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Asset Management - October, 2022

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• Jury Hears Final Arguments Over Fannie, Freddie Profit Sweep
• Food Co. To Settle 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit For $900K
• SEC To Get $4.2M From Swedish Fraudster Over $16M Scam
• My Favorite Law Prof: How I Learned To Put Law Into Practice
• Self-Disclosure In Light Of New CFIUS Penalty Guidelines
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Feds Fight To Affirm Ex-Platinum Exec's Fraud Conviction
• CFPB, Payday Lender Get Stay In Wake Of 5th Circ. Decision
• Real Estate Rumors: Chapmans, Gaw Capital, Stephen Way
• 5 Firms Steer Go-Public Mergers For Taxi App, Biotech Firm
• Blackstone Buys Majority Stake In $14B Emerson Climate Biz
• Microsoft Tries To Shake Lawsuit Over 401(k) Lineup
• Vesta Holdings Hits Ch. 11 In Del. With $125M In Debt
• BlockFi Account Holders Ask Judge To Keep Crypto Suit Alive
• Celsius Network Gets OK To Auction, GWG To Raise Money
• SPAC Needs More Time For Merger With Semiconductor Firm
• Insurer Says No Coverage For Claims Over $36M Crypto Theft
• Index Provider Can't Fast-Track ETF Dispute With Adviser
• Selling A House With Haunted History? Disclosure Laws Vary
• Reed Smith Adds Investment Management Team
• Real Estate Rumors: Oxford, Madison Marquette, Brookfield
• What To Know About SEC Shareholder Disclosure Reforms
• Bed Bath & Beyond Readies Potential $150M Share Sale
• Don't Miss It: Morgan Lewis, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Midterms Could Sway Capital Markets Agenda In Congress
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Twitter Pulled From NYSE After Musk Closes $44B Buyout
• Natixis Says Ex-Employee Can't Lead 401(k) Row
• Trump Org. Slams NY AG In Response To $250M Fraud Case
• Musk Reportedly Closes $44B Twitter Deal After 6-Month Saga
• Morgan Lewis Hit With $12M Suit From Investment Firm
• Barrack 'Deceived' Kushner In UAE Plot, Jury Is Told
• Ex-Pzena Exec Slows Suit Over Investment Firm's $795M Deal
• Gov't Says Fannie, Freddie Profit Sweep Calmed Market Fears
• CFTC Commish Likens Crypto Risks To 2008 Financial Crisis
• Tracking The Nascent Anti-ESG Movement
• 2nd Circ. Revives Bank Worker's Political Bias Suit
• Compliance And Regs Driving Up VC, PE Legal Expenses
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Aerojet, Instacart
• Former Faegre Drinker Tax Duo Moves To Flaster Greenberg
• EVO Investor Sues In Delaware For Docs On $4B Merger
• Ex-SEC Policy Counsel, Private Funds Atty Joins Paul Weiss
• Aegon Sells Dutch Operations To Local Rival In €4.9B Deal
• Archegos Says SEC's Manipulation Case Fails To Show Fraud
• Telecom Shareholders Say Sanctions Award Is Unfair
• Trump Ally Says He Tried To Mitigate GOP's 'Racist Tone'
• How A GOP Surge Could Squeeze Biden Financial Regulators
• Ex-Freddie Exec Says Gov't Profit Sweep 'Simplified' Issues
• PNC Says Workers Who Filed 401(k) Suit Have No Standing
• SDNY Remands Stolen Investment Suit Back To State Court
• US Bank Faces Investor Suit Over Unauthorized Accounts
• Another Moelis-Backed SPAC Pulls IPO Plans
• CFPB Rips 5th Circ. Ruling In Defending Its TransUnion Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Sun Estate, Prologis, Huayi Brothers
• Celsius Creditors Ask Court To Bar Stablecoin Sales
• State AG Consumer Protection Priorities Beyond The Election
• SEC Tightens Mutual Fund Reports, Seeks New Adviser Rules
• How New Guidelines Reinforce The CFIUS Mandate
• What To Consider When Leaving BigLaw To Go Solo
• SEC Finalizes Rule For Executive Bonus Clawbacks
• Union Bank Wins $18M From Axos In Ch. 7 Poaching Trial
• 2 Firms Guide Lithium Miner's $838M SPAC Merger
• Barrack Says He's No Agent, Mideast Support Is His Creed
• Tesla Says SEC Deal Too Prejudicial For Musk Tweets Trial
• Skadden-Led Intel Spinoff Prices $861M IPO Above Range
• Ex-Fannie Exec Says Profit Sweep Was Used To Halt Recovery
• When CFIUS Leaks Create Leverage
• Ukrainian Indicted For 'Raccoon Infostealer' Malware Scheme
• Canadian Pot Producer Forms Holding Co. To Enter US Market
• Union Bank Seeks $102M As Ch. 7 Poaching Trial Wraps In NY
• Destiny 2 Cheat Code Seller Wants Counterclaims Kept Alive
• Adidas, Gap Join List Of Companies Breaking Up With Ye
• 2 Firms Guide $208M Peoples Bancorp Merger With Ky. Lender
• EU Criteria Will Help Aviation Finance Sustainability Push
• Activist Claims 'Corporate Piracy' At 2 Real Estate Cos.
