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Mergers & Acquisitions - August, 2011

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• Judge Cans Bid-Rigging Suit Over $5.3B Del Monte LBO
• Ex-Galleon Trader Asks For Lenient Sentence
• Pa. Minority Shareholders Can Sue Over Mergers: 3rd Circ.
• CIT Investors Blast Goldman, Others Over Discovery
• Oil Co. Beats Financing Suit On Jurisdictional Grounds
• LCD Makers' Joint Venture May Face Antitrust Scrutiny
• IBM Buys I2 To Boost Crime Fighting Technology
• Innkeepers, Cerberus Trial Over Dead $1B Deal Set For Oct.
• Ex-Galleon Trader Gets 5 1/2 Years For Insider Trading
• Venoco Investor Aims To Block CEO's $770M Buyout Bid
• Urology Group Settles Pa.'s Monopoly Claims
• 9th Circ. Sanctions Alioto Firm For Southwest Merger Row
• Defining Definitive Acquisition Agreements
• Porter Hedges Reps Cameron In $375M LeTourneau Deal
• Sirius XM Defeats 1 Of 2 Derivative Suits Over Merger
• BP's Moscow Office Raided In Shareholder Dispute
• AT&T Faces Uphill Battle In DOJ Antitrust Suit
• SCO Can't Cash In On Novell's Unix Rights: 10th Circ.
• Icahn Ends Lionsgate Takeover Bid, Sells All Shares
• Boeing Rips Alabama Aircraft's Proposed Ch. 11 Sale
• Jones Walker Bolsters Gulf Presence With Watkins Deal
• AT&T Says FCC Shouldn't Lump T-Mobile, License Deals
• Massey 'Death Penalty' Push Faces Long Odds
• Ceglia Forced To Give Facebook All Of His Emails
• Macarthur Board OKs $5.2B Bid From Peabody, Arcelor
• Exxon, Rosneft To Team Up In Russian Arctic Oil Venture
• Ceglia Must Produce Files In Facebook Ownership Fight
• Encore Unit-Holder Seeks To Block $546M Vanguard Deal
• Motorola Patents May Not Be Google's Best Shield
• Credit Suisse Can't Nix Suit Over AOL Tie-Up Valuation
• Openwave Reaches $12M Deal In Myriad Contract Suit
• Skadden Reps Alpha Bank In Greek Finance Mega-Merger
• Innkeepers Sue Cerberus, Chatham Over Dead $1B Deal
• Loose Lips Could Land Groupon In Hot Water With SEC
• Bankruptcy Judge OKs $6M Circuit City Patent Sale
• DOJ Backs $3.2B GE, Converteam Deal With Divestiture
• Cyveillance Investors Sue QinetiQ In $40M Contract Fight
• Cleary Gottlieb Reps BofA In Sale Of CCB Stake
• Fasken Martineau Reps AuRico In $1.5B Northgate Buy
• Charter Hall Gets $1.8B Bid From Macquarie-Led Group
• Private Equity Firm Offers $30M For Point Blank Assets
• Case Study: Rigas V. US
• Ex-Stradling Yocca Corporate Atty Joins Gibson Dunn
• Presidio Tech Objects To Evergreen Stalking Horse Plan
• No Arbitration Rights For PRSI In Loan Case: Texas Court
• Vention Medical Picks Up Tubing Maker Ansamed
• Weighing UK Pensions Regulator's Moral Hazard Powers
• UBS Didn't Earn $7.8M Transaction Fee: Stem Cell Co.
