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Asset Management - October, 2019

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• Firm Sues Alleged Sex Trafficker Over Litigation Tactics
• Relative Of Accused Fraudster Agrees To Pay SEC $736K
• FHFA Constitutionality Case Not Fit For Review, Justices Told
• Conflicted Board Saddled Chemical Co. With Bad Debt: Suit
• Madoff Trustee Tells High Court To Let Clawback Ruling Stand
• New SEC Guidance Is 'Arbitrary,' Proxy Advisory Firm Says
• SEC's Fraud Enforcement Shows Quality, If Not Quantity
• REV Knew Investor Info Was False, Pension Fund Says
• 5 Trends Influencing RFPs For Law Firms
• Ex-Director Of Trading Firm Must Arbitrate $1M ADA Suit
• Marathon Lines Up Speedway Spinoff Amid Activist Pressure
• DOJ's $700M Deal Lets 1MDB Suspect's Lawyers Keep $15M
• Insurers Blast 'Improper' Additions To Ocwen ERISA Suit
• Chancery's Quantlab Ruling Guts Law, Del. Justices Hear
• ERISA Self-Dealing Rules Clarified As GE Suit Rolls Along
• Steptoe Welcomes Back Ex-CFTC Division Director As Partner
• CoinList Secures $10M Investment To Start Crypto Exchange
• 2 Del. Decisions Call Out Conflicted Controlling Stockholders
• BakerHostetler Guides Citymark On $69M Atlanta Purchase
• Gambling Accountant Gets 14 Years For $396M Ponzi Scheme
• CFTC Nabs $2.5M Victory Over Currency Trading Scheme
• SocGen Fires Back At $792M Suit Over Castro-Seized Bank
• Canadian REIT Drops €67M On 9 Netherlands Properties
• Invisalign Maker Exits Shareholder Suit Over Expiring Patents
• Esports Infrastructure Biz Vindex Launches With $60M In Tow
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-Katten Atty's Shkreli Fraud Conviction
• Intel's View Of ERISA Time Limit Weakens Law, Gov't Says
• SEC Says No Bankruptcy For Real Estate Ponzi Vehicle
• Baker McKenzie Launches New Regulation Group With 4 Attys
• Ex-NFL Player Convicted Of $10 Million Fraud After New Trial
• 4 Firms Guide $8.4B Merger Of Data Center Operators
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Being There For Families In Trouble
• SEC's New ETF Rule Is A Win For Issuers, Investors
• DOJ Guidance Offers Needed Flexibility For Corporate Fines
• Chancery Won't Open More Books To Facebook Investors
• Labaton, Levi & Korsinsky Seek $4.7M Fees For Prothena Suit
• In The (Opportunity) Zone: How To Avoid Diligence Pitfalls
• Mobile Game Maker Scopely Lands $200M In Series D Funding
• MIT Strikes $18M 401(k) Class Settlement With Workers
• Corwin Ruling Cut Del. Investor M&A Suits, Legal Pros Say
• Investor Asks Chancery For Battery Maker's Deal Docs
• Nutmeg Group Exec On Hook For $1.3M Over Mismanagement
• Dura Says Zohar's Needs Not A Concern In Ch. 11 Venue Fight
• AARP Backs Ex-Intel Worker In ERISA Fight At Supreme Court
• Investor Group Says SEC Rule Change Would Hobble Rights
• Goldman Sued For Keeping Its Own Funds On 401(k) Roster
• 'Bizarre' Stock Sale Hurt Bid For Just Eat, Investor Says
• UBS Must Pay Ex-Financial Adviser $1.6M In Gender Bias Row
• SEC's Crypto Actions Reinforce Hard Line On Digital Assets
