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Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2013

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• Rural/Metro Board Reaches $6.6M Deal To Settle Buyout Claims
• Breathe Easy Post-Closing? Not So Fast
• Nursing Home Co. Says $25M Buyout Loan Wasn't Funded
• Republic Airways Plans To Offload Frontier By Summer
• 6th Circ. Gives ProMedica Another Shot At FTC Suit Coverage
• Bergstein Beats Aramid's $190M Suit In NY Appeals Court
• InterMedia Rebids For Outdoor Channel After Rival's FTC Nod
• SEC Tees Up Private Equity Enforcement Issues
• Wearable-Tech Maker Joins Forces With Health-Monitoring Co.
• Sealing The Deal: O'Melveny Nails Historic Buy For China's BGI
• Marine Harvest Lobs $1.7B Takeover Bid At Rival Cermaq
• Heinz Investors OK $28B Buyout Offer From Buffett, 3G
• Investcorp Nets $655M In Sale Of Armacell To Charterhouse
• Morgan Lewis, Vinson Pilot $390M Contango, Crimson Merger
• Best Buy Spends $775M To Break Up European JV
• Tessera Offers 2 Board Seats To Avoid Starboard Proxy Fight
• Unilever Offers $5.4B To Boost Stake In Indian Unit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Banque Populaire, PepsiCo, Fujitsu
• Kodak To Settle $2.8B Claim With Imaging Biz Spinoff
• Qiagen Buys Genetic Data Processor In $105M Cash Deal
• Heinz Beats Investor Actions, Clears Path For Buyout Vote
• Bench Rulings Come Fast And Furious in Morgans Board Spat
• Ferro Fires Back At Activist Investors In Proxy Battle
• Yellow Pages Publishers Get Go-Ahead For Ch. 11 Merger
• PAI Partners Inks $1.1B Deal For UK Ice Cream Maker
• Highmark's $1.1B Deal For West Penn Clears Final Hurdle
• Sprint Wins Wiggle Room For $25B Dish Merger Talks
• Blakes, Davis Graham Aid Capstone's $650M BHP Mine Buy
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides Bayer's $1.1B Conceptus Buy
• Avista Drops $253M On Wireless Components Co. Telular
• After Passing On Dell, Francisco Eyes PC Component Maker
• Auxilium Inks $657M Deal For Erectile Dysfunction Drug Co.
• China's Version Of EBay Invests $586M In Twitter Counterpart
• Deals Rumor Mill: RBS, Sumitomo, KKR
• Pacific Rubiales Buys CGX Energy Majority Stake
• LifeCare, Creditors Reach Deal Backing $320M Carlyle Sale
• UK Antitrust Overhaul Still Hazy On Details
• Brazil Urges Antitrust Fix For Nordic Paper Cos. Tie-Up
• Del. Draws Line In The Sands Of Discovery
• Deals Rumor Mill: Onex, First Reserve, Mechel
• Top-Up Option, We Hardly Knew Ye
• UPMC Blasts Highmark's Bid For Sanctions In Antitrust Row
• Theravance To Split To Create Firm Focused On GSK Tie-Up
• Firms Told To Disclose Political Gifts In Diamond Foods Row
• K-Swiss Shareholders Approve $170M E. Land Buyout
• Cinven, Warburg Pincus Exit Ziggo With $1.1B Stock Sale
• FTC's $195M Phoebe Merger Row Remanded By 11th Circ.
