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Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2011

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• Actelion Must Pay Asahi $550M In Fasudil Suit: Jury
• Tiberius Seeks To Revive Petrosearch Merger Suit
• Ex-Hospital Exec Gets Bench Trial In Bribery Case
• EU OKs Arkema's €550M Total Resins Units Buy
• Peregrine Keeps Ch. 11 Afloat With $3M Payment
• Accused Trader Seeks To Subpoena Lehman, Barclays
• Linn Energy Adds $163M In ND Shale Assets
• Swiss Watchdog Opens Probe Into Swisscom Network Deal
• Barclays Seeks Assets From 2008 Lehman Buy
• Enterprise Snaps Up Rest Of Duncan Energy In $2.5B Deal
• Rajaratnam Jury Ends Week 1 Without Verdict
• API, Kronos Nix Merger Over DOJ Antitrust Fears
• Reed Smith Lures Tech Deals Pro From Gibson Dunn
• Expertly Navigating Federal Expert Disclosure Rules
• Holland & Knight Snags Former Shipping Registry GC
• Blackstone Snags Australian Property Firm For $227M
• Goldman, Ariz. Defense Supplier Settle Contract Row
• Lions Gate Asks Court To Reconsider Blockbuster Sale
• Chrysler Says It Will Repay $7.5B In US, Canada Loans
• Wilson Sonsini Reps Total In $1.4B SunPower Deal
• Ex-SAC Analyst Settles SEC Insider Trading Claims
• Kirkland Pulls In Wilson Sonsini Finance Partner
• Horizon Avoids Ch. 11 After Judge Cuts $45M Antitrust Fine
• CHS Rebuts Tenet Medicare Fraud Claims
• Spongetech Gets Green Light For Bankruptcy Asset Sale
• Polypore Takes FTC Divestiture Order To 11th Circ.
• EU Aims To Improve Cooperation In Merger Reviews
• Computershare Inks $550M Deal To Snag BNY Mellon Unit
• Civil Liberties Groups Back Banks In MBIA Appeal
• Ex-SAC Capital Manager Cops To Insider Trading
• Tudor Seeks To Avoid Coverage For $96M Defamation Suit
• Orchard Trustee Sues Golden Gate Over $310M Payout
• Davis Polk Reps Aetna In $600M Prodigy Health Buy
• Skadden Reps Exelon In $7.9B Constellation Energy Deal
• Berkshire Hathaway May Sue Sokol Over Lubrizol Deal
• Rajaratnam Jurors Can't See Transcripts, Judge Says
• Credit Union Flays Barclays, State Street On $400M CDO
• Primary Global Defendant Negotiating Plea Deal: US
• FTC Orders Hikma To Shed Drugs For $112M Baxter Deal
• Sprint Asks FCC To Consolidate Reviews Of AT&T Deals
• RIM Snaps Up Calendar App Maker Tungle
• Cravath, Weil Rep J&J In $21B Deal To Buy Synthes
• SEC Rebuts Galleon Insiders' Public Tip Claims
• Wachtell Reps CenturyLink In $2.5B Savvis Buy
• Drafting Contracts To Weather Middle East Turmoil
• Rajaratnam Jurors Request Replay Of Wiretap Calls
• DOJ Greenlights $1.4B Southwest-AirTran Combo
• DIP Agreement Fair To Creditors, Harry & David Says
• Ambassadors Wins $10M DIP Loan To Prep Asset Sale
• $251M Animal Health Co. Merger Moves Forward
• GSC Ch. 11 Plan Aims To Put Sankaty In Charge
• Dish Closes $320M Blockbuster Buy After Judge's OK
• Smith Moore Opens New Office In Charleston
• Davis Polk Reps Smart Modular in $645M Buyout
• Nortel Asks Courts To Help Split $4B In Sale Proceeds
• Sprint Wants To See Confidential AT&T, T-Mobile Files
• Lactalis Looks To Pick Up Parmalat For €3.4B
• Trader Cops To Role In Galleon Spinoff Scheme
• Skadden Reps Scor In $913M Transamerica Buy
• Skadden Reps Lawson In $2B Sale To Golden Gate, Infor
• FTC Clears Walter Investments' $1B Green Tree Buy
• Ex-Santander Analyst Settles Insider Trading Claims
• Akin Gump Atty Appointed To Oversee LA Dodgers
• New Stream Opens Asset Sale To Competing Bids
• Gibson Dunn Reps ValueClick In $70M Greystripe Buy
• Alliance Data To Pay $356M For Marketing Agency Aspen
• Longtime Delaware Judge To Step Down
• DOJ Wants More Info On Nasdaq's $11.3B NYSE Offer
• AB InBev Off The Hook In Pension Class Action
