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Asset Management - June, 2019

302 articles

• Bitcoin 'Inventor' Can't Access Coins Requested In $10B Suit
• Ex-Platinum CFO Cites Scant Evidence In Acquittal Bid
• High Court Census Ruling Could Escalate Rule Challenges
• Former Raydon Worker Seeks Class Cert. In ERISA Suit
• Conservative Justices Cross Over To Create Unusual Lineups
• The Biggest Securities Decisions Of 2019: Midyear Report
• The Sharpest Dissents Of The Supreme Court Term
• First Ex-Abraaj Group Exec Pleads Guilty In Fraud Suit
• Investors Want Bond Price-Fix Suit Against Banks To Proceed
• 1st Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Investor's Biogen Suit
• Chancery Denies Records In Family Feud Over $905M Sale
• Investment Adviser Gets 5 Years For Stealing $3M
• Yes, Deals Are Getting Harder To Close
• 2nd Circ. Questions Shkreli's Bad Jury Instruction Argument
• Radio Giant IHeartMedia Drops IPO For Direct Listing
• Sotomayor, Breyer Vie For Chattiest High Court Justice
• Top 10 Techniques For Crafting A Dazzling Brief
• Saba Candidate Names Will Stay On BlackRock Proxy Slate
• Attys Seek $68M Award In Wells Fargo Fake Account Suit
• 4 Firms Build $6.1B Deal For Legoland Operator Merlin
• What The Howey Test Misses About Crypto Assets
• High Court Will Weigh Dispute Over Bank's $4M Tax Refund
• Responding To PBGC Termination Of Benefit Plan: Part 3
• Inside The New Anti-Money Laundering Guidance For Attys
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• High Court To Hear Retirees' Challenge To US Bank ERISA Win
• The New 'Roberts Court' Finds Its Footing
• Platinum CIO Says No Evidence Of Misdeeds In 'Bogus' Case
• FedEx Downplayed Cyberattack On TNT, Investors Say
• Fed Satisfied With 'Virtually All' Big Banks' Capital Planning
• Breaking Down The Vote: High Court Term In Review
• US Bank's Bid To Quash ERISA Suit Denied
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• 5th Circ. Nixes SEC's Win In $22M Oil Investment Fraud Case
• State Street Settles SEC's Overcharging Claims For $88M
• Banks Oppose Class Cert. In Interest Rate Swaps Suit
• Synchrony Financial Tries To Duck Suit Over Walmart Fallout
• SEC Chairman's Chief Of Staff To Rejoin WilmerHale
• Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley Hit With Spoofing Class Action
• Fla. Man Can't Shield IRA In Bankruptcy, 11th Circ. Says
• Firm Illegally Collecting On $43M In Overdue Loans, Suit Says
• SEC Sues 'Biggest Winner' In $43M Tribal Bonds Fraud
• Alvarez Gets $44M In Fees In Toys R Us Ch. 11 Case
• Responding To PBGC Termination Of Benefit Plan: Part 2
• 2nd Circ. Ponders Lehman 'Mistake' Claim In Safe Harbor Suit
• EQT Overstated Benefits Of Rice Energy Buy, Investors Say
• Labaton Chair Decries 'Unfair' Criticism Of Firm's Political Ties
• Feds Are Full Of Lies, Platinum Boss Tells Jury
• Hotel REITs Hit With Investor Suit Over $2.7B Acquisition
• 2nd Circ. Iffy On Goldman 'Re-Fight' Of CDO Class Cert. Issues
• Linx Raises $308M In White & Case-Led Public Offering
• First Zohar Portfolio Entity Ch. 11 Sale To Net Up To $77M
• Rosen Law Firm Wins Lead In Astec Securities Suit
• Philly And Citibank Resolve Libor-Rigging Claims In MDL
• REIT Investor's Atty Fees Denied In Merger Suit
• Regulation Best Interest: Investors Are The Losers
• Responding To PBGC Termination Of Benefit Plan: Part 1
• A Chat With Ballard Spahr Diversity Chief Virginia Essandoh
• Paul Weiss Guides Clearlake's Latest $1.4B PE Fund
• Platinum Execs Told Flood Of Lies To Investors, Jury Hears
• Mutual Fund Provided Ample Risk Disclosures, Judge Says
• Saba Capital Urges Chancery To Undo BlackRock Proxy Block
