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Asset Management - January, 2017

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• Gorsuch Likely To Restore Scalia-Era High Court Balance
• Gorsuch's Credentials Could Prove Troubling To Opposition
• Jury Largely Clears Ex-JP Morgan Analyst In Tipping Trial
• 3 Gorsuch Opinions You Need To Read Right Now
• Hedge Fund Blasts Lehman's 'Zombie Position' In $265M Suit
• Ill. Retirement Fund, Deloitte Agree To End Contract Suit
• Ex-Marine Gets 52 Months For Scheme That Targeted Vets
• Trump Nominates Judge Gorsuch For High Court Seat
• 5th Circ. Says Ex-Stanford Workers Can't Arbitrate
• Fla. Judge Orders SEC To Tighten Adviser Fees Suit
• Charges Against Broker Dismissed In $17M Stock Scheme
• 2 More Directors Leave The SEC, Making 3 In Week
• Actavis, Lannett Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Gallstone Drug
• Ex-E&Y Partner Brings Oversight Board Challenge To DC Circ.
• A Derivatives Trader's Compliance Checklist
• Dems Boycott Vote On Trump's HHS, Treasury Noms
• Puerto Rico Passes Bill To Pay Part Of $70B Debt
• Fund Manager Fights SEC Claims Over 'Death Put' Scheme
• Lehman Begins $265M Court Fight With Hedge Fund Mgr.
• Stanford Trustee Can't Toss Ex-Diplomat's Ch. 7 For $1.2M
• Capital One Closes $535M Loan For Starwood REIT
• Bitcoin Users Should Expect More IRS And DOJ Scrutiny
• Wells Fargo Not Liable For $168M Ponzi Scheme: 11th Circ.
• Merkin Loses Bid To KO Clawback In Madoff Bankruptcy Case
• Bail-Jumping Former Analyst Found Guilty Of Insider Trading
• Business Groups Mischaracterizing Fiduciary Rule, DOL Says
• Love And Law In The Age Of Trump
• The State Of The Litigation Finance Industry In 2017
• Fla. Man Charged With Running $18M Investment Scheme
• TiVo Owes $14.5M From Rovi Merger Breached Deal, UBS Says
• Goldman Coder Ruling Stands In Lieu Of Clear Data Theft Law
• State Street Faces Investor Suit After $65M Fee Scheme Fine
• Accused ForceField Promoters Deny Roles In $131M Scam
• Equus Says Stock Award Plan Fully Detailed In Statements
• ADT Insider Trading Jury Hears Ex-Analyst's Phone Calls
• Policy Doesn't Cover $17M Ponzi Loss, 5th Circ. Told
• SEC's First Chief Operating Officer Leaving Commission
• Israeli Bank Tax Evasion Scam Put Investors At Risk, Says Suit
• Kelley Drye Steers Aareal's $235M Loan To SL Green
• GOP Says SEC Inaction Doesn't Block Pay-To-Play Review
• 6 Firms To Steer IPOs Totaling $2.7B Led By Giant REIT
• Ex-Jefferies Trader Beats All But 1 Charge In Fraud Retrial
• Shkreli, Ex-Katten Atty Gear Up For Severance Fights
• Tilton Fights To Keep Zohar Suit Out Of SEC Case
• Pump-Dump Fraudsters Pay SEC $9M, Firm Still Faces Suit
• CFTC's General Counsel To Step Down
• Analyst Peeked At Secret Files Before ADT Buyout, Jury Told
• Trump, GOP Allies Aim To Kill Dodd-Frank By Year's End
• Investment Firm's Tie-Up With Parent Unfair, Shareholder Says
• Citigroup Pays $18 Million SEC Fine For Overbilling Clients
• CORRECTED: Michael Piwowar Named SEC Acting Head, Agency Awaits Nominee
• When SEC Knocks: 8 Immediate Actions For Every Company
• Hawkwood Energy Acquires Halcon's East Texas Assets
