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Mergers & Acquisitions - September, 2010

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• Securities Action Over Metaldyne Deal Gets The Boot
• Green Mountain Hid SEC Probe Before $250M Sale: Suit
• Dollar Shareholders Reject Hertz's $1.45B Bid
• Another Inergy Investor Fights To Block $1.9B Merger
• AIG Reaches Agreement To Repay $182B Bailout
• Nortel's $65M Sale Of Switch Unit To Ericsson OK'd
• Clearwire Directors Resign Over Antitrust Concerns
• Regulators Tee Up First Dodd-Frank Rules
• Debevoise, Simpson Guide $5B AIG-Prudential Deal
• ACCC OKs Tobacco Merger After Divestiture
• Penn Virginia Investor Seeks To Block $954M Deal
• Stericycle Buys Medical Waste Co. For $245M
• Union Opposes Wal-Mart's Bid To Buy S. African Chain
• US Chamber Fights SEC Proxy Access Rule In DC Circ.
• Liberty Mutual Puts Off Unit's $1.3B IPO
• Wilson Sonsini Reps Cornerstone In $115M IPO
• Skadden Reps Danaher In $340M Deal For Keithley
• Energizer Intervenes in ASR Asset Sale With $300M Bid
• Skadden Advises Endo On $1.2B Qualitest Purchase
• BP Plans First Post-Spill Bond Offering
• Ohio AG Vows To Investigate AirTran-Southwest Deal
• Barnes & Noble Bests Burkle's Yucaipa In Proxy War
• Ticket Buyers Lose Bid To Block UAL-Continental Deal
• Bringing FCPA Enforcement To Tobacco Merchants
• Dollar Thrifty Refuses New $1.5B Bid From Avis
• Freshfields Reps 3i Group In $24.5M MIM Buy
• EU Sends RTL TV-Venture Review To Germany, Austria
• Regulators Put Conditions On $12B Coke-Bottler Deal
• Potash Wins Discovery Bid In Suit Over BHP Deal
• Unilever To Snap Up Alberto Culver For $3.7B
• Wal-Mart Makes $4B Bid For South Africa's Massmart
• Vivendi Sells NBC Stake As Part Of $37B Comcast Deal
• Vinson Reps Southwest In $1.4B AirTran Buy
• 2 Nabbed For Insider Trading On Exxon-XTO Deal
• Calif. Reps Call For Probe Of Biovail-Valeant Deal
• Opponents Want Hearing On $37B Comcast-NBC Deal
• Korea National Wins Controlling Stake In UK's Dana
• The Upswing In US And UK Anti-Bribery Enforcement
• Franchisee Challenges Hertz-Dollar Thrifty Deal
• BHP Wins US Antitrust OK For $43B Potash Bid
• Enterprise Faces 2nd Shareholder Suit Over $9B Deal
• Carlson Capital To Shell Out $2.7M Over Short-Selling
• Coast Crane Files for Ch. 11, Plans Asset Sale
• Lenders To Pick Up Philly Papers For $105M
• Australia Gives Nod To Virgin Blue-Etihad Alliance
• US Wants To Ditch Raytheon's Adjustment Cost Spat
• Asda To Sell Stores To Gain OK On $1.1B Netto Deal
• JW Acquisitions Snatches Up Bankrupt Cargo Airline
• TARP Inspector To Review $3.5B GM-Americredit Deal
• Avis Raises Cash Offer In Battle For Dollar Thrifty
• Friendly Foreclosure Sales Vs. Other Ch. 11 Alternatives
• Chadbourne Can Rep Tribune Creditors In Mediation
• 6th Circ. Clears Ernst & Young Of Accredo Fraud Claims
• Lenders, Perelman Enter Bids For Philly Papers
• PotashCorp Goes To Court To Block $40B BHP Bid
• Netezza Shareholder Sues To Block $1.7B IBM Merger
• Australian Grocery Merger Raises Competition Concerns
• Overseas Investors Beware: Hardship May Upset Pacts
• Sharp Adds Solar Producer Recurrent For $305M
• Underwriter, Traders Beat $1.3M Insider Trading Rap
• Student Loan Investors Fight $600M Discover Buyout
• Watchell Reps Capital IQ's $300M TheMarkets.Com Buy
• Dewey Reps Foresters In First Investors Acquisition
• Cypress Investors Resist $163M Ramius Takeover Bid
• Disgruntled Investor Becomes Pitcairn's New Chair
• Experian To Pay $207M For US Credit Monitoring Firm
• Fueling FCPA Enforcement
• Valeant, Biovail Settle Class Action Over $3B Merger
