Capital Markets Archive » May, 2018

Capital Markets - May, 2018

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• Unions Launch Bid To Dismantle Puerto Rico Fiscal Plan
• Trust Key To Keeping Whistleblower Complaints In-House
• FDIC, OCC Back Volcker Rule Reform Proposal
• JPML Eyes Sending VIX Suits To Ill. Despite Judge Shortage
• Nine West Creditors Seek Probe Of Sycamore's $2.2B Buyout
• 1 Firm Leaps Ahead In May As IPO Market Gathers Steam
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Abraaj, European Medical Center
• Blockchain Startup Paxos Wraps Up $65M Financing Round
• BigLaw Blogs In A Post-GDPR Marketing Universe
• Navillus Ch. 11 Plan Hinges On $176M Appeal In Union Fight
• Forex Dealer Knocks CFTC's Call For $103M In Fraud Suit
• A Series Of SEC Enforcement Cases Against Microcap Attys
• Fed Rolls Out Proposed Changes To Volcker Rule
• 3 Firms Accused Of Misconduct In Billable Hours Probe
• Relativity Media Lender Seeks To Dispel Ch. 11 Concerns
• Investors Spar For Lead In Mass. Bioscience Class Action
• Dodd-Frank Rollback Also Expands Reg A+ Benefits
• BNP Paribas' $90M Forex Rigging Plea Deal OK'd
• PE-Backed Lansdcaper, Chinese Used-Car Platform File IPOs
• Milbank Tweed Adds Dechert Structured Finance Atty
• $409M ISDAfix Settlements OK'd With Atty Fees Undetermined
• Nomura RMBS Trader Disputes Materiality Of SEC Fraud Suit
• Barclays, HP Grapple With Fraud Payout After DOJ Declination
• DOJ Won't Interview Ex-UK Official For Libor Trial
• Where Have All The Public Company Frauds Gone?
• Judge Implores State Street's Former Counsel To Testify
• Suits Show Conflict Even At BigLaw's Best Places For Women
• Reform Or Retreat? UK Firms Eye Next Steps On Pay Data
• How Women Are Changing The Law Firms They Lead
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Software Exec Says Spoofing Charges Stretch Law Too Far
• SEC Halts 'Blockchain Evangelist's' Alleged $21M ICO Scam
• NYSE Parent Buys Fixed-Income Platform TMC For $685M
• Broker Agrees To Pay CFTC $150K Over Supervision, Records
• Biotech Startup, Music Streamer Launch IPOs Totaling $158M
• The 2018 Law360 Glass Ceiling Report
• Analyzing The Economics Of Litigation Funding
• Arbitrating Cryptocurrency Disputes
• Make Public Data Access Easier, ESMA Tells Trade Venues
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report, By The Numbers
• Law360's Pro Say: Why Are All The Partners Still Men?
• What Does Gender Parity In The Legal Industry Look Like?
• How We Got Here: A Look Back At Trailblazing Women In Law
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Broker Busted In $300M Stock Fraud Asks For Lighter Penalty
• Sun Capital Accused Of Raiding Subsidiaries In RICO Scheme
• Biotechs Lead Wave Of New IPOs Filling June Pipeline
• Locke Lord Adds Ex-Hunton Andrews M&A Atty In Dallas
• How Dodd-Frank Rollback Changes The Volcker Rule
• CME Fines Wells Fargo Unit For Alleged Trading Abuse
• Crypto Market Surveillance Has Arrived
• Latham, Goodwin Lead 2 Biotech IPOs Raising $227M
• CEO Convicted Of Lying To SEC About Gov't Contracts
• Blockchain Users To Walk Tightrope In Age Of GDPR
• Securities Attys Challenged By New Role As ICO Gatekeepers
• Fintech Startup GreenSky Prices Upsized $874M IPO
• China's Ganfeng Plans IPO Amid Carmakers' Hunt For Lithium
• Nigerian Cement Biz Snags $850M In Financing From PE Firm
• With States' Crypto Regulation, Problems Multiply
• OCC Encourages Banks To Get Into Small-Dollar Credit
