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Asset Management - December, 2019

185 articles

• Hottest Legal Industry Guest Topics Of 2019
• BlackRock Can't Get Chancery To Nix PennyMac Investor Suit
• 2nd Circ. Gives PwC Retiree Pension Suit New Life
• 4 Firms Shape Cincinnati Bell's $2.6B Sale To Brookfield
• CFTC Sues Ex-HSBC Exec Over Price-Manipulation Scheme
• Baker Donelson Says It Doesn't Belong In Timber Scam Suit
• Ponzi Schemer Who Swindled Friends, Family Gets 7 Years
• Crypto Startup Plans Token IPO That Could Raise $150M
• Nasdaq Wins $78M For Fund Co.'s 'Blatant' Contract Breach
• Adams Street Lands $740M For Latest Investment Fund
• Texas Justices Say No 'Good Faith' Without 'Diligent' Probe
• The Biggest Stories In Florida Legal News Of 2019
• Penny Stock Cos. Exit Suit After Their Founder Ghosts Atty
• 3rd Circ. OKs Nonconsensual Ch. 11 Liability Releases
• How PBGC Rules Cut Fees For Fighting Withdrawal Liability
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Dura Auto Agrees To Creditors' Ch. 11 Discovery Requests
• 5th Circ. Says Ponzi Claims Against Pershing Came Too Late
• SEC Push To Expand Access To Private Offerings Could Grow
• Inside The Monthslong Bidding War For Delivery Co. Just Eat
• The Trial Results That Made An Impact In 2019
• The Biggest ERISA Decisions Of 2019
• REIT LondonMetric Sells 4 Properties For $190M
• Top Federal Tax Cases Of 2019
• Delaware Courts Tackle Unique Records Requests In Q4
• Morgan Stanley Blasts Outside Attys' Fee Bid In Wage Suit
• 'Prolific' Cooperator In Corruption Cases Gets 10 Months
• Underwriters Look To Escape SunEdison Investor Claims
• Robinhood To Pay $1.25M For Violating FINRA Trade Rule
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, L+M, IMC Equity
• Ex-Nomura Trader 'Admitted He Lied,' SEC Says
• The Biggest Securities Cases Of 2019
• Binary Options Boss Gets 22 Years For $145M Fraud
• Manulife Partners With Harel In $1.2B US Real Estate Venture
• MVP: Simpson Thacher's Parker Kelsey
• 5 Trends That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2019
• The Biggest M&A Moments Of 2019's Second Half
• MetLife To Pay SEC $10M Over Annuity Accounting Errors
• BofA Says La. Never Plugged Holes In Bond Price-Fixing Suit
• Simpson, Jones Day Guide $654M Blackstone-Hansteen Deal
• SEC Proposes Letting More Investors In On Private Offerings
• CFTC Offers No-Action Relief To Ease Libor Transition
• SEC Audit Enforcement Trends Hint At 2020 Priorities
• Robbins Geller Seeks $132M For $1B REIT Settlement
• Varde Nabs $2.47B For 13th Flagship Investment Fund
• MVP: Goodwin Procter's Michael Halford
• Skadden, Weil Steer Sun Life's £300M InfraRed Deal
• Oracle Dodges Suit Over Improper Sales Practices
• US Bank Says $29M Tribal Bond Fraud Not Its Problem
• Lek Securities Settles FINRA Market Manipulation Claims
• Real Estate Rumors: Acadia, Sterling Bay, Sardis
• NY Suit Against Tilton To Go Forward After Failed Appeal
• Morris Manning Steers Sealy's $909M Industrial Portfolio Sale
• Bitcoin 'Inventor' Can't Skirt Hefty Sanctions, Estate Says
• Judging A Book: Hinojosa Reviews 'Crimes And Punishments'
• Bausch Launches $1.25B Bond Offering To Pay For Settlement
• Banks Settle Fannie, Freddie Bond Price-Fix Suits For $337M
• MVP: Fried Frank's Kenneth I. Rosh
• ERISA Class Claims Shifted To Defined Benefit Plans In 2019
• Main Street Gained Valuable Access To Private Markets In 2019
• King & Spalding, Skadden Steer $107M AIG-IStar Loan
• FTC Wants High Court To Hold Off On Review Of $1.3B Award
• Sidley Austin, Deloitte Deal Over Ponzi Claims Wins Final OK
• GE Won't Fight Massive Class Cert. Bid In Retirement Suit
• HSBC Bank USA To Settle Commerzbank RMBS Suit
• SEC Settles 1MDB Claims With Former Goldman Sachs Exec
• Pension Prods Goldman Sachs For Records On 1MDB Scandal
• 8th Circ. Refuses To Reduce Adviser's Wire Fraud Sentence
