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Capital Markets - June, 2017

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• Puerto Rico Utility Headed For Bankruptcy After Panel Vote
• SEC Gets Biz-Friendly With Confidential IPOs For All
• SEC Investor Advocate Says It Needs Breather On Rules
• Feds Say Brit Raised $37M For Fake Bitcoin, Office Cos.
• CFTC Inks $5.2M Settlements Over Eurodollar 'Wash Trades'
• Convicted Busybox Atty Loses Janus Argument At 2nd Circ.
• Banks Ask High Court To Review 2nd Circ. In $140M FDIC Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: GLP, Fairfax Media, Zhong An
• Immigration Atty, Firm Ordered To Pay $2.7M For EB-5 Fraud
• 3 Key Areas Legal Operations Teams Should Focus On
• What The Experts Said About High Court Rulings This Term
• Investor Seeks Class Cert. In RMBS Suit Against Wells Fargo
• High Court Faces Tricky Knot On State Securities Suits
• Stress Test Results Could Goose Push For Rules Rollback
• Blue Apron's Tepid IPO Serves As Reality Check For Unicorns
• Ex-Binary Principal Claims Harassment, Defamation After Exit
• Equinix Monopolizing High-Speed Trading Access, Suit Says
• CFTC Inks 1st Nonprosecution Deals With 3 Citi Cooperators
• US Law Firms Face Discovery Of Foreign Clients' Records
• The Future Of Law And The Demise Of The Midsize Firm
• SEC Whistleblower Program Is Business As Usual, Chief Says
• Puerto Rico Oversight Board Must Rethink Plan In Bond Row
• Puerto Rico Board Rejects Utility Debt Restructuring Deal
• 2nd Circ. Told It Erred In Tossing Libor Claims Against RBS
• Meal Kit Startup Blue Apron Slashes IPO Price Range By 34%
• House Spending Bill Takes Aim At The CFPB, Volcker Rule
• A Significant Victory For Securities Class Action Defendants
• The 10 Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• The Most Talkative Justice Of The High Court Term
• The Cases That Got The Justices Talking
• All Banks Pass Fed's Stress Tests, But Cap One Gets Do-Over
• Acquisition-Hungry TPG Blank Check Co. Prices $400M IPO
• HSBC Says Housing Crash Claims Too Varied For Class Action
• 2 Men Seek Acquittal In Nomura RMBS Fraud Case
• How Discovery Has Changed Under New Federal Rules
• The Stakes In High Court's Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Case
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Pre-Voir Dire Questions
• Employers May Regret Forcing Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Test
• UK Equity Capital Markets Begin To Shake Off Brexit
• Puerto Rico Oversight Board Sued For Utility Deal Delay
• Gorsuch And Thomas Becoming Fast Friends At High Court
• Dykema Cox Smith Adds 3 Attys To Its Dallas Office
• 5 High Court Concurrences That Read Like Dissents
• The Sharpest Dissents From This Supreme Court Term
• Platinum Defendants Claim SEC Is Strong-Arming Receiver
• SEC, CFTC Chiefs Say Budget Proposals Reflect Tech Needs
• Bondholders Push 8th Circ. To Rethink Deal With Law Firm
• Head Coin.mx Crook Hit With 5 1/2-Year Sentence
• Standards Bodies Consult On Last Piece For Swaps Reporting
• Fed Fines BNY Mellon $3M For Improper Capital Calculations
• EU Finalizes Plans To Counter Effects Of Flash Crashes
• FINRA Continues To Step Up Focus On Senior Investors
• An Interview With Floyd Abrams
