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Capital Markets - May, 2015

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• Iowa Investors Sue US Over Fannie, Freddie 'Profit Sweep'
• Plaintiff In Facebook IPO MDL Counsel Row Died In Nov.
• HMC Raises $133M For Tech-Focused Euro Private Debt Fund
• Swedish Antitrust Watchdog Claims Nasdaq Blocked Rival
• 4 IPOs Eye $552M To Start June After Brief Slowdown
• Labaton On 'Quest For Ignorance' In Millennial IPO Suit
• Evergrande Share Offer Comes In Well Below Previous Close
• 4 In-House Preferences For Better Outside Counsel
• CyberArk Floats $250M Follow-On As VC Backers Cut Stake
• Lawsky's Aggressive Tactics Provided Model For Regulators
• Cuba Officially Dropped From Terrorism Supporter List
• Silicon Wafer Co. Prices Potential $477M German IPO
• So You've Issued Convertible Notes: Now What?
• Bio-Rad's Ex-GC Sues Over Firing Amid Bribery Investigation
• SEC Accuses 2 Canadians In $17M 'Pump-And-Dump' Scheme
• China No Longer Manipulating Currency, IMF Says
• Bracewell Nabs Ex-Paul Hastings Wall Street Pro In NY
• Expedia To Sell $710M In Bonds To Fund Orbitz Acquisition
• Midstream MLP MarkWest Eyes $1.2B Debt Offering
• SEC Chair Taps Goldman Sachs Atty As Chief Of Staff
• SEC, Feds Charge Compliance Chief With Fleecing Investors
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Moinian, BBVA, Lewis Brisbois
• Cancer Biotech MultiVir Pulls Plug On IPO Plans
• Oak Hill Trims Stake In Dave & Buster With $267M Offering
• Internal Microbe Ecology Biotech Seres Eyes $100M IPO
• IMAX Eyes Listing On Hong Kong Exchange
• Las Vegas Sands Slams TRC's $119M Mini-Tender Bid
• Ironshore Formally Nixes IPO Plans For $1.8B Fosun Deal
• Asset Manager Regulation — The SEC's Road Ahead
• FINRA Strips Broker Bonus Disclosure From Recruitment Plan
• Shareholders Fight Dismissal In Genworth Delayed IPO Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Flipboard, Warburg Pincus, Go Scale Capital
• Fitbit's IPO Is An Exercise In Disclosing Data Risks
• PE-Backed MLP PennTex Midstream Eyes $225M IPO
• AbbVie Buys Back $5B Stock As Pharmacyclics Deal Sealed
• Ex-CEO Tells 7th Circ. She Is Fighting SEC Court's Existence
• Charter Nabs $31B In Debt Commitments For TWC Deal
• FINRA Chief Says New Fiduciary Rule May Hurt IRA Offerings
• 2 VC-Backed Medical Device Cos. Aim For $147M In IPOs
• Evolent Health Sets Terms For $160M IPO
• 6 People Every IPO Deal Team Needs
• David's Tea Set To Draw $77M In US IPO
• EXCLUSIVE: Sens. Probing CFTC Charges To IG Budget
• Traders Fumble 3rd Stab At CME High-Frequency Trading Suit
• Enacting The Bailout Prevention Act May Be Unwise
• Fried Frank, Steptoe Guide SFX's $307M Go-Private Deal
• CFTC Chief Bashes Europe's Move Toward Benchmark Regs
• EU Watchdog Blueprints When To Dismantle Banks
• PE-Backed Planet Fitness Submits IPO Plans
• ING Cuts Insurance Co. Stake With $1.3B Offering
• 1 Small Provision For Barclays, 1 Big Step For Compliance
• Cooley-Led Alarm.com Charts $75M IPO
• Guatemalan Banking, Insurance Group Files For $300M IPO
• Mass., Montana Sue SEC To Block New Capital-Raising Rules
• Labaton Survey Finds Wall Street Still Unethical And Shady
• Will Wall Street Embrace Overstock's Digital Securities?
