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Capital Markets - March, 2016

288 articles

• SEC Chair Urges Unicorn Cos. To Boost Controls Before IPOs
• OCC Opens Door For Financial Innovation
• SEC Approves ETF's Plan To Buy Up Insurer, Broker Shares
• 3 Firms Guide REIT's $401M Follow-On
• Chesapeake Hit With Class Action Over $3.9B Debt Swap
• Warren Urges SEC Probe Into Comments On Fiduciary Rule
• CFTC Blasts Watchdog Report On Enforcement Collections
• Western Digital Inks $5.2B Debt Issue To Fund SanDisk Buy
• Hogan Lovells Nabs Sovereign Wealth Expert From Jones Day
• Deals Rumor Mill: Medivation, Giordano's, SendGrid
• Downsized GE Capital Wants 'Too Big To Fail' Tag Removed
• AIG Spinoff United Guaranty Files $100M IPO
• Wanda Group Mulling $4B Property Subsidiary Buyout
• From The Book Of Jargon: WKSI
• Shifting The Law Firm Business Development Paradigm
• Investors In Libor Appeal Point To Conflicting ISDAfix Case
• Chicago Traders Can't Duck SEC Options Scamming Charges
• MetLife Ruling Could Bring Big Changes To SIFI Process
• Judge Kills Coty IPO 'Monday Morning Quarterbacking' Suit
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Canadian Miner Seeks $15M To Fight Romania In Arbitration
• Deutsche Bank Unit To Pay $4M For Reporting Violations
• Oaktree Sells Stake In REIT Through $842M Stock Deal
• Sensus Healthcare Delays $20M IPO Amid Slumping Market
• SEC Says More Input Needed On FINRA Pay-To-Play Proposal
• How Biotechs Survive Despite Volatile Capital Markets
• Barclays Settles MassMutual Suit Over $175M RMBS Buy
• Judge Removes MetLife's SIFI Tag
• Aveo Pays $4M To End SEC Claims It Misled Investors
• Blockchain Needs 'Do No Harm' Approach, CFTC Official Says
• Cancer-Focused Biotech Aeglea Sets Terms On $60M IPO
• Fund Industry Blasts SEC's Proposed Derivative Caps
• EU Cos. Must Step Up Accounting Controls, Watchdog Says
• SEC Chair Says Fund Directors Must Remain Vigilant
• Ex-Rabobank Trader Appeals Sentence To 2nd Circ.
• High Court Rejection Won't End Debate Over SEC Admin Court
• Ex-K&L Gates Finance, Energy Partner Joins Steptoe In DC
• Hunton & Williams, Ballard Spar Guide REIT On $102M Offering
• Banks Lose Bid To End ISDAfix Class Action
• Aluminum Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Antitrust Suit
• Avon Avoids Proxy War With Activist Investor Deal
• High Court Won't Hear Banks' Appeal In $2B FDIC Battle
• Loopholes In FinCEN's Luxury Real Estate Rules
• Justices Reject Challenge To SEC's In-House Court
• Mindless Lawyering: Is Doc Review 'The Practice Of Law'?