• Objectors Chafe At 18% Fee Request In $2.3B Forex Deal
• 2nd Circ. Won't Review Cert. Denial In HSBC RMBS Suits
• CFTC Urges Markets To Keep Close Eye On Crypto Derivatives
• PE-Backed Evo Raises $224M After IPO Prices High
• Wall Street Banks Want Treasury Auction Rigging Suit Tossed
• Ex-State Street VP Wants Gov't Agreement Nixed From Trial
• IHeartMedia Gets OK To Secure Citibank Loan, Notes
• Judge Chides Counsel Over 'Lack Of Candor' In Swaps Suit
• McDermott Nabs Latham Atty For Investment Funds Team
• A Primer On Private Business Development Companies
• SEC's Clayton Urges ICO Issuers To Reach Out To Agency
• JPMorgan Brass Beat Derivative Suit Over Bank's RMBS Biz
• Blue Apron Looks To Dodge Investors' Stock-Drop Suit
• Blank Check Co. Run By Ex-NYSE President Files $400M IPO
• House Sends Dodd-Frank Banking Rule Rollback To Trump
• IT Spending Plan To Be Ready Within 90 Days, Treasury Says
• Pa. Firms Facing Incinerator Project Suit Blame Contractor
• Electronic Roadshows: Why The Voice-Over Matters
• Shareholder Arbitration Issue Isn't Going Away
• What's Next For The Payday Lending Rule
• Litvak Is No Rescue For Ex-Nomura RMBS Trader, Feds Say
• NJ Orders Cos. To Stop Offering Securities In 'Cryptosweep'
• DLA Piper Picks Up NJ Corporate Atty From Morgan Lewis
• Chicago Trader Admits Stealing $3M In Cryptocurrency
• CFTC Partners With States, Gives Crypto Derivative Guidance
• Accused ICO Fraudsters Deny $25M Crypto Card Scheme
• Introducing The Legal Industry To Millennial Business Owners
• $309M In Deutsche, Barclays, HSBC Euribor Deals OK'd
• Ex-Barclays Euribor Trader Says He Felt Used By Colleagues
• CFTC Tells Fraud Suit Judge It Can Regulate Cryptocurrency
• IHeartMedia Seeks OK To Access $450M Ch. 11 Credit Facility
• Deals Rumor Mill: Qualcomm, BMC Software, KazAtomProm
• NantKwest Investors See Suit Over IPO Tossed Over Standing
• Williams, Enbridge Deals Signal FERC-Driven MLP Purge
• PE Firms Lean On Lawyers As They Weigh C Corp. Conversion
• 7 Firms To Guide IPO Lineup Projected To Surpass $1.2B
• PayPal Announces Deal To Buy Sweden's iZettle For $2.2B
• Investors Lose Sampling Bid In Deutsche Bank RMBS Suit
• Latham, White & Case Rep Retailer BJ's In IPO Push
• Chancery Court Denies Reversal Of $1B ETE Equity Issue
• Technology Companies Are Driving The IPO Rebound
• TD Ameritrade Clients Fight Stay In Options Liquidation Row
• 'Meaningful Disclosure' A Must In Wake Of Data Beaches
• Ex-Wilmington Trust Execs Convicted Of Fraud Want New Trial
• A Chat With Perkins Practice Management Chief Toby Brown
• 'Casual' Stock Crook Gets Contempt Warning From NY Judge
• Breaking Down The SEC's New Proxy Interpretations
• FinCEN Chief Sees New CDD Rule As Work In Progress
• Cos. In $22.5M EB-5 Fraud Row Barred From Selling Securities
• Royal Park Faces $1K/Day Sanction In RMBS Discovery Row
• BofA Loses Bid For 9th Circ. Redo Of Calif. Escrow Ruling
• Puerto Rico Creditors Renew Efforts To Conduct Debt Probe
• Ex-State Street VP Loses Bid To Invoke Evidence Treaties
• Venture Capitalist Wants Out Of Tezos Token Offering Suit
• BNY Investors Move For Class Cert. In ADR Overcharge Suit
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Susman Godfrey's Bill Carmody
• FTC Warns Of Nonpayment Deals That Must Be Reported
• SEC Handling Each ICO Based On 'Facts And Circumstances'
• Greenberg Guides Transpo-Focused VectoIQ In $200M IPO
• Why Won't Judicial Nominees Affirm Brown V. Board Of Ed?
