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New York - December, 2018

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• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2018
• Feds Blast Ex-Platinum Execs' Misconduct Claims
• SEC's 1st Robo-Adviser Fines Hit Wealthfront, Hedgeable
• Winner's Playbook
• UBS Agrees To Pay States $68M Over Libor Rigging
• Low-Level Tippee Gets 3 Months In BofA Insider-Trade Case
• Sprint To Pay NY $330M In Tax FCA Case, $63M For Tipster
• Business Reorg Specialist Joins Thompson Hine In NY Office
• State Energy Plans Leaned Clean And Green In 2018
• NYC Taxis Granted Postponement Of Congestion Pricing
• Soccer Org Denied $1.8M Restitution In FIFA Bribery Case
• Trump Fraud Accusers Can Stay Anonymous, Judge Says
• Goldman Must Share Some Proof Of 'Boys' Club' In Bias Suit
• Libor Prosecutors Told To Sift Their Work From Paul Weiss'
• Condé Nast Wants Insurer To Cover $13.8M Settlement Costs
• DOL, Groups Fight To Tank Association Health Plan Suit
• Judge Tells Sears It Sold Too Many Notes, Undoes Sale
• Worker Wants Papa John's No-Poach Suits Consolidated
• St. John's Fined For Women's Volleyball Recruiting Violations
• Northrop Lands $450M Air Force War Simulation Contract
• NTSB Says Local DA Blocking Probe Of Deadly NY Limo Crash
• FedEx Paying $2.1M To End OT Underpayment Suit In NY
• Makeup Brand Co. Hits Ch. 11 With $16M Stalking Horse Bid
• Starbucks Looks To Dump White Chocolate Energy Drink Spat
• Broadway Theater Wants ADA Suit Over Outside Food Tossed
• Dental Supply Co. Was In On Price-Fixing, Investors Say
• Bill O'Reilly's $10M Suit Against Ex-Wife's Atty Dismissed
• Real Estate Rumors: Pinnacle, Mactaggart, Sabal
• Coastal State AGs Want In On Seismic Testing Permits Fight
• Tropicana Accused Of False Probiotics Claims In NY Suit
• Chinese Nationals Charged In Huge Cyberintrusion Campaign
• NY Trial Judge Won't Toss Weinstein Sex-Assault Indictment
• Harvard, Law Review Move To Toss White-Male Bias Suit
• Museums Beat 'Art Bastard's $100M Antitrust Suit, For Now
• Sens. Hatch, Schumer Lob Bipartisan Sports Betting Bill
• Broker-Dealer Admits It Ignored Signs Of Scott Tucker's Fraud
• Ch. 7 Trustee Seeks To Recover Ex-Transmar Exec's Wages
• Judge OKs Probe Into Republic Metals Inventory Overhaul
• Avvo Beats Suit Claiming Paying Attys Get Higher Ratings
• Russian 'Thief-In-Law' Gets 45 Years In Boxing Champ Case
• Bitcoin Felon Looks To Ditch Winklevoss Bros.' Fraud Suit
• Ex-Goldman Sachs Banker Cops To Insider Trading
• Aralez Ch. 11 Inches Forward With 'Weird' Sale Proposal
• Vullo To Depart As NY's Top Banking Regulator
• Schumer To Trump: No End-Of-Year Deal On Judges
• 'Synthetic Identity Theft' Cooperator Gets Sentencing Date
• Port Authority Beats 'World Trade Center' Trademark Suit
• Liberty Owes Defense In Fuzzy Slipper IP Fight, 2nd Circ. Says
• Claims That UBS Misused Bloomberg's Data To Proceed In NY
• Real Estate Rumors: Harbor, Facebook, Freshwater
• Court Urged To Answer Key Question In $500M LNG Row
• Ex-KPMG M&A Tax Pro Joins Weil Tax Departments In DC, NY
• 3 Firms Guide Bristol-Myers On $1.6B Offer For French Unit
• Goodwin, Foley Drive $375M Sale Of Pool Products Maker
• Yogurt-Hating Judge Won't Block Chobani Over Sugar Claim
• NYC Access Agreement Trends To Watch In 2019