• FCC Resumes AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Review
• DOJ Defends Bid To Block H&R's $288M TaxACT Buy
• San Leon Energy Adds Realm Energy For $141M
• Osler Reps Cameco In $528M Hostile Bid For Hathor
• Trader Should Get 5 1/2 Years For $6M Galleon Gains: US
• Foley Snags McDermott M&A Pro For Health Care Group
• UK Seeks Deeper Antitrust Review Of Stericycle Deal
• Weil Gotshal Advises Verizon In CloudSwitch Buy
• Munger Tolles Advises Buffet In $5B BofA Rescue
• Bloomberg To Pick Up BNA For $990M
• Transatlantic's Top Stockholder Blasts $3B Allied Merger
• Case Study: In Re Village At Camp Bowie
• Aussies Fail To Block Metcash's $225M Grocery Chain Buy
• Kirkland Reps Baxter International In $380M Baxa Buy
• Class Counsel Awarded $13M In Sirius XM Antitrust Deal
• AT&T Must Prove Need For $39B T-Mobile Takeover: FCC
• Duncan Dodges Investor Suit Over $2.5B Enterprise Deal
• Cadwalader Adds Mayer Brown Energy Finance Pro
• Deutsche Bank Launches New Suit Over $8B Tribune Buyout
• Connolly Bove Lures Drinker Biddle IP Pros
• Sanofi Unit Snaps Up Indian OTC Business For $109M
• Fugitive Galleon Tipster Must Pay $34.6M: Judge
• CAE Adds Medical Simulator Co. METI For $130M
• Lathrop Atty Becomes New GC Of Molson Coors Unit
• A New Roadblock To Reverse Mergers
• Orrick, Arent Rep Par Pharma In $410M Anchen Buy
• Toughening Up On Syria
• Alabama Aircraft Lines Up Ch. 11 Sale To Kaiser
• Motorola Solutions To Spin Off Wireless Broadband Units
• Akin Gump Lures Back Project Finance Pros From Hunton
• Nortel Wins Approval Of $158M Sale To Genband
• Paul Hastings Lures Shearman Bankruptcy, Financing Pro
• Claims Purchasers Beware: Your Vote Might Not Count
• Gas Station Ad Co. AllOver To Buy Pacific Media
• Deutsche Bank Knew Lender Lied Before Merger: US
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Fraud Action Over Regions-AmSouth Deal
• SEC Seeks Tough Penalties For Alleged Dell Inside Trader
• Weil Reps Providence In $173M Daily Mail Unit Buy
• H&R Block Sells Consulting Firm For $610M
• Temple-Inland Crippled GFG Spinoff, Trustee Says
• Judge Says Ventas Can Collect $102M Award From HCP
• Stikeman Elliott Reps Endeavour In $319M Adamus Deal
• Ex-Duane Reade CEO Gets 3 Years In Fraud Case
• Ex-Haynes & Boone Energy Atty Joins Locke Lord
• Electrolux To Buy Chilean Appliance Co. For $691M
• Investors Win Broad Discovery In Fannie Mae Suit
• Petrohawk Settles Class Actions Over $12B BHP Deal
• Cerberus, Chatham Kill $1.1B Innkeepers' Hotel Deal
• Cravath Reps Aptuit In $410M Deal With Catalent
• The Forgotten Calif. Statute That Overrules Henkel
• Tribune Settles Claims Over Workers' Benefits For $32M
• EU Objects To $4.3B Western Digital, Hitachi Deal
• Atty Gets 3 Years For Feeding Tips In Galleon Scheme
• Class Status Sought In Express Scripts-Medco Deal Suit
• St. Paul Off Hook In Strategix Contract Row
• A Debtor-Friendly View Of Safe Harbors
• Gibson Dunn Reps HP In $10B Deal For Software Co.
• NYBOT Member Wins Stock In ICE Merger Agreement Suit
• Sumitomo Gets FTC OK On $340M Steel Wheels Buy
• Ceglia Must Surrender Emails, Hard Drives To Facebook
• MBIA, Dutch Bank Drop Suit Over $1B CDO Deal
• Davis Polk Nabs ERISA, M&A Pro
• AAI Rips AT&T's Proposed $39B T-Mobile Buy
• Cerberus Can't Blame Paul Hastings For $55M Loss: Atty
• Frank Seeks Delay Of $9B Capital One, ING Deal
• Protecting The Ordinary Course Of Business Defense
• 2nd Circ. Rejects NYC Bid To Undo Insurance Merger
• Preferred Stock — Not So Preferred After All
• Porter Reps Noble In $3.4B Marcellus Deal With Consol
• Asahi Pops Top On $1.3B NZ Drinks Co. Deal
• Torys Reps Wi-LAN In $490M Offer For Mosaid
• CSX Ends Suit Against TCI Over Proxy Fight
• Regal Beloit To Divest Motor Units In AO Smith Deal
• Shareholder Suit Over Denbury, Encore Deal Survives
• Exxon Sells Stake In Malaysian Cos. For $610M
• Greenberg Reps Ladenburg In $150M Ameriprise Deal
• Asset Sale Ends Review Of $2.5B Acergy, Subsea 7 Deal
• Wilson Sonsini Opens In Del. With Chancery Court Luminary
• Chico's To Buy Rival Retailer For $205M
• Case Study: In Re Flamingo
• Icahn, Las Vegas Casino End Tropicana Trademark War
• Blount To Buy Woods Equipment For $185M
• $12.5B Motorola, Google Merger Sparks Class Action
• 5th Circ. Backs Payment Of Asarco Auction Costs
• UBP Snaps Up ABN Amro's Swiss Outfit
• Rajaratnam Loses Bid To Overturn Conviction
• Brazilian Business Opportunities: World Cup, Olympics
• Skadden Reps Permira In $440M Renaissance Buy
• Facebook Reveals 'Fake' Contract In Ownership Suit
• FTC Wants More Info On $2.3B Hertz, Dollar Thrifty Deal
• NRG Energy To Buy Energy Plus For $190M
• Debt Crisis: What's Happening In Europe?
