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Asset Management - April, 2024

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• Epstein Victims Must Disclose Names In FBI Suit, Judge Says
• 2nd Circ. Revives Commerzbank RMBS Suit Against US Bank
• SEC Fines Adviser Firm For Splitting Legal Fees With Client
• Skadden, Latham Lead Travel Firm Viking's Upsized $1.5B IPO
• 5th Circ. Questions Texas' Standing In SEC Proxy Rule Battle
• FTC Puts $26B Permian Basin Gas Deal Under Scrutiny
• Lender Alleging Fraud Asks Court To Block Golf Club Sales
• Sen. Warren Probes Annuity Cos. Over Use Of 'Secret' Perks
• NY Bank Investors Spar Over Bid To Merge, Pause Suits
• Navigating SPAC Market Challenges For Microcap Issuers
• Dechert Adds Wilson Sonsini, Ex-SEC Crypto Expert In DC
• Software Firm Silvaco Launches Plans For $108M IPO
• Goodwin Private Funds Partner Joins Fried Frank In NY
• Don't Miss It: McDermott, Paul Weiss Lead Month's Hot Deals
• Think Like A Lawyer: Follow The Iron Rule Of Trial Logic
• Golub Capital Amasses $2B For 6th Credit Opportunities Fund
• Ex-Rugby Team Owner Sues Over $6M Franchise Sale
• Terraform Says SEC's $5.4B Sanction Bid Fails Under Morrison
• TD Ameritrade Fined $600K Over Flawed Automated Approvals
• Circuit Split Brews Over Who's A Securities Seller Under Act
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Banks Have Won Syndicated Loan Battle, But Not The War
• The Art Of Asking: Leveraging Your Contacts For Referrals
• Viking Upsizes IPO To $1.2B As More Companies Enter Fray
• DOL Finalizes Rescission Of ACA-Skirting Health Plan Rule
• Compliance Strategies To Mitigate 3 New Areas Of AI Risk
• Davis Polk, Wachtell Steer $2B Heartland-UMB Bank Merger
• 'Fearless Girl' Trial Off After Sides Reach Weekend Accord
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• CFTC Receives Competing Visions For AI's Regulatory Future
• ERISA Suits Targeting Annuity Deals Could Escalate
• Republic First Bank Fails In Biggest Bust Since 2023 Turmoil
• Truist Unit Survives Early Dismissal Bid In NC Poaching Suit
• The Drawbacks Of Banking Regulators' Merger Review Plans
• CBD Co's CEO Agrees To Pay $350K To End SEC Suit
• Locke Lord Strikes $12M Deal To End Claims Over Gas Fraud
• SEC Off-Channel Comms Action Hints At Future Enforcement
• Therapy Co. SPAC Investors To Settle Del., Ill. Merger Suits
• Freshfields Guides PE Giant CVC Capital's Upsized $2.1B IPO
• Insurer Can't Avoid Coverage Suit Against Escrow Agent
• JPMorgan Says Ex-Adviser Is Pilfering Clients For Wells Fargo
• Wachtell Guides Apollo On $1.85B Deal For Minerals Co.
• FDIC Tables Plans To Scrutinize Big 'Passive' Bank Investors
• McDermott Judge U-Turns, Says Some Investors Deserve Cert.
• Atty Sued For Malpractice Can't Rep His Firm, Ex-Client Says
• Crypto Co. Sues 'Crusading' Gensler Over SEC's Ether Stance
• Rubrik Leads Trio Of IPOs That Buoy Recovering Market
• 7th Circ. OKs Pausing Nail Polish IP Suit For Ownership Fight
• Manufacturer To Pay $3M To End Retirement Kickback Suit
• 4 Takeaways From DOL's Final ERISA Investment Advice Regs
• Standard General Claims Racial Bias By FCC In Tegna Deal
• Antitrust Enforcers Warn FERC About Ownership Overlaps
• SEC, Trade Group Ask DC Circ. To Revive Proxy Advisory Rule
• BlackRock, Temasek Joint Venture Closes $1.4B Climate Fund
• T-Mobile, EQT Form Joint Venture To Acquire Fiber Biz
• WWE Shareholders Combine Chancery TKO Merger Suits
• Airplane Fuel Co. Seeks To Ax Union Healthcare Dispute
• Hedge Fund Goes Public With Gripes About Legal Tech Co.
