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Asset Management - October, 2024

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• Ex-Goldman Exec Says 1MDB Judge Thwarted His Defense
• Hinshaw Sees Fintech Pro Rejoin Firm From Ballard Spahr
• JPMorgan To Pay $151M To Resolve SEC Disclosure Claims
• Feds: No 'Willfulness' Needed In Texas AG-Tied Investor Case
• Supreme Court Sets Jan. Arguments In Cornell ERISA Suit
• Election Outcome Could Reshape Financial Industry
• How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
• King & Spalding Atty Joins Mayer Brown's Private Credit Team
• 3rd Circ Rejects Charter Co. Exec's Ineffective Counsel Claims
• The 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
• Firms' Hiring Strategies Are Evolving In Fight For Top Spot
• Storage Co. Strikes Deal To End 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit
• CFTC's Mersinger Wants Cooperation, Self-Reporting Reforms
• Equifax Doesn't Report Ch. 7 Discharges, Suit Says
• Kirkland Leads Berkshire Partners To $7.8B Fund Close
• O'Neill Brand Owner Says La Jolla Flouted Pre-Sale Deal
• FTX Witness Who Saw Bankman-Fried's 'Evil' Avoids Prison
• AI-Focused SPAC Joins Pipeline With $200M IPO Filing
• Nvidia Case's Potential Impact On Securities Class Actions
• How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
• Alameda Research Wants Crypto Exchange To Return $50M
• Ex-Cleveland Councilman Can't Cut 6-Year Fraud Sentence
• Argent Strikes Symbria ESOP Suit Settlement Deal
• Sham Getty Stock Offer Lands Investor 10-Month Prison Term
• Cash-Strapped Boeing Prices Upsized $21B Share Sale
• Oil Trader's Brother Gets Probation, Fine For Brazilian Bribes
• Short-Seller Implications Of 10th Circ.'s Overstock Decision
• M&A Rebounded As Equity Issuance, IPOs Faltered In Q3
• Crescent Inks Oncology Merger With $200M In Private Funding
• Blackstone Brings In $22B Total For Direct Lending Platform
• Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
• Ex-Atty Charged With $9.2M Commodities Ponzi Scheme
• Investment Firm's Head Indicted For Alleged Ponzi Scheme
• Fidelity Investments Sued Over Money Market Fund's Fees
• $4M Settlement Over NBA-Themed NFTs Gets Final OK
• Surge In Nicotine Fee Suits Shows Wellness Program Risks
• Boeing Moves Ahead With $19B Share Sale Amid Cash Crunch
• Tribe-Linked Lenders Flouted Interest Laws, Borrower Says
• Linklaters Adds 4 A&O Shearman Finance Partners In NY
• Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
• SEC Wants PE Firm's 'Fishing Expedition' Claims Paused
• Off The Bench: Toss-Up For Ohtani Ball, UFC Fighters' Payday
• Spirit Airlines Eyes $80M In Cost Cuts Amid New Deal Rumor
• Skadden, Latham Steer Chinese Driverless Tech Startup's IPO
• Frontier Urges Approval Of 'Highly Attractive' Verizon Deal
• Self-Driving Car Co. Waymo Snags $5.6B In Series C Funding
• The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
• Don't Phone A Friend: Disclosing Friendships With Executives
• Kirkland-Led Nautic Closes Largest-Ever Fund At $4.5B
• Why Diversity Jurisdiction Poses Investment Fund Hurdles
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Skadden, Kirkland
• Goodwin, Cooley Guide Septerna's Upsized $288M IPO
• Truth Social SPAC Founder Wants $1M Award For Payout Suit
• FINRA Says Its Regs Apply To Metaverse, Seeks Comments
• Va. Judge Won't Block Feds' Nonprofit Disclosure Law
• FINRA Fines Broker Over Securities Lending Algorithm Issues
• Katten, Hogan Lovells Guide Tampa Bay Lightning Stake Sale
• Willkie-Led Ingram Micro Rejoins Markets After $409M IPO
• The Ups And Downs Of SEC's Now-Dissolved ESG Task Force
• Southwest Shakes Up Boardroom In Deal With Activist Elliott
• Feds Want Leniency For Key Witness At Bankman-Fried Trial
• Cigna, Frontier Renew Stalled Merger Bids, Plus Other Rumors
• SEC Says German On Hook For $4.6M Tied To Fraud Scheme
• Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Crypto Co. Tron, Founder Can't Shake Investor Suit Over ICO
• Ameriprise, Ex-Worker Duo To Arbitrate Stolen Docs Claims
• Investor Tied To Texas AG Seeks Investigation Info From Feds
• 3 Things To Know About Proposed OTC Contraception Regs
• Chancery Mulls Call To Toss $7B Focus Financial Merger Suit
• SEC's Peirce Calls For Compliance Advisory Committee
• Feds Say Conn. Oil Trader's Ailing Brother Deserves Prison Time
• How FINRA Filings Led To A $29M Defamation Verdict In Pa.
