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Asset Management - June, 2016

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• Ex-AXA Broker Tells Jury Underling Sent Unapproved Emails
• Ex-Nutmeg Group Owner Seeks To Bar Testimony In SEC Trial
• China Invites Foreign PE Funds To Boost Its Capital Markets
• Ex-Cabot Exec's Negative Comments Keep Him In RICO Feud
• Chamber Urges Justices To Weigh In On Calif. Securities Suits
• Blackstone Unit To Buy $1.16B Office Portfolio From Hines
• Picard Begins $190M Distribution To Madoff Investors
• NY Should Unify Standards For Atty Fees Against State Agency
• Apex Fund Case Is A Warning For Fund Administrators
• Petrobras Asks 2nd Circ. For Stay In Investor Row
• 3 Firms Steer Global Medical REIT's $130M IPO
• Dell, T. Rowe Price Settle Ineligible Appraisal Shares Spat
• Lawyer Shouting Match Erupts At Ex-AXA Broker's $20M Trial
• SEC Rebuffs Challenge To Nasdaq, NYSE Market Data Pricing
• CFTC Raps Chicago Futures Exchange For Staff Exodus
• CFTC Urged To Focus On Risk With Automated Trading Rules
• SEC's LA Enforcement Boss To Lead Asset Management Unit
• SEC Can Restart Tilton Case Unless High Court Says No
• JPMorgan, Lone Star Drop $995M On Real Estate Portfolio
• Ex-WG Trading Exec, Islanders Owner Gets Sentence Halved
• Apollo Global To Acquire Diamond Resorts For $2.2B
• Bill To Beef Up CFTC Floated By Democratic Lawmakers
• Scion, GIC, CPPIB Score $672M Fannie Mae Loan
• How To Manage Your Law School Debt After Graduation
• Deutsche Bank Pays Record $6M FINRA Fine Over Trade Data
• Tips For Drafting Best-Interest Contracts Under DOL Rule
• Ex-CBOE Director Sued By Feds In $7M Investor-Fraud Row
• In-House SEC Suit Against Equity Trust Co. Gets Quashed
• Quicksilver Ch. 11 Disclosure OK'd Over Vote Rig Challenge
• Barnes Atty's Sanction Move Baseless, Nutmeg Investors Say
• Lender's Goofs No Defense To Mortgage Fraud, 9th Circ. Says
• How To Become The Firm Every GC Wants To Hire
• The 24 Firms GCs Love The Most
• New York REIT Investors Ready Proxy Fight To Halt JBG Deal
• SEC Floats Business Continuity Plan Rule For Advisers
• Broker's $20M Contract Beef With AXA Goes Before NY Jury
• Washington REIT Unloads $111M Md. Office Portfolio
• Chicago Trader Says CFTC Still Can't Prove Spoofing
• FINRA Says Adviser Lost $8M On Doomsday ETF Trades
• Post-Brexit, Hong Kong Co. Pays $93.8M For London Hotel
• National Storage REIT Inks $190M Deal For 29 Properties
• Real Estate Rumors: Host Hotels, Lightstone, Ashkenazy
• 2nd Circ. Lets Tilton, Duka Unite Bids To Redo SEC Appeal
• Dodd-Frank Reform, Not Repeal
• The Firms That Won Big At the Supreme Court
• The Top Supreme Court Dissents Of The Term
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term
• A Divided Court Finds New Ways To Be Unanimous
• 8 Wasn't Enough For Lawyers Seeking High Court Clarity
• Oaktree Capital Atty Arrested Over UAE Criminal Charges
• UK Constitution Could Hold The Key To Reversing Brexit
• The Cloud And Ethical Considerations For Lawyers
• FINRA Overstepped Authority, Scottsdale Tells 4th Circ.