• Iranian Hacking Charges Give US Cos. Cybersecurity Edge
• VC Fund's Delisting Beef Gets Booted From Canada To UK
• Feds Urge 2nd Circ. To Let Argentina Settle With Bondholders
• American Capital Looks To Nix Suit Over $52M Deal
• Fed. Circ. Affirms CBOE Patents In $525M Row Are Abstract
• RBC, Credit Suisse Insist SEIU Libor Claims Are Too Late
• RBS Adds Former Barclays Lawyer As General Counsel
• Deutsche Bank Sued By Investment Firm Over Swap Dispute
• UK Crowdfunder Hopes To Expand Access To IPO Perks
• Sprouts Farmers Market Hit With Shareholder Suit
• What Negative Libor Would Mean For The Lending Market
• Credit Suisse To Pay $29M To End Credit Union MBS Row
• FINRA Powers Could Shrivel Under New Legal Challenge
• German Apparel Co. To File For Insolvency Months After IPO
• Aluminum Buyers Blast Late Flood Of Docs In Antitrust Row
• Canaccord Hit With SEC Fine Over Research Report
• Kirkland Reps Wyndham On $425M Notes Securitization
• Class Will Be Clear In Rabobank Libor Suit, Investors Say
• UK Regulator Floats Passporting, Algorithmic Trading Changes
• Chicken Co. Wayne Farms Drops $250M IPO Plans
• The Future Keeps Happening To Legal Services
• Congress Holds Keys To Puerto Rico's Comprehensive Relief
• Ex-Trader Litvak To Recoup $1.75M Fine After 2nd Circ. Win
• Regulators Aiming For More Uniform Bank Risk Measures
• Debevoise & Plimpton Opens Tokyo Office
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Feds Say Iranian Hackers Targeted Banks, Stock Exchanges
• What US Investors Must Know Before Investing In Canada
• From The Book Of Jargon: Make Whole
• Morgan Lewis Sheds Over 100 Attorneys After Bingham Deal
• 5 Firms On The Rise In 2016
• The Firms That Lost The Most Ground This Year
• Greenberg Traurig On Track To Become Biggest US Firm
• High Court May Rescue Puerto Rico From 'Never-Never Land'
• Clifford Chance, Venable Steer REIT IStar's $250M Offering
• TSX Plans To Revitalize Canada's Slumping Venture Exchange
• FINRA's Enforcement Authority Challenged In Brokerage's Suit
• EU Council Extends Commodity Dealer Capital Exemption
• Investor Group Calls For End To Dual-Class IPO Structures
• JPMorgan To Pay CFTC $225K To Settle Reporting Allegations
• Accused 'Flash Crash' Trader Loses UK Extradition Fight
• 1 Year Later: Omnicare's Effect On Opinion Liability
• Hayes Ordered To Pay Up After Libor Conviction
• Milbank Guides MGM Growth Properties REIT In $100M IPO
• CFTC Fines Credit Suisse $665K Over Futures Debacle
• SEC Says Barred NJ Adviser Involved In Ponzi-Like Scheme
• 'Brexit' Could Undermine European Capital Markets: Report
• Liberal Justices Seem Open To Puerto Rico Debt Law
• SEC Inching Forward On Fiduciary Duty Plans, White Says
• PE-Backed Turbine Maker Inks Smaller Deal After Pulling IPO
• O'Melveny, DLA, Kirkland Help Calif. REIT Ready $96M Offering
• EU, South Korea To Share Central Counterparty Information
• Cybersecurity Considerations For CFTC Intermediaries
• Capital Markets Union Would Include Risks, Euro Banker Says
• Puerto Rico Debt Remedy Lies With Congress, Experts Say
• Ex-Nomura Traders Say Lack Of Intent Dooms Fraud Charges
• ECB Backs EU Plan To Overhaul Prospectus Rules
• FERC Urges Judge To OK Barclays' $453M Manipulation Fine
• Aluminum Consumers Press 2nd Circ. For Antitrust Standing
• SEC Says It's Open To Proposed IEX Trading 'Speed Bumps'
• Wedbush Fined By FINRA, Nasdaq For Supervisory Failures
• Nasdaq Drops $200M On Collaboration Tech For Boards, Execs
• Shanghai Exchange Delists Co. Over Disclosure Violations
• ConforMIS Moves To Toss Suit Over $140M IPO
• Is Student Loan Stress The New Norm For Law School?