• Boston Tech Transfer Co. PureTech Eyes $160M London IPO
• Time Running Out For Banks To Get Ready For Volcker
• PE-Backed Gener8 Maritime Floats $100M IPO
• Deutsche Bank, SEC Reach $55M Crisis-Era Derivative Deal
• 5 Insights From CBRE General Counsel Laurence Midler
• Big Banks Never Stopped Rigging Forex Market, Suit Says
• 5 IPOs Nab $1B Ahead Of Slow Holiday Week
• Paul Hastings Guides Mexico's Unifin In $205M IPO
• WilmerHale Guides Custom Joint Co. On $173M IPO Plan
• What Was Wrong With BHP Billiton's Compliance Program
• SEC's Stein Blasts Waiver Grants To Felon Banks
• Fairway Says IPO Class Action Fails Under Omnicare
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Ropes & Gray
• SEC Flexes Bigger FCPA Muscles In $25M BHP Billiton Case
• BakerHostetler Adds Ex-Seyfarth Shaw Global Transaction Pro
• Apax Investment Vehicle Charts $278M London IPO
• BNY Mellon To Pay $180M To Settle Forex Class Action
• Arena Vendor Aramark Backers Eye $910M Secondary Offering
• Shumaker Loop, Calfee Halter Steer REIT's $750M Notes Offer
• 2 E-Commerce Cos. Together Draw $241M In US Debuts
• FERC Gets Green Light To Maintain Anti-Manipulation Push
• Cohen Milstein To Rep Airline IPO Class Action
• 'Flash Crash' Case Shows CFTC's Tech Limits: Commissioner
• Car Rental Co. Europcar Eyes $528M French IPO
• Senate Panel Passes Bank Reg Relief Bill On Party-Line Vote
• Fed To Allow Some Muni Bonds In Banks' Liquidity Levels
• Latham-Led Press Ganey Nabs $223M In Target-Beating IPO
• Del. High Court Reinforces Director Liability Shield
• Baker Donelson Leads Community Healthcare In $119M IPO
• Consolidations Show Energy MLP Growth Isn't Forever
• What's Missing From The SEC's Forum Selection Guidance
• 5 Most Galling Lines From Barclays Forex Chats
• Wachtell Guides United Tech $832M Debt Offering
• DOJ Shows Teeth With $5.6B Forex Pact, But Not Sharp Ones
• Barclays Can't Escape FERC Market Manipulation Suit
• $5.6B Forex Fines Aren't The End Of Rate-Rigging Fallout
• SEC's Muni Bond Group Gets New Director
• The Firms That Steered The $5.6B Forex Settlements
• Cooley Guides Adamas Pharma On $150M Follow-On
• Deutsche Wohnen To Issue $1B In New Shares
• Cimarex Energy Plans $654M Stock Offering To Fund Drilling
• Debt, Equity Markets Heat Up As Pharma M&A Soars
• GM Asks 2nd Circ. To Junk IPO Class Action
• Accused Trader Calls SEC In-House Courts Unconstitutional
• Accused 'Flash Crash' Trader Spoofed In Bizarre Filing: Atty
• GP Investments' Blank Check Co. Draws $150M In IPO
• SEC Eyeing Tougher Disclosure Requirements For Funds
• Yahoo Says Alibaba Spinoff Still On Despite IRS Comments
• Weil Guides Black Knight Financial To $441M Public Debut
• Citi To Pay $394M In Antitrust Deal With Forex Investors
• 5 Banks To Pay $5.6B, Plead Guilty Over Forex Probes
• BHP Billiton To Pay SEC $25M For FCPA Violations
• FINRA's Plan For Algorithmic Developers Gets Mixed Reviews
• 2015 Law360 Minority Report
• The 50 Best Firms For Minority Partners
• Diversity Gap A Growing Threat To BigLaw Bottom Lines
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Minority Attorneys
• Macquarie Capital Gets 60-Day Reg D Waiver After $15M Fine
• Cadwalader Partner Arrested For Disorderly Conduct
• FINRA To Ease Filing Rules For Broker-Dealer Marketing
• Real Estate Investor With German Focus Eyes London IPO
• Despite Phony Avon Bid, SEC May Resist Edgar Makeover
• Employee Bonuses Management Co. Files For $75M IPO
• NiSource Pipeline Unit Readies $2.75B Private Offering
• Skadden-Led Shopify Boosts IPO Target To $141.7M
• EP Energy Restructures Debt With $800M Offering
