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Mergers & Acquisitions - July, 2011

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• Investors Can Bring Claims Against BofA Execs: Judge
• Lehman Appeals Barclays' $13B 'Windfall'
• $577M Award For Asahi In Drug Licensing Row Trimmed
• United Salt Must Face Investor Suit Over Plant Buy
• White & Case Add 2 Capital Markets Pros, Milan Office
• Texas Court Revives Suit Over $2.6B Gas Co. Sale
• Siemens Snaps Up Steam Generator Cos. For €170M
• Yahoo, Alibaba Reach Deal On Alipay's Future
• BSkyB Keeps James Murdoch As Chairman
• Edwards Angell Reps Allied In $175M Sale To Saga
• Do Not Forget The Disputes Clause!
• Temasek's Mapletree To Buy Hong Kong Mall For $2.4B
• Project Finance Pro Rejoins MoFo From Canadian Firm
• Borders Wants To Sell Off IP Assets
• WCAS Fraser Sullivan Eyes Managing Lehman Loans
• State AGs Urge Approval Of AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Buy
• Ex-PAE CEO Sues Lockheed For $100M In Buyout Fight
• GKN Pays $389M For Dana, Gertag, Volvo Joint Ventures
• Giant Interactive Reaches $13M Deal Over IPO Disclosures
• OFT Rightly Delayed Ryanair-Aer Lingus Probe: UK Court
• Transatlantic Fights Validus' $3.2B Hostile Offer
• Top Issues In Nondisclosure Agreements
• The HSR Act Makeover
• Judge Threatens To Nix Comcast-NBC Antitrust Deal
• E&Y Tip Recipient Dodges Prison For Trading Scheme
• Arent Fox Deals Pro Jumps To K&L Gates
• Lehman Pursues $385M Real Estate Sell-Off
• Archer Snags Corporate Pro from Montgomery McCracken
• Reed Smith Nabs Manatt Entertainment Finance Pro
• Allen Family Foods Wins OK For $48M Sale To Harim
• Airbus To Buy Parts Supplier Satair For $504M
• Ipsos Buys Synovate From Aegis Group For $859M
• Inside Genger V. TR Investors
• Franken Wants Regulators To Kill AT&T, T-Mobile Deal
• Perrigo, Paddock Must Sell 6 Drugs In $540M Merger
• US Airs Disgraced Pol's Calls In Hospital Bribe Trial
• Man Seeking Facebook Stake Pushes For Zuckerberg Emails
• Dish's $1.4B Bid For TerreStar Wins Antitrust OK
• Software Co. ACI Puts Up Rival $540M Bid For S1
• Ace Says New York Life Fight Should Be Arbitrated
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Suit Over CBRE IPO
• Clorox Rejects $10.7B Icahn Offer Amid Investor Suit
• Financing Solar Renewable Energy Projects
• Medco Investors Fight $29B Sale To Express Scripts
• Books-A-Million Drops Bid To Buy 30 Borders Stores
• Chinese IPO Suits Driving Securities Actions: Report
• Unsecured Creditors Say $68M Isn't Enough For Allen's
• Dow, Saudi Oil Co. Launch $20B Chemical Plant Venture
• WR Grace Gets OK To Bid At Secret Auction
• Allos Investor Tries To Block $686M AMAG Merger
• Cooley Snags Emerging Biz Pro From Dorsey In Calif.
