Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » April, 2009

Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2009

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• Ex-Citigroup Banker Charged With Insider Trading
• The Transfer Tax Exemption After Piccadilly
• Broad Jones Day Team To Direct Chrysler Ch. 11
• Chrysler Ch. 11 A Boon To Attorneys
• UK Competition Agencies Push Consistent Protocol
• Obama To Unveil Chrysler's Fate On Thursday
• Apollo Group Approaches BPP Over $447M Deal
• BofA Chair Ousted Amid Calls For Info On Merrill Deal
• German Regulator Halts Total Gas Station Deal
• SEC Names Co-Acting Directors To Trading Division
• EC Extends Probe Of Lufthansa-Brussels Air Deal
• Validus Files Suit Over Bermudan Reinsurer Merger
• Weighing Evidence Under Different Theories Of Harm
• FTC Finalizes Rule Changes To Streamline Hearings
• Financial Crisis And Merger Review Standards
• MoFo Pairs With IP Consulting Firm Ovidian
• MoFo Picks Up Former DOJ Antitrust Lawyer
• Jilted Heller Workers Add Partners To $32M Suit
• SEC Accuses Danny Pang Of Massive Securities Fraud
• Blank Rome Snags Cross-Border Securities Guru
• Understanding The Shift In Canada's Competition Law
• LyondellBasell Joins US Unit In Ch. 11 Proceedings
• Sterlite Gets OK To Buy Bankrupt Asarco For $1.7B
• Exelon Bid To Toss NRG Suit Over $6B Merger Nixed
• Heller Creditors Can Sue Banks Over $51M: Judge
• Wash. Close To OK'ing $12B CenturyTel-Embarq Deal
• DOJ Antitrust Division Fills Senior Leadership Posts
• DOJ Demurs On Newspaper Antitrust Exemptions
• Duane Morris Snags Seyfarth Corporate Finance Pro
• TD Banknorth Puts Up $50M To End Shareholder Case
• Lucent Scores In Spat With Union Over Merger
• U Of Neb. Sues Siemens Unit Over Lab Testing Patent
• Baker Donelson Snags 3 Attys From Bryan Cave
• Varney's Vision Of Antitrust Enforcement
• Hogan, Morrison, Covington Attys Confirmed For DOJ
• Sun's $7B Oracle Deal May Do Better With Regulators
• Belgian Antitrust Authorities To Probe AB InBev
• VeraSun Squares $107M Bond Debt
• AbitibiBowater Gets Access To $206M In DIP Cash
• LifeLock Loses Bid To Sue Heller For Malpractice
• BearingPoint Gets OK For $350M Sale To Deloitte
• Pfizer Merger Hangs Wyeth Investors Out To Dry: Suit
• United Rentals Shareholders Refile Suit Over Deal
• Are Agreements To Negotiate Enforceable?
• Crisis Adds New Questions To Insurance Deals
• Blaming Internet, Newsprint Co. Files For Ch. 11
• Apollo Founders Can't Escape Suit Over Dead Merger
• AIG Sells Car Insurance Division To Zurich For $2B
• Lyondell Can Pay MTBE Settlement Share: Judge
• Canada's Amended Antitrust Law
• Ex-Workers Win Cond. Cert. In Age Bias Suit V. Sears
• Choate Hall Nabs Securities Vet From Edwards Angell
• Holland & Knight Hires IP Guru Raysman
• WARN Act Suit V. Heller Ehrman Sent To ADR
• Law360 Insurance Editorial Advisory Board
• NJ Plaintiffs Seek Insurance Info In Lyondell Case
• Schuyler Roche Unites With Appellate Boutique
• SEC, Ex-McKesson Exec Settle Insider Trading Case
• Suncor, Petro-Canada Get US Approval For Merger
• Holland & Hart Snags Securities Partner From Faegre
• Effects Of CFIUS Rules On Minority Investments
• Bankruptcy Lawyer, Obama Adviser Joins DLA Piper
• Liquidating Trustee Appointed In All American Ch. 11
• Review Of BofA Disclosures Is Under Way: SEC
• Chrysler Wins $47.7M In Suit Over Defective Parts
• The Problems With The Mortgage Bailout Plan
• Tyco Can't Exclude Premerger Contributions: Judge
• SEC, Ex-Fidelity Director Settle Insider Trading Case
• Coughlin Stoia, Others Seek $4.5M Of Drug Suit Deal
• Akin Gump Lands Seasoned Litigator From Greenberg
• $2.5B Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger 'Suspect': AAI
• IdleAire Seeks Ch. 7 Conversion After Asset Sale
• BNY's Challenge To Lyondell DIP Package Nixed
• Pharma Mergers Could Stifle Drug Innovation: AAI
• 8 Years After Firm Merger, Contract Dispute Lingers
• Insurers Sue Artz, Dickinson Over Malpractice Spat
• Energy, Bankruptcy Pro Rejoins Greenberg Traurig
• VeraSun Looks To Pay Secured Debts Early In Ch. 11
• EU Probes Dutch Aid To Fortis Amid Economic Crisis
• Corus Bankshares' Future Looks Grim: Auditor
• Securities Class Action V. Threshold Pared Down
• Takeovers Of Small Firms Keep Merger Activity Up
• Sherwin-Williams Sues Motley Rice Over Secret Docs
• $70M Settles Samsung, Spansion Memory Patent Spat
• $586M Deal Reached In IPO Securities Case
• Kucinich Demands SEC Probe Into Merrill Bonuses
• McCarter, Pugh Jones Join Up But Don't Merge
• Lyondell Creditors Will Investigate Basell Merger
• Allegations Tossed In Vonage IPO Litigation
• 3rd Circ. Overturns Amkor Fraud Acquittal
• Bank Joins Effort To Nix Tronox Ch. 11 Equity Panel
• Electro, Zygo To Ask Court To Toss Merger Suit
• Sen. Proposes 2-Day Wait Period For Ticket Resales
• 9th Circ. Resurrects Calif. Gas Price-Gouging Action
• Take-Two Settles Suit Over Rejected EA Buyout Bids
• Kilpatrick Stockton Brings On Former SEC Official
• Pfizer Gets 2nd Request For Info On $68B Wyeth Deal
• Mirant, Southern Settle Spinoff Spat For $202M
• Rep. Demands Probe Of AIG Debt Payments
• Ex-WolfBlock Securities Chair Lands At Blank Rome
• FTC Orders BASF Divestitures In $5.1B Ciba Takeover
• Investor Sues For Axcelis Docs On Rejected Merger
• Silicon Graphics Back In Ch. 11, This Time With Deal
• Adorno & Yoss Aligns With NY Bankruptcy Boutique
• Ecuador Puts Competition Regime In Place
• Bill Seeks Federal Regulation For Insurance Industry
• Secret Source Dooms Merger Suit V. Bioenvision
• Flexible Billing Lures Some To Smaller Firms
• Telecom's Merger Fraud Suit V. JPMorgan Tossed
• Bid To Toss Search Patent Suit V. Google, Yahoo Fails