Asset Management Archive » August, 2021

Asset Management - August, 2021

212 articles

• 2nd Circ. Revives Madoff Trustee's Citi Clawback Action
• SEC Cyber Actions A 'Wake-Up Call' For Brokers, Advisers
• Robinhood Seeks To Nix MDL Over 'Meme Stock' Restrictions
• How SEC's Policy Pivot Supports Whistleblowers
• Home REIT Aims To Raise £262M Through Share Sale
• A Look At Global Tax Enforcement Developments: Part 1
• Pot Co. IAnthus Dodges Investor Suit, For Now
• Hochul Names Ex-Obama Adviser To Be Top NY Financial Cop
• Ackman Builds Last Bit Of UMG Stake After SPAC Snafu
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To 182 Attys From 77 Firms
• What The Judiciary's Font Recommendations Can Teach Us
• How Firms Can Help Law Schools Leap Into The Future
• Vaccines, Tuition, Race: The Litigation On Law Schools' Radar
• 4 Ideas For Updating Law Schools Post-Pandemic
• Keeping Up With The Evolving PE Secondaries Market
• Fla. Atty Gets 5 Years For Raising Millions For Ponzi Scheme
• Del. Judge Freezes Assets Tied To Hotel Ch. 11 Fraud Claim
• SEC Panel Maps Overhaul Of SPACs, Executive Trading Plans
• SEC Grants Whistleblower Award To Compliance Pros
• Chinese Cos.' US IPOs Plunge Amid Regulatory Crackdowns
• Nikola Founder, Feds Clash Over Investor Fraud Forum
• Highland Capital Investor Seeks Pause Amid Ch. 11 Appeal
• Cleary-Led Fintech ION Ups Bid To €2B For Italy's Cerved
• SEC Seeks Public Input On 'Gamification' Of Online Trading
• Santander US Names New Chief Risk Officer
• 49 Law Firms Push Back Against Litigation Targeting SPACs
• BofA Wants Revived PPP Discrimination Suit Tossed Again
• Crypto Status Remains Unclear Despite SEC Assurance
• Green Dot Hires Ex-Barclays, PayPal Compliance Vet As CCO
• 3 Blank-Check IPOs Tap Public Markets For $410M Combined
• Lawyers Seek $3.6M Cut Of $14M John Hancock 401(k) Deal
• Firm Must Dish On $40M Deal In Tax Fraud Suit, US Says
• 2nd Circ. Hands Goldman Cert. Fight Back To NY Judge
• Ropes & Gray-Advised Neurogastrx Closes $60M Series B
• SEC Taps Longtime Investor Advocate As Adviser To Gensler
• 4 ShiftPixy Blank-Check Vehicles Slash IPO Sizes
• Real Estate Rumors: Related, ZG, Starwood
• Steps For Complying With FinCEN's New AML Priorities
• Thai Regulator Proposes New Rules For Digital Asset Custody
• Apex Prevails In Battle For Sanne With £1.51B Agreement
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Danske Investor Suit Over Estonia Scandal
• Alpha Latam Files Ch. 11 Sale Plan With October Auction
• CBC-Led Group To Buy Stake In $2.5B Korean Botox Co.