• France Reaps €707M From Sale Of Airbus Parent Stake
• Archer Daniels Boosts GrainCorp Bid To $3.6B
• Biosolid Recycler Synagro Wins Approval Of $30M DIP
• George Soros Buys 7.9% Stake In Struggling JC Penney
• Fiat Wrangles With UAW Trust Over Price Of Chrysler Stake
• Willkie Farr Skirts Suit Over $100M Extended Stay Penalty
• Caesars' Spinoff Shows One Way Out Of PE Debt Pile
• VW Moves Toward MAN Deal With Boards' Approval
• Norex's $500M Suit Against BP Untimely: NY Appeals Court
• Spin Media Buys Vibe, Plans To End Print Edition
• Apollo, Double Eagle Form Okla. Oil And Gas Venture
• CoreLogic Buys Case-Shiller Home Pricing Indexes
• Obagi Chase Ends As Investors Approve $414M Valeant Bid
• Moelis To Pay $5M To End Claims Over Rural/Metro Buyout
• Nexstar, Mission Broadcasting Pay $270M For 19 TV Stations
• Belgian Drug Co. Shores Up US Biz With Okla. Distributor Buy
• Fried Frank, Goodwin Guide Brookfield's $423M MPG Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Telefonica, 3i
• Forex Trader Rebuffs $210M Takeover, Inks One Of Its Own
• TPH Latest PE Firm To Snag Piece Of Oil, Gas Startup
• After $851M Snub, Cathay Makes New Overture To Discovery
• 3SBio Exec, PE Firm Put Up $380M To Sweeten Go-Private Bid
• 5 Tips To Make A Strong Competitor Complaint
• FirstEnergy Units Get FERC OK To Shift Plant Ownership
• Shareholder Loyalty Is A 2-Way Street, Pension Funds Say
• P&G Challenges $2.2B OneBeacon Sale Over Liability Worries
• Dell Sets Aside $91M For Exec Retention Bonuses
• HIG Capital Acquires Hospitality Services Provider
• Carlyle's Synagro Seeks Ch. 11, But $455M Sale In Works
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apax Partners, Icahn, Riverstone
• InterOil Adopts Poison Pill As Suitors Line Up For $6B JV
• UK Watchdog Wary Of BlackRock-Credit Suisse Unit Merger
• Dell Investor Cashes Out After Blackstone Walks Away
• GE Takes $105M Stake In Data Services Spinoff
• MetroPCS Shareholders Greenlight $1.5B T-Mobile Merger
• Sycamore Gets More Time To Mull $295M Billabong Buyout
• Georgia-Pacific Inks $1.5B Deal To Absorb Rival Buckeye
• GSK Looks To Unload Lucozade, Ribena Energy Drink Brands
• Snubbed Fox Mobile Buyer Launches $100M Suit
• Sale Of Sacramento Kings Nears Final Buzzer
• China OKs Marubeni's $3.6B Gavilon Buy With Conditions
• Ropes & Gray Atty Rejoins MoFo As Hong Kong Partner
• Caesars To Spin Off Growth Venture With PE Backing
• Apple's Q2 Profits Drop Amid Stock Buyback Program
• Scotiabank, SURA Unit Pay $516M For Peru Pension Biz
• In 'Cash Is King' World, A Flurry Of Stock Deals
• DOJ Has Provided Enough Info In $168M Merger Row: Judge
• $92M Aegean, Olympic Merger Under Scrutiny By EC
• FTC Clears Nordic Capital's $767M Sale Of Wheelchair Co.
