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Asset Management - December, 2022

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• The Most-Read Legal Industry Law360 Guest Articles Of 2022
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Wachtell Guide Week's Hot Deals
• SEC Urges 2nd Circ. To Uphold 2018 Deal With Elon Musk
• SEC, CFTC Peel Back FTX Layers In Ex-Execs' Fraud Cases
• Bankman-Fried Insiders Tap BigLaw Firepower For Defense
• SEC Fines PNC Unit Over Muni Bond Disclosure Lapses
• Crypto Exchange Bullish Pulls Plug On $9B SPAC Merger
• Insurers Slam Scouts Plan; FTX To Start Clawback Actions
• Nutmeg Owner Gets Stricter Injunction In SEC Fraud Suit
• Scoreboard Co. Daktronics Faces Investor's Fraud Claims
• Key Developments From State Attorneys General In 2022
• Olympic Museum Says SBA Unlawfully Denied It COVID Relief
• Cleary, TCF Law Steer $200M Rainwater Tech Co. SPAC Merger
• High Court Ruling On Direct Listing Appeal Could Be Pivotal
• Bankman-Fried Gets $250M Bail Deal In 1st SDNY Appearance
• SEC Promoting Ex-WilmerHale Atty To Be New GC
• What 3 Legal Industry Trends From 2022 Mean For Next Year
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Ex-Shkreli Atty Tells Justices 401(k) Cash Is Off Limits
• NY Says Climate No Excuse For Less Low-Income Lending
• CFTC Beats Back Crypto Heavyweights In Ooki DAO Case
• 2 Bankman-Fried Allies Plead Guilty, To Aid Feds In FTX Case
• 'Ghost Cattle' Shouldn't Spook CFTC, Commissioner Says
• Calif. Regulator Moves To Revoke BlockFi's Lending License
• Family-Oriented Fintech Co. Hit With 'Session Replay' Suit
• The Largest Securities Settlements Announced In 2022
• Learning From This Year's Legal Industry Discrimination Suits
• FTX Probe Does Not Justify US Law Enforcement Imperialism
• Monex Metals Leaders Will Pay $38M To End CFTC Fraud Suit
• Schulte Roth-Led Investor Urges Six Flags To Cash In On Land
• 2 Deny $47M Insider Trading Rap As Feds Float Plea Talks
• Ga. Justices Won't Review Order Vacating $3M Atty Fee Award
• Origin Extends Review Window For $12.1B Takeover Proposal
• Umpqua Bank To Face Trial On Investors' $300M Ponzi Claims
• SEC Gets $210M Boost In Spending Bill For Hiring, Offices
• Blackwells Hid JV From Investors, Real Estate Trusts Say
• SPAC Investors Defend Suit Over Satellite Co.'s Value Plunge
• 2 Firms Lead Asia-Focused SPAC AlphaVest's $60M IPO
• FTX Threatens Clawbacks If Contributions Aren't Returned
• SPAC Investor Sues In Del. For $20M Crypto Deal Breakup Fee
• The Future Of Legal Ops: AI Has Important Role To Play
• Congress Is Right To Advance Comprehensive Retirement Bill
• 4 Proactive Strategies For 'Rocket Docket' Discovery In SDNY
• Proposed SEC Rule On Order Competition Should Be Dropped
• Platinum Founder Hit With $8.2M Verdict In Overvaluation Trial
• Retirement Bill Included In Sweeping $1.7T Spending Package
• Whistleblower Nabs $37M From SEC, Spurred Multiple Probes
• Senate Confirms Biden's FDIC Board Member Nominees
• Brooklyn Pastor Stole Parishioner's Retirement, Feds Say
• FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried To Waive Extradition
• Navient Gets $22M Education Dept. Order Tossed
• Video Game Co. Seeks To Drop FTX As Tournament Sponsor
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Grayscale Floats ETF Contingency Plan Should SEC Case Fail
• Linse Capital Raises $700M For Industrial Tech Investments
• China, Hong Kong Expand Cross-Border Trading Program
• FTX Bankruptcy's Ramifications Will Be Far-Reaching
• Freight Forwarding Co. To Go Public Via SPAC Merger
• Class Attys Get $26.4M For CVR Buyback Suit Deal In Del.
