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Asset Management - March, 2019

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• Gov't To Open New Frontier In Spoofing Prosecution
• Valeant Wants Ex-NJ AG Knocked Off Stock-Drop Suit
• Wells Fargo, S&P Beat Bulk Of Life Policy Investors' Suit
• Oaktree Says It Didn't Have Insider Info In Tribune Trade
• High Court's Input Sought In Intel's ERISA Dispute
• Deals Rumor Mill: Endeavor, Mondelez, EWE
• Starboard Ditches Effort To Derail Bristol-Myers' $74B Buy
• Lyft's Blockbuster $2.3B IPO Paves Way For Upcoming Deals
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Kirkland, MoFo
• Wilmington Trust Ignored Red Flags In $46M Deal, Gov't Says
• 2 Firms Guide Canada Board's $750M Aqua America Deal
• Hong Kong Cautions Investors Over Security Token Offerings
• High Court Extends Reach Of Securities Fraud Rule 10b-5
• How The SEC's New Filing Rule Addresses Data Security
• Medley Delays Shareholder Vote On Sierra Income Merger
• Fed's Input Spurned By 'Narrow Bank' In Master Account Suit
• Wash. Investment Adviser Cops To $3.1M Fraud Scheme
• Walter Energy Noteholder Says Rights Denied In Ch. 11 Sale
• 3 Takeaways From SEC's Trim To Company Disclosure Rules
• TransCare Trustee's Claims Against Tilton Going To Trial
• M&R Capital Co-Founder Charged With $4.5M Fraud
• T. Rowe Price Leads $76M Infusion For Online Retailer
• Sears Investor's Short-Swing Trading Suit Put To Rest
• Make-Whole Provisions Still Enforceable After Momentive
• ABB Strikes $55M Deal To End Long-Running ERISA Suit
• Unsatisfying Answers In 4th Circ. Retirement Plan Ruling
• SEC's High Court Win Snaps Dry Spell On Enforcement Issues
• Texas Jury Awards $15M Over Sham Real Estate Investment
• Northwestern Workers Stand By ERISA Suit At 7th Circ.
• Bed Bath & Beyond Blasts Activist Investors' Takeover Bid
• Hospital Network Can't Escape ERISA Church Plan Suit
• Lightstone Nabs $155M Loan For New Manhattan Hotel
• NextEra Can't Undo $275M Fee Denial, Justices Told
• DOJ Defends Use Of Wire Fraud Charges In Spoofing Suit
• Investor Alleges Belize Ponzi Fraudsters Swiped $8M
• Aruba Appraisal Cannot Stand, Investors Tell Del. Justices
• Great-West Scores 10th Circ. Win In Massive ERISA Class Suit
• Legislative Fix For Post-Libor Issues Seems Improbable
• Justices Find Investment Banker Liable For Copy-Paste Fraud
• Schwab Gets Claims Trimmed Again In Libor Case
• With Axed Releases, Aegean Marine Gets Ch. 11 Plan Nod
• Cryptocurrency Trader Indicted On Fraud Charges
• Midsize Deals Helped Securities Settlements Skyrocket In '18
• Lek Securities Can't Shake SEC's 'Layering' Suit
• General Electric To Pay $49M To Settle Ponzi Scheme Suit
• FINRA Wants To Let Examiners 'Lower The Boom' On Brokers
• Herbert Smith Steers £480M Energy-From-Waste Power Plant
• Bitmain's Hong Kong IPO On Ice After Filing Expires
• WPT Industrial REIT Drops $226M On US Portfolio
• Setting The Record Straight On Women In Court Reporting
• Citi Faces $1.2M Fine Over Japan 'Spoofing' Allegations
• Lehman Loan-Servicing Units Seek Ch. 11 Wind-Down
• A Litigator's Journey To The Cutting Edge Of ERISA Mediation
• Panel's 'Disregard' Of Law Leads To $37M Award Nix In NY
• Morgan Stanley Says Ex-Advisers Took Clients, Trade Secrets
• SEC Says Direct Lending Overcharged Investors By $11M
