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Asset Management - February, 2020

238 articles

• Maverick Funds Sue Bausch Claiming Valeant Price-Gouging
• Workers, Neuberger Feud Over Justices' Ruling's Place In Suit
• Greystar Urges Judge To Stand By ERISA Arbitration Decision
• Merrill Lynch Again Beats Securities Suit Over Reserve
• Welcome Libor Transition News For Market Participants
• Real Estate Rumors: BySabri, Milbrook, Citadel Securities
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Skadden, Kirkland
• Practice Points From Panera Appraisal Litigation
• Legal Industry Should Pursue AI Prediction Progress
• Brookfield's Cincinnati Bell Deal Worth $2.75B In Revised Bid
• 3 Firms See $15M Chopped From State Street Fees
• Ex-American Apparel Directors Want Out Of Ex-CEO's Suit
• Mining Co. Ducks Investor Suit Over Waste Rock Disclosures
• Wells Fargo To Pay $35M To End SEC's Supervision Claims
• 2nd Circ. Won't Stay Enforcement Of PwC ERISA Case Revival
• FINRA-Banned Broker Cites Kokesh In Return To DC Circ.
• Chancery Rejects $122M Damages Bid Over Plimus Deal
• Deutsche Bank Settles Preferred Securities Suit For $18.5M
• Cromwell Sells Half Of Australia Mixed-Use Property For $79M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Big Hit Entertainment, Dyal Capital, Shell
• Davis Polk, DLA Piper Guide $236M Gain Capital Buyout
• Bitcoin Fraud Class Action Shows Crypto Litigation Hurdles
• Oracle To Pay $12M To End ERISA Class Action
• Securities Suit In NY Court Survives Post-Cyan Dismissal Bid
• UPenn Workers Urge High Court To Skip ERISA Suit
• SEC Wins Sanctions Against Brokers For Skipping Mediation
• Coronavirus Causing 'Renewed Uncertainty' In HK Markets
• Real Estate Rumors: Wells, MMG Equity, Horizon Therapeutics
• Recovered Hamilton Letter Is Public Document, Gov't Argues
• Oasis Founder Drops Bid To Revive Kirkland, Littler Suit
• What Companies Should Know About Direct Listings
• Solutions To 4 Common Law Firm Diversity Challenges
• Willkie Farr Adds PE Fund Formation Atty In New York
• SEC Secures $2M Judgment Against Ex-NY Broker
• Employers Lose Intel High Court Suit But Get Gift From Alito
• Hinshaw Nabs 5 McGlinchey Stafford Finance Lawyers In NY
• Banks Blast La.'s 'Serial Amendments' To Bond-Rigging Suit
• $16M Fees OK'd For Greenberg Traurig's Stanford Ponzi Deal
• Hedge Fund Sues Pattern Energy Over $6.1B Go-Private Deal
• Miami Investment Pro Who Stole $7.5M To Face Deportation
• Ex-Goldman Sachs Worker Fights To Keep ERISA Suit Alive
• 2nd Circ. Revives Condo Sale Suit Against Dorsey & Whitney
• S. Korea Can't Get Early Win In $200M Samsung Merger Claim
• Real Estate Rumors: RFR, CIT Bank, Kayne Anderson
• Chancery Keeps Some Counts In Mining Co. Default Scheme
• When Coronavirus May Trigger SEC Disclosure Requirements
• Oversight Board Asks 1st Circ. To Protect PR Fiscal Reform
• Discrimination Cases Are Too Complex For AI Fee Prediction
• Bryan Cave Guides Avignon Capital's $76M Office Sale To RFR
• TerraForm Gets OK For $49M SunEdison-Related Settlement
• Tilton Conflict Concerns Loom In Zohar Ch. 11 Sale Battle
• Tix-For-Votes Fraud Case Won't Head To High Court
• Home Depot Fights Class Certification Attempt In ERISA Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: CBS, Apple, Centennial Bank
• Colony NorthStar Beats Investor Suit Over $375M Write-Down
• Justices Turn Down Forex Market Maker's Defamation Suit
• High Court Passes On Quartet Of Employment Cases
• Courts May Clash With Litigants Over Document Review Tech