• Real Estate Rumors: AIDS Healthcare, WeWork, Ruane Cuniff
• SEC Taps Agency Vet, Fried Frank Alum To Lead Denver Office
• 2 Firms Steer Shrimp Farming Co.'s $275M SPAC Merger
• Booz Allen Distorting Retirement Fund Claims, Worker Says
• Feds Want Jones Walker DQ'd In $1.2B Venezuelan Fraud Case
• Barrack Tells Jury His Trump Backing Has Been 'Disastrous'
• Crypto Lender Says Roche Remarks Should Sink Class Action
• Jury Told Fannie, Freddie Profit Sweep Was 'Unprecedented'
• Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Plans To Launch Crypto Platform
• Investment Firm Sued In Del. For $795M Go-Private Deal Docs
• Real Estate Rumors: Onni Group, Bob Halavi, Barings
• Crypto Trading Firm Must Justify Atty Fees In $1.5M Judgment
• CFTC Chair Urges Congress To Unlock Crypto 'Handcuffs'
• Stila Styles Sale Is Subject To Ch. 11 Deal Milestones
• Del. Rulings May Shift Trend On Books-And-Records Demands
• SL Green Challenges Law Firm's Bid To Exit $185M HNA Fight
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• SEC Seeks Early Victory In Proxy Advisory Rule Challenge
• Judge OKs Celsius Ch. 11 Auction, Rejects Equity Committee
• My Favorite Law Prof: How I Learned Education Never Ends
• TPG Real Estate Arm Closes $6.8B Opportunity Fund
• Full 5th Circ. Won't Rehear SEC In-House Courts Challenge
• Ex-Trump Adviser Barrack To Testify In Own Defense At Trial
• ACLU Asks Justices To Affirm The Right To Boycott Israel
• TransUnion Cites 5th Circ. Ruling In Bid To Escape CFPB Suit
• DOL Doubles Down On Bid To Nix Suit Over Crypto Warning
• Yale Workers' ERISA Suit Heads To Trial
• Navient Collections Halted, Mallinckrodt Faces $1.6B Suit
• Don't Miss It: Cooley, Davis Polk Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Raymond James Fined $1.1M Over Reps' Commission Scheme
• 9th Circ. Weighs Reopening Pilots' Paid Military Leave Suit
• CFPB Says Credit Reporting Cos. Must Screen For 'Junk Data'
• Ex-Touradji Traders Want Atty's Testimony For Pay Trial Redo
• 3 Firms Steer $989M Quality Gold SPAC Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: William McMorrow, Graycliff, Related
• Kushner Cos. Makes Nearly $1.5B Hostile Bid For Veris
• Universal Health To Pay $12.5M To End Sweeping 401(k) Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Citi Faces Goliath Moment As 2nd Circ. Revives Pro Se Case
• Mnuchin Testimony Counters Feds' Narrative In Barrack Trial
• 2 Firms Steer $425M SPAC Deal With Chilean Fruit Exporter
• FHFA Says It Didn't Study Fannie, Freddie Profit Sweep Effect
• FDIC Acting Head Outlines Vision For Stablecoin Safeguards
• CFIUS Issues First-Ever Penalty Guidelines
• Competing Counsel Slam Settlement In Mattel Tax Error Suit
• 2 Firms Steer Singaporean Biotech Firm's $400M SPAC Merger
• Celsius Adjusts Asset Auction Request To December
• Credit Suisse Beats Forex Price-Fixing Allegations At Trial
• MGM Resorts Workers' 401(k) Class Action Gets Green Light
• Deals Rumor Mill: Westpac, Credit Suisse, Nationals
• New-Parent Attorneys Need Automatic Litigation Stays
• World's 1st Green Steel Plant Secures An Additional $68.5M
• Mnuchin Expected To Testify After Feds Rest In Barrack Trial
• Keep Morgan Stanley, Goldman In Archegos Suit, Judge Told
• DC Jurors Hear Original Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Bailout Plan
• IQVIA Says Suit Over $1B 401(k) Plan Doesn't Need Jury Trial
• Judge Who Held Trump In Contempt Keeps $250M Fraud Case