• M&T Bank Corp. Workers Seek Cert. In ERISA Suit
• Brookfield Drops $560M On Canadian Co.'s Clean Energy Push
• McCarthy Tétrault, Graham Gow Help With $71M REIT Deal
• Valid Merger Vote Impossible, Medley Capital Investor Asserts
• CFTC Eases Swaps Trading Rules For Certain Banks
• Real Estate Rumors: Sydell Miller, Taurus, Safco
• CFTC Says It Won't Pile On In Foreign Corruption Cases​
• Ex-Officers Want Shumaker Loop Booted From REIT Suit
• Wachtell, Goodwin Lead $1.6B Office REIT Merger
• IRS Plans To Limit Gain Recognition In REIT Transfers
• $2.3M Fee Fight In Citigroup Settlement Heads To Mediation
• Trading Platform, Med Device Biz Prime IPOs Totaling $757M
• 3 Firms Steer $3.4B Takeover Of Telecom Co. Inmarsat
• Ontario Pension Plan Forms €300M VC Fund Targeting Tech
• 15 Minutes With Point72's Chief Legal Officer
• Judge Shines Needed Light On Expert Qualifications
• Limiting Supreme Court's Size Is Not Enough
• PBGC Didn't Need Court To OK Ending Delphi Pension Plan
• Year-Old Cyan Ruling Still A Touchy Subject For Attorneys
• Ill. Regulator Can't Nix Insurance Co. Arbitration Fee Bid
• SEC Official Offers Road Map To Better 'No-Action' Requests
• Wilmington Trust Can't Dodge $30M Bill To Retirement Plan
• Eaton Vance Inks Tentative Deal To Settle ERISA Suit
• REIT InvenTrust Drops $64M On 2 Fla. Retail Properties
• Ex-SEC Enforcement Lawyer Joins Jenner & Block In NY
• Justices Urged To Allow Negligence Standard In M&A Suit
• MabVax Hits Ch. 11, Blaming Alleged $27M Pump-And-Dump
• Merrill Lynch To Shell Out $8M For Mishandling ADRs
• Mutual of Omaha, Bank Aided $85M Ponzi Scheme, Suit Says
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• A Limited Victory For Pension Reform
• VC-Backed Turning Point Files $100M Cooley-Led IPO
• SEC Gets Another Rebuttal Expert Nixed In 'Layering' Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Dechert, Wachtell
• BlackRock Pays $1.3B For Financial Software Biz EFront
• Are Delaware Courts Last To Believe In Efficient Markets?
• $240M Wells Fargo-Investor Deal Missing Key Factor: Judge
• Neiman Marcus' Defamation Suit Baseless, Marble Ridge Says
• Final FATCA Rules Expand Definition Of 'Responsible Officer'
• Trader-Pastor Gets 5 Years For Hack-Based Insider Trading
• Judge Says He Can't Decide $15M Sears Credit Card Row Yet
• JV Members Can't Rewrite Contract They Didn't Read
• Two Advisers 'Gambled Away' $11M On High-Risk Investments
• CenturyLink 401(k) Plan Members Get Another Shot At Suit
• Victims Decry $38M Fraud As Fund Manager Gets 14.5 Years
• REIT Tax Atty Returns To Hogan Lovells To Lead Trust Practice
• Mass Tort Firm's 401(k) Plan Participant Defends Class Claims
• Investor Wants Medley Capital Merger Vote To Proceed
• Lenders Score Major High Court Victory In Foreclosure Case
• New Testimony Can't Save Suit Against Madoff Associate
• How The SEC Eased In-Person Director Voting Rules
• Tech Trends From SXSW Pose Unique Questions For Lawyers
• SEC Trims Company Disclosure Requirements
• What's In A Judgeship? More Than Meets The Eye
• Swamped: How Magistrate Judges Salvaged Louisiana's Judicial Crisis
• New Impeachment Info Fails To Get Ex-Vereit Exec A New Trial
• Federal RICO Claims Tossed In Ga. Real Estate Fraud Suit
• Raydon Workers Fight Bid To Nix Suit Over $60.5M Stock Sale
