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Asset Management - October, 2018

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• 7th Circ. Vacates $27M Defamation Win Against Allstate
• Fed Proposes Relaxing Rules For Some Large US Banks
• Bank Says Financial Adviser Shares Blame In ERISA Fight
• CEO-Turned-Loan Shark Tells Jury Carton Wanted Him To Lie
• SEC Seeks To Simplify Variable Annuity Disclosures
• Labaton Threatens Fight If State St. Fee Deal Is Rejected
• Real Estate Rumors: Joe Chetrit, Zagame, Southwest Value
• Cromwell European REIT Drops €384.4M On 23 Properties
• An In-Depth Guide To The Opportunity Zone Guidance: Part 1
• Toys R Us Poised To Sell Asian Business To Debtholders
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apollo Global, UBS, Papa John's
• Schulte Roth Can't Duck Hedge Fund Subpoena: Liquidators
• AT&T Can't Dodge Excessive Fee Suit Over $35B 401(k) Plan
• Patriarch Brands Zohar Ch. 11 Cash Plan As Deal-Breaker
• Whistleblower Rips Fidelity In 1st Circ. Bid For New Trial
• Investor Attys Seek $8.5M In $43M Medtronic Stock-Drop Deal
• Carton's Lawyer Tells Jury Radio Host Got Played By Con Man
• Stroock Helps Minskoff Equities With 3 New Manhattan Leases
• Chinese Regulators Vow Support To Ease Market Fears
• Bitcoin Funder Sanctioned For Deleting Emails In Fraud Case
• Squire Patton Adds 2 To Paris Real Estate Practice
• Protecting Law Firm Talent At Both Ends
• Ex-SDNY Securities Fraud Boss Joins Morvillo Abramowitz
• Lehman Gets OK To Amend Claims Against Mortgage Sellers
• Platinum Execs Decry Evidence Hold In $1B Fraud Case
• Hospital System, Ex-Workers Settle 'Church Plan' ERISA Suit
• Proxy Firms Faulted On Advice In Squire Patton-Led Report
• TD Ameritrade Unit Fights Cert. In Options Liquidation Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: BridgeInvest, Rohatyn, Popular Bank
• Deals Rumor Mill: Brookfield, Telecom Italia, Bharti
• Guilty Verdict For KIT Adviser Is Followed By New Allegations
• Endo Shareholders Fight Bid To Nix Generic Price-Fixing Suit
• Wendy Olson Talks Twin Falls, Tribes, Private Practice
• Prospects For Tax Policy In A Divided Post-Election Congress
• Hitachi Drops $920M For Elliott Stake In Italy's Ansaldo
• 3 Incentive Compensation Alternatives To Consider
• Former SEC Deputy Director Returns To Steptoe & Johnson
• Schulte Roth Fights Subpoena Bid On Platinum Partners Work
• 2nd Circ. Again Sides With E-Trade In Trade Venue Fraud Suit
• Trustee For Unsecured Tops Notes Wants Ch. 11 Plan Relief
• Investors, UBS Agree To Arbitrate Mutual Fund Risk Suit
• Mass. Priest Wants Out Of SEC's $1.3M Short-Selling Suit
• NYC Jury Set To Weigh Fraud Charges After 2nd KIT Trial
• DOL's Quick-Win Bid Slammed In Steel Co. Pension Plan Row
• UK Broker's Assets Frozen In SEC Pump-And-Dump Case
• BofA To Settle Out Of Investor Suit Over $665M RMBS Notes
• 3 Hot ERISA Issues The High Court May Tackle This Term
• Judging A Book: Brown Reviews 'Dangerous Leaders'
• Prosecutors Avoid 5th Amendment Showdown In Libor Case
• Putnam To Ask High Court To Resolve Burden-Of-Proof Issue
• Third Point Sues Campbell, Seeks Disclosures For Investors
• ERISA Suit Against BB&T Heads To Settlement On Trial's Eve
• Skanska Sells New Boston Office Tower For $455M
• Embezzling Atty Loses Bid For Lighter Sentence At 2nd Circ.