• Associate Skills That Impress Firms In A Cooling Job Market
• Jury Weighs Possible Credit Suisse Forex-Fixing Liability
• 2nd Circ. Skeptical Of Cornell Workers' ERISA Case
• Fugees Rapper Accused Of Using Forged Docs In $6.5M Deal
• Malaysian Tech Firm Merging With SPAC In $1.1B Deal
• HK Seeks To Relax Revenue Requirements For Startup IPOs
• Marriott Expands In Latin America With City Express Buy
• Boston Hospital Inks $2.9M ERISA Deal With Workers
• Private Equity Funds Buy Up Windshield Repair Biz For $800M
• 2nd Circ. Says Yen Libor-Rigging Suit Belongs Overseas
• SEC Sues Dead Adviser's Estate Over $29M Ponzi Claims
• Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Shareholders Seek $1.6B
• FDIC Hikes Its Deposit Insurance Premiums, To Banks' Dismay
• Biz Groups Slam Workers' ERISA Suit Against Consulting Firm
• SEC Anti-Fraud Settlement Is A Warning For Fund Advisers
• Gambling Media Firm To Go Public Through SPAC Merger
• Check Cashing Biz Delayed Data Breach Disclosure, Suit Says
• Counsel Caught Off Guard By Chancery's RL Polk Trial Date
• Real Estate Rumors: Pacifica Square, Related Group, Medidata
• Intel's Self-Driving Unit Mobileye Charts Path For $779M IPO
• Ex-GPB Capital CEO Loses Wiretap Fight In Fraud Case
• Baker McKenzie Welcomes Fund Formation Atty Back To Firm
• 9th Circ. Eyes Revival Of AT&T 401(k) Fee Claims
• SEC's Lizárraga Backs Climate, ESG Disclosure Proposals
• Robinhood $2.1B IPO Suit Should Be Kept Alive, Investors Say
• Attys Behind Performance Sports Deal Seek $3.6M In Fees
• Evolent Investor Attys Want $7.75M In Fees For Arranging Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Workspace Property, SMA, Lululemon
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Hydrogen Supplier Ends SPAC Merger With Benessere Capital
• Kanye West Buying Conservative Social Media Platform Parler
• Ex-Salesforce Workers Want Class Cert. In ERISA Suit
• Three Arrows Liquidators Say Founders Ducking Subpoenas
• CFPB Says Debt Biz Owner Owes $43M In Fines, Restitution
• DOJ Digital Asset Recs Would Widen Prosecutorial Authority
• 4 Firms Guide SPAC's $600M Merger With Private Jet Firm
• Billionaire Takes Over Continental Resources In $4.3B Deal
• Ex-Jones Day Employment Pro Moves To Schulte Roth In NY
• Freshfields Adds Veteran Leveraged Finance Pro As Partner
• UAE Officals Thrilled By Trump Ally's Envoy Bid, Jury Hears
• Robinhood Must Face Claims In Order Flow Suit, Judge Says
• Celsius Network Creditors Oppose Ch. 11 Equity Committee
• Covetrus Sued In Del. For Books On $4B Go-Private Deal
• KWM Looks To Bow Out Of HNA Group $185M Award Fight
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Loeb & Loeb-Led DiaCarta Unveils $460M SPAC Merger
• Xerox To Settle Suit Challenging 401(k) Plan Fees
• Alex Jones' Billion-Dollar Penance, Puerto Rico Prunes Debt
• High Court Could Resolve Thorny Atty-Client Privilege Issue
• Munich Re's Oil Exit Boosts ESG Efforts, Insurance Pros Say
• Fannie, Freddie Investors To Use Treasury Docs At Stock Trial
• Microcap Dealer Files 4th Shot At Taking Down FINRA
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Investor To Vote Against $3.3B Rio Tinto Deal
• Trump Ally Floats Claim That FBI Agent Lied To Grand Jury
• Twitter Investor Attys Want $182M Fees For Pretrial Settlement
• Climate Disclosures Could Slow IPO Plans, SEC Panel Told
• Voyager Creditors Balk At Officer Releases In Ch. 11 Plan
• Direct Biologics, Good Works II Sign Potential $1B SPAC Deal
