Asset Management Archive » April, 2019

Asset Management - April, 2019

301 articles

• Defense Attys Press Gov't Star Witness In Hoops Bribery Case
• Platinum COO Gives Mixed Reasons For Leaving Hedge Fund
• SEC, FTC To Keep Targeting False Advertising, Robo-Advisers
• Insurers Breached Duty To Cover Schorsch, Other Execs
• SEC Overreaches In Suing Broker For Sales Pitch, Jury Told
• Colgate Offered 'Sham Witness' In ERISA Suit, Workers Say
• Preston Hollow Tells Chancery Nuveen Is Out To Destroy It
• The Laterals Audit: Tax Attorney Moves In April
• Gibson Dunn Helps Colony REIT With $61M Queens Loan
• TransCare Ch. 7 Trial Claims Against Tilton Pared Down
• DC Circ. Vacates SEC Sanctions Over Broker Conflicts
• REIT, Biotech And Tech Startups Launch IPOs Totaling $215M
• Ex-Intel Worker Urges High Court Not To Take On ERISA Suit
• Berkshire Offers $10B To Back Occidental's Anadarko Bid
• Forex Firm Accused Of $75M Fraud Signs CFTC's Injunction
• Ex-Platinum COO Tells Jury Execs Were In On Investor Fraud
• Access To FBI Undercovers Sought In College Hoops Case
• NYDFS Unveils New Consumer Financial Protection Group
• Real Estate Rumors: RXR, Riviera Point, Menin
• Ex-Drug Co. CEO's Actions Merit $1M FBAR Penalty, US Says
• Morgan Stanley Settles Adviser Expense Suit For $10.2M
• Bitcoin 'Inventor' Accused Of Forging Email Cited In Fla. Suit
• WeWork Moves Forward With Confidential IPO Plans
• McKinsey Fights Rival's Investigation Bid In SunEdison Ch. 11
• Manulife REIT Inks $122M Deal For 2 Va. Office Towers
• Reinsurers Can't Shake Fight Over Finance Co.'s $26M Award
• Investors Seek Cert. In Ponzi Suit Naming Sidley Austin
• NextEra's Cert. Bid Over $275M Deal Fee Nixed By High Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: Allianz, Deutsche Bank, Gardner Denver
• Abraaj Exec Cleared To Leave NY Jail With $10M Bail Deal
• Investcorp Drops $170M To Buy US Distribution Facilities
• A Chat With Cleary Chief Talent Officer Hy Pomerance
• Proskauer Adds Restructuring Pro From Schulte Roth
• GoldenTree Snags $1.7B For Latest Distressed PE Fund
• Greenberg Traurig Forgery Suit Ends 12 Years After It Began
• Feds Eyeing Merrill Unit In Metals Trading Probe, BofA Says
• 'Never Text It,' Jurors Hear In College Hoops Bribery Case
• Ex-AG Mukasey Won't Testify At Platinum Founder's Trial
• Investors File $2.4M Suit Over Bunk Cryptocurrency Platform
• Leave 2nd Circ. Insider Trading Law To 2nd Circ., Feds Say
• Real Estate Rumors: Toys R Us, lphadyne, Hillwood
• Fla. Developer Pleads Guilty To Role In EB-5 Visa Scheme
• 8 Firms Vie For Lead In $16B Kraft Heinz Stock-Drop Suit
• HSBC Gets Another Shot At Deutsche Bank RMBS Suit
• What SEC Exam Trends Mean For Asset Managers
• Forced Arbitration Is A Far Worse 'Product' Than Jury Trials
• DaVita Can't Nix Derivative Suit Over Private Insurance Push
• Abraaj Group Founder Denied Bail In US Extradition Battle
• Allianz Buys Milan Office Towers From BNP Paribas For €83M
• Preet Bharara On The Human Factor In The Justice System
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Platinum Execs Press Investor Over Fund's Riskiness
• CFTC Wins Over $40M In 'Binary Options' Trading Scam Suit
• Bitfinex Hid $850M Loss Using Tether Funds, NY AG Says
• Calamos $22M Investor Suit Deal OK'd Over Opposition
• Empty Pockets Let NJ Firm Avoid FINRA Fine Over Bad Trades
• Investors In ICO Involving Rapper T.I. Told To Bring More Facts
• Equifax Investors Slam Appeal Bid In Data Breach Suit
• New Treasury Proposal May Help Investors Get To Land Of OZ
• Emulex Highlights Greater Scrutiny Of Issues At High Court
• Fed's Bank Control Proposal Could Aid Fintech Investment
• Ex-Platinum CFO Says Investors Knew Of Fund's Cash Woes
• Workers Score Cert. In Suit Over ESOP's Stake In Waste Co.
