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Mergers & Acquisitions - March, 2011

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• Delphi Buys Back GM, PBGC Stakes For $4B
• Cephalon Investor Sues Over $5.7B Valeant Bid Rebuff
• Proskauer Adds Former SEC Atty To Corporate Division
• Rajaratnam Atty Accuses Witness Of 'Playing Coy'
• Buffett Looks To Control Spin After Exec's Departure
• Seahawk Asset Sale To Hercules Gets Antitrust OK
• UK Software Cos. Scuttle Merger Amid Antitrust Probe
• Vodafone To Pay $5B For Indian Telecom Stake
• How Galaviz V. Berg Affects Forum Selection Bylaws
• Taylor Wimpey Sells North American Units For $955M
• NY Fed Rejects $15.7B AIG Bid To Rebuy MBS
• Lions Gate Wins Toss Of Icahn Contract Suit
• Dean Foods Deal Gives DOJ Firepower In Food Fights
• White & Case Adds Project Finance Partner In London
• Airport Owner Must Sell 2 More Hubs: UK Watchdog
• House Panel Picks At Dodd-Frank Implementation
• Austin Attorneys See More Startup Funding, IPOs
• Shareholder Suit Over Ladish's $778M Sale Tossed
• Merrill Brokers' Race Bias Suit Over Bonuses Tossed
• Texas Billionaire Eyes Appeal Of $116M Fraud Verdict
• SEC OKs Risk Retention, Compensation Rules
• Web Tightens Around Gupta In Galleon Trial
• Sirius XM Subscribers Win Class Cert. In Antitrust Suit
• GSI Investor Sues Over $2.4B EBay Deal
• Tullow Sells Share Of Uganda Oil Project For $3B
• DuPont Again Extends $6.3B Offer For Danisco
• Encore Faces Investor Class Action Over $567M Sale
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps Valeant In $5.7B Cephalon Bid
• Dean Foods To Settle Antitrust Suit With Assets Sale
• Cynergy Trustee Wants $47M From Predecessor Prez
• International Paper Gets India Foothold In $257M Deal
• NY AG To Review AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Deal
• Milbank Scores Capital Markets Pro From Fried Frank
• ProMedica Merger In Ohio Blocked Over Antitrust Fears
• Apax Wins Toss Of Bank Rate Listing Antitrust Suit
• Allen & Overy Reps GE Energy In $3.2B Converteam Buy
• Ex-Galleon Employee Says Rajaratnam OK'd Tips
• FTC OKs $76M Astellas-Maxygen Protein Program Deal
• An Ounce Of Prevention For Problems With No Cure
• Kirkland Adds Ex-FTC Chair, 3 Others To DC Office
• CreXus Rejects Starwood Bid, Eyes $575M Offering
• Rajaratnam, US Spar Over Trader's Testimony
• AT&T's T-Mobile Buy Is Anti-Competitive, Sprint Says
• Facebook Ownership Suit To Remain In Federal Court
• MetLife To Sell Taiwan Life Insurance Unit For $180M
• Simpson Reps Walter Investments In $1B Loan Co. Buy
• UBS Can't Shake Highland Claims Over Lyondell DIP
• MBIA Suit Over $1B CDO Deal Survives
• The Gifting Doctrine V. The Absolute Priority Rule
• Dewey Reps EBay In $2.4B GSI Commerce Buy
• Drugstore.com Investor Fights $409M Walgreen Deal
• CORRECTED: FTC OKs Quest's $740M Buyout Of Athena
• Mentor Graphics Rejects Icahn's $1.9B Buyout Offer