• Travers Reps Exponent In $198M BBC Magazine Deal
• Google Walking Tightrope With $12.5B Motorola Buy
• Bondholders Back Evergreen Solar Ch. 11 Sale
• ATM Maker To Plead Guilty In False Merger Docs Probe
• Chapman & Cutler Adds Ex-Howe Barnes General Counsel
• Coalition Seeks Delay Of $9B Capital One, ING Deal
• AT&T Targets Consumers Fighting $39B T-Mobile Merger
• Interpublic To Sell Half Its Facebook Stake For $133M
• Cargill Pays $2.2B For Animal Nutrition Co. Provimi
• Edwards Angell To Merge With Wildman Harrold
• Paul Weiss Reps Morgan Stanley In $100M China XD Deal
• Scripps To Buy Virgin Media Stake In UKTV For $554M
• Transocean Offers $1.4B For Norway's Aker Drilling
• Smoothing Out Your Back-End Merger
• FTC Clears $848M CIBC Stake In JPMorgan Unit
• Private Equity Activity Steady, But Troubles Loom: Report
• King & Spalding Lures Orrick Capital Transactions Pro
• Canadian Antitrust Watchdog To Update Merger Remedies
• Miller Energy Overvalued Alaskan Oil Assets, Investor Says
• Developers Buy London Olympic Village For $907M
• 4 Steps Toward OFAC Sanctions Compliance
• CVO Holders Hit Progress Energy With $42M Fraud Suit
• Disney Insider's Boyfriend Faces SEC Suit Over Trades
• St. Vincent's $34M Sale Of Nursing Home OK'd
• 8th Circ. Revives ERISA Suit Over 1-Person Agreements
• FTC Signs Off On Randstad's $770M SFN Purchase
• Andrews Kurth, Baker Botts Rep ZaZa In Toreador Tie-Up
• When Tribal Gaming Goes Sour
• Coffee Investors' Loan Contract Suit Invalid, FDIC Says
• Ceglia Told To Turn Over 'Smoking Gun' In Facebook Row
• Validus Fights Secrecy Terms In $3.2B Transatlantic Bid
• Debt Crisis ... Averted
• Cadwalader Adds Mayer Brown Finance Pro In Hong Kong
• HTC Pays $300M For Control Of Dr. Dre Headphone Biz
• AAI Urges US To Probe $425M Waste Management Merger
• Crystal Cathedral Creditors Seek To Force Sale
• SNR Denton Lures Morgan Stanley Capital Markets Pro
• La. Must Share Tax Proceeds On $496M BP Refinery Sale
• Wachtell, MoFo Rep Capital One In $33B HSBC Deal
• Kirkland Raids 3 Firms In Push For Asian Transactions
• Borders Wins OK To Auction Off Website, Trademarks
• Hedge Fund To Repay $40M To Cleveland Browns Owner
• Deutsche Bank Ends Suit Over $8.5B Tribune Buyout
• Yahoo Sued Again Over Botched Alibaba Deal Cover-Up
• Brokerage Can Be Sued Over Securities Deal: Texas Court
• FCC Links Reviews Of AT&T's Qualcomm, T-Mobile Deals
• BP Slams Partner Over Failed Russian Oil Deal
• S1 Investor Sues Board Over Rebuff Of $540M ACI Offer
• NYSE Floats Rules To Stanch Reverse Merger Ripoffs
• Kirkland & Ellis Reps Sara Lee In $545M Dough Deal
• Paetec Investor Sues To Block $2.3B Windstream Deal
• FTC Wants More Details On Carpenter's $558M Latrobe Buy
• Tinopolis Continues US Television Push With Base Deal
• AT&T, T-Mobile Tie-Up Could Falter Under States' Review
• Dutch Competition Regulator Holds KPN, Caiway Deal
• Sirius XM Subscribers Tout $180M Deal In Antitrust Action
• Emdeon Investor Fights $3B Blackstone Buyout
• Loeb & Loeb Lures 2 LeClairRyan Commercial Finance Pros
• Boeing, Siemens Team To Modernize Military Power Use