• Calif. Atty Gets 5 Years For Pump-And-Dump Schemes
• Biopharma Dodges Fund's Suit Alleging It Reneged On Shares
• 2nd Circ. TKOs Whitman's Post-Newman Insider Trading Case
• Carton Judge Was Fan Of Accused Sports Jock's Radio Show
• A Closer Look At SEC's Whistleblower Proposals
• Breaking The Rules: 3 Ways To 'Lead' A Direct Examination
• Investors Urge Exchanges To Phase Out Dual-Class Voting
• State St. Row Shows Flip Side Of ABA's Special Masters Push
• TCF National Investors Try To Save Bank Fraud Suit
• Tesla Says Method Of Merging Tweet Suits 'Makes No Sense'
• Vanderbilt University Workers Win Cert. In ERISA Suit
• LXI REIT Drops $140M On 5 UK Properties
• Preparing For The New NFA Cryptocurrency Requirements
• Futures Group Says Peregrine Investors' Losses Not Its Fault
• Real Estate Rumors: Landesbank, Belmont, CenterPoint
• UK Broker Indicted In $164M Global Fraud Scheme
• Magistrate Advises Against Jury Trial In Vandy Benefits Row
• Fried Frank Guides Blackstone's $432M NYC Tower Loan
• SEC Fights Cantor Traders' Bid To Ax Profit-Splitting Suit
• Fairness Concerns Doom Deal In Goldman Director Pay Suit
• DOL Proposes Easing Retirement Plan Regulations
• Clients Win Cert. In Raymond James Secret Commission Suit
• Equus Investor Says Equity Perk Suit Should Stay Alive
• Suit Alleging Retaliation Over 'Spoofing' Scheme Gets Tossed
• 10 Clarifications To The $100B Opportunity Zone Program
• Platinum Defendants Battle Receiver For Attys' Fees
• Titanic Artifacts' Chapter 11 Sale Gets Court's OK
• Sidley Reps Z Capital In Unsolicited $133M Casino Co. Bid
• Real Estate Rumors: AvalonBay, Kramer, Commerz Real
• Madison Realty Lands $258M Financing For NJ Developments
• Investcorp Seeks To Duck Defunct Hedge Fund's $100M Suit
• Delphi Retirees Fight PBGC Bid To Ax Pension Suit
• Brown Rudnick, Ernst & Young Guide $54M DC Marriott Buy
• Navigating Geopolitics In US-China Investments
• Columbia Execs Dodge Retirement Plan Management Suit
• GreenTech Auto Fetches $50M Ch. 11 Stalking Horse Bid
• Couple Sues Accounting Firm Over Woodbridge Ponzi Losses
• Opportunity Zone Regs Could Still Leave Openings For Abuse
• Chevron's Risky Choices Sunk Retirement Plan, 9th Circ. Told
• Fake Heir Cops To $13M Hedge Fund Scam, Faces 10 Years
• Singapore Banks Seek Redo On SIBOR Rigging Escape Bid
• Customer Seeks Class Approval In Raymond James Fee Suit
• MIT Workers Win Cert. In ERISA Suit Over Retirement Plan
• Ocwen, Others Want Fund's ERISA Suit Over RMBS Nixed
• Need Litigation Finance? Don't Skip These 5 Steps
• Labaton Says 1/3 Of Its Open Cases Include Referral Fees
• IRS Floats Rules On Deferring Gains From Opportunity Zones
• EBSA Regulatory Agenda Tackles Fiduciary Rule, Birth Control
• Bitcoin Trader, CEO Ordered To Pay $2.5M For Ponzi Scheme
• Proposed Volcker Rule Definition Change A No-Go, Banks Say
• Fund Takes 2nd Stab At Uber Fraud, Illicit Biz Practices Suit
• NY Trial Set To Determine Owner Of Contested Crypto Platform
• Oaktree Says Financial Docs Are Privileged In Fraud Suit
• Nine West Files Amended Ch. 11 Plan With $105M Settlement
• Wachtell, Simpson Lead $5.7B Invesco-MassMutual Deal
• Intel Tells 9th Circ. E-Access To Docs Bars ERISA Suit
• Noble Group Seeks US Protection During $3.5B Restructuring