• Voya Dodges FINRA Fine After Self-Reporting Discount Flub
• Digital Marketing Co. Can't Dodge Investor's Post-Merger Suit
• New Senior REIT Floats $53M Derivative Settlement In Del.
• Elliott Management Lauds SAP's Strategic Review Plans
• Feds Win $49K In FBAR Penalty Case Over UK Bank Accounts
• The M&A Aftermath Of High Court's Emulex Punt
• Supermarket Income REIT Buys Tesco Store For £45M
• PE Fund Still Saddled With $2.25M Arbitral Award
• Black Diamond Asks 2nd Circ. To Restore Reduced Award
• In SEC's Remediation Model, Hard Choices For ICO Issuers
• Hungry For Reg Relief? SEC, CFTC Staff Say Speak Up
• Adviser Admits Paying NCAA Football Players In Hoops Trial
• 'Deception And Greed' Drove Platinum Fraud, Jury Hears
• Jury Trials, Though In Decline, Are Well Worth Preserving
• Puerto Rico Fed Board Wants High Court Take On Its Makeup
• Platinum Affiliates Say 'Wagoner' Kills Liquidators' Claims
• Emulex Doomed By Procedural Issues In Tender Offer Case
• 2nd Circ. Presses Pause On Madoff Foreign Clawback Ruling
• Big Biz Universally Beefing Up Compliance Units, KPMG Finds
• French Tax Case Could Moot Poland Fee Row, Investors Say
• Abraaj Partner To Be Tried Separately From PE Firm's CEO
• Real Estate Rumors: Oaktree, United Community Bank, Natixis
• Disclosing Multinationals' Tax Data Becoming Norm
• 9th Circ. Cements DOL's $7.4M Win In 401(k) Fee Battle
• British Land-Sainsbury Venture Sells 12 Stores For $555M
• Claims Trimmed In $2.9M Health Care Investment Fraud Suit
• A Broader View Of The US Supreme Court Bar
• Ex-Shkreli Atty Splitting Hairs Over 'Duty,' Gov't Says
• Keppel REIT Drops $221M On Seoul Office Tower
• Broker Asks To Bring Back Expert In SEC's 'Layering' Suit
• Neuberger Berman Clinches $1.7B Private Debt Fund
• Justices Drop Emulex Appeal Over Tender Offer Suits
• Vanderbilt To Pay $14.5M In ERISA Class Action Deal
• Gov't Wants Jurors Told College Hoops Trial Not About NCAA
• Workers Can Depose Yale's President In ERISA Suit
• Great-West ERISA Class Can't Get Redo At 10th Circ.
• Mass. Man Stole $570K From Hedge Fund, Says SEC
• Creditors' Effort To Sue On Puerto Rico's Behalf Rebuffed
• Twitter Can Ask Stock-Drop Suit Witnesses About Atty Convos
• CFTC Accuses Florida Forex Trading Firm Of $75M Fraud
• United Keeps Fighting Workers' Paid Military Leave Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: MassMutual, BBX Capital, Dashlane
• Oracle Seeks To Toss Securities Fraud Suit Over Sales Tactics
• Bed Bath & Beyond Revamps Board Amid Activist Pressure
• Justices Skip Challenge To McKinsey Filing In Coal Co. Ch. 11
• Tesla Shrinks Board Following Independence Concerns
• Post-Lucia, It's Deja Vu With The SEC
• HFF Guides Sale Of 1.5M-Sq.-Ft. Ohio Portfolio
• High Court Seeks SG's Take On Putnam ERISA Case
• Orchestra Owes Union Pension $1.6M For Exiting Fund
• Big Investor Wants Out Of 'Unfair' $30M Calamos Deal
• Forex Dealer Can't Dodge Document Request In Rigging Suit
• Pair Can't Call Top Coaches To Testify In Hoops Bribes Case
• Argentina Seeks To End Hedge Fund's $84M Bond Suit
• Scaramucci, His Firm Are Optimistic On Opportunity Zones
• Third Abraaj Group Exec Arrested, Charged With Fraud
• New Rules May Spark Investment In Opportunity Zone Cos.