• Supreme Court To Review State Jurisdiction In Securities Suits
• Southern China Livestock Receiver Appeals Release Ruling
• Puerto Rico Defends Methods To Resolve Bond Conflict
• Certainty For Defendants Will Burden Institutional Investors
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• IP Cases Led The Pack In High Court Amicus Briefs
• 4 Cos. Bolster IPO Pipeline With Filings Totaling $296M
• 2 Commercial REITs Move Forward On IPOs Totaling $245M
• Bucking Tradition: NewLaw And The Coming Millennials
• Alibaba-Backed Logistics Co. Best Files $750M IPO
• Divergence In Materiality Tests Narrower Than It May Seem
• DC Circ. Split Tees Up High Court Review Of SEC Judges
• King & Spalding Nabs Private Finance Pair From Ropes & Gray
• 2 Diverging Standards On Disclosing Interim Financial Info
• High Court Applies Strict Time Limit To Securities Suits
• Justices To Resolve Split Over Dodd-Frank Whistleblowers
• Gray Matters: We Feel, We Decide
• Snapchat Maker's Arbitration Bid Blasted By Ex-Employee
• Ex-ITG Head Settles SEC's Foreign Shares Supervision Claims
• Wash. State Co. Agrees To CFTC Bar On Commodities Trades
• 8 Companies Perk Up IPO Pipeline With Deals Surpassing $1B
• Industrial Manufacturer Blank Check Co. Raises $225M In IPO
• Bitcoin Case Defendant Says No Actual Loss To Victim Banks
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Vinson, Mayer
• Index Eligibility As Governance Battlefield
• ECB Launches Bid To Regulate Euro Clearing After Brexit
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Put Big Banks Back In ERISA Forex Suit
• Deutsche Defends Loan Sample In $306M Mortgage Trust Suit
• Clayton Laments IPO Decline At SEC Meeting
• Commercial REIT Prices $205M IPO To Fund Asset Deals
• SEC Says NY REIT's Charter Change Stiffed Shareholders
• Big Banks Can Survive Major Recession, Fed Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: China Unicom, Vinci, WhistlePig Whiskey
• Giancarlo Says Easing CFTC Rules Won't Harm Dodd-Frank
• Puerto Rico Court Shouldn't Hear Tax Row, Stakeholders Say
• Acting Comptroller Blasts CFPB At Senate Hearing
• Wells Fargo Makes $3.25M Settlement Over Options Reporting
• Shearman & Sterling Steers Altice's US Unit In $1.9B IPO
• Justice Kennedy's Moderating Influence On The High Court
• A Resurgence Of Synthetic Securitizations
• How Kokesh Will Impact The FTC And Other Agencies
• Regulators Outline Ways To Ease Back Bank Rules
• Ex-Busybox Atty Again Says Janus Applies To Criminal Cases
• Justice Sotomayor On The Power Of Dissent
• Genworth Agrees To $20M Settlement In Suit Over Unit's IPO
• Liberty Media Beats Insider Suit Over $400M Live Nation Buy
• Arbitration Over $27M Tin Futures Trading Loss Rebooted
• Feds Want 10 Years For Bitcoin Exchange Operator
• Fed Change Should Make Tests Less Stressful For Most Banks
• Cattle Futures Traders To Pay CFTC $5.5M For Flouting Limits
• The Future Of The 1933 Act
• 2nd Circ. Says 1st Circ.'s Materiality Test Is Unsound
• SEC Wants Briefs On CBOE Reviews Of Disciplinary Actions
• 2 Biotech Cos. Tap Follow-On Market For Nearly $500M
• China Shares Finally Added To Key Emerging Markets Index
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Juror-Posed Questions
• Biz Groups Say Bankruptcy Law Stops Lehman Swap Claim
