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Asset Management - September, 2018

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• Supreme Court Cheat Sheet: 8 Cases To Watch
• Musk To Pay $20M In Settlement Over Going-Private Tweets
• Wachtell Prevails In CVR's Takeover Malpractice Suit
• Foul With Routine Witness Trips Up Deutsche Libor Trial
• SEC Settles With LendingClub Unit, 2 Ex-Execs For $4.2M
• Existence Of Cybersecurity Policies Not Enough For SEC
• McAfee-Linked Bitcoin Biz Hit With Pump-And-Dump Suit
• Credit Suisse To Pay $10M Over Misleading Market Making
• AmEx Privacy Chief Talks Protecting Data In Age Of GDPR
• NextEra Urges 3rd Circ. To Rethink $275M Breakup Fee Ruling
• Ex-Fund Manager Who Lost $22M Sentenced To 8 Years
• OSF HealthCare Beats Church Plan Suit
• F-Squared And The Lingering Impact Of Kokesh
• SEC, CFTC Sue Bitcoin-Funded Securities Dealer And CEO
• Morgan Stanley, Others Can't Ditch Stock-Loan Antitrust Suit
• 3rd Circ. Slams Duo's 'Vulgar' Bid To Sanction Morgan Lewis
• At Least 75K Investors Duped By Video Scams: SEC, CFTC
• Another Ex-Deutsche Trader Tells Jury Of Libor-Rigging
• Craig Carton's Ex-Biz Partner Cops To Role In $5M Fraud
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cognizant, Perella Weinberg, Grab
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Shareholder To Corporate Practice
• Testimony Allowed In Greenberg Traurig Forgery Case
• SEC Sues Tesla CEO Elon Musk Over Going-Private Tweets
• SEC Case Brings Rarely Used Cyber Rules Into Limelight
• Trading 'School' Proprietor To Pay $1.9M In 2nd CFTC Run-In
• Norges Pays $421M For London Office Building
• SoftBank Infuses $800M Into Pair Of Real Estate Cos.
• Gannett Dodges Suit Over 401(k) Plan's Tegna Investments
• Fidelity Leads Ultrasound Co.'s $250M Funding Round
• How Corporate Reputation Risk Is Exacerbating D&O Liability
• Receiver Didn't Retain Attys Seeking $489K Fees, Judge Says
• PwC Escapes Valeant Investors' $80B Price-Gouging Suit
• Principal Life Beats Class Action Over 401(k) Plan Funds
• SEC Gets $1M In First Action Under ID Theft Rule
• SEC Official Defends Withdrawal Of Proxy Guidance Letters
• Pension Fund Seeks $4.5M Atty Fees In Symbol Securities Suit
• Principal Global Fights Nod To M&T Bank Ruling In ERISA Suit
• Expert's Analyses Questioned In AbbVie Merger Cert. Row
• Poor Oversight Cost Pension Plans Millions, DOL Says
• The Principles Guiding FINRA Enforcement
• SEC Fires Warning Shot Against 'Short And Distort' Schemes
• 5 More GC Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• $100M Ascent Deal Reset Sidelines Chancery Injunction Bid
• 9th Circ. Told FCC Licensing Co. Services Are Not Securities
• Alsup Grants $16M LendingClub Fee Bid Despite Misgivings
• Chancery Nixes Injunction For $7B USG-Knauf Merger Vote
• Accused Metals Trader Pleads Not Guilty To 'Spoofing' Market
• 4 Things Benefits Attys Need To Know About Tax Reform 2.0
• Japanese REIT Global One Scores $53M Loan
• 2 New Cases Showcase CFTC Spoofing Theories
• Shearman, White & Case Lead $2.3B Sonic Take-Private Deal
• 3rd Circ. Deepens Uncertainty Over FINRA Arbitration
• Judging A Book: Block Reviews 'Tough Cases'
• Linkwell Duo Say Investor Hasn't Shown Plot With Sidley
• Investors Urge 7th Circ. To Revive Suit Over Fisker Fraud
• Ex-Deutsche Trader Dishes On Bank's Libor Self-Dealing
• Real Estate Rumors: MSD, Brookfield, Starwood
• Trusts Can't Revive $101.8M Arbitration Claim At 11th Circ.