• Yahoo Buys TV Networking Co. IntoNow
• FTC Clears Schwab's $1B OptionsXpress Deal
• Orrick Reps BrightSource In Planned $250M Solar IPO
• Lyondell Trustee Hits Blavatnik Unit With $145M Suit
• Non-Spock Economics In Antitrust
• Stillwater Investors Launch Suit Over Gerova Deal
• Jury Begins Weighing Rajaratnam's Fate
• Kirkland & Ellis Reps Solera In $520M Explore Info Buy
• Sullivan, Ogilvy Rep Barrick In $7.6B Equinox Buy
• Morgans Sheds Debt With $137M Sale Of Tony LA Hotel
• Lehman Still Faces $43B In Brokerage Claims: Report
• Latham & Watkins Reps CPG On $150M IPO
• Creditors Call Harry & David DIP Agreement Unfair
• Tenet Healthcare Again Rejects $3.3B CHS Bid
• FTC Won't Bar LabCorp's $58M Westcliff Tie-Up
• Skadden Reps CEO In $583M Deal To Take CSST Private
• Utah Investors Hit Idaho Loan Fund With Fraud Suit
• T-Mobile Merger Will Boost Competition, AT&T Tells FCC
• Sprint Seeks To Void Liens On TerreStar's FCC Licenses
• Ensco Seeks To Toss Suit Over SEC Filing In $7B Deal
• Middleman Pleads Guilty In Galleon Spinoff Case
• Fiat To Raise Chrysler Stake By 16% In $1.3B Deal
• Kirkland & Ellis Lands Mayer Brown Investment Banker
• Rajaratnam Defense Takes Aim At Tapes In Closing
• Simpson Thacher Reps CNA In $475M Surety Buy
• Nasdaq Undeterred After Latest NYSE Rejection
• ConocoPhillips, Origin Strike $90B Deal With Sinopec
• German Antitrust Watchdog OKs €310M Lanxess-DSM Deal
• Chinese Regulators OK $975M Nokia-Motorola Deal
• Judge OKs $40M Bid For Ambassadors International
• MLB Takes Over LA Dodgers Operations From Team Owner
• Bronco Investor Wants $315M Chesapeake Buy Busted
• Judge Allows Galleon Wiretaps Despite FBI Wrongs
• West To Pay $120M For Cloud Communications Co.
• The Hanover Snaps Up Chaucer In $510M Deal
• DOJ Forces Changes To Novell-Microsoft Group IP Deal
• Inge Negligence Suit Against Gibson Dunn Revived
• Bowe Bell & Howell Wins $127M DIP Loan In Versa Sale
• Toro, Sprinkler Co. End Antitrust, Merger Fraud Fight
• Feds Pull No Punches In Close Of Rajaratnam Trial
• FTC Seeks To Block Ga. Hospital Merger
• Dewey Reps EBay In Mobile Ad Provider Buy
• Skadden Reps Power Co. AES In $3.5B DPL Buy
• Perkins Snags Bingham, Patton Boggs, DLA Enviro Attys
• AIG Pays Berkshire Unit $1.7B To Take Asbestos Risk
• 11th Circ. Backs Ruling In Mining Rights Dispute
• SRE Shareholders Sue GridPoint Over $80M Deal
• Rajaratnam Loses Some Battles On Jury Instructions
• S. Africa Orders Divestment In $260M Coatings Merger
• Fund Traders Win Delay For Galleon Spinoff Trial
• Buffett, Berkshire Board Sued Over $10B Lubrizol Deal
• FTC Clears Warburg's $438M Rural/Metro Buyout
• EBay Wins FTC Approval For $2.4B GSI Buy
• Nasdaq, ICE Bet $350M On NYSE Deal's Antitrust OK
• Tullow Says Heritage Must Foot $313M Uganda Tax Bill
• FTC Greenlights AGL Resources' $2.4B Nicor Buy
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Skadden Securities Pro In China
• Wilson Sonsini Reps Seagate In $1.4B Samsung Deal
• Bayou, Brooke And 'Substantial Contributor' Claims
• Baker & Daniels Adds 2 Partners In Chicago
• AIG To Sell Rail Services Unit For $600M
• MoneyGram Investor Sues Over Recapitalization
• EU Watchdog OKs Barclays Egg Credit Card Asset Buy
• Suits Force Celera's Hand On $344M Merger With Quest
• Wal-Mart Buys Social Media Platform Kosmix
• US Works In Final Wiretap As Rajaratnam Trial Ends
• TerreStar Seeks Permission To Sell Assets At Auction
• Synthes Confirms Potential $20B Acquisition By J&J
• PNC Wins Appeal Over Griffith Oil Purchase Deal
• Troutman Sanders Corporate Pro Joins King & Spalding
• CHS Moves To All-Cash Bid In Tenet Merger Battle
• Nestle Buys 60% Stake In Chinese Food Co.