• Being An Equestrian Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Mercer Clinches Nearly $4B Private Investment Fund
• EEOC Says Co. Piled Tasks On Black Worker, Then Fired Him
• Bid To Sanction DOJ Denied In Novel Insider Trading Case
• Feds File Conspiracy Charges In $1M La. 'Romance' Fraud
• Trump Media Exec Urges GOP To Probe Stock 'Manipulation'
• Chancery Lets $344M Carlyle Tax-Payout Suit Move Ahead
• Forex Trader Must Pay $11.8M For Ponzi-Like Scheme
• Investors Can't Hit Reset In 737 Max Fraud Suit, Boeing Says
• Faegre Drinker Adds Perkins Coie Investment Partner In DC
• 4 Ways To Refresh Your Law Firm's Marketing Strategy
• Nev. Can't Shake Military Bias Suit Over Pensions, DOJ Says
• Healthcare Co. Reaches Deal To Exit Pension Plan Suit
• King & Spalding Adds Ex-SEC, FINRA Securities Expert In DC
• SEC Critics Preview Future Challenges To Agency Action
• CFTC Formalizes Policy On Uncleared Swaps Recordkeeping
• Grain Co.'s $18B Deal Raises Competition Flags For Canada
• Citi Says 401(k) Suit No Different From Others That Were Axed
• Trump's Stake In Truth Social Swells An Additional $1.2B
• Biz Ownership Law Constitutional, Lawmakers Tell 11th Circ.
• What 3rd Circ. Trust Ruling Means For Securitization Market
• Fenwick, Covington Build $750M Sale Of Pharmaceutical Biz
• 9th Circ. Ruling Puts Teeth Into Mental Health Parity Claims
• Breaking Down DOJ's Individual Self-Disclosure Pilot Program
• Boies Schiller Attys For Epstein Victims Beat Sanctions Bid
• DC Circ. Backs Georgetown's Defeat Of ERISA Suit
• 3 Firms Help Vestar Capital Close $1.2B Continuation Fund
• DOL's Final Investment Advice Regs Expand ERISA's Reach
• PacWest Wants Suit Over Alleged Rate Hike Exposure Axed
• Kansas Gov. Signs Earned Wage Access License Bill Into Law
• Real Estate Investment Cos. Owe SEC $8.4M For $17.5M Fraud
• Hedge Funder's IRS Suit Over Leaked Tax Info Gets Trimmed
• Unions Can Refile Tossed ERISA Suit Against Anthem BCBS
• Congress Can Enact Corp. Transparency, Orgs Tell 11th Circ.
• Freshfields-Led CVC Unveils Range On $1.7B Amsterdam IPO
• Broker In Penny Stock Scheme Says SEC Is Forum Shopping
• Address Complainants Before They Become Whistleblowers
• Ensuring Nonpublic Info Stays Private Amid SEC Crackdown
• Mueller Industries To Buy Nehring Electrical For Up To $600M
• J&J Says Worker's Drug Costs Suit Misses Big Picture
• What Cos. Are Reporting Under New SEC Cybersecurity Rule
• 10 Tips For ESG Disclosure Compliance In Private Funds
• Walden Macht Launches Securities Group With Ex-Sidley Atty
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• SEC Says Terraform, Founder Owe $5.3B After Fraud Verdict
• PE-Backed Cruise Operator Viking Sets Sights On $1B IPO
• Latham-Led GEF Capital Closes $325M Climate-Focused Fund
• Latham-Led CoStar To Buy Matterport In $1.6B Deal
• Ill. Judge Accepts 3rd Try To Allege Fraud Against Boeing
• PE Exec Can Recoup $1M 'Varsity Blues' Forfeiture
• Trump Media CEO Fears Illegal Short Selling Is Harming Stock
• Calif. Union Plan Pays $2.5M To End Early Retirement Suit
• Casino SPAC Can Return Money, Not Shares, Chancery Rules
• Justices Seek Cornell's Response To ERISA Fee Suit Petition
• CVS Narrows But Can't End HIV Patients' Disability Bias Suit
• IRS Previews New Digital Assets Reporting Form
• China Seeks To Boost Hong Kong's Status As Market Hub
• Lawyer Too Late To Collect Fees From Aretha Franklin Estate