• 'Distressed' Energy Co. B&W Eyes $19.5M Deal With Investors
• Thornton Atty Admits To 'Stupid Mistake' In State Street Case
• Misconduct Allegations Trumped Up, Fla. Regulator Claims
• Hawaii Gov. To Veto REIT Tax Break, Short-Term Rental Bills
• Big-Fish Investor Calls $50M Premium Point Loss 'Shocking'
• Deals Rumor Mill: Magellan, Miniso, Woodford
• Judging A Book: McMahon Reviews 'Roosevelt For The Defense'
• Aussie Storage Center Co. To Raise $132M To Fund Deals
• Invisalign Maker Tries To Ditch Suit Over Expiring Patents
• AXA's New Bond Proposal May Expand Sustainable Finance
• UK, US Watchdogs Crack Down On 'Opportunistic' Defaults
• $75M Fee Award In State Street Row Faces Judge's Scrutiny
• Feds Spar With UBS Over Crisis-Era RMBS Fraud Suit
• Hotel Owner Fights 'Broad' Evidence Bid In $60M Award Row
• Platinum Was On The Up-And-Up, Jury Told As Defense Wraps
• Ex-Worker Should Pay For IP Reveal In Book, Judge Says
• Platinum Affiliates Can't Duck All Of Liquidators' Claims
• High Court Won't Consider Investors' Toshiba ADR Dispute
• High Court Passes On Bankrupt Coal Co. Benefits Case
• 3 Firms Shape Eldorado's $8.58B Caesars Takeover
• Biggest Banks Sail Through Dodd-Frank Stress Tests
• 5 ERISA Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2019
• Real Estate Rumors: Label, SAP Qualtrics, Churchill
• Asset Management Firm CEO Gets 6½ Years For $20M Fraud
• SEC Adopts Final Rules On Securities-Based Swap Dealers
• Man Cops To Role In $165M Global Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• Mortgage Lender To Pay ResCap Trust $23M In Atty Fees
• NY Atty Not In Contempt In Bitcoin Fight, Judge Says
• BlackRock Investors Ask Chancery To Put Nominees On Ballot
• Cromwell REIT Snags 6 European Properties In €247M Deal
• Crypto Co. Asks Court To Force Arbitration In Fraud Suit
• Newman Cited In Tossing Ex-SAC Capital Exec's Guilty Plea
• Confusion In SEC Conduct Standard For Investment Advisers
• Ex-Barclays CEO Acquitted, Others Face Retrial In SFO Case
• Senate Confirms New SEC Commissioner
• 2 Firms Steer Macquarie's £265M UK Construction Biz Buy
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Energy Future Creditors' Bid For Larger Payout
• Shkreli Settles Disputes With His Former Drug Co. Retrophin
• 2nd Circ. Won't Touch Cornell's Cert. Challenge In ERISA Suit
• Slack's Debut Bodes Well For Direct Listings
• Promise Healthcare's $10M Trim To Ch. 11 Sale Gets Tepid Nod
• Third Witness Implicates Fund CEO As Gov't Heaps Evidence
• Texas Developer Says JV Partners Cost It $100M In Sales
• Justices To Decide If Puerto Rico Oversight Board Is Legal
• Suspects In $27M Pump-And-Dump Seek Exit From SEC Suit
• Locke Lord Says It's Not At Fault For Failed Health Plan
• Promise Healthcare Creditors Slam $10M Ch. 11 Deal Trim
• Mass. Regulator Ready To Rumble On SEC Broker Standards
• Real Estate Rumors: Goodman, Starwood, TA Realty
• Mass. Securities Regulator Examining Cannabis Investments
• Nikko Can't Escape Suit Over $50M Loss To Stock Plan
• Ares Management Backs $165M Texas Oil And Gas Venture
• Pulling Up Stakes: Nelson Mullins, MoFo, Akin Gump
• McGuireWoods Guides Wells Fargo's $56M NYC Hotel Loan
• Credit Suisse Hit With Disclosure Fine In Hong Kong
• Lower-Mid Market Investment Shop Clinches $375M Debt Fund
• White Eagle Ch. 11 Plan, Lender Settlement Confirmed
• Wedbush To Pay $8.1M To Settle SEC's ADR Handling Claims
• Edward Jones Wants Ex-Trainees' Wage Suit Axed For Good
• SEC Mulls Opening Private Offerings To A Wider Audience
• DC Circ. Upholds SEC's Pay-To-Play Rule Over GOP Protest
• Penn ERISA Suit Revival Was Mistaken, WashU Tells 8th Circ.