• Advantest Tops LTX-Credence With $1.1B Verigy Bid
• Animal Health Investor Contests $251M Lextron Deal
• Peak Wins $20M In Oil Rights Spat With Chesapeake
• Group May Make Rival Bid For St. Vincent Facility
• Holland & Knight Adds Baker & McKenzie Deals Atty
• Debevoise Reps Schneider In $268M Summit Energy Bid
• Amazon Ties Up $500M Diapers.com Deal After FTC OK
• Antitrust Suit Over Failed Spinkler Co. Deal KO'd
• Apax Funds To Pay $762M For Yellow Media Unit
• Questions Clients Will Ask About Their Business Sale
• Combating Junior Lawyer Fallout — Part I
• $8B BP, Rosneft Deal Blocked By Arbitration Tribunal
• Mood Media Deal For Muzak Could Reach $345M
• Call Shows Rajaratnam Knew Of Clearwire Deal: Feds
• Segregation Claims Nixed In Edifecs Trade Secrets Row
• FTC Drops Appeal Of LabCorp Merger Challenge
• Tips For Buying Distressed Mortgage Loans
• Antitrust Record Review: Obama's Judges
• BAE Exec Settles SEC Insider Trading Claims
• Jones Day Reps P&G in Joint Venture With Teva
• Sidley, Weil Rep Walgreen In $409M Drugstore.com Buy
• Judge Pares Lions Gate Merger Suit Against Icahn
• Iowa Gov. Signs Law To Cut Down On Hostile Takeovers
• Tight Budgets To Drive Rise In Public-Private Projects
• Tomy's $650M Bid For Toy Co. Spurs Shareholder Suit
• Texas Bank Seeks Quick Win In Investors' Fraud Suit
• OptionsXpress Shareholders Challenge $1B Schwab Bid
• AirTran Investors Agree To $3.4B Southwest Deal
• FTC Blesses Daiichi Sankyo's $805M Plexxikon Buy
• HIG Picks Up Teleflex's Marine Biz For $122M
• Judge OKs Lehman's $957M Deal With German Affiliate
• Celera Investor Sues To Block $344M Quest Deal
• Court Rescues MillerCoors Distribution Contracts
• Blankfein Says Goldman Director Gave Rajaratnam Tips
• Vinson Reps Anadarko In $576M BP Asset Buy
• Wachtell Reps Colgate In Unilever Soap, Laundry Deals
• Case Study: In Re TOUSA
• Sprint CEO Raises Red Flags Over AT&T's T-Mobile Deal
• Ex-Intel Exec Admits Sharing Tips With Rajaratnam
• K-Sea Investor Sues To Halt $335M Kirby Deal
• Edwards Angell Nabs Debevoise Insurance Deals Expert
• Ex-AIG Chief Hits Chinese Ad Co. With Fraud Suit
• Calif. Ruling Hands Shareholders Forum Selection Power
• Newfield Picks Up Utah Oil Assets For $215M
• McKenna Long Adds 2 Wildman Deal Makers In LA
• NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Deal May Face Long EU Review
• Portal Sues Ascension For $5M Over Purchase Deal
• M&A Boom Heats Up Legal, Lateral Markets In Texas
• Arcus Offers $1.2B To Take Forth Ports Private
• Sanofi, Merck Drop Animal Health Joint Venture
• Equinox Urges Lundin Shareholders To Accept $5B Offer
• Defining 'National Security' In Chinese Mergers
• Raising The Bar For Mass. Utility Mergers
• MetaMorphix Seeks To Convert Case To Ch. 7
• Judge Asked To Toss Troutman Atty's Real Estate Suit
• Ex-Intel Exec Gave Clearwire Tips To Rajaratnam: US
• Freshfields Reps Liberty In €3.2B EQT Unit Buy