• Climate Lawsuits Aren't The SEC's Only Legal Headache
• Hatteras Fund Investors Sue In Chancery After 95% Drop
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cleary, O'Melveny
• IQVIA Strikes Deal To Exit Ex-Workers' 401(k) Suit
• SEC Faces $1.8M Atty Fee Bid After Sanctions In Crypto Case
• Perkins Coie 'Beating A Dead Horse' To Duck Case, Judge Says
• SEC Exams Division Flags Misleading Claims In Adviser Ads
• Elevance Units Not Fiduciaries Of Union Plans, Court Told
• Investors In Failed Manila Casino Deal Sue For SPAC Shares
• Coventry Building Society Makes £780M Offer For Co-Op Bank
• What FERC's Disclosure Demands Mean For Cos., Investors
• Bank Wants To Exit Suit Over $100M Of Special Needs Trusts
• 23andMe Taps Dechert To Review CEO Buyout Proposal
• Pomerantz To Rep Investors In AT&T Lead Cable Class Action
• Atty Wants Law Firm Subpoenaed In $12M Somali Fraud Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tapestry-Capri, StubHub IPO, Salesforce
• Northeastern U. Must Face Core Of Retirement Plan Fee Suit
• AGBA, Triller Combine To Form $4B Digital Content Co.
• NY Settles With Payroll, Prepaid Card Bank For $700K
• SEC Urged To Rethink Whistleblower Awards To Short-Sellers
• Wilson Sonsini-Led Digital Marketer Ibotta Inks Upsized IPO
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Investor Fight Over Honeywell Spinoff
• Wells Fargo Headed To Trial In Ex-Exec's COVID-Era ADA Suit
• Chancery Orders Invictus Fund Manager To Hand Over Docs
• MoFo Advises Southwest Gas Carve-Out Centuri's $260M IPO
• Judge Says Ex-Bank Rep Worse Than Robber For Film Fraud
• Shipping Co. Cuts Deal To Exit 401(k) Fee Suit
• PE-Backed Aerospace Parts Company Primes $275M IPO
• Elliott Waives BioMarin Board Deal, Moots Del. Suit
• Waste Co. Strikes Deal To End 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
• Discovery In $500M Severance Fight Against X, Musk Will Wait
• TPG Plugs $235M Into Supply Chain Risk Intelligence Platform
• Court Trims Atty Fee Bid For Xerox Workers' $4.1M ERISA Deal
• Whitewater Kayaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Corp. Transparency Act A Valid Use Of Powers, 11th Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. Upholds Tossing Skillz Gaming Tech Investor Suit
• Wis. Bank Must Face Bias Claims In Tribal Peyote Case
• SEC Hit With Class Action Over Database Privacy Concerns
• Hedge Fund Asks Court To Toss REIT's Suit In Takeover Row
• Chancery Orders Closer Look At Crown Castle Proxy Moves
• Amway Parent Must Face Trial In Retirees' 401(k) Suit
• SEC Gets Partial Win In Muni Adviser Disclosure-Rule Suit
• Sanctions In Byju's Ch. 11 Should Be Paused, Court Hears
• Amundi, Victory Capital Ink Strategic Partnership Agreement
• Magnesium Capital Clinches €135M Inaugural Fund
• This Earth Day, Consider How Your Firm Can Go Greener
• Latham Adds 2 Simpson Thacher Attys To Its NY Office
• Trump Media Files To Register More Shares For Potential Sale
• SEC Fines Adviser $60K Over Alleged Pay-To-Play Violations
• Chancery Denies Forte Biosciences' Bid To Toss Investor Suit
• Coal Exec's Widow Seeks Atty Fees After Toss Of $6.5B Suit
• Apple Faces Two Suits Over IPhone Market Dominance
• Cleary Gottlieb Guides APi's $570M Elevator Repair Co. Buy
• UK Trading Platform Marex Eyes US Markets For $300M IPO
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Endeavor Group's $13B Take-Private Deal Challenged In Del.
