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Capital Markets - November, 2015

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• Fed Keeps Flexibility Despite New Bailout Limits
• VTech Hack Exposes 5M Parents, Kids' Personal Data
• Westgate Resorts Sells $156M In New Timeshare Notes
• Slater & Gordon's Stock Tumbles Amid UK Whiplash Rules
• Ferrari Snags $2.64B In Financing As It Prepares For Spinoff
• Goodwin-Led 'Unicorn' Atlassian Sets Terms For $350M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Staples, Anheuser-Busch, BATS
• IMF Approves China's Currency For Global Reserves
• Fantex Files For $30M Nasdaq IPO Of Athlete Tracking Stock
• China Calls Off Stock Purchase Mandate On Traders
• FinCEN Reopens Rule That Could Kill Tanzanian Bank
• Teva Launches $6.75B Offering To Back Allergan, Rimsa Deals
• EU Seeks Overhaul Of Prospectus Rules To Unlock Capital
• China Says Derivatives Can't Fund Securities Trading
• NY Class Action Alleges Barclays Rigged Forex Markets
• HK's Ban On 'Dark Pool' Trading By Individuals Takes Effect
• China Probes 3 Brokerages In Margin Finance Crackdown
• HK Watchdog Looks To Expand Short Selling Disclosure Rules
• Federal Reserve Rule Limits Emergency Lending Powers
• How Trial Counsel Can Take Advantage Of New Federal Rules
• BofA, JPMorgan, Others Stifling Rate-Swaps Competition: Suit
• Citigroup Investors File New RMBS Suit, Claim $2.3B In Losses
• Nasdaq Can't Shake Immunity Decision In Facebook IPO Suit
• Britain Looks To Unload Lloyd's, RBS Bailout Stakes
• WuXi PharmaTech Shareholders OK $3.3B Go-Private Deal
• 2nd Circ. Asks Del. High Court's Opinion On $800M RMBS Suit
• The MVPs Of Capital Markets Law
• Halliburton Can't Stay Investor Suit For 5th Circ. Appeal
• SEC Blesses Bloomberg, Fintech Trade Matching Plans
• 8 Essential Reads For Capital Markets Lawyers
• OPINION: In Search Of Our Best Law Firm Selves
• Kraft, Mondelez Say Futures Trading Wasn't Manipulation
• Barclays Settles Investor Suit Over Libor Rigging For $14M
• From The Book Of Jargon: Happy Meal
• Citic Overstated Equity Swaps By $166B: China Securities Reg
• Key Takeaways From The SEC's 2015 Whistleblower Report
• 3 Banks Say Lack Of Jurisdiction Frees Them From Forex Suit
• CFTC's Algorithm Inspection Plan Sparks Trade Secret Fears
• EU Unveils Deposit Insurance Plan For Eurozone
• Fitch Red-Flags CMBS Debt Changes In Fresh Deals
• Fed Sets Plan To Improve Big Bank Supervision
• 'Flash Boys' Firm Says Quote Delay Makes Market Fairer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reliance, Bertelsmann, Silk Road Fund
• 4 Firms Guide Media Giant Televisa's $1.2B Bond Offering
• PE Firm Gilde Buy Out Partners Closes $1.2B Fund
• Fed Wants Banks To Disclose Liquidity Profiles
• Dechert Nabs Energy, Pharma Deals Pro In London
• CFTC Proposes New Automated Trading Rules
• Student Loan Bond Market: Diminished, But Functioning
• New Federal Rules Acknowledge It's Time To Drop The 'E'
• US, China Tackle Banking Regs, Trade Secrets Squabbles
• 10 Things You Should Know About Securities Crowdfunding
• Ex-Rabobankers Seek New Trial In Libor-Rigging Row
• JPMorgan Settles With Calif. Cities In Muni Bond MDL