• KPS Inks Deal With Kohlberg-Backed Co. For Paper Unit
• Honeywell Offers $340M For PE-Backed Gas-Detector Maker
• Paul Hastings Adds Capital Markets Pro In Houston
• Clearwire Shareholder Asks FCC To Look Deeper On Sprint
• Deals Rumor Mill: Springer Science, Billabong, Rusal
• Sheppard Mullin Adds 7 Kelley Drye Attys In NYC
• Thai Tycoon Lobs $6.6B Offer At Siam Makro
• The Patent Box — Unlocking The Potential In UK R&D
• Spotlight On Brazil: Courting International Investors
• Revived Coupon Co. Sells For $17.6M in Ch. 7 Auction
• ValueAct Buys $2B Microsoft Stake On Cloud Storage Hopes
• Skadden Dealmaker Pioneered M&A's 'Wild West'
• Simpson Thacher Reps Blackstone In Credit Suisse PE Biz Buy
• FTC Looks To Speed Up $195M Phoebe Merger Challenge
• UK Challenges EU's Transactions Tax Proposal
• RE Mogul Can Use $25M Loan For Nursing Home Deal
• KKR To Syndicate $675M Loan To Fund $3.9B Gardner Buyout
• Investment Adviser Launches Office Depot Proxy Fight
• Syniverse Offers EU New Concessions In $694M Mach Buy
• Saul Ewing's Pittsburgh Office Adds 4 Leech Tishman Attys
• Brazil Antitrust Chief Pushes To Block Chemical Merger
• Betfair Rejects CVC's $1.4B Acquisition Gamble
• Texas High Court To Hear Tyco Workers' Severance Beef
• ABB To Pay $1B For Calif. Solar Energy Co. Power-One
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tribune Co., TPG, Billabong
• News Corp. To Pay $139M In Phone Hacking Derivative Deal
• Elan Rejects Royalty's New Takeover Bid After Stock Buyback
• Copano's $3B Kinder Morgan Deal On Track After Settlements
• With InBev-Modelo Deal, DOJ Antitrust Chief Sends Message
• Highmark Hospital Antitrust Suit Halted Amid Affiliation Deal
• Blackstone Bows Out, Playing Silver Lake's Tune
• Activist Fund Trian Beefs Up Pepsi, Mondelez Stakes
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, IBM, Lloyds
• Skadden Attys To Testify In $1B LyondellBasell Suit
• CVC Buys Majority Stake In Energy Co. From Charterhouse
• Carlyle Takes Stake In British Car Service Co. Addison Lee
• SoftBank Rolls Toward $20B Sprint Deal, But Dish Looms
• KPMG Snatches Up Corporate Advisory Firm Makinson Cowell
• AB InBev Must Sell Off Modelo US To Settle $20B Merger Row
• Life Tech Investor Sues To Block $13.6B Buyout
• Morgans' Lawyers Must Yield To Director's Discovery Demands
• Triton Shells Out $815M For Abengoa Waste Management Unit
• Defense Contractor Avoids Arbitration In $67M Default Row
• Sports Mogul's $227M Outdoor Channel Buy Gets FTC's OK
• Graco Settles FTC Antitrust Claims Over Spray Foam Buys
• Siemens' $2.7B Invensys Rail Buy Notches EU Approval
• How Elan's $1B Buyback Shakes Up Looming Hostile Bid
• PE Firms Swoop On KIT Digital In Prepack Bankruptcy
• Elan Buys Back Shares From J&J As $7B Bid Hangs Overhead
• Verizon Confirms Bid To Buy Airwaves From Clearwire
• Kosmos Buys Into 3 Irish Deepwater Energy Plays
• Activist Fund Ups Gleacher Stake, Unveils Director Slate
• Simpson Thacher Aids KKR On Euro Luxury Clothing Co. Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC Capital, Hulu, SolarWorld
• FTC's Opinion On Norman PHO — Significant But Unclear
• Copano Noteholders OK Tweak For $3.3B Kinder Morgan Deal
• Brazilian Antitrust Watchdog Clears Retailer Tie-Up
• Petroleum Distributor Sued Over Unpaid Fees In $65M Recap
• AXA Wants Union Claims Revived In $1.5B ING Unit Purchase
• Del. Loses Chance For Ruling On Directors' Derivative Rights
• American Greetings Board Bias Aided $878M Bid, Suit Says
• LFG Trustee Wants Experian Sanctioned For Conflict Claim
• Samsung, Arabtec Form Middle East, North Africa Energy JV
• Strine Limits Lead Plaintiff Trades In NYSE Merger Suit
• PE-Backed Construction Co. Scoops Up Pipeline Contractor
• Starboard Nominates 6 Directors In Tessera Shakeup Effort
• ING Looks To Raise $1.5B Selling Stake In US Unit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Liberty Global, Carlyle, Commerzbank
• The Harry Potter Of Insurance: M&A Reps And Warranties
• Carlyle, Palamon Capital Purchase UK Health Services Co.