• Kraft Gets 'All Natural' Sour Cream False Ad Suit Tossed
• Weinstein Accusers Say Ch. 11 Emails Need To Be Reviewed
• 2nd Circ. 'Troubled' By Gov't DQ'ing Al Jazeera-Watching Juror
• Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2018
• Gov't Defends Census Citizenship Question Before High Court
• 3 Firms Steer Centerbridge's $1.4B Civitas Solutions Buy
• Pulling Up Stakes: Greenberg, McDermott, Willkie Farr
• Enviros Fight To Sink NY Nuke Subsidies
• NY Judge Tosses Casino Arrest Suit Against Oneida Cops
• Jay-Z Seeks Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson Scent Deals' Info
• Real Estate Rumors: Equity LifeStyle, Sugar Hill, TH
• Film Scammer Ducks More Prison As Judge Cites Cooperation
• NY Fines Barclays $15M Over CEO's Whistleblower Hunt
• Retailers Level Fresh Claims In AmEx Anti-Steering MDL
• Sears Gets Approval For $60M Home Improvement Biz Sale
• Architect Hit With $12.5M Suit By NYC Hotel Developer
• Trump Foundation Agrees To Shutdown, NY AG Says
• Attys In $29M Och-Ziff Securities Settlement Seek $8.6M Fees
• BIA Used Wrong Standard To Review Marriage, 2nd Circ. Finds
• The Moments That Mattered Most For Legal Ethics In 2018
• Exxon Insists Bid To Halt NY AG Climate Probe Is Valid
• Trump And Cohen: What Lawyers Can Learn
• Charter To Pay $174M Settlement In NY AG's Net Speed Suit
• The Year #MeToo Rocked In-House Law Departments
• Ex-SocGen Exec In Libor-Rigging Row Disputes Fugitive Label
• Lawyer Suing Avvo Seeks To Distinguish Suit From Failures
• Bank Exec Seeks Time Served After FATCA Conviction
• NYC Art Museums Antitrust Suit Lacks Specifics, Judge Says
• NY Town, Telecom Lose Quick-Win Bids In Antenna Row
• Republic Metals Creditors Ask To Probe Inventory Overvaluing
• Elder Gaffey CPA Denies Panama Papers Fraud, Tax Charges
• BNY To Pay $54M To Settle Claims It Mishandled ADRs
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Safeco's Win In Corps Project Row
• 2nd Circ. Revives Enviro's CWA Suit Against Recycler
• Real Estate Rumors: AVR, Phillips, Exeter
• Port Authority Hit With Tax Suit Over Parking Permits
• State AGs Can Lead The Fight For Online Privacy Protection
• Malaysia Hits Goldman, Bankers With Criminal 1MDB Charges
• Russell, Spalding Neverflat Buyer Spar Over Ball Quality Suit
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• The Verdicts That Left A Mark In 2018
• Credit Suisse Loses Bid To Send Ala. Inverse VIX Suit To NY
• Boston Firm Dodges Chobani Consulting Fee Suit
• 2 Years For Bookkeeper Whose $3.4M Theft Sank Lit Agency
• Cuomo Re-Ups On SALT Cap Fight, Calls For Legalizing Pot
• Judging A Book: Mills Reviews 'Mississippi's Federal Courts'
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Gerova Fraudster's 78-Month Sentence
• Fatal Helicopter Crash Suit Ends With $6M Settlement
• New Year, New Opportunities For State Governments
• Jay-Z Adds Star Power To Diversity Concerns In Arbitration
• Ex-Apollo Exec Can't Gag His Former Atty In SEC Probe
• NY AG Says There's Something Fishy About Seafood Labels
• Sears, Cyrus Blast Swap Bidder's Objection To Notes Sale
• Loeb & Loeb Leads Blank Check's $70M IPO To Buy Health Biz
• Aegean Marine Files Deal To Reorganize With $135M Sale
• Fintech Conference Founder Wants Sanctions For Ex-Atty
• JFK Ground Handling Co. Settles Kickback Claims for $12.3M