• SEC Charges Ex-Och-Ziff Execs Over African Bribery Scheme
• 6 Ways To Get More From A Limited Budget For Trial Graphics
• SL Green Sells Stake In NYC Tower Project For $525M
• Ex-JPMorgan Analyst's 'Bogus' Emails Hid Trades, Jury Told
• Standard General Sues Insurer Over Dov Charney Coverage
• Real Estate Rumors: Aon, Northwestern, American Landmark
• Long-Awaited Partnership Audit Regs No Longer So Welcome
• Northrop Workers Want Experts, Audits Barred In ERISA Suit
• Fried Frank Reps Paramount On $1B JV For NYC Trophy Tower
• SEC Gets Adviser To Admit $1.3M Stock 'Cherry-Picking' Plot
• Home Sales Startup OfferPad Gets $260M From LL Funds
• New DOL Exemption Can't Save Fiduciary Rule: Biz Groups
• Troutman Steers Bank Of China's $345M SL Green Loan
• Quinn Emanuel Takes Over In $230M Russian Tax Fraud Suit
• Madoff Investor Loses Appeal To Unblock $11B Suit
• Goldman Says 9th Circ. Ruling Shows Abacus Class Fails
• Dream Office REIT Selling 12 Properties For $153M
• Carefully Tailored ERISA Claims After Amgen V. Harris
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Restore JPMorgan Silver Futures Suits
• SEC Enforcement Chief Heads Back To Debevoise
• Deutsche Must Pay $110M In Swaps Suit, NY Court Affirms
• Investor RMBS Claims Against Deutsche Bank Escape The Ax
• Real Estate Rumors: Premier Equities, Equity One, Acore
• Bail-Jumping Ex-Analyst Ruled Fit For Insider Trading Trial
• And Now A Word From The Panel: A Year Of Vanishing MDLs
• Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Pay SEC Fines Over Forex Platform
• SEC Imposes 5-Yr Ban On Unregistered Broker In $5M Scheme
• Banks Look To Escape Indirect Purchasers' Forex Suit
• Hedge Fund Says Creditors Worsened American Apparel Woes
• Shareholder Activism Lawyer Joins Schulte Roth & Zabel
• Ex-Goldman Coder's Theft Conviction Reinstated
• Mayer Brown Not Liable For $1.5B Loan Flub, 7th Circ. Told
• SEC HomeStreet Action Broadly Interprets Dodd-Frank
• Ex-JPMorgan Analyst Testifies Colleague Admitted Tipping
• SEC, Nursing Home Owner Resolve Bond-Pilfering Claims
• Delayed Fiduciary Rule Faces Host Of Obstacles To Repeal
• Arbitrator's Decisions Don't Nix Award, 11th Circ. Told
• TerraForm Yieldcos Enter Exclusivity Deals With Brookfield
• Qualcomm Shareholder Appeals Chancery Ax Of Antitrust Suit
• REIT Faces Another Suit Over $41M Hotel Loan Write-Down
• MF Global Insurers Ordered To Drop Bermuda Proceedings
• Engineering Co. Can't Renege On $2M Deal, Judge Rules
• Carter Validus REIT Buys Health, Data Properties For $100M
• Tilton Tasks Justices With Constitutional Review Of SEC Court
• 6 Reasons Why A Wholesale Dodd-Frank Repeal Is Unlikely
• SEC Pays $7M To Whistleblowers For Investment Scheme Tips
• Brookfield Offers $358M For Rest Of Canadian REIT
• Insider Trading Defendant Busted After Skipping Trial
• SEC Unlikely To Escape Partisan Chokehold Under Trump
• Lynn Tilton Calls Zohar Funds Lawsuit 'Tactical Game'
• Rimon Snags Ex-Reed Smith FinTech Partner In DC
• CFTC Names Giancarlo As Acting Chairman
• Morgan Stanley Aims To Trim Calif.'s Great Recession Suit
• FHFA Supplants Fannie Mae Shareholders In Deloitte Suit
• UAE Axes Warrant For Ex-BigLaw Atty Accused Of Theft
