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Asset Management - May, 2021

264 articles

• Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Six Flags Says Insurer Withheld Coverage Of Investor Suits
• SEC Sues Crypto 'Promoters' Over $2B BitConnect Offering
• Trader Owes $23M In FINRA 'Short Squeeze' Arbitration Case
• Eagle Hospitality Gets OK For $482M Hotel Sale In Ch. 11
• Universal ERISA Suit Paused As 3rd Circ. Weighs Class Cert.
• Eye On ERISA: A Chat With Jackson Lewis' Practice Chairs
• Windy City Shuffle: Lewis Brisbois, Greenberg Traurig
• Senate Punts On Massive Tech, Trade Bill Aimed At China
• Domain Holdings Seeking To Buy 10% Stake In PEXA's Parent
• 'A Sober Look At SPACs' Finds They Shortchange Investors
• NY Appeals Court Revives Fund Manager's Retaliation Claim
• SEC Fine Highlights AML Reporting As Enforcement Priority
• 5 Tips To Help Your 2021 Summer Associates Succeed
• Senate Adds Trade Package To Major Tech Bill Aimed At China
• Report Warns Of Growing Crypto Threats, Regulatory Scrutiny
• Defunct Hedge Fund Accused Of Mishandling $1B In Assets
• Nebraska Creates Banking Charter For Crypto Services
• JLL Income Property Trust Scores $650M Credit Facility
• JPML Weighs Mixing Allianz Suits In NY With Sole Calif. Action
• Perella Weinberg Bid For Early Win Faces Doubt In Poach Suit
• Mall REIT Hammerson Issues $853M Worth Of Bonds
• Feds Tell High Court To Skip PwC Benefits Class Action
• Investor Says Cred Ch. 11 Can't Block Third-Party Damage Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lamborghini, Paytm, Eurowag
• Home Financing Biz Homeward Lands $371M In Series B
• Firms Should Use Surveys To Make Smart Legal Tech Choices
• Debt Collector Seeks Rehearing In 11th Circ. Mail Vendor Case
• Sens. Spar Over 'Woke-ism' In Wall Street Oversight Hearing
• SEC Could Boost Oversight Of Private Markets, SPACs
• Del. Judge Blasts Fraud Claims In Eagle Hospitality Ch. 11
• Fenwick, Latham Steer Ziprecruiter's Direct Listing
• Chancery Tosses Suit Over Brookfield's $9.25B GGP Buy
• Nasdaq Asks SEC To Scrap Direct Listing Price Limits
• Fraud Charges Cost Conn. Lawmaker Committee Posts
• Novel Veil-Piercing Claim Kept Alive In Chancery Debt Suit
• ESG Trend Fuels Climate Activists' Victory At Exxon Meeting
• Gigamon Says EDTX Jury Biased Against Hedge Funds
• Laos Wants Assets Frozen In $3.7M Casino Award Fight
• FINRA Says Wolverine Failed To Disclose Order Flow Rebates
• Lordstown Execs Hit With Derivative Suit Over Preorders
• Real Estate Rumors: Mill Creek, Boston Properties, MMG
• Warren To Fed's Quarles: Financial System 'Safer' Without You
• Don't Forget Due Diligence In Race For Lateral Associate Hires
• Investor Accuses Austin Real Estate Mogul Of Fraud
• State Street Faces ERISA Class Claims Over 'Self-Dealing'
• SEC Eyes Feds' Bid To Force Ex-Nomura Trader To Pay $1.2M
• Debevoise, Skadden Rep Real Estate Tech. SPAC's $250M IPO