• Veteran Boies Schiller Atty Starts Next Chapter At Sterlington
• Roche CEO Says Novo-Catalent Deal Should Be Blocked
• Top Frontier Investor Calls $20B Price Tag A 'Steal' For Verizon
• AirAsia's Planned SPAC Merger Will Not Take Place
• 2nd Circ. Backs Early Wells Fargo Win In $100M RMBS Case
• Hertz Board Panel Takes Control Of Shareholder Buyback Suit
• Morgan Stanley Investment Management Clinches $2B Fund
• BofA, Others Say Bond-Rigging Suit Still Can't Prove Conspiracy
• Starbucks Shareholder Sues Execs Over $890M Buyback
• Day Trader Seeks Early Win In Verifone Insider Trading Suit
• Anticipating Jarkesy's Effect On Bank Agency Enforcement
• CFTC Anti-Fraud Blitz Is A Warning To Carbon Credit Sellers
• A Piece Of Baseball Lore Went Over The Fence And Into Court
• Latham Leads Hyundai's Indian Biz On Record $3.3B IPO
• Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
• How Law Firms Get And Keep Elite Status
• The 2024 Prestige Leaders
• Peeling Back The Layers Of SEC's Equity Trading Reforms
• Akin-Led Mubadala Capital Wraps 4th Fund At $3.1B
• SEC To Focus On Advisers' Investment Outsourcing In '25
• NYSE, Cboe Win SEC Approval For Bitcoin ETP Options
• SEC, CFTC Chairs Talk Crypto, AI & Wall Street Texting Sweep
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Rethink $60M Moroccan Hotel Award Fight
• 6th Circ. Won't Force Arbitration Of Kellogg 401(k) Fee Suit
• Bechtel Beats 401(k) Excessive Fee Suit For Now
• Judge Upholds Ginnie Mae's Authority To Vacate Bank's Lien
• How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
• Kirkland, Paul Weiss Build $859M Cybersecurity Biz Merger
• Catalent CEO Defends Novo Deal, Will Stay On After Buyout
• Davis Polk, Kilpatrick Guide $1.6B Mid-Atlantic Bank Merger
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms
• US Fights PetroSaudi Bid To Limit $380M Seizure
• Hong Kong Regulators Unveil Plans To Quicken IPOs
• Hogan Lovells Guides Buyer On San Diego Soccer Team Deal
• Allianz, Santander End Shareholder Suit Coverage Fight
• NYC Building Sold After Losing Half Of Tenants To Ch. 11
• Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 6 Firms Guide $1.1B Turkish-Kazakh E-Commerce Deal
• Conn. Brother Wants No Jail Time In Brazilian Oil Scheme
• Taxation With Representation: Baker, Simpson, Ropes
• FTC Faces More Pressure To Block $16.5B Novo-Catalent Deal
• JPMorgan Says Trial 'Needless' After Couple Loses $20M Suit
• US Sanctions Chinese Cos. For Work On Russian Drones
• DOL, Red States Spar Over Loper Bright Impact On ESG Rule
• Chinese Self-Driving Technology Firm Pony AI Files US IPO
• FTC Admits Federal Court Merger Fights Are Usually Decisive
• How Project 2025 Could Upend Federal ESG Policies
• PE-Backed Polish Retailer Zabka Rings Up $1.6B IPO
• Hogan Lovells, Ropes & Gray Lead $550M Coatings Biz Sale
• FTX Insider Cites 'Limited' Fraud Role In Bid To Avoid Prison
• FDIC's Foray Into Index Fund Rules Risks Regulatory Chaos
• Randy Newman Sells Music Rights To Carlyle-Backed Litmus
• Feds Say Accused Embezzler Used Company Card After Arrest
• Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
• Simpson-Led Silver Lake Inks $1.7B Deal For Zuora
• 2 CPAs Get 20 Months For Roles In $1.3B Tax Shelter Scheme
• ConocoPhillips Targets Hedge Fund Over Del. Citgo Sale
• Ex-Davis Polk Atty Drops Appeal Of Bias Verdict Loss