• Delaware Justices Affirm Tilton's Ouster From Stila Styles
• Investor Accuses Kohl's Board, Again, Of Poor Management
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Exxon Mobil, Brad Pitt
• Bitfinex Judge Boots Roche, Rejects 'Drunk & Stupid' Excuse
• GOP Reps Ask OCC Head For Fintech Partnership Answers
• PBGC Looks To Clarify Withdrawal Liability Methodology
• NJ Real Estate Firm Execs Charged With $650M Ponzi Scheme
• Revisiting Employee Communication Policies After DOJ Memo
• India's Zoomcar To Go Public Via $456M SPAC Merger
• Allen & Overy Adds Global Funds Partner In LA
• NY AG Warns Trump May Shift Assets In $250M Fraud Case
• Fed's Barr Cautions Banks On Efforts To 'Tokenize' Deposits
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink Citi's Win In $500M Transfer Error
• Buyback Tax Could Hit SPACs With Higher Costs
• Coin Center Sues OFAC Over Tornado Cash Sanctions
• SEC OKs Diversity-Based Investment Advice
• Grayscale Asks DC Circ. To Vacate SEC's Bitcoin ETF Denial
• Credit Suisse Traders Say Crass Chats Were No Conspiracy
• Calif. Man Gets 11 Years For 'Cruel' Ponzi Targeting Elderly
• Tops Markets' Ch. 11 Claims Against Morgan Stanley Survive
• Tilton Urges Del. Justices To Overturn Stila Styles Ouster
• Blackstone Invests $500M As Part Of Deal With Resolution Life
• SEC Greenlights Cloud-Based Recordkeeping For Brokerages
• Dechert Adds Ex-BofA Atty To New York ERISA Group
• Refining Info Governance As E-Discovery Gets More Complex
• U.S. Bancorp Shedding 3 Branches For $8B MUFG Deal
• 8th Circ. Upholds Energy Co. Win In 401(k) Fee Suit
• Walden Macht Adds Ex-Federal Prosecutor From MoFo
• Glancy Prongay Will Lead Combined Netflix Investor Suits
• 9th Circ. Judge Says Intel Seeks To Redefine Antitrust 'Price'
• SEC Fights Hedge Fund Priest's Fraud Verdict Appeal
• SEC Official Cautions Auditors About Lax Fraud Investigations
• Credit Suisse Forex Price-Fixing Trial Opens With 'Bad' Chats
• Firm Says DOL Must Pay Atty Fees After Losing ERISA Suit
• Freight Transportation Startup Slams Brakes On SPAC Merger
• Trader Says HSBC Fired Him For Reporting Front-Running
• Covington, Cravath Lead Buyers On $8B Westinghouse Deal
• Customers Fight Tossing Of Horizon Data Breach Suit
• Investors' Attys Want $39M After Big Banks' Sibor Deal
• Russian Oligarch's UK Associate Charged In Sanctions Case
• Investor Says Abbott Laboratories Hid Formula Plant Woes
• Asset Manager Ares Closes $1.8 Billion Real Estate Fund
• Airwallex Keeps $5.5B Valuation With $100M In New Funding
• D&O Insurer Challenges Amid Market, Economic Turbulence
• Trustee Strikes $4M Deal To Exit Stock Plan Class Action
• Flexjet Hopes To Fly To Public Markets Via $3.1B SPAC Merger
• Risk Mitigation In Face Of Rising Legal Malpractice Claims
• State Street Taps Wells Fargo Vet As Global Compliance Head
• Trump-Linked SPAC Again Seeks More Time To Negotiate Deal
• Trump Ally's Deputy Was Just A Lackey, Jury Hears
• German Man Ordered To Return $3M In Son's Ill-Gotten Gains
• Don't Miss It: Cleary, Goodwin Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Investment Adviser Sues Newmark, Cantor CEO In Chancery
• Stalled IPO Market Forces Many Companies To Sidelines
• White Moody's Director Says Diversity Policy Got Him Fired
• Ex-SEC Chairman Joins American Express Board
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Celsius Customers To Get Crypto Ownership Answers In Dec.