• New Circuit Split Complicates Domestic Securities Test
• Cooley Steers Weight Loss Co. Noom's $540M Series F Round
• 5 Firms Lead Valens To $1.16B Valuation Via SPAC Merger
• CBD Co. Seeks To Trim Claims Over Failed Biz Transaction
• SEC's Lee Rebukes 'Myths' Related To ESG Disclosures
• Highland Capital Accused Of Undervaluing Steel Maker
• Columbia Workers Ask Court To OK $13M ERISA Settlement
• Regs Shouldn't Favor SPACs, Committee Told
• Investors Want Class Cert. In GE Stock Fraud Suit
• Morgan Stanley Wraps Up Fired Diversity Chief's Bias Suit
• Addressing Environmental Justice As Part Of ESG Initiatives
• SEC Approval Of Nasdaq Plan Expands IPO Alternatives
• Mattel Hit With Derivative Suit In Del. Over $109M Tax Error
• Ex-SEC Whistleblower Chief Joins Arnold & Porter
• A Benefits Attorney's Guide To Collective Investment Trusts
• Privilege Waiver Risks From Reps & Warranties Insurance Use
• How Tech Race Bill Expands CFIUS Purview To Academia
• Once Sizzling IPO Market Starts To Show Cracks
• White & Case, Ellenoff Grossman Rep $150M Blank-Check IPO
• Real Estate Rumors: CA Ventures, Acadia, Property Markets
• Sens. Restart Bipartisan Push For Retirement Plan Access
• Ex-Facebook Novi, Circle Compliance Chief Talks Crypto Regs
• Lessons In Civility From The Alex Oh Sanctions Controversy
• Baker Partner, Ex-Lobbyist Charged In Timber Ponzi Scam
• European 'Neobroker' Raises $900M For Investment Platform
• REV Investors Ink $14M Deal To End Securities Suit
• Lawmakers Propose Amending ERISA To Allow ESG Investing
• Citi Takes $500M Revlon Transfer Freeze Bid To 2nd Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Ponders Futility In 'Billions' Copyright Appeal
• Real Estate Rumors: Hines, Gominski, Stockdale
• Biz Record Admissibility Rule Must Adapt To An ESI World
• What US-French Securities Oversight Efforts Mean For Cos.
• FINRA Chair Suggests Tying Exec Pay To Diversity Efforts
• Latham, Weil Serve Up Vegan Giant Oatly's $1.4B IPO
• Illinois Ruling Clarifies Ch. 7 Substantial Contribution Claims
• Blackstone Lands St. Modwen In £1.24B Deal Led By 2 Firms
• BofA Atty Says Outside Biz Activities No. 1 Remote Work Risk
• FINRA To Seek Public Input On 'Gamification' Of Stock Market
• Zayo CEO Packed Board Ahead Of $14B Deal, Chancery Told
• Sens. Expand Massive Tech Bill Aimed At China
• Investor Faces Uphill Battle To Revive ICO Case Against T.I.
• PetroSaudi Slams 'Overbroad' Bid For Piece Of $330M Award
• Texas Health Tech Startup Wheel Raises $50M Series B
• 8 Firms Guide $525M In Blank-Check IPOs
• Panasonic Whistleblower's SEC Award Exceeds $28M
• 9th Circ. Snuffs Investor's Uber Fraud, Illicit Biz Practices Suit
• Lessons From COVID Securities Rulings On Dismissal Bids
• Fenwick Guides Trading Platform Pipe To $2B Valuation
• Deutsche Bank Americas GC To Lead Financial Crime Unit
• Spain Must Face €33.7M Solar Investor Subsidy Award Suit