• SEC Claims Assisted-Living Owners Mixed Bond Accounts
• SEC Inks Cooperation Deal With Hong Kong Regulators
• How Litigation Funding Is Bringing Champerty Back To Life
• Most Influential Judges On Trump's Supreme Court Short List
• The Lawyer Who Will Shape Trump's Presidency
• In The Polarized Era Of Trump, BigLaw Searches For Balance
• Rolling Back Regulation In The Age Of Trump
• Bear Fund Liquidators Again Target S&P, Others Over RMBS
• CFTC's Enforcement Head To Leave Agency
• 7th Circ. Upholds Sentinel CEO's 14-Year Prison Term
• SEC Says Co. Broke Accounting Rules, Foiled Whistleblowers
• The Need For A Limitations Period On SEC Disgorgement Claims
• No Pre-Sentence Jail For Leader Of $11M Investing Fraud
• Jason Galanis Pleads Guilty In $60M Tribal Bond Scheme
• Rockwood Capital Closes $1B Real Estate Fund
• Jury Finds Ex-Visium Manager Guilty Of Hedge Fund Fraud
• Canadian Regulators Adopt Derivatives Clearing Reforms
• Warren Probes Industry Support For Fiduciary Rule Rollback
• Attracting And Retaining The Millennial Lawyer
• Accused Fraudster's Suicide Doesn't Void Ponzi Deal: 6th Circ.
• Starwood Capital Grabs Milestone REIT In $2.85B Deal
• CFTC Fines Citigroup $25M For Spoofing
• Expect Continued Aggressive Enforcement Under Bharara
• SAC Trader, Feds Feud At 2nd Circ. Over Salman Impact
• Terrafina REIT Buys $422M In Mexican Industrial Properties
• Finance Pros Tell Fund Fraud Jury Visium Quotes Were Off
• Swaps Trading Is On New CFTC Chair's Radar
• Feds Oppose New Trial For Ex-Racer After Fraud Conviction
• Chevron Seeks To Toss Workers' 2nd Stab At ERISA Suit
• Barnes, Partner Say They Didn't Intend To Harm Nutmeg Group
• DOL Says Fiduciary Rule Can Discourage Class Waivers
• Pay-To-Play Lessons From This Week's SEC Settlements
• Art Market Tax Probes Make Domestic Freeports Appealing
• Real Estate Rumors: American Eagle, SpotHero, Mars
• FTC Fines Investors For Missing Premerger Notifications
• Judge Rejects Newman Plea For Insider Trading Convictions
• It's Time To Change The Law Firm Business Model
• State Street To Pay $65M For Execs' Commission Fraud
• Puerto Rico Reaches Deal On Pension Bond Payments
• Southport, US Bank Hit In Asset Misappropriation Scheme
• Zohar Funds Sue Lynn Tilton's Patriarch Partners
• SEC Fines Pershing Square, Others For Pay-To-Play Violations
• Linkwell Investor Says Sidley Can't Dodge 'Covert' Merger Row
• Deutsche Bank Finalizes $7.2B MBS Settlement
• Visium Trial Witness Describes Illegal Health-Sector Trades
• Tragic Juror Issues Delay Litvak Deliberations
• Mary Jo White Says SEC Must Remain An Independent Agency
• Elliott, Bluescape Mull NRG Energy Proxy Fight
• Trump Adviser Sells Firm, Talks Russia-US Biz At Summit
• SEC Settles With BlackRock Over Whistleblower Waivers
• 2 Disputes Lawyers Move To Covington Amid KWM Collapse
• Amended Rule 37(e): 1 Year Later
• How Jed Rakoff, One-Man Circuit Split, Saved Bharara's Bacon
• Fund Manager Pleads Guilty To $23M Commodities Fraud
• 6th Circ. Affirms Whistleblower Can't Sue Morgan Stanley
• Cost-Benefit Bill Frees Industry By Tying SEC Down
• High Court To Hear CalPERS' Argument Over American Pipe
• SEC Whistleblower Prodded On Misconduct At Fraud Trial