• Brazil Megabanks Seek To Delay IRB-Brasil IPO
• Constellation Brands Taps $400M Debt To Buy Craft Brewer
• BNY Mellon Warns High Court Against Warping RMBS Market
• Chinese Official Says Gov't To Boost Market Transparency
• Playtech Hits Brakes On Two Buys Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
• India, Bangladesh Regulators Sign Capital Markets Pact
• Hong Kong Regulator Calls For Update To Trading Guidelines
• Retailer Duluth Rallies After $80M IPO Prices Below Range
• MetLife's SIFI Battle Being Waged In Secret, Advocate Says
• Barclays Hit With $1M FINRA Fine Over Flawed Index Data
• 3 IPOs Held Back Over Weak Market Conditions
• Whistleblower Wants Wells Fargo RMBS Tax Fight Revived
• SEC Accuses Nursing Home Exec Of $190M Fraud
• JPMorgan, Other Banks Get Forex Class Action Kicked To NY
• Texas High Court Won't Push Forex Receiver To Arbitration
• REIT Hudson Pacific Reveals Plans For $425M Note Offering
• Xenith IP Group Raises $40M In Australian IPO
• FINRA Hits Deutsche Bank Securities Unit With $1.4M Fine
• EU Moves To Bring More Private Capital To Infrastructure
• 10 Chinese Companies Put Back Into IPO Starting Gate
• SEC Could Bring Dodd-Frank Bonus Proposal In December
• 3 Ways Technology Is Changing Law Office Designs
• Dark Pools Enter Risky Waters Under SEC Disclosure Plans
• Square IPO Soars, But 'Ratchet' Provision Worries Some
• 13 Key Business Objectives For Corporate Legal Departments
• Nike OKs $12B Share Buyback, Stock Split
• Former Sentinel CEO Gets Lifetime Trading Ban In CFTC Suit
• Reg A+ Needs Fundraising And Liquidity Tweaks, SEC Told
• Cantor Fitzgerald Fights For Over $7M In Foreign Tax Credits
• Party City IPO Investor Sues Over Melting 'Frozen' Sales
• Capital Markets MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Kay Ian Ng
• House Approves Bill To Overhaul Federal Reserve Processes
• From The Book Of Jargon: Swapping Seconds
• CORRECTED: Square's $243M IPO Prices Below Range
• Unified SEC Proposes Dark Pool Disclosure Rules
• Nasdaq Mulls Update To Shareholder Approval Rules
• House Begins Debate On Fed Overhaul Despite Veto Threat
• Capital Markets MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Carsten Berrar
• Time Warner Joins Debt Market Rush With $900M Offering
• Jones Day, Davis Polk Guide ConAgra On Spinoff
• Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance Steer REIT's $533M Bond Deal
• SEC's White Told To Reclaim Authority In DOL Fiduciary Fight
• Focus Media's Plan To Relist Gets OK From China Regulators
• Barclays Hit With Additional $150M NY Forex Fine
• FinCEN As Its Own Prosecutor, Judge And Executioner
• 3 Things You Need To Know About Loyalty Shares
• Capital Markets MVPs: Simpson Thacher's Fenyes, Kaufman
• Another SEC In-House Case Blocked In Ga.'s Northern District
• Shearman, Paul Hastings Guide Airline's $175M Offering
• Fed Gov. Says Central Clearing May Make Bank Funding Safer
• Fed's Tarullo Warns Against Knee-Jerk Shadow Banking Regs
• Online Lender Earnest Raises $275M In Financing Round
• Metals Investors Rip Bid To Dismiss London Price-Fixing Suit
• Reg A-Plus Reflects Lawmakers' Intent, SEC Tells DC Circ.
