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Mergers & Acquisitions - May, 2011

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• Orthovita Shareholders Sue Over $316M Stryker Deal
• Ex-Galleon Trader Offers No Defense In Merger Tips Trial
• Chesapeake Agrees To Settle Suit Over $315M Deal
• Greenberg Traurig Adds 2 Securities Attys To Fla. Office
• NCR Sues To Keep License For Blockbuster Kiosk Mark
• Banks Fight To Sue MBIA For Monetary Damages
• Sprint Asks FCC To Nix AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Offer
• Ex-Bank Of Italy Chief Gets 4 Years For Merger Fraud
• South African Regulators OK $2.3B Wal-Mart Deal
• Katten Nabs Dewey IP Pro In NY
• A Pass For Lehman Rating Agencies
• The Hidden Risks Of Being A Registered Agent
• Serco Snaps Up India's Intelenet For $633M
• W.Va. High Court Sidesteps Alpha-Massey Deal Challenge
• Demag Repudiates $1.3B Terex Takeover Bid
• EU Probes Seagate-Samsung, Western Digital Deals
• Willkie Farr Reps PAI In CD&R's $3B Spie Deal
• Q&A With Latham's James Brandt
• Cravath Reps Ashland In $3.2B Chemical Maker Buy
• Simpson Thacher Reps KKR In Sporting Goods Buy
• Chile Orders Copec To Shed Local Terpel Unit
• FCC Wants Info About AT&T, T-Mobile Spectrum Claims
• Chevron Seeks $74M From US Over Failed Oil Talks
• 2nd Circ. Spares BofA Parmalat Investors' $300M Claim
• Bracewell Reps Constellation In $143M Power Retailer Buy
• K&L Gates Wins 3 Corporate Pros, Loses 3 To Polsinelli
• Timken To Buy Philadelphia Gear For $200M
• Simpson Thacher Reps Home Inns In $470M Motel 168 Deal
• Calif. Pizza Kitchen Investor Sues To Block $470M Buyout
• Beware Calif.'s 'One-Action Rule'
• Nev. Gaming Regulators OK Station Casinos Ch. 11 Plan
• Seattle's Best Objects To Borders' Bid To End Contract
• Irving Oil Must Give Up Gas Terminals, Pipeline: FTC
• Massey Investors Fend Off $7.1B Alpha Deal
• TMST Execs Lose Bid To Appeal Trustee's Document Access
• Facebook Strikes Back At NY Man Seeking Half Ownership
• W.Va. High Court Asked To Block Massey-Alpha Deal
• Mets Score $200M Investment, Try To Strike Picard Suit
• Germany Vows Tighter Merger Control For Gas Industry
• Bankrupt A&P Sells 12 Supermarkets For $40M
• AT&T CEO Says T-Mobile Merger Benefits Consumers
• Considering Cross-Border M&A In The Middle East
• 'Idol' Owner Hit With Class Actions Over $512M Sale
• Galleon Trader Says He Gave Cash To Tipsters
• Rajaratnam Calls Case 'Rank Speculation,' Seeks Acquittal
• Twitter Buys TweetDeck To Boost Pre-IPO Value
• Watson Expands Generics Biz With $562M Specifar Buy
• Kirkland Reps Golden Gate In $470M Calif. Pizza Chain Buy
• MAS-Alere Merger Still On Despite Roche Suit: 7th Circ.
• Massey Brass Imperil Mine Safety, Investors Say
• Adviser Gets 2 Years For Trading On Ex-UBS Banker's Tips
• Black Diamond Blasts Rival Lenders' GSC Ch. 11 Plan
• Ex-Massey Security Head Pleads Not Guilty To Lying To FBI
• Holland & Knight Nabs M&A Pros From Pillsbury, Herrick
• Leap Wireless Bashes AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Bid
• Huffington Loses Bid To Toss HuffPo Origin Suit
• After Failed Cephalon Bid, Valeant Buys Sanitas For $443M
• Trico Lenders Say They Were Misled Into $65M Loan
• Mayer Brown Reps Nestle In Diagnostics Co. Buy
• FTC Takes Closer Look At Seagate-Samsung Deal
• Primedia Investor Sues Over $525M TPG Buyout
• Wells Fargo Loses Bid To Nix Elavon's Contract Suit
