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Mergers & Acquisitions - March, 2010

194 articles

• DOJ OKs Baker Hughes, BJ Merger With Divestitures
• Zenith Pummeled By Shareholders Over $1.4B Deal
• Agilent, Variant Deal Wins Approval In Australia
• Shearman Represents EAccess In $1.6B EMobile Buy
• Novell Handed Off Windows Antitrust Claims: Judge
• EU To Review Planned €320M P&G, Sara Lee Deal
• Door Reopens For Icahn In $700M WestPoint Sale
• Fiduciary Duties In Delaware LLC Agreements
• Jury Hands Win To Novell In Unix Copyright Battle
• Bharti Scoops Up Zain's Africa Telecoms For $11B
• Venable Grabs M&A Atty Anthony Rosso From DLA Piper
• National Australia, AXA Shake Hands On $12.2B Deal
• Malpractice Suit Against Paul Weiss Time-Barred
• Astellas Wins Look At OSI's Books Amid $3.5B Bid
• Squire Sanders, Allen & Overy Rep Avnet On Bell Deal
• FTC Orders SCI To Divest Funeral Homes In Merger
• Dwyane Wade Scores Dismissal Of $90M Antitrust Suit
• Magna Disclosure Gets OK, Clearing Way For Plan Vote
• Merck Deal, With $3.5M In Fees, OK'd Over Objections
• Shell Sheds NZ Gas Stations, Refinery For $490M
• HSBC Sells $1.3B In Notes Amid UK Brightening Skies
• Fenwick Helps Cisco Close $3.4B Deal For Tandberg
• Skadden Counsels Sinopec In $2.5B Angola Purchase
• Kirkland Reps Madison Dearborn In $915M BWAY Deal
• Wal-Mart Vendor Fails To Nix $24M Offset Over Venture
• Recent Financing Trends In US M&A Deals
• Linn Energy Picks Up Permian Basin Gas Field For $305M
• DOJ's Anti-Merger Argument Fails: Dean Foods
• Charter Investor Cries Foul On Ch. 11 Deal With Allen
• Sidley Adds Wilson Sonsini M&A Attorney In Palo Alto
• $42M Verdict Against BP Stands In Suit Over Plant Sale
• The DOJ Truth-Seeking Mission
• Cerberus Buys Health Care Group For $830M
• Dubai World Proposes Plan To Restructure $23.5B Debt
• DIP Lenders' Delays Forced Loan Default: Phila. News
• Schlumberger To Pay $1B For France's Geoservices
• DLA Piper Adds 19-Lawyer Corporate Team In Italy
• US, EU May Expand Open Skies Partnership
• Contract Suit V. Ex-Amaranth Unit Barred In India
• PCAOB To Weigh Auditor, Board Communications
• BNY Gets Shot At Enforcing Arden Noncompete Deals
• Feds Nab UBS Banker In Alleged Insider Trading Plot
• Herbert Smith Snags Linklaters Energy Finance Duo
• Latham Represents CCMP Capital In $345M Energy Deal
• Post Merger Liability For Import-Related Trade Risks
• BG, CNOOC Strike 20-Year, $70B LNG Supply Deal
• Wells Fargo Snaps Up GMAC Factoring Unit
• Gen-Probe Sues Becton Dickinson Again Over Test IP
• Ex-Duane Morris Partner Gets Jail Over Salary Fraud
• Another Take On SPEs: The Sky Isn't Falling
• Conoco To Cut Lukoil Stake As Part Of $10B Asset Sale
• ProtoStar Creditors Appeal $5M Satellite Sale Bonuses
• Pay Czar Seeks Further Cuts For Top Bailout Execs
• Blakes Advises Quadra In $3.5B Merger With FNX
• Wachtell Counsels Triumph In $1.44B Vought Deal
• Morgan Lewis Reps Perrigo In $808M PBM Deal
• Babcock To Purchase Rival VT Group For £1.3B
• 3rd Circ. Blocks Phila. News Lenders From Credit Bids
• 4 Key Provisions For Every Earn-Out Agreement
• Oracle Fights $75M Spheris Sale To MedQuist, CBay
• Volkswagen $6B Share Issue To Fund M&A, Help Credit
• Thomson Reuters To Buy Back $700M In Notes
• Tribune Seeks To Hold Bondholder Trustee In Contempt
• Judge Lets Eddie Bauer Hike Out Of Bankruptcy
• Ex-AIG CEO's Investment Co. Sells AIG Stock For $278M
• Dodd Financial Reform Bill Headed To Senate Floor
• Venture Capitalists Fall Prey To Fiduciary Suits
• Fraser Milner Guides Osisko Bid For Gold Producer
• Gilbert & Tobin Advises Arrow In $3.2B Sale To Shell
• Suit Tries to Sink $275M SouthWest Water Merger
• Conduct-Based Remedies In Merger Investigations
• Fed Must Give Bloomberg, Fox Bailout Info: 2nd Circ.