• 4 Firms Build $2.8B PE Buyout Of UK Infrastructure Investor
• Hotel REIT Hits Ch. 11 In Del. For $1.3B Debt Rework
• Nike Asks SEC To OK Plans To Block Investor Diversity Bid
• Diverse Team To Lead MDL Against Robinhood, Other Brokers
• Debt Collectors Face Surge Of Suits After 11th Circ. Ruling
• Health Plans Win Class Cert. In CVS Price-Gouging Suit
• House Vote Sends Explicit Ban On Insider Trading To Senate
• Ex-Compliance Chief At Santander, RBS Joins Consultancy K2
• Terms Of $2.8B Genomic Sale Shield Deal, Chancery Told
• Justices Must Weigh Class Cert. Denial Stats In Goldman Case
• Real Estate Rumors: Site Centers, Terra Group, Bank OZK
• US Bank Retirees Can't Get Class Cert. In Minn. ERISA Suit
• Saiber Must Face Ex-Client's Malpractice Claim In Fees Suit
• Payroll Biz DailyPay Raises $500M In To Boost Payments Tech
• Judging A Book: Rodriguez Reviews 'When Machines Can Be Judge'
• Trump Near Deal With Dems In Deutsche Bank Subpoena Suit
• Jay-Z's Pot Co. Invests $50M In Marijuana-Focused SPAC
• JD Logistics Gets Ready To Deliver $3.4B Hong Kong IPO
• Crypto Startup Coinbase Primes $1.25B Convertible Bond Sale
• Investor Attempts To Hold Cos. Accountable Are Working
• S&P Dow Jones To Pay SEC $9M Over Inverse VIX Crash
• OneCoin, 'CryptoQueen,' Financier In Default In $4B Fraud Suit
• Canyon Partners Raises $650M For Real Estate Debt Fund
• 3 Firms Rep Giga Energy's Go-Public Deal Worth Up To $7.3B
• Davis Polk, Fried Frank Lead Clarivate's $5.3B ProQuest Buy
• Crown Resorts Rebuffs Blackstone, Weighs Rival's $7.1B Bid
• Crowell & Moring Partner Seeks Sanctions On Hedge Fund
• 5th Circ. Tosses Stanford Ponzi Investors' Claims Against SEI
• Senate To Debate $110B Tech Funding Bill To Outdo China
• Racer Wants Monitor Nixed After High Court Win Against FTC
• 11th Circ. Gives Property Manager's Insurance Suit New Life
• SEC Commish Says Data Key To GameStop, Other Top Issues
• REIT Innovative Industrial Buys Pa. Property For $42M
• Del. Justices Say Dyal-Owl Rock Merger Can Go Through
• Timberland Investment JV Pays $386M For 199K Acres In Chile
• Hedge Funder Gets 4 Years After Stealing $2M From Investors
• Lessons In Fiduciary Duty From Employee Stock Plan Ruling
• 5 Steps For Law Firms Rethinking Flexible Work Post-COVID
• Sanne Spurns Cinven's £1.34B Buyout Offer
• 'Public Benefit' Corporate Model Is Making Inroads
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• State Street To Pay $115M After Fed's $290M Overbilling Probe
• Senators Spar Over Stimulus' $81.2B In Union Pension Aid
• SEC Data Push A 'Game Changer' For 2021 Enforcement
• Gensler Says Climate Disclosure Rules Among 'Top Priorities'
• Judge Doubts DOJ Can Keep Trump-Era EB-5 Rule Change
• BlackRock Taps Ex-SEC Division Head To Run External Affairs
• MobiTV Notches $23M Ch. 11 Asset Bid From TiVo
• BNY Mellon Investor Wants Fee Suit Revived At 3rd Circ.