• Vanguard Says Ex-Adviser Can't Jettison Client Poaching Suit
• BofA Strikes $1.84B Deal To Settle Ambac RMBS Litigation
• Rollback Of Trump ESG Investing Rules Sent To White House
• Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Look For Common Ground
• EIG Unit To Pay $2.2B For Tokyo Gas' Australia Project Stakes
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 5 Insights Into Treasury's Trio Of Digital Assets Reports
• Latest Sanctions Narrow Path To Legal Dealings In Russia
• IP Forecast: Intel Wants To Restore Suit Over Fortress Patents
• 401(k) Co. Fights DOL's Bid To Nix Suit Over Crypto Warning
• Celsius Execs Withdrew $17M In Crypto Before Bankruptcy
• Lennar Corp. Accused Of Mismanaging $1.2B Retirement Plan
• 3 Firms Guide $500M Oncology SPAC Merger
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Penny Stock Trader's $12M Judgment
• AIG Unit Defeats 401(k) Surrender Fee Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, TikTok, Soros's Nephew
• Pantzer Properties Clinches $781M Luxury Real Estate Fund
• After Banks' $1.8B Texting Fines, Who Will Feel Heat Next?
• Barclays, ICAP's $22.5M Deal OK'd In Benchmark-Rigging Suit
• Barclays Hit With $2M FINRA Fine Over Best Execution Misfire
• Investor Attys Nab $4.65M In Direct Lending Fraud Suit
• CFPB, Mass. AG Rip Credit Repair Co.'s 'Harassing' Depo Bid
• Blockchain Payments Firm's $3.6B SPAC Merger Falls Apart
• Limiting The Scope Of Representation Is Critical For Lawyers
• Funko Inc. To Pay $7M To Settle Investor Class Action
• Homebuilder Ends ERISA Stock Sale Suit With $16.5M Deal
• Goodwin, Latham Steer $410M Cybersecurity Biz Investment
• Haynes And Boone Grows In DC With Asset Management Pro
• MVP: Simpson Thacher's Tom Wuchenich
• Latest Ripple Development Highlights SEC's Crypto Approach
• Atlantia Board Says €58B Blackstone, Benetton Bid Is Fair
• Ex-Trump Ally Implies UAE Ties Were Routine Business
• NY Fed Taps BlackRock's Managing Director For Next GC
• Patomak Picks Up Ex-CFPB Deputy From Alston & Bird
• The CFTC Commish Who Wants Wrongdoers To Fess Up
• You Caught A Historic Home Run Ball. Now Lawyer Up.
• 9th Circ. Won't Undo SEC's Win Against Settlement Holdouts
• Peloton Critic Takes Wrongdoing Allegations To Del. Chancery
• Fine Over Bank Texts Signals Books, Records Crackdown
• Latham-Led Solina To Pay $588M For Smithfield Foods Unit
• As Celebs Shill Crypto, SEC Aims To Be Ultimate Influencer
• 5 October Court Hearings Benefits Attys Should Watch
• Deal Maker Seeks To Close 2 Big SPACs After Empty Searches
• Argent Says Workers' Stock Sale Suit Belongs In Arbitration
• 3 BCBS Companies Drop Push For DOL Transaction Waivers
• Kirkland, Pillsbury Drive Movella's $537M SPAC Deal
• MVP: Paul Weiss' Amran Hussein
• High Court Declines To Hear Challenge To Libor Jurisdiction
• FSOC Urges Legislation To Curb Crypto's Systemic Risks
• Tillerson Says He Never Tapped Trump Ally For Diplomacy
• 'Uniquely Stupid' Roche Comments Leave Bitfinex Judge Torn
• US Tells 9th Circ. It Has Rights To $380M Award Held In UK
• Dechert's Thierfelder Sees M&A Opportunities Amid Turmoil
• Goodwin Hires Ex-SEC Senior Enforcement Division Official
• CVS, Aetna 401(k) Stock Inflation Suit Axed For Filing Error
• Attys Shouldn't Assume Judicial Critique Is Protected Speech
• Myovant Sees Stock Soar After Rejecting $2.5B Takeover Bid
• Billionaire Bros. Can't Dodge $2.5B LA Hotel Project Suit
• Judge's Recusal Won't Get Investors A Redo In Rigging Case
• SolarWinds Investors Ask Judge To Grant Class Cert.
• 3 Companies Unveil Plans To Go Public Via SPAC Mergers
• Akin Gump Adds New Practice Group Leader From Kirkland
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• $153M Green Construction Financing 'Largest Industry's Seen'
• MVP: Kirkland's Katie St. Peters
• Tillerson To Take Stand In Trump Ally's Foreign Lobbying Trial