• 2nd Circ. Aluminum Case Could Help Shape Antitrust Standing
• 7 Best Practices For Managing An Associate's Personal Crisis
• Holland & Knight Nabs 10 Deals Pros From Greenberg
• Australian Software Co. WiseTech Global Preps IPO
• Uneven Resolution Regimes Pose Risks To Global Banks
• Argentina, Holders Of $155M In Defaulted Bonds Reach Deal
• CME's Fee Bid Called Payback For High-Frequency Trades Suit
• IBM Says Lack Of Fraud Dooms Stock-Slump Class Actions
• Offshore Brokerage Exec Gets 18 Years For Microcap Scheme
• EU Plans Response To Fears That Crisis-Era Regs Hurt Growth
• DC Circ. Sends Risk-Retention Rule Suit To District Court
• 'Wolf Pack' Hedge Fund Activists Targeted By Senate Bill
• A Less Verbose SEC Means IPOs Are Cleared More Quickly
• Inside FINRA's New Guidance On Digital Investment Advice
• Future Of UK Euribor Case Against Foreign Traders Still Hazy
• Garland Dissent In SEC Case Shows His Deferential Touch
• Activists Less Keen On Spinoffs, Evercore Founder Says
• Cancer Treater's IPO Nets $102M; Device Maker Reduces Plans
• Loeb Helps Chinese App Developer Set Terms For $58M IPO
• PE-Backed Wind Turbine Maker Pulls IPO Amid 'Volatility'
• ESMA Ordered To Revise Parts Of New Trading Rules
• A Snapshot Of Patent Troll Litigation Against Unicorns
• Algorithmic Trading Rules Too Broad, Industry Groups Say
• UK Bond Liquidity Worries Are Overblown, Study Says
• Proposed Law Could Breathe New Life Into Section 4(a)(5)
• Wealth Management For Senior Partners
• OPINION: Missed Opportunity In Supreme Court Nomination
• In His Own Words: 4 Key Garland Opinions
• Garland's High Court Nomination Battle Likely To Drag On
• Judge Garland Could Bring New Consensus To High Court
• Attorneys Weigh In On Obama's Supreme Court Pick
• Real Estate Firms Test Waters With New Reg A+ Offerings
• Deutsche Boerse's LSE Deal Faces Tough Regulatory Road
• CFTC Orders Equinox To Pay $5.7M Over Fund Fee Language
• NYSE Takes On Regulatory Duties, Taps Ex-Weil Atty For Role
• American Capital Can Proceed With $52M MBS Deal
• Yellen Pushes Senate To Approve Fed Nominees
• CFTC To Finalize Automated Trading, Cyber Rules This Year
• Hayes Testifies UBS Bonus Had Little Link To Libor Trading
• Overstock To Unveil First Blockchain-Based Stock Offering
• CME Inks $130M Sale-Leaseback Deal For Data Center
• Argentine Lawmakers Move Toward Funding $6.5B Debt Deal
• CFTC Cements Swaps Clearing Framework With EU
• 500.com Stuck With Investor Suit Over IPO
• DOL Fiduciary Rule Has Financial Service Cos. In A Flurry
• Obama Picks Garland To Fill High Court Seat
• Deutsche Boerse Unites With LSE To Form $30B Exchange Co.
• Argentine Bondholders Tell 2nd Circ. To Keep Injunctions
• Muni Adviser Hit With SEC Fine Over Broker-Dealer Conflict
• Robbins Geller Gets $5.3M Fee Award In Libor-Rigging Suit
• Germany Says More Delays Needed For New Securities Rules
• Dodd-Frank Regs Should Spare Well-Capitalized Banks: Rep.