• Judge Clears Trico Ch. 11 Plan For Creditor Vote
• Goffer Never Knew Ropes & Gray Tipster: Atty
• Judge Clears DBSD To Solicit Votes On $1.4B Dish Deal
• Colonial Ch. 11 Plan Could Rip Off Creditors: Judge
• US Clears TI's $6.5B National Semiconductor Buy
• J&J Buys Russian Cold Drug Brands For $260M
• US Fights Bid To Speed Up Poultry Antitrust Case
• DOJ Sues To Halt H&R Block's $288M TaxACT Buy
• FAQs About Indian Corporate Insolvency
• Pride, Ensco Tweak Merger Deal To Settle Class Action
• DOJ Ends Review Of Caterpillar's $8.6B Bucyrus Buy
• Judge Clears $3.5B Rock-Tenn Bid For Smurfit-Stone
• It's A Gas: Foreign Cos. Dig The US Shale Market
• Hypercom Nixes US Asset Sale Amid Antitrust Concerns
• 9th Circ. Nixes Pharmacies' Pfizer-Wyeth Merger Suit
• SEC Nabs $3M Judgment In Liberty Mutual Stock Tip Suit
• FTC Clears $1.7B Valero Buy Of Chevron's UK Refinery
• McDermott Advises Actuant In $155M Weasler Deal
• Q&A With Jones Day's Scott Fletcher
• Siemens To Pay Areva $927M For Joint Venture Breakup
• McDermott Reps Fila Korea In $1.2B Golf Brands Deal
• Liberty Media Offers $1B For Barnes & Noble
• Judge Ups Verdict Against Texas Oil Tycoon To $196M
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Atty Says Trader Paid Cash For Tips
• PRSI Can't Force Arbitration With Transcor: Texas Court
• Sirius XM Exits Antitrust Class Action With $180M Deal
• Ex-Bingham Recruiter Gets $1.9M In Merger Row
• Barnes Bay Cleared To Unload Resort At Auction
• Benihana Sues Founder's Widow For Sabotaging Sale
• Judge OKs $39M Sale Of Ambassadors' Assets To Anschutz
• Conflict Of Interest Derails Enviro Arbitration
• The Latest In Exit Financing Structures
• Mass. Brewer Bill Would Curb Competition, FTC Says
• Q&A With Barnes & Thornburg's Bill McErlean
• Va. Lawmakers Ask DOJ To Rethink Poultry Deal Suit
• BofA Sells Back BlackRock Stake For $2.6B
• Wilson Sonsini Lures Famed Del. Chancellor
• Berkshire, Legacy To Shed Branches To Win DOJ's OK
• Sbarro Drops Rights Offering To Court Bidder
• Skadden Reps Landis In $2.3B Sale To Toshiba
• Takeda Goes Global With $13.7B Nycomed Deal
• WilmerHale Reps Thermo Fisher In $3.5B Phadia Buy
• Rabobank Can't Limit Damages In Credit Suisse Row
• Ambassadors' Unsecured Creditors Fight Asset Sale
• Peet's Owes $200M For Expansion Pact Violation: Suit
• Capmark Management Stake In $1B Fund Sold For $12.7M
• US Calls Goffer 'Ringleader' In Ropes & Gray Scheme
• Diamondback Capital Broker Cops To Insider Trading
• Jones Day Reps Olympic Steel In $156M Chicago Tube Buy
• Crowell & Moring Adds 2 Partners As M&A Work Grows
• Getting The Right Bankruptcy Trustee
• Freshfields Reps General Mills In $1.2B Yoplait Buy
• Dewey Reps Allstate In $1B Insurance Quote Cos. Buy
• Anschutz Unit Wins Ambassadors' Assets For $39M
• Wilson Sonsini Atty To Head AT&T, T-Mobile FCC Review
• Sale Negates Duke Ellington Royalties Contract: Atty
• Firm Fights Icahn's Sanctions Bid In Blockbuster Case
• Adviser Wants Out Of Steel Tech Insider Trading Suit
• Dean Foods Sued Over Ill. Milk Market Squeeze
• Failed Colo. Real Estate Project Files Liquidation Plan
• Ropes & Gray Reps InVentiv In PharmaNet Purchase
• 6th Circ. Upholds $101M Verdict Against HCP
• Chadbourne & Parke Adds 3 Partners To London Office
• Tribune Noteholders Win Info To Sue Ex-Shareholders
• $7.8B BP-Rosneft Russian Arctic Deal Falls Apart
• Q&A With Skadden's Charles Schwartz
• Vitro Ch. 15 Folded Into Affiliates' Ch. 11 In Texas
