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Mergers & Acquisitions - July, 2010

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• Merger Wrinkle Sends Halliburton IP Suit To Arbitration
• Sea Launch Plan Gets OK; Russian Co. To Take Reins
• Proskauer Reps Charterhouse On $115M NewPath Sale
• Former HP Legal Eagle To Become Nokia's GC
• Anointed Buyers Sweeten Rangers Buyout Bid
• DOJ Antitrust Honcho Returns To Patterson Belknap
• Simpson Thacher Reps Focus On $124M Allyes Sale
• Hong Kong Utilities Bid $9B For EDF's UK Assets
• Weil Gotshal Reps THL In Intermedix Deal
• Overhauling The Associate Recruiting System
• Disney Sells Miramax To Investor Group For $660M
• DLA Piper Advises Stag Industrial In $300M IPO
• Panasonic To Buy Out Sanyo, Electric Unit For $9B
• Slaughter & May Advises Aegis On $326M Mitchell Buy
• Vale Offers $1.1B For Copper Co. Paranapanema
• ADC Shareholder Sues To Block $1B Sale To Tyco
• Pension Fund Says Morrison Doesn't Nix Swiss Re Case
• Australia Clears Novartis' Alcon Buy With Conditions
• IP Due Diligence In M&A Transactions
• $9.7B Wins Telefonica Control Of Brazil Operator
• Paul Weiss Reps AMN In $220M Medfinders Deal
• Shareholder Brings Suit Over $5B Aon-Hewitt Merger
• Fulbright Reps Enbridge In $682M Atlas Deal
• American Safety Razor Enters Ch. 11, Eyes Asset Sale
• Lehman Seeks OK For $108M Innkeepers Equity Sale
• Nufarm To Sell Assets To Settle FTC Merger Worries
• Thai Union To Buy Seafood Co. MW Brands For €680M
• Kirkland Reps Vestar in $294M Deal for HealthGrades
• Gibson Dunn Reps Playdom In $563M Sale To Disney
• Adobe To Nab Swiss Web Software Co. For $240M
• RealPage Seeks To Raise $189M In IPO
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In Russia
• Chrysler Estate's Suit Over Daimler Sale Booted
• Station Casinos Defeats Attempt To Stay Bidding Order
• SEC Seeks Comment As It Crafts Reform Rules
• US Steel Can't Stop Canada's Case Over Stelco Deal
• Freshfields Snags High-Yield Finance Pro From Simpson
• India's MakeMyTrip Registers For $100M IPO
• JPMorgan Can't Sell Televisa Unit's Debt To Rival
• Examiner Says Tribune Was Dishonest In $8B Buyout
• Opportunities In Health Care Provider Transactions
• UBS Banker Pleads Not Guilty To Insider Trading Plot
• Khazanah Outbids Fortis In $2.6B Hospital Chain Offer
• Cleary Reps UK Private Equity Firm In Sale Of Picard
• Chesapeake Suit Over $1.75B BP Deal Stays Put
• Icahn Sues Lionsgate To Reverse 'Sham' Transaction
• Citi, Terra Firma Dispute Over EMI Deal To Stay In US
• Kirkland Reps Accel-KKR On $525M ITradeNetwork Sale
• Where Reason Still Rules Regarding Rights Plans
• Sheppard Mullin Lures Wilson Sonsini Corporate Atty
• Chemtura Unloads Dutch Engine Lubricant Business
• Delta Petroleum To Shed Noncore Assets For $130M
• Gibson Dunn Reps Pace In $475M 2Wire Purchase
• Bertelsmann Unit To Sell UK Channel Five For $161M
• Grassley Calls For Probe Of GM's $3.5B AmeriCredit Deal
• Cooley Hooks Proskauer Capital Markets Partner
• 'Beginning Of Construction' Guidance For 1603 Grants
• Davis Polk Advises Quicksilver In $1B Gas Unit Sale
• Snack Food Makers Lance, Snyder's To Merge
• NY Comptroller Sues Over BofA, Merrill Lynch Deal
• Swift Holdings Seeks To Raise $700M In IPO
• Novartis Offers EU Antitrust Fixes For Alcon Merger
• Siller Wilk Co-Founder Joins LeClairRyan
• Pearson Inks $497M Deal With Brazil's SEB
• TPG Makes $300M Investment In Copano Energy
• CORRECTED: Hunton & Williams Reps AmeriCredit In $3.5B GM Deal