• Frost Brown Atty Joins $4B Investment Firm Winthrop As CCO
• SEC Prevails On $30M Sports Betting Ponzi Scheme Claims
• Chancery Stays PrivatBank Suit Pending Ukraine Action
• Fla. Judge OKs $1.3M Clawback From Alleged Ponzi Investors
• Judge Freezes Assets Tied To Alleged $110M Ponzi Scheme
• Real Estate Rumors: Trammell Crow, DRA, Wells Fargo
• Pension Fund Sues In Chancery For $5.3B Cloudera Sale Info
• SEC Cyber Disclosure Actions Point To Merciless Scrutiny
• Baidu's Voice Assistant Developer Xiaodu Hits $5B Valuation
• Ex-Greensill Risk Chief Lands At New Firm, Recounts Collapse
• Pension Adviser Says Pa. Teacher Can't Sue Over Shortfall
• Bofl Investors Win Cert. In Suit Following 47% Stock Drop
• 3 Firms Craft Santander Holdings' $2.5B Subsidiary Buyout
• How The 'Rocket Docket' Continues To Roar Through COVID
• Cooley-Led Corporate Credit Card Co. Hits $3.9B Valuation
• Insider Trading Claim Dropped From $535M Wayfair Note Suit
• Ex-FinCEN Heads Ask Justices To Restrain SEC's AML Powers
• Texas Panel Revives Winstead's Bid To Ditch Malpractice Suit
• CFTC's Digital Asset Authority Misunderstood, Commish Says
• Investors Claim Wells Fargo Abetted Ponzi Scheme
• Direct Selling-Focused SPAC Files For $200M IPO
• Evaluating Challenges To SEC's ESG Disclosure Proposal
• Tradeweb Taps Ex-Bloomberg Pro As Global Compliance Chief
• Goldman Provides $250M In Financing To SROA Capital Fund
• Ackman Smacks Back At SPAC Suit With 'SPARC' Plug
• Compliance And Risk Hires: From MUFG To Blue Cross
• 2 Asset Managers Nix Plans For ETFs Exposed To Ether
• Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Latham
• LumiraDx, Health Care SPAC Slash $2B From Deal Value
• Blackstone Joins Landmark On $754M Student Housing JV
• Topps' SPAC Deal Is A Goner After MLB Decision To Cut Ties
• UK Lawyers Prep For More SPAC Work After Rules Change
• Financier Omar Amanat Gets 5 Years For Fleecing Investors
• 6 Firms Guide Trio Of SPACs Seeking To Raise $550M
• US Says $380M Award In 1MDB Fraud Case Is Fair Game
• Recent Crackdown Highlights SEC's Growing Crypto Scrutiny
• SoFi Wealth Pays $300K To Settle SEC's Conflict Claims
• Why A Missed Email Could Cost You Your Case
• CFTC's Quintenz Says He's Leaving In 2 Weeks
• NY Tax Considerations For Fund Managers Handling Crypto
• 3 Firms Rep €1.7B Goldman Sachs Deal For Asset Manager
• Ex-SEC Chair Clayton Joins Fintech Fireblocks As Adviser
• SEC-Approved Nasdaq Diversity Rule Challenged In 5th Circ.
• Judge Axes DST Workers' $79M 401(k) Settlements
• RICO, Conspiracy Charges Stick In Feds' JPMorgan Spoof Suit
• Bitcoin 'Mixing' Service Operator Cops To Money Laundering
• Macquarie Asset Management Drops $78M On Norway Facility
• Walmart Snags Ex-DOJ Atty To Head Up Global Compliance
• Postman Hits $5.6B Valuation In Series D
• Health Co. Sued Over 'Astronomical' Retirement Plan Fees
• Judge OKs $12M Deal Over Wells Fargo Mortgage Errors
• 2nd Circ. Ruling May Help Foreign Nationals Fight Extradition
• Ill. Panel Strikes $1,000-A-Day Atty Sanction In Privilege Fight
• Investors Allege Ackman's SPAC Dodged Registration Rules
• SEC Strikes $9M Deal With Adviser Over Short-Selling Lapses
• Chancery Dismisses Challenge To $2.8B Genomic Health Sale
• Duane Morris Continues Dallas Expansion With Ex-Finance GC
• These Law Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity Partnerships
• 7th Circ. Ruling Highlights ERISA Contradiction
• KKR Sells US Warehouse Portfolio In $2.2B Deal With Oxford
• GOP Reps. Call For Industry Input On Crypto Regulations
• Tim Hortons China Valued At $1.7B In Planned SPAC Merger
• CFPB Says Fifth Third Delayed Rogue Account Opening Fixes
• Equity Commonwealth Reworks $3B Offer After Starwood Bid
• Real Estate Rumors: Live Oak Banking, Sperry, Lennar
• SEC, European Central Bank Boost Security Swaps Oversight
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot: What You Need To Know
• Chancery Orders Stymied Blockchain Loan JV Dissolved
• Sydney Airport Spurns Increased $16.8B Takeover Attempt
• Robbins Geller To Lead Credit Suisse Investor Class Action
• Tyson Pays $1.5M CFTC Fine Tied To Soybean Position Limits
• SEC Says Hemp Co., PE Firm Reaped $11M Through Scalping
• Hunter Taubman Steers Tech-Focused SPAC's $100M Filing
• Nasdaq Diversity Rule To Bring Change, Or Shame, To Cos.
