In Largest Ever Bounties
• SEC, CFTC Display United Front On Cryptocurrency
• Claire's Opens $1.9B Ch. 11 In Delaware To Rework Debt
• SEC's Silicon Valley Scrutiny Comes To Bloom In New Cases
• Zohar Funds Say Manager's Bid To Lift Stay Isn't Urgent
• Va. Woman Gets 2½ Years For Microlender Investment Fraud
• Wilmington Trust Past Due Waivers Said To Run For Years
• Morningstar, Prudential Flee RICO Claim Over Robo-Adviser
• BofI Gets Early Exit From Securities Class Action
• Enron Debt Investors Push Back On Banks' Quick Win Bids
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• DOL Direction Sought After Fiduciary Rule Nixed By 5th Circ.
• Court Freezes Leaders' Assets In Cryptocurrency Schemes
• Liberty Property Trust Makes 2 Pennsylvania Sales For $107M
• Investors Push To Consolidate Intel Stock-Drop Suits
• Stock-Drop Suit Targeting HeartWare Survives Dismissal Bid
• HarbourVest Closes $1.7B Fund Focused On Asia, Europe
• Reinsurance Execs Can Arbitrate $50M RICO Suit, Judge Says
• A Chat With Littler Info Chief Durgesh Sharma
• Taxation With Representation: EY, Skadden, Slaughter
• Changes To Rule 23 Are Coming, Are You Prepared?
• An Update On Spoofing And Its Challenges
• Split 5th Circ. Vacates DOL's Obama-Era Fiduciary Rule
• F-Squared Founder's Claim To Be Broke Moves Judge
• Ex-Manager Testifies Bribes Were 'Open Secret' At Georgeson
• 'Recidivist Offender' Behind $5.8M Ponzi Scheme, Mass. Says
• Manager Of Fraudulent Hedge Fund Cops To $22M Scam
• Illinois Futures Trader Charged With Defrauding Investors
• Real Estate Rumors: NYC Penthouse, L3, Industrial Property
• Consultant Co. Wants Out Of $1.76M Suit Over Alleged Scam
• White & Case Adds Ex-Paul Hastings Latin America IPO Pro
• Zohar Manager Tries To Unpause Ownership Rights Appeal
• SEC Urged To Amend Rules Governing ICO Market
• Bankruptcy Court's Block Of $1B Lehman Clawback Upheld
• Senate Bill Takes Scalpel, Not Ax, To Dodd-Frank, Attys Say
• Nestle Employees Can't Revive ERISA Suit Against Voya
• Senate Passes Partial Dodd-Frank Rollbacks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Deutsche Bank, Ardian
• House Advances Bill To Tailor Regulations To Banks
• King & Spalding Snags 2 Alston & Bird Securities Attys
• REIT Xenia Hotels & Resorts Sells Hawaii Property For $200M
• SEC Receiver, Law Firm Defeat Advisory Clients' Challenge
• Theranos CEO Holmes Settles Over $700M Fraud, SEC Says
• 2nd Circ. Denies Redo For Exchanges In Immunity Fight
• NJ Hedge Fund Owner Aims To Sink $4M Fraud Convictions
• Shkreli's Sentence Shows Risks Of Open Defiance
• Arnold Porter, Jeffrey Zwick Steer $92M NYC Loan
• Wilmington Trust Execs Challenge DOJ's Fraud Evidence
• 10th Circ. Sides With DOL In Row Over New Fiduciary Rule
• WilmerHale Atty Doesn't Recall Giving Up Ex-ConvergEx Exec
• Litigation Stay Fight Brewing In Zohar Funds Ch. 11 Cases
• Tikehau Nabs $50M For Health-Focused VC Fund
• L&G Buys Remaining Stake In Homebuilder In £605M Deal
• Pair Seek To Lead Class Against Twitter Stock Fraudster
• Investors Sue Comerica In $1.2B Woodbridge Ponzi Scheme
• Lawyering A La Carte: Unbundled Dispute Resolution Services
• Winklevoss Twins Reveal Plans To Regulate Bitcoin Trading
• Affiliates Of KPMG, BDO Settle SEC Improper-Audit Claims
• Ex-ConvergEx Exec Accuses DOJ Of 'Brady Laundering'
• SEC Commissioner Blasts 'Fiction' About In-House Judge Bias
• Tilton Takes Zohar Funds Into Ch. 11 To Resolve Litigation
• DOJ Claims 'Lies' In Ex-Wilmington Trust Execs' Fraud Trial
• $15B Student Loan Funds Group Sues For Control, Damages
• SEC Focused On Cyber Disclosure After New Guidance: Chair
• Prism, Angelo Gordon Inject $120M Into NJ Apartment Plan
• Real Estate Rumors: Wharton, Jamestown, Elin Nordegren
• CBRE Locks Up $152M In Financing For Va. Office Building
• SunTrust Workers Settle ERISA Row For $4.57M Post-Amgen
• You're Perfect, Now Change: Perfectionism Hurts Lawyers
• Ex-Auburn Coach Calls Bribery Charges Unconstitutional
• 3 Critical Events For Cryptocurrency Exchanges: Part 1
• Medical Device Co. Says Atty's Consultant Scam Cost It $1.8M
• Grassley, Feinstein Debate Judicial Vetting, Obstruction
• Why The 'Blue Slip' Battles Are Becoming White Hot
• Senior Judges Fill The Void Left By Rampant Vacancies
• How Far Right Can The President Pull The Courts?