• SEC Fines Morgan Stanley $13M For Overcharging Fees
• Avoiding The Hidden Costs Of Bargain-Priced E-Discovery
• Taxation With Representation: Baker, Cleary, Paul, Kirkland
• Supreme Court To Review Limitations On SEC Disgorgement
• Investors Say Forex Ruling Leaves Banks Luckless On Libor
• FINRA's Most Significant 2016 Enforcement Actions
• Warburg Pincus Can't Beat Rural/Metro Investors' Fraud Suit
• Fifth Street Investors Seek OK Of $14M Class Action Deal
• Del. Theranos Suit Docs OK'd For Use In Other Actions
• Investors Accuse Trading Co. Execs Of Rampant Misbehavior
• Real Estate Rumors: Wells Fargo, Jia Shu Xu, JMB Realty
• Feds Want Leader Of $11M Fraud Jailed Ahead Of Sentencing
• Airbus Settles Arbitral Row In $4.5M Fund Manager Dispute
• House Passes Bills Aimed At SEC, CFTC Rulemakings
• SEC To Focus On 'Robo-Advisers,' Senior Abuse In 2017
• SEC Whistleblower Enticed Visium Fraud Trial Target To Talk
• Platinum Execs Hid Funds After Raid, Feds Say
• Funds To Get Hearing Over Puerto Rico Pension System Debt
• Global Regulators Want More Safeguards For Asset Managers
• FINRA Fines TD Bank Unit Over 3M Undocumented Emails
• SEC OKs Fund Commissions To Help Brokers With DOL Rule
• Citi Pays Overcharged Customers $23M After NY AG Probe
• NY Bankruptcy Court Finds MF Global Insurers In Contempt
• Brokerage's Reporting Policy Lands It In Hot Water With FINRA
• ITG Pays $24M To SEC Over Handling Of Foreign Shares
• Saving Lawyers 1 Breath At A Time: Mindfulness In The Law
• CFTC Hits JPMorgan With $900K Penalty Over Clearing Fees
• Visium GC Rips Lax Compliance At Outset Of Fund Fraud Trial
• Hersha Closes On $62M DC-Area Hotel Sale
• Funds Get OK On $4.2M Northern Trust Negligence Settlement
• Fisker Trustee Can't Knock Down Investor Claims
• REIT Hospitality Properties Prices $600M In Bonds
• CFTC Gets Default Judgment Against 'Flash Crash' Firm
• RAIT Financial Sheds $109M In Residential Assets
• Brookfield Outlines Handful Of TerraForm Takeover Proposals
• Long-Arm Jurisdiction In A Post-Daimler Era
• Understanding How Blockchain Could Impact Legal Industry
• 2nd Circ. Waves Off Cayman-Related Case Until Other Ruling
• Hotel Exec Must Face Suit Over $850K First Farmers Payment
• NY High Court Says Oral Contract OK For Securities Trades
• Lehman Bros., US Reach Deal In $67M Foreign Tax Credit Row
• Prison Looms As 2nd Circ. Denies 'Mini-Madoff' Aide Bail
• Forex Fraudsters Shell Out Nearly $12M In CFTC Case
• DTCC Embraces Bitcoin Technology For Credit Default Swaps
• Canadian Regulators Seek Input On Banning Embedded Fees
• The Incoming SEC Chairman As I Know Him
• IRS Needs Clearer Guidance On Unconventional Assets: GAO
• 'Fair Value' Takeaways From Merion V. Lender Processing
• Hedge Fund Pares Movie Co. Founder's $100M Fraud Suit
• The Firms That Dominated In 2016
• CITIC, Carlyle Take $2B Stake In McDonald's China Biz
• Deals Rumor Mill: China Orient, ETP, American Apparel
• Adviser, Atty Settle SEC Charges Over Referral Scheme
• Hong Kong Derivatives Trading Sets Record High In 2016
• SEC, Timbervest Disagree Over Due Process, Industry Bars
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• SAC Trader, Gov't Disagree Over Salman In 2nd Circ. Case