• Banks Paid Hayes For Libor Wizardry, Fraud Office Says
• Tech-Focused VC Firm Accel Raises $2B In Cold IPO Market
• Dems Demand SEC Nominees' Views On Spending Disclosure
• FINRA Presses Firms To Strictly Supervise Robo-Advisers
• Insider Selling In IPOs Declines As Valuations Fall
• UK Prosecutors Drop Foreign Exchange Rigging Probe
• EU Confirms CFTC Harmony In Derivatives Counterparty Regs
• White & Case Snags Tax Atty From Gibson Dunn
• Lakahs Reviving Old Arguments In Evidence Row, Court Told
• SEC Says Steven Rattner Can Be An Investment Banker Again
• The 8 Firms GCs Can't Stop Talking About
• GCs Say These Firms Are Worth Paying Top Dollar For
• Microcap Co. CEO Charged For Lying About $1.9B In Contracts
• Green Energy Blank Check Co. Sets Terms For $100M IPO
• SEC Director Says Fund Risk Management Changes On Track
• Pimco Must Face Founder Gross' $200M Suit Over Ouster
• Argentina Bondholders Seek To Oust Mediator
• Focus Turns To Bonuses As Hayes Battles Fraud Office Again
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Societe Generale Gets $495M Euribor-Rigging Fine Reduced
• Split SEC OKs $258M PCAOB Budget Despite Fee Concerns
• Thai SEC Devising Responsible Investing Rules
• Japanese Bank Can't Escape Mt. Gox Bitcoin Class Action
• CFTC Relief For Foreign CPOs Based On Incorrect Reasoning
• Former SEC Deputy Chief Counsel Heads To Reed Smith
• Chamber Readying Legal Challenge To Fiduciary Rule
• Beaten Energy Sector Boosts Liquidity Through Follow-Ons
• Aluminum Buyers Can't Expand Antitrust Case, Judge Told
• Drug Co. May Hide Assets Instead Of Hire Attys, Investor Says
• CFTC Commish Kills Report That Sen. Warren Slammed
• 3 Firms To Guide Uptick In Life Sciences IPOs Totaling $200M
• ESMA Wants Input On Proposed Shadow Banking Regs
• Biotech Sets $75M IPO Terms While Another Yanks Deal
• Beginning Of Final Chapter In Argentine Debt Litigation
• From The Book Of Jargon: Ding The Basket
• SEC Enforcement Puts Target On Public Finance Officials
• UBS Says 2011 Depositions Not Off Limits In Egypt Bond Case
• Trader Pleads Guilty To $30M Press Release Hacking Scheme
• Ex-Rabobank Boss Gets 2 Years, Trader 1 Year For Libor Scheme
• An Inside Look At A Law Firm Diving Into Bitcoin Tech
• CBOE Tells Fed Circ. Alice Misapplied To Trading Patents
• UK Payments Regulator Says AML Fears Stymie Competition
• Potential Relief For CMBS Risk Retention
• EU Markets Chief Says Union Plan Will Free Up Investment
• SEC Predicts Record Enforcement Levels Will Continue In 2016
• Brexit Specter Signals Headwinds As London IPOs Rise
• American Capital Can't Back Out Of $52M MBS Deal, Suit Says
• Bond Funds Should Disclose Puerto Rico Investments: SEC
• A Closer Look At Warren Buffett's Letter To Shareholders
• Master Limited Partnerships — And Their Benefits And Risks
• Nasdaq To Pay $1.1B For ISE From Deutsche Boerse
• Moody's Pays $130M To End CalPERS Crisis Losses Suit
• CFTC Fines Farm Co-op $1M Over Corn, Soybean Reporting
• Citibank Loses Bid To Block PE-Backed Paper Co.'s Debt Swap
• UBS Wants Evidence Challenge Axed In Egypt Bond Case
• SEC Fines Calif. Water District For 'Enron Accounting'
• Berkshire Issues $9B Debt To Repay Loan For Parts Maker Buy
• EU Watchdogs Lay Out OTC Derivative Margin Standards
• Investor Dodges $300M Deutsche Bank Suit, For Now
• Brexit Bad For Business, UK Finance Groups Say
• Wealth Management For Mid-Level Partners
• Trading Co. Urges Fed. Circ. To Revive Software IP Row
• CFTC Has Chronic Economist Shortfall, Watchdog Says