• Singapore REIT Eyeing $110M Raise Through 2 Share Sales
• Mark Cuban Urges 5th Circ. To Stop SEC 'Forum Shopping'
• Berman Tabacco To Lead Housekeeper Accounting Fraud Suit
• French Firm Tikehau Gears Up For $980M Share Issue
• Financial Services Regulation For Fintech Companies: Part 2
• Feds' Denial On SEC Coordination Doesn't Impress Judge
• 3 Firms Steer Intertrust's $330M Deal For Viteos
• Attys Seek $20M For 'Historic' 12-Year 401(k) Fight With ABB
• Crypto Co. Asks Court To Set Aside Clerk's Default
• MFS Agrees To Pay $6.9M To End Self-Dealing Accusations
• Crypto Trading Co. Ran $147M Ponzi Scheme, CFTC Says
• Developer Dodges Prison For Role In Hack-Based Trading Plot
• Blown Deadlines Doom Fertilizer Investor Suit, Chancery Told
• Ex-Binary Options CEO Says Feds Scared Off Her Witnesses
• 5th Circ. Sinks $65M Stanford Insurance Scam Deal
• Oak Investment Can't Kill $11M Suit Over 'Fraudster' Partner
• MIT Says It's Too Late To Revise Loyalty Claims In ERISA Suit
• Shearman Threatened With Ethics Referral In SunEdison MDL
• Insys Hit With Nationwide Opioid Class Claim In Ch. 11
• Platinum Judge Nixes Valuation Fraud Claims At Trial
• Dream Industrial Sells Eastern Canada Portfolio For $202M
• Online Luxury Reseller Leads 5 IPO Launches Totaling $936M
• Goldman Free From Pact To Feed IPO Shares To TD, Schwab
• 5 Ways Law Firms Can Improve Their Job Interviews
• REIT Priam Gears Up For Hunton-Led $171M IPO
• Financial Services Regulation For Fintech Companies: Part 1
• High Court Grounds Delta Pilots' Pension Appeal
• An In-Depth Guide To Latest Opportunity Zone Regs: Part 2
• Charles Schwab Can't Arbitrate ERISA Claims, 9th Circ. Told
• The Biggest Benefits Decisions Of 2019: Midyear Report
• Fraudsters' Kin, Cos. To Pay SEC $720K Over $3.6M Scam
• DOI Fell Short In Tribal Investments: Fed. Claims Judge
• Investment Co. Execs Hit With Fraud Charges In NY And Mass.
• Wall Street Lobbyists Slam New Jersey's Fiduciary Duty Plan
• Blackstone Credit Arm GSO Capital Closes $4.5B Fund
• Convicted Ponzi Schemer To Pay $3M To Settle SEC Claims
• Arent Fox Guides FCP's $118M Philly Apartment Complex Deal
• Banks Look To Deal Knockout Blow In Bond Price-Fix Suit
• What To Expect When You're Expecting The End Of Libor
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• An In-Depth Guide To Latest Opportunity Zone Regs: Part 1
• China-Owned NY Broker-Dealer Admits To Antitrust Violation
• Prosecutors Add More Execs, Claims In Abraaj Criminal Suit
• SEC Set To Tackle Shareholder Proposal, Proxy Reg Revisions
• Crypto Co. Investors Seek Class Certification In Fraud Suit
• DLA Piper Snags Finance Partner From Morrison & Foerster
• SEC Seeks Court Approval Of $1.5M Brokerage Fraud Deal
• Arnold & Porter Steers Square Mile's $130M Manhattan Loan
• Crooked Fund CEO Demoted Me, Finance Pro Tells Jury
• Irish Residential Buys Multifamily Portfolio For $321M
• Wall St. Cop Stakes Its Turf In 1st Crowdfunding Decision
• Women Fight Goldman Sachs' Arbitration Bid In Bias Suit
• JPMorgan 401(k) Plan Participants Win Cert. In ERISA Suit
• High Court May Deal A Blow To ERISA Class Actions
• HK Dings Manufacturer, Citing Financial Reporting Issues
• Real Estate Rumors: Hillview, Abu Dhabi Authority, Blue Road
• Elk Petroleum Lender Wants Ch. 11 Trustee To Take Over Case
• KKR Pushes Its Investment In Toorak Capital To $500M
• Estate Partially Stiffed On $10M Lottery Winnings, Suit Says