• Alcon Shareholder Drops Bid To Block Novartis Deal
• Asarco Sues Sterlite Over $2.6B Purchase Agreement
• Lehman Creditors Fight Barclays Over $45B Asset Sale
• Hogan & Hartson Reps Opon In $400M Delta Deal
• 5 Issues To Watch In Finance Bill Markup
• German Reforms Could Force Splits For Telecom Giants
• Rio Tinto, Chinalco Ink $1.35B Africa Iron Ore Deal
• When Elephants Fight: Participant Lender Disputes
• Metavante, Lehman Settle $7M Claim Over Swap Deal
• FCC Seeks Comments On Comcast-NBC Merger
• Extended Stay Picks $905M Starwood Investment
• UK Asks EC To Probe P&G's Sara Lee Deal
• Dismissal Of FINRA Merger Class Actions Appealed
• Kirkland Represents Teva In $5B Ratiopharm Deal
• Obtaining Advance Waivers In PE Transactions
• No Quick Trial In Airgas, Air Products Takeover Spat
• American Home Asks To Settle $17M In Sale Claims
• Troutman Advises Massey On $960M Cumberland Deal
• Dutch Pension Fund Takes Aim At BofA, Merrill Deal
• Fredrikson & Byron Reps Medtronic In $3B Debt Offering
• Asahi Kasei Ends Suit Over $91M Arbitration Award
• Skadden Advises Citi On $216M Primerica IPO
• EMC Sues Ex-Employees Over New Rival Company
• Astellas Attempts To Oust OSI Board In Takeover Bid
• Amacore Directors Dropped From $14M Merger Spat
• Counsel Inadequate In Revlon Shareholder Suit: Judge
• Musicland Investor Teo Pays $1M For Insider Trading
• Exxon, XTO Deal Secures Antitrust Clearances
• Nixon Peabody Nabs Paul Hastings Sports Deals Atty
• Kraft Defends Plan To Shutter UK Cadbury Plant
• On The Rise: Corporate Carveouts In The US
• DOJ Squares Off Against Dean Foods In Merger Fight
• EU Hands Review Of €246M Shell Sale To Greek Gov't
• Dodd Reveals Financial Reform Bill Amid Criticism
• Ex-McGuireWoods Atty Admits To Securities Fraud
• Akin, Wachtell Advise Consol On $3.5B Dominion Deal
• DOJ Scrutinizes $5.5B Baker Hughes, BJ Merger
• Wachtell Advises PVH In $3B Hilfiger Acquisition
• OSI Board Rejects Astellas $3.5B Bid
• Antitrust Enforcement Of Hospital Consolidations
• Petrohawk To Sell La. Natural Gas Field For $320M
• Del. Poison Pill Ruling May Spark New Ways To Defend
• CBOE To Go Public With $300M Offering
• Fund Manager Says SEC PIPEs Suit Comes Up Short
• CORRECTED: DLA Piper Hires Kaye Scholer Energy, Finance Expert
• Ingersoll-Rand Workers Sue Over $900M Divestiture
• EU Clears Stanley Works, Black & Decker Merger
• FTC May Probe Google's $750M AdMob Acquisition
• MGM Mirage To Sell NJ Casino To Appease Regulator
• Lyondell To Raise $3.25B To Finance Bankruptcy Exit
• Citizens United: A Congressional Opportunity
• Suit Seeks To Stop FirstEnergy Purchase Of Allegheny
• K&L Gates Partner Joins Foley Private Equity Team
• Anheuser-Busch Sues Ill. Regulator Over Blocked Deal
• Sens. Ask GE-Comcast Regulators To Walk Fine Line
• Lyondell Wins Approval Of $450M Deal
• Abbott Labs To Buy Facet Biotech For $450M
• Piedmont REIT Investors Win Cert. In Securities Spat
• Linklaters Represents BP In $7B Oil Deal With Devon
• Ford Correctly Classified Ex-Visteon Workers: 6th Circ.