• Real Estate Tech Biz Grabs $200M In Series D
• NY Finance Pro Bilked Retirees In Ponzi-Like Scam, Feds Say
• 5 Reasons Lawyers Often Fail To Secure Litigation Funding
• NJ-Based Hill Wallack Expands And Relocates NY Office
• Cuomo Ally To Depart As Top NY Financial Regulator
• Multifamily Deals Gain Popularity With New Band Of Investors
• Chancery Keeps Alive Fraud Claims In $525M Online Co. Sale
• Despite Giuliani's Assertion, Lawyers Cannot 'Throw A Fake'
• Infrastructure Bill's Crypto Crackdown May Yet Be Tamed
• Ex-Merrill Lynch Adviser Gets 3 Years For $3M Scheme
• Jones Walker Steers PE-Backed Alabama Bank's $38M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nubank, Hella, TMZ
• It's Time To Upgrade Our Attorney Licensure Rules
• Prepare For More Audits Of Tax Info And Withholding Filings
• Sex Toy Retailers WOW Tech, Lovehoney Unite In €1B Merger
• Morgan Stanley Wants Data Security Suit Tossed
• Nuveen Can't Dodge Suit Over Alleged Preston Hollow Boycott
• Hong Kong Sees More Listing Inquiries Amid US-China Spat
• Goldman Sachs, Investors Spar Over Cert. Again At 2nd Circ.
• Real Estate Rumors: ShipMonk, Broad Sky, Renzulli
• Credit Repair Co. Can't Ditch CFPB Telemarketing Suit
• Investor Challenges Mudrick Plans For $1.3B Topps SPAC
• Entrepreneur From Taiwan Gets 6 Years For $3M Fraud Spree
• Gunderson Dettmer-Led People.ai Hits $1.1B Value In Series D
• Data-Based Predictions On Case Timelines After Pandemic
• Embezzler's Retirement Funds Can Be Seized, 4th Circ. Says
• Washington Legal Wants ERISA Class Decertified In 3rd Circ.
• Real Estate Rumors: Hellman & Friedman, Thor, Cabot
• Foley Hoag, Latham Lead RNA Tech Co.'s $1.2B SPAC Merger
• Robinhood To Buy Shareholder Comms Platform For $140M
• Embracing ESG
• 5 Potential Speed Bumps For Clean Energy Investment
• Marathon Asset's Compliance Chief Adds CLO Role
• How SPACs Are Evolving, And What To Expect Next
• Clarivate's $5.3B ProQuest Buy Delayed Under FTC Scrutiny
• Real Estate Rumors: Gutierrez, RREEF, Medical Properties
• JV Partners Ink $211M Deal To Buy 20 Marriott, Hilton Hotels
• DraftKings Grabs Golden Nugget Online Gaming For $1.56B
• Retail Bond Committee Denied In Puerto Rico Bankruptcy
• SEC Settles With Crypto Exchange Poloniex For $10M
• Kirkland Reps Hines On $750M Commercial Real Estate Fund
• 3 Firms Lead Brookfield Unit's $5.1B American National Buy
• Retention Is Key To Meaningful Diversity At Law Firms
• Kimberly-Clark Hits Back At ERISA Fee Suit Over $4B 401(k)
• 5 Firms Guide Blackstone's $3.1B Toronto REIT Buy
• Weil, Graubard Miller Lead Leafly's $385M SPAC Deal
• Businessman Says Laos Can't Pin $3.7M Award On Him
• SEC's 1st Action Over 'DeFi' Tech Nets $13M Settlement
• SEC Approves Nasdaq Board Diversity Proposal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Human Rights-Focused Lending Models Can Curb Trafficking
• UK Grocer Valued At £6.7B In Sweetened Takeover Bid
• Real Estate Rumors: Doron Valero, Rialto, Bank Of America
• BoA Faces Revived PPP Loan Bias Claims From Minority Cos.