• Last Trivium Insider Trading Defendant Seeks Exit
• Validus Takes $3.2B Transatlantic Bid To Shareholders
• Being Prepared For Post-Transaction Disputes
• Wolseley Sells Units To Saint-Gobain For $505M
• Reed Smith Adds Manatt Phelps Finance, Media Pro
• Sullivan Reps ING In €3B Sale Of Latin American Units
• DLA Piper Nabs Wilson Sonsini Energy Finance Pro
• DLA Piper Reps Innovalight In Sale To DuPont
• FTC Signs Off On $12B BHP-Petrohawk Deal
• Covington Reps Bristol-Myers In $325M Amira Buy
• McGuireWoods Adds Winston & Strawn Finance Partners
• Shareholder Sues Temple-Inland Over Buyout Rejection
• Judge Ejects Dodgers' $150M DIP Financing Plan
• Australia Says $2.7B Foxtel Deal Threatens Competition
• 8th Circ. Tosses Anheuser-Busch ERISA Action
• Judge Won't Speed Up Challenge To $235M GSC Sale
• Hefner Seeks To Nix Suit Over Playboy Going Private
• Stiefel ERISA Plaintiffs Lose Class Cert. Bid
• News Corp. Sells European Outdoor Ad Units
• Lessons Learned From Negotiating 'Hold Separates'
• Icahn Says Motorola Should Cash In On Patent Portfolio
• Man Can't Duck SEC Suit Over Fake Kodak, AMR Offers
• FTC Says Cardinal Health Must Sell Pharmacies
• Lehman, Barclays Square Off In $500M Bonus Pay Beef
• UK Strengthens Takeover Rules To Aid Targets
• Ropes & Gray Opens Shanghai Office
• Express Scripts' $29B Medco Buy To Face Antitrust Test
• Streamlining HSR Act Reporting
• Kirkland Rehires Atty For New Middle East Group
• Acer Flies Into Cloud Technology With $320M iGware Buy
• Blackstone To Buy Clothier Jack Wolfskin For $994M
• Dechert, Allen & Overy Rep Randstad In $770M SFN Buy
• MetLife Puts $15.6B Bank Business On Auction Block
• Judge Won't Block Kratos' $266M Integral Systems Bid
• Kohl Calls On Regulators To Bar AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
• Del. High Court Finds Exec Violated E-Discovery Order
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Advises Dell In Force10 Acquisition
• TNK-BP Investors Win Docs In Fight Over Failed $8B Deal
• Blank Rome Adds 2 Ex-Pillsbury Attys In Shanghai
• Cooley, Latham Handle $686M AMAG-Allos Merger
• SEC Sues Man For Trading On Merger Draft He Found
• O'Melveny Reps Microsemi In Hostile Bid For Zarlink
• Global Infrastructure Report — Spotlight On Asia
• Baker & McKenzie Guides Ecolab In $5.4B Nalco Buy
• Ex-Pitney Bowes Exec Settles Insider Trading Case
• Gowling Lafleur Reps CNOOC In $2B Opti Buy
• Icahn Gets Hostile, Ups Clorox Bid To $10.7B
• Mo. High Court OKs $1.7B Great Plains-Aquila Merger
• BAA Must Sell Airports, UK Antitrust Agency Confirms
• Energy Transfer Wins Southern Union With $9.4B Bid
• Anadarko Loses Bid To Split Tronox Spinoff Suit
• Shareholder Sues Petrohawk Over $12B Sale To BHP
• Jones Day Snags Edwards Angell Finance Atty In Boston
• NY Judge Refuses To Toss Freeport McMoRan Suit
• Clorox Rejects Icahn's $10B Takeover Bid
• Aon Buys Researcher Ward Financial From Ohio Farmers
• Private Equity's Role In Shale Field Transactions
• Ex-Galleon Trader Settles SEC Claims
• Trivium Co-Founder Pays $2.7M To Settle SEC Claims
• Latham Reps AO Smith In $418M Lochinvar Buy
• Simpson Thacher Reps Tyco In Chemguard Buy
• Man Group Takes On Lehman Exposure For $355M
• 2nd Circ. Vacates Injunction In CSX Proxy Fight
• Murdoch Could Nix Suits By Going Private, Attys Say
• Texas City Cleared To Sue AEP Unit Over Plant Deal
• Borders Abandons Sale, Moves To Liquidate
• Davis Polk Advises Aetna On $202M PayFlex Buy
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Reps Adobe In EchoSign Buy
• SRA Investors Back $1.9B Sale To Providence
• SEC Wins Asset Freeze In Arch Insider Trading Suit
• Litigating Disclosure Challenges To M&A Activity
• Environmental Considerations For Loan Transactions
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Corporate Pro In Fla.