• Dov Charney Must Pay Standard General $19.5M
• Trader Pleads Guilty In Kickback Scheme; SEC Seeks Payback
• Del. Judge Backs Releases In Millennium Lab Holdings Ch. 11
• Sears CEO Pushes $2.25B Asset Sale To Avoid Bankruptcy
• Cornell Seeks To Appeal Order Over Jury Trial In ERISA Row
• Investment Cos. And REITs Receive Welcome Tax Guidance
• Singapore REIT Drops $169M For Seattle Biz, Industrial Park
• Seyfarth Escapes Illegal Tax Shelter RICO Suit
• 8 Innovative Ways To Empower Jurors
• Investment Firm Says Securities Law Keeps Suit In Fed. Court
• Online Fundraisers Fraught With Criminal, Civil Risks
• Ex-Platinum Partners Exec Dies Ahead Of $1B Fraud Trial
• Calif. Gov. Signs Wildfire Bills, Limiting PG&E Liability
• Health Care Network Wants Religious Exemption Suit Canned
• Schwab, Ameritrade Say Goldman Can't Ditch IPO Deal
• Ex-Brokers Say 'Punitive' Morgan Stanley Suit Lacks Evidence
• Atty Can't Shake $1.76M Suit Over Alleged Consulting Scam
• Chancery Agrees To Master For $15B Student Loan Trust
• Chancery Judge Says Goldman Settlement Makes No Sense
• Schwab Dodges Fiduciary Claims In Benefits Suit
• ESR Real Estate Offers $505M To Take Over Propertylink
• Cloud Computing Clearly The Future For Small Firms
• HD Supply Must Face Investor Claims Over Stock Drop
• Rakoff Sanctions Petrobras Deal Atty For 'Kitchen Sink Brief'
• Labaton Sucharow Adds 'Ultimate SEC Insider'
• American Century Fights Expert Testimony In ERISA Suit
• Goodwin-Led Eventbrite's Shares Soar After $230M IPO
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Securities Fraud Row Against Hertz
• 401(k) Savers Fight Dismissal Bid In Principal Global Suit
• SEC Seeks $1M Sanctions From Ex-Brokerage Firm Execs
• Real Estate Rumors: Paramount, Ladder, Welltower
• Leveraging Today's Lateral Associate Market
• Tax Court Erred In $377M Foreign Income Row, 3rd Circ. Told
• Morgan Stanley Says Ex-Brokers Tried To Woo Clients To Stifel
• What I Learned As Lehman's Bankruptcy Lawyer
• Pension Fund Fights Ocwen Bid To Tank ERISA Mortgage Row
• DC Circ. Orders Redo For 'Big Short' Adviser's SEC Hearing
• Duke Univ. Workers Say 401(k) Plan Was Revamped After Suit
• Fenwick & West Guides Proterra's $155M Funding Round
• Tilton Asks To Keep Zohar Portfolio Financials Private
• Award Caps Would Weaken Whistleblower Program, SEC Told
• Liquidators Seek Ch. 15 To Track Cayman Firm's Cash
• Mortgage Lenders Seek Appeal Over Venue In Lehman Fight
• NJ Trader, Firm To Pay CFTC $2.3M Over Spoofing Claims
• Feds Say $364M Consumer Debt Scam Duped Attys, Bankers
• Real Estate Rumors: Spotify, Carlyle, Sterling Bay
• For-Profit Exchanges Harming Investors: SEC Commissioner
• Hong Kong's Spring REIT Buying China Mall For $241M
• Inside The Brewing Proxy Fight Over Campbell's Board
• Reliance Trust Makes $4.5M Deal To End ERISA Claims
• Back To School: Stanford's Jeff Fisher Talks Supreme Court
• BVI Companies May See More 'Just And Equitable' Petitions
• Where Have The SEC Enforcement Actions Gone?
