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Asset Management - January, 2018

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• Barclays, Citi Say Lehman Can't Issue New Preferred Stock
• Puerto Rico Bondholders Lose Bid To Force Debt Payments
• Beus Gilbert Granted $88M Fee Request For RenCo Suit Win
• Oracle 401(k) Participants Win Class Cert. In ERISA Suit
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Advisers Cop To Fraud Charges
• Life Time Fitness Investors Can't Bring Back PE Buyout Suit
• 7th Circ. Overturns Ariel Investments' Trademark Win
• Shkreli Sentencing Delayed While Parties Mull Loss, Forfeiture
• Fired HSBC Veep's Retaliation Case Deep-Sixed By 2nd Circ.
• The Meaninglessness Of 'Disinterested'
• Jury Convicts Pa. Man In $2M Investment Fraud Scheme
• Centers Of Influence Are Key To Small Law Firm Rainmaking
• Ex-Investment Banker Gets Probation For Insider Trading
• Singapore REIT Cache Pays $154M For Aussie Warehouses
• Fujifilm Takes Over Xerox In $6.1B Joint Venture Deal
• US Bank Mortgage Trust Investors Denied Cert. In $2B Suit
• Nutmeg Atty Says Exec Used 'Flawed,' Not Illegal, Accounting
• Investors Seek Class Cert. In Deutsche RMBS Trustee Suit
• SEC Settles With Portfolio Manager Over $1.9M Fraud Suit
• Anguillan Banks' Account Raiding Claims To Be Heard Abroad
• Conservative Groups Seek To Peg Capital Gains To Inflation
• Student Housing Co. Buys London Site, Plans $276M Project
• Trading Co., Banks Seek End To Stock-Loan Antitrust Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Morgan Stanley, Dalian Wanda, L+M
• 3 Banks To Pay Combined $47M In CFTC Spoofing Settlement
• RMBS Investors Make Case For Class Cert. In HSBC Suit
• DOJ, CFTC Spoofing Cases Show Cooperation Running High
• Investors Seek Early OK For $290M Valeant, Pershing Deals
• Puerto Rico Utility Seeks $1.3B Loan From Commonwealth
• 6 More Cos. Launch IPOs Totaling $1.4B As Pipeline Grows
• From Law Firm To Newsroom: An Interview With Bob Woodruff
• Lehman Whistleblower Says She Was Fired For Refusing To Lie
• DLA Piper Steers ASB Real Estate's $144M DC Building Sale
• Novartis Blasts Attempt To Revive Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Loeb & Loeb Scores Ex-Akin Gump Fiduciary Litigator
• Judging A Book: Kendall Reviews 'On The Jury Trial'
• Lucia Will Not Address Essential Problem With SEC Court
• Morgan Stanley Denied Quick Win In Deutsche RMBS Suit
• Judge OKs Cobalt's $500M Pact With Sonangol For Oil Blocks
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Columbia, KKR
• Exec Who Did In Aegis Fund Gets 3 Years, Must Pay $15M
• Asset Management Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
• 7 Cos. To Price IPOs Exceeding $3.4B Led By Gaming REIT
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Proskauer, Debevoise
• Takeaways From BlackRock's 2018 CEO Letter
• NJ Hedge Fund Owner Stole Money For Lavish Life, Jury Told
• Feds Say Man Used Forgeries, Disguise In $96M Fraud
• Ex-TCW Mgr. Says She Was Fired After Reporting Harassment
• Schwab Can't Get 9th Circ. Review In Order-Routing Suit
• Puerto Rico's New 5-Year Plan Excludes Debt Payments
• PE-Backed Gates Industrial Leads 3 IPOs Raising $878M
• Real Estate Rumors: Fortis, Blackstone, Soon-Shiong
• Asset Management Group Of The Year: Stradley Ronon
• Do I Need New Trial Counsel? 9 Questions To Ask
• NYSE, Nasdaq Want Rival's Closing Auction Plan Overturned