• Jenner, Weil Rep Hertz In $930M Donlen Purchase
• Suit Seeks To Halt $265M China Fire, Bain Merger
• Ex-Owner Of Extended Stay Must Pay Lenders $100M
• CIBC To Pay JPMorgan $848M For Piece Of Asset Manager
• Skadden Reps Valeant In $345M Jannsen Unit Buy
• Ex-TPG Associate Fined In Insider Trading Case
• Leap Shareholder Sues Goldman Over Short-Swing Trades
• Revitalizing Japan Post Tohoku
• Icahn Offers $10B For Clorox, But Says Co. Can Get More
• Litigation Reform Impacts On Environmental Cases
• Sullivan, Morgan Lewis Rep BHP In $12B Petrohawk Buy
• Craigslist Fraud Claims Against EBay Survive In Calif.
• Key Energy To Buy Extraction Services Cos. For $300M
• European Sovereign Debt — Why We Should Care
• Wachtell Reps ConocoPhillips In Business Split
• Varian Investor Slams $5B Sale To Applied Materials
• Deutsche Boerse Shareholders Back $10B NYSE Tie-Up
• Borders Wins OK To Move Forward With Auction
• Oracle, SAP Say Settlement Unlikely In $1.3B IP Fight
• Orchid Shareholder Drops Suit Over $85M LabCorp Deal
• Barclays, LBHI Seek To Delay Payments In Assets Fight
• OpenText Buys Software Co. Global 360 For $260M
• Investor In Vt. Utility Tries To Block $700M Sale To Gaz
• Borders Faces Liquidation After Bid Falls Through
• Simpson Thacher Reps Apax In $6B Kinetic Concepts Deal
• NewOak Must Litigate Fraud Claims V. Applied: 2nd Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Reverses $13M S&L Payout For US
• Fidelity To Sell Flood Insurance Biz For $210M
• Curtis Adds Ex-Gibson Dunn Energy Pro In NY
• Finders Agreements In A State Of Flux
• Case Study: In Re River Road
• News Corp. Drops $13B BSkyB Bid Amid Scandal
• Wilson Sonsini Reps EA In $1.3B PopCap Games Deal
• Borders Sees Hurdles For Sale Procedure Hearing
• Ex-Galleon Adviser Seeks Acquittal, Retrial
• Winston Must Face Claims Over $56M Merger: Judge
• Varney Defends Record, Counters Merger Review Critics
• Ex-Duane Reade Execs Fight Feds On Losses In Fraud Case
• Greencore To Buy Rival Uniq For $180M
• Reed Smith Opens In Shanghai With Dorsey Whitney Pro
• UK To Probe Merger Of Frozen Meal Giants
• Extending Liability To Limited Partners In NJ
• Iraq Signs $12B Gas Deal With Shell, Mitsubishi
• Trivium Analyst Settles SEC Insider Trading Claims
• AGs, DOJ Subpoena Sprint Over AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Review
• MIG Brings Paul Weiss Malpractice Suit To High Court
• Watson Farley Expands NYC Energy Team
• Energy Co. Escapes Ex-Parent Centennial's Breach Suit
• UK Watchdog To Review News Corp.'s $13B BSkyB Buy
• Ameron Investor Sues Over $772M National Oilwell Deal
• Blackstone Takes IPO Class Action To Supreme Court
• Borders' Landlords Fight Planned Asset Sale Procedures
• Commerzbank Unit Fails To Nix Hedge Fund's $68M Suit
• GSC Gets Court OK For $235M Black Diamond Sale
• Market Definition And Implications For Merger Review
• Judges Clear $4.5B Nortel Patent Sale
• Jones Day Reps Sanofi In $425M Unit Sale To Valeant
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Vanguard In $546M Encore Buy
• Board Allowed News Corp. To Run Amok, Suit Says
• Nestle Agrees To Pay $1.7B For Chinese Candy Co.