• Ethanol Yieldco Green Plains Sets Sights On $200M IPO
• STORE Capital Plans $451.7M Follow-On Offering
• 10 Corporate Culture Lessons From Deutsche Bank
• Hong Kong Bans Individual Investors From Dark Pool Trading
• Schwab Pushes For High Court To Revive Its Libor Appeal
• Stradling-Led Software Co. AppFolio Eyes $100M IPO
• Embattled Petrobras Lays Groundwork For $1B Stock Offering
• Emirates NBD Lists $972M US, Euro Bonds On Nasdaq Dubai
• Ex-Terra Telecom Exec. Wants New Trial Over Bribery Scheme
• Cardiovascular Biotech Celyad Targets $115M In US IPO
• Reed Smith Nabs 2 Finance Pros To Grow NY And DC Sites
• British Regulator To Probe High-Frequency Trading
• CNL Looks To Raise $1.31B Energy Fund
• SEC's Trading And Markets Associate Director To Leave Post
• Consider 5 Things Before Choosing An E-Discovery Provider
• Skadden Guides Endo In $8B Deal For Generics Co. Par Pharma
• A Trade Debate 13 Years In The Making: What To Watch For
• FHFA Making Progress Toward Single Fannie, Freddie MBS
• 2nd Circ. Told Of Facebook IPO Backers' 'Shocking Conduct'
• Shell's Report On FCPA Violation Privileged: Texas High Court
• 5 IPOs Set To Draw $973M After Disappointing Week Of Debuts
• 3 Takeaways From DuPont's Proxy Battle Victory Over Trian
• Bernanke Decries Warren, Vitters' Bailout Bill 'Mistake'
• Circassia Plunks Down $376M For 2 Asthma Treatment Cos.
• LoanCore Realty Trust Unveils $100M IPO Plans
• Lyft Picks Up Another $150M, Led By Activist Carl Icahn
• EQT's $621M IPO Nabs Spotlight Amid Rough Week For Debuts
• Qualcomm Will Issue $10B In Bonds
• Skadden-Led Fortress Unit Prices $340M IPO
• Goldman Can't Appeal Standing In Aluminum Price-Fixing MDL
• JPMorgan Hints At Guilty Plea In Forex Deal With DOJ
• Agriculture Biotech Arcadia Raises $61.5M In Slashed IPO
• A Close Look At The New Pay-Versus-Performance Rule
• Cofco Sets Up Joint Venture In Step Toward Eventual IPO
• MLPs Provide Stream Of IPOs Amid Rocky Energy Market
• Hogan Lovells Guides Landmark On $375M IPO Plans
• Five Prime Targets $200M In Follow-On Offering
• White House Balks At Currency Provision In Customs Bill
• Agriculture Biotech Co. Arcadia Trims IPO Expectations
• BofA Issues $600M Green Bond To Back Renewable Projects
• CFTC Needs Sharper Enforcement Teeth, Massad Tells Sens.
• Cheniere Raises $11.5B For Texas LNG Export Project
• Spectrum Brands Holdings To Issue $1B In Bonds
• 3 VC-Backed Biotechs Join Flurry Of Anticipated IPOs
• The Real-World Economic Consequences Of New MLP Rules
• Galapagos Scores $275M As IPO Beats Sweetened Terms
• Chinese Nuclear Co. Gets Approval For $2.6B IPO
• Court-Appointed Experts — A Powerful But Rarely Used Tool
• Ex-SEC Head Urges Agency To Check Use Of In-House Court
• Investment Adviser Settles Case Over Facebook IPO Fraud
• White House Rips Dodd-Frank Overhaul Proposal
• SEC Enforcement Chief Extols Virtues Of Cooperation
• Glaukos Eyes IPO As Life Sciences Hit Rough Patch
• Kleinberg Kaplan Lures K&L Gates Hedge Fund Partner
• China Resources Land Seeks $1.3B In Share Sale
• SEC, DOJ Officials Warn Against Costly FCPA Missteps
• Accused 'Flash Crash' Trader Picks Kobre & Kim For Defense
• SEC Market Structure Panel Weighs Key Trading Rule's Future
• Chinese Investment Firm Terrific Sells AES Stake
• Delta Air Lines, Southwest Launch $6.5B In Share Buybacks
• Boston Scientific Finances Endo Deal With $1.85B Debt Sale
• VC-Backed DocuSign Raises $233M In Latest Round
• Sens. Vitter, Warren Team Up Against Future Bank Bailouts
• Chinese Water Treatment Co. Seeks $215M Hong Kong IPO
• GOP Lawmakers Discuss What Dodd-Frank Got Wrong
