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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2011

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• Judge Puts Brakes On H&R Block's $288M TaxACT Buy
• Vista Snaps Up Legal Software Co. Mitratech
• Latham Lures Bracewell Finance Partner To Energy Group
• HarperCollins Picks Up Religious-Book Publisher
• Top Female Deal Maker: Gibson Dunn's Barbara Becker
• Kelley Drye Can't Shake Capital City's Malpractice Suit
• Osler Helps Winsway, Marubeni In $1B Grande Cache Buy
• PE Hotspot: New India Takeover Rules Could Boost Activity
• Honigman Helms BlackEagle's $23M Deal For Lumber Co.
• Law360 Names Top Female Deal Makers
• IMS Health Sheds SDI Assets To Resolve Antitrust Concerns
• Oil Co. Investors Ask High Court To Chuck Ch. 11 Ruling
• NorRock Investor Backs Partners REIT's $50M Buyout
• Mexico's Bachoco Enters US Market With Poultry Co. Buy
• Akin Ushers Interstate, Waramaug In Tampa Hotel Deal
• Liberty's $4.5B KBW Buy Could Hurt Cable Market: Germany
• Sun Capital's $36.6M Bid For Body Armor Co.'s Assets OK'd
• Software Co. Says Credit Suisse Yanked Funding For I2 Buy
• Pharmacies Bring Pfizer-Wyeth Merger Suit To High Court
• HealthSpring Investor Tries To Halt Cigna Purchase
• Struggling Saab Sold To Chinese Cos. For $142M
• Freshfields Guides Assa Abloy In $130M Door Maker Buy
• Paul Weiss Stitches Up KPS Capital's $180M Thread Co. Buy
• Osler Hoskin Advises Sterling On $595M Mosaid Buy
• Israeli Digital Media Firm YCD Multimedia Buys C-nario
• Altarea To Make $142M Bid For French Online Retailer
• Iconix Grabs Sharper Image From PE Duo For $66M
• Cleary Leads Sony's $1.5B Takeover Of Sony Ericsson
• Coca-Cola Brings In 5th-Largest US Bottler For $360M
• MENA Private Equity: 2011-2012 Strategy Review
• Insurer Fights Lyondell D&O Coverage In Buyout Suit
• Inside The EU's New Antitrust Guidelines
• Goodwin Assists TA With Data Center Co. Purchase
• Barclays PE Snaps Up Swiss-Owned Chemical Co.
• Hertz Drops Dollar Thrifty Offer, Vows To Keep Trying
• LSI To Pick Up SandForce For $322M
• RightNow Shareholder Sues To Block $1.5B Oracle Deal
• Dewey Lures White & Case Russian Capital Markets Pro
• Telmex Omitted Info On $6.5B America Movil Deal: Suit
• S1 Settles Shareholder Class Action Over Purchase Offers
• Citrix Acquires UK Software Co. For $92M
• Swedish Forest Products Co. To Buy Aluminum Network
• China Extends Antitrust Review Of $861M Yum Brands Buy
• BJ's Wholesale Takes On $900M Debt In Buyout
• Lyondell Directors Fire Back At Stock Option Clawback
• Olympus Head Steps Down Amid Merger Fee Scandal
• Stikeman Guides Cardinal Health's $162M Futuremed Buy
• Chilean Airline Drops Bid To Block LAN-TAM Merger
• Video Game Co. Investors Settle EA Merger Suit For $5M
• Olympus Struggles To Survive Merger Fee Scandal
• Arent Fox Scores Sports Expert From Herrick Feinstein
• UK Approves Merger Of Frozen Meal Giants
• The Curious Case Of Urology Of Central Pa.
• Private Equity Attys Blast Carried Interest Reform
• Chemical Co. PPG Hid Info On Auto Glass Unit, Buyer Says
• Tribune Investors Want Deutsche Clawback Suit Tossed
• Ugandan NGOs Sue To Block $2.9B Tullow Oil Deal
• Amerigroup Snaps Up Health Plus For $85M
• Obama Campaign Brings In Ex-Bryan Cave Lobbyist
• Morrison Cohen Guides MidOcean In IT Training Co. Buy
• Ropes Helps Metalmark In Bostwick Labs Takeover
• Laundry Facilities Co. Mac-Gray Rejects $250M Buyout Bid
• Sprint Can't See DOJ Docs In AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Suit
• PE Firms Purchase Consumer-Friendly Credit Co.