• En Banc DC Circ. Will Revisit Campaign Finance Appeal
• Hawaii Utility Beats Investor Suit Over Wildfire, For Now
• Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
• NYSE Seeks To Curb Reverse Splits In Latest Crackdown
• What To Make Of Dueling Corporate Transparency Act Rulings
• The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
• PE Firm Trashed Exec To Avoid Payout In $98M Deal, Suit Says
• Duquesne University Beats Ex-Gift Officer's Age Bias Suit
• Skadden Drives Forest Road To Formula E Team Acquisition
• 10th Circ. Won't Reboot Short Sellers' Suit Against Overstock
• Kirkland-Led Boeing Seeks Up To $35B Amid Labor Strike
• Benefit Cos. Urge Justices Take Up Cert. Fight From 5th Circ.
• Hedge Fund Urges Justices To Hear Swing-Trade Case
• 4 Firms Steer Ownership Shakeup At 'Dune' Movie Maker
• To Report Or Not To Report Others' Export Control Violations
• Three Cos. Combine On $3.4B Texas Data Center Complex
• PE-Backed Ingram Micro Leads 2 IPOs Seeking $466M Total
• Willkie-Led Insight Partners Clinches $1.5B Continuation Fund
• Frontier May Be Worth 2 Times Verizon's Bid, Investor Warns
• Law Firms Diverge As Anti-ESG Pushback Continues
• The 2024 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
• Paul Weiss Steers Apollo In $4.8B Direct Lending Fundraise
• What FDIC Expansion Of Change In Bank Control Could Mean
• Justices Won't Review Atty Fee Denial In DOL Stock Plan Case
• M&A Dispute Triggers Could Shift Moving Into 2025
• Fintech-Focused Cohen SPAC Leads 2 IPOs Worth $250M
• Cornell Case Gives Justices Chance To Curb ERISA Litigation
• Judge Doubts FTX Alum Needs Further Dog Bite Recovery
• Promises Of Metaverse Art Club Were A Sham, Investors Claim
• 6 Firms Guide IPO Trio From Biotech, Medical Device Cos.
• Kirkland, Skadden Compete Atop M&A Adviser League Tables
• Quinn Emanuel Faces DQ Bid For Musk-Dogecoin Deal Leak
• Nelson Mullins Can't Beat DQ In Foreign Exchange Fraud Suit
• 5 Mos. Jail Enough For Swiss Tax Expert In $60M IRS Scam
• Kramer Levin Formalizes Its Private Credit Practice
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Latham, Kirkland
• State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape
• Rosen, Rigrodsky Law To Lead Coupang IPO Derivative Suit
• TD Bank Deal A $3B Lesson In Compliance, DOJ Official Says
• Chancery OKs $9.5M Deal For Katapult SPAC Challenge
• Northern Trust Strikes Deal To End 401(k) Management Suit
• SEC Urges 1st Circ. To Uphold $93M Win Over Financial Firm
• How BIS' Rule Seeks To Encourage More Voluntary Disclosure
• Suits Over JPMorgan Cash Sweeps Program Merged In NY
• Making Sure Your Co. Isn't In The Next Section 13(f) Sweep
• Sen. Warren, Novo At Odds On Merits Of $16.5B Deal
• Pfizer Threatened To Sue Former Execs, Starboard Says
• Investor Connected To Texas AG Seeks To Ax Fraud Case
• Sports Tech Sees Threefold Increase In M&A Deal Values
• Fiduciary Co. Asks Justices To Weigh ERISA Arbitration Denial
• Hyundai Plans IPO For Indian Biz, Plus More Rumors
• Brazilian Firm Cites Market Conditions In Delaying US IPO
• Siguler Guff Snags Over $900M For Credit Opportunities Fund
• Longtime Mayer Brown Counsel Joins Potomac Law Group
• 8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney
• Team Of 3 Firms Seeks To Lead UBS Cash Sweep Case
• Chancery Keeps $5B Md. Data Center Project Fight In Del.
