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Mergers & Acquisitions - June, 2013

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• FTC Finalizes Merger Notification Withdrawal Rules
• Bankrupt Hardware Chain Orchard Can Hold Liquidation Sales
• Milbank Snaps Up Derivatives Pro From Allen & Overy
• 'Stay Tuned' For More Hospital Merger Battles: FTC Head
• Choppy Debuts May Darken Private Equity's IPO Exit Path
• Challenge To $29B Express-Medco Merger Trimmed Again
• Arch Coal Rakes In $435M As It Sends Utah Biz To Bowie
• Hartford Off Hook In PE Firm's Suit Over Stock Purchase
• Clearwire Suit Ends Quietly As $3.6B Sprint Offer Takes Root
• Japan's Lixil Puts Up $542M For Top Bathroom Fixture Co.
• Weil Keeps Adobe On Pace With $600M Marketing Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Anglo American, Murdoch
• Boston Scientific Puts Up $275M For Bard Cardiac Unit
• Health Care REIT Buys Out $173M Stake In Senior Housing JV
• Beware The Boilerplate In Merger Clauses
• 'Only In Delaware' Ruling A Win For Boards, But Tests Await
• Rosneft To Offer Lower Share Price Deal To TNK-BP Minority
• Highmark Flouting Settlement In Antitrust Row, UPMC Says
• Midstream Energy Industry Headed For Merger Mania
• Deals Rumor Mill: ING, KKR, Amgen
• Some Practical Antitrust Reminders From Google-Waze Deal
• Aspen Makes Another $1B Growth Play With New Merck Deal
• Precision To Pay $600M For Aerospace Co. Permaswage
• Spotlight On Rule 13e-3
• Founder 'Nowhere Close' To Controlling Dell, Strine Says
• Revstone's $54M Sale Of Nondebtor Units In Limbo
• EU Names New Chief Economist, Media Unit Director
• Jones Day Adds PE Partner From Winston Strawn In NYC
• Dish Withdraws $6.8B Bid For Clearwire
• Georgia-Pacific Shifts $1.5B Buckeye Buyout To Merger
• 3 HSR Lessons From Case Against MacAndrews & Forbes
• Starboard To Wage Proxy Fight Before Office Depot's Big Deal
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-Duane Reade Execs' Fraud Convictions
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Riverstone, Total
• Total Ups Stake In Novatek As LNG Project Moves Forward
• US Judge Approves Micron's $2B Takeover Of Elpida
• $1.4B Getco, Knight Capital Tie-Up Wins Investor Approval
• $1B Office Depot, OfficeMax Merger Won't Nix Annual Meeting
• Strine Upholds 'Only In Delaware' Lawsuit Bylaws
• US Trustee Protests IGPS Plan For Ch. 11 Sale
• China Says $7B Smithfield Deal Won't Hurt US Food Safety
• Sprint Shareholders Approve $21.6B SoftBank Takeover
• Vinson Reps BreitBurn In $860M Okla. Oil Fields Buy
• Broadcaster Slips Into Ch. 11 After $47M Jury Verdict
• Deals Rumor Mill: Total, Thai Life, Sumitomo
• Seibu Shareholders Reject Cerberus' Bid To Shake Up Board
• LifeLabs To Drop $1.2B On Lab Testing Rival
• BioVeris Sues Spinoffs Over $4.4M Contract Spat
• Norway Pays $254M To Boost Cermaq Stake As PE Deal Looms
• Indian Oil Giants Revive $2.5B Mozambique LNG Stake Bid
• Club Med Board Approves $732M Fosun, AXA Buyout
• What To Know About The Common Interest Privilege
• Partners Group Spends $270M For Big Stake In IT Servicer
• ENRC Balks At $4.7B Bid, But Big Shareholder On Board
• Scooter Store Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Auction In August
• More BigLaw Layoffs Expected After Massive Weil Cuts
• Sterling Liable For $22M Superfund Site, Judge Says
• Sinopec Pays $1.5B For Marathon Angola Oil Field Stake
• Anderson Kill Corporate Law Pro Jumps To Davidoff Hutcher
• FTC Probes Google's $1B Waze Buy
• Bankrupt Oncology Centers Reveal $125M Offer On The Table
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carrefour, Pharmstandard, Lloyds
• Smithfield Investor Says $7B Sale Grossly Undervalues Co.