• MBIA, Third Avenue Trust Agree To End Fraud Suit
• Latham & Watkins Aids GE With $85M Oil Transport Stake
• Olympus Faces FBI Probe Over $687M Merger Advisory Fee
• Oracle Pays $1.5B For Cloud-Based Customer Service Co.
• Kinder Morgan Buys Natural Gas Treater For $155M
• Smucker Scoops Up Sara Lee Coffee, Tea Ops For $350M
• Latham Reps Mattel In $680M Thomas & Friends Co. Buy
• Coordinating US-EU Cooperation In Merger Reviews
• Cigna Buys HealthSpring For $3.8B With Davis Polk Help
• Nasdaq Adds PR Software Maker Glide Technologies
• Goldman Sued By Pension Over Role In $38B Energy Deal
• EU Extends Review Of Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Merger
• Divestitures Force Price Cut On Bimbo, Sara Lee Deal
• Judge Approves Innkeepers' $1B Deal With Cerberus
• DOJ Needs Win In AT&T Challenge To Boost Credibility
• OMERS PE Unit Picks Up String Of US Dental Centers
• Winston & Strawn Helps AAR Land Teleflex Units For $280M
• Morrison Reps Atlantic Street Capital In Z Wireless Buy
• AMAG Shareholders Reject $268M Allos Merger
• Ropes Helps Bain Seal $2.1B Skylark Eatery Deal
• Refining China's Inbound M&A Rules
• Administrator Tries To Scuttle Saab's Swedish Insolvency
• Laidlaw, PE Firm End Dispute Over Power Plant Buy
• Icahn's Firm Loses $60M Suit Over Failed Venture
• Keystone Automotive, Platinum Buy Vehicle Parts Vendor
• Brigham Investor Challenges $4.4B Statoil Deal
• Reader's Digest Tries To Whip Up Sale Of Allrecipes
• United Copper Takes On $150M Debt In KPS Capital Buyout
• EU Clears $1.4B Samsung-Seagate Hard Drive Deal
• Dechert Guides Graham Partners In Mitten Acquisition
• K&L Signs Up Tech Finance, M&A Partner In Seattle
• Securities, M&A Pro Rejoins Godfrey & Kahn
• Heico Boosts Components Business With Switchcraft Deal
• Case Study: FTC V. Lundbeck
• Reed Smith Reps Boutique Bank MM Dillon In Caris Tie-Up
• Simpson Helps Scotiabank Buy Colombia Bank For $1B
• Cisco Boosts VSP Offerings With $99M BNI Video Buy
• Winston & Strawn Adds M&A Dispute Expert In London
• WilmerHale Adds Former DOJ Antitrust Bigwig
• Permira To Pick Up Alcatel-Lucent Unit For $1.5B
• Hussey Copper Auction Plan Greenlit After Surprise Bid
• Akin Gump Lands Haynes & Boone Energy Deals Pro
• Graphics Co. PGC Says Ex-Boss' Abuses Cost It $4M
• Bankruptcy Judge OKs $32M Deal In Tribune's ERISA Suit
• Rio Tinto Bids $570M For Uranium Co. With McCarthy's Aid
• Innkeepers, Cerberus Reach $1B Deal Over 64 Hotels
• Claims Nixed In Suit Over Failed Stonewood Deal
• Case Study: NJ Carpenters Pension Fund V. InfoGROUP
• Abbott Labs Splits In Bid To Drive Growth
• El Paso Investor Sues Over $38B Kinder Morgan Buyout
• Ex-Deloitte Partner May Escape Insider Trading Suit
• Terex, Bucyrus Spar Over $1.3B Merger Price Adjustment
• Cassels Brock Aids New Gold In $129M Silver Quest Deal
• WR Grace Seeks Merger Of 60 Bankrupt Units
• Blavatnik Balks At Lyondell Trustee's $300M Claim
• Linklaters Helps Carlyle Snag Spanish Cable Co. For €440M
• FTC Clears $265M Bid For Bankrupt Dallas Stars
• Apollo, Others Accused Of Delays In LBO Price-Fixing Suit