• Going Public Without An IPO
• The Lawyers' Guide To Cloud Computing
• Industry-Friendly OCC Regulations May Be On The Horizon
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Alice Win For SAP On Financial Data Patent
• DOJ 'Sandbagging' With New Theory In Libor Trial, Judge Says
• Trump's Fed Board Nominees Back Tailoring Of Bank Rules
• SEC Actions Against Public Companies Plunged Yet Again
• SEC Pegs 4 Fraudsters For $34M Penny Stock Scheme
• Deals Rumor Mill: Xerox, Carolina Panthers, Canaan
• VC-Backed Pluralsight Lifts IPO Target To $290M
• CFTC Says Calif. Forex Trader Scammed Investors
• Investors Back $141M Attys' Fees Bid In Swaps-Rate Deals
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Hogan Lovells, Manatt Phelps Partners
• Deutsche Bank Wants New Evidence Nixed In $86B RMBS Suit
• How 1 Court Is Shaping The Future Of Crypto Regulation
• Trinity Merger IPO Raises $300M To Acquire Real Estate Biz
• Three Indicted In $25M Crypto Card ICO Fraud Scheme
• Keurig Serves Up $8B Bond To Help Fund Dr Pepper Merger
• Royal Park Defends Class Cert. Bid In US Bank RMBS Suit
• Puerto Rico Rejects Bondholders' $10B Sales Tax Deal
• Fintech Co. GreenSky Tops 3 IPO Launches Totaling $951M
• Morningstar Says Amended Robo-Adviser RICO Suit Still Fails
• Justices Won't Hear Challenge To Dodd-Frank 'Spoofing' Ban
• Recovering Lawyers' Lost Position Of Independence
• Financial Institutions Seem Unprepared For Libor Demise
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Pomerantz's Jeremy Lieberman
• FinCEN Due Diligence Rule Should Be On Crypto Cos.' Radar
• SEC's Peirce Slams 'Broken Windows' Enforcement Era
• Feds Hint At Massive Discovery In $200M Asset Inflation Row
• Tax Automation Co., Music Streamer File IPOs Totaling $265M
• Skadden-Led Chinese Gaming Co. Huya Prices $180M IPO
• SEC Faces Calls To Push Back Harder On Audit Trail Delays
• Restructuring Of Puerto Rico's Investment Bank Approved
• Blockchain Startup Prometheum Files $50M ICO Under Reg A+
• TD Ameritrade Seeks Discovery Stay In Liquidations Suit
• Petters Trustee Challenges Fund Manager's $720M Claim
• SEC Opens 'Best Interest' Broker Proposal To Public Comment
• Levi & Korsinsky To Lead Pot Cryptocurrency Securities Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Odebrecht, Volvo, Minto
• Ameritrade Client Suits Flop Under SLUSA At 8th Circ.
• GAO Proposes Tightening Debt To Address Puerto Rico Crisis
• PE-Backed Evo Payments Launches $210M IPO
• Ex-Trader Indicted Over Role In Forex Rigging Conspiracy
• ADR Holders Try To Intervene In Citigroup Exchange Rate Suit
• Debevoise Leads Axa Equitable In Year's Largest IPO
• 8 Reasons To Take A Fresh Look At Your Law Office Lease
• RBS Says US Deal Opens Way To Dividends, Gov't Stock Sales
• RBS, DOJ Near $4.9B Deal Over Potential RMBS Civil Claims
• A General Counsel's Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• Ruling On What Isn't A Security Needed For ICO Clarity
• PE-Backed Black Knight Prices $680M Secondary Offering
• SEC Penalizes Paralegal In School District Muni Bond Fraud
• Hedge Fund Boss Ran $200M Mismarking Scheme, Feds Say
• 3rd Circ. Upholds TD Bank Win In Currency Conversion Suit
• McKinsey Critic Alleges False Ch. 11 Disclosures In RICO Suit
• VC-Backed Biotech, Louisiana Bank Price IPOs Raising $209M
• SEC Proposal Strikes At The Heart Of Broker-Dealer Model
• FINRA Sanctions Fifth Third $6M On Variable Annuity Claims
• Construction Firm Sued Over Unpaid Texas Apartment Bonds
• Visium, Ex-CFO Settle SEC Claims Tied To Trading Scandal
• Apollo-Backed Coal Producer Prices 8M-Share Sale
• Judge Mulls Whether Initial Coin Offerings Are Securities
• Sen. Brown Slams Banks For Cutting Jobs, Raising Exec Pay
• UK Cancer Biotech, Trucking Co. File IPOs Totaling $200M