• Republican AGs Ask 5th Circ. To Knock Out DOL Rule For ESG
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Telecom Co.'s $13M Union Pension Bill
• EQT To Swap $500M Of Gas Assets As Part Of Divestiture Plan
• Simpson Thacher, Willkie Build $1.4B Sale Of Snap One
• Italian Cable Giant Prysmian Buying Encore Wire For $4.2B
• Justices Won't Review Ex-NYC Union Head's Bribery Rap
• S. Korea Must Pay Mason $32M In Samsung Merger Fight
• SEC Fines 5 Advisers Over Alleged Marketing Rule Violations
• Petition Watch: Judge DQs, 'Excessive' Damages & Price Wars
• Hedge Fund Fires Back At Hotel REIT With Proxy Contest Suit
• Ocean Energy Co. Thwarting Shareholder Vote, Investor Says
• Traversing The Web Of Nonjudicial Grievance Mechanisms
• Lionsgate Ups PIPE To $225M Before $4.6B SPAC Merger
• Post-Moelis Del. Corp. Law Proposal Would Hurt Stockholders
• UnitedHealth Patients' Addiction Coverage Suit Revived, Again
• 3 Firms Guide Safety Inspection Firm UL's Upsized $946M IPO
• Summary Judgment 'Waste Of Time' In 401(k) Suit, Judge Says
• JPMorgan Analyst's Acquittal Sinks Stock Tip Case, Man Says
• Flopped Casino SPAC Investor Sues In Del. To Block Payout
• Rash Of 401(k) Forfeiture Suits Approach First Hurdles
• Arax Buys US Capital Wealth In Latest Asset Manager Merger
• BNY Can't Nix Suit Alleging Mutual Fund Conflict Of Interest
• At 'SEC Speaks,' A Focus On Rebuilding Trust Amid Criticism
• Fired Yellow Corp. Workers Can Proceed With Class Action
• Brightstar Capital Amasses $1.26B For 3rd Flagship Fund
• Fla. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1
• Latham, Goodwin Lead Nursing-Care Co.'s Upsized $450M IPO
• Push For Bank Capital Hike Has 'Damaged' Fed, Quarles Says
• Milliman Tells Trial Judge It Has No Liability For 401(k) Losses
• FTX Strikes Deal With Voyager Over $445M Claim
• Wells Fargo Can't Bar Atty From Deposition, NC Judge Rules
• FDIC Details Prep For Winding Down Failing Financial Giants
• Management Incentives May Be Revisited After PE Investment
• Beer Biz Investors Beg NC Justices To Clear Legal Haze
• 9th Circ. Doubts Calif.'s Standing In DOL Union Transit Fight
• Former X Worker Can't Force Doc Release In Bonus Suit
• 6th Circ. Says Firm Owes Insurer Part Of Defense Bill
• Weisselberg's Perjury At Trial Spotlights Atty Ethics Issues
• NYSE Seeks To Provide SPACs More Time To Close Mergers
• Class Attys Seek Big Payday For $100M Pattern Energy Deal
• IRS' DOJ Referral Rules 'A Disaster,' Sen. Whitehouse Says
• Practicing Law With Parkinson's Disease
• Ex-BigLaw Atty In OneCoin Scam A Flight Risk, Feds Say
• Blackwells Unveils Takeover Plans For Hospitality REIT
• Kirkland-Led Lone View Secures $850M For Inaugural Fund
• PCAOB Fines KPMG, Deloitte Units $27M For Cheating Claims
• Macy's, Activist Firm End Board Fight, Takeover Talks Proceed
• Prime Healthcare Lacked Oversight Of 401(k) Plan, Judge Told
• Carpenters Urge 9th Circ. To Restart Union Retirement Fight
• Fintech Investment Biz To Go Public Via $700M SPAC Merger
• Crypto Mining CEO's Asset Freeze Fight Axed At 11th Circ.