• Shearman & Sterling Partner Joins SEC Finance Unit
• CFTC Dem Calling It Quits Over 'Intolerable' Gridlock
• Puerto Rico Blasted For Trying To Expand Bankruptcy Shield
• Ionis Subsidiary Akcea Launches $125M IPO, Led By Cooley
• PE-Owned Genealogy Site Ancestry.com Files Confidential IPO
• Bankrupt Energy Co. Settles Preferred-Share Suit For $2.9M
• Del. Justices OK Toss Of BNY Mellon Forex Scheme Suit
• Fed Releases JPMorgan From Muni-Bond Enforcement Action
• Helicopter Co. Investors Try Again To Get $3.9M Deal's OK
• Supermarket Income REIT Eyeing £200M IPO
• Justice Sotomayor On Working A Room And The Post-Scalia Void
• 6th Circ. Says Ponzi Schemer Missed Shot At Expert Funds
• Chinese P2P Lender Yirendai Beats Investor Suit, For Now
• Puerto Rico Creditors Rip Board's Plan To Solve Bond Conflict
• Meal Kit Startup Blue Apron Leads Seven IPO Launches
• Trump's FDIC Pick May Not Test Agency's Unwinding Power
• India Targets $104M In Dividends Owed To Cairn Energy
• Growth-Hungry Delivery Hero Launches $1B IPO
• CFTC Watchdog Blasts Agency's Swaps Margin Analysis
• Footnote In Kokesh Signals Bigger Changes On The Horizon
• Argentina Unveils 100-Yr Bond Amid Capital Markets Return
• Companies Step Up Disclosures Of Trump-Related Risks
• Ex-Fed. Prosecutor Joins Nixon Peabody's Boston Office
• Consolidated Audit Trail Fee Plan Unfair, SEC Told
• Treasury Proposes Expanding Dodd-Frank Body's Power
• Takata Stock Trading Halted Amid Reports Of Bankruptcy
• Deals Rumor Mill: GLP, Cabify, Maersk Oil
• Billboard Owner Prices Upsized $85M IPO
• Lewis Brisbois Adds Attys From Now-Shut Locke Lord Office
• SEC Fines Logistics Co. Execs Over Liquidity Disclosures
• Real Estate Rumors: Heyat, Himmel + Meringoff, Encore
• Libor Antitrust Plaintiffs To Appeal Foreign Bank Fight
• CLO Market Forges Path To Risk-Retention Compliance
• Tips For Complying With ABA's New Encryption Guidance
• American Regulators Playing FinTech Catch-Up
• Rep Slams Puerto Rico Fiscal Board For Delay On Utility Deal
• Adomani Is 2nd Reg A+ Issuer To List On Major Exchange
• Blackstone-Backed Hilton Grand Unveils 9.7M Share Offering
• Granite Point Mortgage REIT Launches $205M IPO
• SEC Cuts Tilton Disgorgement By $45M After Justices' Ruling
• Hunton & Williams Bridging Real Estate Debt-Equity Divide
• Creditor, Retiree Committees Appointed In Puerto Rico Case
• 1st Circ. Clarifies Scienter Requirements
• Jury Delivers Single Conviction In Nomura RMBS Fraud Case
• Del. Justices Press Investors In BNY Mellon Forex Appeal
• Justice Ginsburg On Oral Argument And 'Imperious' Attorneys
• Trump's Financial Rules Rollback Doesn't Need Congress
• 5 Federal Judges To Mediate Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Fights
• Latham & Watkins Adds 2 Trial Pros From Kirkland & Ellis
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, Goldman Sachs, Glencore
• Facing 8 Years In Prison, Coin.mx Founder Begs For Leniency
• Cancer Drug Co. Athenex Raises $66M After IPO Prices Low
• SEC Dings Atty Over Pot Growing Co.'s Securities Fraud
• Judge Spares SEC's Securities Fraud Suit Against Calif. Atty
• 2 Firms Steer PE-Backed Hilton's $987M Secondary Offering
• Argentine Bank's Follow-On Raises $666M To Fund Expansion
• Ex-Exec, SEC Settle Suit Over Pump-And-Dump Reporting