• Brexit Fallout Hits EU Financial Regulation Drive
• DC Circ. Lets SEC Mull New Evidence In Timbervest Case
• Mayer Brown Escapes Class Action Over $1.5B GM Loan
• Ex-Stockbroker Gets Decade In Prison For Fake CD Scheme
• Fla. Asset Firm Calls SEC Claims On $30M Fraud Time-Barred
• 6th Circ. Upholds 3 Convictions in $24M Currency Fraud Plot
• Investment Funds Sue Caesars Over 'Malicious' NY Suit
• Hedge Fund Looks To Reboot Costco Suit Over Ponzi Scheme
• Petrobras' Bid To Delay Shareholder Suit Denied
• REIT Chesapeake Lodging Scores $150M Loan From MetLife
• SEC, CFTC Monitoring Markets Amid Brexit Turbulence
• Milestone Apartments REIT Scores $46M Loan From Lincoln
• Taxation With Representation: Covington, Davis Polk, Gibson
• Morgan Stanley Fined $200K For Allowing Ponzi Check Kiting
• Real Estate Rumors: ASB, Ocean Bank, WeWork And WeLive
• Boardwalk REIT Drops $51M On 238 New Calgary Apartments
• Lessons From NFL Player's Case Against Financial Adviser
• A Proxy Season For The Record Books
• How Lawyers Can Harness The Power Of Social Media
• SEC's Thinking Still A Mystery After Merrill Lynch Megadeal
• Silver Point Says Quicksilver Ch. 11 Plan Rigs Vote Results
• Argentina Reaches $95M Settlement With Greylock Capital
• SEC Judge Pauses Gray Financial Case For 11th Circ. Mandate
• State Street Nears Settlement Of Forex Troubles
• Shareholders Challenge $207M C-III, Resource America Tie-Up
• Aletheia Trustee Says Gibson Can't Represent O'Melveny
• Hogan Lovells Reps American Homes 4 Rent In $200M Offering
• GOP Fails To Override Veto Of Plan To Block Fiduciary Rule
• REIT DiamondRock Sells Orlando Airport Marriott For $67M
• RBC Unit Knowingly Aided $400M Ponzi Scheme, Suit Claims
• EU Needs Fewer Pension Barriers, Commish Says
• Ex-Reed Smith Atty Rebuts DQ Attempt In Copyright Case
• HSBC, Citi's $58M In Yen Libor Deals Get Preliminary OK
• From The Partner's Desk: Tips For Recent Law Grads
• Merrill Lynch Pays $415M For Misusing Customer Cash
• SEC Says It Won't Pursue Funds Over Auditor Conflicts
• Financial Firms Fined $238K In Mass. Over Fake Proxy Votes
• Broker Must Face SEC's Claims Of $15M Farm Loan Scam
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Real Estate Pro For Boston Office
• Inside Trading Suspect's Death Ruled A Suicide
• NFL Retirement Plan Challenges Player's Disability Award
• ITG Urges Judge To Toss Investors' Dark Pool Suit
• SEC Challenger Tells DC Circ. Old Rulings Still Relevant
• Japanese REIT Pays $109M For Tokyo Office Building
• White House Says Budget Bill Would 'Shortchange' SEC
• Real Estate Rumors: Capital, Carlyle, Health Nonprofit
• What's At Stake In Marblegate
• 'Taking My Talents To South Beach': Law Firm Version
• Hunton, Venable Guide Summit Hotel In $75M Offering
• Deals Rumor Mill: Duke, McKesson, China Development Bank
• Akin Gump Guides Tier REIT's $191M Chicago Tower Sale
• Ameriprise Fined For Short-Term Trades Of Closed-End Funds
• SEC Says Challenge To In-House Court Relies On Old Rulings
• SEC Accuses Adviser Of $33M Fraud On MLB, NFL Players
• Stake In Toronto Tower Trades For At Least $432M
• FINRA Fines Oppenheimer $275K Over Short-Interest Reports
• Your 401(k) Plan: A Ticking Time Bomb Of Liability?
• Real Estate Rumors: TIAA, Advenir, Merrill Lynch
• Forklift Maker Kion Group To Buy Dematic In $2.1B Deal
• Goldman Sachs Needn't Hand Over Docs In Price-Fixing MDL
• Yellen Says Fed Ready To Act If Living Wills Aren't Fixed
• KKR Finalizes $739M European Real Estate Fund
• Visium Fund Manager Found Dead In Apparent Suicide
• SEC Uses IEX Approval To Begin Rethinking Market Regs
• Firms Must Plant Roots In These Cities To Compete Globally
• 4 Firms Lead The Pack In Global Expansion
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2016
• Former S&P Exec Slams SEC's Bid To Restart Fraud Case
• Ex-Fund CEO Gets 9 Years For Fraud, Obstruction Of SEC
• Labor Dept. Asks To Merge Cases Protesting Fiduciary Rule
• Real Estate Rumors: Emerge212, Edwards Cos., Galvanize
• Elliott, Francisco Partners Teaming Up For Dell Software Buy
• SEC Cuts 'Cherry-Picking' Penalty, Denies Protest On Judge
• HK Exchange Proposes Stock Option Position Limits Overhaul
• SEC Denial Of Aspiring Dark Pool Upheld By 8th Circ.
