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Capital Markets - May, 2017

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• PE-Backed IPOs, Biotech Deals Push 2 Firms Ahead Of Pack
• Irish Finance Ministry To Hand Off Quarter Of AIB Stake
• Chicago Trader Gets 1 Year For Stealing Company's Software
• SEC Will Continue Whistleblower Program, Ex-Chair Says
• Gov't Watchdog Says FDIC Still Lags On Data Security
• CFTC Hits Unregistered Forex Trader With Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fortum, Zhong An Online, United Engineers
• CFTC Scores Default Win Over Metals Investment Scheme
• The Return Of Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire
• Puerto Rico Bond Payments Frozen Amid Competing Claims
• Wells Fargo Turns Tables On BlackRock, Others In MBS Suit
• Fed Fines Deutsche Bank $41M For Money Laundering Fails
• Nomura Traders Mount Last-Minute Push For Fraud Acquittal
• Bankrupt Calif. 'Hedge Fund' Loses CFTC Suit By Default
• PE-Backed GMS Eyes Potential $188M Secondary Offering
• Kinder Morgan Canada Raises $1.3B For Pipeline Expansion
• Gray Matters: Identities Are Us
• LSEG Drops $685M For Citi's Fixed-Income-Related Biz
• Hedge Fund Fights FINRA Bid To Ditch Bogus Payout Suit
• Justices Won't Hear Tilton's Suit Over SEC In-House Courts
• The Emerging Popularity Of Interval Funds
• The Firms That Grew Fastest Without Merging
• The Firms That Lost The Most Ground In 2016
• The Law360 400
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Turning 50, Greenberg Traurig Tops The Law360 400
• Biggest US Firms Opt For Modest Growth In Sluggish Market
• Plane Speaking Judge Rips Aircraft Firm's Cash Stockpile
• Venture Financing Begins To Stabilize After Downturn
• Deals Rumor Mill: Linde, State Bank of India, PepsiCo
• Kinder Morgan Says Trans Mountain Project Depends On IPO
• Interest Rate Swap Trader Says Exchange OK On Its Own
• Glass-Steagall Revival Could Have Profound Impact
• UK's First Publicly Traded Law Firm Hikes Revenue 15%
• Investors To Appeal Dismissal Of Fannie, Freddie Suit
• 4 Tips To Avoid A 1st Quarter Flop Once You Go Public
• Keeping Up With The SEC's Enforcement Priorities
• 7th Circ. Backs CFTC Dismissal Of $3.6M Trading Loss Suit
• Helicopter Service Co.'s $3.9M Deal Denied Preliminary OK
• PE-Backed Cable Giant, Tech Cos Price IPOs Totaling $438.3M
• My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours: Part 2
• Third Coinbase User Opposes IRS Bid As 'Fishing Expedition'
• Top Pence Aide Wants Bank Creditors To Play Regulatory Role
• Global Regulators Set FX Market Conduct Code After Scandals
• Fried Frank Grows NY Office With Finance, Litigation Hires
• My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours: Part 1
• BNP Paribas Pays $350M To Settle NY Currency Probe
• 2 Real Estate Firms Seek IPOs Led By Granite Point
• DC Circuit Focuses On SEC's Powers Over ALJs
• PE-Backed Kosmos Energy Unveils $290M Secondary Offering
• Feds Tell High Court To Rule On State Securities Suits
• Investors Rip Citi's Bid For Quick Win In RMBS Trustee Suit
• HSBC Fights For Right To Legal Advice Defense In MBS Row
• CFTC Head Seeks Bigger Budget, But Trump Wants It Flat
• Rate-Swap Class Plaintiffs Paint Big-Dollar Damages Picture
• Goldman Sachs To Unload 4M Hyatt Shares In Secondary Sale
• Trump Budget Targets Financial Regulators
• SEC Halts Some Admin. Proceedings After 10th Circ. Ruling
• SEC Sues To Halt $23M Mortgage Investment Scheme Fraud
• Attorneys, Your Input Is Needed On Deposition Rule
• Fate Of The SEC In-House Court: Careful What You Wish For
• CFTC Says Rule Changes Will Improve Whistleblower Program
• No-Admit Settlements Undercut Accountability, Paper Says
• Ex-Adidas Owner Loses Appeal, Must Return €404M Award
• Investors Ask To Keep Deutsche, JPMorgan Deals In NY
• India-Focused Blank-Check Co. Files $125M IPO
• $1.4B Virtu Acquisition Undervalues KCG, Shareholders Say
