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Asset Management - October, 2016

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• Fund Manager Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive Bloomberg Libel Suit
• Judge Extinguishes Tilton's SEC Misconduct 'Smoking Gun'
• Businessman Pleads Guilty To Stealing $2.9M From NFLers
• Fund Seeks Halt Of Gibson Dunn Arbitration Over Unpaid Fees
• TA Realty Nabs Mass. Multifamily Property In $67M Deal
• Caesars Deal To Pay Creditor's Attys Blocked By Judge
• SEC Says PwC Auditor Should Have Caught Fund Fraud
• British REIT Sheds Surrey Mall For $105M
• Madoff Trustee Decries Firm's Bid to Have Him Testify
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 2
• 3 Firms Steer Blackstone's $6.1B TeamHealth Deal
• A Perfect Storm Of Securities Class Actions On The Horizon
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 7
• PTAB Wins For Bass May Not Move Needle On Drug Prices
• Apollo Investment Buys Greek-Owned Complex For $432M
• Wells Fargo Wants Key BlackRock Info In $1B Mortgage Action
• Tilton Accuses SEC Of Misconduct In $200M Fraud Trial
• Madoff Trustee, Calif. AG Reach $277M Deal With Investor
• MF Global Says Insurers Must Pay $25M Plus Damages
• Fighting The SEC On Its Home Turf
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 6
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 1
• SEC's Tilton Trial Gets Steamy Over Accountant's Emails
• Platinum Partners Assets Frozen Following $200M Suit
• Annaly REIT Investors Seek To Revive Management Shift Suit
• NY Court Revives CVR Malpractice Row Against Wachtell
• Investors Say US Court Has Jurisdiction To Hear Libor Suit
• SEC Nearly Always Unanimous On Whether To Sue: Records
• Avon Investors Demand Appeal Bond From 'Serial Objector'
• Trader Charged For $9M Ponzi Scheme Not Singled Out: Judge
• Shkreli Wants To Bolster Defense With Katten Documents
• Kyle Bass Gets More Wins As PTAB Axes Celgene Patents
• SEC Backs Ex-Atty's Bid To Revive Whistleblower Suit
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 5
• Health Care REIT HCP Drops $186M On East Coast Portfolio
• 5 Benefits Of Using A Financial Expert At Mediation
• Tilton, Hedge Fund Clash Over Docs In SEC Fraud Case
• Cornerstone Ex-CEO Tells Jury PE Fund Stole Prime Deal
• Why Asset Managers Must Become Data Leaders
• Wells Fargo Hits Back At Feds In $76M Tax Credit Suit
• REIT Merlin Properties Issues $873M Worth Of Bonds
• Hersha Hospitality Trust Drops $75M On California Marriott
• UBS, Barclays Settle With Bondholders In Libor Suit
• No Stay In ERISA Suit While Justices Mull Church Ties
• Robbins Geller Made Lead Counsel In Insmed Stock Drop Suit
• 2nd Circ. Denies 'Mini-Madoff' Cohort's Bail Motion
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 4
• Tilton Blasts Cozy Relationship Between SEC, Witnesses
• Quadrant Seeks Del. Court Reversal On Athilon Note Sale
• Foreign Banks Look To Dodge Yen Libor Suit
• Ex-Oppenheimer Adviser Cops To Insider Trading
• Fraudster Gets 2 Years In $5M Twitter, Uber Ponzi Scheme
• Simpson Thacher M&A Atty Lands At Clifford Chance
• Russia-Led Group Puts €250M Into Glass Tableware Maker Arc
• Wells Fargo Says Investors Wrongfully Compare RMBS Suits
• Investcorp Snags 3i's Debt Management Unit In $271M Deal
• Vancouver-Based REIT Puts Up $61M For 6 Fla. Hotels
• Minn. Appeals Panel Affirms GE Capital Ponzi Suit Toss
• BuckleySandler Nabs Ex-Fifth Third GC For Banking Practice
• Real Estate Rumors: CB Developers, JDL, Hyatt Hotels
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 3
• Bridging The Gap Between Outside And Inside Counsel
• Wrap Fee Programs In SEC's Crosshairs
• Using Audits To Safeguard Law Firm Trust Accounts
• Tilton Knocks SEC's 'Hell Of A Fraud Case' In Opening Args
• HRG Group Sued For $2.5M To Pay Former Retailer's Liens
• Kyle Bass Group Gets 1st Win As PTAB Nixes Gattex Claims
• CPPIB To Buy China Shopping Center Interest In $144M Deal
• SEC Chair Seeks More Oversight In Gov't Securities Trading
• Petrobras To Settle With Pimco, Other Investors Over Scandal
• Platinum Equity To Sell Mactac's American Biz In $375M Deal
• Hong Kong Sets Volatility Controls For Derivatives Market
• 2nd Circ. Told SEC Wrongly Froze $118M In Oak Fraud Case
• SEC Challenger Misread High Court Finding, DC Circ. Told
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 2
• Will 2nd Circ. Pare Back Rakoff's Class Definitions?
