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Mergers & Acquisitions - July, 2009

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• EU Set To Back Lufthansa-Austrian Airlines Merger
• CalPERS Denied Bid To Appeal Lead Plaintiff Status
• Insurers Off Hook For PICA IP Suit: 6th Circ.
• Bankrupt Asyst Reaches Deals To Sell Off Assets
• EMC Security Deposits — Adequate Protection?
• Southwest Makes Competing Bid For Frontier Assets
• Q&A With Troutman Sanders' Barry Brett
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Andrew Cooper
• House Panel Takes On Railroad Antitrust Bill
• Sapa Must Divest Facility To Acquire Indalex: DOJ
• Realty Finance Co. Wins Dismissal Of Suit Over IPO
• FTC Fights To Block Thoratec, HeartWare Merger
• Judge Approves Delphi Sale Plan
• Hunton Vet Snags Role As Chevron VP, GC
• Merck Sells Merial Stake For $4B To Expedite Merger
• Weighing Layoffs After Mergers And Acquisitions
• PBGC Objects To Metaldyne Chassis Asset Sale
• Former Del. Chancellor To Join Paul Weiss As Partner
• Settlement OK'd In Dispute Over WaMu Savings Plan
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Rob Lipstein
• Shearman & Sterling Beefs Up Litigation Practice
• Littler Shareholder Jumps To Howard Rice
• DIP Group Backs Delphi Sale To Lenders
• Merrill, UBS Fined Over Closed-End Fund Sales
• Q&A With Edwards Angell's Patricia Sullivan
• Magellan Snags Flying J's Pipeline In $350M Deal
• Metaldyne Turns Sights To $78M Asset Sale To HHI
• AIG To Spin Off P&C Holdings Into New Chartis Unit
• Medarex Investor Sues Over $2B Bristol-Myers Sale
• Kohl Demands Close Scrutiny Of Live Nation Deal
• Pension's Suit Over Activision Merger Tossed Again
• Q&A With Robins Kaplan's Craig Wildfang
• Banco Sabadell To Buy Up Mellon United
• MagnaChip Creditors Balk At Proposed Asset Sale
• Some Airlines May Be Headed Into Sunset: Experts
• Merck, Schering Settle Investor Action Over Merger
• China Issues New Monopoly Rules For Financial Cos.
• FTC Challenges $20M Health Care Clinic Merger
• Former FTC Economist Named To Senior FCC Post
• Q&A With Thompson & Knight's Gregory Huffman
• Ritz Camera Wins Approval For Asset Sale To RCI
• Cendant Loses Appeal Of $98M Judgment
• Former PEMGroup Head Pang Faces Criminal Charges
• Steps Firms Can Take Now To Prevent Dissolution
• Amazon To Pay $850M For Zappos Online Shoe Store
• Ohio Asst. Managers Slap Rite Aid With Overtime Suit
• Bristol-Myers To Purchase Medarex For $2.1B
• BoNY, Creditors Oppose Lyondell DIP Changes
• Canon Balks At Ritz Camera Asset Sale To RCI
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Class In Flag Telecom Suit
• Young Broadcasting Asset Sale Gets Court's OK
• Brazil Hits InBev With Record $185M Antitrust Fine
• Q&A With Troutman Sanders' David Dantzler
• Troutman Adds 5 IP Attys To New Life Sciences Team
• Lyondell Creditors Get OK To Sue Over Basell Buyout
• SEC Hits Perry With Merger Arbitrage Fine
• Delphi Creditors Vote Against Asset Sale
• Ropes' Chicago Office Brings In First IP Lawyer
• Sunstein Merger Rejection Sparks Partner Shakeup
• Electrabel And The EC's Record-Setting Fine
• 10th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Qwest ERISA Suit
• Packaging Your Staffing Company For Sale
• US Seeks Final OK Of Republic-Allied Merger Deal
• Medtronic Unit Gets $2M In Spine Surgery Patent Suit
• Nortel Taps Cleary Gottlieb For $475M Avaya Sale
• Trustee Objection Likely Won't Ground Frontier Plan
• Spansion Balks At Bid For Equity Holders Committee
• Q&A With Baker & Hostetler's Melissa Maxman
• Creditors Seek Block On Lyondell Exec Payouts
• Hedge Fund Manager Tom Gets Year In Prison
• Court Lets Chrysler Clarify Lemon Law Rules
• EU Approves Pfizer, Wyeth Deal With Conditions
• Spansion Noteholders Frown At King & Spalding Hire
• Bingham Grabs Cox For Orange County Office
• SumTotal Settles Shareholders' Fiduciary Duty Suit
• Lufthansa Offers EU New Remedies Over Acquisition
• WL Homes Bondholders Object To Asset Sale
• Delphi Bondholders Object To Proposed Asset Sale
• Democratic Senators Rip Health Insurance Industry
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's John P. Stigi III
• EC Escapes Damages In Fight With Schneider Electric
• Fleetwood Housing Assets Sale Set For $29M
• USW Sues Bankrupt Equistar Over Severance Benefits
• Fabrics Estate's Disclosure Statement Approved
• Katz Targets Sirius Over Call System Patents
• SEC Targets 11 With Insider Trading Claims
• Auto Parts Maker Contech Converts To Ch. 7
• Citigroup Deal With Wachovia Unenforceable: Judge
• Flying J Asks Court To OK Merger, DIP Financing
• Dickinson Malpractice Suit Booted To State Court
• Toys R Us Looks To Protect IP In KB Toys Case
• Counsel Fees Cut In Warner Chilcott Securities Action
• Anadarko, Kerr-McGee Sued Over Tronox Spinoff
• Obtaining Indemnity Through Effective Tender Letters
• Nuance Eyed Over Royal Philips Unit Buyout
• Judge OKs Bankrupt Gas Co.'s $29M Asset Sale
• Pepper Hamilton Beefs Up Bankruptcy Group
• Former DOJ Antitrust Chief Joins Howrey's DC Office
• Reinsurers Validus, IPC Agree To Merge In $1.7B Deal
• Q&A With McKenna Long's Phil Bartz
• Judge Denies Appeal, Stay Of GM Sale Order
• Dickinson Seeks To Drop $33M Malpractice Claims
• EEOC, Chemtura Race Bias Suit Tossed
• Law Firms Hold Off On Tie-Ups In Q2 Of 2009
• Quality Stores LBO Payouts Exempt From Suits: Court
• Telecom Inquiry Reflects DOJ's New Antitrust Stance
• Kohl Calls For Antitrust Action In Cell Phone Market
• China Unveils Final Anti-Monopoly Rules
• Equistar Accused Of Passing Buck On Plant Cleanup
• AASI Trust Sues MetLife Over Ex-CEO's Life Insurance
• Bingham, McKee Nelson To Link Up Financial Efforts
• GM's Asset Sale Accelerates Past Objections
• 2nd Circ. Lifts Stay On Former IBM Exec Joining Dell
• Judge Backs Md. Review Of Constellation Nuclear Deal
• Deal OK'd In FLSA Action Over Sprint Commissions
• AspenTech Settles Honeywell Feud Over Assets Sale
• Class Leads Picked For BofA-Merrill Buyout Battle
• AT&T Challenges Order From Mich. Utility Commission
• Insurance Regulator's Mizuho Suit Kept In Fed. Court
• Climate Change Plays Growing Role In Deals: Report
• Law Firms Less Inclined To Join Forces: Survey
• EU Widens Probe Of Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines Deal
• Hunton Snags Competition Pro From Linklaters