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Asset Management - May, 2022

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• Chancery Rules Tilton Grab Of Stila Styles Invalid
• Morgan Stanley Went PAGA 'Plaintiff-Shopping,' 9th Circ. Told
• Warren Readies Bill To Stamp Out SPAC 'Abuses'
• Gannett Seeks End To ERISA 401(k) Row
• 6th Circ. ERISA Ruling Shows Scope Of Fiduciary Liability
• Big Banks Settle Rest Of Sibor Price-Fixing Case For $91M
• REIT PotlatchDeltic Buys Rival Timberland Firm For $624M
• NY Tech Fund Manager Accused Of $3M Seed Funding Scam
• First Impressions From SEC's Fund Disclosure Proposals
• 2 Firms Guide Cardio Diagnostics' $175M SPAC Merger
• Law360 Names 2022's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Robinhood Reaches Deal With Customers In Outage Suit
• US Says $380M Is Fair Game In 1MDB Case
• DC Circ. Greenlights Defamation Suit Against UK Activist
• SEC Probing Musk's Disclosure Of Twitter Stock Purchases
• Sens. Bring Retirement Bill Sans House Auto-IRA Provision
• UK Payments Co. Escapes Claims It Aided $75M Forex Fraud
• Trump's Social Media SPAC Unveils Investors In $1B Funding
• SEC's Investor Advocate To Leave Agency After 8 Years
• What A Crypto Exchange Bankruptcy Filing Could Look Like
• Fed's Brainard Urges Focus On Future In Digital Dollar Debate
• DOJ Defends New CCO Certifications Amid Industry Worry
• EisnerAmper Dodges Claims It Abetted $789M Ponzi, For Now
• CFPB Says 'Black Box' Lenders Must Explain Credit Decisions
• Real Estate Rumors: Vornado Realty, QuadReal, Moishe Mana
• ABA Isn't Giving Up On Diversity Efforts By Ending CLE Rule
• Sports-Focused SPAC Leads 2 IPO Filings Totaling $350M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Toshiba, Oyo
• Icahn Loses Proxy Fight With McDonald's Over Animal Welfare
• Kriss & Feuerstein Reps $102M Philly Housing Project Loan
• MRP Capital REIT Acquires $117M Walmart Portfolio
• Elon Musk Plans $6.25B More In Equity For $44B Twitter Deal
• Airbus Investors Ink $5M Deal Over Corruption Probes
• SEC Says Fund Firm Hid 'Abysmal' Returns With $39M Fraud
• Convicted Allianz Unit Accused Of Bilking Retail Investors
• SEC Proposals Target 'Greenwashing' By Advisers, Funds
• Andreessen Horowitz Unveils $4.5B Crypto, Web3 Fund
• China's HNA Group On Hook For $184M Skyscraper Award
• Derivatives Industry Pushes Back On FTX's Trading Plan
• SEC Fines Ameriprise Affiliate $5M In Variable Annuities Case
• Insurance Cos. Seek Broader Global Tax Rewrite Exclusion
• Lateral Candidate Screening Steps To Prevent Bad Behavior
• How Russia Sanctions Are Affecting Compliance
• 3 Firms Steer Animal Health Biz Covetrus' $4B Go-Private Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Hidrock Properties, Eldridge, Banesco
• Watchdog Clears Bank Of Ireland's $5.3B KBC Deal
• Mass. Atty Fined $175K For Allegedly Scamming Elderly Client
• Latham Guides TotalEnergies In $2.4B Renewables Buy
• Fifth Third Gets Investor Fraud Suit Axed For Good
• TradeZero Settles SEC Claims It Misled 'Meme Stock' Investors
• SEC Official Says Clock Ticking On Audit Dispute With China
• Kirkland-Led Trivest Closes On $1.6B In New Funds
• 2nd Circ. Backs Stock Suit Over SEC Probe Into Tobacco Co.
• A Look At The Legal Profession Since Murder Of George Floyd
• $16.5M GreatBanc ESOP Deal Needs More Payout Details
• DeFi Platform WonderFi Hires New Chief Compliance Officer
• SEC Promotes Acting Exams Chief To Head Up Division
• Zero-Carbon Generator Startup Mainspring Lands $150M
• Cyber Biz Semperis Lands $200M In Series C Funding
• Goodwin-Led Advent Nabs $25B For Largest Flagship Fund
• Fried Frank-Led Angelo Gordon Seals $3.1B Credit Fund
• Laos Says Businessman Can't Keep Avoiding $3.7M Awards
• SEC's ESG Task Force Nets First Fine In BNY Mellon Case
• Bank's $45M Tilton Suit Will Go To Jury Despite Virus Spike
• NY Ruling Correctly Deems Legal Finance Docs Irrelevant
• Ga. Financial Firm Wins $1.5M In GunBroker.com Fee Trial
• Didi Shareholders Approve Ride-Hailing App's US Delisting
• German Shopping Center Investor Gets $1.48B Takeover Offer
• What Sanctions Mean For Funds' Subscription Credit Facilities
• Kirkland-Led SPAC Files $200M IPO To Hunt For ESG Targets
• Kimberly-Clark Slams Workers' Latest Stab At 401(k) Suit
• Ex-Schulte Roth Atty Rejoins As Partner In NY
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 5th Circ. Says SEC's Court Is Unconstitutional. Now What?