• So You Want To Be A Partner? You Need A Mentor
• Tilton, SEC Prep For Unprecedented Face-Off In $200M Case
• Facebook Calls Class C Stock Suit Doc Bid 'Gamesmanship'
• Investors Say Calif. Suit Dooms Wells Fargo's Dismissal Bid
• TD Ameritrade Ditches Securities Suit At 11th Circ.
• HSBC Hong Kong Wins Bid To Exit Calif. Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Kushner, Jeff Bezos, Madison Capital
• Hedge Funds Fret Over Data Security In Fintech Age: Survey
• M&G To Resume Trading In $5B Brexit-Halted Real Estate Fund
• Argentina Says Some Claimants Aren't Part Of $90B Debt Deal
• Convicted Spoofer Tells 7th Circ. His Trades Were Legit
• GE Won't Budge On $1.4B Offer For 3-D Printing Cos.
• REIT Colony Starwood Homes Prices $581M Loan
• Cope Hudson Partner Charged With Insider Trading
• Bluerock Residential JV Drops $68M On Atlanta Apartments
• The Manipulation Standard And A Setback For CFTC
• Tarullo Urges Regulators To Watch For Shadow Banking Risks
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 1
• Tilton, Patriarch Ask Appeals Court To Nix Fraud Claim
• FINRA Seeks SEC Approval For Rules To Protect Seniors
• Fair Market Value Arguments Fail in Nomura Suit, Gov't Says
• Nelson Mullins Atty Can't Escape SEC's Pay-To-Play Claims
• Trial Pros' Secret To Courtroom Success
• Ex-CEO Settles With SEC Over Money Laundering Claims
• 100 Days Of Cayman Islands Limited Liability Companies
• CDPQ Buys $155M Stake In Logistics Co. From KKR, Goldman
• SL Green Sells Stake In $170M NYC Building To BlackRock
• Australia's NSW Grabs $12.4B From Ausgrid Stake Sale
• Milestone REIT Drops $242M On Apartment Portfolio
• SEC Is Misguided On Disgorgement From Portfolio Managers
• PE Fund Denies Poaching Execs In $700M Texas Hospital Suit
• Pension Co., Bank Escape Tribe's Embezzlement Suit
• Deutsche Pleads With NY Justices To Toss $22M Judgment
• Wells Fargo Faces Suit Over Phony Accounts Scandal
• Hack Victims Want 8th Circ. To Revive Scottrade Breach Suit
• CFTC Won't Ditch Plan Allowing It To Peek At Trading Code
• Carter Validus Buys AT&T Data Center Property In $80M Deal
• Amundi Confirms Interest In Pioneer But Denies $4.4B Bid
• Investor Seeks To Redeem Gone-Dark China Firm's Stock
• Bid To Argue Tossed Madoff Clawback Claims Gets Denied
• Chicago Trader Settles CFTC's Spoofing Suit
• SEC Approves FINRA's Treasury Securities Reporting Rule
• Madoff Feeder Funds Get No Love On Appeal Over Citco, PwC
• Bank Leumi To Pay $1.5M For Cross-Border Securities Work
• Foley & Lardner, DLA Guiding Pot-Focused REIT's $175M IPO
• DiCaprio Asked DOJ To Look Into 1MDB Exposure
• Calvert To Pay Up For Misvalued Bonds, Improper Fees
• Real Estate Rumors: Brack, Blackstreet, Philips
• Gramercy Property Trust Drops $246.5M On Industrial Buys
• Oasis Petroleum To Pay $785M For ND Drilling Acreage
• Starboard Wins Activist Bid To Add Stewart Board Members
• Sears On Road To Settling Chancery Fight Over $2B REIT Deal
• Keppel DC REIT Raising $199M To Buy Singapore Data Center
• FINRA Fines Merrill Lynch $2.8M For Trade Data Errors
• Beacon Capital Pays $467.5M For Chicago Office Tower
• Asset Firm Settles SEC's $30M Fraud Claims
• BakerHostetler DQ'd In $230M Russian Tax Fraud Suit
• Clearwire Pressed On Disclosure In $3.6B Sprint Buyout Trial
• CFTC Inks $35M Settlement With Unregistered Forex Traders
• Bank Can't Give Trust Funds To Argentinian Debt Holdouts
• 4 Things To Know About The Latest IRS Real Estate Regs
• Madoff Trustee Decries 'Personal Attacks' In Clawback Fight