• 9th Circ. Pares Nationwide Block Of ACA Birth Control Rules
• NY AG Settles Cases With Equifax, Others Over App Security
• Naftogaz Can Get BNY Mellon Info For $2.56B Award Suits
• Gov't Accuses Freight Co. Of Overcharging DOD
• Feds Reap Record $405M For Mass. Offshore Wind Leases
• The 6 Biggest Law Firm Mergers Of 2018
• The Good News For Nonprofits On Transit Benefit Compliance
• Weil Shapes $3.2B Sale Of Belmond To Luxury Group LVMH
• Merely A Setback For CFTC Market Manipulation Cases
• Feds Can't Ditch Fliers' Suit Over CBP Identity Checks
• The Subtle Art Of Fred Fielding
• Levi & Korsinsky To Lead Glencore Investor's FCPA Suit
• NY AG Sues Target, Walmart Over Toxic Lead In Kids' Toys
• The Biggest Sports Cases Of 2018
• NY Court Tosses Amateur Hockey Player's Suit Over Fight
• Biotech Co. On Hook For $3.6M Int'l Arb. Judgment, Court Told
• Ellenoff-Led Blank-Check Co. CF Finance Scores $250M IPO
• NYC Cab Drivers Settle Suit Claiming Uber Is Their Employer
• 6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018
• Paramount Beats 'Wolf Of Wall Street' Defamation Suit
• Shareholder's Suit Over Terror Financing Gets Second Wind
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Fortress, Wells Fargo
• Eletrobras Investors Get OK For $15M Bribery Settlement
• 'Put Up Or Shut Up' In Fraud Suit, Fiat Chrysler Tells Investors
• Airline Seat Trial Jury Quit Too Fast, Sabre Tells 2nd Circ.
• Tenaris, Execs Sued By Investors Over Bribery Scandal
• Algerian Jail Was Enough For Swiss Banker, Judge Rules
• Key Witness In Embraer Case Avoids Prison For Saudi Bribe
• Mortgage Co. Settles Loan Insurance FCA Case For $14.5M
• Public Access TV Not A State Actor, Cato Tells High Court
• CBS News, 3 Female Staffers End Dispute Over Charlie Rose
• Sears Defends $25M Exec Bonuses From Trustee In Ch. 11
• SEC Mostly Victorious In Suit Over Sloppy Action Reports
• EPA Defends Water Rule Delay In NY Fed. Court
• Bad Jury Instructions Nix Defense Verdict In Patient Death Suit
• 2nd Circ. Agrees Xerox Worker's Benefits Claim Was Too Late
• AMC To Face Ex-'Walking Dead' Exec's $300M Royalties Suit
• NY AG Gets Emblem To Cover Gender Reassignment Surgery
• UBS Balks At Whistleblower Case's $3.2M In Attys' Fees
• NY Pirate Radio Operator Arrested After FCC Tip
• Synergy Pharma Files Ch. 11, Bausch Health Offers $200M Bid
• Nigerian Oil Co. Says $2.67B Award Can't Be Enforced
• Fla. Hotel Escapes ADA Suit After Disabled Woman Pulls Out
• Greenberg-Led Blank Check Co. Schultze Snags $150M In IPO
• Cayuga Nation Secures Win In NY Property Tax Row
• NYCLU Wants Feds' Docs On Bonds For Immigrant Detainees
• Activist Elliott Slams 'Lack Of Outside' Voices At Pernod
• Sports Magnate Facing US Soccer Subpoena In Antitrust Row
• 2nd Circ. Rules Digital Music Resales Are Illegal
• National Enquirer Co. Admits Covering Up Trump Affair Story
• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets
• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties
• TC Heartland's Impact In 2018
• Cohen Gets 3 Years For Russia Lies, Paying Trump Women
• Barclays Prevails In Hedge Fund's Breach-Of-Contract Suit
• 2nd Circ. Gives Goldman 2nd Shot At Class Cert. Appeal
• Subway Franchisee Gets OK For $80K Sex-For-Hire Suit Deal
• NYC Schools Beat $100M Bus Driver Pension Row In 2nd Circ.