• Paper Source Gets OK For $92M Ch. 11 Sale To B&N Owner
• Grayscale Pushes To Register $630M Crypto Fund With SEC
• Kirkland, Ellenoff Guide Biotech SPAC's $200M IPO
• Life Sciences Real Estate Boom May Outlast Logistics Rush
• Deals Rumor Mill: Full Truck Alliance, A-Rod, Vice Media
• Cumulus Says Worker's Separation Pact Blocks ERISA Suit
• Assessing SPAC Risk After SEC Pumps Brakes On Market
• SEC Fines Broker $1.5M For Failure To Report Cybercrimes
• Bankrupt NHL Player's Creditors Say He Can Pay His Debts
• Yahoo Sale Spurs New Patent Holder Bid For $749M Reserve
• Figure Gets Nod For Blockchain-Based Securities Trading
• Dyal Tells Del. Justices Sixth Street Seeks A 'Lowball Buyback'
• 2 Charged For Roles In $650M Weed, Cattle Ponzi Scheme
• PureCycle Allegedly Misled Investors Ahead Of SPAC Tie-Up
• Virus-Related Chancery Rulings Show High Bar For M&A Exits
• Del. Justices Warned Of 'Frankenstein' Risk In Appraisal Fight
• Wells Fargo Can't Escape ERISA Self-Dealing Suit
• Citi Denied $500M Freeze Extension In Revlon Transfer Fight
• Father-Son Investment Duo Can't Duck SEC's Fraud Claims
• Real Estate Rumors: Homestead, Buccini/Pollin, Monarch
• Judge's Rebuke Of Mass. AG Has Lessons For All Attorneys
• High Court's Pension Ruling Is Sinking Health Plan Suits
• Senate Backs Repeal Of 'True Lender' Rule
• SEC Brought 75 Crypto-Related Actions In 7.5 Years
• FDIC Wants Crypto Info From Banks Amid Global Digital Push
• Wash. U. Says 27,000-Worker ERISA Class Is Too Big For Cert.
• Block.one Preps New Crypto Exchange With $10B Backing
• Fundrise Buys 3 Multifamily Properties For More Than $200M
• 3 Firms Steer Mortgage Tech Co.'s $7.7B SPAC Deal
• Font Considerations To Give Your Legal Briefs An Edge
• Ginkgo Bioworks Valued At $15B In SPAC Deal Led By 3 Firms
• SEC Hands Out $22M Award, Settling Whistleblower Spat
• Industry Groups Back Citi In 2nd Circ. Revlon Transfer Fight
• Westco Chemicals Reaches ERISA Class Action Settlement
• CFPB Probes Lender TMX Over Potential Settlement Breach
• 4 Firms Lead Self-Driving Tech Co.'s $3.3B Go-Public Deal
• Make Profitability Management Part Of Your Law Firm Culture
• BofA Hit With RICO Class Action Over Mortgage Fees
• Real Estate Rumors: Lennar, United Bank, IDI Logistics
• Kirkland, Winston Lead $1.35B SPAC Deal For Food Tech Biz
• Outsourcing Proxy Voting Is Still A Concern After SEC Rule
• Congressional Scrutiny Adds Momentum For SPAC Oversight
• VanEck Files For Exchange-Traded Fund Focused On Ether
• Alex Oh Says She Rues 'Breakdown Of Civility' In Exxon Case
• Chancery Denies Tilton Secrecy Bid In Cosmetics Co. Dispute
• SEC Approves 1st Security-Based Swap Data Repository
• Banking Co. Wants To Toss ERISA Suit Over Affiliated Funds
• Kirkland, Wilson Rep Energy Storage Co.'s $1.1B SPAC Deal
• China-Based Taco Bell Operator Blasts SEC Audit Proposal
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Gets Prison For Conduct In Bankruptcy Case
• Disbarred Mass. Atty Gets 2 Years For Pilfering From Trust
• Robinhood Data Breach Suit Trimmed, But Still In Play
• Michigan Hospital System Hit With $10M ERISA Class Action
• Robinhood Fight Will Test Mass. Securities Chief's Authority
• Co. Can't Enforce Forced Arb. Pact, Calif. Panel Rules
• Lawmakers Ask GAO To Review Target-Date Retirement Funds
• Eaton Vance Fund Ruling Shows Perils Of Defensive Bylaws
• Kirkland-Led Blackstone Lobs £1.21B Bid At UK's St. Modwen
• SEC Scrutiny Spooked The SPAC Market, But Won't Stifle It
• 5 Takeaways From Gensler's Debut In Congress As SEC Chair
• Hedge Fund Targets DC Partner For Docs In $29M Award Row
• Investment Firm Hits Colombian Trading Co. With $1.5B Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Comerica Bank, Infor, Bell Partners
• Chancery Keeps $6.1B Pattern Energy Deal Challenge Alive
• 11th Circ. Says Use Of Biz Account Bars Ch. 7 Debt Discharge
• Deals Rumor Mill: IHH Healthcare, Tricor, Reebok
• CalSavers Defeats ERISA Preemption Challenge In 9th Circ.