• Labaton, ERISA Attys Reach Tentative Deal In $75M Fee Fight
• Looking Back On Lehman's Decade In Bankruptcy
• Singapore Developer Lands REIT Manager For $72.1M
• VC-Backed Eventbrite Raises IPO Funding Target To $230M
• Chancery Rejects Texas Forum For Quantlab Control Dispute
• Labaton, Levi Vie For Lead Role In Prothena Stock-Drop Row
• Mason Seeks $200M From S. Korea Over Samsung Merger
• CFTC Says Broker To Pay $50M Over ISDAfix-Rigging Claim
• Creditors Can't Put Stop To Puerto Rico GDB Restructuring
• Ex-Deutsche Traders Rip Libor Fraud Claims As Trial Begins
• Real Estate Rumors: Aldora Aluminum & Glass, Hana, Encore
• Postmates Locks In $300M VC Fund Led By Tiger Global
• Arent Fox Fights Early Win Bid In Malpractice Suit
• UBS Investors Denied Cert. In Mutual Funds Dispute
• Elon Musk's Take-Private Tweet Draws Tesla Into DOJ Probe
• Banks Want Out Of Mexican Bond Price-Fixing Case
• Countdown To Tax Compliance For Global Individuals
• SEC Settles With Alleged Chicago Penny Stock Fraudster
• Swiss Augmented Reality Auto Biz Secures $80M In Round C
• Israeli Gov't Contractor Settles Securities Suit With $3M Deal
• SEC Accuses Ex-Adviser Of Fraudulently Raising $6.8M
• New Commissioner Could Help Clayton's SEC Agenda
• How Lehman's Bankruptcy Put SIPC In The Spotlight
• Trader In Beaufort-Linked Manipulation Case Cops To Fraud
• Simpson Thacher Steers Blackstone's €948M Spain REIT Deal
• Lucid Motors Lands $1B From Saudis With O'Melveny's Help
• 15 Minutes With Robinhood Markets' General Counsel
• Valeant Must Face Deceptive Pricing Claims By Hedge Funds
• Calif.'s New Rules For Lawyers Move Closer To ABA Model
• Investcorp Drops $300M On Multistate Warehouse Portfolio
• Split 9th Circ. Keeps Toss Of Northstar's Schwab Fund Suit
• Lawyer Behind 401(k) Fee Suits Takes Aim At Universities
• Anthem 401(k) Participants Win Partial Cert. In ERISA Suit
• 401(k) Participant Loses Class Bid In Revenue Sharing Row
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Hedge Fund Power Struggle Spawns Del. Chancery Suit
• Citi Pays $12M To Settle SEC's Claims Of Dark Pool Misdeeds
• Och-Ziff Investors Win Cert. In Suit Over FCPA Probe
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Simpson
• Sports Businessmen Must Honor $26M Debt Guarantee: Judge
• BNY Mellon Trust Beneficiaries Win Class Cert. In Fees Suit
• Valeant, PwC Shed State Law Claims In Investors' Suit
• Ares Selling Stake In Colo. Hotel Project For $270M
• Lehman Judge Looks Back On Historic Case 10 Years Later
• Know The Limits To Atty Public Statements During A Trial
• NY Nonqualified Deferred Comp Rules Ripe For Challenge
• Puerto Rico Creditors Blast GDB Deal As It Clears Hurdle
• Emory Workers Score Class Cert. In Retirement Savings Suit
• IRS Ruling On MBS Restructuring Should Encourage Investors
• Apollo, ADT Execs Juked Stock With Silence On IP Deal: Suit
• Broker-Dealer To Pay $2.75M For Bad Blue Sheet Data
• 3rd Circ. Leaves EFH Off Hook For $275M Breakup Fee
• 7th Circ. OKs Toss Of Broker-Dealer's Legal Malpractice Suit
• SEC Seen As Broadening Crypto Reach With Latest Actions
• Rajaratnam's Motley Rice RICO Suit Gets Cool Response
• Herbert Smith Steers Propertylink's $543M Offer For REIT
• Pillsbury Adds Former Goldman Sachs VP To Estate Practice
• 'Next Madoff' Defamer Faces Uphill Fight In $38M Appeal