• Icahn Ups Bid To Acquire Remaining Shares In Federal-Mogul
• Structuring Ideas For Cash Investors In Solar Projects
• Davis Polk, Hanson Bridgett Steer $230M Telecom Tie-Up
• IEX Wins Nod For Stock Exchange With 'Speed Bump'
• Investors Seek Nod For $35M HSBC Deal In Yen Libor Suit
• SEC Wins $1M From Cooperator Who Stopped Cooperating
• Market Bigs Weigh In On $20M CFTC Futures Manipulation Suit
• Activists' Attention Forcing REITs To Spend On Defense
• 2nd Circ. Dubious Of Millennium's Breach Claim In Bank Row
• 11th Circ. Backs SEC In Challenge To In-House Judges
• The Biggest Moments Of 2016's Proxy Season
• PE Fund Must Face Texas Suit Alleging It Poached $45M Deal
• Tilton Says SEC Can't Reopen In-House Suit Before Mandate
• Exploring Intermediary Liability In Crowdfunding
• Gramercy REIT Continues Office Sell-Off With $76.2M Deal
• SEC Asks 2nd Circ. If It Can Restart Duka Case
• Confirmation Battle Looms As Caesars Gets Ultimatum
• SEC Requires Input On SIPC Broker-Dealer Fee Changes
• Apollo, Momentive Defend Controversial Ch. 11 Plan
• Starwood Property Trust Nabs $564M Fla. Portfolio
• SEC, Fund Administrator Settle Client Fraud Inaction Claims
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Revive Icahn 'Short-Swing' Trading Suit
• Ex-Paul Weiss Atty Confirmed As Head NY Finance Regulator
• Madoff Investors Get $247M In Latest Approved Distribution
• Libor Investors Denied 12 Years Of Bank Data
• Petrobras Challenge To Investor Class Cert. Goes Forward
• Sidley, Mintz Levin Steer $235M Starwood-Spitzer NYC Loan
• Daughters of Late Smith Barney VP Sue Stepmom For $10M
• House Finance Leaders Agree On Fix To Crowdfunding Rules
• Hogan Lovells Boosts Corporate Team With Ex-Jones Day Atty
• SEC Nails $18M Settlement In Alleged Bond Scam
• CBL Confirms Report Of SEC Investigation Into Loan Info
• MSCI Again Rejects China Shares For Emerging Market Index
• Visium Fund Manager, Others Arrested On Fraud Charges
• A Look At Shareholder Remedies In Japan
• Caesars Gets Short Breather From Creditors' Quest For $11B
• Ex-Oppenheimer Exec Hid His Tax Liens, FINRA Says
• Fortress Says Suit Over $1B Mortgage Co. Deal Falls Short
• Brokers Say SEC Lacked Evidence In IBM Insider Trading Case
• Lululemon Investors' Del. Suit Falls With NY Dismissal
• SEC Urges 2nd Circ. To Back Ruling On Atty's Ponzi Scheme
• Cowen Wants Firm DQ'd In Oil Trade Publisher Copyright Fight
• Alleged Corporate Coup Victims Seek Del. Court Reversal
• HK Judge Keeps Injunction In Play Amid Fund's Arbitration
• 3 Firms Steer Sovran Self Storage's $600M Notes Offering
• Goldman Withholding Docs In Aluminum MDL, Buyers Say
• Gambling Addiction Blamed For Banker's Alleged $95M Fraud
• Activist Says Vote Shows REIT's 'Disregard' For Investors
• Spoofing Rules Clear Enough To Charge Trader, Says CFTC
• Senate Dems Blast SEC Chair Over Political Spending Rules
• Old Mutual Unit Pays $240M For 60% Landmark Partners Stake
• Troubled Malaysia Fund Hit With $6.5B Arbitration Bid
• Ares Management Closes €2.5B European Direct Lending Fund
• 6 Factors Every Law Firm's Gender Diversity Initiative Needs
• SEC Opens New Frontier For Online Private Financing
• States' Challenge To Reg A+ Rules Rejected By DC Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Lets SEC Proceed With Case Against Ex-S&P Exec