• Rouse Shareholders Lose Challenge To $2.8B Brookfield Deal
• City Office REIT Sells Expansive Idaho Property for $86.5M
• SEC Says 'Mini-Berkshire Hathaway' Pump-And-Dump Halted
• Dollar General Slips Investor Suit Over Gov't Benefit Cuts
• OECD Issues New Model Disclosure Rules For Tax Advisers
• BNP, Trustee Argue Due Diligence In Madoff Clawback Suit
• Ex-Sugar Felsenthal Bankruptcy Pro Joins Horwood Marcus
• Wilmington Trust Execs' Fraud Trial Set To Begin In Del.
• UBS Missed The Boat On Arbitration In Whistleblower Suit
• Secure Income REIT Reaches $604M Deal For 2 Portfolios
• Merlin Partners Seeks Rice Energy Stock Appraisal In Del.
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Skadden, Baker
• Investment Adviser Convicted In $1.1M Pa. Fraud Trial
• Shkreli Gets 7 Years In Prison For Securities Fraud
• Tax Reform Complicates Middle-Market CLOs
• Woodbridge Reaches DIP Deal With Noteholders
• Lehman Gets $2.4B Value On RMBS Claims By Trustees
• Wells Fargo Cleared In Drug Dealer Trust Fund Fight
• Real Estate Rumors: Matt Cohler, Publix, KTB
• Artis REIT Buys Out JV Partner In $70M Denver Property Grab
• 'Wolf Of Wall Street' Film Co. To Pay $60M To End 1MDB Probe
• Deals Rumor Mill: Royal Dutch Shell, Heineken, Prudential
• SEC Committee Wants More Disclosure On Dual-Class Shares
• Judge 'Shocked' By $16M Atty Fee Bid In LendingClub Deal
• Securitized Student Loans: The Next Crisis?