• Snap Seeks Arbitration For Ex-Employee's Whistleblower Suit
• CFTC Settles Off-Exchange Deals Dispute For $1.63M
• Puerto Rico Fiscal Reform: The End Of The Beginning
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Preliminary Instructions
• All-Time Top Securities Settlements Boosted By Record 2016
• Norwegian Investor Beats Deutsche's NY Bid To Collect $369M
• Investors Want FXCM Back On The Hook In 'Flash Crash' Suit
• Former SEC Deputy Chief Of Staff Joins Quinn Emanuel
• Apple Seeks 2nd Green Bond To Stem Climate Change
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive RBS Libor Claims For 2nd Time
• White House Taps Ex-Derivatives Industry Lobbyist For CFTC
• UK Forex Traders To Waive Extradition, Face US Charges
• Quinn Emanuel Invokes Privilege Over Forex Opt-Out Docs
• Cable Giant, 2 REITs Launch IPOs Totaling $1.7B
• Due Diligence From The Lateral Partner's Perspective
• Delaware Embraces Blockchain To Battle 'Proxy Plumbing'
• Artery Imaging Device Co. Hit With Suit Over $65M IPO
• Yum Brands Prices $750M Notes Offering
• Ireland To Launch Estimated $3.3B Allied Irish Banks IPO
• EU Outlines Plans To Grab UK's Euro Securities Clearing
• Lateral Partner Due Diligence: Where Should A Firm Begin?
• Justice Ginsburg On Diversity And Persuading Her Colleagues
• Deutsche Bank To Pay $170M To Settle Euribor Investor Suit
• Treasury Report Shows Trump's Plan To Roll Back Dodd-Frank
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Bayer, Lotte
• 'Mini-IPO' Could Spur More Listings Through Reg A+ Route
• CFTC Is Mum On Berkshire Subsidiary's Insurance Product
• Citi To Pay $1M For Lax Trade Controls Behind Price Swings
• Investors Say Feds Wrong On State Securities Suit Petition
• CFTC, Watchdog Disagree Over Futures Association Oversight
• 8th Circ. Backs Firm, Underwriter Liability In $8M Bond Deal
• NYSE Rule Change Would Make It Easier To List Without IPO
• FCA Mulls Powers To Force Banks To Help Set Libor
• Clayton Signals Enforcement Continuity With Director Picks
• Former CCO Barred For Life For Circumventing SEC Order
• Plymouth REIT Prices Downsized, Bottom-Of-Range $55M IPO
• Bond Insurer Calls Puerto Rico Fiscal Plan Unconstitutional
• CFTC Charges Wash. State Co. With $11M Fraud Scheme
• Dual-Class Stock And Private Ordering: A System That Works
• CFTC Wins Asset Freeze In $13M Churchgoer Ponzi Suit
• Inside The CFTC's Enhanced Whistleblower Protections
• CFTC Chair Unlikely To Get Requested $281.5M Budget
• SEC Names Co-Heads Of Enforcement Division
• Moody's Slams Bid To Revive Securities Ratings FCA Suit
• Puerto Rico Justices Must Hear Bond Issuer Row, Judge Told
• Energy Cos. Dodge Oil Price Manipulation Suits
• SEC Denies Whistleblower Award, Defends Eligibility Cut-Off
• SEC Won't Interpret Berkshire's Workers' Comp Policies
• TPG-Backed Blank Check Co. Files $400M IPO Led By Weil
• What Kokesh V. SEC Means For Enforcement Actions
• House Passes Bill Overhauling Dodd-Frank
• Tilton Asks SEC To Stay Her Case Pending DC Circ. Ruling
• Blackstone To Unload 15M Hilton Shares In Secondary Sale
• UK Must Block Saudi Aramco IPO, Fund Manager Says
• EU Reboots Capital Markets Project With Wave Of Regulation
• FINRA Panel Bars Rep. In $100M EB-5 Dispute
• $2.4B Lehman RMBS Deal Draws Investor Side-Eye