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Madoff Trustee Fights Bid To Pause Foreign Clawback Ruling
• BNY Mellon Pans Royal Park's Bid For Sampling In RMBS Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: StockX, Deutsche, DWS
• New Chancery Guidance On Books And Records Law
• Revised Digital Tokens Bill Still 'Needs A Lot Of Work'
• Workers Say BTG Intl. 401(k) Plan Overpaid John Hancock
• Argent OK'd Paying $133M Too Much For Stock, Workers Say
• PG&E Using Ch. 11 To Elude Rate-Gouging Claims, City Says
• Sears Sues Ex-CEO For Siphoning Billions As It Struggled
• Japanese Execs Extradited To US Over $1.5B Ponzi Scheme
• Ditech Employee Bonus Program Gets Ch. 11 Court Approval
• The Big Picture: How #MeToo Is Changing The Legal Industry
• Justices Could Trigger Sea Change For Tender Offer Suits
• Jury Trials Are In Decline For Good Reason
• Medley Has $47M Chancery Settlement Awaiting Sierra's Nod
• Global Medical REIT Closes $94M Deal For Rehab Facilities
• Arbor Lodging Lands 6-Hotel Portfolio For $135M
• 2nd Circ. Won't Save FXCM Investor Suit A 2nd Time
• Abraaj Group Founder To Seek Bail In US Extradition Battle
• Fidelity Brokerage Immune From Market Case: 1st Circ.
• Strine-Laster Clash In Spotlight With Del. Aruba Appraisal
• Libor Deal Distribution 'Problematic At Best,' NY Judge Says
• Escape Hatch Remains For Judges Accused Of Misconduct
• Filing-Happy Law Firms Not Limited To Event-Driven Claims
• Aon Hewitt Ducks Some Claims In Safeway 401(k) Suit
• Soma Capital Lands 120K-SF Calif. Warehouse For $20M
• Real Estate Rumors: KPS, WeWork, Kotler Family
• New SEC Staff Guidance Could Leave Mutual Funds In A Bind
• Federal Courts' #MeToo Response Is A Guide For State Courts
• Mass. Investment Adviser Accused Of $8M Pot Scheme
• Riding #MeToo Wave, State Courts Get Their Ships In Order
• EEOC's Lipnic On Sexual Harassment In The Courthouse
• 7th Circ. Affirms Sentence For $179M Loan Fraud Ringleader
• McKinsey Clears Deck For $15M Ch. 11 Disclosure Settlement
• Windstream Gets Greenlight For $1B In DIP Funding
• Kessler Topaz Gets Committee Slot But Not Lead In Cboe MDL
• Venable Grows Commercial Practice With New DC Partner
• SEC Reminds Wall Street To Follow Own Privacy Rules
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Circuitous Path To The Law
• PG&E Creditors' Banker Has Murky Connections, Trustee Says
• Del. Justices Upend Chancery's HP-Aruba Deal Appraisal
• Inside Icahn's Push For New Caesars CEO, Potential Sale
• Sears Fights Lenders' Bid To Cut Off Ch. 11 Cash Collateral
• Employer Considerations When Using Garden Leave Clauses
• Wall Of Secrecy Surrounds Sexual Harassment In State Courts
• Discipline Rare For State Judges In Sexual Misconduct Cases
• Goldman Angles To Force Sex Bias Claims Into Arbitration
• Justices Probe Private Right To Bring Tender Offer Suits
• SDNY Bench Split On Ch. 11 Release Consent Issues
• Weil, Schulte Roth Guide Astarte's £400M Real Estate Fund
• Hedge Fund's Asset Transfers Blocked In $93M Bank Dispute
• Despite TurnKey, SEC Will Try To Regulate Most Digital Assets
• Judging A Book: Conrad Reviews 'The Jury Crisis'
• DOL's Overtime Rules: What To Expect For High-Paid Workers
• OMB Memo Seen As Power Play For Tighter Agency Grip
• Justices May Clear Up Private Right To Sue Over Mergers
• Madoff Victims' Atty Conflict Suit Should Stay Put, Judge Says
• Weil, Kirkland Guide Campbell's $510M Organic Biz Sale
• Loan Terms OK'd By Directors Who Now Object, VC Firm Says