• Final Parties In Aussie Benchmark Suit Want Dismissals Redo
• US Trustee Objects To Pay Request For Level Solar Atty
• Port Authority Accused Of Collusion In Bid To Fix JFK Taxiway
• NYC Construction Co. Files For Ch. 11 Amid Unpaid $122M
• Ex-Bloomberg, Turner Execs Charged In $15M Bribery Case
• Judge Knocks Cambridge Analytica Exec's Ch. 7 Escape Bid
• Insurer Says It Doesn't Owe USC Coverage In Abuse Suits
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Monster.com CEO's $41M Tax Row
• Climate Report Proves Carbon Regs Must Stick, EPA Told
• Ex-FDIC Staffer Found Guilty Of Stealing Banks' Living Wills
• 'Guy With IPhone' Beats Hearst In Trump Pic Copyright Suit
• Ex-Deutsche Traders Fight Convictions, Cite Gov't Misconduct
• Ex-SUNY Prez Gets 3.5 Years For 'Buffalo Billion' Bid-Rigging
• Target To Pay $3M Over Unauthorized Pill Refills In Mass.
• AGs Ask SSA To Set Up ID Theft Prevention Database, Fast
• 'Whole Grain' Cheez-It Label Suit Sent Back To Fed. Court
• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation
• Deutsche Bank, Investors Seek Quick Wins In RMBS Suits
• Judge Mulls Several Outcomes For NY Opioid Surcharge Law
• NY Attorney General Seeks To Sink Exxon Climate Appeal
• 2nd Circ. Gives IBM Workers A Second Chance At ERISA Row
• SEC Slams Man's 'Unfocused' Bid To Nix $11.5M Fraud Suit
• NY Investment Adviser Cops To 18-Year, $9M Ponzi Scheme
• Trump Campaign, WikiLeaks Seek To Kill DNC Hacking Suit
• Bankrupt Helicopter Co. Nabs $49M DIP, $650M Stalking Horse
• Long Island Mortgage Co. Exec Gets 2 Years For $9M Fraud
• FDA Hit With Suit Over Reporting Leeway For Clinical Trials
• Jay-Z Claims Movement In Arbitrator Diversity Request
• Ebony Sues Univision Over 'FU, Pay Your Writers!' Column
• Lexington Leads $1B In Commitments For TPG Vintage Funds
• Real Estate Rumors: BankUnited, Oppenheimer, Landmark
• Greece Fights Enforcement Of €47.9M Contract Award
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• Investment Co. Sues Schnader Harrison Over $10M Deal Flub
• Move Montgomery McCracken Malpractice Row To NY: Judge
• Ex-ConvergEx Exec Gets 1 Day In Prison
• Ashland Hits Valvoline With $5.6M Pension Liability Suit
• Walters Case Commands Tougher Cure For Gov't Misconduct
• More State Issues The Blue Wave May Shape In 2019
• Feds Retract Bid For Harsher Sentence On Turkish Banker
• Investor Seeks Records In Case Against Chinese Music Giant
• Aegean Marine Announces Tentative Creditor Settlement
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Hear Appeal Of $300M Fees In Forex Deal
• Offshore Driller Seeks Ch. 15 Amid Brazilian Restructuring
• US Trustee Objects To Sears' $25M Exec Bonuses In Ch. 11
• Advertisers Can't Tear Down NYC Billboard Ban At 2nd Circ.
