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Mergers & Acquisitions - March, 2012

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• BNY Seeks To Duck Suit Over $1B Lyondell-Basell Losses
• Judge Keeps Investor Suits Over Acadia-PHC Merger Alive
• Ista Investor Sues To Block $500M Bausch & Lomb Deal
• Sino-Forest Files Bankruptcy, $4B Suit For Ponzi Report
• Wacoal Pays $242M For UK Plus-Size Lingerie Co.
• M&T Bank Unit Escapes Fraud Action Over Loan Claims
• Vector Can't Shed Suit Alleging Breach Of Nondisclosure Deal
• Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Elizabeth Cooper
• Adams Golf Investor Tees Off On $70M Sale To Adidas
• German News Agency Poised To Buy AP's French Service
• Volcano Owes Subsidiary's Shareholders $27M, Suit Says
• State Antitrust Enforcers Urge Cooperation In Discovery
• Tata, Vodafone Get Extension For UK Telecom Bids
• SAG Vote Still On After Sheen Fails To Halt AFTRA Merger
• Defending Class Actions Challenging Mergers
• Pharmacy Groups Sue Express Scripts, Medco Over $29B Deal
• IFG Group Clears $111M Sale Of Division To AnaCap
• Roche Bumps Illumina Cash Offer Up To $6.5B
• Archipelago Investor Calls $291M Sale To Plato 'Tainted'
• Cerberus Sells Off Asian Job Staffing Cos. To CVC
• Telecom Groups Praise House Passage Of FCC Reform Bill
• Brokers Say Judge Erred In Approval Of Grubb & Ellis Sale
• $29B Express Scripts, Medco Merger Could Come Next Week
• Cravath, Foley Help Pentair In $10B Combo With Tyco Unit
• CVR Hammers Icahn's Stock Claim In $2.6B Takeover Faceoff
• MoFo Nabs Hogan Lovells Corporate Partner In DC
• DOJ Defends Use Of Conduct Fixes For Anti-Competitive Deals
• FTC Orders ProMedica To Sell Ohio Hospital
• Is Your Public Company An Acquisition Target?
• Magic Johnson, Guggenheim Score Dodgers With $2B Bid
• Must-Have Performance Metrics For Law Departments
• Quest Investor Sues To Halt $2B Insight Buyout
• $45M Winning Bid For Bankrupt NJ Hospital OK'd
• Graco Wins Antitrust Clearance For $650M ITW Buy
• Rio Tinto Considers Sale of $2.5B Diamond Mines
• CaixaBank, BancaCivica In $1B Deal To Form Banking Giant
• 'Angry Birds' Maker Rovio Plucks Futuremark's Gaming Unit
• Humana Divests To Win DOJ Blessing For $150M Arcadian Buy
• BGC Finally Gets Go-Ahead To Buy Grubb & Ellis Co.
• How To Avoid Unpleasant Surprises In Real Estate Deals
• Lessons From China's Hard Drive Merger Decisions
• Aussie Regulator Postpones Call On $2.7B Foxtel-Austar Deal
• Wabash Puts Up $360M For Insight-Held Steel Tank Maker
• Sony Tries To Ease EU Competition Fears Over $2.2B EMI Buy
• EU To Take Closer Look At $16.5B UTC, Goodrich Deal
• Yahoo Agrees To Uncloak Docs Sought By Third Point
• Phone Customers Urge 9th Circ. To Revive AT&T Spam Suit
• Feds Want Tighter Underwriting For Leveraged Finance
• Duke, Progress Try To Zap FERC's Antitrust Concerns
• Electricite De France Unit Buys 150-MW Wind Project
• Roche Again Extends $5.7B Offer To Illumina Shareholders
• EFG Hermes, QInvest Could Unite As Top Middle East Bank
• Terra Firma Inks $438M Deal To Buy UK Garden Retailer
• Judge OKs Beyond Oblivion's $4M Deal With Music Startup
• Monitise Shells Out $173M For Mobile Banking Rival
• France OKs Saint-Gobain's $247M Brossette Buy, With Proviso
• EC Launches Review Of Universal's $1.9B EMI Buyout
• FTC Seeks High Court Scrutiny Of Ga. Hospital Merger
• Tracking Foreign Direct Investment In Ireland
• Six More Partners Quit Dewey, This Time For Sutherland
• Zoll Shareholder Files Class Action Over $2B Asahi Sale
• AXA Fights For Punitive Damages In $1.5B ING Row
• HSBC Spins Off $480M Middle East Private Equity Branch
• Mining M&A Attys Must Stay Sharp Amid Volatile Prices: GCs
• Licensors Challenge Failed Online Music Startup's Sale
• Covidien To Shell Out $108M For Ventilator Maker
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Guides EBay's Rent.com Sale
• Pengrowth Gains NAL's Light Oil In $1.9B Stock Merger
• JPMorgan Shells Out $384M In American Century Arbitration
• Shareholder Seeks To Ice $703M PE Buyout of Water Park Co.