• Feds Want SEC And FTC Cases Coordinated At High Court
• BofA Can't Escape Investor's Suit Over Pandemic Losses
• 4 Takeaways As DOL Mulls Climate Risk For Retirees
• SEC Denies Atty's Bid To Ax Lifetime Ban Over Fraud Claim
• Argent Lost BBQ Restaurant Workers Millions, Lawsuit Says
• Baker Botts, Fox Rothschild Guide $750M BKV-Exxon Deal
• China Eases COVID-Hit Companies' Access To Capital Markets
• Norway Fund Drops €677M For 50% Stake In Berlin Property
• Taconic Capital Wraps Up $500M Real Estate Fund
• The SEC's Climate Disclosure Plan Fails Individual Investors
• SEC Fines Wells Fargo Brokerage Unit $7M For AML Lapses
• Navy Federal Faces Consumer Suit Over Zelle Scam Risks
• SEC Nominees Pressed To Take Sides On 'Diversity' Initiative
• Platinum Investors Lose Bid To Overturn Nordlicht Ch. 7 Deal
• Biden's Fed Supervision Pick Keeps It Cool At Senate Hearing
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, SESAC, Clearline
• Alpine SPAC To Merge With Two Bit, Buy Hotels In $115M Play
• Archegos Judge Backs Out Over JPMorgan Stock Holdings
• 9th Circ. FCRA Ruling Highlights Furnishers' Role In Disputes
• 3 Firms Shape Brookfield's £4.1B HomeServe Buy
• Overcommunicate With Your Summer Associates This Year
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Volkswagen, Lionheart SPAC
• Latham, Kirkland Steer Deal Forming $7B Del. Basin Player
• Gibson Dunn Boosts Silicon Valley Chops With Cooley Hire
• Gunderson Hires Ex-Andreessen Horowitz Compliance Head
• Musk's Twitter Takeover Not Hostile, Chancery Brief Says
• SEC, FTC Heads Say Market Growth Justifies Bigger Budgets
• Naturgy Invests $277M In Its First US Solar Plant
• 5th Circ. Says SEC's In-House Court Is Unconstitutional
• Judge Won't Pick A Victor In Wash. Benefits Program Battle
• Commerce Wants Input On Crypto Framework
• Nev. Case Highlights Settlement Authority Dilemmas For Cos.
• Trump Ally Faces New Charges In Illegal Lobbying Case
• OCC's Hsu Urges Banks Not To Get Caught 'Swimming Naked'
• SEC May Ink New Reg BI Guidance Amid Digital Trading Boom
• NJ Health System Reaches $1.75M Deal In ERISA Class Action
• 6 Banks And Counting Settle Sibor Price-Fixing Case For $65M
• Patriarch's $1B Claim Alive Pending Appeal In Zohar Ch. 11
• Musk Threatens To Halt Twitter Deal Over 'Bots' Dispute
• GreatBanc, Homebuilder Strike $16.5M Deal To End ESOP Suit
• Single-Family Rental Investment Co. Inks $575M SPAC Deal
• 2nd Circ. Appears Open To Post-Judgment Section 1782 Use
• Allianz Unit Pleads Guilty In $6B Investor Fraud Settlement
• New CFTC Commissioner Taps Ex-BigLaw Attys As Counsel
• SEC Can't Shield Ex-Official's Speech Drafts, Ripple Says
• Truist Can't Ax Investor's Claims Over COVID-Era Losses
• 9th Circ. Revives FCRA Suit Against Citi Home Lending Unit
• SEC Probe Lingers As Trump's Social Media SPAC Eyes Deal
• Tribal-Owned E-Lender Settles Suit Over 'Predatory' Rates
• 3 Firms Guide SMBC Aviation's $6.7B Goshawk Buy
• Forex Investors Fight Credit Suisse Bid To Upend Class Cert.