• American Realty Ex-CFO Seeks To Nix REIT Fraud Conviction
• Investors Seek Cert. In RMBS Suit After Deutsche 'Smears'
• Shkreli Attys Call 15-Year Sentence 'Severe,' Ask For 1.5
• Funds Fight To Keep Odebrecht Bond Fraud Suit Alive
• Bancorp To Pay $3.3M In FDIC Suit Over Transaction Fees
• Puerto Rico Atty Fees Of $50M OK'd Amid Billing Concerns
• Sirius Capital Partners Spins Off $952M Portfolio To Cibus
• Valeant Looks To Shake Investment Fund's State RICO Claims
• Galleon Informant Can't Evade Insider Trading Conviction
• Alston & Bird Adds 3 Finance Partners From Andrews Kurth
• App-Based Atom Bank Nabs £149M More In Funding
• Wells Fargo Sues Fund For $16M Over Missed Margin Calls
• Bancomext Sues M&G In Ch. 11, Probes $550M Transfers
• Thomas Cook, LMEY Investments Form $208M Hotel Fund
• And The Award Goes To ... FINRA's 2017 Restitution Program
• Hedge Fund Says Rival Is Misusing Media Co. For Profit
• 'IP Come Home!' How TCJA Incentivizes Asset Repatriation
• SEC Rebukes Ponzi Suspect's Bids To Escape Case, Penalties
• SEC Bars Convicted Ex-Visium Mgr. Over Pumped Portfolio
• Profs Dispute Evidence Of Bias By SEC In-House Judges
• SEC Considers NYSE Proposal To Ease Blank Check Rules
• Fund Admin's Poaching Suit Narrowed To Lone Exec
• Investors Fight Banks' Bid To Ax Stock-Loan Antitrust Suit
• NYSE To Pay $14M To Settle SEC Claims Of Rule Violations
• RCS Trust Seeks To Reargue Tossed AR Cap Breach Claim
• Pension Fund Hits Ocwen With ERISA Suit Over RMBS
• First Farmers Ex-CEO Gets 25 Years For $179M Fraud
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Codina, Traxys
• 1st Circ. Considers Fitting Defamation Rules To Internet Age
• Goldman Prepares To Exit Stake In TransUnion
• Ex-Stanford GC Sanctioned, Ordered To Hand Over Docs
• Helical Sells UK Portfolio To Blackstone JV For £150M
• Moldovan Investors Want Info From NY Firm In $500M Award
• Feds Seek 15-Year Term For Martin Shkreli
• DLA Piper Lands Jackson Walker Investment Funds Team
• Wilmington Execs Can't Block Loan Rule Citings In Fraud Trial
• Digital Realty's Victory Is A Loss For Corporate Compliance
• Investing In Ground-Leased Or Net-Leased Real Estate
• 10 Tips For Working With IT To Preserve Data
• Ex-JPMorgan Worker's $1.1M Retaliation Trial Win Tossed
• Trust Beneficiaries Seek First OK For $35M BNY Mellon Deal
• Kokesh Must Disgorge $5M To SEC, 10th Circ. Rules
• Client Accuses Advisers Of Steering Co. To 401(k) Scammers
• Winston Strawn Adds 7 Partners From Jenner & Block
• Fund Blasts Trustee's Deal With Insurer In $70M Ponzi Case
• S&P, Wells Fargo Look To Exit Life Settlements Suit
• Shkreli Must Give Up $7.3M, Wu-Tang Clan Album
• 3 Firms Steer HNA's Planned $824M Park Hotels Share Sale
• Cravath, Debevoise Guide AXA's $15.3B Deal For XL Group
• Considerations Before Self-Reporting Under SEC Initiative
• Feds Say Platinum Indictment Evidence On The Up-And-Up
• Fraud Suit Over Unilateral Trading Can Proceed, Judge Says
• Cayman-Based Hedge Funds Under Investigation Seek Ch. 15
• Insurer Must Cover Kickback Scheme Suit, 9th Circ. Affirms
• Fee Examiner Says Too Many Attys At Puerto Rico Hearings
• Film Financier Found Guilty On Investor Fraud Charges
• Health Care REIT Adds Medical Property Portfolio For $142M
• Ulta Hit With Stock-Drop Suit Over Alleged Used-Product Sales
• Ex-UBS Trader In Spoofing Case Wants Firm's Algorithms
• Wilmington Trust Execs Want Loan Rule Barred From Trial
• Lehman Cites High Court Bankruptcy Ruling In Clawback Fight
• A Powerful Tool For Tracing Foreign Assets In US
• ALJs Check Their Own Work, With Unsurprising Results
• 2nd Circ. Panel To Rehear Bloomberg Libel Suit
• OTC Investors Win Class Cert. On Libor Antitrust Claims
• Pensioners Seek Class OK In Church Plan ERISA Suit
• Ardian Raises $858M For Europe-Centered Real Estate Fund
• Tilton Presses To Keep Zohar Funds Suit In Del. Fed. Court
• Ex-Hunton Atty Urges 2nd Circ. To Undo Insider Trading Rap
• Real Estate Rumors: Spencer Equity, Kushner, Capital One
• Petrobras, Investors Get Rakoff's Initial OK For $3B Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Thomson Reuters, Fiat, Hermes
• Make An Informed Choice About Arbitration
• Muni Bond Fraud Verdict Calls For Early Win, SEC Says
• Treasury Plans To Ax Carried Interest Earnings Loophole
• Protecting Privilege In Litigation Financing Negotiations