• Williams Absorbs MLP In $13.8B Consolidation
• Capital Markets Group Says Fines Topped $7.8B In Q1
• Chinese Co. Ordered To Halt Trading For Probe Into Rebrand
• SEC Tackles Extraterritoriality In Cross-Border Swap Rules
• FINRA Ramps Up Sanction Guidelines For Fraud
• Baxter Expands Cancer Therapies With $900M Oncaspar Buy
• Biotech Firm Galapagos NV Pegs Rosier $250M IPO Goal
• Shelby's Bank Reg Relief Bill Faces Long Odds
• Spectrum Brands To Launch $500M Offering
• Hinckley Allen Nabs Locke Lord Public Finance, Tax Pros
• Baker Botts Reps EQT GP In Bigger-Than-Expected $621M IPO
• Key Considerations For Investing In Marijuana Companies
• Securities Industry Divided On SEC's Trade-Through Rule
• Wall St. Again Jabs CFTC Over Cross-Border Swaps Guidance
• FDIC Chair Says Regulators Ready For A Global Bank Failure
• ItBit's NY Virtual Currency License Could Provide Road Map
• SunEdison Mulls Switch To MLP Amid $750M Bond Offering
• Empire Petroleum Fuels Up For $100M IPO
• CFTC Eyes New Trading Rules After 'Flash Crash' Bust
• Fosun To Sell $1.2B In Shares For Insurance Acquisitions
• China's Central Bank Says Quantitative Easing Not Needed
• M&A, Securities Pro Rejoins Baker & McKenzie As Partner
• SEC Commissioner Urges Action On Maker-Taker Disclosure
• Law Trio Drops In On $279M Property Trust Merger
• Delayed IPO Suit Has Too Many Defects, Genworth Says
• Blackstone Readies $2.67B Offering Of Hilton Shares
• Ex-Kilpatrick Real Estate Finance Atty Moves To Polsinelli
• 5 Reasons To Polish Your Permanent Capital Expertise
• House GOP Subpoenas Treasury, Justice, NY Fed
• Health Care Analytics Co. Press Ganey Targets $205M IPO
• Software Co. Epicor Plans Spinoff, $2.1B Debt Offering
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: DTZ, Saudi Arabian REITS, Skyview
• Weil Helps Black Knight Fine-Tune $400M IPO Plans
• Alibaba-Backed E-Commerce Co. Baozun Eyes $177M IPO
• Citi Says DOJ Won't Bring Case Over Libor Rigging
• Bail-In, Not Bail-Out: The Next Global SIFI Strategy
• Canada Reined In Dark Pools Without Market Harm: Regulator
• Skadden Guides Blank Check Co. Easterly On $150M IPO
• SEC Explains Thinking Behind Bringing Cases In-House
• Tallgrass' $1.2B IPO Nabs Spotlight As 4 Biotechs Postpone
• Online Dating Site Zoosk Pulls Plug On $100M IPO
• Week's 9 IPOs Set To Test Investors' Thinning Risk Appetite
• Pulling Up Stakes: K&L Gates, Montgomery, Nelson Mullins
• House Bill Would Tie Fannie, Freddie CEO Pay To Gov't Levels
• SEC Taps Agency Vet To Head Investment Management Unit
• Pepper Hamilton Helps Bojangles' Gobble Up $147M In IPO
• Duval & Stachenfeld Nabs Ex-Proskauer Real Estate Pro In NY
• Wal-Mart Beats Contempt Bid Over Bribery Scandal Docs
• SIFMA Exec Seeks To Restore Trust In Equity Markets
• Sens. Warren, Vitter Float Bipartisan Fed Reform Bill
• Collegium Prices $70M IPO As Another Biotech Postpones
• VC-Backed Fitbit Steps To $100M IPO
• Forest City Lobs $731M Offering To Back MIT Portfolio Buy
• CFTC, EU Chiefs Set Summer Date For Swaps Accord
• Akin Gump Advises $400M Harman Bond Offering
• IRS Simplifies Embedded Loan Tax Treatment Rule For Swaps
• VC-Backed Shopify Sets Terms For $108M IPO
• Baker Botts Steers Tallgrass Energy GP In Upsized $1.2B IPO
• SunEdison Secures Clean Energy Projects, More Funding
• Top NY Court Reopens Insurer's $120M Goldman Fraud Suit
• NY Grants First Operating License To A Bitcoin Exchange
• Chinese Insurance Co. To Raise $1.7B In Share Sale
• Law Firms Could Learn A Lot From The NFL Draft
• Puerto Rico Fights To Save Its Recovery Act At 1st Circ.