• ASB Lands $67M Refinancing For DC Office
• Kasich Blackballs Wells Fargo From Ohio Debt Offerings
• Constellation Sells Wine Biz In $781M Pension Fund Deal
• SEC To Focus On Investment Advisers, Exams Chief Says
• FINRA Says Stock Guru Saw Accounts As 'Gambling Money'
• Stock Transfer Agent Gets 2 Years For $1.5M Fraud
• OPINION: 3rd-Party Litigation Funding Needs Transparency
• Och-Ziff: Takeaways From Landmark FCPA Case
• US Election Will Shake Up Activism, Okapi CEO Says
• Hedge Fund AEW Says Builder Forged Evidence In $100M Suit
• UBS Wants To Toss Investors' Breach Of Duty Class Action
• Real Estate Rumors: Elon Musk, JPMorgan, Joyland Group
• SEC Names New Associate Enforcement Director
• Federal Capital Partners Closes $512M Real Estate Fund
• Ex-Gottex Accountant Admits Embezzling $3.5M From Fund
• 2nd Circ. Skeptical Of 'Big Short' Adviser's SEC Challenge
• SEC Watchdog Sees Room For Improvement On Efficiency
• Insurer Says Securities Broker Not Covered For FINRA Actions
• DC Circ. CFPB Ruling Supports Rehearing: SEC Challenger
• Sen. Warren Urges White House To Replace SEC Chair White
• Tilton Abandons Latest SEC Crusade To Face Admin Hearing
• FINRA's 'Yuuuge' Fines May Propel 2016 To Historic Year
• Will The New Insider Trading Enforcement Strategy Survive?
• Texas Hospital Chain Tells Jury PE Firm Cost It $700M
• Hedge Fund Pays SEC $8.9M For Insider Trading Claims
• Treasury Issues Final Controversial Debt-To-Equity Rules
• Alstria Office REIT Sells $129M Of Real Estate Assets
• Charles Schwab Son's Fund Can't Shake $25M RE Fraud Suit
• SEC Adopts 'Transformative' Rules For Mutual Funds
• Investors Say Waldman Can't Get Banks Out Of Libor Suit
• Facebook Investors Want Zuckerberg-Goldman Sachs Docs
• A Gift By Any Other Name: Benefits In McDonnell And Salman
• Vanguard Urges 3rd Circ. To Toss Ex-Atty's Whistleblower Suit
• Libor Plaintiffs Say Metals Ruling Backs Standing Claims
• Swiss AG Targets Falcon Private Amid Wider 1MDB Probe
• Real Estate Rumors: Modell's, IStorage, Amazon
• Allergan Investors Urge Class Cert. In Insider Trading Row
• Israeli Co. Fights Attys' Fees Bid In Real Estate Fight
• Father, Son Must Face CFTC Fraud Suit After Firm Wipeout
• The Art Of Silence At Trial
• Dragoneer Inks Deal For New Mountain's AmWINS Stake
• Investor Says Fresh Market Chair Rigged $1.4B Apollo Deal
• Deutsche Bank Pays $9.5M Over Chatty Research Analysts
• FINRA Upholds Firm Fine For Anti-Money Laundering Failures
• Incentives Shouldn't Tempt Bank Staff To Break Laws: NYDFS
• Fund Sues Theranos Over Stock Purchase Agreement
• CFTC Proposes New Definitions For Cross-Border Swap Rules
• Brooklyn-Based REIT Clipper Realty Files Plans For IPO
• 5th Circ. Returns Burger King Europe Suit To District Court
• Tritax REIT Inks $140M Deal For 2 Logistics Facilities
• Fortress Affiltate Investor Gets Do-Over In $1.4B Deal Suit
• Wells Fargo, Feds Dig In For Trial Over Foreign Tax Credit
• Davis Polk Advises Noble Group On $1B Energy Unit Sale
• Vivendi Ruling Supports Dismissal Of Dark Pool Suit: ITG
• Duke Energy Reaps $2.4B From International Biz Sales
• Various Firms Steer Hudson-CPPIB's $180M Purchase, Loan
• High Court Won't Hear Skadden, Ex-CEO's Fee Fight
• Justices Unlikely To Slice Through Insider Trading Knot
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Latham, Kirkland
• Wells Fargo Beats Fraud Claims Linked To Ponzi Scheme
• Pimco Founder Evidence Row Best Left To Jury, Judge Says
• EMI Hires Ex-DOJ Debevoise Atty in Malaysian Cash Case