• VC-Backed 'Unicorn' SurveyMonkey Launches $135M IPO
• Oxford's Latest Bid Values REIT Investa At More Than $2.4B
• Finland's EQ Asset Management Scores €310M For PE Funds
• Pa. Appeals Court Won't Narrow Consumer Protection Law
• In Calif., Questions Remain On Law Firm Conflict Waivers
• Cayman Derivative Cases Brought Overseas Still Face Hurdles
• A Chat With Faegre Client Development Chief Melanie Green
• A Breakdown Of Title Insurance For Mezzanine Financing
• UK Watchdog To Probe $5.4B CME-NEX Exchange Deal
• SEC Claims Mass. Broker Lied To Short Drug Co. By $1.3M
• Platinum Partners D&O Insurer Can't Slip $5M Liability
• Pension Fund Pans Banks' Bid To Escape Rate-Rigging Row
• Ex-Dickstein Shapiro Partners Sue Blank Rome Over $4M
• Law Schools Struggle To Find Themselves In Post-Recession Market
• Hotel Equities Gets $500M PE Investment From Virtua Partners
• Wells Fargo Dodges Counterclaims In $16M Margin Call Row
• Natixis Deals Finance Units To Parent Co. In $3.1B Exchange
• UK Real Estate Investment Trust Eyeing $229M IPO
• Australia Clears $9.3B Energy Deal After Concessions
• Workers Say Mo. Ruling Can't Aid Pensions In Exemption Row
• Ex-Deutsche Traders Fire Back At Gov't Bid To Nix Experts
• A Decade After Financial Crisis, Misconceptions Remain
• Unpacking The New Temporary Rules For Bonus Depreciation
• Locust Taps Morgan Lewis For $312M Senior Care Credit Fund
• How A 'Lost Generation' Of Associates Bounced Back
• Ameriprise Must Pay Former Broker $675K For Termination
• NY Investment Firm, SEC Settle For $1M Over Note Losses
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Ronald Haft, BMO Harris
• Nine West Offers To End Takeover Suit For $470M, Court Told
• NYU Workers Appeal ERISA Class Action Loss To 2nd Circ.
• SEC Push To Expand Access To Private Offerings Invites Risk
• Atty's Sickly Brother Gets 9 Mos. For Role In Pump-And-Dump
• Arnold & Porter Guides LoanCore REIT On $182M NYC Loan
• FINRA Lodges First Crypto-Related Enforcement Action
• Unregistered Crypto Hedge Fund Traded Securities, SEC Says
• Setting A Framework For Disgorgement Insurance Disputes
• Simpson Thacher Counsels Carlyle On $5.5B Real Estate Fund
• Examining The Role Of Market Price In Appraisal: Part 2
• Israeli Sales Exec. Can't Dodge Binary Options Fraud Case
• Tribune Hit With $564M Stock-Drop Suit Over Sinclair Buyout
• Real Estate Investors' Attys Want $33M Of $100M CBRE Deal
• Can BigLaw Avoid Another Associate Purge?
• Columbia Univ. Workers Move For Class Cert. In ERISA Row
• 4 Firms Steer $1.9B Network Rail, Blackstone Property Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Starwood, Ankura Consulting, DR Horton
• Court Urged To Deny Quick Win In Church Plan ERISA Suit
• SEC Accuses 2 Brokers Of $4.6M Excessive Trading Frauds
• Forex Group Backs Ex-HSBC Exec, Says $3.5B Deal Was Fair
• Hogan Lovells Nabs Ex-GE Capital Lead Counsel As Partner
• PE Firm Wants $6M Costs Award Over Bank Share Sale OK'd
• SEC Settles With Ex-Nomura RMBS Trading Head
• Trascent Consulting Wins Fraud Sanctions In Chancery Suit
• Calif. Atty Makes Behind-Bars Plea To Toss SEC Fraud Case
• Cozen O'Connor Slams Atty's Bid To Quit Pa. Malpractice Suit
• Examining The Role Of Market Price In Appraisal: Part 1
• Understanding The Unwinding Of DOL's Fiduciary Rule
• Has BigLaw Recovered From The Financial Crisis?