• PE-Backed Retailer Neiman Marcus Pulls Plug On IPO
• Film Financier Gets $23M Fraud Suit Paused For Criminal Case
• SEC Judge Says PwC Auditor Must Face Fund Fraud Suit
• Stradley Ronon Adds Ex-Ocwen Financial Atty In Philly
• $337M Has GSK Research Complex Trading Hands
• SEC Trims 'Big Short' Adviser's Fine, Denies ALJ Challenge
• Columbia Property Trust Sells Houston Buildings For $272M
• Curbing The Power Of Pari Passu Clauses
• CFTC Settles For Small But Personal Fine In Corzine Deal
• Bond Trader Can't Block 'Important' Testimony In Retrial
• Virtus Can't Appeal Claims Over F-Squared, Judge Says
• SEC Judge Says 10th Circ. Ruling Doesn't Warrant Dismissal
• Del. High Court Allows Law Profs' Brief In DFC Appraisal
• BlackRock, Others Seek Nod For Sampling In HSBC Suit
• Probe Delays Trial of Ex-Union Boss, Hedge Fund Founder
• Whistleblower Who Tipped SEC To Scheme Gets $5.5M Bounty
• 5 Insights From General Electric's Alex Dimitrief
• Nygard Sues Witnesses In Bacon's $50M Defamation Case
• Ex-Jefferies Trader Abused Trust, Gov't Says In Fraud Retrial
• White Urges SEC Head To Work On Accounting Standards
• Dechert Steers Column's $146M Loan For NY Twitter Building
• Family Holds Key to Springing Jailed Hedge Funder: Judge
• SocGen Worker Says Award Over Nixed Promotion Is Tainted
• Mesa West Capital Clinches $900M Real Estate Debt Fund
• Corzine To Pay CFTC $5M Over MF Global Meltdown
• Neuberger Berman Closes $2.5B Secondary Fund
• Trump's Wall Street Ally Pick Signals Enforcement-Light SEC
• MF Global Insurers Warned Over Seeking Impermissible Relief
• Ex-VC Exec Seeks Docs From Former Firm In SEC Suit
• Fried Frank Adds PE Partner From Akin In New York
• Ex-Lehman Workers Take $200M Ch. 11 Pay Beef To 2nd Circ.
• Dechert Securities Partner Joins Norton Rose In New York
• Fallen Finance Whizzes Deny $2B NY Pension Bribery Plot
• Prudential Defeats ERISA Suit Over Revenue Sharing
• Hong Kong To Roll Out 1st Renminbi-Based Currency Options
• Icahn Enterprises Sweetens Federal-Mogul Tender Offer
• Pension Fund, Real Estate Co. Pay $141M For Danish Marriott
• Ex-Trader To Start 2nd Trial Over $2.26M RMBS Fraud
• Trump Picks Sullivan & Cromwell Partner To Head SEC
• Circuits Split Widely On SEC Judges' Constitutionality
• Linkwell Investor Taps Lead Attys In Sidley Merger Work Suit
• REIT NexPoint Residential Drops $108M On Texas Properties
• CFTC Head To Step Down In Coming Weeks
• DOL Seeks Swift End To Insurer's Fiduciary Rule Challenge
• Evercore Doesn't Have To Face ERISA Suit, DC Circ. Says
• AIB Wins Dismissal Of $41M Bulgarian Bank Deal Dispute
• Be Prepared For Law Firm Data Breach Litigation
• Fortress REIT Investor Sues Over $640M Spinoff
• Bharara Says He Had Probable Cause For Level Global Raid
• Hong Kong Set To Launch Derivatives Volatility Controls
• Standard Chartered Unit Fined Over HK Fund Managers
• Halliburton Agrees To $100M Deal In Asbestos Class Action
• Marathon Petroleum Exploring Speedway Spinoff
• 7 Legal Industry Predictions For 2017
• Activist Investors Set For Busy 2017
• Securities Regulation To Watch In 2017
• Securities Cases To Watch In 2017