• Delta To Land Pinnacle Airlines After Ch. 11 Plan Approval
• Atlas Subsidiary To Pay $1B For Eagle Ford Outfit
• FTC Head Says Google's Voluntary Fixes Didn't Set Precedent
• GOP Reps. Say Fed Lacks Clear Standard For Bank Breakups
• NAFTA Concerns Could Complicate $1.5B Fortis-CH Merger
• AMR Shareholders Could Recover $1.4B Under Ch. 11 Plan
• ITC Holdings Shareholders Approve $1.8B Entergy Merger
• Electronic Parts Co. Pegged At $300M In Vintage Capital Bid
• Edgewater-Backed Tech Co. Picks Up Security Software Firm
• Daimler To Sell Remaining 7.5% EADS Stake
• HIG Scoops Up Leading UK Hydrocarbon Producer
• West Penn Says $1.6B Highmark Deal Will End Antitrust Suit
• Archer Can't Show Damages In $674M Deal Row, PE Firm Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Panasonic, Suntech, ConocoPhillips
• China OKs $34B Glencore-Xstrata Tie-Up After Concessions
• Linklaters Reps Hertz In Chinese Car Rental Stake Buy
• Federal Standard For Successor Liability Applies To FLSA
• Limiting Collection Of Withdrawal Liability Against PE Funds
• Dell Strikes Deal To Stall Icahn
• Raytheon Defends $59.2M Pension Award In Fed. Circ.
• Bankrupt Revstone Seeks To Sell Aluminum Forging Biz
• Gibson Dunn Snags Sheppard Mullin IP Pro In Palo Alto
• PE Firm Madison Dearborn Inks $1.3B Deal To Buy NFP
• Commonwealth REIT Slams $3B Corvex, Related Takeover Bid
• Kodak To Haul In $210M In Sale Of Document Imaging Biz
• MetroPCS Board OKs Deutsche Telekom's Revised Offer
• Deals Rumor Mill: ING, Bain Capital, Clearwire
• Centrica, Qatar Pay CA$1B For Canadian Gas, Oil Plays
• LVMH-Backed Fund Grabs $55M Stake In Aussie Retailer
• Mexico Clears $12B Nestle-Pfizer Deal After Divestiture
• White & Case Reps Harvest In Infusion Therapy Co. Buy
• CVC Considering $1.2B Deal For Gambling Site Betfair
• Getco, Knight Revise $1.4B Merger Terms To Appease NYSE
• Liberty Global's $23B Virgin Media Buy OK'd In Europe
• Wachtell Guides Thermo Fisher's $13.6B Life Tech Takeover
• Dish Makes $25.5B Offer For Sprint, Challenging SoftBank
• When Management's Best Guesses Fail, Boards Can Too
• Pa. Consumer Agency Questions $720M EQT, Peoples Merger
• Salini Values Rival At €1.6B, Nears Major Stake Purchase
• Fed Concerns Delay $3.7B M&T Bank, Hudson City Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Heineken, Marubeni, Apax Partners
• Seibu Shoots Down Cerberus Tender Offer, Board Nominees
• Luxembourg Looks To Cut Debt By Selling BNP Paribas Stake
• Sterling Bancorp Investors Challenge $344M Provident Deal
• Judge Says AMR Can't Pay $20M CEO Bonus
• Arris' $2B Motorola Home Buy Gets DOJ Approval
• DGCL Amendments Could Increase Negotiated Tender Offers
• KKR Plunks Down $640M For Warburg Pincus India Tire Unit
• Adaptive Micro Can't Shake $23M Suit Over Unpaid Duties
• QIC Pays $422M For 700-Mile South Australia Pipeline
• Elan Investors OK $1B Buyback As Royalty Pharma Looms
• JAB Tops Up Coffee Unit With $9.8B Master Blenders Buy
• Schlumberger Inks $90M Eagle Ford Share Buy
• FTC Revamps Challenge To $195M Hospital Merger