• Berkshire Aerospace Unit Denied Exit From Investor Suit
• Currency Trader Gets 21 Months For Bilking Friends
• Troutman Sanders Reps Bank Of China On $480M NYC Loan
• Lavish Spending OK'd As Evidence In $4M NJ Fraud Trial
• Asset Management Group Of The Year: Proskauer
• Mayors Group Wins $8M From Retirement Plan Administrator
• Single-Asset Aspen REIT Gets Nod For $33M Reg A+ IPO
• Starwood Property Trust Launches $400M Notes Deal
• Audit Watchdog, KPMG Face Big Hit To Credibility
• Feds Say Pair Impersonated SEC Officials In Fee Scam
• Ex-Brokers Ask 2nd Circ. To Ax IBM Insider Trading Verdict
• Texas Fracker Leads 3 Cos. Launching IPOs Totaling $440M
• Chancellor Tosses 'Novel' Bid For $5M Merger Suit Fee
• Real Estate Rumors: Rockwood, Goldman, TotalBank
• Epstein Becker Adds Financial Services, Arbitration Atty
• Bob Evans $1.5B Post Deal To Face Del. Chancery Appraisal
• Ex-GE Capital GC Joins Baker Donelson In Baltimore
• Tilton Seeks To Keep Case Against Zohar Funds, Others Alive
• Lessons From President Trump's Failed Judicial Nominations
• Woodbridge Settles SEC Ch. 11 Trustee Takeover Dispute
• Asset Management Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
• $250M Citi, Barclays Libor Deals Look Worthy, Judge Says
• Ballard Snags SEC Assistant Director As Philly Partner
• Ill. Trader Pleads Guilty To $13M Wire Fraud Scheme
• No Bellwether For DZ Bank In Morgan Stanley RMBS Fight
• TD Ameritrade Adviser Misled On Options Strategy, Suit Says
• Dentons Attorneys Part Ways With Monex In CFTC Probe
• Fund Administrator Fined Over Alleged Role In $15M Fraud
• Icahn Calls For Xerox Chief's Ouster Amid Fujifilm Rumors
• Nutmeg Owner Insists He Worked In Funds' Best Interests
• Asset Management Group Of The Year: Debevoise & Plimpton
• Caesars-Affiliated VICI Properties Launches $1B IPO
• How To Control Data As Technology Complicates E-Discovery
• Rebutting Presumption Of Reliance: Lessons From 2nd Circ.
• Artis REIT Selling $80M Worth Of Trust Units
• Elliott, PE Firms Invest $2.5B In FirstEnergy
• Debevoise Guides AIG's $5.56B Deal For Validus
• Investors Paid Inflated Fees To Nutmeg, SEC Expert Says
• SEC Chair Urges Retail Focus In Activist Investor Debate
• ADT Leads 3 PE-Backed Firms' IPOs Raising $2.4B Combined
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Puerto Rico Hands Over Info On Accounts With $7B Stash
• Woodbridge Managers Resign Amid Ch. 11 Trustee Arguments
• Ex-FDA Honcho Ducks Prison For Visium Insider Trading Plot
• MagCorp Attys Insist On $88M Legal Bill For Renco Suit Win
• Wells Fargo RMBS Suit Shouldn't Get Class Cert., Judge Says
• Cryptocurrency ETFs Not Ready For Prime Time, SEC Says
• Lincoln Financial Drops $3.3B On Liberty Life Assurance
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Kirkland, Latham
• Simon-Starbucks Case May Give Landlords A Legal Roadmap
• The Rise And Fall Of Statistical Sampling In RMBS Cases
• Woodbridge Expands Board To Ease Creditor Concerns
• 9 Partners Leave Quinn Emanuel To Form New Firm
• Toshiba To Sell Claims Against Westinghouse For $2.2B
• Jones Day Nabs Finance Partner From Ashurst's NY Office
• Cboe Moves In On Nasdaq, NYSE Closing-Auction Turf
• Kirkland Advises Wyndham On $2B Buy Of La Quinta
• CFTC Chair Picks Ex-BigLaw Atty For Senior Counsel
• JG Wentworth Ch. 11 Plan Approved Over Trustee Objection
• Calif. Appeals Court Nixes Fraud Victim's Bid For State Comp.
