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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2010

213 articles

• Loehmann's Fails In Debt Exchange Attempt
• Judge Keeps Atlas Energy Class Action Alive
• CommScope Hit With Investor Suit Over Carlyle Deal
• Fried Frank Nabs Akin Gump Cross-Border M&A Pro
• Rome Bank Investors Sue To Block $74M Merger
• Hikma Buys Baxter's Injectibles Business For $112M
• Treasury Seeks Input On Potential Forex Exemption
• First Wind Nixes IPO After Slashing Price
• MetLife Sells Off Stake In Annuity Venture For $275M
• Chem Rx Auction Canceled Due To Low Bid Turnout
• UK Launches Investigation Of Ryanair-Aer Lingus Deal
• Shareholders, Talbots Reach $34M Deal In Aeon Suit
• Shearman Reps Fairfax In $294M First Mercury Deal
• Shareholder Action Targets $580M GE-Clarient Deal
• AGA Medical Investor Sues Over $1.3B St. Jude Deal
• Lionsgate Sues Icahn Over MGM Dealings
• Jones Day Scores Smith International GC
• Lehman Distribution Possible In 9 Months: Trustee
• ICBC To Pay $180M For Stake In AXA Venture In China
• Shanghai Electric Inks $8.3B Deal With India's Reliance
• Skadden Reps EGI In $126M Rewards Network Deal
• TCS Monopolized Night Law School Market, Suit Says
• Sensata Snags Honeywell Sensor Unit For $140M
• Oracle Buys Up 10% Stake In Mellanox
• Latham & Watkins Reps Carlyle In $2.6B Syniverse Deal
• Creditors Fight Chem Rx's Asset Sale Plans
• Teva To Acquire Theramex in €265M Deal
• Shearman Reps Boston Sci In $2B Unit Sale To Stryker
• Case Study: Versata And Trilogy V. Selectica
• Berkshire Picks Up Sun Life's Reinsurance Unit
• Urban Brands To Sell Assets To Gordon Brothers
• JPMorgan Buys Stake In $6B Brazilian Hedge Fund
• First Wind Prepares IPO Of Up To $276M
• Australian Watchdog Delays Aspen's Sigma Bid
• 8th Circ. Nixes Beer Drinkers' Appeal Over InBev Merger
• Mayer Brown Reps Ace In $425M New York Life Deal
• Alternative Energy Fuels Disruptive Innovation
• Blockbuster Judge Blesses DIP, Tables Adviser Hiring
• Inergy Ends Investor Suits Over $2B Merger
• Alston, Latham Rep Carlyle In $4B CommScope Deal
• $413M Carlisle-Hawk Deal Stiffs Shareholders: Suit
• Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video Brands Up For Auction
• Truvo USA Ch. 11 Plan Wins Bankruptcy Court OK
• Travel Sites Move To Block $700M Google-ITA Deal
• SNR Denton Adds Corporate Partner In St. Louis
• Apollo, CVC To Buy Brit Insurance For $1.4B
• AutoTrader Expands With Kelley Blue Book Buy
• Citi Exec Denies Giving EMI Buyer M&A Tips In Deal
• Puma To Buy Remaining Stake In Chinese Venture
• Airgas Demands $70-Plus Per Share From Air Products
• The 2nd Circ. Stance On DBSD
• CFTC Targets Market Manipulation In New Rules
• FirstEnergy, Allegheny Reach Deal In $9B Pa. Merger
• Singapore Exchange To Buy Aussie Counterpart For $8B
• M&A Legal Budgets To Grow In 2011
• EU Clears $4B Reckitt-SSL Deal With Divestitures
• 9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Yahoo Derivative Suit
• Fund Says Regions Knowingly Fluffed AmSouth's Value
• Talking Points — Tips For Hiring An Interpreter
• Carlyle Weighs $3B Buyout Of CommScope
• ACL Shareholders Sue Over $777M Merger Offer
• Linklaters Advises BP In $650M Sale Of Gulf Oil Stakes
• B&N Loses Bid To Dismiss Shareholder Suit
• Canada Backs Shaw's $2B Deal For Canwest TV Assets
• DC Circ. Says Execs Owe Bank $650K In Atty Fees
• Wachtell Reps Ventas In $3B Deal For Atria Assets
• Japan OKs United-Continental-All Nippon Venture
• Walsh Off Hook Over $20M Fee In Tyco Suit
• Winston & Strawn Nets Cadwalader M&A Pro
• Sidley Reps Athene In $628M RBC Unit Purchase