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Unpacking OFAC's New Russian Accounting Services Ban
• SEC's Gensler Steps Up Calls For Tougher Crypto Regulations
• Patriarch Says Zohar Plan Can't Dump Equitable Claims
• 3 Ex-Shearman Practice Leads Join Paul Hastings
• Gaming Co. Turtle Beach Adds Board Seats, Explores Sale
• High Court To Hear Case Tied To SEC Judges' Removability
• Goldman Execs To Pay $79.5M To End Shareholder 1MDB Suit
• Biden Signs Bill To Bolster Judges' Stock Disclosure Rules
• Crypto Meltdown Could Speed Stablecoin Regulations
• Intel Must Face Worker's ERISA Docs Claim
• Robinhood Gets 'Meme Stock' Antitrust Claims Axed For Good
• Employers Boost Benefits, Seeking Edge In Hot Labor Market
• OCC Deputy Stresses Risk Management As Banks Ramp Up AI
• DOL Urged Not To Collect Climate Risk Data From Pensions
• Tegna's $8.6B Go-Private Deal Put Under DOJ Microscope
• Law Firm Beats Ex-Trading Firm Worker's Leaked Info Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Cornerstone, Chetrit, Severn
• Florida Financier Gets 8 Years For 'Brazen' $140M Fraud
• 9,000-Member Class OK'd In IQVIA 401(k) ERISA Suit
• SEC's Grewal Calls Out Defense Attys For Undue Delays
• The Fastest Federal Trial Courts: A Look At Virginia, Florida
• Investors Push Insurers For More Climate Disclosure
• Citrin Cooperman, Execs Fined $255K For Alleged Audit Fails
• CFPB Set To Bulk Up Its Enforcement Ranks With New Hiring
• Corp Group Banking Strikes $24M Deal With Affiliates
• French SPAC Raises $156M To Support Drug Development
• Considerations For A Rarely Used Exit Provision In JV Deals
• Real Estate PE Firm Titan Lands $122M For New Fund
• Goldman Again Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix Class Cert. In CDO Case
• Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Amprius Inks $939M SPAC Merger
• Tips For Evaluating Machine Learning For Contracts Review
• Deals Rumor Mill: Instacart, Musk, CVC
• Powell Confirmed To 2nd Term As Federal Reserve Chair
• Cooley-Led Blockchain Data Biz Chainalysis Worth $8.6B
• Musk Recklessly Tweeted About Privatizing Tesla, Judge Says
• NY Judge Cuts 'Excessive' Atty Fee Sanction For UBS Investor
• 'Coin Signals' Trader Gets 3½ Years For $5M Crypto Fraud
• CFPB Strikes $11M Deal With Debt-Relief Service Providers
• Foley Adds 11-Year SEC Vet To Securities Team In Chicago
• Investment Banks' Retreat Amplifies SPAC Market Woes
• SEC Slams Priest For 'Galling' New Fraud Trial Bid
• Hogan Lovells-Led Duke Realty Snubs $24B Prologis Bid
• Fintech Cos., Including Binance, Add Legal, Compliance Execs
• Ex-Platinum Execs Can't Get New Trial In Fraud Case
• KA Real Estate Wraps Up Oversubscribed $1.9B Debt Fund
• Latham, Simpson Thacher Steer Switch's $11B Go-Private Deal
• What SEC Proposal On SPACs Means For Projection Defenses
• Faegre Drinker Adds Investment Management Partner In Minn.
• JPMorgan, Goldman Face Dem Heat Over Russian Debt Trades
• KuCoin Hits $10B Valuation Amid Fintech Funding Spree
• Harney Westwood Advises On Luckin Coffee's Cayman Reorg
• 2nd Circ. Skeptical Of 200K-Person Class In TIAA Lending Suit
• Cooley-Led Email Security Biz Valued At $4B For Series C
• Goldman Sachs Unit Cleared In $54M Ruby Tuesday Suit
• Week In Bankruptcy: Mass Torts Stumble, New Ch. 11 Crop
• Oracle Investors Nab Class Cert. In Securities Fraud Suit
• How To Efficiently Deploy Your Professional Growth Strategy
• Yellen Says Trump FSOC Designation Guidance Under Review
• 2 SPACs Net $375M Combined To Pursue Tech Acquisitions
• Global Tax Enforcement Group To Mull Whistleblower Program
• Union Fund Moves To Axe DOL Embezzlement Suit
• Wachtell-Led Prologis Lobs $24B Offer At Duke Realty
• NY Mortgage Industry Frets Over Foreclosure Bill 'Tentacles'
• CFPB Says Equal Credit Law Applies Before, After Loans OK'd
• Goldman Pulling Back On SPACs Amid Regulatory Crackdown
• OCC Staff Working On Potential Bank Merger Reforms
• Nonpublic Info Compliance After SEC's Fund Manager Alert
• SEC Allows More Time For Climate Risk Plan Comments
• Baker McKenzie-Led OMERS Buys Telecom Assets For $660M