• Considering Human Capital Management In Proxy Disclosures
• G20 Wants Countries To Implement Strict Crypto Rules
• Slate Retail REIT Lands New $83M Mortgage
• Investor, Pattern Energy Trade Barbs Over $6.1B Deal
• High Court Won't Take Fidelity Brokerage Immunity Case
• High Court Won't Hear Northern Trust Management Dispute
• Blackstone Looks To Best Competitors With $1.74B Unizo Bid
• Hilton Retirees Defend Bid For Class Cert. In Pension Suit
• RMBS Investors Challenge US Bank's Early-Win Effort
• More Companies Likely To 'Test The Waters' Ahead Of IPOs
• Inside The Evolving State Of Shareholder Activism
• Timely Qualified Plan Adoption Still Tricky After SECURE Act
• 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli Drops Suit Against Trial Witness
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Skadden, Goodmans
• Mass. Securities Chief Sets Up State Rules, Blasting SEC Regs
• Cboe Investors Push For Appeal In VIX Manipulation Case
• Greenberg Traurig's $65M Deal In Stanford Ponzi Suit OK'd
• Herbert Smith Freehills Helps Hammerson With $519M Sale
• Eye On ERISA: A Q&A With Proskauer's Myron Rumeld
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• AI Can't Accurately Predict Case Length And Cost — Yet
• Del. Judge May Dictate Fix For Zohar-Tilton Ch. 11 Dispute
• Ex-Raydon Worker's 'Animus' No Bar To Cert. In ESOP Suit
• CFTC Proposes Longer Deadlines For Swap Trading Reporting
• Leak Triggers Call For Sanctions In Priest's Short-Selling Suit
• PE Investors Should Reject Life Tenure For General Partners
• Boardroom Hot Topics: ESG, Purpose And Stakeholders
• 6 Firms Guide $3.6B Northview Apartment REIT Deal
• SEC Says Oil Execs Can't Add New Defendant To Ponzi Suit
• Deka Immobilien Snaps Up Dublin Office Building For $165M
• Feds Target Investment Adviser Who 'Lost' $200K
• Davis Polk, Skadden Guide $13B Morgan Stanley-E-Trade Deal
• Investor Settlements Saw Lull In '19 But Big Deals Are In Sight
• Tilton Denies Stymieing Zohar's Ch. 11 Sale Efforts
• US Bank Says RMBS Claims Resolved By Nix Of Similar Suit
• DST Wants 401(k) Participants' Attys DQ'd In ERISA Fight
• Lehman Trustee Asks Judge To Toss 3rd Try At Deferred Pay
• Real Estate Rumors: ELO, Granite Point, Walgreens
• Pulling Up Stakes: Latham, Dechert, Fenwick & West
• Emory Workers Denounce School's Expert In ERISA Feud
• Soma, Timbercreek Drop $130M On California Office Campus
• The 3 SECURE Act Issues Plan Sponsors Should Review First
• PwC Looks To High Court After 2nd Circ. Revives ERISA Suit
• Venator Says It Didn't Lie About Fire Damage At Plant
• Del. Justices Throw Out Richards Layton Malpractice Claims
• VW Rips Bondholder's Cert. Bid In Emissions Fraud Row
• NCLA Backs Adviser's 11th Circ. Challenge Of SEC Judges
• Hilton Says Retirees' Class Definitions Faulty In Pension Suit
• SL Green To Sell NY Building To Brookfield Affiliate For $447M
• Warburg Pincus Lobs $1.2B Offer In Aussie REIT Bidding War
• SEC Says Real Estate Firm Brass Ran $170M Ponzi Scheme
• Lawyers Can Build Trust Through The Spoken Word
• Pattern Energy Shareholder Blasts $6.1B Go-Private Deal
• 2 Firms Assist As Dell Sells Cybersecurity Biz For $2.1B
• 4 Firms Steer $4.5B Tie-Up Of Franklin And Legg Mason
• Mass. Suit Accusing Fidelity Of 401(k) Kickback Scheme Axed
• Ex-Citi Broker Wants $3.5M Arbitration Award Reinstated
• Partner's Call Shouldn't DQ Firm From Fraud Suit, Court Told
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Skadden, Wachtell
• FINRA's Changes To New-Issue Sales, Distribution Practices
