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Mergers & Acquisitions - February, 2011

218 articles

• Judge OKs Investor Settlement In Qwest Merger Suit
• Merck-Sanofi Animal Health Joint Venture Delayed
• Fujifilm To Buy 2 Merck Biotech Units For $490M
• Investor Suit Halts $8.1B Uralkali-Silvinit Deal
• SEC Opens FCPA Probe Of Kraft Facility In India
• CORRECTED: Simpson Reps Blackstone In $9.4B Buy Of Centro Malls
• Hughes Investor Sues To Block $2B EchoStar Deal
• Linn Energy To Gain ND Foothold In $434M Oil Buy
• Judge OKs $31M Sale Of Hines Nurseries To Lender
• Bankrupt Hotel Owner Girds For Battle With Singapore
• Equinox Launches $5B Takeover Bid For Lundin Mining
• Case Study: In Re DBSD North America
• FTC Fails To Stay $58M LabCorp Merger
• Wachtell Reps Ventas In $17B Health Real Estate Deal
• Huawei Invites US Probe To Dispel Security Fears
• Frontier Shareholder Sues Over $7B Holly Merger
• Stay Remains In Investor Suit Over $25M Solar Venture
• Canada To Revise Merger Review Guidelines
• Sprint Denied Appeal Of Bid To Dismiss Merger Suit
• Orrick Adds K&L Gates Corporate Veteran In NY
• France OKs GDF Utility Purchase With Conditions
• Elan Hid Problem With $1B J&J Deal, Investors Say
• What DDJ Management Means For Lenders
• FTC Clears Qualcomm's $3.2B Atheros Buy
• BH Tries To Trim $485M Iraq Security Contract Suit
• Beckman Investor Sues To Block $6.8B Danaher Deal
• FTC Clears $166M Audiovox-Klipsch Deal
• SAP Seeks To Slash $1.3B Oracle IP Verdict
• Judge Allows Shareholder Vote On J.Crew Buyout
• DOJ Sues 3 For $112M In Improper Tax Deductions
• V&E Lures 3 Transaction Attys From O'Melveny, Dewey
• WilmerHale Reps Thermo Fisher In $940M Unit Sales
• Genesco Investors Push To Sue UBS Over Merger Flop
• German Securities Probe Could Kill Porsche-VW Deal
• CFIUS And Huawei Square Off
• Conexant Picks Golden Gate, Rejects $284M SMSC Bid
• Sirius-XM Merger Gets Green Light From Canada
• Shareholders Fight $192M LaBranche Sale To Cowen
• Visa, Danaher Deals Get Early FTC Clearance
• Enterprise To Buy Rest Of Duncan Energy For $2.4B
• Latham Reps Silverfleet In $675M Sterigenics Sale
• Rio Tinto Mulls $340M Imerys Offer For Talc Co.
• Lyondell Unit Loses Fight Over $74M Glidden Claim
• Manifold Capital Suit Over $5M Escrow Fund Survives
• Motorola Unit Enjoined From Sharing Huawei Secrets
• FTC Appeals Injunction Bid For $58M LabCorp Deal
• Uncertainty For Prepackaged Bankruptcies In Mexico
• Onex Exerted Undue Influence On $3B EMS Deal: Suit
• FINRA Immune From Merger Action: 2nd Circ.
• High Court Denies Appeal Of Exide Trademark Ruling
• Murdochs' Shine Deal Likely To Draw Shareholder Ire
• Insurers Must Cover $9M In Loral Atty Fees: NY Court
• Icahn Offers $1.9B For Mentor Graphics
• Sun Pharma Buys Out Remainder Of Caraco
• Blockbuster Announces Auction, $290M Creditor Bid
• Barclays Accused Of Aiding Unfair $5B Del Monte Deal
• BHP To Pay $4.8B For Chesapeake Shale Assets
• V&E, Andrews Kurth Aid $7B Holly-Frontier Merger
• Shareholders Sue EMSC Over $3.2B Deal
• Covington Reps Forest Labs In $1.2B Clinical Data Deal
• Replacement Liens As Adequate Protection
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Reliance In $7.2B Deal With BP
• DLA Piper Atty To Lead Kaye Scholer M&A Group
• AAI Seeks Close Scrutiny Of Google-ITA Deal
• Judge Lets MissPERS Back In $950M RBS Fraud Suit
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Paul Weiss Malpractice Suit
• DLA Piper Launches Miami Office, Eyes Latin America
• Ex-Liverpool FC Owners Can't Sue Over Deal In US
• FTC Clears Cargotec's $190M Navis Buy
• Gibson Dunn Reps Nordstrom In $180M Sample Site Buy
• Broker-Dealer To Pay $21M To End Offering Actions
• UK High Court Declines BAA Airport Divestiture Row
• Apollo Loses Bid To Dodge Buyout Antitrust Action
• SEC Corruption Probe Prompts Scrutiny Of Deals
• EchoStar Abandons Plans To Take Control Of TerreStar
• Flir Settles ICx Shareholder Suit With Extra Info
• Bankrupt Townsends To Sell Assets For $76M
• NBH Picks GC From Ranks Of Dickinson Financial
• NY Judge OKs $308M Asbestos Indemnity Deal
• Due Diligence In Acquiring A Pro Sports Team
• GenOn, NRG Settle Contract Suit Over Lehman Payment
• ArmorWorks Sues Goldman Over Contract Dispute
• Family Dollar Mulls Unsolicited $7B Cash Bid
• RehabCare CEO Cheated Investors In Kindred Deal: Suit
• Airgas Ruling May Spark New Tactics On Poison Pills
• Harbinger Pays Nacco $60M To End Takeover Row
• SEC Settles Insider Trading Case Over Shiseido Merger
• Shareholder Fights $10B NYSE-Deutsche Boerse Deal
• Mercer Shareholder Action Sent Back To State Court
• Atlas Energy Shareholders Bless $4.3B Sale To Chevron
• Paul Weiss, MIG Spar Over Limitations In 2nd Circ.