• House GOP To Air Measure Rejecting SEC Climate Rule
• Judges Question Georgetown Staff's Standing In ERISA Row
• How Banks Should Respond To Calif. AG's Overdraft Warning
• Boies Schiller Attys Face Sanctions Bid Over Epstein Suit
• Climate Disclosure Mandates Demand A Big-Picture Approach
• PBGC Gets $127M Overpayment Back From Teamsters Fund
• Blue Owl Targets Real Estate Finance After $170M Prima Buy
• 7th Circ. Allows Casino Workers To Appeal Class Cert. Denial
• Playing Hockey Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Venezuelan Oil Co. Gets $2B Bond Fraud Suit Nixed In NY
• W.Va. Blocks Citi, HSBC, Others Over Fossil Fuel 'Boycotts'
• Oppenheimer Beats FINRA Arbitration Bid By Ponzi Victims
• Southwest Gas Unit Centuri Eyes Spinoff Through $242M IPO
• 6th Circ. Upholds Partial Award In ESOP Liability Dispute
• Workers Oppose X Corp.'s Bid To Stall $500M Severance Suit
• 2nd Circ. OKs Turnover Order In HNA $185M Award Feud
• ESG Challenges In Focus After Sierra Club Opposes SEC Rule
• Walmart-Backed Digital Marketer Ibotta Primes $450M IPO
• FINRA Fines Broker-Dealer, CEO In Text Messaging Action
• Goldman Investors Closer To Class Cert. In 1MDB Bribery Suit
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• AT&T Seeks Justices' Review Of 9th Circ. 401(k) Suit Revival
• For Lawyers, Pessimism Should Be A Job Skill, Not A Life Skill
• Printing Co. Cuts Deal To Resolve Ex-Workers' 401(k) Suit
• 3 Firms Build $2.3B Hospitality Biz SPAC Merger
• Target, Major Employers Raise New Drug Price-Fixing Claims
• Perrigo Inks $97M Deal With Investors In Securities Fraud Suit
• L3Harris To Sell Antenna Business To Kanders For $200M
• Bankruptcy Courts' Role In Shaping Crypto's Legal Framework
• Food Co. Shells Out $1.5M To End 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
• Private Capital Considerations Amid Market Revival
• Nixon Peabody Adds 2 Attys From Hinckley Allen In Boston
• Skadden-Led Cruise Operator Viking Files $100M IPO
• Judge Wary Of Foley & Lardner Exit Bid From SEC Suit
• Green Energy Co. Duped Investors Out Of $40M, Suit Says
• Trump's NY Civil Fraud Trial Spotlights Long-Criticized Law
• Terraform And Founder Do Kwon Held Liable For Crypto Fraud
• Firefighters Union's Finance Firm Can't Spike Whistleblower Claim
• US Gas Cos. Delay $7.4B Deal Closing Date Amid FTC Scrutiny
• Intent-Based Theory Of Liability In Hwang Creates Ambiguity
• PE Firms Finding Novel Way To Grow: Merging With Peers
• Boeing Can't Ditch Ill. Securities Fraud Suit Over 737 Max
• DOL Says Defunct Mushroom Farm Deserted Retirement Plan
• Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Can't Duck Archegos Claims
• House GOP Seeks Info From DOL Solicitor In PBGC Probe
• Kiss Sells Their Souls To PE Fund, Throws In Music Too
• Latham Led Firms In 1st Quarter IPOs As Outlook Brightens
• Crypto Co. Fined $700,000 For Duping Investors Into 'AI' Trading
• SEC Fines Adviser Senvest $6.5M In Texting Probe Case
• BAE Stuck $8.2B Retirement Plan With Hefty Fees, Court Told
• Novo Holdings, Catalent Reset Review Clock On $16.5B Deal
• UK Billionaire Lewis Avoids Prison For Insider Trading
• Requiring Leave To File Amicus Briefs Is A Bad Idea
• Ex-CEO Reaches Legal Fee Agreement With Trump-Tied SPAC