• Chancery Rejects Minority Bid To Unseat Quantlab Founder
• Dental Supply Co. Must Face Price-Fixing Suit, Investors Say
• SEC Judge At Heart Of Lucia Proceedings Leaving Agency
• Pension Plan Lobbying Is Gov't Speech, Ill. Judge Finds
• SRA Money Laundering Compliance Probe Targets UK Firms
• Sears Ch. 11 Estate Pushes Lampert To Turn Over $49M
• HK Freezes 9 Broker Accounts In Share Manipulation Probe
• Chinese Broker Up Fintech Prices $104M IPO Above Range
• ISDA Publishes Tool Aimed At Automating Derivatives Trades
• In Bar Admissions Process, It's Candor Or Bust
• 'Seaport Hotel' Too Generic For Fidelity TM Claim, Omni Says
• Neiman Marcus Unravels Suit Claiming It 'Funneled' $1B
• Royal Park Asks To Use Sampling In BNY Mellon MBS Suit
• 'In A Timely Manner': Three Decades Of Judgeship Bills
• From Showdowns To Hotlines, Frazzled Judges Get Creative
• Indonesian Shipping Co. Unit Confirms $143M Ch. 11 Plan
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Reed Smith's Appeal In $7M Fee Fight
• Real Estate Rumors: Rockwood, AIG, Spottswood
• SEC Challenges Releases In Aegean Marine's Ch. 11 Plan
• Pulling Up Stakes: Jones Day, Pillsbury, Greenberg
• Haynes And Boone Steers Blucora's $180M Buy Of 1st Global
• Former NBA Standout Admits Taking Bribes As College Coach
• Judging A Book: Bashant Reviews 'Doing Justice'
• FCA Fines UBS £27.6M For Transaction Reporting Failures
• Jailed Ex-Isles Exec Takes Stand To Fight 20-Year Sentence
• Activism Clear Area Of Concern, Intrigue For M&A Attys
• Rate-Swap Antitrust MDL Claims Can't Pre-Date Dodd-Frank
• These Are The Nation's 27 Most Overworked District Courts
• As Judicial Ranks Stagnate, 'Desperation' Hits The Bench
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of JP Morgan Investor Fund Fees Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: CapitaLand, Min Kao, Grover Corlew
• BNY Mellon Seeks To Toss Pittsburgh Charity's Fee Dispute
• Quinn, Labaton Nab Class Lead In Epic Dell Stock Swap Suit
• Ocwen, Wells Fargo Can't Nix ERISA Suit Over Mortgages Yet
• Newell To Reap About $500M In Sale Of Manufacturing Unit
• Firms Can Leverage Communications When Economy Is Slow
• What's Next In ERISA 403(b) Litigation
• High Court Passes On Petrobras Immunity Fight In EIG Suit
• Brookfield Fund Buys Hotel Leela Assets For $575M
• Hedge Fund Tries To Trim Verdict In NJ Stock Scheme Case
• Broker Can't Nix SEC's Experts, Use Its Own In 'Layering' Suit
• Ex-Auburn Hoops Coach To Plead Guilty In NCAA Bribe Case
• Northwestern Defends ERISA Suit Win At 7th Circ.
• Battle Over Venezuela Sanctions Set To Escalate At WTO
• MIT 401(k) Participants Want Jury Trial Back In Play
• Blockchain Inquiry Among SEC's Asset-Custody Evaluation
• Lead Class Attys in Madoff Ponzi Suit Awarded $20M
• Bernstein, Quinn Square Off For Class Lead In Dell Stock Suit
• Why Your Mortality Table Puts You At Risk For An ERISA Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Simpson, Vinson
• Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell Steer $2.1B Rabobank Buy
• Real Estate Rumors: 3D Investments, Knotel, Starwood
• Morgan Stanley Workers Lured Clients, Finance Co. Says
• 3rd Circ. FDCPA Opinion A Rude Awakening For Debt Buyers
• Rosen Law Seeks $1.2M Fee For $5M State Street Settlement
• 2nd Circ. Says Columbia Can't Yet Appeal ERISA Class Cert.