• BNY Mellon Finalizes SEC Portion Of $714M Forex Deal
• Hedge Fund Founder Dodges Prison For $60M Fund Collapse
• Caesars Pleads For More Time In $11B Creditor Dispute
• SEC Fines, Bans Mutual Fund Managers Over Derivatives Bet
• CBL-Stirling Venture Gets $73M Loan From Wells Fargo
• Hong Kong Exchange Launches High-Risk Leveraged ETFs
• Ex-JPMorgan Adviser Ordered To Pay $27M In Restitution
• SEC Says Wells Fargo's Motions To Dismiss Are 'Hyperbolic'
• Dechert Guides SilkRoad's $446M Real Estate Fund Close
• Sidley, Deloitte Look To Duck $350M Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Industry Warns CFTC Against Broad Algorithmic Trading Rules
• Judge Blasts Brokerage Execs' 'Bacchanalian' Europe Trip
• CFTC Floats Position-Limit Changes for Derivatives Policy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Oaktree Capital, Valeant
• Caesars' Parent Stalling Suits Over $7B Notes, Creditors Say
• Obama Nominates Baker Botts Partner To SIPC Board
• German Court Calls For Another Audit Of Cable Co. Brass
• Real Estate Rumors: CitiStorage, Caerus, TA Associates
• Australian Mall Operator Selling New Zealand Biz For $189M
• In-House Teams Are Voting With Their Feet — And Then Some
• Defendants In Yen-Libor Argue Gelboim Case Doesn't Apply
• BofA, Credit Suisse Settle With Funds Over $1B Refco Scam
• NJ High Court Backs Christie On Nixing Pension COLAs
• Cher's Trust Calls Investment Co.'s Promises 'Hogwash'
• Artis REIT Inks $260M Wis. Portfolio Deal, Plans $79M Offering
• Weisman Lobs $1.5B Bid For Ashford Prime's Assets
• DQ BakerHostetler Or Russian Crooks Win, 2nd Circ. Told
• Bass Gets PTAB Review Of Fresenius Diprivan Patent
• Cowboys' McFadden Says Adviser Swindled $15M From Him
• $794M Morgan Hotels-SBEEG Merger Hit With Class Challenge
• Real Estate Rumors: Hines REIT, Strategic Storage, HAP
• Inside The New Forex Market Code Of Conduct
• Banks In Yen Libor Row Dragging Feet On Docs, Judge Told
• New IRS Regulations May Cool REIT Spinoffs
• GOP Reps. Slam Obama Veto Of Anti-Fiduciary Rule Resolution
• Oppenheimer To Pay $2.9M For Risky ETF Sales, FINRA Says
• Investment Adviser Pocketed $3M In Hidden Fees, SEC Says
• UPenn Trustees Call Inter Partes Reviews Unconstitutional
• 7 Tips For Writing An Effective Amicus Brief
• CFTC's Massad Visits China For Derivatives Reform
• Pure Industrial REIT Eyes $102M Stock Offering
• The 25 Law Firms GCs Recommend To Their Friends
• NYC Fund Manager, Union Head Accused Of $20M Fraud
• 5 Insights From Garden City Group GC Scott Nader
• How The DOL's Fiduciary Rule Will Impact Litigation
• Intervenors Allowed To Join Goldman Sex-Bias Class Action
• GOP's Dodd-Frank Repeal Bill Offers SEC Juicy Bone
• CFTC Wants Trader Banned Over Money Pass Scheme
• GOP's Swing At Dodd-Frank Could Give Banks Edge In Court
• Cohen Milstein, Pension Fund To Lead Sports Co. Stock Suit
• Northstar Suit Over Schwab Fund Hits 9th Circ. For Round 3
• EU Report Pushes For Small-Biz Securitization Access
• Real Estate Rumors: DHA Capital, Four Seasons Toronto, RPW
• US Bank Lays Out Liability Case Against UBS After $2B Trial
• SEC Says 2nd Circ. Ruling Ends 'Big Short' Adviser Appeal
• SEC Challengers Tell 11th Circ. That Tilton Dissent Was Right