• Toshiba Tells High Court Stock-Drop Suit Doesn't Belong In US
• Fidelity's Foray Into Bitcoin Likely To Boost Crypto Appeal
• 4 Things To Watch In The Sears Bankruptcy
• Timber Co. Receiver Seeks Injunction For Ponzi Recruiters
• Calif. VC Adviser Wins Nod For SEC Settlement
• Ropes & Gray Helps PE Firm Cordillera Wrap Up $362M Fund
• HIG Growth Grabs $970M For Latest Investment Fund
• Ex-Radio Host Convicted Of All Counts In $20M Ponzi Scheme
• Sen. Warren Demands Toys R Us Pay Worker Severance
• A High Court Milestone Stirs Hope Of Gender Parity
• Public Funds Seek To Oust Zuckerberg As Facebook Chair
• Alston & Bird Guides Wells Fargo's $275M Loan To SL Green
• Ex-Ernst & Young Manager Must Arbitrate Bias Claims
• Platinum Partners Liquidators Seek Docs From Funds' Ex-Firm
• KKR's Auction Abuse Claims Dismissed As 'Joke' In Apt. Row
• Embezzling Bankruptcy Atty Tells 2nd Circ. Gov't Broke Deal
• Fund Manager Cops To Stealing Millions From Friends, Family
• 2 Ex-Deutsche Traders Convicted Of Libor-Rigging
• Ex-State Street Exec Promises Precedent-Setting Appeal
• SEC Comes Up Short In Fraud Case Against RD Legal Capital
• 1st Circ. Revives Putnam Investments ERISA Class Action
• Iranian Businessman Says Feds Have Privileged Docs
• Mayer Brown Adds NY Tax Partner For Fund Practice
• Fairfax Scores $11M In Jury Verdicts In NJ Stock Scheme Row
• 1,200-Room Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel Trades Hands
• Law Firm Barred From Contacting Madoff Clients About Suit
• NY Appeals Court Ends Failed Xerox-Fuji Deal Litigation
• Real Estate Rumors: Madison Realty, Sard Verbinnen, CBS
• A Holistic Approach To Client Retention
• Madoff Pal Asks To Quash Bid For JPM Docs In Clawback Suit
• The Path To Becoming A Supreme Court Advocate
• Holding Co. Wants $437K Fees Cemented In Arbitration Row
• Convicted State Street Exec Gets Lenient 18 Months
• A Chat With Allens Pricing Chief Pier D'Angelo
• Studying The Reactions To SEC's Whistleblower Proposals
• Nomura Reaches $480M Deal Ending RMBS Probe
• Labaton State Street Atty Fee Accord Not Yet A Done Deal
• Deutsche Traders Knew Libor-Rigging Was Illicit, Jury Told
• Nine West Creditors Ask To Sue Sycamore For LBO Losses
• Gender Disparity At The High Court: How Top Law Firms Measure Up
• Treasury Must Hand Over 60 More Docs In Auto Pension Suit
• Sears Authorized To Tap DIP Loan In 1st Day Of Ch. 11
• 2nd Circ. Seems Skeptical Of Tilton Bid For D&O Insurance
• Fla. Asset Manager Denies Propping Up Fake Hedge Fund
• NYSE Again Seeks To Ease Rules On Blank Check Cos.
• Renco Pushes For Arbitration In Pension Liability Fight
• Icahn Challenges Dell's VMware Stock Swap Plan
• Financial Investigator Seeks To Undo $40M Defamation Award
• Investors Can't Undo $480K Costs In Archstone Buyout Row
• Gigamon Seeks Toss Of Suit Over $1.6B Sale To Elliott
• Investors Seek Class Cert. In 401(k) Suit Against CenturyLink
• InfraRed Closes 4th European Real Estate Fund At $687M
• Market Evidence Will Likely Be Key In Sears Bankruptcy
• Fortress Ruling Helps Temper Overzealous SEC Enforcement
• Sears Files Ch. 11 In NY With Sale, Store Closing Plans
• Will The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar Be Female?