• Astec Blasts 'Kneejerk' Investors' Suit Over Wood Pellet Woes
• Intercontinental Exchange Launches ETF-Focused Market Hub
• JPMorgan Unit Nabs $1B For Distressed Private Credit Fund
• 4 Firms Steer $1.5B Shakeup Between Apollo And Athene
• In The (Opportunity) Zone: How To Navigate Lending Issues
• AT&T Plans New Directors, Up To $10B In Divestitures
• Wachtell, Morgan Lewis Shape Prologis' $12.6B Liberty Buy
• IBM Committee Urges High Court To Kill ERISA Stock Suit
• Tilton Hurls More Challenges In Zohar's Ch. 11
• $74M SunEdison Investor Settlement Gets Judge's Approval
• 9th Circ. Says JP Morgan Arbitration Should've Been Paused
• NY Judge Again Refuses To Excuse NCUA From Libor Deals
• AECOM-Canyon JV Lands $500M For Real Estate Fund
• Trading Models Underestimate Securities Class Damages
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Chinese Education Co. Raises $220M In IPO, PE Investment
• Columbia U. Should Face ERISA Class Action, Judge Says
• In The (Opportunity) Zone: How To Structure Funds
• SEC's Pitch To Spur Small-Cap Trading Likely To Draw Debate
• Investor Claims $290M Loss In Perelman-Led 'Scheme'
• Ex-Deutsche Bank Traders Dodge Prison For Libor Rigging
• JLL Guides JP Morgan's $503M Atlanta Office Deal
• FINRA Fines BNP $15M For Anti-Money Laundering Failures
• SEC, CFTC Join Global Financial Innovation Network
• LabCFTC Going Independent As Fintech Innovation Takes Off
• Examine Diversity Jurisdiction By Drilling Into Citizenship
• Goldman Banker Accused Of Insider Trading Fires Lawyers
• Davis Polk-Led Insurance Firm Prices $230M IPO At Low End
• Most Of CenturyLink ERISA Suit Should Be Nixed, Judge Says
• Securities Atty Pleads Guilty To Aiding 1 Global Ponzi Scheme
• Simpson Thacher Steers Carlyle's €6.4B European Fund
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Nix Of $65M Stanford Ponzi Deal
• Tilton-Backed Entities Out As DIP Lenders In DURA's Ch. 11
• Trader Loses 10th Circ. Fight Over $1.5M IP Verdict Trim
• 'Radical' PwC ERISA Ruling Must Be Undone, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Custodian Says Crypto IRA Co.'s Suit Should Remain Paused
• MF Global Estate Sues US Trustee Over Ch. 11 Fee Hike
• Where Law Firm Partners Go When Changing Jobs
• SEC's Bitwise ETF Rejection Signals Bitcoin Market Distrust
• 2 Firms Steer $1.9B Waste Management Co. IPO
• Ex-SEC Compliance Expert Denies Pilfering Info For PE Firm
• Dilworth Paxson, Ex-Atty Face $6M Suit Over Bond Scam
• Intel Says Investment Firm Is Backing Abusive Patent Scheme
• Feds Say DC Solar Was $1B Ponzi As 2 Affiliates Plead Guilty
• Crypto Co. Investors Defend Renewed Cert. Bid In ICO Suit
• Schwab Says 9th Circ. Right To Kick ERISA Suit To Arbitration
• AMP Capital Nabs $6.2B For Infrastructure Debt Investments
• PR Officials Balk At Debt Write-Offs As Part Of PROMESA Fix
• 3 Ways To Leverage Vulnerability For Lawyer Well-Being
• Pro Racer Takes $1.3B FTC Award Fight To Supreme Court
• Investors May End Sunrise's $6.4B Play For Swiss Cable Co.