• 9th Circ. Won't Reconsider Expert Fee Denial In Edison Case
• Legal Prediction Is Demanding But Not Impossible
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Mass. Judge Says Investment Firm's Fraud Is 'Undisputed'
• Zohar Gets Time To Probe Dura Docs Despite Tilton's Protest
• Real Estate Rumors: Urban Edge, M&T Bank, Clayco
• Six Flags Hit With Investor Suit Over Failed China Projects
• Columbia U. Keeps Fighting To Ax Retirement Plan Class Suit
• Trends In Recent FCPA And Cartel Cases Against Execs
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec Can't Dodge Arbitration In Bias Case
• CFTC Orders Fla. Trader To Pay Back $1M From Scam
• 2nd Circ. Won't Touch PwC's Loss In Pension Plan Dispute
• Investors Call Crypto Firm's Defense 'Vexatious Bad Faith'
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• 5 Executive Compensation Considerations For Proxy Season
• Hengeler Mueller, Noerr Steer $1.5B Offer For RIB Software
• McClatchy Files Ch. 11, Cites 'Grim Reality' Of News Industry
• Harvard, Yale Probed Over Unreported Foreign Funds
• Energy Execs Pin Ponzi Scheme On Texas Driller In SEC Suit
• Regulators Need To Keep A Close Eye On AI In Finance
• SEC Looks To Give Companies More Leeway With Disclosures
• Warren Warns Fed Chair On 'Misguided' Supervision Proposal
• Morgan Stanley Accused Of Draining Tops Markets Dry
• Developer Inks $1.6B Deal To Sell Stake In French Malls
• Sovereign Wealth Fund Pays $1.1B for LG's Beijing Towers
• IOSCO Recommends Crypto Traders Be Vetted
• SEC Exam Priorities Highlight Flexible, Holistic Compliance
• Effective AML, Anti-Bribery Programs Hinge On Collaboration
• Blockvest CEO Asks Court To Reject 'Draconian' Sanctions
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
• Rhode Island Atty Gets 8 Years For $10M Ponzi Scheme
• Feds Indict Crypto Scheme Operator In $33M Fraud
• PBGC Wants More Time To Get Info On Pension Liability Rules
• 'Predator' Gets Nearly 12 Years For $11.2M Hedge Fund Fraud
• Puerto Rico Proposes Plan To Slash Debt Load By $24B
• Fed Chair Throws Cold Water On Libor Legislation Idea
• Saxena White, Bernstein Litowitz Seek Lead In Med Co. Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Time Equities, Lexin, Safra
• Understanding PE Employee Co-Investment Credit Facilities
• Boiler Co. Can't Sink Pension Fund's $1.1M ERISA Suit
• Black Bear Capital Guides $106.5M In NYC Property Loans
• Hedge Funds Say 2nd Circ. Scrambled Insider Trading Law
• Malpractice Landscape Is Becoming Riskier For BigLaw
• 4th Circ. Says FERC $35M Enforcement Case Was Timely
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Kirkland
• Cleary Helps Angelo Gordon Nab $1.8B For Credit Fund
• Trump Budget Looks To Fold Audit Watchdog Into SEC
• Trump Budget Takes Aim At CFPB Purse Strings For 4th Time
• Cato Institute's Suit Over SEC Settlement Gag Rule Is Tossed
• PE-Backed Azek Joins IPO Pipeline With $100M Filing
• GE Wants Arbitrator Picked Quickly In $200M Pension Dispute
• Judging A Book: Humetewa Reviews 'Guilty People'
• Cullen & Dykman Leads Signature Bank's $105M Queens Loan
• Private Equity Takeaways From SEC Marketing Rule Changes
• Urban Logistics REIT Seeking $138M In Upcoming Share Sale
• 5 Firms Steer Simon's $3.6B Deal For Mall Operator Taubman
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Goodwin Procter
• SEC's Shareholder Voting Proposals Endure Heavy Criticism
• Victims To Get Say In Dying Madoff's Early Release Request
• Insurer Must Defend Adviser In Stock Overvaluation Suits
• Arbitration Pact Doesn't Bar ERISA Class Action, Worker Says