• US Trustee Says White Eagle Can't Keep Fee Bids Sealed
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Puerto Rico Retiree Plan Says Banks Fixed Bond Prices
• Bristol-Myers Wins Investor Support For $74B Celgene Buy
• Revamping Your Approach To Client Development
• SEC Has Been Busy In FY 2019
• Neiman Marcus Freed To Sue Debt Investor For Defamation
• Towers Watson Says It Disclosed CEO Conflict In $18B Merger
• Ditech Seeking Ch. 11 Sale As It Negotiates With Creditors
• Jefferies Urges Court To End Investors' Suit, Sanction Attys
• Hong Kong Ramps Up Disclosure Rules For Green Funds
• Ex-Woodbridge Directors Charged Over $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
• Former GOP House Financial Services Chair Lands At UBS
• Retirement Savers Urge 10th Circ. To Rethink Great-West Win
• Malpractice Suit Axed Under Wrong Standard, 7th Circ. Hears
• Generali Invests $1.1B To Kick Off ThreeSixty Investments
• Highlights From 'SEC Speaks' 2019
• China Agritech Should Apply To State Class Actions
• 2 Abraaj Group Execs Charged With Looting Investor Funds
• What Lawyers Must Know Before Acting As Escrow Agents
• Nasdaq Calls For Relaxing 'Outdated' Market Regulations
• Investment Firm Closes Net Lease Real Estate Fund At $533M
• Tech Tycoon Ordered To Pay $12M Award To Chinese Lender
• Ex-Davis & Gilbert Trust And Estate Attys Join Pryor Cashman
• State Regulator Kicks Crypto Exchange Bittrex Out Of NY
• Wash. U. Workers Urge 8th Circ. To Revive ERISA Suit
• Insurers Group Urges 8th Circ. To Kill Principal Rate Suit
• Carlton Fields Adds Digital Currency Attorney In Miami
• NJ Man Accused Of Draining Investor's Retirement Fund
• McKinsey Foe Asks To Lead Probe Into Consulting Giant
• NextEra Says High Court Can Fix EFH Breakup Fee Tension
• Texas Securities Board Shuts Down Cryptocurrency Co.
• YieldStreet Grabs Art-Based Lender From Carlyle For $170M
• Credit Suisse Exec Owes Jefferies $1.5M Over Snubbed Offer
• Muni Market Anxiety Teed Up In 1st Circ. Puerto Rico Appeal
• SEC's Peirce Says 'No-Action' Relief Has Become Secret Law
• Contractor Bias Watchdog Poised To Drop First Opinion Letter
• Ex-CFO Of Fraud-Ridden Video Startup Spared More Prison
• Hedge Funds Seek Fees In Del. For Ky. Pension Shortfall Suit
• Ex-Venable Wealth And Asset Protection Atty Joins McDermott
• Delta Retirees Want High Court To Review Battle With PBGC
• Freelance Attorneys Are An Asset To In-House Legal Teams
• Biz Groups Join Push For Justices' Input In IBM ESOP Case
• Real Estate Rumors: Ventas, SDG, Copart Of Connecticut
• Ex-Deutsche Boss Slapped With $300K Fine For Rate Rigging
• Varde To Manage Spanish Real Estate Assets Worth €800M
• Principal Inks $1.2B Deal For Wells Fargo Retirement Unit
• Russian Agency Seeks Blackstone Docs Over $20M Award
• NY Pension Plan Denies Role In $1.9B Danish Tax Scheme
• SEC Expects Lorenzo To Extend Beyond Dissemination
• Friedlander, Robbins Geller Seek $6.6M From Calamos Suit
• U. Of Phoenix's $13M AIG Fight May Land At Ariz. High Court
• Anthem Unit Looks To End 401(k) Plan Suit With $24M Deal
• Ditech Ch. 11 Releases Lack Transparency, US Trustee Says
• 2nd Circ. Might Revive ERISA Claims Against NYU Adviser
• 4 Key Tech Issues CFTC Is Tracking
• Adient Challenges Stock-Drop Suit As Opportunistic
• Abrams & Bayliss, Olshan Frome Will Lead Medley Deal Suit
• Image-Sharing Co. Pinterest Launches Estimated $1.2B IPO
• Pair Of Singapore REITs Will Merge To Form $5B Company
• Lampert's $16M Bid For Sears Hometown Rejected