• Movie Investor Ducks $190M Suit Claiming He Ripped Aramid
• Grubb & Ellis Sale In Limbo After Court Blinks
• Scripps Shells Out $103M For Travel Channel Distributor
• NYSE Won't Fight EU Over Nixed $10B Deutsche Boerse Deal
• Sony Agrees To Sell Chemical Products Biz To Japanese Bank
• Wachtell Aids NEC With $450M Convergys Unit Buy
• Premerger Reporting In Nonmerger Scenarios
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Dart In $1B Solo Cup Acquisition
• Community Health Escapes Tenet Medicare Billing Suit
• Best Best & Krieger Sued Over Arbitration Advice
• Siemens Lays Down $630M For Expro's Subsea Power Part Unit
• Midas Shareholder Sues To Halt $310M Sale To TBC Corp.
• Hartford Plans Business Overhaul Amid Paulson Pressure
• Pacific Capital Investor Challenges $1.5B Union Bank Deal
• El Paso: Another Black Eye For Investment Banks
• Tech Mahindra Drops $1B In Deal For Satyam
• Dechert Adds M&A Specialist To New Frankfurt Office
• Broadcom Grows Fiber Arsenal With $195M BroadLight Buy
• Latham Advises On Assignment In $600M Apex Purchase
• Roche Urges Illumina Shareholders To Spur $6B Merger
• Vista Affiliate's $250M Buy Of CDC Software Gets Nod
• New Brazilian Antitrust Rules May Speed Some Merger Reviews
• Tech Co. Didn't Flout Exclusivity In Citigroup Sale, Judge Says
• Waxman Pressures FTC On $29B Express Scripts, Medco Deal
• Kelly Hart, Drohan Help Berkshire Unit Nab Electronics Co.
• CVR Energy Rips Icahn's 'Detrimental' $2.6B Takeover Bid
• Insight Affiliate Forks Over $192M For Air Filter Maker
• Glencore To Pay $6.1B For Canada's Biggest Grain Co.
• Deutsche Boerse Will Fight EU Over Nixed $10B NYSE Deal
• Judge Nixes Berkshire Investor Suit Over Sokol Trades
• Gibson Dunn Aids Williams In $2.5B Caiman Energy Unit Buy
• Amazon's $775M Kiva Systems Deal Aimed At Cutting Costs
• Italy On Verge Of Raising Bar For Merger Notification
• AboveNet Goes Private, Lures PE Backers In $2.2B Deal
• Dewey Loses 12-Partner Insurance, M&A Team To Willkie
• United Retail Landlords Balk At Proposed Sale
• Investcorp Snags Student Assessment Co. From PE Firm
• UPS's $6.8B Tie-Up With TNT To Face Antitrust Scrutiny
• China Extends Probe Of $12.5B Google-Motorola Deal
• Kirkland Helps Vista Make $2B Bid For Software Co. Misys
• Covidien Shells Out $300M For Israeli Medical Device Maker
• 2011 Anti-Corruption Year In Review
• ResCap Ch. 11 Looms Closer As Buyout Rumors Swirl
• Schron Triumphs Over Ex-Troutman Sanders Real Estate Atty
• S. Korea's Antitrust Cop To Limit Leniency For 2nd Filers
• Texas Court Reinforces LLC Veil In Ruling For Builders
• India Proposes Tax On Foreign Mergers
• Blakes, Sullivan Aid BCE's $3.4B Astral Media Takeover Bid
• Sanofi Acquires Pluromed To Commercialize Surgical Gel
• SEC Tries To Find Footing In Murky Pre-IPO Market
• UK Agency Overhaul Will Lower Bar For Criminal Antitrust Cases
• Stinson Adds Hostess GC To Corporate Practice
• United Retail, Creditors Forge Deal Over Stalking Horse Bid
• GSK Strikes $613M Deal With Omega For OTC Brands, Plant
• Texas Appeals Court Clears Energy Co.'s Public Utility Buy
• Avaya Plunks Down $230M For Israeli Videoconference Co.