• Raymond James To Pay $15M To Settle Hidden-Fee Claims
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Fateful Phone Call
• Wellness Co. CEO Pleads Guilty To Penny Stock Fraud
• Law Firms Can Do Better With Their Mentoring Programs
• Judge Tweaks Bond Amount In $2.6M Award Row
• TridentUSA, Silver Point Seek End To Refinancing Challenge
• $35.5M Deal Reached In REIT-Manager Merger Suit
• Platinum Judge Won't Toss Case, May Limit Feds' Closings
• Pension Rescue Plan Advances In House Amid Objections
• Insys Seeks Speedy Ch. 11 Sale As Liabilities Mount
• REIT CapitaLand Selling Stakes In 3 China Malls For $428M
• 3 Firms Compete For Lead In AT&T Stock-Drop Suit
• USC Says Workers Can't Add More Individuals To ERISA Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Vornado, Richman, Hackman
• High Court Asked To Decide If Puerto Rico Fed Board Is Legal
• China's Huatai Seeks To Raise $2B On London Exchange
• Investors Have Slim Legal Path When Digital Coins Vanish
• Brokerage Firm Fights 'Draconian' SEC Bid For $23M Penalty
• SEC Says NFL Players' Adviser Must Pay Up After 2017 Deal
• The SEC Should Let Broker-Dealers Unbundle Research Costs
• Simpson Thacher Steers EQT Fund's Sale Of Press Ganey
• Foreign Proof Request OK'd In Hotel Co.'s $60M Award Row
• Mass., NJ Say Real Estate Empire Sold Unregistered Securities
• Feds Slam Ex-Platinum Execs' Acquittal Bid In Fraud Case
• Alice Blocks Investment Program Patent, Fed. Circ. Affirms
• Calif. Court Affirms Mitchell Silberberg's $1.5M Fee Win
• Ex-Goldman Sachs VP Gets 3 Months For Insider Trading
• Convicted Charter School Operator Hit With Racketeering Suit
• Security Specialists Urge House Panel To Target Shell Cos.
• Royal Park, Deutsche Bank Bring RMBS Trustee Suit To End
• NY Town Settles SEC Suit, Agrees To Retain Consultant
• Touradji Capital Owes $91M To Ex-Portfolio Managers
• Witness Struggles To Put CEO At Heart Of $100M Fund Scam
• 'Security Tokens' Slow To Take Off Following ICO Collapse
• Platinum's Failure Skewed Trial, Ex-Union Chief Tells 2nd Circ.
• The Latest Developments In Criminal Cases Against Execs
• 'Rocket Docket' Justifies Its Name For 11th Straight Year
• Companies In Canada Must Prepare For Shareholder Activism
• Investcorp Drops $370M On Multifamily Portfolio
• High Court Agrees To Hear Intel ERISA Suit
• Insys Hits Ch. 11 After $225M Kickback Settlement
• Platinum Judge Grills Feds Over Central Fraud Claims
• DOJ Rebukes 'Absurdly Overbroad' Doc Request In UBS Suit
• 4 Tips For Handling Retirement Plans' Cybersecurity Risks
• Casino Investor Says No Skadden Conflict In $856M Ch. 11
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Film Producer Convicted Of Fraud Loses Indemnification Bid
• RI Hospital Pension's $11M ERISA Deal Clears Hurdle
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Kirkland, Hunton
• Dechert Led-Barings Nabs $943M For 1st Real Assets Fund
• 3 Firms Steer Elliott's $683M Barnes & Noble All-Cash Buy
• Chamber Takes Aim At UPenn Workers' 3rd Circ. ERISA Win
• Ex-Okla. State Coach Gets 3 Months In Prison For Bribes
• What Securities Pros Need To Know About SEC Data Analytics
• Platinum Jury Hears Of Exec's Dread, As Feds Wrap Up Case
• Woodbridge CEO's $1.3B Ponzi Trial Delayed To Late Summer
• Action-Packed 'No Action' Letters: Nontransparent ETFs
• $60M Deal To End SSM Health 'Church Plan' Case Gets OK
• Spain Waived Immunity In $144M Award Fight, Court Hears