• Puerto Rican Agencies Added To Restructuring
• SunCoke Energy Prices Downsized $630M Debt Offering
• Hacker Gets Time Served In $30M Press Release Scheme
• PE-Backed Oil Field Services Provider Joins IPO Pipeline
• American Dream Closes $1.67 Billion Construction Financing
• Feds Oppose Coinbase User Intervention In IRS Summons
• Texas Driller 'Death Spiral' Suit Against Investor Dismissed
• CBO Says CHOICE Act Would Cut Deficit By $24B
• The FX Global Code And Its Enforcement: What To Expect
• Trustee To Form Retiree Committee In Puerto Rico Bankruptcy
• SAP Gets Judge To Ax Financial Data Patent Under Alice
• Barclays, SocGen, Others Again Fail To Dodge Libor Suit
• Ex-NY Town Supervisor Found Guilty Of Muni Bond Fraud
• Va. Man Charged With $100M Fitbit Stock Manipulation Fraud
• Ex-Barclays Forex Trader Gets $1.2M Fine, Industry Ban
• Split On SEC In-House Judges To Be Key In DC Circ. Case
• SEC Still Weighing Plans For 1st New Trading Pit In Decades
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Vinson
• Fla. Precious Metals Dealer Pays $1M To Settle CFTC Claims
• 3 Firms To Guide IPOs Totaling $549M Led By PE-Backed Deal
• Black Elk Trustee Gets $29M In Platinum Partners Claims
• Ontario Raises $2B After Selling Stake In Hydro One
• How Client Feedback Programs Benefit Law Firms And Clients
• CFTC Swaps Capital Proposal Needs Work, Groups Say
• SEC OKs New Continuing Ed. Rules For Muni Advisers
• Chinese Educator, Dutch Biotech Raise $258M In US IPOs
• Apple Turns To European Debt Market With $2.8B Bond Offer
• SEC Chair Faces Uphill Climb In Reviving IPO Market
• FINRA Boss Notes Sharp Drop In Market Manipulation Signs
• SEC Rethinking Approval Of Leveraged ETFs
• Morgan Lewis Nabs Paul Hastings Pair Shortly After Move
• Class Seeks Supplement OK In FXCM Chancery Breach Suit
• FINRA Fines Merrill Lynch Over Customer Trade Prices
• Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Puts Pensions At Risk
• SEC Warns Firms To Beef Up Security After Cyberattacks
• GOP Sen. Floats Tax Bill To Help With Investment Expenses
• Future CFTC Chair Announces New Tech Initiative
• Deals Rumor Mill: WaveDivision, Stonyfield, Global Atlantic
• PE Firm Eyes $517M Sale To Shed Jeld-Wen Majority Stake
• Oil Driller Sucking Fund Into 'Death Spiral,' Judge Told
• Senate Bill Would Ease Stress Testing For Small Banks
• G1 Therapeutics Raises $105M In IPO Guided By Mintz Levin
• Snap Hit With Investor Suit Claiming Misleading Metrics
• SEC Pursuing MBS Traders Despite Prosecutors' Early Flop
• Malaysian Family Wants Some US Gov't Seizure Bids Tossed
• Ex-Snap Employee Says User Metrics Concerns Led To Firing
• Old Mutual Selling Shares In US Arm In $252M Offering
• CHOICE Act's Potential Outsized Influence On The SEC
• Blackstone Unloads Nearly Entire Stake In Performance Foods
• PE-Backed Cable Giant WideOpenWest Launches $400M IPO
• Yahoo Readies $3B Share Buyback Ahead Of Verizon Deal
• Metals Dealers CEO Loses Bid To Have CFTC Sanctioned
• Solving The Legal Industry's Data Protection Breakdown
• SEC Taps Willkie Farr, Sullivan & Cromwell Attys For Top Jobs
• US Bank Slammed Over Bid To Cut RMBS Plaintiff From Case
• PE-Backed Insurer Kinsale Prices $131M Secondary Offering
• SEC Wins Freeze Against Fraudster Over Alleged Client Fibs
• Energy And Media SPACs Raise $390M To Fund Acquisitions
• SEC Settles Fraud Claims Over Alaskan Mining Co.'s Offering
• SEC Charges Ex-Nomura Head Traders Over MBS Lies
• Energy MLP, Cancer-Focused Biotech File IPOs Totaling $200M
• 5 Things To Know About Justice Gorsuch's First 30 Days
• DC Circ. Pauses MetLife SIFI Appeal As Critics Cry Foul
• The Concerns Surrounding Snap's No-Vote Shares
• Acting Comptroller's Comments Could Preview Volcker Easing
• Judge Won't Revive Maxpoint Pre-IPO Disclosures Suit
• Feds Say No Surprises For HSBC Trader Who Deceived Client
• 5 Mistakes That End Law Firms
• 4 Firms To Lead 3 IPOs Raising $300M, Led By Biotech Cos.