• Duke Can Issue $1.3B In Bonds For Shuttered Nuke Plant
• Deals Rumor Mill: P4, Miramax, China Merchants Group
• 500.com Denies Hiding Risk Of Suspension From IPO Investors
• Singapore Bourse To Eye Chinese Cos. With Sudden Losses
• Capital Markets MVP: Latham & Watkins' Kirk Davenport
• Investor Suit Accuses Indian Film Co. Of 'Pervasive' Deception
• House Backs Limits On Fannie And Freddie CEO Pay
• BofA Aims To Nix $600M Ambac Row Over Countrywide MBS
• SEC's Aguilar To Leave Agency By Year's End
• SEC Whistleblower Tips, Bounty Claims Surge Yet Again
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tsinghua, Staples, Dali Foods
• Shearman Aids NYSE Parent In $650M Stock Deal For Trayport
• IMF Chief Gives Boost To Chinese Currency Efforts
• $2B Forex Settlement Snubs ERISA Claims, Funds Say
• Rosen Firm Takes Lead Role In Wayfair IPO Omission Suit
• Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse Want Forex Discovery Rights
• Chinese Regulator Investigating Official Who Oversaw IPOs
• Crowdfunding Opening New Doors For Emerging Companies
• 8 Firms To Guide $1.5B In IPOs In Pre-Thanksgiving Rush
• Puerto Rico Tells High Court Debt Appeal Still Urgent
• NYSE Wants To Add Asterisk To Anomalous ETF Trades
• Scott & Scott Named Lead Counsel In FXCM Investor Suit
• EU Commish Urges More Cross-Border Investment With HK
• Barclays Pays $120M To Exit Part Of Libor MDL
• Convicted Trader Can't Toss 'Fearful' Judge From CFTC Suit
• Capital Markets MVP: Fenwick's Jeffrey Vetter
• Take Your Marks: An Associate's Guide To Your 1st Big Trial
• UK Authorities Charge 10 In Euribor Rate-Rigging Scheme
• LoanDepot Pulls Plug On $510M IPO Plans
• China Bourses Double Margin Financing Requirement
• A New Exemption From SEC Registration Would Be Risky
• Shadow Banking Industry Grows To $36 Trillion Worldwide
• Liberty To Reclassify Shares To Monitor Sirius, Other Assets
• Deals Rumor Mill: Postal Savings Bank, T-Mobile, Syngenta
• Ex-NYPD Commish Says Companies Must Up Cyber Defenses
• Amundi Raises $1.6B In Paris' Largest IPO In A Decade
• Cross-Border M&As Take Cultural Aptitude, Experts Say
• NY Court Won't Revive $665M Morgan Stanley, UBS MBS Suits
• AstraZeneca Prices $6B Bond To Help Fund ZS Pharma Buy
• Citadel Securities Tells 7th Circ. Its Fee Suit Can Bypass SEC
• Capital Markets MVP: Dechert's Camille Abousleiman
• Pomerantz Named Lead Counsel In $121M ConforMIS IPO Suit
• Prepare Now For A New Swaps Margin Regime
• From The Book Of Jargon: Testing The Waters
• ABN Amro IPO Could Net $3.6B For Dutch Government
• Despite Slow Economy, Attys Say Brazil Is Still A Good Bet
• Duane Morris Nabs Finance Pro From Richards Kibbe & Orbe
• Future Of Libor Antitrust Claims On The Line At 2nd Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Molson, Dell, Postal Savings Bank Of China
• Dems Seek Stronger Swaps Rules After Dodd-Frank Rollback
• SEC Commissioner Says Bitcoin Tech Demands Closer Look
• NY Firms Agree To Settle Fee Row Over IPO Securities Suits
• Sidley Snags Ex-Morgan Lewis Entertainment Finance Pro
• SEC Says Ponzi Scheme Used Jobs Act Rules To Raise $20M
• CFTC Eyeing Cybersecurity Testing Rules For Exchanges
• BigLaw Atty Faces Sanctions For Tweets At Spoofing Trial
• Debt Buyer Asks Justices To Weigh Usury Law Preemption
• CalSTRS Looks To 2nd Circ. In Bid To Join Yen Libor Suit
• Capital Markets MVP: Davis Polk's Michael Kaplan
• SEC Chair Defends Slow Progress On Fiduciary Standard
• China Freezes Shares Held By Mom Of Arrested Hedge Funder
• UBS Presses For Trial In Spat Over $100M Egyptian Bond Debt
• Discerning An Enforcement Standard From Moody's HK Case
• Global Regulators Finish Bank 'Bail-In' Proposal
• Pimco Blasts Co-Founder Bill Gross' $200M Suit Over Ouster
• NJ Law OKs Intrastate Crowdfunding Campaigns Up To $1M
• Global Finance Regulators Seek Climate Change Task Force
• Capital Markets MVP: Baker Botts' Mollie Duckworth
• Money-Laundering Crackdown Hits Hard In Developing World
• Pakistan SEC Pushes Upgrades To Capital Market Rules
• Supreme Court Urged To Revive BofA Mortgage Risk Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Canadian Pacific, Nat'l Grid, HelloFresh
• China, Singapore Cooperate On Cross-Border Investment
• FinCEN Can Revisit 'Death Sentence' Rule, Judge Says
• Wachtell-Led Match Group Seeks To Score With $433M IPO
• How Will London's Specialist Court Affect US Companies?