• Hedge Fund Agrees To Drop Spoofing Claims Against TD Bank
• Gensler Mum On Future As AI, Crypto Rules Await Action
• Atty, Claims Firm Barred From Soliciting Foreclosure Class
• Del. Justices Told Noncompete Toss Will Upend State Doctrine
• Kohl's Sued After Vendor Hack Leaks 1.9M Customers Files
• Insurer Wins Ex-PwC Exec's Long-Term Disability Suit
• Payment Processor Accuses Pot Biz Of Ending Contract Early
• Spanish Baker Europastry Delays But Won't Give Up On IPO
• SEC Equity Trading Reforms Spark DC Circ. Challenge
• SEC Awards $5M To 3 Whistleblowers, Denies Award To 4th
• Duane Morris Adds Corporate, Banking Partner In New York
• 7 Firms Lead Deal Forming Insurance, Asset Management Biz
• Fla. University Inks $1.5M Deal In 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
• Ropes & Gray Leads PE-Backed KinderCare's $576M IPO
• This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process
• Genting Unit Used Bahamas Resort To Hide Fraud, Suit Says
• Texas Looks To Sink Suit Challenging Anti-ESG Law
• PetroSaudi Says US Not Entitled To All Of $380M Award
• SEC Texting Sweep: Message Received, Guidance Needed
• Homeowners Again Seek Class Cert. In Tax Foreclosure Suit
• SEC Approves Nasdaq Plan To Accelerate Delistings
• Apollo Plugs $1.6B Into SCI Capital's Continuation Vehicle
• Honeywell To Spin Off Materials Biz Amid $9B Buying Spree
• 1st Circ. Eyes Revival Of Welch's Execs' Pension Fight
• Willkie Adds Faegre ERISA Litigation Co-Head With Duo Hire
• Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
• Renovus Capital Clinches 4th PE Fund With $875M In Tow
• Latham-Led Ares Paying $3.7B For Real Assets Manager GCP
• Seinfeld-Inspired Investors Sue Bitwise Over $2M Crypto Losses
• Activist Short Seller Blasts 'Preposterous' SEC Fraud Suit
• Morgan Lewis Taps SEC Enforcement Vet As DC Partner
• 5th Circ. Casts Doubt On SEC's Updated Short-Selling Rules
• Biotech, Medical Device Firms Prep Three IPOs Totaling $376M
• Chancery Holds Status Quo On Md. Data Center Pending Trial
• Trio Of 1st Circ. Criminal Cases Turned Away By Top Court
• Kirkland-Led Shore Capital Lands Almost $2B Across 3 Funds
• Manafort Associate's Bribery Case Won't Get Top Court Look
• Justices Want SG's Take On Union Pension Withdrawal Case
• Applying High Court's Domestic Corruption Rulings To FCPA
• Alta Fox Latest Activist To Take Aim At Forward Air Corp.