• Global Brokerage Gets Ch. 11 Plan OK After Axing Releases
• Scarinci Hollenbeck Nabs Cybersecurity, Employment Vet
• House Passes Bill To Loosen Rules For Closed-End Funds
• Last Objection To Walter Investment Ch. 11 Plan Cleared
• Seward & Kissel Sues Ex-Client For $1.8M In Legal Fees
• Court Couldn't Hear Firm's Trademark Case, 7th Circ. Told
• Mudrick Capital Files $200M IPO To Buy Post-Bankruptcy Biz
• Caesars Palace Owner Rejects MGM Growth's $6B Offer
• Law School Link Wins Skadden Role On Advisory Board Deals
• A Chat With Davis Wright CSO Mark Usellis
• Hausfeld, Others Seek $381M Atty Fees From $2.3B FX Deals
• Nutmeg's Problems Were Extensive, SEC Accountant Testifies
• 2nd Circ. Clarifies Cert. Standard For Stock-Drop Actions
• Foreign Trader Fails To Boot SEC Attys Over Privileged Docs
• Departure Of Defense Counsel Leaves 2nd KIT Trial In Limbo
• Woodbridge Unsecured Creditors Oppose Noteholder Panel
• Simpson Thacher Guides Close Of $2.7B Morgan Stanley Fund
• Real Estate Rumors: Scripps, Piedmont, Empire State
• HSBC, BofA, Others Hit With Suit Over Canadian Rate-Rigging
• Ice Cube's Hoops League Looks To Stuff Rival's Suit
• Warburg Pincus Co-Leads On Ziroom's $620M Series A Raise
• Ramius Vows To Block Qualcomm's $37.7B NXP Buyout
• Gibson Dunn Guides MGM Growth Bid To Buy VICI Properties
• An Important International Provision In The Tax Act
• The Firms That Dominated In 2017
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Banks Told RMBS Subpoena Order Is 'Cost Of Doing Business'
• CFTC Accuses Commodity Pool Operator Of Fraud
• Woodbridge Resets Biz Model During Ch. 11 Control Battle
• Valeant Says Insurers Must Defend Allergan, Stock-Drop Suits
• Valeant Sees Most Claims Against It Stick In Stock-Drop Suits
• NJ Investors Launch $40M Suit Over Alleged Ponzi Scheme
• Fracking Co., Industrial REIT Price IPOs Raising $696M
• Shkreli Hits Back At Feds' $7.3M Forfeiture Bid
• Supreme Court Agrees To Review SEC's In-House Judges
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Skadden, Simpson
• Goldman Sachs, CPPIB Lead $950M Peruvian PE Fund
• REIT Far East Hospitality Drops $158M On Singapore Hotel
• Ex-State Street Exec Can Try To Depose Clifford Chance Atty
• Gilbride Tusa Gets Quick Win Axed In $85M Malpractice Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Crate & Barrel, New York REIT, Ascentris
• SEC Chair Urges More Bond Market Liquidity For Main Street
• Schiff Hardin, Sullivan & Cromwell Steer $100M NYC Loan
• Canadian Investor Loans $250M To Colombian Power Co.
• 6 E-Discovery Predictions For 2018
• SEC Settles With Reinsurance Exec Accused Of $2.5M Fraud
• SEC Picks Salt Lake City Head To Lead Atlanta Office
• Centuria To Drop $91M On Australian Office Building
• Ex-SGs Square Off Over Puerto Rico Board Constitutionality
• SEC, Creditors Say Woodbridge Deals Favor Ch. 11 Trustee
• Deutsche Notice Claim Revived In $306M Mortgage Trust Row
• NJ Estate Atty Convicted Of Looting $1.5M From Clients
• Manafort, Gates Face $26M Suit Over Ukrainian Investment
• SEC To Deliberate On Nasdaq's Bid To Ease SPAC Rules
• Simpson Thacher Guides KKR's $2B Real Estate Fund
• REIT Sunstone Sells Pair Of Marriott Hotels For $139M
• Venture Capital Injections Surge To $164.4B In 2017
• 6 Roles To Embrace In An Evolving Legal Industry
• Baupost Hit With $4M Short-Swing Suit Over Innoviva Stock
• 8th Circ. Says SLUSA Sinks Customer Suit Against Scottrade
• $179M Fraudster Arrested Boarding Flight To Ecuador
• REIT, Energy Services Co. Launch IPOs Totaling $511M
• Hedge Fund Manager Cops To Stealing Canadian Investments
• Real Estate Rumors: WR Berkley, Google, Triarch Capital
• FINRA To Eye ICOs, Cryptocurrencies In 2018
• Simpson Thacher Helps KKR Form $2.24B Private Credit Fund
• Blackstone Grabs Vancouver REIT For $3.05B
• Ex-Deutsche Traders Say Case Hinges On UK Libor Overseers
• New Magnitsky Sanctions Expand Enforcement Authority
• This Year, Let's Invest In Lawyer Resiliency
• Defrauded Investors Must Arbitrate Under FINRA: 6th Circ.