• Supreme Court Women: A Vet & 1st-Timer Talk Gender Disparity
• Citi Says The Law Backs Arbitration Of Ex-Adviser's Bias Suit
• Cobalt Investors Seek $147M Deal In Angolan Oil Bribe Row
• Dispute Over Kuwaiti Family's Fortune Reaches Mass. Court
• Workers Fight Home Depot's Move To Ax 401(k) Suit
• Former SEC Senior Counsel Joins Cahill Gordon In DC
• 3 Commodity Traders Charged In $60M Spoofing Scheme
• Tax Evasion Knows No Borders
• REIT New Senior Investment Group Refinances $720M Loan
• Woodbine Buys 375-Room LA Hotel From Carlyle For $151.5M
• LXi REIT Raises $230M Through Share Sale
• The ABA Was Dead Wrong About Model Rule 8.4(g)
• Stock Heir Asks 9th Circ. To Revive $100M Lost Shares Row
• Fidelity Asks 1st Circ. To End Decade-Old Whistleblower Case
• Lieff Cabraser Balks At Paying More In State Street Fee Fight
• Fidelity Costs Its Retirees Hundreds Of Millions, Suit Says
• Cornell Can't Take Jury Fight To 2nd Circ. In ERISA Suit
• Crypto Is 'Father Of All Scams,' Economist Tells Senate
• Real Estate Rumors: AHS, Fisher, Bill Ussery Motors
• Trader Can't Sway 7th Circ. To Revive Suit Over Firing
• The Supreme Court Should Become Boring
• Deals Rumor Mill: Swissport, Kimberly-Clark, NEC Group
• Fyre Festival 'Serial Fraudster' Faces 6 Years, $26M Forfeiture
• SEC Halts ICO, Says Company Faked Regulatory Approval
• Duke ERISA Suit Judge Will Watch John Hopkins Case
• Apollo Global Affiliates Commit $700M To Catalina Holdings
• Back To School: BC's Kent Greenfield Talks Corporate Law
• Fugitive Ex-Fla. Atty Pleads Guilty To $21M Fraud Scheme
• What New Bank Charters Mean For Fintech
• Investment Firms, Beware Changing Compliance Goal Posts
• 9th Circ. Seems Receptive To Hedge Funder's ID Theft Appeal
• Ex-Wells Fargo Adviser Gets Class Cert. Over Deferred Comp.
• Investor Says Teva Pharma Lied About Price-Hike Scheme
• MIT Says Workers Don't Meet Class Standards In ERISA Suit
• Alcatel Again Escapes NJ Suit Over $1.2B Pension Transfer
• Raymond James Can't Ditch Secret Commission Class Action
• 12 Firms Vying To Lead 9 Tesla Take-Private Tweet Suits
• Real Estate Rumors: Alexandria, Atlantic Pacific, Fidelity
• DOJ Rules Out Life Term Bids For Ex-Wilmington Trust Execs
• Hong Kong To Penalize IPO Sponsors For 'Substandard' Work
• American Airlines Workers Push For Class Cert. In ERISA Row
• Kavanaugh Cannot Be Compelled To Recuse Himself
• Labaton To Pay $4.8M, Accept Oversight On Fee Practices
• Feds Seek 5 Years For Convicted State Street Exec
• NCUA Seeks Sub To Bring RMBS Suit Against Deutsche Bank
• Royal Park Can't Revive $3.7B RMBS Suit, NY Court Rules
• PE Firm Says Arbitrator Conflict Tainted Fight Over $70M Deal
• Shareholder Fires Back At Dismissal Bids In 6D Global Suit
• Allstate Says Performance, Not Fraud, Caused Stock Drop
• Knowledge Management: An Unsung Hero Of Legal Innovation
• SEC Wants Subpoenas Enforced For ICO Pump & Dump Docs
• Dutch Court Adviser Urges Dropping EU Dividend Tax Case
• Uncertainty Concerning The UK's Proper Purpose Rule?