• Utility Co. Workers Seek Cert. For 11K-Member ERISA Class
• 4 Trends In Discoverability Of Litigation Funding Documents
• Businessman Says Laos Can't Sue In Idaho For $3.7M Awards
• Butler Snow Ends Appeal After $9.5M Timber Scam Settlement
• Intel Urges Chancery To Keep Alive Expansive Patent Defense
• Developer Sees Claims Trimmed From $100M EB-5 Fraud Suit
• Sens. Urge FinCEN To 'Promptly' Roll Out Corporate Database
• Gensler Says SEC Is Mulling Rules On Gamelike Trading Apps
• Blackstone Exec Fearful Of A 'Torrent Of Economic Activity'
• MoneyGram Completes 8-Year DOJ Compliance Overhaul
• High Court's AMG Ruling Could Hinder FDA Enforcement
• Duff & Phelps Says It's Not Liable For $789M Ponzi Claims
• W.Va. Consumer Law Changes Offer Help For Finance Cos.
• Baker Donelson Loses Bid To Shake Timber Scam Suit
• Latham, Duane Morris Lead Carlyle's $300M REIT Financing
• Williams Mullen Adds Fiduciary Services Partner In Virginia
• American Tower Sells €1.6B Stake In European Unit To CDPQ
• 6 Firms Build $1.2B Merger Of Digital Financial Services Firms
• Edward Jones Strikes $34M Deal In Advisers' Race Bias Suit
• 2 Firms Edge Out Peers As IPO Market Endures SPAC Slump
• Tech Co. Says ERISA Suit Is Meant For Court, Not Arbitration
• Chancery Says Altaba Needn't Put Up $749M For Patent Case
• Kayne Anderson Settles $25M Newsletter IP Suit
• Real Estate Cos. More Optimistic Amid Vaccine Rollout
• Real Estate Rumors: Lennar, Anecdote Candles, MetLife
• Kirkland Hires ESG Partner From Latham & Watkins
• REIT Sues Insurers In Pa. Over Virus-Related Hotel Losses
• Investment Firm Faces $3M Fraud Suit Alleging Risky Moves
• Ex-CEO Ducks Prison After Helping Feds In Stock Fraud Probe
• 3 Firms Steer $650M Red Rock Sale Of Palms Casino
• 7 Lessons For Young Lawyers Starting Their Careers
• Lawmakers Urge Yellen To Stiffen Reporting For Hedge Funds
• Mattel Investors Seek Class Cert. Over Understated Tax Bill
• Under Armour To Pay $9M To Resolve SEC Disclosures Probe
• Ex-Goldman Sachs Worker Wants Class Cert. In 401(k) Suit
• Feds Stand By 1MDB Link In $330M PetroSaudi Forfeiture Suit
• INX Raises $85M In First IPO Of Registered Security Token
• Travelers May Be Partly Liable After $22M Win Over Calamos
• Ill. Panel Says Banking Advisory Co. Took Too Long To Appeal
• How Justices' AMG Ruling Affects Privacy And Cybersecurity
• Fried Frank Leads Bain To $11.8B North American PE Fund
• Canadian Fintech Wealthsimple Touts $611M Funding Round
• Bay Area Life Sciences Campus Snags $400M Loan
• Justices End Madoff Investors' Fight For $41M In Ponzi Profits
• Archegos Fallout Is A Wake-Up Call For Banks
• Alamo Drafthouse Gets OK For $21M Sale To Creditors
• Latham, Vinson Rep Switch's $420M Data Center Co. Buy
• Drug Developer Roivant Hits $7.3B Valuation In SPAC Merger
• SEC's Peirce On Crypto Ambitions, GameStop's Lessons
• High Court Won't Disturb Wells Fargo's ERISA Stock Drop Win