• Binance Wins Bid For Voyager's $1B Crypto Portfolio
• Kirkland-Led Investment Co. Invests $200M In Energy Provider
• NY Judge Jails Atty For Repeated Delays In Crypto Case
• Mondelēz Intl. Sells Major Chunk Of Gum Biz In $1.35B Deal
• Allen & Overy Leads Travel Biz's €566M Amsterdam HQ Sale
• Citi, Revlon Lenders Ink Deals Ending $500M Transfer Battle
• SoFi's Proposed Atty Fee Payment To Get 'Careful' Scrutiny
• 3 Execs Quit Trump-Tied SPAC In Latest Shakeup
• Fed Lines Up Libor Contract Safety Net As End Date Looms
• 4th Circ. Backs Worker In Disability Benefits Fight
• 2nd Circ. Scrutinizes Trustee In $39.2M Tilton Award Appeal
• Using Data To Arm Against Future Crypto Market Turbulence
• 5 Sentenced In $12M Ga. Student Aid Scam
• NYSE Suspends Trading In, Plans To Delist Pennsylvania REIT
• FTX Liquidators Have Not Yet Resolved Info-Sharing Issue
• Former AIG Unit Execs Call Ch. 11 Plan 'Dead On Arrival'
• White Collar Attorneys Learn To Ask Clients: Are You OK?
• Right-Hand Man To 'CryptoQueen' Cops To Role In $4B Fraud
• Axos Bank Gets Compliance Officer Firing Suit Tossed
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Fla. Judge Trims Claims In Guggenheim CEO Boat Crash Suit
• Increasing Law Firm Polarization Will Degrade Rule Of Law
• State AGs Ask Justices To Rule On CFPB Funding Structure
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Davis Polk, Cravath
• The 7 Biggest Benefits Rulings Of 2022
• Capital Markets Activity Plunged To Earth In 2022
• Promised SEC Reforms Could Upend App-Based Trading
• 5th Circ. Revives Stanford Ponzi Suit Against BNY Mellon
• Cohen Milstein Gets $4.25M For Boeing Investor Settlement
• FIS Inks Agreement With Activist For Biz Review, New Director
• Receiver Says Defaulting Mich. Attorney Is Ducking Orders
• Regulators' Strategies Toward FTX Reveal Crypto Law Gaps
• PCAOB Wraps First-Ever Exams Of China-Based Co. Audits
• Union Station Fights Bank's Early Win Bid In Foreclosure Suit
• FinCEN To Propose Beneficial Owner Registry Access Rules
• AIG Unit Execs Seek Dismissal Or Probe Of Del. Ch. 11 Case
• Platinum Liquidators Seek $50M From Founder As Trial Wraps
• Hotel Tech Startup Mews Gets $185M In New Funding Round
• Treasury, State Tighten Squeeze On Russian Financial System
• Southwest Gas Sells Pipeline Holding Co. In $1.5B Deal
• Equitybee Adds Ex-BlackRock VP As New Compliance Head
• 5 Firms Build $950M Greenfire Resources SPAC Merger
• DOL Final ESG Rule May Cause Confusion Among Fiduciaries
• 5 Things To Note In Charges Against FTX's Bankman-Fried
• Deals Rumor Mill: Phoenix Suns, Carlyle Group, Twitter
• FTX's Co-CEO Raised Concerns With Bahamian Regulators
• PGA Secretly Stirred Up Anti-Saudi Sentiment, LIV Says
• SEC Proposes Sweeping Stock Market Reforms
• Gramercy Awarded $100M Of $1.8B Peru Land Bond Claim
• Ex-Employees Can't Force Arbitration In Deferred-Pay Fight
• TIAA Trader Accused Of $47M Front-Running Racket
• Ex-Atty Hit With New Suit Over $50M EB-5 Visa Fraud Scheme
• FTX Founder's Arrest May Help, But Won't Speed Ch. 11 Probe
• Demands For More Crypto Oversight Prevail At Senate Panel
• SPAC Investors Sue In Del. After Talkspace Value Plunge
• FTX Balks At Sharing Ch. 11 Info With Bahamian Liquidators
• Chinese Investment Manager Stole $1B In Funds, Suit Says
• Luse Gorman, Holland & Knight Lead $150M First Bank Deal
• Consulting Co. Can't Shake Worker's 401(k) Management Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Invesco, GL Homes, Savanna
• SEC Approves New Restrictions On Insider Trading By Execs
• How To Deal With Difficult Clients, Practically And Ethically
• 3 Firms Power $1.5B SPAC Deal For Clean Energy Tech Co.