• Lafarge Reaps $700M For Gypsum Biz In Ongoing Asset Sale
• Siemens, Manatt Phelps Win Favor In Contracting Suit
• TIAA, Henderson Join Forces On $19B Global Real Estate JV
• Thoma Bravo Inks $395M Buyout Deal For Keynote Systems
• EU Clears ICE's $8.2B Acquisition Of NYSE Euronext
• Telefonica To Unload Irish Unit For $1B To Trim Debt
• Gibson Dunn Guides Tenet In $1.8B Vanguard Health Buy
• PE-Backed Neiman Marcus Preps For $100M IPO
• Vodafone Pays €8B To Snap Up German Cable Powerhouse
• KKR Puts Up $1.3B For Clinical Trial Provider PRA
• High Court Leaves FTC Ban On $76M Polypore Merger In Place
• Stiefel Labs Beats Former Exec Suit Claiming $40M Con
• Dell Buyout Critics Seek New Market For Appraisal Rights
• Casden Wins In Merger Loan Suit Lobbed By Cerberus Unit
• Perelman Firm Strikes Deal In FTC's Filing Violation Case
• EU Seeks To Extend Merger Oversight To Minority Stakes
• 2013 Proxy Season Marked By Supersize Targets, Novel Tactics
• OCC Issues Final Rule On Counterparty Lending Limits
• UK Competition Court Upholds Akzo Nobel Merger Ban
• CNPC Grabs Minority Stake In $20B Novatek LNG Project
• Strine Rejects Quick Trial For Dell Plaintiffs
• Morgan Stanley Avoids Block Of Going Private Deal, For Now
• Marine Harvest Scraps $1.7B Cermaq Offer Amid Weak Support
• Electra Pays $66M For UK Audio Mixing Co. From Bain Unit
• Mediobanca To Sell €1.5B In Italian Corporate Stakes
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Local TV, Leonard Green
• Due Diligence After AIA Is No Longer Business As Usual
• HP Swaps Morgan Lewis For MoFo In Autonomy Litigation
• Chip Maker Spreadtrum Mulls $1.4B Bid From Tsinghua
• Taking No Chances With SEC, Icahn Reports Dell Tweet
• HDT Sues To Enforce $7M Arbitration Award Over Acquisition
• Goldman Pays $380M For Piece Of Mexican Road Operator
• Blackstone Pays $10M To End $1B Extended Stay Buyout Suits
• Skadden Can Collect Disputed $4M Fee In Radnor Ch. 11
• Canadian Hardware Co. Nets $208M In Sale Of Specialty Unit
• Cooper Tire Selling Itself Short In $2.5B Merger, Suit Says
• 3-D Printer Deal Opts For Unusual Stock Earnout
• Delta-Virgin JV Cleared By US, EU Antitrust Regulators
• FERC Greenlights ITC, Entergy $1.8B Transmission Deal
• Senators Want Deeper Probe Of $7B Smithfield Sale
• Sprint Trumps Dish With Sweetened $3.9B Clearwire Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Unilever, Nets, Microsoft
• Sony Shrugs Off Hedge Fund's Spinoff Plan At Annual Meeting
• Carlyle To Hold Stake In Aussie Equipment Rental Co.