• Enron Investors Strike Deal With Ex-CEO To End 16-Year Saga
• Fidelity Hit With ERISA Suit Alleging 'Pay-to-Play' Scheme
• Tippee Gets 6 Months In BofA Insider Trading Case
• Fla. Financier Sues UK Lender Over €20M Loan Scam
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 'Colleen From New York' Gives Carton 3.5 Years For Fraud
• Pebblebrook Nabs DC Hotel Near Capitol Building For $111M
• Jones Energy Lenders To Take The Reins In Ch. 11 Sale
• Ditech Mortgage Holders Object To Planned Bonuses In Ch. 11
• PE-Backed Tradeweb Tops 3 IPOs With $1.1B Offering
• Chevron Workers Urge High Court To Take Their ERISA Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche Bahn, ICG, Apotex
• Revised ERISA Suit Still Comes Up Short, CenturyLink Says
• Macquarie Says Helicopter Leasing Co. Flouted NDA
• First Data Investor Says $22B Fiserv Merger Is Unfair
• Hong Kong Watchdog Seeks Cap On Brokers' Margin Lending
• REIT WP Carey Injects $188M Into 5 U.S. Properties
• SEC Disclosure Rule Puts Hedging Policies In Spotlight
• F-Squared Trustee Seeks $7.7M Insurance Payout At 1st Circ.
• Real Estate Rumors: LinkedIn, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs
• 'Big Tech' Questions Echo Early Days Of US Corporate Law
• Browder Hits Swedbank With Criminal Complaint In Estonia
• LA Times Owner 'Caught And Killed' Cancer Drug, Suit Says
• Pomerantz, Rosen Firm Vie For Lead In Astec Securities Suit
• ERISA Class Actions Cost Cos. $6.2B Over 18 Years: Report
• SEC Says ICO Doesn't Need To Register As Security
• Attys Shouldn't Get $300M Slice Of Forex Deal, Objector Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Allstate, UBS, Tristar
• Seyfarth Steers Mack-Cali's $487M Sale Of Office, Flex Assets
• Kirkland To Steer IHeartMedia's Post-Bankruptcy IPO
• What Restitution Could Mean For SEC Enforcement Cases
• Paying Plan Benefits After Normal Retirement Age: A Primer
• Peddler Of Shell Cos. Gets Time Served For Beaufort Fraud
• McKinsey Critic's Standing Key In SunEdison Ch. 11 Fight
• Judge Orders Ex-Brokers In Ponzi Scheme To Pay $2.7M
• 10th Circ. Hands Money Managers Good News
• Hexion Gets OK To Use Most Of 'Unusual' $700M DIP Loan
• Shuttered Hedge Fund Can't Trim $8.4M Stock Scheme Verdict
• Platinum Founder Adds Ex-Prosecutor As Fraud Trial Nears
• Sears Buyer Defends Hold Of $15M In Credit Card Reserves
• Action-Packed 'No Action' Letters: Relief For Prime Brokers
• Madoff Trustee Defends $26M Clawback Suit Against Fund
• Allianz CEO Bucks Typical Asset Management Hold Timeline
• Robbins Geller Nabs Lead In XPO Logistics Stock-Drop Suit
• Senator Urges SEC To Toughen Shareholder Proposal Rules
• A CFTC Whistleblower Award Breaks New Ground
• Samuels Jewelers Pivots To Ch. 7 After Failed Sale Effort
• Peregrine Investors' Loss Suit Tossed As Time-Barred
• Columbia Fails To Boot Funds From ERISA Suit
• Lowenstein Hires Ex-Cohen Prosecutor, SEC Counsel
• Zohar Wants To Slow Down $6M Litigation Rights Battle
• Ligand Pushes Chancery To Squelch $4B Formula-Botch Suit
• Software Exec Knew Of Spoofing Scheme, Jury Hears
• Investment Manager Released From SunTrust 401(k) Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Grindr, ADNOC, Slack
• Equifax Investor Seeks Cert. In Data Breach Stock-Drop Suit
• NY Tax Minutes: Marketplace Sales Tax, Corp. Franchise Regs
• Tom Brady's Financial Manager Failed To Repay $430K: Suit
• Fintech Cos. Should Help Create Consumer Data Regulations
• Simpson Helps American Industrial Partners Wrap $3B Fund