• Fitbit Investors Garner Class Cert. In Stock Drop Suit
• PE-Backed Gardner Denver Leads 4 IPOs Surpassing $1B
• Real Estate Rumors: Related, BH3, Advance Realty
• Shaping FINRA's Desk Commentary Safe Harbor
• BNY Gets RMBS Claims Against JPMorgan Partially Revived
• Equity Crowdfunding Struggles To Gain Steam At 1-Year Mark
• Investor Says Deutsche Can't Chase $300M Debt In NY
• Greenberg's AIG Loss Strengthens Gov't's Crisis Powers
• NY Banking Regulator Sees Leeway To Ban Bad Actors
• JPMorgan Investor Blasts SEC $75M Distribution Plan
• Fitbit Can't Run Away Before Discovery Over, Investors Say
• Clearing Broker Ducks $68M Loss Claim In FINRA Arbitration
• Banks Say South Africa Can't Reach Them In Forex Rig Case
• What To Watch For From The New SEC Chairman
• 4 Ex-Ropes & Gray Attys Join Gibson Dunn In Hong Kong
• CFTC Seeks $390K Fine, Lifetime Ban For Menacing Trader
• Ex-World Bank Atty Says Enviro Concerns Affect Financing
• Dealmakers Expect More 'Unicorns' To Tap IPO Market
• Investors Ask 2nd Circ. To Renew Alibaba IPO Class Action
• Texas Driller Says Shabby Investor Deals Risk Its Ruin
• SEC Aims To 'Slam The Courthouse Door,' Tilton Tells Justices
• IRS To Issue Private Rulings Again On Certain Distributions
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, Pret A Manger, Sandals Resorts
• Over-The-Counter Investors Seek Cert. In Libor-Rigging MDL
• Big Banks' $165M Deal Gets Initial OK In NovaStar MBS Suit
• Energy Industry Attys Say Deals Changing Post-Downturn
• NY Judge Won't Combine Loan Suits Against REIT
• Value-Based Health Care: 10 Things Investors Should Know
• How CHOICE Act May Change SEC Reporting, Governance
• $11M Investment Fraud Nets Ill. Man 9-Year Sentence
• Judge Handling Puerto Rico Case Seen As Strong Choice
• SEC, Chinese Investors' Atty Spar Over EB-5 'Securities'
• SEC Judge Forgives Fundraising Weed Co.'s Late Filing
• SEC's Piwowar Warns 'SAFE' Investments Carry Risks
• Simpson Thacher Deal Maker Picked To Lead SEC Corp. Unit
• US Report Finds 'Little Interest' In China Finance Markets
• Contura Energy Marks Latest Coal Co. To Seek IPO
• Guaranty Bancshares Raises $54M In Midrange IPO
• Korean Law Applies To $73M Citi Fraud Suit, 2nd Circ. Told
• UBS Says It Didn't Know Judge's Dad Had Arbitration 'Cameo'
• Ex-SEC Accountant Pleads Guilty Over Hidden Options Trades
• HSBC Can't Raise Atty Advice In RMBS Cases, Judge Says
• Deutsche Used Shortcuts In $306M Suit, Morgan Stanley Says
• How To Save The European Securitization Market
• Why US Law Firms Need Anti-Money Laundering Policies
• SEC Allowing Bigger Bets With Leveraged ETF Approval
• Nomura Traders Slam Ex-Coworker At RMBS Fraud Trial
• Fintech Co. Accuses Interest Rate Swap Servicer Of Monopoly
• Apple Returns To Debt Market With $7B Bond Offering
• Engine Maker Facing Derivative Suit Over Nasdaq Delisting
• US Says There Are Grounds To Revive Moody's FCA Suit
• Huntsman To Spin Off Pigments Maker Venator Through IPO
• Banker's FCA Suit 'Parasitic' On $7.2B RMBS Deal, Judge Says
• 3 Cos. Launch IPOs Totaling $300M Led By Biotech Firms
• 3 Firms Steer CareTrust REIT's $300M Notes Offering
• Investor Asks Va. Court To Delay FBR Merger Vote
• 4 Firms To Guide IPOs Topping $1.6B Led By PE-Backed Deal
• Judge Swain Chosen To Preside Over Puerto Rico Bankruptcy
• 2 Cos. Price IPOs Totaling $285M Led By KKR-Backed REIT
• TSG To Exit Planet Fitness With Potential $325M Share Sale