• Carlyle To Pay $280M For Italian Motor Maker
• Why The Tesoro-BP Deal Withstood Antitrust Scrutiny
• GAO Says American-US Air Tie-Up Would Restrain Competition
• 3-D Printer Cos. Ink $403M Deal To Merge
• Ebix, Goldman Sachs End $820M Merger Deal Over Scrutiny
• Allied Wins $33.5M Replacement Loan Over Yucaipa Protest
• Burger Chain Johnny Rockets Sold To Sun Capital Unit
• US Air, American Execs Defend Merger Against Senate Grilling
• Suits Buck Dole CEO's $1.5B Offer, Citing Board Conflicts
• How To Structure A Going Private Transaction
• Dish Turns Back On $25.5B Sprint Deal To Focus On Clearwire
• Investor Sues To Block Suspected Icahn Herbalife Deal
• Private Equity Exits Slow To A Crawl In Europe
• Dalian Wanda Offers $1.6B For Hotel, James Bond Yacht Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, KKR, SunGard
• PE-Backed German Publisher Seals $4.4B BC Partners Buyout
• Judge Won't Revisit HP Investor Claims Over WebOS Flop
• Bankrupt Hardware Chain Orchard Gets Nod For $176M DIP
• Verizon Finishes Off Creditor Suit Over $9B Idearc Spinoff
• BC Partners To Pay $4.2B For German Publishing Co.
• Chinese Developer Landsea Buys $111M Majority Stake In Rival
• Obama FCC Pick Scrutinized Over AT&T, T-Mobile Comments
• Tesoro To Shed Assets To Close $355M Chevron Pipeline Buy
• Ex-FTC Chief Leibowitz Joins Davis Polk's Antitrust Practice
• Polsinelli Lures 10 Attys From Husch Blackwell
• Icahn Calls For $15.6B Stock Buyback In Dell Buyout Fight
• Par Petroleum To Shell Out $400M For Tesoro Hawaii
• Tribune Could Owe $500M In Taxes On Cubs, Newsday Deals
• Minmetals Eyes $4B Stake In Rio Tinto Iron Ore Unit
• M&T Bank To Address Money Laundering Issues In $4B Merger
• Morgans Hotel Board Learns SandRidge 'Proxy Put' Lesson
• White & Case Snaps Up Hong Kong M&A Pro From Ropes
• Mengniu To Pay $1.6B For Carlyle-Backed Chinese Milk Co.
• Aspen Makes Play For GSK Thrombosis Drugs, Facility
• Deals Rumor Mill: Johnson Controls, Verizon, Apollo
• Liberty Stages $10B Kabel Deutschland Bid War With Vodafone
• UK Joint Ventures: Sanctions And Corruption Risks
• Royalty Pharma Drops $8B Hostile Bid For Elan
• Hardware Store Chain Plans $205M Sale To Lowe's In Ch. 11
• Sprint Sues Dish To Block Clearwire Takeover
• Arnold & Porter Partner To Head FTC's Competition Bureau
• Graco Hit With Antitrust Class Action Over Rival Buys
• Jones Day Lures Health Care Transactions Partner In Dallas
• Embassy Suites Operator To Sell Off Hotels In Ch. 11 Plan
• Squire Sanders Adds Ex-Goltsblat Private Equity Pro
• Warnaco Shareholder Settles Challenge To $2.9B PVH Buyout
• V&E Reps Warburg In $600M African Oil Explorer Buy-In
• Pinnacle Makes FTC Deal To Clear $2.8B Casino Purchase
• Hong Kong Billionaire Pays $1B For Waste-To-Energy Co.
• StellarOne Shareholder Rips $445M Community Bank Deal
• Piper Jaffray Focuses On PE With Edgeview Partners Purchase
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, AT&T, Fiat
• Latham Aids AXA's Stake Buy In $333.8M French Testing Co.