• All 9 Banks Beat Canadian Rate-Rigging Suit
• BlackRock Board Fights $100M ERISA Mismanagement Suit
• FSOC Designation Pivot Risks 2008 Repeat, Senators Hear
• White Eagle Ch. 11 Plan Lands With Unanswered Questions
• Ex-NBA Star's $77M Fraud Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Irish Agency Dodges $1.2B Suit Over Failed 'Chicago Spire'
• Putnam Workers Ask High Court To Snub ERISA Case
• Bill Would Give SEC 10-Year Recovery Window Post-Kokesh
• Canadian Securities Regulators Seek Input On Crypto
• A Deep Dive Into The CDS And Syndicated Financing Markets
• Ethical Social Media Marketing For Lawyers
• Coach Gets 4 Months For Role In BofA Kickback Scheme
• A Chat With Norton Rose Diversity Director Nina Godiwalla
• Top Derivatives Regulator Plugs Swaps Reform In Final Tour
• Former SEC Regional Head Joins MoFo In San Francisco
• IRS As Data Collector Won't Ease Tax Probes, Lawmakers Told
• Ex-Pimco CEO Keeps Passport After College Scam Charge
• Christian Broadcaster Arrested In $19.6M Ponzi Scheme
• Lyft's Unequal Voting Structure Irks Some Large Investors
• Wedbush To Pay SEC $250K For Failure To Supervise
• BNY Mellon Reaches 11th-Hour Deal In Beneficiaries' Fee Suit
• Egypt Says US Cos. Can't Retroactively Fix Share Transfers
• Bankrupt Jeweler Accused Of Aiding Fraud Seeks Ch. 7 Status
• Yale's Case For Denying ERISA Class Cert. Is Stale, Court Told
• JPMorgan Dodges Investor Suit Over $17M Ponzi Scheme
• Keensight Collects €1B For Latest European PE Fund
• No Precedent For ERISA Jury Trial, Oracle Tells Colo. Judge
• Tetragon Financial Unit Snaps Up $430M For CLO Fund
• 5 Firms Steer Brookfield's $4.8B Deal With Oaktree
• FINRA's Recent Enforcement Actions Pack A Hard Punch
• Gigamon Dodges Investor Suit Over $1.6B Sale To Elliott
• United Inks Deal With Blackstone To Stay In Willis Tower
• SEC Says No Harm Shown In Paperless Rule Challenge
• United Rebuffs Workers' Bid For Paid Military Leave
• Chancery Issues Lightspeed Injunction As Case Tempo Rises
• Brown Reaches $3.5M Deal To Close Book On ERISA Suit
• Facing Fiduciary Duty, Brokers Threaten To Exit Nevada
• Warehouse REIT Looks To Raise £100M In Share Sale
• Bernstein Litowitz Seeks $13M In Atty Fees In Medtronic Case
• Chinese Online Broker Eyes US Investors With $78M IPO
• Ex-Eaton Vance Worker Fights Bid To Trim ERISA Suit
• Dexus Drops $567M On Sydney Tower Stake
• 5 Mistakes Law Firms Make When Responding To RFPs
• Chancery Halts Vote On Medley-Sierra Merger
• $165M NovaStar Deal OK'd Over FHFA Objections
• Priderock Contract Dispute Nets $1.25M For Financial Expert
• Investors Slam Xerox Spinoff For Falsely Hyping Stock
• 6 Firms Steer $1B CCMP-Brookfield Deal For BGIS
• SEC's Self-Report Project Nabs $125M In Deals With 79 Firms
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Inspires Bad ERISA Suits, High Court Warned
• Real Estate Rumors: AllianceBernstein, Invesco, Triarch
• Trump Again Targets SEC's $50M Reserve Fund For Cuts
• BofA Tipper Ordered To Lecture On Risks Of Insider Trading
• UK-Based Law Firm Prices IPO Expected To Raise £95M
• TPG Real Estate Partners Closes $3.7B Opportunity Fund
• 9 Data Considerations For Investment Management Attorneys
• Bitcoin Co., CEO To Pay $1M In Deal With CFTC, SEC
• Feds To Probe Shkreli Using Cellphone To Run Biz From Jail
• CFTC's Foray Into Corruption Hints At Imminent Action
• SEC Looks To Boost Small Investors' Access To Market Data
• Implications Of 2nd Circ.'s Madoff Foreign Clawback Opinion
• Investors Seek Class Cert. In Rate-Swap Antitrust MDL
• Hong Kong REIT Link Nabs $510M From Green Bond Issue
• 2 Firms Steer €290M AEW, Allianz Logistics-Focused Venture
• Real Estate Rumors: Chrysler Building, S2, Manhattan DA
• How SEC Could Expand 'Test The Waters' Communications