• IRA Custodian Owes No Duty To Beneficiary, Mass. Court Says
• Glenmont-Arlington JV Sells Tampa-Area Complex For $69M
• Union Member Fights To Keep $73M ERISA Suit Alive
• Just Eat Spurns Competing $6.3B Takeover Bid
• Don't Adopt Intel's Take On ERISA Deadline, High Court Told
• TPG Affiliate Rakes In $2.2B For Growth Investment Vehicle
• Del. Court Brands Tilton Firm's Tenn. Ch. 11 Loan 'Troubling'
• IFinex Asks Calif. Court For Help In Search For $880M
• Investors Denied Cert. Rethink In Twitter Stock Fraudster Suit
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Brokers Barred In HSN Co-Founder Case
• O'Melveny Nears Nixing Malpractice Suit After Arbitration Win
• Disclaimers Can't Aid Merrill In Tax Savings Suit, Investor Says
• Broker To Blame, Best Friends Tell Jury At $28M SEC Trial
• High Court Won't Review Construction Cos.' Pension Dispute
• Investors Denied Cert. In Suit Against Twitter Stock Fraudster
• 4 Firms Steer $1.4B Hudson's Bay Take-Private Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Madison, Deutsche, Fortune Hotels
• PE-Backed Real Estate Investor Primes $1.5B Hong Kong IPO
• Unizo Softens To Blackstone's $1.6B Takeover Offer
• How 401(k) Bankruptcy Exemption Can Be Lost
• Why SPACs Are Turning To Reps And Warranties Insurance
• Bernstein Litowitz To Lead Venator Shareholders' Fire Suit
• McGuireWoods, Kirkland Lead $2B Dominion Gas Facility Deal
• Workers Say J&J Could Have 'Told Truth' On Talcum Powder
• Wire Fraud Charges For Metals Traders Hold Up, Judge Says
• Ex-Nomura Trader Says Misstating Sales 'Common' In Industry
• ProShares Investors Fight To Keep 'Volpocalypse' Suit Alive
• Temasek Values Keppel At $9.8B In Bid For Control
• 2 More Parents To Plead Guilty In College Admissions Scandal
• Bitcoin IRA Won't Have To Face Trade Secrets Suit In Ky.
• Investment Banks Can't Escape FDIC Suit Over RMBS
• NBA Eager To Increase Team Liquidity Amid Rising Values
• High Court Urged To Skip ERISA Case Over Great-West Profits
• Robbins Geller Named Lead Counsel In FedEx Hacking Suit
• New Data Shows BigLaw's True Profitability
• Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Robert Lee
• Welbilt Moves To Exit 'Fraud By Hindsight' Stock-Drop Suit
• Highland Capital Under Fire To Have Ch. 11 Trustee Take Over
• Latham, Sidley Guide $300M Kennedy Wilson Investment 
• Law360's The Term: Puerto Rican Debt Crisis, DC Sniper
• Ex-Pimco CEO To Plead Guilty To 'Varsity Blues' Charges
• Legal Funder Again Asks 3rd Circ. To Rein In NFL Deal Judge
• Greenberg Traurig Inks $65M Deal To End Stanford Ponzi Suit
• Barnes & Thornburg Scores CFTC, SEC Alum For DC Office
• Plan Manager Must Pay $6.4M To Steel Co. Pensions
• House Examines Boom In Buybacks Amid Bills To Curb Them
• Tailor In 'Beautiful Suit' Dodges Prison In NCAA Bribe Scheme
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Global Infrastructure Partners, Apollo
• The Circuit Split On ERISA's Actual Knowledge Standard
• Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Vincent Ip
• Elliott Blasts Unizo For Handling Of Takeover Offers
• Allina Health Strikes $2.4M Deal To End ERISA Class Action
• SEC, Stock Exchanges Urged To Rein In Dual-Class Shares
• Highland Capital Files Ch. 11 Ahead Of Hearing On $189M Suit
• SEC Targets 18 Chinese Traders In $31M 'Spoofing' Scheme
• Shkreli Asks Justices To School 2nd Circ. On Securities Fraud
• Health Care Co. Can't Nix Pump-And-Dump Suit, Judge Says
• CalSavers Isn't Trumped By ERISA, Calif. Says
• Banks Must Face Bond Price-Fixing Suit Post-Deutsche Deal
• Amicorp Dodges Arbitration In $6M Securities Dispute
• Texas Securities Board Orders Crypto Cos. To Close Up Shop
• Lehman Lost Right To Recoup Bad Loans, Mortgage Cos. Say
• German Real Estate Investor Domicil Postpones $166M IPO
• Attys Seek $58.1M In Fees For Deloitte, Sidley Austin Deal
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Robert Blaustein
• Ex-Milling Co. Worker Defends Challenge To $244M Stock Buy
• Crypto Co. Fights Investors' Renewed Cert. Bid In ICO Suit
• Direct Listings Gain Traction As IPO Alternative
• Forex Fee Objector's $300K Deal Gets No Support In NY Court
• Deutsche Must Face Some RMBS Claims After NCUA Gets Sub
• Investors' Suit Barred By Arbitration Clause, Crypto Co. Says
• Investors' Org Urges SEC To Reconsider Proxy Guidance