• Accelerated Share Repurchases: A Primer For Counsel
• Santos To Sell $2.5B In Assets And Shares To Cut Debt
• Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own
• 5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms
• CFTC Enforcement Earns New Stripe After Besting SEC Haul
• SFX CEO's Failed Takeover Bid Was A 'Sham,' Suit Says
• CFTC Seeks $3M Penalty In Intrade Illegal Options Row
• 10 Firms To Steer Nearly $1B In IPOs Following Long Lull
• Regulators Plan To Strengthen Banker Compensation Rules
• Halliburton Prices $7.5B Bond Offer For Baker Hughes Deal
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Challenge To SEC In-House Court
• Will The SEC's New Crowdfunding Rules Be Worth The Wait?
• US Bank, Others Seek Approval Of $1B RMBS Citigroup Deal
• Watchdogs Flag Problematic Oil & Gas, Leveraged Loans
• Dual-Class Share Listings Grow Despite Skeptics
• China Reboots IPOs As Market Slowly Heals
• All You Need To Know About The Trans-Pacific Partnership
• The Top 10 Moments Of The Rabobank Traders' Trial
• NY Appeals Court Revives MBS Suit Against Morgan Stanley
• Libor-Rigging Convictions To Stoke Prosecutors' Fire
• Ontario Raises $1.3B In IPO For Electric Co. Hydro One
• Morgan Lewis, Weil, Simpson Guide Asset Manager Tie-Up
• Canadian Regulators Back Crowdfunding With Final Rule
• Goodwin Opens Capital Markets-Focused Office In Germany
• Nations In TPP Deal Swear Off Currency Manipulation
• EU Approves French Plans To Bolster Small Businesses
• French Regulator Looks To Fine High-Frequency Trader Virtu
• Ex-Rabobankers Found Guilty Of Rigging Libor
• From The Book Of Jargon: Drop Dead Date
• SEC Retooling Insider Trading Tactics After Newman
• SEC Official Seeks To Calm Compliance Pros' Nerves
• BofA, Others Can't Shake Libor MDL Class Claims
• First Spoofing Conviction To Fuel More Prosecutions
• Rabobank Jury Digs Into Evidence At NYC Libor-Rigging Trial
• Credit Suisse, Investors To Settle Suit Over $1.6B In MBS
• SEC Whistleblower Tips Expected To Surge Higher
• Cleary Targeted By Hedge Funds In Argentina Fight
• Yellen Defends Fed's Post-Crisis Bank Supervision
• Thai Regulator Floats Streamlined Public Offering Rules
• HCA To Pay $215M To Settle Shareholder Class Action
• OPINION: Via Duke, Companies Are Shaping Discovery
• Hedge Fund Settles With Goldman After MBS Action Fails
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $258M In US Sanctions Settlement
• China Accidentally Raises Hopes For Shenzhen-HK Stock Link
• Ceresney's Cues On Future Of Market Structure Enforcement
• Rakoff Raps Willkie Farr Atty At Rabobank Trial Closings
• Wayfair Investor Wants Suits Over IPO Omission Combined
• High-Speed Trader Found Guilty In Landmark Spoofing Case
• LoanDepot Primes $510M IPO In Push To Serve Homebuyers
• Wannabe Dark Pool Wants Too Much Power, SEC Says
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Bedford's Wells Fargo Trust MBS Suit
• Reg A+ Struggles To Find Footing In Uncertain Climate
• Strategies For Law Firms Leaping Into Latin America
• China Vows To Trade Yuan Freely By 2020
• Turmoil In The Chinese Capital Markets And Related Trends
• Activision Blizzard Inks $5.9B Buyout Of King Digital
• Year's Largest IPO Helps 2 Firms Shine In October
• First Data Prices $3.4B Bond Offer To Slash Debt
• SEC Officer Lays Out Market Structure Enforcement Priorities
• Justices Reject MBS Transfers Suit Against BNY Mellon
• 4 Life Science Cos. Set Terms For IPOs Totaling $276M
• High Court Passes On S&P Investors' Suit Over MBS Ratings
• Watchdog Cites Problems With Fed Stress Test Reviews
• China Arrests Fund Managers In Market Manipulation Fight
• China Mulls Easing Curbs On Investing Abroad