• Indian Conglomerate Makes Bid For MGM
• Microtune Investor Fights To Block $166M Zoran Deal
• Millennium To Pay $15M Over Asset Purchase Deals
• Bankrupt Print Co. White Birch Goes On Sale Tuesday
• McMoRan To Buy Gulf Exploration Assets For $818M
• Cravath Advises IBM In $1.7B Deal For Netezza
• Proxy Firm Sides With Burkle In Barnes & Noble Fight
• Boston Sci Buys Asthma Treatment Maker For $443M
• India, Like China, Is Taxing Offshore Acquisitions
• Latham Reps Spirit Airlines On $300M IPO
• Weil, Skadden Guide $1.6B L-1 Identity-Safran Merger
• Simpson Reps Equity Co. In $640M Website Brands Buy
• J&J Plans €1.75B Offer For Dutch Vaccine Developer
• Ackman Venture Contests Ruling On Stuy Town
• Diamond Shareholder Looks To Block $378M PwC Deal
• UK Plans New Insolvency Rules For Investment Banks
• Case Study: Sonoran Scanners V. PerkinElmer
• Blake Cassels Reps Jinchuan In $421M Continental Buy
• Tronox Wins Approval For $185M Plan Backstop Deal
• Sidley Reps Discover In $600M Student Loan Corp. Buy
• GTSI Sues To Stop EyakTek's Planned Takeover
• Icahn May Play Big Role In Blockbuster Restructuring
• Bristol-Myers, ZymoGenetics Hit With Suit Over Merger
• DLA Piper Reps Net1 In $233M KSNet Buy
• Couche-Tard, Casey's Escalate Hostile Takeover Fight
• HP's $1.5B ArcSight Deal Spurs Shareholder Suit
• Airgas Sues To Nix Rival's Takeover-Friendly Bylaw
• Warren Gets Top Spot At New Consumer Bureau: Report
• $2B Inergy Merger Would Shortchange Investors: Suit
• PPL, E.ON Settle Energy Suppliers' Merger Worries
• UK's Antitrust Bodies Launch Joint Merger Guidelines
• Linklaters Nabs London High-Yield Guru From Cravath
• NRG To Buy Green Mountain Energy For $350M
• SMG Slammed Over Misconduct Claims In Co. Spat
• Kramer Levin Snags Baker Trio For Finance Group
• Construction Giant Launches $3.5B Bid For Hochtief
• U.S. Drops Case Against Last Nigerian Barge Defendant
• Maximizing Your Nonprofit Hospital Merger Or Purchase
• Pillsbury Backs Clearwater In $502M Cellu Purchase
• Rock US Says Ch. 11 Will Help It Unload NYC Buildings
• Basell Noteholders Sue BNY Mellon Over Lyondell Deal
• Verizon Faces Suit Over Idearc Spinoff
• Barq's Heirs Want Stake In Root Beer Co. From Coke
• Air Products Nominees Win 3 Slots On Airgas Board
• Poland Picks Energa Buyer Despite Antitrust Concerns
• MoFo Picks Up M&A Adviser From Holme Roberts
• Smith Gambrell Reps Gerdau In $165M Steel Mill Deal
• Sullivan Reps York in $425M Credit Suisse Deal
• Ramius Boosts Cypress Bid To $163M
• Citigroup To Face Trial In Suit Over EMI Sale Price
• 2nd Circ. Revives Class Action Over MF Global IPO
• Neff Defends Ch. 11 Plan Against Committee's Attack
• Willkie Reps MedAssets In $850M Broadlane Buy
• Winstead Adds Thompson & Knight Corporate Pro
• SKF Hits Ex-Exec With Breach Of Contract Suit
• Protective Life Snatches Up Torchmark Unit For $316M
• Mayer Brown Advises Ace In $1.1B Rain & Hail Deal
• $139M Sale Of Philly Papers Falls Through
• Invista, DuPont Settle Litigation Sparked By 2004 Deal
• NAB Nixes Deal To Acquire AXA APH
• Ropes Reps Green Mountain In $890M Van Houtte Buy
• When Cloud Computing Meets E-Discovery Obligations
• LabCorp To Acquire Genzyme Unit For $925M
• EU Court Overturns Vivendi Asset Sale Decision
• Skadden Advises Paetec In $460M Cavalier Purchase
• Dun & Bradstreet To Divest In FTC Deal
• MMX To Sell $2.2B Stock To Back Deal For Port Project
• Shareholders Sue Over $9B Enterprise Deal
• King & Spalding Snags McDermott Private Equity Pro
• Latham, Venable Rep American Assets In $500M IPO
