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Latest News in Asset Management

  • June 26, 2026

    3rd Circ. Decision Sheds Light On BIPA Bank Exemption

    The Third Circuit's recent decision in McGoveran v. Amazon illuminates how courts are extending the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act's financial institution carveout beyond banks and insurers to technology vendors and other businesses handling biometric data, a defendant-friendly shift that still casts uncertainty around BIPA's enforcement, say attorneys at Dorsey.

  • June 26, 2026

    11th Circ. Told Loan Program Wasn't Commodities Investing

    An imprisoned foreign currency trader urged an Eleventh Circuit panel Friday to undo a $62 million fraud-related judgment in the Commodities Futures Trading Commission's lawsuit accusing him of misappropriating investor cash, arguing the money was lent to him and he wasn't pooling funds. 

  • June 26, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Sidley, Paul Weiss, Kirkland

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Germany's Merck KGaA acquires life sciences tools supplier Bio-Techne Corp., drugmaker AbbVie buys clinical-stage biotechnology company Apogee Therapeutics, and building materials supplier CRH acquires infrastructure products maker Arcosa Inc.

  • June 26, 2026

    3 Firms Steer Cargo Drone Startup's $800M SPAC Merger

    Autonomous heavy-cargo drone developer Elroy Air Inc. announced Friday it plans to go public through a merger with a blank check company, in a deal that values the business at $800 million and is being steered by DLA Piper, White & Case and Kirkland.

  • June 26, 2026

    Don't Miss It: Sidley, Cooley Steer Hot Deals

    A lot can happen in the world of mergers and acquisitions and equity fundraising over the course of a couple of weeks, and it's difficult to keep up with all the deals. Here, Law360 recaps the ones you may have missed, including transactions helmed by Sidley Austin LLP and Cooley LLP.

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Asset Management

Areas of Coverage

  • TRANSACTIONS
  • Initial public offerings
  • Joint ventures
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Spinoffs
  • Franchise and management agreements
  • Real estate deals
  • Shareholder activism involving hedge funds and hedge fund managers
  • AGENCIES
  • U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
  • U.S. Government Accountability Office
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Dodd-Frank Act
  • Financial company lobbying
  • International banking legislation and regulation
  • LITIGATION
  • Bankruptcies involving assets managed by hedge funds, pension funds, mutual funds, or other investment managers
  • Restructuring and distressed debt issues
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of asset management practices

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  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
  • Executives and attorneys in the asset management industry
  • Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
  • Policymakers at federal and state agencies
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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