• 7-11 Must Shed Sites To Pursue Exxon's Aussie Assets
• Shareholders Sue Casey's For Denying Takeover Bid
• Intercreditor Agreements Get Trumped
• Mayer Brown Reps Ellora Energy In $695M Sale
• Objections Pile Up To NEC Asset Sale Motion
• DLA Piper Scores 2 Deals Pros For NJ Office
• Reckitt Benckiser Inks $4B Deal for SSL International
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In Canada
• Airgas Calls Air Products' Hostile Bid Price Too Low
• SAP Wins EU Approval For $6B Sybase Merger
• UK Watchdog Eyes $245M BSkyB Deal For Virgin TV
• Hogan Lovells Snags NY Structured Finance Partner
• Creditor Raises Flags Over Innkeepers' Lehman Deal
• Icahn Launches New Tender Offer For Lionsgate
• Bosque Power Ch. 11 Plan Envisions $43M Equity Blast
• V&E Reps Concho In $1.7B Marbob Energy Deal
• Extended Stay Wins Approval For Restructuring Bid
• Mayer Brown Advises Hewitt In EnnisKnupp Deal
• Searching For Meaningful Review Of Joint Ventures
• Nymagic Shareholders Sue Over $230M ProSight Deal
• Anheuser-Busch InBev Bests ERISA Class Action
• Sullivan Reps Healthscope In $2.3B Buyout Offer
• Onex, Canadian Pension Board Eye $4.4B Tomkins Bid
• French Watchdog To Review Univar-Quaron Combo
• AXA, National Australia Agree To Delay $11.5B Deal
• Ex-Aramark Legal Honcho Joins Morgan Lewis
• Valeant Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $3B Biovail Deal
• Telefonica Withdraws €7.2B Bid To Buy Out Brasilcel
• Birds Eye Buys Unilever Frozen Food Biz For $1B
• Skadden Reps Nokia Siemens In $1.2B Motorola Buy
• Implications Of Exxon Mobil V. Venezuela
• Hughes Heirs Can't Call Witnesses In GGP Dispute
• Latham Reps GE In $1.9B Grupo Aval Banking Deal
• CyberSource, Shareholders Settle Suit Over Visa Merger
• Honam To Buy Titan Chemicals In $1.27B Deal
• FTC Greenlights Honeywell's $1.4B Sperian Buy
• DOJ Demands More Info On $3.1B Mirant, RRI Tie-Up
• IPO Document Warnings Might Not Shield MF Global
• Berkshire Takes On CNA's Asbestos Liabilities For $2B
• DLA Piper Reps BP In $98M Verenium Biofuels Deal
• Gibson Dunn Advises Aecom On $245M Tishman Buy
• Japan's Largest Phone Co. To Buy IT Firm For $3.2B
• Taro Pharma's Suit To Block Sun Takeover Tossed
• MoFo Reps ON Semiconductor In $366M Sanyo Deal
• AMC Theater Chain Plans $450M IPO
• Latham Reps Carlyle Group In $3.8B NBTY Acquisition
• Weil Reps ProSight In $230M Nymagic Takeover
• Dodd-Frank Finance Reform Bill Heads To Obama
• Cravath Reps Mylan In $550M Bioniche Purchase
• 12 Guidelines For Law Firm Marketing Investments
• Houghton To Shed Assets From DA Stuart Deal
• Greenberg Lures Mayer Brown Deals Lawyer In Chicago
• SEC To Seek Comment On Updates To Proxy Rules
• Vinson & Elkins M&A Lawyer Shifts To Winstead
• UK Investors Get 'Cold Shoulder' For Share-Buying Plot
• US Liability Gets Case Over D&O Exclusion Tossed
• EU Approves $37B Comcast-NBC Joint Venture
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In The Middle East
• BofA Could Face Liability For Dollar Rolling
• Ex-E&Y Atty, SEC Near Insider Trading Settlement
• Magellan To Buy BP Oil Storage, Pipelines For $289M
• Davis Polk Reps Tyco Electronics In $1.25B Deal
• Facebook Wants Asset Freeze Lifted In Ownership Suit
• Case Study: In Re Exide Technologies
• FTC Demands More Info On $1.6B Charles River Deal
• AB InBev Wins $2.5B Merger Fight With Grupo Modelo
• Neff Corp. Wins OK To Advance Plan Despite Objections
• Anointed Buyers Sue Rangers To Close $575M Deal
• Hugh Hefner Moves To Take Playboy Private
• Santander Adds SEB's German Banking Unit For $702M