• Securities Org. Queries Conflicts, Blockchain In Debt Raising
• Pillsbury Adds Ex-IRS Atty To Executive Compensation Group
• Bausch Will Pay $1.2B To End Valeant-Era Stock Suit
• APG Venture Drops £130M On London Hotel
• Real Estate Rumors: Best Buy, Somerset, Blackstone
• More Joint SEC-CFTC Actions Raise Concerns Over 'Piling On'
• Digital Asset Regulation Poses Challenges For Insurers
• OECD Digital Tax Plan Shifts Tax Risk For Asset Managers
• MVP: Debevoise's Andrew M. Ahern
• European Crypto Mining Co. Latest To Shutter Over AML Regs
• Cuban Bank Heirs Push To Keep $792M SocGen Suit Alive
• USC Workers Urge Cert. Of Massive Class In ERISA Row
• NJ Business Relocation Grants Are Tax-Exempt, 3rd Circ. Told
• Real Estate Rumors: Nuveen, Blackstone, Extell
• Chinese EB-5 Investors Sue Developer For Financial Records
• Sears Ch. 11 Board Can Get Bonuses For Litigation
• GIC Will Buy Logistics Portfolio From Apollo For $1.06B
• Chicago Exchanges Urge 7th Circ. To Uphold Antitrust Win
• Shareholder Committee Nixed In RAIT Funding Ch. 11 Case
• ConocoPhillips Accuses Ex-Worker Of $7.3M Fraud Scheme
• MVP: Latham's Andrea J. Schwartzman
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Seyfarth Tax Shelter RICO Suit
• Justices Told US Bank's Take On Pensions Is 'Backwards'
• Global Securities Watchdog Eyes Highly Leveraged Funds
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Kleinberg Kaplan Nabs Partner From Dechert
• Voting Records Support Concerns Over Proxy Firms' Influence
• JPMorgan Looks To Narrow Massive 401(k) Class Action
• Charter Hall, REITs Drop $861M On Australia Properties
• NYSE Amends Plan To Allow Capital Raising In Direct Listings
• Rabobank Sues Ex-Trader For Exit Package Over Libor Fight
• FDIC Head Previews Plan To Update Brokered Deposits Regs
• Judge 'Alarmed' By Tilton Sale Allegations In Zohar Ch. 11
• EU Officials Press Treasury Over FATCA Reciprocity Efforts
• Truist Buys Charlotte Tower From Cousins For $456M
• Elliott-Backed Mining Finance Co. Pulls $243M Canadian IPO
• Insider Trading Bill Would Clarify, Expand Years Of Case Law
• Strategies To Maintain Privilege In Crisis Response Scenarios
• Court Expert To Examine Sears-ESL Sale Disputes
• UBS Can't Ditch Feds' Crisis-Era RMBS Fraud Suit
• PBGC OKs Slashing Cost Of Fighting Plan Withdrawal Liability
• Wilmington Trust ESOP Dispute Gets Class Treatment
• Financier Urges Ban On 'Tax Haven' In Panama Papers Trial
• 3 Men Accused Of Running $722M Crypto Ponzi Scheme
• SEC Investigating 'Sham Letters' That Favored Proxy Regs
• Justices Weigh 'Actual Knowledge' Practically In ERISA Case
• Bitcoin 'Inventor' Fights Atty Fee Bid Over Sanctions
• Alternative Asset Manager GCM Clinches $983M Fund
• 10 EU Countries Nearing Deal On Financial Transaction Tax
• SunEdison Directors Dodge Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
• Proskauer Guides Fintech-Focused PE Firm's $375M Fund
• CFTC Says 'Futures Trader' Netted $828K With Detailed Lies
• Jefferies To Pay $3.9M In Latest SEC Deal Over ADRs
• How To Ward Off Nonclient Suits Over Lawyers' Speech
• 3 Firms Assist As 2 Goldman Sachs Units Merge In $1B Deal
• ResCap Says LendingTree Can't Escape $68.5M Judgment
• Prosus Raises Bid For Just Eat To $6.7B
• Milberg Seeks To Save $12M Bond Fees Fight
• Tilton Accuses Zohar Funds Of 'Blatant Forum Shopping'
• State Protections For Vulnerable Investors Advance In 2019
• Mass. Insurance Software Biz Draws $120M Investment
• High Court Asks DOJ For Views On $3B Madoff Clawback Suit
• Beneficiaries Denied Cert. In Northern Trust Fiduciary Suit
• Workers Say Teva 401(k) Mismanagement Cost Them Millions
• SEC Rejects NYSE's Plan To Expand Direct Listings
• 10th Circ. Upholds Reduced $5M Disgorgement In Kokesh
• Nikko Trims ERISA Stock Option Suit But Can't Shed It Fully
• NJ Archdiocese Can't Shake $2.7M Pension Underfunding Suit
• American Airlines Workers Say ERISA Row Is 'Ripe' For Cert.