• AT&T Stakes $3B On Antitrust Clearance Of T-Mobile Buy
• Anguilla Resort Developer Gets OK For $5M DIP Loan
• Milbank Technology Head Departs For Dewey
• Akin Gump, V&E Advise In $1.6B Anadarko-KNOC Deal
• Simpson Reps Schwab In $1B OptionsXpress Buy
• Skadden Reps Broadcom In $313M Provigent Deal
• 5 Marketing Lessons From Howrey's Graveside
• Fueling Fresh Analysis Of Horizontal Market Power
• UK Panel Urges More Transparency For Merger Fees
• Facebook To Snap Up Snaptu For Up To $70M
• Accused Arms Smuggler Sabre Sold For $5M
• Texas Group Sues Advisers Over Competing Plant Bid
• Quicksilver Majority Owners Decide Not To Go Private
• Lyondell Unit Settles Akzo's $74M Glidden Claim
• FCC Blesses $22B CenturyLink-Qwest Deal
• UK Weighs Unilever Offer In Alberto-Culver Deal
• Banks Appeal Dismissal Of MBIA Restructuring Suit
• Covington Media Deals Pro Jumps To Paul Hastings
• Ex-Goldman Exec Sues SEC Over Galleon Action
• Chilean Antitrust Court To Probe LAN-TAM Merger
• Germany Nixes Online Video Deal Over Antitrust Fears
• Tainting The Sales Process
• Shearman Reps Quest Diagnostics In $344M Celera Buy
• Ex-Isilon CFO Loses Bid To Toss SEC Case
• NY Court Revives Veritas Claims V. Ex-Stakeholder
• Judge Upholds $32M Doosan Payment To Ingersoll-Rand
• SEC Hits Steel Tech Execs With Insider Trading Suit
• Prosecutors Want More Prison Time For Ex-UBS Trader
• Rajaratnam Had Inside Details On Aegis Deal: Tapes
• Lithuania Calls For Court Ouster Of Gazprom Execs
• Understanding FTC V. LabCorp.
• Virgin Faces Derivative Suit Over UK Cable Deal
• 1st Circ. Nixes FirstBank Appeal In Merger Fraud Suit
• The ABCDEFs Of Building Client Loyalty
• UK Mortgage Software Merger Needs More Scrutiny: OFT
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Daniel Wolf
• DLA Piper Nabs Edwards Angell Attys For Del. Office
• Pfizer Unit Recalls Pain Drug Embeda
• Murdoch's Bid To Buy Daughter's Co. Is Nepotism: Suit
• Spongetech Public Auction Wins Court Approval
• GOP Denies 'Cynical' Effort To Gut Dodd-Frank Act
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Bingham Corporate Partner
• UBS, Red Zone End Six Flags Row For $11.6M
• Defense Sharpens Attack On Key Galleon Witness
• Where Bankruptcy And Real Estate Collide
• Rising Star: Skadden's Ken Wolff
• US Security Panel Examines Safran's $1.6B L-1 Buy
• Funds Hit Porsche With $1B Suit Over VW Takeover Bid
• Investor Sues CSST Over CEO's $460M Buyout Bid
• Rajaratnam Got Inside Info On Goldman Talks: Tapes
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Freeze $58M LabCorp Merger
• Dish Network Wins Approval Of $1.4B Takeover Of DBSD
• Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Eduardo Gallardo
• BNY Mellon Still On Hook For $1B Lyondell Suit: Funds
• Latham Reps DJO In $254M Dr. Comfort Acquisition
• Devon, Texas Billionaire Hit With $116M Fraud Verdict
• Board Can Impose Enviro Terms On Mergers: DC Circ.