• The Bankruptcy Version Of A 'Full Body Scan'
• Welcome To The New Law360
• Merck, J&J Strike Deal In Arthritis Drugs Dispute
• K&L Gates Snags 2 Manatt Phelps Partners In Calif.
• Rajaratnam Expert Admits Research Had Narrow Focus
• GreatBanc Can't Put McDermott On Stand: Judge
• Fed. Circ. Sinks $115M Wells Fargo Credit For SILO Use
• 2 Ex-Fannie Execs Can't Escape Risk Claims
• FTC Must Break Up CVS Caremark: Consumer Groups
• Bail For Ex-Sonsini Atty In $32M Insider Trading Case
• Gold Fields Buys Iamgold Mine Stakes For $667M
• FCC Launches Review Of $39B AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
• Wachtell Reps Chesapeake In $315M Bronco Buy
• Ambassadors Creditors Call Ch. 11 Plan Too Hasty
• NuStar Gets Bargain On Bankrupt Texas Refinery
• Kirkland Snags Capital Markets Pro From Shearman
• Making Good Lawyers Into Great Partners
• Bear Stearns, Others Sued Over Inside Protocol Deal
• Witness Reveals $25M Investment From Rajaratnam
• Caterpillar Offers Antitrust Fixes For $810M MWM Deal
• Axcan To Pay Up To $230M For Rival Mpex
• 1st Circ. Won't Rehear Puerto Rico Bank's Merger Suit
• Antitrust Group Says DOJ's Google-ITA Deal Has Holes
• Align Buy Of Dental Scan Co. Isn't Crooked, FTC Says
• Ropes & Gray Lures Equity Partner From DE Shaw
• Arguments On Appeal: FTC V. Lundbeck
• Paul Weiss Raids Shearman To Launch Toronto Office
• FTC Says $600M Kirby, K-Sea Deal Fit For Launch
• Effects Of Roswell V. Alternative Construction
• BP Gets Extra Month To Save $8B Rosneft Arctic Deal
• Loeb & Loeb Snags Hodgson Russ Venture Capital Chair
• Trustee Blasts Ambassadors' Ch. 11 Sale Procedure Plan
• Creditors Slam Financing Plan In New Stream's Ch. 11
• New Swap Margin Rules Short On Answers
• Judge Boots $52M Winstar Suit On Remand
• Harlem Activist Calls Rajaratnam 'Very Generous'
• Station Casinos Units Seek Ch. 11 Under Parent's Plan
• High Court Asked To Review 9th Circ. IPO Ruling
• LaBarge Investor Sues Over $340M Ducommun Deal
• Wellspring Nabbed Rival Plant Bosses, Secrets: Suit
• UK's Permira To Acquire BakerCorp For $960M
• Quest's $344M Celera Buy Averts Antitrust Hurdle
• White & Case Adds Debevoise Energy Finance Pro
• Inside Representation And Warranty Insurance
• CreXus Faces Investor Suit Over Nixed $254M Buyout
• Schneider Seeks To Quash Rumors Of $30B Tyco Offer
• Bryan Cave Reps Silgan In $4B Graham Packaging Deal
• Motorola Settles With Huawei In IP Row Over Merger
• Epicor Investor Sues Over $976M Private Equity Buyout
• Whitney Holding Officer Sues Bank Over Hancock Sale
• Superior Offshore Strikes $2M Deal In Suit Over IPO
• National Semiconductor Investor Sues Over $6.5B TI Bid
• Inspire Investor Challenges $430M Merck Deal
• Ex-Goldman Exec Fights SEC's Bid To Toss Suit
• Perkins Coie Adds Corporate, IP, Antitrust Pros
• Proskauer Adds 2 Jones Day Attys To London Office