• Fulbright Infrastructure Investing Pro Joins Bingham
• 8th Circ. Tosses Appeal Of $87M Polaroid Asset Sale
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps Avon On $650M Silpada Deal
• General Growth To Get $500M Infusion From Fund
• Cravath, Weil Advise J&J On $480M Micrus Purchase
• Patton Boggs Energy Vet Joins Reed Smith In DC
• Rio Tinto, Ivanhoe Scrap Over Poison Pill Plan
• Sidley Austin Advises Aon In $5B Hewitt Purchase
• Proposed Merger Reform's Effects On FERC Analysis
• Broadcom Tries Again To Nix Emulex Defamation Claim
• All Eyes On SEC As Finance Reform Takes Shape
• US Bank Wants To Bid On Bankrupt O'Hare Hotel
• CNX Can't Appeal Shareholder Ruling Yet: Del. Court
• Green Dot Investors To Raise Up To $135M With IPO
• Station Casinos Creditors Attack Disclosure Statement
• Paul Weiss Reps ADP In $400M Cobalt Purchase
• Liberty Mutual Sues Goldman Over Fannie Mae Stock
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In Brazil
• Latham, Simpson Handle $3B MultiPlan Acquisition
• Greenberg Traurig Finance Pro Joins DLA Piper
• The Effect Of Philly News On Credit Bidding
• Air Products Pumps Up Hostile Bid For Airgas
• Portugal Loses Golden Share Fight At EU High Court
• Claims Trimmed In Suit Over Amacore-Lifeguard Deal
• Farella Braun Reps The Doctors Co. In $386M Deal
• Davis Graham Snags M&A Veteran From Perkins Coie
• Alcon Forms $50M Trust For Novartis Shareholder Suits
• Centaur Trustee Fights Breakup Fee For $8M Asset Sale
• Alcor To Get Jury Trial In Legal Fee Row With Timken
• Blackstone Lures Simpson Thacher M&A Head
• Funds Sue JPMorgan, WaMu Over Securities Deal
• Nixon Peabody Nabs Sonnenshein Securitization Pro
• Finlay Jewelry Chain Exec Won't Settle Asset Bid Spat
• Aspen Lowers Offer For Sigma To $552M
• Ev3 Inc. Settles Suits Over $2.6B Covidien Merger
• K&L Gates Reps Hexagon In $2B Deal For Intergraph
• Total To Buy Oil Sands Outfit UTS Energy For $1.4B
• Chadbourne & Parke Expands Into Brazil
• $2.6M Verdict Sticks In Celeritas Web Data IP Fight
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In Europe
• Man Settles SEC Suit Over Analyst Uncle's Stock Tip
• Renesas Buys Nokia Wireless Modem Biz For $200M
• Ralcorp Wins FTC OK For American Italian Pasta Buy
• Ryanair Loses Appeal Of Barred €1.5B Aer Lingus Deal
• IDC Settles Shareholder Complaints Over $3.4B Sale
• Odyssey Shareholders Sue Over $1B Gentiva Merger
• Patterson To Buy Key Energy Units For $238M
• Temp Nursing Giant MSN To Sell Assets To Creditors
• Alitalia Joins Air France-KLM, Delta Joint Venture
• EU Gives Antitrust Blessing To Volvo, Geely Deal
• Cliffs To Scoop Up INR Coal Operations For $757M
• American Needle: Sea Change Or Steady As She Goes?
• Latham & Watkins Reps Eli Lilly In Alnara Acquisition
• Investors Sue Omni Over $122M Wellspring Sale
• 2 Key Senators Declare Support For Finance Bill
• Cleary Reps Google In $700M Travel Search Deal
• The Power Of Procedure Under Anti-SLAPP Laws
• SAP Extends $6B Sybase Offer While Awaiting EU OK
• Emerson Nears $1.5B Chloride Deal After ABB Bails
• Judge OKs Plan For Distributing Renew Sale Proceeds
• How To Expedite Energy Infrastructure Project Spats
• Patton Boggs To Buy DC Lobbying Firm Breaux-Lott
• Cenveo Protests National Envelope's Deal With Gores
• Delta Offloads 2 Regional Carriers For $82.5M
• Treasury Sells 1.1B More Citigroup Shares For $4.3B
• Carolina Casualty D&O Policy Ambiguous: 2nd Circ.
• Canada Orders Divestitures In $370M Waste Co. Deal
• Kerr-McGee Seeks Ultimatum On Tronox Spinoff Deal