• Spanish Cement Co. Escapes Suit Over $280M Unit Sale
• McDermott Snags Kirkland Energy Transaction Pro
• Constellation Investor Sues Over $8B Exelon Merger
• Saab Fends Off Latest Bankruptcy Threat
• US Asks Judge To Approve $37B Comcast-NBC Merger
• Duane Morris Adds Deals Pro From Sullivan & Worcester
• Father-Son Duo Cop To Insider Trading On Apache Deal
• Facebook Says Ceglia Faked Contract In Ownership Fight
• The SEC Changeup On Private Equity Fund Registration
• Lyman Lumber To Sell Assets After Ch. 11 Filing
• Cameron Reps Hunting In $775M TSI Drilling Deal
• Pozen Appointed As Acting DOJ Antitrust Head
• Ex-Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Cops To Tax Evasion
• Ex-Orioles Player Settles Insider Trading Suit For $2.5M
• Ropes & Gray Reps Blackstone In $3B Emdeon Buyout
• Mayer Brown Reps DeVry In $235M Medical School Deal
• EU Takes Critical Look At $9.7B NYSE Tie-Up
• Cravath Reps Kraft Foods In Snacks, Grocery Split
• NewAlliance IPO Investor Hit With $1M Penalty
• DOJ OKs VeriFone-Hypercom Deal With New Asset Buyer
• Allied Shareholder Tries To Halt $175M Saga Deal
• FTC Clears $1.6B Blackboard Sale To Providence
• Extended Stay Bankruptcy Trust Wants To Move LBO Suits
• Lions Gate Seeks $8M Coverage In Icahn Suit
• Levenfeld Nabs Litigation Partners From Pedersen, Minkow
• Hefner Kin Settles Playboy Insider Trading Suit
• Duncan Investors Decry $2.5B Buyout By Enterprise
• Omnicom Courts Big Pharma With Synergy Deal
• Debevoise Reps AIG Unit In $228M AeroTurbine Buy
• Locke Lord Snares Mayer Brown Energy Transaction Pro
• Chinese Reverse Merger Co. Hyped 'Worthless' Stock: Suit
• Erstwhile Innkeepers Bidder Can't Reap Extra Fees
• US Oncology Debtholders Seek $40M From McKesson Tie-Up
• DLA Piper Adds Pepper Hamilton Corporate Finance Partner
• South Africa Defends Appeal Of $2.5B Wal-Mart Tie-Up
• Gerber Settles Suit Over $282M Sale To Vector
• Cantel Expands GI Capabilities With $100M Byrne Deal
• Li Ka-Shing Group Nails $4B Deal For Northumbrian Water
• Defining Solicitation In Restrictive Covenant Agreements
• FMC To Shell Out $2.1B For Dialysis Cos.
• Kirin Takes Control Of Brazilian Beer Maker For $2.5B
• DOJ Moves To Block H&R Block's $288M TaxACT Buy
• Anglo Irish Bank Fights Hedge Funds' Suit Over Bailout
• Skadden Reps Archer In $742M Great White Tie-Up
• Settlement Near In VeriFone-Hypercom Merger Suit: DOJ
• EADS To Buy Satellite Co. Vizada For €673M
• Barclays Ups Lehman Asset Appeal To $2.8B
• Curtis Adds Project Finance Attorney In Dubai
• America Movil Offers To Buy Telmex For $6.5B
• FTC, DOJ Clear Key Energy's $300M Fracking Cos. Buy
• Ex-Duane Reade Execs' Fraud Didn't Harm Owner: Judge
• Reed Smith Adds 4 DLA Piper Securities Experts
• S1 Investor Demands Review Of $540M Rival Offer
• Berkshire Execs Move To Bury Suit Over Sokol Trades
• Feds Blast Ex-Galleon Adviser's Fraud Retrial Bid
• ICG Agrees To $1.4M Deal In Investors' Mine Safety Suit
• Pharmacies Fight $29B Express Scripts, Medco Deal
• Favoring A Multiclass REIT Structure
• Weil Reps GE In $1B Sale Of SeaCo To HNA Group, Bravia
• Skadden Reps Windstream In $2.3B Paetec Network Deal