• Measuring The Recession's Toll On The Legal Industry
• Ex-Teva Head Accused Of Role In $27M Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• Experts See Costs Of 'Tick-Size' Pilot Outweighing Benefits
• Pipe Giant Tops 3 IPO Launches Surpassing $1B Combined
• Taxation With Representation: Seward, Akin Gump, Vinson
• Sidley Austin Atty Must Answer Questions In Investor Suit
• Army Vet Is 6th Of 7 BofA Insider Defendants To Plead Guilty
• Allstate Hit With Another Suit Over Underwriting Practices
• SEC Wins $63M Clawback From Family Of Fugitive Oak Exec
• The Courts' Take On Obama-Era Regs: You Are Erased
• Third Point Looks To Oust Campbell's Entire Board
• Deutsche Defends RMBS Accrual Clause In Quicken Suit
• Deutsche Clients Lose Class Cert. Bid In 'Last Look' Suit
• Tesla, Musk Hit With Another Suit Over Take-Private Tweets
• VC-Backed Upwork, Guardant File IPOs Totaling $200M
• Chinese Regulators Propose Easier Rules For Share Buybacks
• Debt Buyer Tells 3rd Circ. It Has No Liability Under FDCPA
• Highland Hit With Derivative Suit Over Fund Share Purchases
• Davis Polk, Wachtell Steer $1.5B SS&C, Intralinks Tie-Up
• Embattled Tech Tycoon Owes $100M Award, Chinese Co. Says
• F-Squared Trustee Can't Reap $7.7M Legal Insurance Payout
• Canadian Energy Co. Invests $80M In Japanese Solar Plant
• SEC Action Brings Lessons For Quantitative Fund Managers
• LaSalle Ditches Blackstone Deal For $5.2B Pebblebrook Bid
• Michigan Man Admits Defrauding $1.4M From Investors
• CFTC Offers Alternative To Its International 'Overreach'
• Marijuana Investment Co. Misappropriated $3.3M, SEC Says
• Ex-Telecom Boss Denies Defrauding Investors Of $250M
• Feds Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive Ex-Nomura Trader's Conviction
• Solera Pursues $51M Coverage For Del. Appraisal Action
• Senate Confirms Ex-Milbank Atty As SEC Commissioner
• Don't Aggravate $1.8B Peruvian Bond Dispute, Tribunal Says
• 'Toss-Up' If Ex-Goldman Banker Will Cop To Insider Trading
• Real Estate Rumors: ICBC, Fifteen Group, Florida Penthouse
• 2nd Circ. Declines Class Cert. Review In $50B Libor Fight
• Audax Group Blows Past Target For $3.5B PE Fund
• Fiduciary Best Practices Helped NYU Win ERISA Class Action
• Late Patriot's Ex Meets Skeptical 1st Circ. In Benefits Suit
• Regulation Best Interest: The SEC Can't Please Everybody
• Morgan Keegan To Pay Fairfax $20M Over Stock Price Claims
• Momentive, Bondholders Spar Over Interest Rate At Trial's End
• 2 Investors Drop Claims In Volatility Index MDL In Ill.
• 3rd Circ. Won't Ax Overcharge Class Claims Against Vanguard
• Judge Skeptical Of Platinum Partners D&O Insurer In $5M Suit
• Convicted Ill. Judge Loses Bid For Acquittal, New Trial
• $480M Wells Fargo Securities Deal Gets 1st OK, Class Cert.
• Shkreli Claims Bad Jury Instructions In 2nd Circ. Appeal
• Fla. Atty In $20M Fraud Case Pleads Guilty To Bond-Jumping
• Lexington Sells 21-Asset Office Portfolio To JV For $726M
• Back To School: Widener's Rod Smolla Talks Free Speech
• 2nd Circ. No Lock To Review Class Cert. In $50B Libor Fight
• Comment Period Extended For Volcker Rule Changes
• Investors' Fraud Suit Against Uber, Ex-CEO Dismissed
• IOF Gets Rival $2.4B Offer As Vote On Blackstone Bid Looms