• AIG Subsidiary Hits Ch. 11 In Del. To Clear $37.4B Debt
• SBF's Arrest Shows Feds Focused On Case, Not Congress
• New FTX CEO Tells Reps Indicted Founder Lent Himself $1B
• 7 Firms Lead Metals, Pharma And Wellness Co. SPAC Deals
• Feds Back FTX Founder Into Corner As Charges Mount
• 2nd Circ. Says DirecTV Now Fraud Suit Was Properly Tossed
• FDIC's Gruenberg, Other Biden Nominees Advance In Senate
• New DOJ Guidelines May Facilitate Student Loan Discharge
• Citadel CEO Sues IRS Over Leak Of Tax Return Info
• Fifth Wall Closes $866M Real Estate Tech Fund
• CFTC Must Serve Ooki DAO Founders After Chat Box Uproar
• REIT CEO Seeks $1.9M In Fees For Smear Scheme Suit
• Ex-CNN Boss Launches Investment JV With $1B In Capital
• FTX Founder Ran Historic Fraud, Feds Charge
• Fed Spared Default Loss In Custodia Master Account Suit
• Kessler Topaz To Lead Coinbase Proprietary Trading Suit
• US Trustee Slams FTX's Ch. 11 Bid To Shield Customer Names
• New FTX Head Tells House Of 'Inexperienced' Past Leadership
• FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested In The Bahamas
• Infinite Reality Inks $1.85B SPAC Deal Shaped By 3 Firms
• Key Republican Says Gensler's SEC Will Answer To Congress
• Platinum Founder Tells Jury He Had No Control Over Fund
• Voyager Says FTX Deal Officially Dead, $5M Deposit Held
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Atty Gets 1½ Years For Helping Client Hide Assets
• Veris Says Sweetened $1.6B Takeover Bid Still Falls Short
• Federal Courts Should Adopt Supreme Court's Amicus Stance
• Goldman Investor Attys Seek $19.8M In Fees In 1MDB Suit
• Trust Co. Wants 2nd Circ. To Look At ERISA Arbitration Denial
• The 2022 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
• Top Firms Make Growth A Priority For 2023
• Businessman Fights Extradition Over Sanctions Evasion
• Microsoft To Buy 4% Stake In London Stock Exchange
• Warren, Toomey Bill Seeks To Open Blinds On Fed Reserve
• Execs Say GPB Fraud Case Beset By Constitutional Offenses
• Paris Hilton, Fallon Among Celebs Sued Over Crypto Promos
• Reform Group Lobs Ethics Complaint At CFTC's Pham
• The Biggest Environmental Insurance Stories In 2022
• AME Church Shifts Blame For Missing $90M, Plan Admin Says
• SBF 'Willing' To Go Before House Panel With Current FTX CEO
• NY DA Says Drywall Co. Owners Stole $1.6M In COVID Funds
• HNA Group Must Show Why It Shouldn't Pay Debt, Judge Says
• 11th Circ. Hesitant To Hear UBS Spat With Ex-Adviser
• How Will The FTX Collapse Affect Other Companies?
• Zendesk Investors Seek Appraisal In Del. After $10.2B Buy
• Former Texas Atty Indicted On Charges Of Bilking Clients
• 2 Firms Guide $122.2M Craft Distillery SPAC Merger
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Simpson Thacher, Latham
• Don't Miss It: Cooley, Wachtell Guide Week's Hot Deals
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• After FTX, SEC Advises Cos. To Disclose Crypto Risks
• SolarWinds Investors Seek Initial OK Of $26M Breach Deal
• 2 Firms Guide Marketing Tech Co.'s $380M SPAC Merger
• Celsius Ch. 11 Sale Of Israeli Assets Delayed For More Info
• Teamsters Pension Fund Gets $36B To Stave Off Benefit Cuts
• Mortgage Lenders Must Prioritize Anti-Bias Compliance
• 3 Firms Build SPAC Merger For UK Construction Tech Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: LedgerX, Unilever, Global Switch
• Sens. Prod Regulators On Crypto's Banking Ties After FTX
• 1st Circ. Doubts Error In Hedge Fund Priest's Fraud Verdict
• Crypto-Developers Insist No Duty Owed To Bitcoin 'Inventor'
• French Biz Lands 30% Of Mexican Airport Group For $1.2B
• SEC To Unveil Plan For Major Stock Market Overhaul
• FinCEN Wants Feedback On DeFi's Crime-Fighting Potential
• NJ Finance Group Sanctioned Over Discovery Lapse
• SEC's Peirce Tells Panel That Climate Plan Is A Distraction
• Robbins Geller Named Lead Attys For Combined Palantir Suits
• Golf Antitrust Battle Heats Up As Discovery Deadline Looms
• Ga. Judge Stays Receiver Motion In Coinbase Security Suit
• Celsius Customers Must Wait For Return Of Funds In Ch. 11
• Cooley-Led $200M Drata Fundraise Ups Biz Valuation To $2B
• Assessing 2 FCPA Actions Under Lens Of Corp. Crime Memos