• DeVry Investors' $27.5M Stock-Drop Deal Gets Final OK
• AMP Capital Sells $389M Stake In Perth-Area Shopping Mall
• Firms Win $1.7M In Fees In $6.9M Retirement Benefits Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Facebook, PwC, Trammell Crow
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Exit Of SEC's Jackson Would Create Wall Street Free-For-All
• House Passes 1st Explicit Ban On Insider Trading
• NY AG Claims Fund Manager Engaged In $13M Fraud
• Real Estate Rumors: Orda, KeyBank, CitizenM
• RAIT Financial's $174M Ch. 11 Sale OK'd Despite Challenge
• What Is A 'Reasonably Useful Form' For Production Of ESI?
• Investors Must Halt Erosion Of PE Most-Favored-Nation Rights
• Crypto Investors Seek $2.9M Judgment In ICO Fraud Suit
• Saudi Aramco Prices Record-Breaking $25.6B IPO
• High Court Skeptical Of Intel Group's Stance In ERISA Row
• Mets Valued At $2.6B As Billionaire Steve Cohen Pitches Offer
• Del. Justices Mull Bylaws, Deadlines In BlackRock-Saba Row
• Oracle Settles 401(k) Participants' ERISA Suit On Day Of Trial
• PE Firm, Execs Can't Exit SEC Suit Over $17.8M Stock Scheme
• US Feared As Losing Ground Amid Global Fintech Advances
• Bank Regulators' Proposals Won't Erase Madden Uncertainty
• Trust Beneficiaries Say BNY Mellon Can't Nix Self-Dealing Suit
• Curo Can't Ditch Investor Suit Over Canada Products
• In Redo, Ex-JPMorgan Banker Gets 2 Years For Insider Trading
• Woodbridge Trustee Sues Sidley, 9 Other Firms For $500M
• Ill. Jury Convicts Father, Son Over $1.3M Investment Scheme
• American Airlines Pensioners Want Class Cert. In ERISA Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Numerator, Vornado, Walmart
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Hedge Funder's Conviction In $4M Fraud
• Patent Decision Highlights Cross-Appeal Considerations
• DURA's Ch. 11 Employee Bonuses OK'd In Delaware
• Kosovar Man Who Aided $19M Galanis Fraud Gets 18 Months
• Butler Snow Says Timber Scam Suit Belongs In Arbitration
• Senate Confirms Ex-Hedge Fund Atty To NY Trial Court
• City National Will Pay $6.3M In DOL's Self-Dealing ERISA Suit
• Takeaway Calls Prosus' Competing $6B Just Eat Bid Too Low
• Highland Capital's Ch. 11 Kicked To Texas
• Ex-Boies Schiller Atty Joins DLA Piper's New York Office
• Ex-CFTC Chair Giancarlo To Join Willkie As Senior Counsel
• Gov't Urges Justices To Leave Putnam ERISA Suit Alone
• Just Eat Investor Says $8.2B Bid Needed To Top Current Deal
• Former Drinker Biddle Atty To Lead SEC's Cyber Unit
• FSOC Should Overhaul Approach To Examining Systemic Risk
• Davis Polk-Led Brazilian Financial Firm Launches $1.7B IPO
• British Satellite Co. Buyers Refuse To Up $3.4B Price Tag
• Pair Of Singapore REITs To Merge In $1.1B Deal
• Made In Canada: Why US Pot Is Tied To Its Northern Neighbor
• Boustani Acquitted In $2B Mozambique Loan Fraud Case