• House GOP Dodd-Frank Fix Focuses On Higher Bank Capital
• Practical Tips For Satisfying FINRA's 'Culture' Concerns
• Qatar Fund Pays $2.5B To BlackRock For Singapore Tower
• Hotel Asset Manager Growth Spells Opportunity For Lawyers
• Ex-JP Morgan Exec Director Files Age, Gender Bias Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Amerindo's Appeal Of $83M SEC Win
• Morgan Stanley Wants To Join The ETF Craze
• Peru Publicizing False Info In Land Bond Row, Fund Says
• Cancer-Focused Biotech Syros Files For $69M IPO
• Custodian REIT Nabs $65M Loan Facility From Scottish Widows
• PE Firm Electra Sells Fiduciary Services Co. In $628M Deal
• South Fla. Investment Co. Must Face $3M CFTC Fraud Suit
• Jones Day Nabs Ex-Baker & McKenzie Employee Benefits Atty
• Hunton & Williams Adds Real Estate, Capital Markets Partner
• Real Estate Rumors: BlackRock, KingSett Capital, Zurich
• Gibson, Simpson Steer $311M Hudson-Blackstone Deal
• Broker-Dealers Squarely In AML Regulators' Sights
• 5 Steps To An Anti-Corruption 'Culture Of Compliance'
• UK Accounting Watchdog Probes KPMG's Ethical Standards
• Interest Rate Swap Suits Consolidated in NY
• BofA Faces Another Antitrust Action Over SSA Bonds
• SEC Official Talks Up Sharp Accounting Fraud Focus
• BlackRock Must Give HSBC Old Owners' Info In RMBS Suit
• Mass. Investment Adviser To Pay $10M To End SEC Fraud Suit
• Hedge Fund Founder Pays $2M To SEC Over Improper Trading
• Diamondback Capital Gets $6M Refund Post-Newman
• 1 Lawyer Handles Year's Top 2 Real Estate Deals So Far
• SEC Associate Director Of Enforcement To Step Down In June
• Feds Say Fund Manager Ran $17.5M Trading Scam
• NorthStar, Colony Capital Merger Will Create $58B REIT
• Negotiating Cybersecurity Protections For Retirement Plans
• DOL Fiduciary Rule Challengers Leave Nothing To Chance
• SEC Points To Tilton Ruling In Remaining In-House Court Suits
• Asset Manager Hits Peru With $1.6B Bond Arbitration Claim
• Halliburton Fights Expert Bid In Asbestos Liability Suit
• EU Seeks To Break Down Cross-Border Barriers For Funds
• A Brief History Of Law Firm Cyberattacks
• SEC Chief Hints At New Order-Routing Disclosure Rules
• Pebblebrook Offloads $111M In 3 U.S. Hotel Properties
• A Majority On American Pipe Tolling Emerges
• Industry Groups Sue To Stop DOL's Fiduciary Rule
• SEC's In-House Courts Safe For Now After 2nd Circ. Win
• AXA Investors Lay 'Excessive' Fees At Feet Of Fund Managers
• Arbitration Of O'Melveny Malpractice Claim Stalls
• AIG Can't Nix Pimco's Calif. Mortgage Securities Fraud Suit
• Merkin Fights To Block Trial In Madoff Clawback Suit
• FINRA Sues Ex-Ameriprise Rep Over $100M EB-5 Side Project
• Morgan Stanley's Questions In $81M Buyback Suit Rejected
• CalPERS Backs Merck Investors In 3rd Circ. Tolling Fight
• Chicago Trader Can't Show Work Videos In Spoofing Case
• Seminole Tribe Wins Remand In Trust Row With Wells Fargo
• Sumner Redstone And The Question Of Mental Capacity
• Brookfield Raises $4 Billion For Latest Private Equity Fund
• Oklahoma, Texas Senior Housing Portfolio Trades For $210M
• Real Estate Rumors: Korea Post, Metropica, Steelbridge
• SEC Beats Tilton's 2nd Circ. Challenge To In-House Court
• The Latest Roadblock For Insider Trading Enforcement