Mergers & Acquisitions

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Latest News in Mergers & Acquisitions

  • January 23, 2026

    Heart Valve Deal Was Blocked Over Innovation Concerns

    The D.C. federal court ruling earlier this month that upended a deal for Edwards Lifesciences Corp. to purchase JenaValve Technology Inc. was based on concerns that the deal would reduce innovation by eliminating competition for a heart valve treatment that's still being developed, according to a Friday opinion by the judge who issued the ruling.

  • January 23, 2026

    Comerica Investor Seeks TRO To Halt $10.9B Fifth Third Deal

    A Comerica Inc. activist investor sued in Delaware's Court of Chancery Friday for an emergency temporary restraining order to block the company from closing Feb. 1 on a proposed $10.9 billion, all-stock acquisition by Fifth Third Bancorp, branding the terms as "fire sale" and tainted by fiduciary breaches.

  • January 23, 2026

    How Data, Pies And An FTC Twist Helped Close A $13B Deal

    For the Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP attorneys advising The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. on its blockbuster merger with Omnicom Group Inc., reaching the finish line came with an unusual antitrust concession: a Federal Trade Commission agreement aimed at the politics of ad placement.

  • January 23, 2026

    Vegan Protein Co. Claims Bad-Faith Dilution by Partner

    A vegan protein company has asked the Delaware Chancery Court to block what it describes as a deeply unfair capital call that would dramatically dilute its ownership stake in a mineral-processing venture, accusing its majority partner of engineering a squeeze-out through bad-faith governance and below-market pricing.

  • January 23, 2026

    FCC Considers Revoking Texas Radio Station Licenses

    The Federal Communications Commission has designated for hearing a proposed transfer of control involving three Texas radio stations, citing substantial questions about unauthorized foreign control, misrepresentations, and lack of candor that could ultimately lead to license revocation.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Areas of Coverage

  • TRANSACTIONS
  • Mergers and acquisitions valued at $100MM or more
  • Company spinoffs and splitups
  • Transactions involving stakes of $100MM or more
  • Hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts
  • Poison pill implementation
  • Bankruptcy selloffs
  • AGENCIES
  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Dodd-Frank Act
  • International banking legislation and regulation
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • Merger reviews
  • Second requests
  • Challenges and divestitures
  • LITIGATION
  • Antitrust suits
  • Bankruptcy proceedings
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Corporate governance fights
  • Proxy battles and hostile takeover suits
  • Poison pill challenges
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of mergers and acquisitions practices

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