• Kirkland-Led SK Capital Raises $2.95B For 6th PE Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alphabet, Honeywell, Syngenta IPO
• OneCoin Atty Gets 4 Years For Role In $4B Crypto Fraud
• SEC Atty Says Macquarie 'Overstated' High Court Case
• 4 Atty Takeaways From DOL's Asset Manager Exemption
• Chubby Checker Boyhood Home To Sell In Ponzi Receivership
• NY Bank, Investors Want Derivative Suits Merged, Paused
• NY High Court Ruling Significance Debated In $2B Note Suit
• 4 Ways To Motivate Junior Attorneys To Bring Their Best
• A Look At Recent Challenges To SEC's Settlement 'Gag Rule'
• US Bank Beats $100M Suit Over Role As CDO Trustee
• SEC Investigators Say Attys Harm Clients By 'Behaving Badly'
• Flexibility Is Key In Hybrid Capital Investment Strategies
• How American Airlines ESG Case Could Alter ERISA Liability
• Top 10 Deals Of Q1 Led By GE Energy Spinoff, Capital One
• Blue Owl Buying Kuvare Asset Management For Up To $1B
• Disney Thwarts Trian Revolt, Retaining All 12 Board Members
• Ex-NFL Player's Disability Benefits Suit Tossed As Too Late
• Akin Adds Ex-Treasury Atty, Sanctions Expert In DC
• Truth Social Investors Cop To Fraud In $23M Insider Case
• UK Regulators Propose Special Regime For Digital Securities
• Kirkland-Led Goldman Sachs Unit Buys Stake In Credit Fund
• Paul Hastings Adds Group Co-Chair With Finance Duo Hire
• Crypto Co. Beats RICO But Not Fraud Claim Over $186M Hack
• Gas Tycoon Owes $100M To UBS, Lenders After Trial Loss
• SEC Republicans Criticize 'Punishing' Rulemaking Agenda
• Bally's Investor Says Takeover Bid Exploiting Weakness Of Biz
• SelectQuote Beats Investor Suit Over Revenue Reports
• Swiss Banker Avoids Prison For $60M Tax Evasion Conspiracy
• Public Gets More Time To Comment On Secure 2.0 Disclosure
• Aretha Franklin's Estate Says Atty Can't Get Unpaid Fees
• Tipsters May Be Key To Financial Regulators' ESG Efforts
• 3 Firms Guide Safety Testing Group UL's Estimated $770M IPO
• Ex-Trustees Urge Ga. High Court To Take On Legal Fee Spat
• Feds Seek Leniency For UK Billionaire Lewis In Trading Case
• Unum Beats Ex-Hogan Lovells Atty's Disability Fight
• Serving As A Sheriff's Deputy Made Me A Better Lawyer
• Kirkland-Led Arctos Scores $4.1B For Sports-Focused Fund
• Investment Adviser Wants Stolen Clients Suit Trimmed
• DOL Narrows Retirement Asset Manager Exemption
• Nat'l Security Info Ordered Sealed In $12M Somali Fraud Case
• Cooley, Latham Guide Data Security Firm Rubrik's IPO Filing
• Milliman Lost 401(k) Funds On Unproven Strategy, Judge Told
• Nasdaq Sank Minority-Led SPAC's Tech Co. Merger, Suit Says
• Investors Group Says New EB-5 Guidance Violates APA
• SEC Wins $93M Judgment Against Commonwealth Financial
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Skillz Hid 'Rudimentary' Gaming Tech, Investors Tell 9th Circ.
• MassMutual Escapes Ex-Worker's 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
• Trian Gains Support As Disney Proxy Contest Heats Up
• Spinning For Terraform Was Tough, Crypto Rep Tells Jury
• Gunderson-Led Contineum Joins Pipeline Eyeing $150M IPO
• Fed. Circ. Wary Of Defense Co.'s Late $19.4M Pension Claim
• GE Vernova Spinoff Approved, Valued At $35.7B
• Global Tensions Stall Cross-Border Deals As Gov'ts Regroup
• Masimo Rips Politan's New Attempt To Grab Board Seats
• Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs