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Mergers & Acquisitions - February, 2012

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• Judge Won't Block $21B Kinder Morgan-El Paso Deal
• Martin Marietta CEO Defends $4.7B Hostile Bid For Vulcan
• Swiss Bank UBP Acquires $3B Nexar Hedge Fund
• FTC Tells Carpenter To Shed Assets To Seal $578M Deal
• JHS Capital To Buy Out Paulson's $1.1B Retail Biz
• Judge Says BNY Mellon Didn't Breach Duties In Buyout
• Freshfields Reps CVC In $2.4B Swedish Construction Buy
• Dainippon To Pay Up To $2.6B For Cancer Drug Developer
• Fresenius Must Sell Clinics To Finish $2B Liberty Buy: FTC
• Vulcan CEO Blasts $4.7B Martin Marietta Hostile Bid At Trial
• Insurer Seeks To Toss Perkins Coie Atty's Testimony
• TPG Loses Out On Billabong Deal Despite New $906M Bid
• K&L Gates Nabs Clifford Chance PE Atty For Dubai Office
• Abraaj To Pay $164M For TransAtlantic Oil Field Units
• Diagnostics Co. Alere To Acquire EScreen For $270M
• A Side Of Superfund Liability With Your Asset Deal
• Judge Sinks BankAtlantic Asset Sale To BB&T
• FTC To Challenge Ga. Hospital Merger In High Court
• Dodgers Narrow Down Bidders For MLB Screening
• Bracewell Aids Prosperity In $529M West Texas Bank Buy
• Clifford Chance Counsels 3i In $161M Geka Buyout
• Entropic To Scoop Up Trident Set-Top Box Assets For $65M
• The Changing Face Of US Health Care
• Brazilian Utility CPFL To Spend $622M On Wind Farm
• El Paso Hands Off Exploration Co. To Apollo, Others For $7B
• Investor Sues Over Elektra's $780M Bid For Payday Lender
• Judge Misread Noncompete In Wi-Lan Case, 2nd Circ. Told
• Thai Co.'s $1.7B Bid For Cove Energy Trumps Shell Offer
• Amcor, Aperio Deal May Curb Competition: Aussie Watchdog
• SEC Sues Chinese Coal Execs For Secret Sale To PE Firm
• Nestle Likely In Lead To Buy Pfizer's $10B Baby Food Line
• Kenneth Cole Investors Sue To Block Founder's $148M Buyout
• Musicland Seeks Doc To Prove Best Buy Owes $232M
• Nixon Peabody Lands Ex-Pillsbury Gov't Contracts Pro
• Torre Benches Dodgers Bid As McCourt Clings To Parking
• Ice Co. Arctic Glacier Seeks Ch. 15, Eyes Canadian Sale
• Debtholders Can't Get $40M From US Oncology For Now
• Cisco Snaps Up Optical Network Tech Startup For $271M
• Navigating The Flood Of Merger Litigation
• Vinson & Elkins Helps CapStreet Nab Stake In Cargo Co.
• Regulatory Demands To Spur Health M&A in 2012: Report
• Pa. Gov. Knocks Rival's Bid For PE-Owned Philly Papers
• Hunton Again Nabs Greenberg Traurig Finance Atty In Miami
• Brazilian Adviser Tapped For 2nd Term Amid Antitrust Reform
• Judge Trims Suit Over AXA's $1.5B Purchase Of ING Unit
• Katten's New Shanghai Office To Target Cross-Border Deals
• Investor Claims $1.5B Fortis Bid Undervalues CH Energy
• The Pitfalls Of Paperless Discovery
• Obama's Tax Plan Takes Aim At Private Equity 'Loophole'
• Turkish PE Firm Spins Out €200M Youth-Oriented Fund
• United Retail Set For Auction With Stalking Horse Bid
• Sheen, Asner Among SAG Members Fighting AFTRA Merger
• Bunge Buys UK Carbon Fund As C02 Prices Plummet
• Citi, Levant Bag $100M Stake In Saudi Supermarket Chain
• Kirkland Energy M&A Pro Jumps To Baker Botts
• J&J Tries To Ease EU Concerns Over $21B Synthes Deal
• Pryor Cashman Lands New Investment Management Partner
• T-Mobile Wants FCC To Block Verizon's $4B Spectrum Buys
• Wells Fargo To Buy BNP Paribas Energy Loan Unit
• Dental Center Co. Seeks Sale To Root Out Fraud Claims
• Akin Gump Expands Asia Footprint To Hong Kong
• Thompson & Knight Nabs M&A Vet from Bracewell
• K&L Gates Snags Bryan Cave Partner For LA Corporate Team
• Genomma Bids $834M For Prestige Brands
• Grubb & Ellis Pursues Sale To BGC Through Ch. 11
• Deal Market Trends For 2012
• WP Carey Will Convert To REIT Following Merger
• Zell's Equity Raises Archstone Bid To $1.5B
• White & Case Helps Fortis In $1.5B CH Energy Buy
• Omnicare Abandons $441M Offer To Buy PharMerica
• $7.9B Exelon-Constellation Merger Wins Md.'s OK
• Wiley Snags Workplace Assessment Co. For $85M
• Trilantic Snags Stake In Billabong's $464M Watch Unit
• Chemical Co. Brings Retiree Premium Fight To Supreme Court
• Goldman, PE Firm To Pay $3B For TransUnion
• TNT Rejects $4.9B UPS Offer, But Talks Continue
• EU Approves $8.8B Danish Bank Guarantee Plan
• Swiss Regulator OKs Apax's $2B Mobile Co. Buyout
• Duke, Progress Aim To Ease FERC's Merger Concerns
• Review: Recent Securities Litigation, Rising Trends
• Law School, Meet Litigation PR ...
• Icahn Proposes $2.6B Takeover Of CVR Energy
• FERC Won't Change Utility Merger Review Process
• Broker Seeks $23M From Yucaipa's Soho House Buy
• KPMG Not Liable To Ex-Client's Buyer: NJ High Court
• Squire Sanders Snags 3 From Bryan Cave For Asian Offices
• IGT Wants 9th Circ. To Reverse IP Attys' Whistleblower Award
• Mergermarket Accuses Cantor Fitzgerald Of Lifting Articles
• China's Competition Cop Probing Google, Motorola Deal
• Cape Wind Deal Advances $4B Northeast-Nstar Merger
• TPG Goes On Offensive With £508M GlobeOp Takeover Bid
• 7th Circ. Paves Way For More Antitrust Actions Over Tie-Ups
• Fee Award Doubled To $8.6M In Exxon-XTO Merger Challenge
• Taleo Investor Sues To Halt $1.9B Oracle Deal
• M&A Pro Jumps To Arnold & Porter From Allen & Overy
• Dinsmore Lands Ex-Nationwide GC At Ohio Office
• South Africa's Antitrust Cop Nixes Copper Cos.' Merger
• 2nd Circ. Reinforces NY Shield Law In Goldman Sachs Case
• High-Growth Markets: An Attractive M&A Option
• Illumina Investors Claim Goldman Bias In Suit Over Roche Bid
• Cisco To Appeal EU Approval Of $8.5B Microsoft-Skype Deal
• Tucker Ellis Taps Business Ace To Lead Team
• Wachtell Helps Kellogg Pop Top On $2.7B Pringles Buy
• Fed OKs $9B Capital One-ING Deal Despite Consumer Unease
• Dorsey Adds M&A, Corporate Law Pro From Hodgson Russ
• Halliburton Asks 2nd Circ. To Kill ERISA Action
• Genzyme, Insurer Settle Coverage Suit Over $64M Deal
• Sterlite Must Pay Asarco $83M For Breach Of Asset Deal
• Carlyle Makes $1B Deal To Sell Cash Handling Co.
• Preparing Corporate Minutes: Time Well Spent
• Biogen To Spend $75M For Fibrosis Drug Co. Stromedix
• Dover Corp. To Acquire Swiss Polymer Melt Specialist
• DOJ, EU Give Go-Ahead To Google's $12.5B Motorola Tie-Up
• Fed Again Delays Ruling On $9B Capital One, ING Tie-Up
• Lehman Is Trying To Duck Parts Of Asset Deal: Barclays
• Rohatyn Nabs 60% Stake In Asian Infrastructure Funds
• Attachmate Beats Novell Investors' Suit Over $2.2B Deal
• Express Scripts, Medco Send FTC More Info On $29B Merger
• Recent Trends In Green Energy M&A
• Examining Comcast's Calif. SBE Loss
• Kirkland & Ellis Helps Linden Buy SeraCare For $82M
• Baker Sports World's Biggest M&A Practice
• Foley Adds Greenberg Private Equity Pro For Miami Office
• Aero Financial Purchases 65% Of Sycamore Ventures
• Noteholders Scoop Up Real Mex Assets For $126M
• Murdoch-Backed Music Startup Set For $1.5M Auction
• Law360 Ranks Largest M&A Practice Groups
• UK Insurer Phoenix Shuts Down Deal Talks With CVC Capital
• Jones Day Nabs Latham Securities Pro In San Francisco
• DOJ Orders Divestitures In $4B International Paper Merger
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 2
• DOJ Drops Exchange Merger Suit Due To Dead Deal
• Judge Riled By Conflicts In $21B El Paso-Kinder Morgan Deal
• WPP Agencies Buy Chinese Mobile Marketer Worth $15B
• Barneys Enlists Kirkland's Help In Fending Off Ch. 11
• Case Study: Messner V. Northshore
• JF Lehman Scoops Up Seacor Spill Response Cos. For $97M
• Covington Scores Wilson Sonsini Corporate Team
• Google Pledges To Maintain Motorola's Patent Practices
• Fed OKs Hana's $3.5B Takeover Of Korea Exchange Bank
• Doughty Hanson Picks Up Spanish Hospital Group For $472M
• Oracle Builds Cloud Services With $1.9B Taleo Buy
• Protecting Employee IP In A Global Environment
• Olam Gobbles Up Nigerian Biscuit Maker For $167M
• Solutia Investor Tries To Stop $5B Eastman Chemical Merger
• Fed Pushes Back Vote On $9B Capital One, ING Deal
• PE 2012: From Carried Interest To Chinese Antitrust
• Foley Adds DLA Piper Partner To Securities, M&A Group
• Paul Hastings Adds 3 PE, M&A Pros From Baker & McKenzie
• Hunton & Williams Lures Ex-Milbank M&A Veteran
• Wireless Co. Hits Ericsson With $330M Trade Secrets Suit
• Allen & Overy Guides Mexichem's $704M Offer For Pipe Maker
• MatlinPatterson Liable For Loan To Brazilian Airline: Court
• Illumina Board Urges Investors To Reject $6B Roche Bid
• Investors Unleash Flurry Of Suits Over Del. Court Forum Bylaws
• Bingham Aids Platinum Equity's Medical Equipment Co. Buy
• Real Estate Developer Eyes Philly Newspapers
• Bankrupt CDC Corp. Seeks $250M Sale To Stalking Horse
• Goldman Scoops Up Old Mutual Asset Management Firm
• JC Flowers Escapes Suit Over Thwarted $104M Insurer Buy
• Canadian Watchdog Raises Bar On Merger Notices
• Glencore, Xstrata Plan Merger Into $90B Mining Giant
• Allen & Overy Aids Indorama In $795M Petrochemicals Buy
• Oracle Rejects $272M SAP Award, Seeks New Trial
• 10th Circ. Boots Out Investor Suit Against Level 3
• ProMedica Begs FTC Not To Make It Divest Ohio Hospital
• Investor Class Certified In BofA-Merrill Merger Suit
• SJ Berwin Helps Duke Street In Insurance Law Firm Co. Buy
• Canadian Watchdog To Bolster Merger Review Transparency
• RiverVest Investor Payouts Off $1B Sales Top Charts
• Swedish Investment Firm Offers $171M For Newspaper Co.
• Verizon, Coinstar To Create Netflix Movie Streaming Rival
• JC Flowers Fights Metalmark In Court Over $104M Sale
• Fidelity National To Buy Out O'Charley's For $221M
• Schiff Hardin Advises Consolidated In $341M Telecom Buy
• DOJ, McDermott Call Quits On Hospital Merger FOIA Suit
• Trends In M&A, Spin-Offs, Hostile Deals And PE
• Beacon Power Assets Attract $30.5M Private Equity Bid
• FTC Won't Get Monitor For ProMedica Hospital Operations
• NOV Plunks Down $672M For Danish Pipe Maker
• 7th Circ. Shuts Down Abbott Workers' Benefit Appeal
• Hogan Equity Capital Pro Leaves For Latham
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 1
• Hutchison Whampoa Dials Up $1.7B Austrian Mobile Co. Deal
• Moore Helps BB&T Buy Crump Insurance Units For $570M
• Gores' $1B Pep Boys Bid Undervalues Co.: Investor
• Intervale Expands Portfolio With Oil Field Services Co. Buy
• Glencore, Xstrata Confirm Talks On Potential $80B Buy
• Sen. Blasts Express Scripts, Medco Deal On Antitrust Fears
• Angioblast Loses Contract Counterclaims Against UBS
• Jones Day's New German Office Boosts 4 Practice Areas
• EU's Almunia Vows Hard-Line On Mergers As Needed
• Orrick Lures London Capital Markets Pro From Mayer Brown
• NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Officially End Merger Deal
• Zell Co., Brazilian PE Firm Circling $1.3B Building Biz
• Raising The Enforcement Bar
• Will Apprendi Apply To Southern Union V. US?
• GCs Laud Securities, M&A Attys With Top Client Skills
• Covington Helps SandRidge Land $1.3B Dynamic Deal
• Greensfelder Snares Ex-Quarles & Brady Business Buff
• Facebook Taps Fenwick & West To Assist With $5B IPO
• Competition Tribunal Says BAA Must Sell UK Airport
• Morrison Rescues Vivendi From Foreign Investor Claims
• Fiduciary Duties Stand Firm In LLC Pacts: Del. Court
• Cleary Gottlieb Guides TPG In £508M GlobeOp Deal
• Push To Split Chairman, CEO Roles Gains Traction
• The Rise Of Earnouts In Renewables M&A
• Sun Capital Sells Heating Parts Maker To Wellspring
• 7 Things To Remember In UAE Real Estate Deals
• Riding China's Wave Of Going-Private Transactions
• EU Blocks $9.7B NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Merger