• SPAC Sues TradeStation, Monex In Del. For Deal 'Betrayal'
• SEC Must Improve Enforcement Quality With 3 Key Factors
• SEC Seeks Input On Tax Effects Of Stock Buyback Plan
• Turkish Cargo Airline To Go Public Via $676M SPAC Merger
• Kirkland-Led Thoma Bravo Clinches 3 Funds Totaling $32.4B
• Adviser And CEO To Pay SEC $100K In Compliance Settlement
• Grayscale, Affiliate Sued In Del. As Bitcoin Fallout Widens
• Argent Can't Arbitrate Suit Over $99M ESOP Buy
• Sens. Press Silvergate Bank On Oversight Of FTX Transfers
• NY AG Agrees To Exclude Ivanka From Trump Org. Monitor
• Ex-FTX CEO Taps Cohen & Gresser Amid Probes Into Collapse
• Purportedly Ousted Leaders Want Tribal Spat Tossed
• ArentFox Schiff, Latham & Watkins Guide $100M SPAC Deal
• 5 Firms Steer 2 Energy-Related SPAC Mergers Totaling $2.6B
• Citi, Revlon Lenders Nearing End To $500M Transfer Fight
• Jones Day Lands SEC's Fort Worth Office Director As Partner
• Judge Hears Crypto Ownership Arguments In Celsius Ch. 11
• DC Circ. Clashes On Who Can Challenge Rule Withdrawal
• SEC, Ripple Issue Final Salvos As Crypto Decision Nears
• Crypto Firm Plots US Exit After Hitting Regulatory 'Dead End'
• FTX's Auditors Face Class Action Over Crypto Co.'s Collapse
• Archegos Founder Says Feds Hid Intent To Indict Him
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• E-Commerce Co. Rokt Hits $2.4B Valuation With Eye On IPO
• Ex-IRS Criminal Investigation Head Joins Winston As Partner
• Deal For Crypto Biz Circle Among 2 SPAC Mergers Falls Apart
• Flexi Group Goes Public In $205M SPAC Deal Led By 4 Firms
• Parsing SEC's Rule Extension For Fixed-Income Issuers
• Judge Axes Challenge To SEC's Pared-Back Proxy Rules
• 3 Pricing Trends In Law Firm Use Of Litigation Funding
• The 2022 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders
• In Law Firm Race For Revenue, Top Dogs Stand Alone
• Fed Is Latest To Pitch Climate Risk Guidance For Big Banks
• CFTC Warns Overseas Swap Dealers To Heed Reporting Rules
• Attys' $39M Fee Bid Granted In Interest Rate Case
• 3 Firms Steer Galaxy Digital's Buyout Of Celsius' GK8 Unit
• Crypto Bank Silvergate Hit With Investor Suit Over FTX Ties
• Nigeria Seeks Contempt In $10B Award Fight As Trial Looms
• Xerox Spinoff Reaches $32M Deal In Securities Class Suit
• SPAC Sues Monex, TradeStation In Del. After $1.43B Deal Dies
• Interest Rates Doom Lender, Crypto Winter Persists
• FTX's 'Havoc' May Strengthen Call For More Women In Crypto
• Exchanges Fine BofA $2.75M For Erroneous Order Codes
• 5 Takeaways From The SEC's Annual Whistleblower Report
• FTC Scrutinizes $5.2B Purchase By Natural Gas Producer EQT
• Skadden Says Lottery.com Hasn't Paid It For Chancery Case
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Safeguarding Attorneys' Greatest Asset: Our Mental Health
• Three Arrows Liquidators Want To Serve Founders On Twitter
• Booz Allen Beats 401(k) Mismanagement Suit, For Now
• FTX 'Free Fall' Demands Special Examiner, US Trustee Says
• 2 Brits Indicted In Bar Works Scam, Named In SEC Suit
• Ye And Parler Call Off Deal For Rapper To Buy Social Platform
• Masimo Clarifies Some Proxy Notice Rules Hit In Del. Suit
• 'Humble' Barr Hints At Potential For Tougher Fed Capital Rules
• Biotech Co. Accuses Citadel Securities, Others Of Spoofing
• Unions Call Tegna Deal 'Template' For Hedge Funds
• Texas Land Co. Investors Call Share Expansion A Power Grab
• Capital One Wins Toss Of Workers' 401(k) Fee Suit
• Stila Styles CEO Asks To Seal Courtroom For Sale Testimony
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Sweeping Retiree Class In TIAA Lending Suit
• CFTC Head Wants Power From Congress To Police Crypto
• 3rd Circ. Preview: Arbitration Under The Tree In December
• Simpson, Hogan Guide Blackstone's $1.27B Hotel Stake Sale
• Celsius Ch. 11 Creditors Hit With Crypto Phishing Attacks
• Fla. Treasury To Divest From BlackRock, Citing ESG Policies
• Accounting Firm To Pay $3M To Avoid Claims In Fraud Scheme
• Deals Rumor Mill: CoinDesk, News Corp., Liverpool FC
• DOL Secretary, Biz Leaders Urge Expanded Retirement Access
• Political Bias Ruling Clarifies NY Law's Worker Protections
• FTX Bankruptcy Provides A Road Map For Crypto Regulation