• White & Case Reps Clariant In $2.7B Sud-Chemie Buy
• Sanofi Bags Genzyme With Incentive-Laden $20B Offer
• Refining Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Claims
• Judge Delays $5B Del Monte Deal, Rips Barclays
• Air Products Suffers Defeat As Airgas Poison Pill Upheld
• Mayer Brown Snags Akin Gump Deal Maker For NY Office
• Huawei Asks White House To Rule On 3Leaf Buy
• In-House Counsel Name Favorite M&A, Securities Attys
• Simpson Thacher Reps CBRE In $940M ING Deal
• Thomas Cook, Co-Op Seek Quick Antitrust Review
• How New SBA Regs Will Affect Mentor-Protege Ventures
• UK Regulators Approve Address Database Monopoly
• Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Promise Huge Synergies
• Jury Snuffs Gencor Suit Over $72M Ingersoll Deal
• Foreign Cos. Face New Questions In China M&A Review
• Manulife Buys Investment Adviser Optique Capital
• Chinese IPO Boom Spurs Securities Litigation Wave
• Ventana Agrees To AUX's Sweetened $1.56B Bid
• Hedge Funds Sue Anglo Irish Bank Over $200M Stake
• FTC Clears SMSC's $248M Bid For Conexant
• Cash-Flush Viacom Offers To Buy Back $500M In Debt
• Lyondell Affiliate Battles $74M Glidden Claim
• Seahawk Drilling Enters Bankruptcy, Plans Asset Sale
• McDermott Reps Motorola Mobility In Software Co. Deal
• Wal-Mart's $2B South Africa Deal Gets Boost
• Debevoise Reps Clayton Dubilier In $3.2B EMS Deal
• Ropes & Gray Lures Private Equity Atty From DLA Piper
• Allen & Overy Reps GE In $2.8B Buy Of Wood Group Unit
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps EchoStar In $2B Hughes Deal
• Court Smashes Tousa $480M Disgorgement Order
• Pols See Security Risk In Chinese Co.'s 3Leaf IP Buy
• Barclays' Alleged Deceit May Delay $5B Del Monte Deal
• MoFo Snags 2 Attys From Alston, Wilson Sonsini
• CDC's $41M Settlement Offer Over Failed IPO Rejected
• Ericsson Offers EU Remedies On $65M Nortel Deal
• Case Study: Moncrief Oil V. OAO Gazprom
• Shareholder Sues Aegean Over Post-Merger Problems
• Take $665M Icahn Offer, Dynegy Board Begs Investors
• Progress Energy Shareholder Sues Over $14B Duke Buy
• Insurer Seeks Quick Win In $4.5M WaMu Coverage Row
• Political Pressure May Doom Exchange Megadeals
• Blockbuster Eyes Auction As Creditors Balk
• Pride Shareholder Sues To Block $7.3B Ensco Merger
• Brazil Orders Shell To Divest Fuel Biz In $12B Venture
• Q-Med Board Endorses Galderma's Sweetened Bid
• Whitney Shareholder Sues To Block $1.5B Hancock Buy
• Patton Boggs Launches Infrastructure Practice
• EU Plans Bill To Rein In Auditors
• 2nd Circ. Revives Suit Over $4.5B Blackstone IPO
• Exco Sells BG 50% Marcellus Stake For $230M
• Hunton Snags Another Paul Hastings Energy Partner
• Omnicare V. UnitedHealth And Independent Action
• PetroChina To Snap Up Encana Gas Interest For $5B
• SEC Proxy Rule Jibes With 1st Amendment: Law Profs
• ProLogis Shareholders Sue To Block AMB Merger
• London, Toronto Exchanges To Merge Into $6B Giant
• Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Euronext In Merger Talks
• Investors Settle With Chinese Education Co. For $1.75M
• Drinker Biddle Picks Up Dechert Dealmaker
• Skadden Reps DSW Shareholder In $800M Stock Swap
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 2
• Accounting Firm Aided $5M BofA MDL Fund Theft: Suit
• Atlas, Chevron Settle Suits Ahead Of Vote On $4B Deal
• SEC Proposes Quick Registrations Without Ratings
• Wesco Investor Sues To Stop $548M Berkshire Deal
• Visa Buys E-Commerce Platform PlaySpan For $190M
• Pentagon Makes Stand Against Contractor Mergers
• Air Products Awaits Ruling On Airgas Poison Pill
• Galderma's $978M Bid Falls Short With Q-Med Investors
• Paul Hastings Reps Kratos In $270M Herley Buy
• Fed Proposes Rule On Systemically Important Cos.