• Apax, Morgan Stanley Exploring $2B Sale Of Hub Int'l
• Biolitec Held In Contempt Over Merger In AngioDynamics Row
• Chip Maker Avago To Pay $400M For CyOptics
• Imerys Scoops Up PyraMax In $235M Deal
• FTC Not Going Overboard On Disgorgement, Officials Say
• Howard Stern Denied Bid To Revive $330M Sirius XM Suit
• Fortis' $1.5B NY Utility Buy Takes Flak From Local Lawmakers
• Burger King CEO To Become Heinz Chief After $28B Buyout
• Bingham Beefs Up Antitrust Arm With FTC, DOJ Hires
• Sinclair Extends Buyout Spree With $373M TV Operator Deal
• $4B Debt Cut Wins Fund Support For MetroPCS, T-Mobile Deal
• Ares, Toscafund To Buy Rest Of Healthcare Locums Stock
• EU Accepts CEZ Plan To Sell Power Plants In Antitrust Probe
• American Realty Abandons $9.7B Cole Credit Takeover Bid
• MISC Investor OKs Sweetened $3B Buyout Bid From Petronas
• Reader's Digest Judge OKs $6M Sale Of Nordic, French Units
• Deals Rumor Mill: Benckiser, 3i Group, Heineken
• DenizBank To Buy Citi Turkey's Consumer Banking Unit
• What Do Staub And Sharef Really Tell Us?
• Ancillary Transaction Provisions Need Antitrust Review
• Strine Doubts Dire Predictions In Delaware Forum Row
• Clearwire Investor Urges 'No' Vote On $2B Sprint Merger
• Cos. Can Cut Merger Costs By Being Up-Front, DOJ Says
• Deutsche Telekom Sweetens T-Mobile Offer For MetroPCS
• Reader's Digest Creditors Want Part Of $5.8M Euro Sale
• Siemens Gets Court OK To Spin Off Lighting Unit Osram
• Cooper University Health Picks Up Stake In AmeriHealth NJ
• Trustee Objects To $22M Bid For Mandee, Annie Sez Owner
• FERC's Unclear Guidance On Horizontal Market Power
• MSR, Paulson Execs Sued Over $59M Debt, Bankruptcy Sale
• Flagging Gleacher Fires Up Sale Talks, Drops More Units
• Deals Rumor Mill: Marlin Equity, Life Tech, Dell
• BofA Names Ex-Goldman Partner As Europe, Africa M&A Chief
• French Shipper Inks $1.5B Sale Leaseback With Chinese Bank
• Chevron, FedEx To Defend 'Only In Delaware' Bylaws
• Agrium Beats Jana Shakeup Plan In Shareholder Vote
• Big PE Firms Eye US Middle-Market Buyouts
• Wachtell Doesn't Know Best For Boards, Harvard Prof Says
• Clinton Group Blasts Stillwater Buys To Investors
• Cerberus Buys Irish Waste Management Co. From Receiver
• Dell Investor Blasts Flawed Approval Of $24.4B Buyout
• Lagardere Exits EADS For $3B Amid Strategic Changes
• Hostess Gets Approval To Sell Drake's, Bread Brands
• Clifford Chance PE Pro Jumps To Latham In London
• FTC Takes Closer Look At $1.2B Office Depot-OfficeMax Deal
• InBev, DOJ Get More Time To Settle $20B Modelo Merger Fight
• Sycamore's $300M Billabong Bid No Vote Of Confidence
• 'Hot' Documents Do Not Tell The Whole Story In Antitrust
• Deals Rumor Mill: Google, Fiat, Telefonica
• Ins And Outs Of Iran Disclosure In SEC Filings
• THL Puts Up $1.1B For CompuCom
• Reliance Skirts Bid To Block $1.2B Metals USA Deal
• Ecolab Must Shed Deepwater Assets In $2B Merger, DOJ Says
• Canadian Rival Offers $22M For Bankrupt Big M
• MidOcean, Canadian Fund Withdraw $97M EDAC Bid
• Delta, Virgin Atlantic Seek DOT Antitrust Immunity For New JV
• Microsoft Sells Internet-TV Platform Mediaroom To Ericsson
• Stillwater Urges Investors To Reject Clinton Takeover
• GE To Pour Up To $230M Into Kansas Wind Farm
• $1.6B Highmark-West Penn Merger Backed By Consultants
• K&L Gates Nabs Corporate Pro From Haynes And Boone
• Greenberg Traurig Brings On M&A Expert From Linklaters
• Petronas' $3B Shipping Co. Bid OK'd Despite Lowballed Price
• Silverfleet Capital To Pay $76M For Fund Servicing Firm
• Morgans Hotel Delays Rights Issue As Activists Square Off
• Sundance Scraps $1.3B Hanlong Deal After Missed Deadlines
• Enbridge, EDF Buy $600M Alberta Wind Farm From Greengate
• Illumina Fires Back At Suit Over Rejected $9B Roche Bid
• Merz Pharma Drops Out Of Bidding War For Obagi Medical
• Jana Says 2 Board Picks Approved In Agrium Shakeup Effort
• GE To Pay $3.3B For Oil Service Co. Lufkin In Stock Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Google, Billabong, Icahn
• Mitsubishi Buys $3.7B Loan Portfolio From Deutsche Bank
• NRG Energy Shells Out $244M For Texas Plant
• UPS Appeals EU Block Of $6.8B Merger With TNT
• Antitrust Lessons From Interplay Of Hospitals, Doc Groups
• The Intersection Of National Security And Bankruptcy
• Dell Could Reimburse Icahn $25M For Buyout Bid Costs
• $2.4B Settlement Over BofA-Merrill Deal Wins OK
• Delaware Deal Litigation: What You Missed In Q1
• Thai Rail Co. Raises $2B In Record-Breaking IPO
• AB InBev, DOJ Reach Deal On $20B Modelo Merger Fight
• Owens-Illinois Misrepresented $1.2B Sale, Packaging Co. Says
• Investor Pushes Compuware To Sell, Threatens Proxy Fight
• Petronas Hikes Bid For LNG Shipper To $3B
• US Airways Says Seniority Dispute Belongs In Arbitration
• Chesapeake Must Pay BP $22M For Well Title Defects
• Cole REIT Rejects ARCP Takeover Bid, Acquires Holding Co.
• Montagu Sheds Unifeeder In $518M Sale To Nordic Capital
• Agrium Shakeup Gets Thumbs Down From Canadian Pension
• Cerberus Launches Offer To Raise Seibu Stake To 45%
• Investor Backs Morgans Director In Yucaipa Challenge
• Highmark Seeks Sanctions For 'Baseless' UPMC Antitrust Suit
• Hilco's PE Unit Rescues Music Chain HMV
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yankee Candle, Billabong, 3i
• More International Insolvencies Test Limits Of Ch. 15
• Private Equity–Backed Deals Hit 5-Year High
• Norex's $500M Suit Over Oil Co. Takeover Timely, Atty Says
• Chamber Of Commerce Calls For Dodd-Frank Overhaul
• Cisco Deal Shows US Cos.' Overseas Cash Isn't Homesick
• PE Cos. Aren't Businesses Under ERISA, 1st Circ. Hears
• China Simple Merger Review Plan Gets Guarded Praise
• Hostess Union Pulls Objections To Upcoming Asset Sales
• Heinz's $28B Buyout Withstands 2 Investor Challenges
• Bertelsmann Will Unload Up To $2B In RTL Shares
• Nippon Gets Gov't Nod For Mozambique Coal Project
• Icahn Calls For Transocean Board Shake-Up, Rips M&A Deals
• Billabong Indefinitely Stops Trading To Mull Buyout Bids
• Midstates Pays $620M For Anadarko Basin Acreage