• Bob Evans Investor Wants To Investigate $1.5B Sale To Post
• Simpson Thacher Gets Back Ex-Acting OCC Head As Partner
• Heitman Buys Out Joint Owner's Stake In Firm For $110M
• 5 Legal Technology Predictions For 2018
• SEC Seeks Final Judgment For Texas Adviser In Fraud Suit
• Sentinel Liquidator's $33M Fraud Suit Against MBF Survives
• REIT Hamborner Drops $70M On Four Retail Properties
• Discovery In AT&T Merger Row On Pace, Attorneys Say
• National Events DIP Lender Wasn't Wise To Ponzi: Examiner
• 9th Circ. Upholds Toss Of Schwab Class Suit Citing SLUSA
• No Prison Yet, Restitution Reduced For Bitcoin Fraudsters
• Apollo-Backed Home Security Co. ADT Launches $2B IPO
• SEC Slams Milbank, Woodbridge Ch. 11 Note Group Conflicts
• Renco, Noteholders Object To $88M In MagCorp Atty Fees
• Valeant Hit With Investment Funds' Fraud Scheme Suit In NY
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• SEC Says Disgorgement Is Enough For Fraudster's Civil Case
• Jury Misconduct Claimed In Ex-Katten Atty Trial
• 5 Pressing Issues Facing The SEC In 2018
• Mo. Businessman Cops To Bank-Busting Fraud Ahead Of Trial
• Norton Rose Snags Baker McKenzie M&A Atty In Houston
• Finance Co. Hit With 2 Investor Stock-Drop Actions
• State Regulators Warn Public On Cryptocurrencies, ICOs
• Ex-Hedge Fund Exec Ordered To Pay $4M For Securities Fraud
• Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018
• Apollo, Varde Snag Fortress' OneMain Stake In $1.4B Deal
• Fraud Questions Linger In Woodbridge Ch. 11 Trustee Fight
• Hedge Fund Blasts Defense Of Puerto Rico Restructuring Law
• McDermott Adds Ex-SEC Enforcement Atty To Chicago Office
• Ex-ConvergEx Manager Settles SEC Fraud Suit With $1M Deal
• Ex-Merrill Lynch Manager Loses Mormon Bias Appeal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Spotify, RBS, J&T Finance
• Former Och-Ziff Exec Charged With Investment Fraud
• The Enneagram And The Practice Of Law
• Alissa Starzak On Net Neutrality, US Army, Leap To Startup
• Stanford Workers Tell 5th Circ. Underwriters Were Let Off Easy
• Ackman's Pershing Square To Trim Stake In Howard Hughes
• Harrison Street Sells Student Housing Portfolio For $1B
• Petrobras To Pay Nearly $3B To End Securities Class Action
• Pershing, Valeant Agree To $290M Deal Ending Allergan Suits
• Ex-Katten Atty Conviction A Cautionary BigLaw Tale
• SEC Slams Exec, Seeks Trustee In $1B Woodbridge Ch. 11
• Walter Investment Ch. 11 Plan Releases Stir Up Concerns
• Real Estate Rumors: Ivanhoe Cambridge, Azure, Sears
• Deals Rumor Mill: Boeing, Siemens Healthineers, Nippon Life
• Tilton, Patriarch Beat Zohar Funds' RICO Claim
• Judging A Book: Tymkovich Reviews 'Gorsuch'
• Brookfield Raises $885M Infrastructure Debt Fund
• NJ Case Bolsters The Limitations Defense Against SEC
• Massachusetts Cases To Watch In 2018
• Clayton's Bid To Revive Public Markets Off To Modest Start
• Attys Eye Cases Impacting SEC Enforcement Powers In 2018
• Securities Regulation To Watch In 2018
• Shareholder Activism Poised For Busy, High-Stakes 2018
• What Asset Managers Can Expect From The SEC In 2018
• 5 Things To Watch For In FCPA Enforcement This Year