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Ropes, Wilson, Sullivan
• Eye On ERISA: A Q&A With Ogletree's Practice Chairs
• 4 Firms Lead $2.7B Fidelity National, F&G Tie-Up
• Asset Manager Secures €165M For Baltic Investment Fund
• 'Chutzpah' Gets Ex-Pimco CEO 9-Month 'Varsity Blues' Term
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Cleary
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Weil Reps Brookfield In $20B Global Infrastructure Fund
• Sanford Heisler Fights To Take Helm In GE ERISA Battle
• SEC's Peirce Proposes 3-Year Crypto Safe Harbor
• CFPB Head Says Abusiveness Policy Won't Bring Repleading
• Gov't Informer At Center Of NCAA Hoops Case Avoids Prison
• Tribe Slams Asset Manager For Risky Investments
• Welbilt Investors' 'Hindsight' Suit Is Dismissed, For Now
• American Realty-Tied REIT Ends Investor Suit In $15M Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Brookfield, Marc Realty, CBRE
• Takeaways From DOJ Fraud Section's Enforcement Uptick
• Ill. Businessman Charged With Running $75M Ponzi Scheme
• Amended CFTC Rules Provide Clarity For Asset Managers
• Zohar Ch. 11 Sales Can Be Forced Over Objections Of Tilton
• Fortress Defends 'Constitutionally Protected' Patent Assertion
• Akorn Can't Duck Investor Suits Over Collapsed $4.3B Merger
• CDPQ, Piramal Form $300M Credit Platform For Indian Cos.
• Mark Cuban Among SEC Critics Siding With Lucia In ALJ Fight
• Bernie Madoff Seeks Prison Release, Saying He's Dying
• 'Kryp+0 K!ng' Targeted MLB Families In $7.5M Ponzi Scam
• Tilton, Zohar Ready To Battle In Court Over Ch. 11
• Broker Guilty In 'Make A Lot Of Money' Investment Scheme
• CFTC's Plan To End Position Limits Saga Faces Big Test
• Del. Justices Ask Icahn To Justify Expanded Records Bid
• Alphabet's Missteps Offer Crisis Management Case Study
• New SEC Committee Shows More Interest In Biz Than Regs
• 1st Circ. Ruling Clarifies PE Fund Pension Withdrawal Liability
• Axis Says It Owes Northrop Grumman Nothing For ERISA Suit
• Ex-Worker Fights To Keep Kruse-Western ESOP Suit In Court
• Conflict Suit With Madoff Victims Settled By Law Firms, Atty
• 8th Circ. Ruling Creates More Targets For ERISA Suits
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Seeks To Ditch Crypto Money Laundering Rap
• Compliance Chiefs Face Undue Personal Risk, NYC Bar Says
• Voya Financial Gets ERISA Case Narrowed
• Ex-Crypto Firm Must Pay Damages It Said Were 'Nonsensical'
• Magistrate Judge Snubs Union Member's $73M Pension Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Michael Shvo, Katsky Korins, Bridge
• HK Eases Public Co. Disclosures Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
• Fed Bans Another Goldman Sachs Exec Over 1MDB Scandal
• How Emotional Intelligence Can Benefit Transactional Attys
• SEC Private Equity Enforcement: A Look Ahead
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Following A Serendipitous Path
• Banc Of Calif. Ex-CEO's Smear Campaign RICO Suit Nixed
• Starboard Renews Calls For EBay To Ditch Classifieds Unit
• Paul Weiss, Faegre Drinker Steer $200M EcoATM Stake Sale
• 'Narrow Bank' Renews Discovery Push In Fed Account Suit
• Magellan Health Taps REIT Pro As New General Counsel
• 8th Circ. Revives ERISA Suit Fighting Principal's Rates
• Ex-Exec Can't Duck Firm's Counterclaims In Hacking Suit
• Wachtell Loses Contract Breach Claims Against Icahn, CVR
• Real Estate Rumors: Deutsche, BVK, First Republic Bank
• Advisers Face AML Pressure From SEC Despite Lack Of Regs
• 7 Ethics Questions To Ask Before Marketing Your Law Firm