• SEC Muddies Fiduciary Rule Waters With Comment Request
• Deutsche, SVB, UBS Get Time For Volcker Rule Compliance
• Green Bonds Likely To Blossom Despite Paris Accord Fallout
• Simpson Thacher Leads PetSmart In $2B Post-Buy Note Issue
• Investors Fight HSBC's Push To Reserve Atty-Advice Defense
• Barclays, UBS, HSBC Agree To $36M Settlement In Libor Suit
• GOP Says Choice Act Key To Broader Regulatory Agenda
• Questions Abound Concerning SEC's Administrative Process
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Setting Trial Time Limits
• Inside The 1st Muni Bond Criminal Case
• Big Business Lobby Tries To Hobble Litigation Finance, Again
• Fintech Co. Seeks Court-Ordered Access To Swap Servicer
• Whistleblower, Digital Realty Disagree Over High Court Review
• Canadian Funds Liable For $33M Tax On Imported Service
• Ex-Guard For Heinz Exec Wants Insider Trading Suit Tossed
• IT Biz Pushes Justices For Review Of State Securities Suits
• 2 Virtual Currency Miners Must Pay $12.4M In SEC Suit
• PE-Backed Athene Eyes Potential $955M Secondary Offering
• Currency Trader Targets Watchdog In Defamation Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Valeant, Snap, WuXi Biologics
• Billboard Owner Fires Up $72M IPO
• Colony Starwood Nabs $815M Portfolio, Prices $800M Offering
• A Review Of Recent Cases Against Execs: Part 2
• SEC Dealt Major Blow With Justices' Disgorgement Decision
• Hwy Toll Funds Under Fire In Puerto Rico Bond Payment Row
• Former OneWest CEO Otting To Bring Banker's View To OCC
• McAfee's Tech Investment Biz Seeks Quick Win In $47M Suit
• A Slice Of MFN With That Incremental Loan
• Cancer-Focused Biotech Co. Athenex Launches $72M IPO
• Nasdaq To Power Polish Commodity Trading Platform
• 'Layering' Trades Doesn't Manipulate Market, Broker Says
• Societe Generale Eyes $1.8B IPO For Car Leasing Arm
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, State Bank Of India, Petronas
• Judge Tells Quinn Emanuel To Cough Up Docs In Forex Case
• High Court Won't Consider Lender Exec's MBS Fraud Verdict
• Supreme Court Limits SEC Disgorgement Orders
• PE-Backed Park Hotels Prices $392M Secondary Offering
• Md. To Receive $95M In Deutsche Bank Crisis Settlement: AG
• RMBS Investors Seek Class Cert. In $3B HSBC Case
• Meal Kit Startup Blue Apron Leads 7 New IPO Filings
• Deutsche-Linked Futures Trader Cops To Metals 'Spoofing'
• SEC Chair Seeks Input On Investment Adviser Conduct Rules
• Lehman​ ​Deal ​Looks To End MBS Claims For Minimum ​$2.4B
• GOP Dodd-Frank Rewrite Heads For House Vote
• Jury Dinged Bank $3M On Solid Evidence, 11th Circ. Told
• KKR Closes Historic $9.3B Asia-Focused PE Fund
• Nomura MBS Lies Were No Aberration, Jury Hears
• Fitbit Investor Says Board Hid Tech Problems Before IPO
• Ex-Top CFTC Enforcer Returns To Zuckerman Spaeder
• Deals Rumor Mill: Stitch Fix, SoftBank, Tesaro
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Duo Settle FINRA's $190M Bond Row
• Intelsat Says Merger With SoftBank-Backed OneWeb Doomed
• SEC Bans Fla. Man In $3.2M Stock Fraud Row
• Bondholders Want Stay Lifted On Puerto Rico Public Pension
• REIT Inks $407M Deal For 18 Marriott, Hilton Hotels
• Fed's Rules Chief Says Pressure On Bank Boards May Ease
• Calif. Judge OKs $3.2M Arbitral Award Against Dolphin Park