• 2nd Circ. Says Ex-SocGen Exec Is No Fugitive, Can Fight Case
• SEC Whistleblower Actions Create Agency Rift, Halt Lawsuit
• Investors Say They Have 'Smoking Gun' In Auction-Fixing Suit
• Fed's Waller 'Highly Skeptical' Of Need For Digital Dollar
• Gensler Is Ready To Make SEC The Crypto Cop. But How?
• US Says $1.2B Looted In 1MDB Scandal Has Been Returned
• 5 Firms Seek $44M Atty Fees In GCI Liberty Suit In Chancery
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pershing Square, UnitedHealth, Westpac
• Consider Fiduciary Duties In New Combined Retirement Plans
• Monetary Remedies After High Court FTC Ruling
• Orrick-Led AI Biz Dataiku Lands $4.6B Valuation In Series E
• 10 Steps To Building An ESG Board Committee: Part 2
• Sale-Bound Alpha Latam Gets OK In Del. For $45M Ch. 11 DIP
• Banks Fight Class Cert. Bid In Stock Loan Antitrust Suit
• US Chamber Urges 2nd Circ. To Back Cornell ERISA Victory
• PetroSaudi Unit Says US Still Can't Seize $380M Award
• Fintech Co. Pico Lands $1.4B Value In SPAC Deal
• Media, Decarbonization SPACs Raise $350M In IPOs
• Compliance Pros Say Pandemic Had Little Effect On Culture
• Avoiding Unauthorized Practice Of Law In Remote Work
• Foster Garvey Adds Ex-Dunn Carney Securities Co-Head
• Ex-Merrill Lynch Traders Convicted Of Manipulating Market
• 10 Steps To Building An ESG Board Committee: Part 1
• Alpha Latam's DIP Loan Near Collapse At 11th Hour
• Omnicom Can't Shake ERISA Challenge To 401(k) Plan Fees
• Bond Investors Seek 2nd Circ. Redo In Market-Rigging Suit
• Gensler Calls For Amped-Up Regulation Of Crypto 'Wild West'
• Wilmington Trust Strikes $5.5M Deal In Auto Co. ESOP Suit
• US Treasury's Financial Crimes Unit Names New Acting Head
• Hunter Biden's 'Blind' Art Sales Show Ethics Purity Challenges
• Traders Urge Ill. Jury To Reject Feds' Market Spoofing Claims
• SEC To Review Controversial Whistleblower Rule Changes
• Ripple Exec Seeks Binance Docs To Fend Off SEC's Claims
• 4 Firms Rep $85M Deal For Crypto Payments Biz Coinify
• Ex-SEC Examiner Joins PE Firm TSG As Compliance Head
• SEC Loses Jury Trial Against Spartan In 'Shell Factory' Case
• Attys Nab $5M After Trader's Spoofing Suit Settlement
• 5th Circ. Tosses $15M Award In Real Estate Investment Case
• NY Commercial Leases Must Work For COVID, And Courts
• Sanne Nears £1.49B Deal With Apex After Rejecting Cinven
• Consumer Lender Says Accounting Errors Triggered Ch. 11