• Goodmans, Hodgson Rep Altus In $130M Software Buy
• Consumer Union Warns Congress On AT&T, T-Mobile Buy
• Galleon Research, Not Tips, Drove Trades: Defense
• NY Legislators, 6 Others Deny Bribery Charges
• Dewey Lures Tech Deals Pro From Fulbright
• Demanding Antitrust Side-Letter Disclosure
• Sidley Reps SXC In UMass Benefits Manager Pickup
• NY Man Seeks Half Ownership In Facebook
• Dr. Comfort, Founder To Pay $27M For Medicare Fraud
• Simpson Thacher Snags V&E Atty For Houston Office
• Budget Woes Delay Brazil's Antitrust Reform
• JPMorgan, First American Settle $4.5M WaMu Title Row
• Middleman In $32M Insider Trading Case Pleads Guilty
• NYSE Euronext Investors Face Intrigue, Expert Says
• K&L Gates Boosts Asian Deals Team With Orrick Atty
• Atty Tarnishes Witness Testimony In Galleon Trial
• Tenet Lobs Fraud Suit At Hostile Suitor CHS
• Secured Lender Review: 7 Cautionary Rules — Part II
• FTC Blesses Kindred's $1.3B RehabCare Purchase
• Merck, Sun Pharma Form Generics Joint Venture
• Berkshire's $9B Lubrizol Buy Wins FTC Approval
• US Sports Tycoon To Buy Arsenal Soccer Club For $645M
• Willkie Farr Leads Level 3 In $3B Global Crossing Buy
• UK To Review Google's $62M Buy Of Price-Quote Site
• Skadden Reps Endo In $2.9B American Medical Buy
• Vitro Files Motion To Sell US Operations
• Bingham McCutchen Aids Gores In Detroits Pistons Buy
• Fasken Martineau, Webber Rep Vale In $1B Copper Deal
• SEC Scrutinizes Private Company Disclosure Rules
• $8B BP-Rosneft Deal To Remain On Hold For Now
• AIG Unit Can't Dodge Adviser Contract Suit: Judge
• DOJ Backs $245M Stericycle Deal With Plant Sale
• Judge Sends Atty To NJ Court For Insider Trading Case
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Perkins Coie Corporate Atty
• Rajaratnam Defense Team Reveals 4 Witnesses
• St. Vincent's Inks $260M Sale To Real Estate Kingpin
• Allen & Overy Reps Alpha Group In $967M Metallum Sale
• DOJ Signs Off On Google's ITA Deal, With Conditions
• Mentor Graphics Sued For Rejecting Icahn's $1.9B Bid
• Reed Smith Snags Morgan Lewis Global Deals Pro
• AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Could Strangle Upstate NY: AG
• Australia Shuts Down $9B ASX-SGX Deal
• FTC Clears Cowen's $192M LaBranche Buyout
• NY Lawmakers, Hospital CEOs Get More Bribery Charges
• Fried Frank Ensnared In $32M Insider Trading Scandal
• Shareholder Sues To Block $1.9B SRA Deal
• AmSurg Nabs Rival Surgery Center Operator For $174M
• M&A, Foreign Issuer Suits Drove 2010 Securities Actions
• Shareholder Suits Over Genoptix Sale Consolidated
• Ex-Deloitte Partner's Wife Admits To Obstructing SEC
• King & Spalding Snags Ex-Bracewell Corporate Expert
• Icahn Fights To Scrap Lions Gate Takeover Suit
• Kaye Scholer Reps Novartis In $420M Elidel Sale
• Kilpatrick Licensing Pro Decamps To King & Spalding
• Business Groups Attack SEC Proxy Rule In DC Circ.