• Alleged Cult Leader Denied Bail In Sex Trafficking Suit
• NY Builder Gets 3 Years For Bribery, 'Buffalo Billion' Fraud
• Hogan Lovells Nabs Finance Partner From Milbank
• Russia Doping Chemist Seeks Pause In Athletes' Libel Suit
• 8 Firms To Guide 5 IPOs Led by Tencent Music's $1.1B Deal
• Michael Cohen Deserves 'Substantial Prison Term,' Feds Say
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cahill, DLA, Brown
• Workers Comp Insurer, UK Reinsurers Settle Coverage Battle
• Synergy Pharma Looks To Ditch Suit Over Side Effects, Loan
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe
• Real Estate Rumors: LV Lending, Taconic, GLL
• KKR REIT Loans $267M For California, New York Properties
• S&P Analyst, Jeweler Can't Dodge Insider Trading Charges
• NY Developer Gets 2 1/2 Years For 'Buffalo Billion' Bid-Rigging
• Female KPMG Workers Want Redo On Class Cert. Denial
• Wall St. Lobby Fights State Action On 'Best Interest' Standard
• Judge Says She'll Likely Approve $900M Card Swipe Fee Deal
• NY Terror Plotter's 240-Month Jail Time Affirmed By 2nd Circ.
• Former Bank IT Contractor Shared Insider Info, SEC Says
• Ex-5Linx CEO To Serve 14 Months For Fraud, Pay $2.4M
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Dodges Prison For $9M Transfer Racket
• Miami Investment Firms' CEO Arrested On Fraud Charges
• Hueston Hennigan Associates' Bonuses To Exceed Cravath's
• Verizon Unit's IP Suit Sent To Del. After Fed. Circ. Rebuke
• Rakoff Sentences Ride App Scammer To 3.5 Years In Prison
• Virginia AG Joins Colleagues In Group Fighting Robocalls
• New Mayer Brown NYC Leader Sets Course For Expansion
• Injured Man Must Repay Litigation Funder, NY Court Says
• AmTrust Says Switching Auditors Doesn't Equal Fraud
• FTC Fines NY Sports Owner For Failing To Report Stock Adds
• Ex-Sears CEO's Fund Submits $4.6B Ch. 11 Purchase Bid
• Odebrecht Says Bond Fraud Suit Can't Continue Further
• Bic Seeks To Put Out Knockoff Lighters At ITC, NY Court
• Real Estate Rumors: Lewis Brisbois, Hamleys, Mercantil Bank
• REIT Blasts Investor's 'Meritless' Bid To Block Merger
• Hyundai Drivers Seek Class Cert. In Sonata Brake Defect Suit
• Axis Needn't Cover Patriarch In SEC Probe, 2nd Circ. Affirms
• Negotiating Access To Neighboring Properties In NYC
• Ex-FIFA Official Free To Leave US After 3 Years In Hiding
• Ex-Travel Finance Pro Gets 18 Months For $2.3M Theft Spree
• Hunton Andrews Steers Cross River's $100M KKR-Led Round
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Ogletree's Evan Moses
• It's Harder To Withdraw From MDLs — For Good Reason
• Orrick, Clifford Chance Guide $87.3M Financial News Deal
• 17 Women Sue Columbia Over OB-GYN's Alleged Abuse
• Techie, Pastor Ask 2nd Circ. To Ax Bitcoin Fraud Convictions
• Medical Groups Back States In Association Health Plan Row
• Deutsche Bank Settles BlackRock RMBS Suits
• Swanky NY Club Made Women, Not Men, Share Tips: Suit
• KPMG Ruling Casts Skeptical Light On Dukes Decision
• Cambridge Analytica Exec's Bid To Avoid Ch. 7 Slammed
• NY Station Seeks High Court Review Of FCC Channel Shuffle
• Nine West Seeks $22M DIP Increase Amid Ch. 11 Plan Voting
• NY, NJ Want In On EPA Smog Inaction Suits At DC Circ.