• Thompson & Knight Adds Corporate Partner In Houston
• Kinder Morgan To Ditch Assets For FTC Nod On $21B Deal
• Shire Inks $325M Deal For Blood Disorder Drug Co.
• Water Park Co. Investor Sues to Halt $703M Apollo Buyout
• Fenwick Reps Cisco In $5B Software Buy From News Corp.
• Faruqi Firm Won't Get Lead Role In Roche Takeover Action
• CVR Energy Blasts Icahn Over Jab At Reuters Piece
• SS&C Wins GlobeOp Bidding War With $897M Offer
• United Retail Creditors Challenge Stalking Horse Bid
• PE Firm Phoenix Grabs Lupus' Oil Unit For £75M
• Jones Day Adds K&L Gates M&A Partner In Pittsburgh
• Alpha Bank Nixes Eurobank Merger After Greek Debt Deal
• Ameriprise Advisers Made $2M Off Illegal Trades, SEC Says
• FTC Seeks More Info From Roche On $6B Illumina Takeover
• Roche Unit Loses In Arbitration Over Merger Of Medical Cos.
• Lingyun Locks Up Deal For Auto Latch Giant Kiekert
• Loeb & Loeb Brings In M&A, PE Partner From Jones Day
• RBS Usurped Control Of Soccer Team, Hedge Fund Says
• Apollo Pays $703M For Water Park Owner
• BB&T Takes On Extra $285M Securities In BankAtlantic Deal
• Dell Buys PE-Owned SonicWALL To Boost Security Chops
• Express Scripts, Medco Delay Deal Pending FTC Review
• China Places Strict Rules On Western Digital, Hitachi Merger
• Barnes & Thornburg Strengthens Chicago Corporate Team
• Japanese Health Giant Snaps Up Device Maker For $2.2B
• Covington To Launch Seoul Office By July
• Canadian Energy Co. To Grab Majority Stake In Solar Biz
• Sullivan Aids Union Bank In $1.5B Buy Of Calif. Rival
• FTC Asks Pharm Groups How To Fix $29B Express Scripts Deal
• British Airways Offers EU Concessions In $270M Deal
• China's Youku, Tudou Form $1B Online Video Co.
• Why Communications Is Key To Merger And Lateral Success
• Misys Drops Swiss Suitor For Possible PE Takeover
• Capital One Cleared To Buy HSBC's $30B Credit Card Unit
• Morgan Lewis Steers Sprouts In Sunflower Merger
• Investor Won't Give $291M Educational Co. Sale Passing Grade
• Texas Court Revives Investor's Suit Over $2.6B Gas Co. Sale
• Fracking Servicer Pays $245M For PE-Owned Oil Recycler
• Allen & Overy Reps Iceland Foods In $1.7B Buyback
• El Paso Shareholders Back Disputed $21B Kinder Morgan Deal
• China's Anti-Monopoly Law: What To Expect In 2012
• Wary South African Court Backs $2.4B Wal-Mart Tie-Up
• Jones Day, McCarthy Help In $1.3B Merger Of Rare Earth Cos.