• Investor Group Pans FINRA Broker Expungement Proceedings
• Real Estate Rumors: GL, First Industrial, Healthcare Realty
• Locke Lord Says Failed Health Plan Suit Dead On Arrival
• Pulling Up Stakes: Winston & Strawn, Sidley, K&L Gates
• Supervisor To Pay $150K In Latest ADR Settlement, SEC Says
• 4 Firms Steer $5.1B In Deals For Las Vegas MGM Hotels
• FX Fraud Decision Tests Limits Of Right-To-Control Theory
• Justices Won't Review Ex-CEO's $40M Tax Deduction Appeal
• Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's John Rife
• 2nd Circ. Agrees Monster Job Site Doesn't Owe $8.9M In Fees
• Goldcrest REIT Lands $300M To Invest In US Farmland
• Courts Keep Rejecting Litigation Funding Discovery Campaign
• Justices Won't Hear Suit Over UBS Brokers' Enron Knowledge
• Justices Struggle Over Need To Confirm PR's Oversight Board
• Ex-Woodbridge CEO Gets 25 Years For $1.3B Ponzi Scheme
• Bear Stearns, Reed Smith Settle $500M Malpractice Suit
• Look Beyond Crypto Labels, SEC, CFTC And FinCEN Warn
• Feds Call Ex-Deutsche Traders 'Emblematic' Of Banking Ills
• Court Skeptical Of Columbia's Bid To End ERISA Suit
• DC Circ. Presses SEC To Justify Exchange Fee Program
• Real Estate Rumors: Peachtree Hotel, Ross, Longpoint
• How Emotionally Intelligent AI Could Assist With E-Discovery
• Davis Polk, Skadden Steer Insurer's Potential $246M IPO
• Abrams, Olshan Draw Guff For $22M Fee Bid On $47M Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• SEC's 'Test The Waters' Expansion Could Spur More Offerings
• Atty-Duping Scammer Gets 22 Years In $396M Ponzi Scheme
• Kessler Topaz, Prickett Jones Want In On Medley Fees
• Northrop Defends 401(k) As Trial Looms In ERISA Class Action
• Ether Is Definitively A Commodity, CFTC Chair Says
• Former Intuit Exec Takes Over Top Role At LabCFTC
• PIMCO Atty Slams 'Fraternity Culture' In Discrimination Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: JVM, Global Holdings, Lennar
• Data Pinpoints Expert Valuation Differences In Del. Appraisals
• Sears Hometown Investors Say Lampert Engineered Bad Deal
• Keystone Property Group Scores $66M Loan For NJ Complex
• 1st Circ. Says F-Squared's $7.7M Fee Claim May Hinge On SEC
• Preventable Risks Your Law Firm May Be Overlooking
• 1st Circ. Doubts Ex-State Street Exec's Bid To Ax Conviction
• Strine Calls For Sweeping Corporate Overhaul As Term Wanes
• Conn. Fits Teva Stock-Drop Suit Better Than Pa., Judge Says
• SEC Nixes Bitwise ETF Bid Citing Bitcoin Market Manipulation
• Arizona CBD Biz Nabs $50M In Funding From NY Hedge Fund
• Objector Drops Opposition To $300M Fee Award In Forex Case
• Corestate Picks Up Berlin Office Property For $94M
• Chinese Chemical Co.'s Ch. 15 Petition Approved
• Data Privacy Compliance Best Practices For Asset Managers
• Fidelity Workers Lose Bid For Jury Trial In ERISA Suit
• 6 Ethics Tips For Attorneys Making Lateral Transfers
• DOL Says Investment Manager Failed To Diversify 401(k) Plan
• Ropes & Gray Adds Willkie Finance Duo In New York
• Elliott Wants Info On Unizo's Nixed Support Of $1.3B Bid
• Volcker Rule Changes Finalized After Fed's Signature
• Allen Matkins Adjusts On The Fly For Opportunity Zone Fund
• DOJ May Reduce Corporate Fines To Avoid 'Severe' Effects
• Feds Ask To Delay Next Platinum Trial While Appeal Plays Out
• Sullivan Adds Pair Of Investment Attys From Schiff Hardin
• Cornell Win Irrelevant To Columbia ERISA Case, Workers Say
• Morgan Stanley Defeats 'Opportunistic' $150M ERISA Suit
• Texas Justices Ponder 'Good Faith' In $79M Clawback
• Real Estate Rumors: GIC, Spear Street, Brookfield
• Black Diamond Can't Flip Barclays' Win In Contract Fight
• Woodbridge Trust Seeks Documents From Shapiro's Wife
• Faruqi & Faruqi To Lead Ideanomics Investor Suit
• Mutual Funds Should Consider Shareholder Litigation
• HK Stock Exchange Drops $36.7B Bid For LSE
• Low Panera Deal Appraisal Would Stretch Law, Chancery Told
• Lender Can't Show Damages In Hotel Sale, Ill. Court Says
• NY Investment Manager Admits To $115.5M Ponzi Scheme
• Real Estate Rumors: Brookfield, Pebblebrook, Carlyle
• Frustrated 1st Circ. Seeks Guidance In Pension Fund Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Trust Insurer's Jurisdiction Row
• Merrill Lynch Bank Escapes Pa. Pension Theft Suit, For Now
• 3 Firms Weld $751M Deal For PE-Backed Canadian Mining Co.