• Barnes & Thornburg Hires Boost Midwest Practice
• Paul Hastings Adds Finance Partner From Cahill Gordon
• Marko Reps Paine & Partners In Deal For Scanbio Unit
• Baker & McKenzie Adds Capital Pro In Beijing
• Morgan Lewis Adds Energy Deals Pro In London
• Sweeping HSR Revisions: Top 5 Changes To Know About
• EU Clears Imerys' $340M Buy Of Rio Tinto Talc Business
• Newport To Pay $230M For Laser Maker Ophir
• Sirius Fights Derivative Suits Over $180M Antitrust Deal
• Ex-Gerova Unit Chief Wants Out Of Stillwater Action
• New HSR Merger Notification Rules Could Prove Costly
• New York Life Can't Take Buyout Row To Arbitration: Suit
• Blackboard Investor Fights To Block $1.6B Sale
• Nabors Triumphs In Investor Suit Over $900M SWSI Deal
• LeClairRyan Absorbs NYC Firm With European Clientele
• Judge OKs Dish's $1.4B Buy Of Bankrupt TerreStar
• 11th Circ. Puts $195M Hospital Merger On Hold
• News Corp. Tabloid Scandal Clouds $13B BSkyB Deal
• Rethinking 'Right Of Inspection' Contract Provisions
• Linklaters Opens 2nd UAE Office In Abu Dhabi
• EBay Rings Up Mobile Payment Outfit For $240M
• AIG Unit, Investment Adviser End Asset Sale Fight
• Baker & McKenzie Adds Ex-Vinson & Elkins M&A Partner
• Dechert Reps JPMorgan Unit In $470M APAC Buy
• NYSE Shareholders Approve Deutsche Boerse Merger
• Ex-Troutman Sanders Atty Escapes Malpractice Suit
• Starr Adds American Promoters To Chinese Stock Suit
• GGP Fights Interest Award To Lender In Ch. 11 Case
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Varney Leaving To Join Cravath
• GSC Fights Lenders To Advance $235M Sale Pitch
• Chadbourne Adds 2 More London Biz Pros
• AAI Urges Antitrust Probe Of $4.5B Nortel Patent Deal
• K&L Gates Adds Corporate Partners In Boston
• Philips Defends Bonus Payouts In $172M Discus Deal
• HTC To Pay $300M For S3 Graphics Amid Apple IP War
• Weil Adds Ex-Vinson Private Equity Pro In Texas
• Jinchuan Tops Vale With $1.3B Bid For Metorex
• Yahoo Execs Clammed Up On Alibaba Blunder: Suit
• EU Lawmakers Back Derivatives Transparency Measures
• Citing High Court, Freddie Mac Investors Seek Cert.
• OM Group Buys German Manufacturer VAC For $1B
• National Oilwell Varco To Acquire Ameron For $772M
• Hartford Analyst's Stock Tips Fine Sticks
• FTC Seeks More Info On Graco's $650M ITW Deal
• Dodgers Look To Depose MLB, Selig In DIP Row
• CareFusion To Pay $150M For Drug Dispenser Co. Rowa
• Cofepp Rum Maker Buy Sparks French Antitrust Probe
• Freshfields Reps Travelex In $976M Western Union Deal
• Sidley Snags Ex-McDermott M&A Partner In NY
• Ropes Reps TPG In $2B Bid To Take Immucor Private
• Private Equity Group Picks Up Go Daddy For $2.25B
• FTC Extends Review Of $860M CoStar's LoopNet Buy
• Ex-Stiefel Labs Exec Accuses Bosses Of $40M Con
• Mass. Hospital Enters Ch. 11 To Ease Sale
• Ex-T-3 Exec Sues Over Title After Robbins Buyout
• Skadden Reps JA Solar In $180M Silver Age Buy
• Ex-Dewey Atty Fails To Trim SEC Insider Trading Claims
• Embattled Poker Site To Be Sold To European Investors
• Conn. Agency Contests $4.3B Northeast-NStar Merger
• DC Circ. Rejects Insider Trader's FBI FOIA Challenge
• Cooley Reps Facebook Game Builder Zynga In $1B IPO
• Dewey, Weil Lead $1.6B Blackboard Sale To Providence
• Morgan Lewis Advises AAK On Purchase Of Golden Brands
• NY Fed Halts Sales Of AIG Mortgage-Backed Securities
• Borders Receives $215M Offer From Najafi Unit
• Apple, Microsoft, Others Win Nortel Patents For $4.5B