• House GOP Introduces Dodd-Frank Revisions
• Capital Gold Urges Investors To OK $288M Deal
• Merger Negotiations Can Stay Private — Usually
• FirstEnergy Sells Energy Plant To AMP For $485M
• GTEC Investor Sues Ares To Block $315M Takeover
• FTC Clears Golden Gate Acquisition Of Conexant
• Latham Reps Carlyle In $5B China Shipping Venture
• Iberdrola To Sell €2B Stake To Qatar Fund
• 2nd Shareholder Suit Targets Duncan-Enterprise Deal
• 2010: OFAC's Big Year
• AMSC Expands Wind Biz With Є190M Deal
• Media Cos. Urge Full Review For News Corp-BSkyB Deal
• Rising Star: Davis Polk's Jason Kyrwood
• Berkshire Deal Could Raise Rail Rates, Sens. Say
• Munger Tolles Reps Berkshire In $9B Lubrizol Buy
• Latham Reps K-Sea In $600M Merger With Kirby
• Ropes & Gray Lures Life Sciences Atty From Goodwin
• Avis Sinks Antitrust Suit Over $1.5B Merger
• Valero Buys Chevron UK Refinery, Assets For $1.7B
• St. Vincent's To Sell Manhattan Hospital For $260M
• Milbank Reps Station Casinos In $500M Resort Buy
• Innkeepers Wins Judge's OK For $1B Auction Proposal
• Rising Star: Willkie's Adam Turteltaub
• Senate Antitrust Panel Puts Google On Priority List
• K&L Gates Reps Cascades In $400M Dopaco Unit Sale
• MoFo Snags M&A Pro From Cooley For Calif. Office
• A Shot In The Arm For Section 2 Enforcement
• Valve Co.'s False Merger Claims Dipped Stocks: Suit
• NY Legislators, Hospital CEOs Charged With Bribery
• Blockbuster Sidesteps Ch. 7 With Last-Minute Deal
• Rajaratnam Dangled Job For Inside Tips: Witness
• Equinix Faces Derivative Suit Over $700M S&D Deal
• Court Confirms Universal Building Liquidation Plan
• Sanctions Denied In Graco, Gama Trade Secrets Suit
• Ex-Paterson Aide Joins Orrick Finance Practice
• Macy's Retirement Plan Class Gets Conditional OK
• Rio Tinto Sweetens Offer For Riversdale To $3.9B
• A Green Bond Project Destined For Disaster?
• 2010 In Review: Canadian Competition And Marketing
• Not So Sweet 16
• Jones Day Leads Cumulus In $2.4B Citadel Buy
• Investors Sue Sirius Directors Over XM Merger
• Energy Co. Investor Sues To Block $1B Purchase Deal
• TPG Associate Blasts Key SEC Witness In Trading Suit
• US Puts Rajaratnam At Center Of 'Corrupt Network'
• China Delays $1.2B Nokia Siemens-Motorola Deal
• FTC Clears Danaher's Beckman Buy But Hurdles Remain
• Barclays, Buyers Rigged Bids In Del Monte Deal: Suit
• Tognum Confirms $4.4B Joint Bid From Rolls, Daimler
• Latham Reps Catalyst In $525M Walgreen Unit Buy
• Australia Bars $368M Asahi-P&N Combo
• Case Study: Credit Agricole V. American Home
• How To Avoid The FCPA Hook For 3rd-Party Misconduct
• Norex Sues Russian Billionaires Over Oil Co. Takeover
• VeriFone Beats Securities Action Over Inflated Income
• Blankfein Among Possible Galleon Trial Witnesses
• GreatBanc Faces Another Setback In Tribune ERISA Suit
• Spain's Iberdrola To Buy Out Renewables Unit
• News Corp.'s $670M Shine Deal Clears FTC Hurdle
• FTC Blesses GTCR's $675M Purchase Of Sterigenics
• Ex-UBS Banker Seeks Leniency In Insider Trading Suit
• FTC Backs $127M Summit-Answers Deal
• Where Subsidies Turn Into Liabilities
• Hogan Rehires House Counsel For DC Corporate Group
• Bell Canada Gets OK For $1.3B CTV Buy
• Pacific Energy Sues Forest Oil For $250M Over Sale
• SEC Hits Ex-Dewey Atty With Insider Trading Suit
• MBIA Seeks KO In Contract Suit Over $1B CDO Deal
• Borden Ladner Reps Magma In $195M Plutonic Deal
• Gibson Dunn Reps Accuray In $277M Radiotherapy Deal