• Independence Realty Trust Grabs $300M In New Financing
• Claimed Tipster Can't Earn On Tips To Other Agencies: SEC
• Bankrupt Energy Co. Reaches Deal In Shareholder Suit
• CFTC Pushes Back At Metals Dealers CEO's Sanctions Bid
• Nomura Trader Loses Last-Minute Bid For Separate Trial
• State Bank Regulators To OCC: 'Innovation' Starts In States
• DC Circ. Told To Embrace 10th Circ. Ruling On SEC Judges
• SPACs Continue To Be Attractive Capital-Raising Vehicles
• High-Yield Debt Market Rebounds After Rough 2016
• FINRA Fines Ex-AIG Units Over Net Capital Accounting
• Judge Rips Both Sides In Post-Judgment DQ Bid In $70M Row
• O'Melveny Partner Tapped To Lead FSOC Staff Amid Review
• Rosen Law Firm Nabs Lead Role In FXCM Investor Suit
• Insurers Say Puerto Rico's Plan Violates Restructuring Law
• PE-Backed Web Hosting Co. GoDaddy Unveils 24M-Share Sale
• SEC Accounting Chief Tells Cos. To Prepare For Rule Changes
• Australia Warns BHP Billiton Changes Could Spur Penalties
• GOP Dodd-Frank Replacement Bill Clears House Committee
• Split 10th Circ. Won't Rethink Ruling On SEC Judges
• Husch Blackwell Picks Up 2 Insolvency Attorneys In Dallas
• Churchgoers Duped In $13M Trading Scheme, CFTC Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Citrix, Logicor
• Consultant Cleared To Weigh In On Labaton's $75M Fee Award
• PE-Backed Nine Energy Files IPO Led By Vinson & Elkins
• Credit Suisse To Pay $400M In Failed Credit Union RMBS Deal
• Lender, CME Trader Classes Seek Cert. In Rate-Rigging MDL
• PE-Backed Industrial Giant Gardner Denver Launches $1B IPO
• NFA Fines UK-Based Asset Manager $1M Over Loans To CEO
• Unilever Prices $3.2B US Bond To Help Fund Buybacks
• Puerto Rico Seeks Court Protection To Restructure $70B Debt
• Feds Fight Nomura Trader's Last-Minute Bid For Separate Trial
• Simpson Thacher Partner Noreika To Temporarily Lead OCC
• Axing Carried Interest Tax Perk May Create New Loopholes
• PE-Backed Solaris Rides Energy Wave With $175M IPO Launch
• Senate Confirms Sullivan & Cromwell Partner To Head SEC
• GOP, Dems Bicker At First Day Of Dodd-Frank Markup
• CFTC Claims Pa. Man Lied About Futures Trading Program
• SEC Rewards Whistleblower For 'Well-Hidden' Misconduct Tip
• CFTC's New Automated Trading Rules Draw Criticism
• 2 PE-Backed Cos. Prime Secondary Offerings Nearing $361M
• Traders Beat 13-Year-Old Suit Over Allegedly Botched Orders
• Ackman's $4.6B Pershing Square Fund Opens London Trading
• Deals Rumor Mill: Staples, Home Capital, Guangzhou Rural
• The Current State Of The Sovereign Bond Market
• A Reminder That Market Regulators Are Still Watching
• What Lawyers Should Know To Avoid Online Scams
• UBS Strikes $445M Deal With Credit Union Agency Over RMBS
• Trump Wants Permanent Tax Cuts, Carried Interest Overhaul
• Cities Could Be Limited In FHA Cases After High Court Ruling
• House OKs ETF Safe Harbor, Nixes Puerto Rico Exemption
• 1 Firm Grabs Spotlight Amid IPO Resurgence In April
• Man Accused Of Looting Theme Park Bonds Will Pay SEC $5M
• Hacker Sentenced In $16M FIFA Video Game Currency Theft
• Big Banks Must Face Aussie Benchmark Claims, Investors Say
• SEC Sues Recidivist Fraudster Over New Investment Scheme
• Banks Say Price-Fixing Data Errors Buy Them Do-Over
• Debevoise Adds Ex-SEC FCPA Chief To White Collar Practice
• How Recent Executive Orders May Affect SEC And CFTC
• Barclays To Pay $16.5M Over RMBS Trading Violations
• Web Servers: An Overlooked Cybersecurity Risk At Law Firms