• Emivest Cleared To Sell Assets For $3.5M
• Televisa Joins Mexico Mobile Market With Iusacell Deal
• Blockbuster Wins Approval For $320M Sale To Dish
• Sullivan Reps Prudential In $430M Bache Group Sale
• NY Fed Sells $1.3B In AIG Mortgage-Backed Securities
• Galleon Insider Trades Netted $64M, FBI Says
• Emivest Staves Off Liquidation At Last Second
• Judge Tells NIR Group To Fork Over Auditor's Report
• Lehman Drops $54M Axa Trade Fight For $8.6M
• Quarles Adds Corporate, Antitrust Atty From Drinker
• Seahawk Sale To Hercules Wins Court Approval
• Night Law School's Contract Suit Trimmed For Now
• Former EZ Lube Owners Can't Shake Suit Over LBO
• Cravath Reps Genpact In $550M Headstrong Buy
• K&L Gates Takes On Finance, Transaction Pros
• Ex-Sonsini Atty Charged In $32M Insider Trading Case
• Galleon Earned Millions On Insider Tips, FBI Says
• Cephalon Board Rejects Valeant's $5.7B Merger Bid
• EMS Investors Add Goldman Sachs To Suit Over Buyout
• Landry's Makes $123M Takeover Offer For Rival Chain
• Ambassadors Charts Course For Speedy Sale In Ch. 11
• Facilitating Foreign Direct Investment In India
• Cassels, Shearman Rep New Gold In $513M Richfield Buy
• FTC Clears Cephalon's $225M Gemin X Buyout
• Ex-K&L Gates Partners Launch New Firm In Seattle
• EU Backs ABN Amro Aid With Restrictions
• Fenwick Advises Diamond In $2.3B Pringles Purchase
• Fried Frank Reps Merck In $430M Inspire Deal
• 7 Ways To Avoid Privacy And Data Security Trouble
• Australia Poised To Reject $7.9B ASX Deal: SGX
• Ropes & Gray Adds DLA Private Equity Pro In London
• Dish Network Wins Blockbuster With $320M Bid
• Freedom Group Renegs On $200M IPO
• Jones Day Reps Texas Instruments In $6.5B Deal
• Kirkland & Ellis Reps Apax In $2B Epicor, Activant Deal
• 'Warrior' Chiesi Swapped Tips With Rajaratnam: Tapes
• Alpha Gets Antitrust Clearance For $7.1B Massey Buy
• Minmetals Unveils $6.5B Equinox Takeover Bid
• 5 Hunton Partners Head To DLA's New Miami Outpost
• Google Agrees To Bid $900M For Nortel Patents
• Judge Trims Suit Over $485M Iraq Security Contract
• Solvay Spreads Global Reach With $4.8B Rhodia Buy
• A Winning Strategy For Beating IPO Class Actions
• Secured Lender Review: 7 Cautionary Rules — Part I
• BP Sells Arco Aluminum To Japanese Cos. For $680M
• Vivendi To Pay $11B For Full Control Of Mobile Provider
• Simpson Reps KKR In $2.4B Pfizer Capsule Unit Buy
• Wachovia Dodges 4 Securities Class Actions
• Premerger Filings On The Rise, DOJ Reports
• Shell Sells Chilean Downstream Business For $614M
• Goodrich To Pay €330M For Actuator Co. Microtecnica
• GOP Sens. Introduce Bill To Repeal Dodd-Frank
• Debevoise Reps Providence In $2B SRA Buy
• Morgan Lewis Beats Myriad France Disqualification Bid
• Nasdaq, ICE Top Deutsche With $11.3B Bid For NYSE
• Hancock, Whitney Strike DOJ Deal Over $1.5B Merger
• GE's $3B Buy Of John Wood Well Unit Clears Hurdles
• US Tries To Bar Defense Expert In Rajaratnam Trial
• AT&T And T-Mobile: Duopoly Deja Vu?
• Combating Junior Lawyer Fallout — Part II
• Fraud Suit Over Petrosearch-Double Eagle Deal Nixed