• Kelley Drye Wins Transfer Of Merger, Contract Suit
• Liberty Tax Nabs Troutman Partner As General Counsel
• Class Certified In Tribune Takeover ERISA Suit
• SEC Locates Galleon Defendant In India
• Intertek Buys Moody From Investcorp For $730M
• GT Solar Reaches $10.5M Settlement Of IPO Suits
• MoFo Reps Terumo In $2.6B Gambro Unit Deal
• LVMH To Take Over Bulgari In $5.2B Fashion Deal
• O'Melveny Reps Western Digital In $4.3B Tech Unit Buy
• Excluding Gains From Small Biz Stock Sales
• Equinix Misled Investors Around $700M Deal: Suit
• Blackstone Sues Taro For $6M In Unpaid Merger Fees
• Drug Supply Co. Fraud Suit Referred To Mediation
• Ramius Sues To Replace Zoran Directors
• 2nd Circ. OKs Toss Of Genesco Investor's UBS Suit
• Judge OKs $85M Sale Of Palm Harbor To Cavco
• Atheros Investor Can't Halt Qualcomm Merger Vote
• Hyundai Motor To Buy $2.7B Stake In Hyundai E&C
• Greenberg Traurig Hires Securities Pro From Manatt
• Tapes Prove Ex-Goldman Director Is Galleon Tipster: US
• Hefner Takes Playboy Private
• Bell Micro Settles Investor Suit Over $594M Avnet Deal
• J.Crew Investor Targets Nixed $10M Buyout Deal
• Eubelius, Linklaters Rep KBC In $737M Centea Sale
• EU Watchdog To Probe UPM's $1.2B Paper Cos. Buy
• Taking Stock Of The Airgas Poison Pill Ruling
• Highland To Face $686M UBS Suit Over Rigged Deal
• WaMu Wins Tax Refunds Off Thrift Deals In 9th Circ.
• Del. High Court Upholds Barnes & Noble's Poison Pill
• Jury Pool Tainted By SEC Action, Rajaratnam Claims
• IAC Loses Bid To Toss Suit Over Call Center Deal
• Conn. Bill Would Set Up Complex M&A Docket
• Paul Hastings Reps Valitas In $250M Merger
• How To Get Your Vote Designated
• Total Snaps Up Novatek Stake For $4B
• Kramer Levin Snags Weil Atty For Paris Office
• Asian Group To Pay $1.8B For Brazilian Mining Stake
• An Eye On China's Version Of CFIUS
• UK Official OKs $13B News Corp.-BSkyB Merger
• Family Dollar Rejects Peltz's $7B Unsolicited Bid
• BP's $7B Apache Deal Sours Over Canada Enviro Claim
• AIG Takes In $9.6B With MetLife Stake Sale
• $1.1B Dish Network Bid Gets Tabled In DBSD Ch. 11
• Suit Against $3B EMS Sale Targets BofA Merrill Lynch
• Cadwalader Reps Renco In $1.2B Deal For 3 Steel Cos.
• Olympic, Aegean To Appeal EU Merger Rejection
• OFT Fast-Tracks Review Of Travel Agencies' Merger
• Big Changes In Small Finance
• EU Backs Ericsson's $65M Purchase Of Nortel Unit
• PPL To Buy More E.ON Assets In $5.6B UK Utility Deal
• Shareholder Seeks To Halt $1.2B Clinical Data Sale
• FTC Gives Green Light To $1.25B CVS-Universal Deal
• Blockbuster Priority Auction Claims Unfair: Lenders
• Goldman, Carlyle Trim Buyout Antitrust Action
• Mosaic Shareholder Challenges $24B Cargill Sell-Off
• Barclays Buys Egg UK Credit Accounts From Citigroup
• FTC Blesses AOL's $315M HuffPost Takeover
• Doosan, Ingersoll-Rand Spar Over $31M Award
• Carlyle Group To Buy Ball Bearings Maker For $806M
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Range In $900M Property Sale
• UK Competition Watchdog To Probe Ferry Route Deal
• SEC Denies Web Provider's IPO Withdrawal Request
• Terremark To Settle Suits Over $1.4B Verizon Merger
• Simpson Reps Daiichi Sankyo In $805M Plexxikon Buy
• J.Crew Investors Approve Controversial $3B Buyout
• Howrey Partners Defect To MoFo, Kirkland, Others
• Interim Measures And Arbitral Clauses
• Investors In Ameriprise Unit Seek To Block $21M Deal