• Cravath Reps Rosetta In $575M Sale To Publicis
• Davis Polk Snags French M&A Atty From Shearman
• Poultry Co. Seeks Quick DOJ Probe Of Tyson Plant Buy
• Cayman Entities Say BofA Should Face Parmalat Claims
• Day Trader Admits To Profiting From BrunswickTips
• Wal-Mart Threatens To Drop $2.3B Bid For Massmart
• Volcom Investor Sues Over Proposed $600M PPR Offer
• Ansell Settles Ch. 11 Suit Against Exide For $2.7M
• Recent Developments In Acquisition Finance
• Banks Claim Right To Seek $5B From MBIA
• Conduct Remedies In The Google And Comcast Mergers
• DOJ Drops Hammer On $11B Nasdaq-ICE Bid For NYSE
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Hunton Energy Finance Pro
• Covington Reps Joy Global In $1.1B LeTourneau Buy
• DuPont Wins Control Of Danisco With Upped $6.5B Bid
• Judge Won't Delay Insider Trading Trial Over Raj Link
• Davis Polk Reps BATS In Potential $100M IPO
• Renewables Team Leaves Chadbourne For Akin Gump
• ViVOtech Refreshes Offer For Hypercom's US Assets
• FCC Should Reform Merger Reviews: House Panel
• BASF, Ineos Offer EU Antitrust Fixes On Styrene Deal
• Warner Music Shareholder Sues Over $3.3B Sale
• K&L Gates Snags More Hunton & Williams Corporate Pros
• J.Crew Sues Over Aborted $10M Merger Settlement
• Bryan Cave Snags Ex-Mayer Brown Enviro Co-Leader
• Puda Coal's Board Sued For Alleged Secret Chinese Sale
• Chinese Reverse Merger Cos. Must Audit By The Rules
• 2 Get $3M Fine In Merrill, Goldman Insider Trading Suit
• Freshfields, Mayer Brown Rep Yum In $861M Hot Pot Deal
• Southwest, AirTran Rip 9th Circ. Appeal Of $1.4B Merger
• Absolute Assignment Of Rents: Maybe Yes, Maybe No
• Old Chrysler's Fraud Suit Against Daimler Nixed Again
• Q&A With McDermott's Alison Smith
• Dollar Thrifty To Help Hertz's $2.2B Buy Clear FTC
• Ex-Keystone Chair Gets 3 Months For Trading Scheme
• Anadarko, Kerr-McGee Get Tronox Claims Trimmed
• Skadden Reps Argos In $760M Lafarge Cement Deal
• DOJ Sues To Block VeriFone-Hypercom Merger
• Judge OKs $80M Versa Bid For Bowe Bell & Howell
• American, Qantas Seek Antitrust OK For Collaboration
• Constellation Buys Power Retailer MXenergy For $175M
• Prepare For Takeoff: Creative DIP Financing
• Exelon Boosts Clean Energy Fleet With $305M Deal
• Judge Allows Ex-TMST Execs' Claims To Shift Liability
• Ex-TSMC Worker Pleads Guilty In Networking Scheme
• IDEX Acquires Photonics Co. CVI For $400M
• Winston Nabs Gibson Dunn Antitrust Expert
• Canadian Appeals Court Rejects Icahn's Lionsgate Appeal
• Protecting Contract Rights In Mergers
• Disney, Citadel Ink $14M Ch. 11 Settlement
• K&L Gates Nabs 2 Hunton & Williams Corporate Partners
• T-Mobile Tie-Up Won't Hurt Competition, AT&T CEO Says
• V&E Adds Riyadh Office, Snags Baker McKenzie Atty
• Raj Win Could Net DOJ More Insider Trading Pleas
• Raj Verdict Deals A Blow To Mosaic Defense
• Wiretaps Prove To Be Deadly Weapon In Galleon Case
• Galleon Group Founder Guilty On All Counts
• Raj Team Pins Appeal Hopes On Wiretaps
• Alleged Raj Conspirators Back In The Spotlight
• Ex-Primary Global Worker Loses Bid To Dismiss Case
• Del. Judge Clears Berkshire's $548M Deal For Wesco
• Grand Wailea Owner Seeks Time To Build Ch. 11 Plan
• AOL Investor Asks High Court To Review E&Y Fraud Suit
• Investors Face Uphill Battle Over Microsoft, Skype Deal
• Microsoft, Skype Deal May Be Harbinger For Tech IPOs
• Pharmacies Attack $68B Pfizer-Wyeth Deal In 9th Circ.