• US Soccer Says Ex-Exec Dodging Depo In Antitrust Row
• Goodwin Procter, Arnold & Porter Steer $161M NYC Loan
• Papa John's Sued Over Blanket No-Poach Agreements
• US Trustee Faults Fee Info In Sears' Request For IP Law Firm
• 2nd Circ. Backs Cowan Liebowitz In Ticket Inventor Appeal
• Investor Loss Info Barred From Lender's Looming SEC Trial
• GE Units Say They're Already Part Of $500M LNG Row
• Soccer Body Wants 2nd Go At FIFA Corruption Restitution
• Foreign Banks Challenge Jurisdiction In Forex Rig Suit
• Restaurant Groups Call Foul On NYC's Fair Workweek Law
• NY Jury Convicts Hong Kong Doc Of Bribing African Officials
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kate Gaudry
• Aralez Ch. 11 Sale Problems Put Case On Path To Mediation
• Hilton Sued Over Secret Filming Of NY Bar Exam Taker
• FDIC Staffer 'Accidentally' Took Bank Secrets, Jury Told
• NY Parents' Ch. 7 Trustee Can Recoup Kids' Tuition Payments
• States Knock FERC's GHG Analysis Rollback At DC Circ.
• Secrets Spilled In Panama Papers Lead To Indictment Of 4
• NY Jury To Weigh Bribery Charges Against Hong Kong Doc
• Blockchain-Based Digital Payment Platform Gets NY Approval
• 2nd Circ. Nixes $8.9M Restitution From Gambler Billy Walters
• Navient Says Student Loan Forgiveness Suit Is Preempted
• Banco Popular Investors Fight To Seek Info In NY Over Sale
• AOL Successor Pays NY $4.95M In Largest-Ever COPPA Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: KLA Elementary, S3 Capital, Toys R Us
• MetLife Shorted Benefits With 1971 Mortality Rates, Suit Says
• NYCHA's Insurer Needn't Cover Injury Suits, Says 2nd Circ.
• 4 Firms Vie To Lead Adient Investors' Stock-Drop Suit
• Met Opera Wants Out Of ADA Suit Over Outside-Food Rules
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
• Energy Broker Fights 'Misguided' CFTC Insider Trading Suit
• NYC Approves Base Pay Rules For Uber, Lyft Drivers
• ProHealth Exec Says Gender Bias Led To Firing
• Fund Manager's Firms Ordered To Pay $23M In Restitution
• Financial Advisory Firm Fights NYU ERISA Suit At 2nd Circ.
• CFTC Told It Can't Prove Rigging Without Artificial Prices
• Kazakhstan Can Seek Docs In Bid To Nix $500M Award Row
• Marriott Hit With Multiple Suits After Massive Data Breach
• US Bank Gets Fees Claims Stayed In Royal Park RMBS Suit
• Aegean Marine Defends Stalking Horse Agreement With Rival
• Aralez, Proposed Buyer Pan Creditors' Ch. 11 Sale Challenge
• Bechtel Unit Wins $1.7B In Navy Nuclear Parts Contracts
• High Court Leaves Title VII LGBT Bias Petitions In Limbo
• NY Jury Awards $28M Over Rape Of Special-Needs Student
• Real Estate Rumors: Dave & Buster's, Fla. Land Deal, Midtown
• NY REIT SL Green Lands $440M 34th Street Office Building
• VW Slams Investors' Antitrust Stock-Drop Suit
• NYC Real Estate Week In Review
• 2nd Circ. Says Olive Oil Co.'s Truffle Scent Didn't Dupe Buyers
• TD Bank Soaks US Customers With Multiple Fees, Suit Says
• Builder Gets 28 Months On 'Buffalo Billion' Fraud Convictions
• NYC Council Bill, Hearings To Target Amazon Deal's Secrecy
• Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'
• Justices Won't Review Youth's Diabetes Bias Suit Against NFL
• $182.5M Euribor Deal Won't Get OK'd Without Atty Fee Info
• 5 Things You Should Know About New Rule 23 Amendments
• Security Co. Strikes $2.5M Deal In JFK Worker Wage Row
• Data-Driven Lawyer: DLA Piper's Eric Falkenberry
• Producer In IP Suit With Drake Strikes Deal To Duck Trial
• 2nd Circ. Opines On Variable Prepaid Forward Contract Gains
• The Data-Driven Lawyers Of 2018