• Accountant Pleads Guilty To Role In $550M Ponzi Scheme
• Closed UCC Sale Can't Be Unwound, NY Appeals Court Says
• BGC Asks Chancery To Toss 'Empty' Suit Over $875M Deal
• Kirkland Nabs $57M Fees In 'Hard-Fought' Toys R Us Ch. 11
• SEC's $60M Deal Over Web Marketing Scam Gets Court OK
• Profit Was Reverse Engineered At Fallen Fund, Jury Hears
• RioCan Snags Toronto Mixed-Use Property In $248M Deal
• Pomerantz, Wolf Popper To Lead McDermott Stock-Drop Suit
• 9th Circ. Says Pension Was Right To Cut Off Working Retiree
• What May Be Ahead For PE Infrastructure Investment In Asia
• SEC Sues Over Alleged $2.2M Bank Guarantee Fraud
• UBS Workers Must Arbitrate Deferred Compensation Fight
• Feds Defend Raids On Ex-Locke Atty In Crypto Scam Case
• Measuring The Value Of A Law Firm's Social Media Efforts
• Ex-Arizona Basketball Coach Gets 3 Months In Bribe Scheme
• Deal To End $367M White Eagle Lender Fight Gets Court Nod
• SEC Punts On Whether Reg BI Preempts State Fiduciary Laws
• 'Honest' Fund Boss Tells Jury Ex-Employees Out To Get Him
• SEC Approves New Broker Standards Despite Objections
• Deals Rumor Mill: Arriva, T-Mobile, Permira
• BlackRock Hit With Investor Suit Over Election Bylaws
• Ex-Allen & Overy Treasury Official Confirmed As CFTC Head
• Duke Workers Seek Final OK For $10.7M ERISA Deal
• KKR's German Real Estate Fund JV Sold In $253M Deal
• REIT Kept Investors In The Dark On RICO Case, Suit Says
• 1 Global Ex-CEO Has No Defense In $287M Suit, SEC Says
• Alibaba, Russians Prep $200M Internet And E-Commerce JV
• Skadden Conflicted In $856M Bankruptcy Case, Trustee Says
• Pharma Co. Hid Value To Shrink Payout, Says Former Exec
• Ex-Goldman Analyst Links Firing To Homophobia Complaints
• Simpson Thacher Assists On $4B Digital Infrastructure Fund
• Ex-USC Basketball Coach Avoids Prison For Taking Bribes
• Wells Fargo Seeks To Avoid Trial In CDO Fraud Suit
• Rosen Law's $1.2M Fee Bid Cut In State Street Case
• Platinum Oil Co. Exec Tells Jury Of Downward Spiral
• BlackRock Employees Seek Class Cert. In $100M ERISA Suit
• Frat Brother Agrees To SEC Asset Freeze Over Ponzi Scheme
• Questions Loom Over Broker Standards Ahead Of SEC Vote
• Justices Set Sights On ESOP Stock-Drop Suits
• SEC Opposes Case Delay For Firms Tied To $165M Fraud
• Subsidiary Bank Should Get $4M Tax Refund, Justices Told
• Airtel Africa Seeks To Raise $750M In London IPO
• Gibson Dunn Adds Ex-Cadwalader Partner To NY Tax Group
• Banks Win Access To Claim Forms In Libor-Rigging Suit
• China's Huatai Seeks To Raise $500M Through London Link
• EEOC Launches 2 Pay Bias Suits Against Md. Businesses
• Hedge Fund To Pay SEC $5M Over Compliance Failures
• SEC Should Use Data-Driven Method For Materiality Standards
• Health Facility REIT Launches Senior Living JV In $128M Deal
• Banks Must Take Libor's End Seriously, Fed's Vice Chair Says
• Davis Wright Tremaine Grows DC Financial Services Group
• SEC Pledges To Stop College Frat House Ponzi Scheme
• Investors Defend Suit Over Oracle's 'Coercive' Sales Tactics
• King & Spalding Adds Finance Pros In NY, Chicago
• Justices Deny Martoma's Appeal Of Insider Trading Conviction
• Staying Current Key To Regulating Fintech, CFTC Chair Says
• REIT's $2.4B Portfolio Buy Led By Hunton, Fried Frank
• China's Securities Chief Says Trade War Won't Derail Market
• The Uncertain Future Of Gov't Investigations Post-Deutsche
• High Court To Mull IBM Workers' ERISA Stock-Drop Suit