• Lessons From EBay's Battle With Craigslist
• Sidley Advises GE Healthcare In $580M Clarient Deal
• Caterpillar Strikes $810M Deal To Buy MWM
• Icahn Ups Tender Offer For Lionsgate
• Judge Spears Barclays' Argument Over Lehman Sale
• Mentor Investors' Suit Over $1B J&J Merger Tossed
• Goodwin Deals Pro Jumps To O'Melveny
• EBay Plans $1.5B Notes Offering
• Weighing Unilateral Termination Of A Deposition
• Icahn Offers To Buy MGM's Debt To Block Spyglass Deal
• UK Panel Urges Tougher M&A Laws After Kraft-Cadbury
• Ex-Refco CEO Escapes Shareholders' Fraud Fight
• EU Regulators Delay Decision On Greek Airline Merger
• Former Refco CFO Dropped From Securities Action
• UK Financier Says It's His Word Against Citi's In EMI Suit
• FINRA Fines Ferris Baker Over Low-Income Note Sales
• Cogent Investors Say 3M Is Making Tender Offer Threats
• Judge Nixes 'Wordy' Freddie Mac Securities Action
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Choate Hall Corporate Finance Pro
• Skadden Reps Pfizer In $240M Deal For Teuto Stake
• Saskatchewan To Fight BHP's $39B PotashCorp Bid
• White & Case Adds Oracle Exec To M&A Group
• Ukraine Regulator OKs $22B VimpelCom-Kyivstar Deal
• CFTC Proposes New Rules For Commodity Swaps
• Latham Reps Platinum Equity In $777M ACL Deal
• EU States Approve Strict Hedge Fund Rules
• Judge Pares Investor Class Action Against Goldman
• SKF To Pick Up Lubrication Systems Co. Lincoln For $1B
• Treasury To Sell 1.5B More Citigroup Shares Worth $6B
• Hanger Orthopedic To Snap Up ACP In $155M Deal
• Grant Thornton Settles Refco Litigation For $25M
• Trial Kicks Off In Terra Firma's Suit Over $6.5B EMI Deal
• SEC Unveils New Say-On-Pay, Golden Parachute Rules
• JPMorgan Battles Insurers Over Ala. Kickback Suits
• ProLogis Sells $1B In Real Estate Assets To Blackstone
• JC Penney Adopts Poison Pill To Ward Off Takeover
• BP To Sell Venezuela, Vietnam Operations For $1.8B
• Skadden Reps Northeast Utilities In $4.3B NStar Buy
• KKR Bids Up To $40 A Share For Aussie Fund Manager
• Tax Problems With Nuclear Decommissioning Funds
• Tronox Secures $125M In Credit From Wells Fargo
• Gibson Dunn Reps St. Jude In $1.3B AGA Medical Deal
• RBC Scoops Up UK's BlueBay In $1.5B Deal
• Antitrust Woes Force BHP, Rio Tinto To Nix Iron Combo
• King's Board Cashing In On $3.6B Pfizer Deal: Suit
• Vinson & Elkins Assists Oil States In $649M Buy
• Red Sox Owners Close Liverpool FC Deal
• AWA Pilots Lose Bid For Relief In Seniority Fight
• FTC Seeks Quick Release of ProMedica Deal Docs
• Supercharging The Vehicle Battery Space
• Dorsey & Whitney Reps Carlisle In $413M Hawk Deal
• German Court Nixes $324M Ruling Against Daimler
• Herbert Smith Reps Resolution In $164M Bupa Buy
• Australia Urges US To OK Delta-Virgin Blue Alliance
• Settlement Ends Protest Of M&M Corp.-Emera Merger
• Ex-Merrill Lynch Brokers Win $1M In Withheld Bonuses
• Shareholder Tries To Bar $640M Bid For Internet Brands
• H&R Block To Buy TaxACT Maker For $287.5M
• Germany To Block Rio Tinto-BHP Iron Ore Joint Venture
• UK Proposes Merging Antitrust Bodies
• Arbitrating International Environmental Disputes
• 1st Circ. Overturns Toss Of Genzyme D&O Coverage Suit
• NightHawk Shareholder Sues To Bar $170M VRad Deal
• BAA To Seek UK Supreme Court Appeal In Antitrust Row
• Settlement OK'd In AIPC-Ralcorp Merger Suits
• Hunton & Williams Snaps Up Energy Finance Package
• Deal Ends Challenge Of $41B Exxon-XTO Merger
• Hogan Lovells Reps Lockheed In $815M EIG Deal
• Skadden Reps Broadcom In $316M Beceem Buy
• Chancery Court Ups Ante For 'First Filers'
• Gilat Scoops Up Wavestream In $130M Deal