• FXCM Owner Says 'Cosmetic' Fixes Can't Save Investor Suit
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Cohen Milstein's Steven Toll
• Safeguards Against State, Parallel Proceedings Post-Cyan
• UK Reinsurer Could Issue £100M In 1st ILS Under New Rules
• DOL Declines To Scrap Fiduciary Rule Despite Invalidation
• Forex Fraudster Can't Stay CFTC Suit During Criminal Appeal
• SEC Republican Commissioner Michael Piwowar To Step Down
• Venture-Backed Tech Co. Pluralsight Launches $228M IPO
• Puerto Rico Finance Monitor Can't Duck Journos' Bid For Docs
• Ashurst Steers $4.1B Bond Deal For Record Real Estate Buy
• 7th Circ. Says SEC Lacks Jurisdiction In Exchanges' Fee Fight
• Clifford Chance, Davis Polk Lead Good Doctor's $1.1B IPO
• SEC Needs To Better Understand Cryptocurrency Industry
• Judging A Book: Berzon Reviews 'We The Corporations'
• CFTC Pick Reports Earning Almost $1.2M At WilmerHale
• Dechert Beefs Up Finance Team With Ex-Kirkland Atty
• UK Forex Traders Must Face Rate-Rigging Charges In US
• What ABA's Position On Harassment Means For Employers
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• SEC Sues Over $3.8M In Insider Trades On Smithfield Merger
• Pa. Broker Gets 5 Years For $2M Ponzi Scheme
• 5 Firms To Steer IPOs Exceeding $3.9B, Led By Axa Unit
• 5th Circ. Affirms Stanford Ponzi Victims' FINRA Loss
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Market Manipulation Suit Against Total
• 7th Circ. Axes Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Shareholder Suit
• Clayton Shifts SEC Focus To Retail Investors In First Year
• Another Ex-State Street VP Charged With Bilking Insurer
• Atty Acquitted, CEO Convicted In $300M Stock Fraud Trial
• Cybersecurity Firm Carbon Black Tops 8 IPOs Totaling $733M
• Takeaways From 2nd Circ. Reversal Of Litvak Conviction
• GE Says Subprime Mortgage Unit May Face Ch. 11
• 9 Financial Firms Accused Of Fixing Mexican Bond Prices
• Perkins Coie Nabs Tech, VC Partner From DLA Piper
• Practical Considerations For Litigating Proportionality
• Vegas Atty Calls Stock Fraud Trial Witnesses 'Serial Liars'
• C-Corp. Conversions Not Attractive To All Pass-Throughs
• Fitbit Investors' Atty Fees Cut By $2.5M In Stock-Drop Deal
• Zynga Founder Gives Up Super-Voting Power
• Smartphone Giant Xiaomi Files Skadden-Led Hong Kong IPO
• The Regulatory Concerns Of Crypto Exchange Registration
• Former Wilmington Trust Execs Found Guilty Of Fraud
• Supporting Nontraditional Data Types In E-Discovery
• 2nd Circ. Flips Ex-Jefferies Trader's RMBS Fraud Conviction
• CFTC Loses Calif. Suit Against Monex Metals Broker
• VC-Backed Medical Device Co. Prices Upsized $108M IPO
• Atty, CEO Were Pump-And-Dump Masterminds, Jury Told
• SEC Charges NC-Based Microcap Co., CEO In Fraud Scheme
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Invalidation Of DOL Fiduciary Rule
• Sidley Snags 3 NY Capital Markets Partners From O'Melveny
• Biotech Firm, Streaming Co. Launch IPOs Totaling $225M
• SEC Keeps $27M Asset Freeze Over Longfin Share Proceeds
• SEC, Feds Charge Timber Co. Head In $85M Ponzi Scheme
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Stibbe Guide $650M Spirit Aero Deal
• Volcker Rule Will Likely Change, But When And By How Much?
• Talk Of Screwing Investors Was Just A Joke, Broker Tells Jury
• Ex-Traders Fight DOJ Bid To Get UK Testimony In Libor Case
• Ex-WilmerHale Atty To Lead SEC's International Affairs Office
• Increased Gov't Borrowing For Tax Cuts May Be Precarious
• Spotify's Direct Listing Thrust 1 Firm Into April Spotlight
• State Bank Regulators' Suit Over OCC Fintech Charter Tossed
• Goodwin Snags Ex-Insight Venture Exec For PE Team
• Goldman Sachs Fined $110M For 'Unsafe' Forex Conduct
• Credit Suisse Puts Up $200M For Small Biz Lender Credit Line
• 9th Circ. Lowers The Bar On Tender Offer Claims