• National Oilwell To Buy Oil Ship Tech Firm For $500M
• BofA Seeks Interlocutory Appeal Over Merrill Merger
• HP Buying Spree Continues With $1.5B ArcSight Deal
• BCE To Acquire Canada's Top TV Network
• Starwood's $199M Bid For Sea Island Resort Nixed
• Lehman Judge Lets Experts Stay In Barclays Deal Trial
• Gemstar Exec Loses Bid To Revive Stock Fraud Suit
• Fed. Circ. Revives Wind Energy Patent Dispute
• ACS, SEC Settle $51M Options Backdating Suit
• Goldman M&A Expert To Be New GSK CFO
• Anadarko Pooh-Poohs Tronox Rights Offering
• Airgas, Air Products Eye Crucial Shareholder Vote
• EBay Overturns Craigslist Poison Pill Plan
• BK Investors Want It Their Way In $4B Sale To 3G
• Barnes & Noble Hits Back At Burkle's Bid For Power
• Lundbeck Dodges FTC Suit Over Heart Drugs
• Lloyds To Sell Crest Nicholson Stake
• Judge Won't Block $1.2B Dollar Thrifty-Hertz Deal
• Genzyme Shareholder Sues Over Sanofi Bid Rejection
• Australia Rejects Remedies In $12B AXA-NAB Deal
• Vinson, Baker Botts Advise In $300M Targa IPO
• Dechert Reps Arizant In $810M 3M Deal
• Coke Bottler Settles Suit Over $12B Merger
• MOFCOM's Stance On Novartis/Alcon
• Couche-Tard To Divest If Bid For Casey's Succeeds
• NewAlliance Investors Sue Over $2B First Niagara Deal
• Inventor's Fraud Suit Revived Against Katten
• Dana Fights $2.9B KNOC Bid, Buys Suncor UK Unit
• FTC Chief Trial Counsel Jumps To Hogan Lovells
• EU Opens Probe Into €150M SC Johnson-Sara Lee Deal
• Financing Offshore Wind Development
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Corporate, Real Estate Partner
• Merck, J&J Head To Arbitration Over Remicade Deal
• Airgas Spurns $5.5B Air Products Takeover Bid
• Simpson Thacher Fails To Nix PrediWave Suit
• Casey's Says $2B Rival Bid Tops Couche-Tard Offer
• Fed Lacked Details When It Backed Lehman Sale: Atty
• New GM Snaps Up Transmission Unit From Ch. 11 For €1
• DOJ Puts $700M Google-ITA Merger Under Spotlight
• Ill. Law Discriminates Against Anheuser-Busch: Judge
• Lance Shareholder Sues Over Snyder's Merger
• Inergy To Buy Natural Gas Storage Facility For $725M
• Minority Freeze-Out Transactions Revisited
• Skadden Reps Stillwater In $118M Marathon PGM Buy
• Andrews Kurth Reps Enterprise Products In $9B Deal
• Neff Creditors Attack Ch. 11 Plan
• Onex Ready With $340M Deal To Buy Rest Of ResCare
• Burkle Appeals Barnes & Noble Poison Pill Ruling
• Chesapeake Energy Securities Action Survives
• ADC Seeks To Settle Suits Over $1B Sale To Tyco
• EU Sets New Deadline On Syngenta, Monsanto Probe
• Graco's Secrets Suit Against Rival Sent To Mediation
• Cassels Brock Reps Goldcorp In $3.4B Andean Deal
• Foreign Investment Options In US Nuclear Reactors
• LabCorp Sues Cardinal Over $74M Lab Sale Pact
• SEC Settles Insider Trading Suit Over Pharma Deal
• The Latest In M&A Regulation
• Pitcairn Enters Ch. 11 To Fend Off Investor Takeover
• Conn. AG Probes $2B First Niagara-NewAlliance Deal
• Innkeepers' Equity Swap Deal With Lehman Nixed
• Porsche Says Morrison Ruling Blocks Hedge Fund Suit
• Staffer Sues Polsinelli Over Premerger Paid Leave
• 3rd Circ. Shoots Down Mellon ERISA 'Snapshot' Appeal
• Dell Gives Up On 3PAR After HP Offers $2.4B Bid
• Avis Ups Bid To Buy Dollar Thrifty In Battle With Hertz
• Firm To Investigate 3G's $4B Deal For Burger King
• Shareholder Seeks To Block $943M 3M, Cogent Deal
• 5th Circ. Sides With JPMorgan In Dispute Over Merger
• An Update On Foreign Investment Review In Canada
• Couche-Tard Raises Casey's Takeover Bid To $2B
• Burr & Forman Reps ProAssurance In $233M APA Deal
• BP To Unload Malaysian Ethylene Assets For $363M