• The Ins And Outs Of SEC's Expanded 'Test The Waters' Rule
• REIT Rexford Industrial Drops $76M On 3 Calif. Properties
• Aluminum Case Can't Save Bond Price-Fix Suit Versus Banks
• Crypto Exchange Gets Ball Rolling On Global Self-Regulation
• ERISA Trio Gives Justices A Chance To Curb Benefits Suits
• Platinum Prosecutors To Appeal Acquittal, New Trial Orders
• Real Estate Rumors: SL Green, Sterling Bay, AEW
• Ex-Adidas Consultant Gets 3 Months For Hoops Bribe Scheme
• Orchestra Must Face Music In Pension Exit Suit, 2nd Circ. Told
• Catalyst Capital Drops $62M On London Office Building
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Fried Frank, Milbank
• Texas Justices To Hear Credit Suisse's Bid To Ax $287M Award
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Hoops Agent-Turned-Music Manager Gets Year For Bribes
• Real Estate Rumors: Nightingale, Xenia, Meridian
• 5 Steps Toward Broker Conduct Rule Compliance
• Retirement Savers Seek Cert. In Principal Global ERISA Suit
• Ascendas REIT Drops $75M On Australian Office Project
• Fla. Moneyman Cops To Role In Mitsakos Hedge Fund Scam
• Consider The Power Of Tactical Empathy
• Simpson Thacher, Fried Frank Guide $2.9B Great Wolf Deal
• Lek Securities, CEO To Pay $2M To End SEC 'Layering' Suit
• Colo. Co. Says 'Valid-When-Made' Doesn't Belong In Case
• Real Estate Rumors: Kushner, Chetrit, Feil
• NY Judge Inks $21.7M Judgment For Private Equity Investors
• Centra Tech Investors Fight Judge's Cert. Denial In ICO Suit
• Justices Urged To Use IBM Case To Set Trial Courts Straight
• FINRA Fines UBS $2M For Continued Muni Violations
• The Problem — And Opportunity — Of Implicit Bias In The Bar
• Supermarket Income REIT Raises Fundraise Target To £100M
• German Real Estate Investor Domicil Seeks $164M IPO
• 2 Brokerages To Pay $37.5M To Resolve Forex Fraud Claims
• Bernstein, Friedlander To Lead Mindbody Investor Litigation
• Skadden Helps Brookdale With $510M Sale, $405M Purchase
• Analogic Exits Investor Challenge To $1.1B Altaris Tie-Up
• RAIT Calls Investors' Objections To Ch. 11 Plan Unfounded
• Kaplan Voekler Steers Red Oak's $50M Bond Offering
• Judging A Book: Thapar Reviews Gorsuch's 'A Republic'
• Real Estate Rumors: Amazon, Blackstone, Crate & Barrel
• 3 Firms Steer Brookfield's $170M Energy Co. Take-Private
• 2nd Circ. Revives ERISA Suit Against NYU Investment Adviser
• Banks Get Mexican Bond Price-Fixing Suit Dismissed
• Proxy Advisers Should Be Designated ERISA Fiduciaries
• Eilers Aids Cannabis Real Estate Firm Bangi's $50M Offering
• Nikko Gets Fed Claims Cut From $50M Stock-Plan Loss Suit