• Senate Panel Sets Hearing For Obama's SEC Noms
• 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Capital Markets Partners
• Diabetes-Focused Senseonics Sets $60M IPO
• SEC Bars Ex-S&P Exec Over Study Of Distressed Loans
• Credit Suisse, Deutsche, Others Urge Forex MDL Dismissal
• Issuers Under Spotlight In SEC Muni Initiative
• Ex-UBS Trader Can't Take Libor Conviction To UK High Court
• SEC Enforcement By The Numbers
• Fed Governor Says Markets Showing Liquidity Strains
• Obama Defends Wall Street Reform, Pushes For More Regs
• ECB Backs Temporary Capital Reprieve For Commodity Dealers
• MoFo, Kutak Rock Guide New S&P 500 REIT's $173M Offering
• Blank Check IPOs Cash In While Broader Market Flounders
• Sen. Warren Says CFTC Official's Prof. Promotion Looks Fishy
• Outside Investors Driving Growth In Hong Kong Stock Market
• Lawmaker Questions ECB Over Commodities Market Regs
• Best Practices For Motions Brief Writing: Part 2
• One Firm Rides CMBS Wave To Beef Up Big Apple Outpost
• Bond Deal For Ex-MLB Star's Gaming Co. Was Fraud: SEC
• DOJ Puts Companies With Venezuelan Ties In Its Crosshairs
• UBS Defeats Arbitration Claim From Client's Estate
• Genworth Investors Continue Push For Class Cert. In IPO Suit
• Ex-Rabobank Traders in Libor Scheme Say Prison Unwarranted
• Fed Dials Back On Bank Trading Limit Proposal
• LSE Calls Potential Deutsche Boerse Merger 'Compelling'
• Rising Fixed-Income Market Concerns And Related Risks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Line, Thomson Reuters, Carlyle Group
• EU Markets Chief Says Banks Want Capital Rules To Scale
• Portuguese Cos. Lose Battle Over $299M Santander Swaps
• Best Practices For Motions Brief Writing: Part 1
• Trade Groups Back New EU Securitization Regulations
• 'Recantations' Don't Sink Genworth IPO Suit, Judge Says
• Georgetown Law Prof, Hedge Fund Chief Tapped For CFTC
• Deutsche Can Get $120M Bond In Libor Loan Repayment Row
• Emboldened Antitrust Regulators Making Cos. Think Twice
• Senators Prod SEC Over Snail's Pace Of Market Reforms
• Cancer Drug Developer Syndax Prices $53M IPO Below Range
• NYSE, Nasdaq Look To Change Fees
• Judge Skeptical Of Lifting Ex-MedImmune Exec's SEC Ban
• BNY Must Face Belgian Investor's $1.12B RMBS Suit
• Hong Kong Watchdog Warns Of Tweeting Inside Info
• From The Book Of Jargon: Emerging Growth Company
• Triaxx Funds Blast Banks For $85M Loss In JPMorgan Trusts
• Bad Boy Broker Study Shines Light For Regulators To Follow
• US Risk Panel Keeps SIFI Tag On MetLife
• Hong Kong Has Banner IPO Year But Warns Of Tough Times
• Rabobank Presses For Chance To Strike Libor Class Claims
• House Panel Approves Bill Allowing 'Venture Exchanges'
• Wealth Management For New Law Firm Partners
• Tilton, Patriarch Can't Escape Bank's Suit Over CDO Losses
• SEC Commish Says Securitization Rules Have Hurt Markets
• UK Regulators Ban Ex-Deutsche Trader Who Rigged Libor
• Market Watchdog Wary Of Uncertain Bond Market Liquidity
• Debt Investors At Odds On When Argentina Should Pay $5B
• Latest SEC Bounty To Attract Outside Whistleblowers
• Exxon Mobil's $12B Jumbo Bond Joins Year's Biggest
• Biotech IPOs Nudge 1 Firm Ahead of Peers In Quiet February
• UK Plans To Unveil Insurance-Linked Securities Regs In 2016
• Barclays Loses Fight To Get $453M FERC Case Put On Hold
• White & Case Adds New M&A Partner In Prague
• Hotels Face Challenges As Wave Of CMBS Maturities Nears
• NYSE Parent Co. Also Interested In London Stock Exchange
• Comparing SEC And CFTC Market Abuse Regimes