• Oracle Strikes Deal To Snag Endeca Technologies
• Floundering Graceway Wins OK For Asset Auction
• DLA Piper Affiliate Reps Steinhoff In $1.1B Kap Deal
• Controlling The Transfer Of Stock
• AT&T Fights Sprint, C Spire's Bid For Docs In DOJ Suit
• Seyfarth Reps TIAA-CREF In $1.5B Mall Venture With APG
• Ceglia Asks For Stay In Facebook Suit After Atty Exits
• Ex-Deloitte Partner's Wife Settles SEC Suit For $1M
• Super Retail Pays Archer Capital $620M For Rebel Group
• Panel Urges SEC To Get Tough On Microcap Transfer Agents
• Singapore REIT Takes Over Ocean Properties For $1.6B
• Grupo Mexico To Fight $1.3B Award To Southern Copper
• Cleary Helps JC Flowers Nab KBC Insurance Unit For €244M
• Ametek Acquires Privately Held Eye Care Co. For $150M
• Statoil Makes $4.4B Brigham Buy With Vinson & Elkins Aid
• Davis Polk Advises Roche In $230M Deal To Buy Anadys
• Kinder Morgan's $38B El Paso Deal Forms Energy Giant
• Security Giant G4S To Buy Rival From Goldman For $8.2B
• Shearman Guides AmeriGas In $2.9B Energy Transfer Buy
• Cautioning Bilateral Monopoly Markets In Health Care
• Simpson Reps Blackstone In Move To Fire Up Burger Biz
• Renaissance Investor Can't Halt $455M Sale: Judge
• Windstream Settles Investor Suits Over $2B Paetec Buy
• Teva, Cephalon Win EU Antitrust OK For $6.8B Tie-Up
• Hedge Fund Ace Returns To K&L Gates
• Pregis Sells Packager To Sun Capital For $221M
• US, EU Agree To Step Up Antitrust Cooperation
• K&L Gates Scoops Up Taylor Wessing Partner In Brussels
• OceanFreight Investors Try To Sink $239M DryShips Deal
• Reducing Risk In European M&A Deals
• Kirkland Leads Abry Partners In Xand Buy
• Unilever Takes Control Of Russian Cosmetics Co. For $541M
• Disney, News Corp. Yank Hulu Off The Market
• PPD Investor Sues Over $4B Carlyle, Hellman Buyout
• Artemis Strikes $62.5M Deal In AIG Fraud Suit Over Sale
• Allos Settles Investor Suit Over $686M AMAG Tie-Up
• Brown Rudnick Snags Private Equity Partner From Goodwin
• US, Sprint Dog AT&T For Docs On T-Mobile Merger
• TCF Steers Into Auto Loan Market With Gateway One Deal
• Northeast, NStar Resist Wind Farm Buy In Merger Battle
• Webber Wentzel Helps Ethos In $167M Oven Co. Takeover
• 99 Cents Only Shareholders Call $1.6B Deal Too Cheap
• Case Study: PharmAthene V. SIGA
• DOJ, AT&T Fight Google Security Request In Merger Case
• UK Watchdog Defines Probe Into Stericycle's Ecowaste Buy
• Teekay, Marubeni Sink $1.4B Into LNG Carriers
• In-House Attys See Brighter Future For M&A Work
• Convicted Insider Trader Kimelman Gets 2 1/2 Years
• Cleary Helps Warburg Acquire Aerospace Supplier
• Edwards Wildman Pinches M&A Expert From Bird & Bird
• The Hidden Tax Trap In S Corp. Sales
• Choate Hall Guides Candescent In SoftBase Takeover
• Liz Claiborne Sells Marks To JC Penney, Others For $328M
• 3 Wyatt Tarrant Attys Jump To Dinsmore
• A New Era In UK Takeover Regulation
• Renaissance Majority Owners Rebuff $496M Plato Overture
• Packager Sonoco Buys Rival From Metalmark For $550M
• Clover Holdings Picks Up Phone Recycling Co.