• US Sanctions Russian Bank Execs, Bans Accounting Services
• A 6-Step Framework For Legal Industry Professional Growth
• Ex-Wells Fargo Adviser Loses 3rd Circ. Fight On $1.6M Award
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Cypress Environmental Hits Ch. 11 With $60M Debt Swap
• Why Contempt May Be Apt Punishment For High Court Leaker
• 3 Firms Steer Brookfield's $3.8B Acquisition Of Watermark
• Investor Balks At 'Excessive' Atty Fee Request In UBS Case
• SEC Committee Mulls 'TurboTax-Like' Fix For Climate Reports
• Committee Told SEC Proposal Is Further Chilling SPAC Deals
• To Meet ESG Goals, Cos. Must Scrutinize Carbon Offsets
• 2 Cases Show Risks Of Fund Industry's Control Share Bylaws
• SEC Fines Nvidia $5.5M Over Crypto Mining Disclosures
• GE Sued For Failure To File Ch. 11 Claim It Already Sold
• Jury Clears Ex-Nomura Trader, Rejects SEC No-Lying Theory
• ERISA Arbitration Likely Headed For High Court, Attys Say
• Samples Marketplace Material Bank Bags $175M In Series D
• State-Run Retirement Options May Expand Post-COVID
• AARP Urges 2nd Circ. To Review ERISA Anti-Cutback Ruling
• LATAM's Minority Shareholders Want Award OK'd
• Group Asks Court To Keep Resorts' Pollution Suit Together
• Barclays, Fintech Rival Plaid Settle 'Rise' TM Suit
• Citi Investors Can't DQ Judge Married To Cahill Atty
• Jury Mulls If Ex-Nomura Trader's Fibs Amounted To Fraud
• Warren Presses Fidelity On Letting Bitcoin In 401(k) Plans
• CFTC Commish Taps Ex-WilmerHale Atty As Chief Counsel
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, Roku, Arm
• Pierce Atwood Hires Ex-Cadwalader Bank Regulatory Partner
• Fiji Seizes Russian Oligarch's $300M Yacht At DOJ's Request
• Asia Textile Co. Control Fight Spurs Chancery Status Quo Suit
• Clients' Diversity Mandates For Law Firms Are Necessary
• Musk Outlines $7.1B In New Financing For Twitter Takeover
• Ride-Hailing Co. Didi Says SEC Investigating Its $4.4B IPO
• SEC Notifies Companies Of Ukraine Disclosure Obligations
• Activist Investor Seeks Possible Sale Of Gaming Biz Kindred
• IRS Proposes Updated Mortality Tables For Valuing Annuities
• Crowdfunding Portal Overhyped Robot's Skills, FINRA Says
• YieldStreet Can't Duck Investors Duping Suit
• 3 Financial Market Areas That Need Better Disclosure Regimes
• Policyholder Gains In Virus Coverage State Trial Court Suits
• 4 Firms Rep Apollo's $750M Bond Deal With Mumbai Airport
• Cooley-Led Electric Vehicle Battery Tech Biz Lands $400M
• Wells Fargo In Talks To Settle 2 Government Probes
• IPO Lawyers See Mild Pickup In An Otherwise Cool Spring
• Dutch Gov't Asserts $15.5M Claim On MD Helicopters Plant
• SEC Intensifies Crypto Crackdown With Beefed-Up Team
• Firms Vie To Lead BlockFi Account Holders' Suit
• Ex-Cred Inc. Exec Balks At In-Person Appearance In Del. Ch. 7
• Canadian Trader On Track To Cop To Front-Running Scheme
• UK Concerns Sink $1B Machinery Auction Tie-Up
• Madoff Trustee Can Revive $265M Clawback Claim
• British Ad Biz Ocean Valued At $580M In 4-Firm Takeover Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Torry Watson, Cadre, Ram Realty
• Hanover Likely Must Cover Easement Malpractice Claims
• 5 Questions That Can Help Law Firms Win RFPs
• Home Equity Fintech Biz Grabs $115M In Series C
• SEC Pushes To Shield Former Director's Speech Drafts
• SEC, NY Adviser Strike $800K Deal Over Short Sale Blunders
• Chancellor Again Tosses Stock Dilution Suit After Reversal
• Calif. Panel Sides With Robotics Biz In Investor's Forum Fight
• CFPB Report Flags Auto Servicing, Credit Reporting Issues
• Vanguard Accused Of Sparking Big Tax Bills For Investors
• 4 Legal Challenges SEC's Climate Proposal Will Likely Face
• 4 Firms Drive Chinese EV Maker's $1.25B SPAC Merger
• Bond Market Lies Were Common, Ex-Nomura Trader Tells Jury
• Chancery Nixes Investor Suit To Force Subsidized Apt. Sale
• 2 Firms Seek To Lead Harvest Capital Merger Litigation In Del.
• How Law Firms Can Employ More Veterans
• Benefits Fund Atty Says He's Not To Blame For Losses
• MGM Bids $607M On Online Gambling Co. LeoVegas