• Mayer Brown Partner Returns To Hunton In DC
• Chevron Nets $6.5B In Sale Of Canadian Oil Assets
• 3 Firms Advise $1B Blue Owl Buy Of Data Center Firm IPI
• 3 Firms Guide Apollo, Barnes Group On $3.6B Take-Private
• Top 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall
• Milbank LLP Lands Departing SEC Enforcement Chief Grewal
• Real Estate Execs Accused Of NYC Deed Theft Scheme
• SEC Suit Over Fund Adviser's $1B Loss Teed Up For Trial
• Thrivent Unit Pays SEC Fine Over Alleged Reg BI Lapses
• SEC Should Take Over Market Database, Investor Group Says
• High Court Agrees To Hear Hamas Banking Case
• Credit Suisse Investors Joust Over Bids To Be Class Leader
• Tempur Sealy, Mattress Firm Sue To Block FTC Merger Case
• Pool Equipment-Maker Sinks Shareholder Suit, For Now
• EB-5 Partner Accuses NC Atty Of Aiding Investor Coup
• 4 Benefits Appellate Arguments To Watch In October
• Chinese Courier, GOP-Focused Bank Ink IPOs Totaling $107M
• SPAC Scraps $238M Merger Plan With Debt Servicer
• Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
• Justices Take Up Cornell University Workers' ERISA Fight
• Swizz Beatz Received Millions From 1MDB Scheme, Suit Says
• Counties Say Foreclosure Attys Trying To Quash Competition
• Trump Media's COO Resigns As Stock Is Released To Investor
• Ex-Twitter Exec's Advice May Sink Bonus Suit Class Cert. Bid
• Ex-Hedge Fund Star Won't Get Additional $14.4M
• 12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar
• OpenAI Hits $157B 'Post-Money' Valuation After $6.6B Funding
• Simpson Thacher Lands Dechert Registered Funds Atty In NY
• Citgo Will Increase Pensions $10M To End Mortality Table Suit
• NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3
• Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Former C-Quest Capital CEO Indicted For Carbon Credit Fraud
• Credit Repair Co. Owes $50M In CFPB, Mass. AG Case
• CFPB's $5M Student Loan Deal Gets OK Over PIMCO Objections
• Insurer Seeks To Ax NC Mogul's Appeal In Receivership Row
• Fried Frank, DLA Piper Steer Commercial REIT's $251M Listing
• Enviro Groups Step Up Effort To Block JBS' US Listing
• Defense Atty Escapes DQ In $3M Transaction Row, For Now
• NY Man Posed As Exec To Steal $810K Tax Refund, Feds Say
• Class Cert. In Bonus Suit Against X On The Verge Of Failure
• Del. Dispatch: Cautionary Tales Of 2 Earnout Effort Breaches
• Crypto Fund Manager Bitwise Files Plans For XRP-Tied Fund
• Fried Frank's M&A Co-Head Views Rate Cuts, AI With Caution
• CFPB Warns On Collecting 'Invalid,' Unverified Medical Debt
• CFTC Fines Barclays, 3 Others Over Swap Rule Violations
• 4 Firms Guide PE-Backed Polish Retailer's Expected $1.6B IPO
• Latham, Milbank Guide StandardAero's Upsized $1.4B IPO
• Complications Again Delay Citgo Sales Hearing In Delaware
• Israeli Analytics Co. Beats 'Social Engineering' Suit, For Now
• Lighting Co., ESOP Manager Can't Toss Workers' ERISA Fight
• Boeing Can't Escape Investors' 737 Max Fraud Suit
• Davis Polk-Led Brazilian Lubricants Maker Eyes $400M IPO
• Willis Towers Watson Inks $632M Sale Of Tranzact To PE Firms
• Takeaways From TOTSA Settlement And Critical CFTC Dissent
• Foreclosure Class Wants To Stop Mich. Atty's Victim Outreach
• Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession
• Paul Weiss Adds Former Apollo GC As NY Corporate Partner
• Paul Weiss Guides OceanSound To $1.5B Sophomore Fund
• Latham Helps TJC Clinch 2nd Continuation Fund At $2.1B
• SEC Fines Marathon Asset Over Nonpublic Info Policies
• Latham Reps CPP Investments In $15B Equinix Data Center JV