• New Rules Would Support Sustainability In EU Capital Markets
• Frack Water Co. Sued Over Scrapped $2M Unit, Asset Sale
• Jury Finds $2.5M Fraud In Trading Co.'s Split
• Strip Club Boss Gets 21 Mos. For Role In Radio Host's Scam
• Financial Adviser, Schwab Agree To Dismiss $100M Suit
• Georgetown Rips Bid To Revise ERISA Suit After Dismissal
• Leon Panetta In The Courtroom, Langley And Area 51
• Starboard Reveals Zayo Stake, Urging Major Change Or Sale
• Navios Says Investors' Suit Is Too Familiar, Urges Dismissal
• 6 Reforms For Greater Market Resilience
• Bayrock Financial Targets $100M For New Real Estate Fund
• Company Bringing Libor Suit 'Does Not Exist,' UBS Says
• Adviser Who Copped To Lying To Clients, Gov't Gets 2 Years
• Fed Says It's Winding Down Stress Test 'Qualitative Objection'
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Veraison, Advent International
• BofA, JPMorgan, Others Conspired To Rig Bond Prices: Suit
• Fallen Union Star Gets 3 Mos. For Taking Buddy's Stock Tips
• Dollar Tree Cuts Stores, Adds Director As Proxy Fight Looms
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Evan Seiden, Rabsky Group
• Credit Suisse, Funds Must Mediate Over $1B Write-Downs
• M7 Raises $74M For Europe-Focused Real Estate Fund
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Finding A Voice, And A New Home
• Qihoo Hit With Another Investor Suit Over $9.3B Deal
• Kessler Topaz, Pomerantz Vie For Lead In 1MDB Investor Suit
• A Taxonomy Of The Proposed Token Taxonomy Act
• Bristol-Myers Urges Investors To Back $74B Celgene Buy
• Hedge Fund Activism Delivers Unimpressive Impact
• BB&T To Repay Investors $5M Over Inflated Commissions
• Tech Tycoon Says Lender Gave Its Creditor's Rights Away
• Real Estate Rumors: Saber, Bridge Investment, IStar
• 'American Idol' Lenders' Claims Sent To NY Court
• Papa John's Cuts Investor Restrictions In Deal With Founder
• Financial Sector Sees Spike In Cyberattacks, Poll Says
• Activist Pushes Victoria's Secret Parent To Split
• FINRA Fines Cantor $2M For Repeated Short-Sale Issues
• Oncology Biotech Co. Secures $145M In Funding
• Willkie Farr Steers Colony's $1.2B Industrial Portfolio Buy
• 2nd Circ. Upholds $92.8M Civil Fine Against Rajaratnam
• Judging A Book: Willett Reviews 'Guilty Pleasures'
• Calif. Justices OK Pension Tweak But Punt On 'California Rule'
• Ponzi Scheme Suit Not Barred By Cayman Law, Court Says
• Firm Ordered To Drop Arbitration Bid In $2.3M Atty Fee Fight
• Stamina Helps Cleary Gottlieb Seal ESL's $5.2B Sears Rescue
• Insurer Beats Investment Firm In XL Group Coverage Row
• Tier REIT Buys 3-Acre Atlanta Site For Office Tower
• Slate Office REIT Sells Stake In 6 Canada Properties For $99M
• SEC Can't Collect Punitive Disgorgement, 1st Circ. Told
• BB&T Workers' Attys Want $9M Cut Of 401(k) Plan Settlement
• Disney Beats ERISA Suit Over Valeant Shares At 9th Circ.
• Women In Law Need Equal Treatment, Not Affirmative Action
• Oracle Gets 401(k) Participants' ERISA Suit Trimmed
• Eye On ERISA: A Chat With Mayer Brown's Practice Chairs
• Threat To $74B Celgene Buy About More Than Just Money
• Biotech, Blank-Check IPOs Propel 1 Firm Ahead In February
• Objector To $300M Forex Fee Award Must Post Appeal Bond
• Don't Drag Yale President Into ERISA Suit, School Says
• SIFMA Details Preemption Args Against State Fiduciaries
• BlueMountain Nominates New Slate Of PG&E Directors
• Skadden's Discovery, Witness Plays Sank BlackRock Fee Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Palm Beach Newspapers, FCP, State Life
• Visible Diversity Is A Sign Of Organizational Health
• Shearman & Sterling Adds Ex-Kirkland Trusts, Estates Partner
• Emerging FINRA Priorities Include Digital Assets, Regtech
• Simple Secrets For Writing A Killer Brief