• Harry & David Wins Creditor Support For Ch. 11 Plan
• DOJ Sues To Undo $3M Chicken Processing Sale
• Consumers Press 9th Circ. To Undo $3B United Air Deal
• Groups Ready Fight Against $39B AT&T, T-Mobile Tie-Up
• DOT Approves Delta-Virgin Australia Alliance
• King & Spalding Opens Moscow Office For Deals, Energy
• Insurer Balks At Coverage For ProMedica Merger Suit
• 7 Tips For Successful Sponsorship Agreements
• ICG Shareholders Attack $3.4B Sale To Arch Coal
• Lehman Trustee Agrees To Pay Barclays $1.1B In Assets
• Tenet Healthcare Spurns CHS' $4B Final Merger Offer
• US Reveals Wiretap Arsenal In Galleon Spinoff Case
• Jones Day Bolsters DC Renewable Energy Deals Team
• No Verdict For Rajaratnam Could Mean Split: Experts
• Merger Reviews During Budget Brinkmanship
• FTC Clears Alliance Data's $356M Aspen Merger
• Citadel Shareholders Sue Over $2.5B Cumulus Deal
• King & Spalding Nabs Hogan Lovells Antitrust Expert
• Howrey Lessons: The Downside Of Contingent Fees
• Cleary Gottlieb Reps Alkermes In $960M Elan Unit Buy
• Hertz Ups Dollar Thrifty Bid To $2.25B
• Sen. Seeks Reports On SAC Capital Trading Activity
• Berkshire Report Pins Sokol As Scapegoat, Suit Says
• 2nd Circ. Lets 1 Claim Survive In Citifunds Suit
• FTI Settles Syntax-Brillian Shareholder Fraud Claims
• Synthes Investor Blasts $21B J&J Deal In Suit
• TNK-BP To Get BP Stake In Arctic Opportunity
• FTC Clears $338M Baxter-Prism Pharmaceuticals Deal
• DOJ OKs $3.7B Unilever, Alberto-Culver Deal Pending Sales
• Feds Seek Prison For Ex-Atty In Galleon Spinoff Case
• Inspire Shareholders Try To Block $430M Merck Takeover
• Insuring Renewable Energy Projects
• Debevoise Aids Access In $3.3 Warner Music Buy
• Rajaratnam Jurors Listen To Chiesi Tapes Again
• LBI Trustee Brawls With Barclays Over $4B Sale Assets
• Trial Date Set For Icahn, Lionsgate Takeover Row
• Vitro Parent Plotting To Buy Back Co., Creditors Say
• 2nd Circ. Upholds $4M Fine In Insider Trading Suit
• Chadbourne Adds Former GC To Dubai Office
• K&L Gates Scores 10-Lawyer Team From Clifford Chance
• DLA Lures Financial Regulatory Pro From SNR Denton
• Akin Gump Reps Capital Product In $281M Tanker Fleet Buy
• Kinder Morgan Pays $855M For Joint Venture, Other Assets
• Raising The Bar For Vertical Mergers
• EU Warns $810M Caterpillar-MWM Deal May Not Fly
• Sprint Wants W.Va. To Reject AT&T's T-Mobile Buy
• Ares, Oaktree Cut From Suit Over $4B Exco Buyout
• TerreStar Cleared To Sell Assets At Auction
• O'Melveny Boosts Antitrust Team With Ex-Howrey Atty
• Software Co. Founders Say Vista Reneged On Deal
• Lawson Investor Sues Over $2B Golden Gate-Infor Deal
• Barnes & Thornburg Lands Ex-Faegre & Benson Co-Chair
• Consumers Attack $1.4B Southwest-AirTran Combo
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Reps Applied In $4.9M Varian Buy
• Investor Tries To Stop LabCorp's $85M Orchid Buyout
• Warner Bros. To Buy Flixster, Rotten Tomatoes
• Actelion Vows To Appeal Jury Verdict In Asahi Fight
• US Renews Transcript Plea For Fresh Rajaratnam Jury
• Adobe Hit With Class Action Over FreeHand App
• Bracewell Snags Energy Transaction Expert
• Dodd-Frank Throws Wrench In SEC Capital-Raising Changes
• Sbarro Secures $35M DIP Package In Ch. 11
• Savvis Investor Sues Over $2.5B CenturyLink Merger
• Travelers Wants Off Hook For Popcorn Lung Suits
• Surety Insurer Rips Vitro Ch. 11 Sale Of US Assets
• India's Adani To Shell Out $2B For Australia Coal Port
• Puma Agrees To Clean Up Caribbean Petroleum Blast Site
• ICG Ordered To Pay $104M Over Coal Supply Contract
• Weil Gotshal Reps Buyers In $2.1B Husky Deal
• DOJ Clears Path For Perdue, Coleman Merger
• Buyers Blast $12M Fee Bid In Del Monte Buyout Suit
• Nasdaq, ICE Bid For NYSE Goes Hostile
• Ex-Atty Makes Plea For Leniency In Galleon Spinoff
• Trader Can't Delay Galleon Spinoff Trial Over Docs
• Juror's Health Impedes Rajaratnam Deliberations
• Lehman Says Barclays Fell Short Of $2B Bonus Promise
• CHS Offers $4B Last-Ditch Bid For Tenet Healthcare
• Aleris Settles Southwire Claim For $3.3M Ahead Of IPO
• FTC Clears Pfizer's $2.4B Capsugel Sale To KKR
• Google Unit's $900M Bid For Nortel Patents Gets OK
• Grifols, FTC Ink Deal To Allow $3.4B Talecris Tie-Up
• Vitro Blocks Defiant Noteholders From Demanding Debts
• Jones Day Lures M&A Pro From Edwards Angell
• Addressing Multiforum Deal Litigation
• Simpson Thacher Reps Arch Coal In $3.4B ICG Buy
• Teva Tops Valeant With $6.8B Cephalon Buy