• Hanlong's $1.3B Miner Buy On Brink After Missed Deadline
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC Capital, Nokia, Littlejohn
• Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell Guide $344M NY Bank Merger
• Morgans Hotel Director Sues To Block Yucaipa Deal
• Boutique Banks Ride Conflict Fears Up M&A League Tables
• NY High Court Snubs $11M Bryan Cave Malpractice Award Row
• Reader's Digest Wants To Shed More European Assets
• China Merger Remedy Plan Mirrors US, EU Models
• FERC Urged To Nix Gulf South's $48M Pipeline Deal
• Clearwire Investor Floats $240M Funding In Lieu Of Sprint's
• Pipe Co. Settles With FTC Over Acquisition of Rival
• Valeant Bids $418M To Keep Top Spot In Obagi Bidding War
• Insiders' M&A Paydays Fair Game For Del. Class Actions
• Penn Virginia To Spend $401M On Eagle Ford Shale Biz
• US Airline Union, Ex-Am West Pilots Postpone Seniority Row
• BP Puts US Wind Farms On The Market
• Heinz To Turn Over Docs On $28B Buyout To Investors
• Dish Network Raises $2.3B In Debt Offering For M&A Use
• Deals Rumor Mill: AXA, Rio Tinto, Banco Do Brasil
• Are All MOEs Created Equal?
• Gibson Dunn Snags 2 British Antitrust Regulators
• Cisco Offers $310M For Broadband Equipment Co.
• How Lawyers Benefit From Early Neutral Evaluation
• American Realty Ups Cash Portion Of $9.7B Cole Offer
• Ex-Troutman Atty Loses Appeal Over $120M In Merger Funding
• American Realty's Cole Bid Puts Internal Mergers In Spotlight
• Gov't Fails To Nix Carlyle's $320M Hospital Group Buy
• SEC Support For Social Media Posts Has Attys Chirping
• $1.8B Entergy Deal Could Harm Texas Consumers, State Says
• Thompson & Knight Adds Ex-Sutherland Asbill Finance Pro
• Goldman May Have Found Silver Bullet For Volcker Rule
• Board's Bad Work Caused $400M Hartford Loss, Investor Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: A New M&A King?
• NJ Gov. Approves Bills To Relax Corporate Regulations
• Activists Square Off Over Morgans Hotel Recap
• Icahn Discloses $625M Stake In Tech Co. Nuance
• AmerisourceBergen Brings In $308M For Pharma-Packing Unit
• McDermott Wins Bid To Trim Malpractice Suit
• Merz Tops Valeant With $383M Bid For Obagi
• Billabong Halts Trading To Discuss $551M Buyout Offers
• FERC Decision Sheds Light On The Importance Of Mitigation
• Timken Slams Investors' Proposal To Sever Businesses
• Jana Blasts Agrium Over Plot To Sway Votes In Board Row
• Gastar To Pay $85M To Buy Chesapeake Leases, End Suit
• Nasdaq OMX Pays $750M For Treasury Trading Platform
• Intego Shareholder's Suit Against PE Owner Pared
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Dell, Tele2
• Reader's Digest To Net $5.8M In Sale Of French, Nordic Units
• GIP Pays $1.9B For 35% Share Of Container Terminal Co.
• Cozen O'Connor Snags K&L Gates M&A Pro For Miami Office
• Tessera Leadership Shakeup Is Too Late, Hedge Fund Says
• Lukoil To Pay $2B For Hess Russian Oil Development Unit
• Execs Pony Up $878M In American Greetings Go-Private Deal
• Low Gas Prices Drive GMX Resources To Bankruptcy