• Insight Takes Quest Software Private In $2B Deal
• Ex-Partner Goes After Troutman In $520M Malpractice Suit
• Latham & Watkins Reps Boston Scientific In $1.3B Deal
• Winston Nabs Bryan Cave Corporate, Securities Partner
• Park-Ohio Snags Sun Capital Fuel Systems Maker For $98M
• Failed Music Startup Gets $2.4M Sale Bid Hearing Bumped Up
• Simon Property Drops $3.5B To Expand Mall Holdings
• Bingham Grabs Corporate Pro From Manatt Phelps
• Wells Fargo Trust Recipients Lose Bid For New Trial
• Recent Deal Trends — Del. And Beyond
• Cano Petroleum Seeks Ch. 11 Sale Amid Cash Woes
• Investor Fights Illumina's Poison Pill Against Roche Bid
• Calif. Pension Fund To Oppose El Paso-Kinder Morgan Deal
• Amcor Pins $252M Price Tag On Purchase Of Rival
• Federal Reserve Board's Way Or The Highway
• Malaysia Sovereign Fund Pays $2.8B For Power Assets
• HSBC Sheds Several Insurance Businesses For $914M
• Aussie Antitrust Cop Looks Into Foxtel-Austar Proposal
• Grubb & Ellis Sale Back On Track After Bidding Snag
• Grubb & Ellis, Creditors Can't Agree On BGC Asset Sale
• Bills To Amend FCC Rule-Making Process Head To House Floor
• Del. Judge Won't Stay Class Action Over Perfume Merger
• T-Mobile, Sprint Urge Release Of Verizon Spectrum Deal Docs
• UK Antitrust Watchdog To Probe Security Cos.' Merger
• EU High Court Adviser Backs Lagardere, Vivendi Book Deal
• Arsenal Capital To Acquire Evonik's Colorant Business
• Reaffirming FERC's Merger Policy
• Lehman Blasts Zell's New $1.5B Archstone Bid
• Google Ordered To Turn Over Docs In Smartphone Battle
• PE Firm Invests $312M In Axel Springer Venture
• Premerger Plans Aren't Anti-Competitive: Calif. Court
• Brazilian Watchdog Readies New Antitrust Regulations
• Software Co. Investor Sues To Block $74M Salient Deal
• Western Digital Must Sell Assets To Clear $4.5B Hitachi Buy
• PE Firms CVC, ValueAct In Talks For Software Co. Misys
• Verizon Tells FCC Its $4B Spectrum Buy Won't Hurt Competition
• 2nd Circ. Sides With Benihana Over $8M Sushi Co. Buy
• Lexmark Buys Data Capture Co. Brainware For $148M
• Anderson Kill Snags International M&A Team
• Apple Demands Google, Android Info In Motorola IP Clash
• Monomoy Picks Up Auto Parts Maker From Sun Capital
• Equinix Bests Investor Suit Over $700M Merger Forecasts
• El Paso Postpones Vote On $21B Kinder Morgan Deal
• Should Investors Buck The Status Quo With LLCs?
• UK Biotech Co. Abcam Expands With $170M Epitomics Buy
• Pioneer Grabs Carmeuse Fracking Sand Unit For $297M
• Kirkland Helps Thoma Bravo, Plato In $291M Software Deal
• Global M&A Expert Joins DLA Piper In Minneapolis
• Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Editorial Advisory Board
• Trump Steps Into MSR Ch. 11 To Grab Resort For $150M
• McDermott Swipes Transactions Partner From Orrick
• Nordic Capital Grows Retail Portfolio With Europris Buy
• Resource Capital Puts Up $30M To Help Join Uranium Cos.
• Orchard Trustee's Suit Over $310M Payout Survives
• S. Korea Criminalizes Antitrust Probe Interference
• CVR Energy Urges Rejection Of Icahn Tender Offer
• Perkins Coie Lures 4 Attys From Chadbourne
• PE Firm Huntsman Gay Swings Deal For Plastics Co.
• Struggling Fashion Co. Connaught Gets OK To Sell Itself
• Spotlight On Private Equity In Asia 2012
• Goldman Sachs To Take On Ariel Re's Insurance Operations
• Jones Day Adds Nomura Exec As Restructuring Partner
• Investor Objections Can't Halt Amgen's $1.2B Micromet Buy