• Basel II Capital Rules: Here We Go Again
• Judge Queries Del. Court On Merrill Derivative Suit
• Tax Assets Spark Unusual Plan Fight In Fremont Ch. 11
• Ill. Judge Throws Wrench Into Frontier, Verizon Deal
• 363 Sales In Light Of Economic Recovery
• Allen & Overy Reps Novartis In $5B 3-Part Bond Issue
• K&L Gates Snaps Up 2 UK Corporate Partners
• Talbots Reaches Stipulation Allowing For Aeon Deal
• Corrected: $4M Mediated Settlement To Targus Upheld On Appeal
• Linklaters, Fried Frank Advise On Sanofi, Merck Deal
• The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Consent Decree
• Creditors Pledge $4B To Help GGP Exit Ch. 11
• EU Extends Review Of Cisco's Bid For Tandberg
• Icahn Group Eyes Winnings As Tropicana Exits Ch. 11
• UK Panel Eyes Kraft Claims On Cadbury Plant: Report
• Discovery Bid Granted In Fraud Suit Over YouTube
• ES&S Must Shed Assets Under DOJ Deal
• $1.4B Fairfax-Zenith Deal Cheats Shareholders: Suit
• Faced With Antitrust Suit, BCBS Michigan Nixes Deal
• Lyondell Rejects Reliance Bid
• Trustee Appeals Bruno's Bankruptcy Sale Bonuses
• Shell, PetroChina Offer $3B For Aussie Gas Mining Outfit
• BNY Mellon Buys BHF Asset Servicing Arm For $343M
• Agreements Under Canada's New Competition Regime
• AIG Sells Insurance Unit To MetLife For $15.5B
• Atty Sanctions Sought In Merck-Schering Merger Suit
• Airgas Fails To Oust Cravath From Air Products Fight
• Coke Bid To Buy Bottler Challenged By Shareholders
• Bondholder Group Sues Banks Over Tribune Buyout
• Oasis Plans $350M IPO For Williston Basin Play
• Reed Smith Scores Finance Partner From Sonnenschein
• Administrator Seeks Bids For Reader's Digest UK
• UK May Request EU Probe Of P&G's Sara Lee Deal
• The Regulation Of Private Fund Advisers
• CBS Rips Waste Co.'s Efforts To Elicit Cleanup Funds
• DLA Piper Joins Forces With Brazilian Firm
• Valmont Snatches Engineering Co. Delta For $430M
• Attorneys Fear Return Of Outside Compliance Monitors
• Pacific Sunwear GC Joins Manatt Corporate Group
• Amid Buying Spree, Google Hungers For Bigger Deals
• Quarles & Brady Adds 3 Drinker Biddle Attorneys
• Rethinking Non-GAAP Financial Measures
• Private Equity Firm Offers $2B In Novell Takeover Bid
• Verizon Fights $182M Sale Of Nortel Unit To Genband
• XTO Energy Investors Move To Stop $41B Exxon Deal
• Greenberg Traurig Corporate Atty Heads To K&L Gates
• CF Tops Yara With $4.7B Bid For Fertilizer Rival
• AIG Unit Mulls $3.5B Aircraft Portfolio Sale
• Getting To Yes: Bridging The Value Gap
• Dow Pens Sale Of Plastics Unit To Bain For $1.6B
• WilmerHale Corporate Atty Jumps To DLA Piper
• Class Actions Over FINRA Merger Tossed
• PetroBakken To Pick Up Energy Co. For $241.5M
• EchoStar To Buy Mexican Satellite Co. For $374M
• MSCI To Purchase RiskMetrics For $1.6B
• AstraZeneca To Pay Merck $647M For Drug Stake
• Abu Dhabi Investment Arm Sued Over Dropped Deals
• Astellas Ups Ante In $3.5B Hostile Bid For OSI
• Prudential Buys Asian AIG Unit For $36B
• Merck To Buy Biotech Co. Millipore For $7.2B
• Baxter To Pay Up To $330M To Buy ApaTech
• Orange, T-Mobile Get OK For Deal After Concessions