• Dollar Thrifty Off The Market After Bids Fall Short
• Willkie Adds Clifford Chance Deals Expert In Germany
• 5 Environmental Tips For M&A Transactions
• Proskauer Guides Ares In $1.6B Buy Of 99 Cents Only
• JPML Joins Investor Suits Over Gerova's Stillwater Buy
• Teva Must Surrender Generics To Get Cephalon: FTC
• Gores' $30M Bid Leads Point Blank Ch. 11 Sale
• Simpson, Kirkland Aid Investors In $1.6B KCI Notes Deal
• Renaissance Investor Challenges $455M Permira Offer
• Fulbright Securities Atty Jumps To Greenberg
• Sprint, C Spire Defend Suits Against AT&T's T-Mobile Buy
• Kirkland Reps Solutia In $113M Buy Of Films Manufacturer
• Microsoft, Skype Merger Wins EU Approval
• Louis Vuitton Parent Snaps Up Croc Skin Co. For $123M
• Emdeon, Blackstone Seek To Quash Suit Over $3B Buyout
• Skadden Guides FBL In $440M Sale Of EquiTrust Unit
• Goldman Stays Clear Of Solectron Shareholder Tangle
• FTC Speeds Approval Process For Divestiture Order Tweaks
• Goffer Brother Gets 3 Years For Insider Trading
• Attorneys At Work: A Flexible Notion Of Plagiarism
• Squire Sanders Taps Hahn & Hessen Corporate Partner
• New Canada Merger Enforcement Guidelines Echo US Steps
• Paul Weiss Aids CI Capital In Interactive Health Buy
• A Creative Fix To A Medical Monopoly Problem
• Proskauer Reps Iochpe-Maxion In $725M Wheels Co. Buy
• DOJ Gets Special Master In AT&T Merger Fight
• Feds Seek At Least 33 Months For Ex-Galleon Adviser
• Oracle's Pillar Deal Hurts Co., Rewards CEO: Investor
• GenNx360 Flips Silicon Portfolio Co. To Chemical Maker
• Empire Oil Goes Green With Promethean Deal
• Lone Star Stock Fraud Ruling Clears Way For KEB Sale
• Miraca To Buy US Clinical Lab Testing Co. For $725M
• Haynes & Boone Snags Seyfarth Energy Finance Pro
• Blackstone Unit Grows In Europe With Harbourmaster Buy
• Del Monte, Barclays Settle Buyout Case For $89M
• Rock-Tenn Settles Investor Suit Over $3.5B Smurfit Buy
• EU Lists Concerns Over Deutsche Boerse's $10B NYSE Buy
• GSC Trustee Files Amended Ch. 11 Plan After $235M Sale
• Premier Expands In North Sea With $340M EnCore Buy
• Hitachi Eyes South Africa With Data Storage Co. Deal
• Dewey LeBoeuf Nabs Stephenson Harwood Energy Guru
• Flight Winch Co. Breeze-Eastern Boosts Takeover Barriers
• Addleshaw Advises Elysian In Deal For Wind Power Co.
• Judge OKs Antitrust Safeguards On $700M Google, ITA Deal
• Carlyle Makes Buys In Student Travel, Indian Trading
• Ex-Keystone Chair Settles SEC Merger Tips Suit
• Wi-LAN Wins Agency OKs For $490M Mosaid Bid
• Different Prices For S Corp. Shares: A Cause For Worry?
• Landry's Unit Takes On Eva Longoria's Steakhouse For $1M
• White & Case Lures Chiomenti Partner To Milan
• Harleysville Investor Slams $760M Sale To Nationwide
• Western Digital Aims To Appease EU On $4B Hitachi Buy
• Brazilian, Chilean Airlines Challenge Merger Conditions
• Orrick Snares 5 Deals, Bankruptcy Pros
• Bug Music CEO Fails To Block $300M BMG Merger
• PE Firm To Buy Ageas' German Life Insurance Unit
• AT&T, T-Mobile Accused Of Hiding Info On $39B Deal
• McAfee Expands Security Offerings With NitroSecurity Buy
• IBM Bolsters Security Division With Q1 Labs Buy
• Red Hat Snaps Up Cloud Storage Co. Gluster For $136M
• Alinda Capital Portfolio Co. Buys Cambridge Water
• New HSR Rules — In Effect
• DOJ Slams H&R Block's $288M Bid To Buy TaxACT Maker
• Paul Weiss Helps CI Capital Nab Public Safety Gear Co.
• KAR Auction's $210M Openlane Buy Gets Green Light
• Electra Picks Up Insurance Firm Davies For $93M
• Law Firm Tie-Ups Surge In 2011: Report
• Jones Day Helps ACI In Sweetened $520M S1 Purchase
• Carlyle, Hellman To Take PPD Private For $3.9B
• Troutman Sanders Guides Agco In $940M GSI Buy
• Former FCC Atty Joins Wilkinson Barker
• High Court Won't Mull $19M First Bank Winstar Ruling
• Jones Day Aids PolyOne In $486M ColorMatrix Deal