• HarbourVest Extends SVG Offer In Challenge To Rival Bid
• Inside The SEC's New Rule On Form ADV Disclosures
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Amaya, Delta Lloyd
• SunTrust Execs, Former GC Dodge Liability In ERISA Suit
• Robo Advisers Are Fiduciaries, Morgan Lewis Report Says
• Online Brokerage Founder Held In Contempt In Fraud Suit
• Kyle Bass Loses Challenge To Shire's Lialda Patent At PTAB
• Justices' Insider-Trading Args Loom Over Whitman Appeal
• Lennar Investment Vehicle Closes With $2.2B In Commitments
• SVG Drops Earlier Deal For $950M Sale To Goldman, CPPIB
• SEC Nabs New Analytics And Research Head For Trading Unit
• High Court Seems Disinclined To Disturb Dirks In Salman
• H&R To Sell Calgary Tower Stake In $195M Pension Fund Deal
• Coming Soon: The 3-D (And 4-D) Brief
• Standard General Says Dov Charney Got Secret Legal Advice
• Harvard Beats Students' Challenge To Fossil Fuel Investments
• REIT Tanger Outlets Prices $100M Debt Offering
• Ex-Merrill Lynch Adviser Charged With $1M Theft
• Opt-Outs More Likely In Large Securities Settlements: Report
• Vinson & Elkins Adds Ex-Ashurst PE Partner In London
• Justices Reluctant To Rein In Insider Trading Liability
• 6th Circ. Sends GOP Pay-To-Play Rule Case To Merits Panel
• Cert. Granted In JPMorgan, BNY Mellon Hospital Bond Suit
• Goldman Sachs Gets Aluminum Price-Fixing Claims Tossed
• SIFMA Has 'Significant' Markup Disclosure Proposal Concerns
• Banks Say Forex Ruling Changes Nothing In Libor Case
• Fraudster Who Blamed Attys For Guilty Plea Gets 15 Years
• The 'Tough Noogies' Doctrine: Rights But No Remedies
• Real Estate Rumors: Fuse Media, DiVito, Capital One
• SEC Says Tilton's Latest Challenge Is Barred By Prior Case
• BofA, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo Take 2nd Shot At Living Wills
• Investors In UBS Puerto Rico Funds Denied Class Status
• CFTC Sues Unregistered Trader For Peddling Trading System
• SVG Capital To Shed Half Of Portfolio For £379M, Wind Down
• Investor Watchdog Slams NYSE Plan On Termination Forms
• NJ Court Stays Malpractice Case As $100M Tax Fight Unfolds
• Clarion Drops $311M On Mass. Life Sciences Complex
• Solar Co. Tweaks $150M IPO Plan, Mammoth Sets Terms
• CFTC Urged To Prioritize Cybersecurity, 'Triage' Its Budget
• Hedge Fund Founder Denies Fraud Charges, Gets Lower Bail
• Real Estate Rumors: ASG Equities, KGS-Alpha, Ekstein
• Pure Industrial REIT Drops $210M On US, Canada Properties
• Deutsche Buys 3.3M-Square-Foot Industrial Portfolio
• SEC Charges Adviser Over Cherry-Picking Trades
• In The Hot Seat: Wells Fargo And Bank Supervision
• High Court To Clarify Murky Insider Trading Rules
• Convicted JPMorgan Trader Asks For Acquittal, New Trial
• 1st Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over Vertex Stock Drop
• GAO Looking Into Whether CFIUS Has Powers It Needs
• Lexington Realty Trust Sells NYC Land Investments For $338M
• DLA Piper Nabs Latham Real Estate Fund Specialist
• Jay Peak Owner Denies Running EB-5 Ponzi Scheme
• MSRB Focuses On Muni Bond Markup Disclosure For 2017
• Glass Lewis Founder Takes Stake In Struggling SeaWorld
• Columbia Sells NJ Property To Nightingale For $174.5M
• Mass. Regulator Sues Morgan Stanley Over Loan Push
• 3 Firms Steer Altisource-Amherst $652M Portfolio Deal
• High Court Wants Solicitor's Take On Cyan Securities Appeal
• In The Hot Seat: Wells Fargo Displays Arbitration's Failure
• Janus Capital, Henderson Agree To Form $6B Asset Manager