• Recent Trends In Shareholder Activism
• Tilton Loses Bid To Seal Tax Documents On Appeal
• Gov't Role In Paul Weiss Probe Puts Deutsche Trial At Risk
• Bondholders Seek To Appoint Receiver For Puerto Rico Utility
• Real Estate Rumors: Thor, Warehouse Goods, Fla. Hotel
• Holland & Knight Adds Real Estate Finance Pair From Seyfarth
• TD Ameritrade Clients Want Cert. In Options Liquidation Row
• Asset Management Firm CEO Charged With $16M Fraud
• PBGC Nominee's 'Bad Idea' Sows Doubt About Experience
• Identifying Investment Contracts, From Chinchillas To Crypto
• Del. Chief Justice Strine Warns Of Growing Investor Unrest
• Judge Prunes Investor Suit Against Ocwen Over Compliance
• Several Banks Escape SIBOR-Rigging Allegations In NY
• Nikko Execs' $50M Suit Against CEO To Stay In US
• Madoff Trustee's $156M BNP Paribas Clawback Bid Trimmed
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Brokers Want Client Luring Suit Tossed
• Real Estate Rumors: Priderock, Invesco, Welltower
• US Fund Wins $409M In UK In Loan Default Dispute
• Fired Morgan Stanley Exec Must Arbitrate Racial Bias Suit
• Deutsche Bank Investors Win Cert. In Preferred Securities Suit
• SEC's Long-Awaited ETF Rules Get Favorable Reception
• DOJ Charges UK Man In $164M Securities Scheme
• Investment Adviser Gets 6 Years For Concealing $3M Losses
• Lehman Judge Nixes Bids To Transfer Lender Indemnity Suits
• Skip The New 'Civility Courses' And Think Like A Lawyer
• 2nd Circ. Pauses NYU ERISA Appeal For Unresolved Motions
• SEC Enforcement Co-Head Sees Year-End Stats As Overrated
• A New Normal In Commodity Derivatives Enforcement Actions
• Why Law Firms Should Monitor The Dark Web
• Lehman To Add Indemnity Claims Against Mortgage Sellers
• Deutsche Libor Trial Judge Eyes Internal Paul Weiss Probe
• Authentix Investors' Appraisal Rights Nixed In Chancery
• Prologis Sells $1.1B Property Portfolio To Mapletree
• Ligand Asks Chancery To Toss Costly Formula Error Suit
• Och-Ziff Reaches $29M Deal In Securities Class Action
• Judge Scolds JPMorgan, Traders For 'Excessive' Redactions
• Oil Firm Launches Spanish IPO That Could Raise $2.3B
• Chancery Keeps Alive Class Suit Over $110M Energy Co. Sale
• UPDATE: Investor, Broker Agree To End Suit Over 1 Global Sales
• Does Rule 45 Protect Nonparties From Undue Burden?
• Claims Trimmed In ERISA Suit Against Allina Health System
• UCC Incorporation By Reference: An Imperfect Way To Perfect
• UPenn Pension Lacked Low-Fee Investments, 3rd Circ. Told
• NYU Workers Want New Trial After Judge Joins Cravath
• Attys In ISDAfix Antitrust Suit Request $151M In Fees
• Trends In FINRA's 2018 Disciplinary Actions
• Mass Tort Firm Faces Employee Class Suit Over 401(k) Fees
• GOP Reps Push Fed To Free Some Banks From SIFI Regs
• Investment Adviser Gets 6.5 Years For $1.6M Ponzi Scheme
• Musk Twitter Gaffe Shows Need For Stronger Board Oversight
• Questions Loom As Calif. Public Co. Boards Must Add Women
• CFTC Chief Aims To Alter Agency's Cross-Border Swap Role
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Wells Fargo, Elion Partners
• High Court Won't Hear Skadden Win Against Ex-Radnor CEO
• Justices Seek Solicitor General's View In US Bank ERISA Suit
• Musk Case Signals New Era Of SEC Internet Enforcement