• Porter Hedges Adds Corporate Partner From Thompson Knight
• SEC Greenlights Tick-Size Pilot For Small Stocks
• Ex-MF Global Trader Reports CFTC Deal Over Metal Futures
• Flash Crash At 5: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
• ABA Urges IRS To Rethink Political Subdivision Guidance
• Health Care REIT Aims For $125M In IPO
• IRS Can Expect Blowback From MLP Income Guidance
• Endoscope Maker EndoChoice Plans $115M IPO
• Cooley Leads HTG In Week's 2nd Diagnostics IPO
• Prosensa Beats IPO Investors' Suit Over Failed Drug
• Cancer Biotech Adaptimmune Files $191M IPO
• Yellen Says Regulators Prepared For Coming Financial Risks
• Pillsbury Adds Ex-Baker Botts Tech Partner To Austin Office
• Bojangles' Boosts IPO Target As Restaurant Debuts Heat Up
• Wachtell Guides AbbVie In $16.7B Bond Offering
• JPMorgan Says Forex Talks With DOJ In Advanced Stages
• SEC Mulls Guidance On Controversial In-House Court
• Milbank Guides $600M Brookfield Infrastructure Offering
• Honigman Boosts Mich. Practice With 2 PE, Securities Pros
• CFTC Grants Ford Unit Exemption From Swaps Rules
• Midstream MLP Enterprise Draws $2.5B In Debt Offering
• Migraine Drug Developer CoLucid Slashes IPO Target
• Blackstone Pulls Out Of Pinnacle With $205M Offering
• Cleary Gottlieb, Shearman Steer REIT's $1.5B Notes Offering
• Overseas Shipping Plans IPO After Exiting Bankruptcy
• WilmerHale Leads Epizyme In $250M Follow-On Offering Plans
• Davis Polk Guides Telefonica Brasil On $5.5B Equity Offering
• Cravath Guides PE-Backed Evolent In $100M IPO
• The SEC's 'New' View On 13D Disclosure Requirements
• Adeptus Health Unveils $152M Stock Offering Amid Expansion
• Ohio Turnpike Toll Money Illegally Diverted, Suit Says
• WP Carey Junk Bond Unit Plans $400M IPO
• FINRA Chips Land In Industry Purse After CARDS Match
• EQT Targets $450M Public Debut
• 1 Law Firm Dominates April IPO Activity
• Will 9th Circ. Adopt 2nd Circ.'s Application Of Morrison?
• Builders FirstSource Eyes Stock Offering To Back $1.6B Deal
• Saudi Agency Sets Rules For Foreigners In $572B Market
• Willkie Guides HealthEquity In $109M Secondary Offering
• Schiff Hardin Nabs Ex-Locke Lord Atty With Soft-IP Muscle
• Latham Guides PE-Backed MasterCraft To $100M IPO
• SEC Grants Deutsche Bank WKSI Waiver After Guilty Plea
• Auto Co. Fenix Parts Sets Terms For $121M IPO
• Skadden-Led Fortress Unit Sets Terms For $400M IPO
• Tech Co. In China's 1st Bond Principal Default To Repay In Part
• IPO Activity Set To Spring Back As 14 Cos. Target $2B
• Australian Bank Cuts More Foreign Holdings In $495M Offering
• 4 Alibaba Securities Suits Over $25B IPO Merged In NY
• LED Maker Accused Of Selling Stock Based On Stale Info
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bright House, Pure Barre, McGraw-Hill
• Week's 4 IPOs Draw $795M As Market Revs Up For May Surge
• Nixon Peabody, Atty Sued Over Role In Alleged Twitter Ponzi
• AIG To Buy Back $3.5B In Stock As Q1 Profits Spike
• JPMorgan, Goldman, Others Duck Aluminum Antitrust MDL
• FINRA Chief Backs SEC Fiduciary Plans Over Labor Dept.
• Davis Polk Helms PepsiCo's $2.5B Debt Offering
• Banks Want Out Of Gold Futures Manipulation MDL
• Energy MLP Black Stone Prices $427.5M IPO At Low End