• Beware The Constructive Trust Claim
• Auction Veto Nixed For Thompson's Stalking Horse
• Petters Trustee Sues JPMorgan, Others in Clawback Bid
• Fed. Circ. Reverses $19M First Bank Winstar Ruling
• Japan's DeNA Buys Game Co. Ngmoco For $400M
• DLA Piper Lures Ex-Greenberg Gov't Contractor Advisor
• Sea Island Resort Goes For $212M At Auction
• Cadwalader Reps Pfizer In $3.6B King Pharma Buy
• EU Delays Decision On €1.3B Unilever-Sara Lee Deal
• Wilson Sonsini Reps ActivIdentity In Assa Abloy Deal
• Complying With List-Based Sanctions Programs
• Credit Suisse Win In Lockup Spat Vacated
• Shareholders Peeved Over $288M Capital Gold Deal
• Airgas Ordered to Honor Bylaw, Vows Appeal
• Queensland Readies $5B IPO For Coal-Hauling Railroad
• BofA Loses Bid For Interlocutory Appeal In MDL
• Electrolux To Buy Egyptian Appliance Maker
• Vinson Reps CNOOC In $2.2B Chesapeake Shale Deal
• Movie Gallery Seeks Probe Into Ex-Worker's Conduct
• Ropes & Gray Reps Bain In $1.8B Gymboree Deal
• GAO Report Sparks Education Management Suit
• Airgas Bashes Air Products 'End Run' Tactics In Buyout
• Energizer Wins American Safety Razor With $301M Bid
• Tensions Simmer In Sanofi, Genzyme Bid Battle
• Hicks Says $476M Bid Undervalues Liverpool
• Court OKs GGP's Plan For $2B Stock Offering
• Judge Won't Expedite Suit Over 3M-Cogent Deal
• Italian Trader Pays $3M To Settle Insider Trading Suit
• Hypercom Drops VeriFone Confidentiality Breach Suit
• Hedge Fund Sues Commerzbank Unit For $68M
• PotashCorp Sued Over Rejection Of $40B BHP Bid
• Cravath, Weil Advise J&J In €1.75B Offer For Crucell
• Angiotech Accused Of Breaching Quill Merger Deal
• 'Big Boy' Or Not? Disclaimers Of Reliance In NY
• Katten Muchin Avoids Ex-Leor CEO's Malpractice Claims
• Orleans Balks At Financial Adviser's Sale 'Success' Fee
• Alberto-Culver Shareholders Decry $3.7B Unilever Deal
• Investors To Buy Marathon Oil Assets For $900M
• Philip Morris Reconsidering $452M Protabaco Buy
• SEC Sues Ex-Dell Worker, Husband For Insider Trading
• Thompson Hine, V&E Guide $422M Robbins-T-3 Deal
• Mergers Down But FTC Challenges Up: Report
• Del. Judge Refuses To Block $943M 3M-Cogent Deal
• Torys Reps Rogers In $418M Atria Fiber-Optic Buy
• Wilson Sonsini Lures Back Warburg Pincus Director
• Testing Poison Pill Tolerance In Del.
• GE Continues Energy Push With $3B Dresser Deal
• Trubion Investor Sues To Halt $135M Sale To Emergent
• Avis, Dollar Thrifty To Seek Antitrust OK For Deal
• Spain's ACS Faces Resistance Over $3.5B Hochtief Bid
• Del. High Court OKs Net Loss Poison Pill
• Retail Developer Wants $5M Back From Boies Schiller
• Evidence Squabble Threatens EBG Auction Schedule
• Hypercom Ignoring Viable Takeover Bid, Suit Says
• Opponents Take $37B NBC-Comcast Deal To Obama
• Potash Slams Gov't Report Lauding $40B BHP Offer
• Character Testimony Bid Nixed In Insider Trading Case
• Great-West, London Life Ordered To Repay $445M
• Akin Gump Reps VimpelCom In $1.8B Weather Deal
• Sanofi Takes $18.5B Bid To Genzyme Shareholders
• SEC Pauses Proxy Access Rules Amid Challenge
• Class Action Over Towers-Watson Merger Can Proceed
• Potash Moves To Block BHP's Document Grab
• Microsemi To Acquire Actel For $430M
• How Certain Products Can Be The Same, But Different
• Cogent Investor Says NEC Was Shut Out Of 3M Deal
• EarthLink To Snap Up ITC Deltacom In $516M Deal
• Lionsgate Asks To Toss Icahn's Suit Over Stock Deal
• Shareholders OK Coke's $12.3B Bottle Co. Purchase
• Latham & Watkins Advises Repsol In $7B Sinopec Deal
• OCI Rules, Budget Cuts Shake Up Defense Industry
• Legal Hold May Keep You Out Of Jail Over E-Discovery