• Clearwire Director Departs Over Antitrust Worries
• Mitsubishi Buys UK Brands As Premier Foods Sheds Debt
• Top Del. M&A Cases Of 2010
• Foley Welcomes Baseball Exec Back Into The Fold
• Cleary Gottlieb Reps Kindred In $1.3B RehabCare Buy
• Answers Shareholder Sues Over $127M Summit Deal
• Red Zone Hits Cadwalader With $13M Malpractice Suit
• Booze Monitor Maker Infringes 3 Patents, Suit Says
• Nelson Mullins Adds Finance Atty From Locke Lord
• Berkshire To Round Out Stake In Wesco For $548M
• Noteholders Challenge $1.1B Dish Bid For DBSD
• Wachtell Reps Danaher In $6.8B Beckman Coulter Deal
• Cooper Industries Strikes $308M Asbestos Deal
• 4 Compensation Mistakes Made By Startups
• Simpson Thacher Reps AOL In $315M HuffPost Buy
• Baker & McKenzie Helps Ensco Add Pride For $7B
• Bankrupt Animal Biotech Co. Seeks Buyer
• Spain OKs Changes To Speed Gas Natural Divestments
• Morgan Keegan Sues Chestnut For $1M Exxon Deal Fee
• EBay Loses Bid To Toss Craigslist Trademark Suit
• Fried Frank Reps DaVita In $690M DSI Renal Deal
• Del. Disparity On Disclosing Merger Projections
• Ex-Home Diagnostics CEO Indicted Over Stock Tips
• Hedge Funds Fight $3.5B Smurfit-RockTenn Deal
• McDermott Wins Bid For Trust Info In Malpractice Suit
• Tokyo Steel Cos. In Dance To Become Global Giant
• Jones Day Raids Mayer Brown To Add 3 Finance Vets
• Mining Co. Newmont To Pick Up Fronteer In $2.3B Deal
• Preparing For Say On 'Chutes
• Hedge Funds Drive Porsche-VW Deal Case To 2nd Circ.
• Law360 Corporate Finance Editorial Advisory Board
• Smurfit-Stone Investor Sues Over $3.5B RockTenn Deal
• Danvers Shareholder Fights $493M People's United Buy
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Investor's Suit Over E&Y Merger Fraud
• Massey Shareholders Challenge $7.1B Alpha Merger
• Match.com Hooks Up With OkCupid
• CORRECTED: DLA Piper Scores 5 Paul Hastings Attys
• Investor Suit Over Verizon's Idearc Spinoff Gets Boot
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 1
• Citigroup Acquires EMI, Cuts $3.6B In Debt
• BP, Russian Investor Fight Heads To Arbitration
• Probe Of BNY Mellon Halted In Basell Investor Suit
• J.Crew Investors Back Out Of $10M Deal Over Buyout
• Dish Network Floats $1B Deal To Pull DBSD From Ch. 11
• Conditions Of The Comcast-NBC Merger
• Morgan Lewis Reps Breckenridge In Reinsurance Deal
• BP To Sell Refineries In Texas, Calif.
• Drug Co. Valeant To Snap Up PharmaSwiss For $484M
• Chile's Antitrust Court Puts Airline Merger On Ice
• Grand Wailea Owner Seeks Ch. 11 Amid Foreclosure
• K&L Gates Opens Brussels Post With 2 McDermott Attys
• Jones Day Reps Cumulus Media In $740M Radio Deal
• Edwards Angell Scoops Up DC Telecom Boutique
• Shearman Reps Birla In $875M Columbian Chem Deal
• Investor Sues Over Verizon's $1.4B Bid For Terremark
• Vinson Reps CNOOC In $1.3B Chesapeake Oil, Gas Buy