• PE Firms Bid $1.1B For Cermaq Unit, Jeopardizing Buyout
• J&J Inks $1B Deal To Acquire Aragon Pharmaceuticals
• Cinven Strikes $2B Deal For Rockwood's CeramTec
• Smithfield Breakup Worth More Than $7B Sale, Starboard Says
• New Ways To Manage Old Pension Liabilities
• Elan Vote Puts Royalty's $8B Hostile Bid In Doubt
• Office Depot Must Hold Election Despite Merger Plan, Suit Says
• PokerStars Not Ready To Fold In NJ Casino Takeover
• Zombie Fund Glut Bad For LPs, Good For Bargain Shoppers
• Belo Shareholder Bucks $2.2B Gannett Takeover
• Yucaipa Slams Revisions To Allied's $33.5M Loan, Sale Plan
• Ocwen Marks $2.5B For OneWest Mortgage-Servicing Rights
• Elan Puts Itself Up For Sale To Avert Royalty's $8B Hostile Bid
• FTC, Phoebe Eye Settlement In $195M Hospital Merger Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, Siemens, KKR
• PetroChina Forms $6.5B Pipeline Venture With Asset Managers
• EQT Opts For $1B Springer IPO Over Proposed Buyout
• JPMorgan To Split Off $4.5B Private Equity Arm
• Sprint, SoftBank Defend $22B Deal Against Dish Backlash
• Equinix TKOs Shareholder Suit Over $700M Merger
• DLA Piper Shakes Malpractice Claim In Broke Hospital's Suit
• When Del. Lays Out Path For CEO Buyouts, CEOs Take It
• NY Regulators Greenlight $1.5B Fortis Utility Deal
• Revlon Settles SEC Claims It Misled 401(k) Investors
• AsiaInfo Investor Challenges $890M Take-Private Deal
• McDermott Seeks To Limit Client's Malpractice Claim
• Pursuit Of Monied Investors Drives Holding Co.'s Broker Buy
• NorthStar, Goldman Drop $925M On Real Estate PE Funds
• Gannett Doubles TV Holdings With $2.2B Deal For Belo
• Cosco Shareholders Greenlight $1.2B CIMC Stake Sale
• GE Offers Concessions For EU Approval Of $4.3B Avio Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Springer, TPG, Sinopec
• Irish Court Keeps Royalty's Hostile $8B Elan Bid Alive
• Catch Me If You Can: How To Serve Foreign Defendants
• Google's $1B Waze Buy An Antitrust Threat: Consumer Group
• First Reserve Pours $500M Into New Midstream Energy Venture
• Clearwire Dumps Sprint In Favor Of Dish's Takeover Bid
• Grocer Sobeys Drops $5.7B On Rival Safeway's Canadian Biz
• Goldman Sachs Ducks Final Claims In $580M Negligence Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Marubeni, Vale
• Polish Banking Giant PKO Puts Up $815M For Nordea Unit
• $4.5B Shareholder Payday Costs Sprint On Deal Terms
• The New Frontier Of Agreements To Negotiate
• Icahn To Raise Funds For Federal-Mogul Recap
• We're No Pyramid Scheme, Herbalife Tells Ackman
• Vodafone, Kabel Deutschland In Talks Over $10B Takeover
• Apollo Tyres To Drop $2.5B On Cooper Tire
• Fortress Strikes $25M Deal For Failed Electric Car Co. Coda
• 'Apples And Oranges' Bids Make For Tough Board Work
• US Can't Halt Payouts From LifeCare's $320M Sale To Carlyle
• Edwards Wildman Adds US Capital Markets, RE Partner
• India Energy Cos. Close In On $2.5B Gas Field Stake Buy
• Royalty Goes On Offense In Ireland Over $8B Elan Bid
• Diamond Offshore Pulled Back Into Asbestos Liability Fight
• Ex-Stiefel Employee Says Co. Bilked Him Of Full Stock Price
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Springer, Glencore Xstrata
• Google Pays $1B For Israeli Mapping Tech Startup
• Suitors Scrap $8.2B Severn Trent Bid As Deadline Passes
• Georgia-Pacific's $1.5B Buckeye Buy Draws Antitrust Scrutiny
• Dole CEO Joins Take-Private Trend With $1.5B Buyout Bid
• SoftBank Blocks Dish With Sweetened $21.6B Bid for Sprint
• 3 Recent Trends In US Merger Enforcement
• A New Ballgame For Enviro Due Diligence In Texas
• PE-Owned Dairy Co. Fetches $7.4M at Ch. 7 Auction
• Fannie, Freddie Investors Target US In $41B Bailout Suit
• IRS Scrutiny May Mean Stricter Rules For REIT Converts
• Elan Drops Suit After Royalty Opens Up On $8B Hostile Bid
• Judge Nixes $3B Lawsuit Against GM Over Saab Bankruptcy
• Virginia Community Banks Combine In $445M Deal
• Atlas Shells Out $800M For EP Energy Natural Gas Assets
• Distressed Investing In Cyprus: The Cyprio Bank Bail-In
• US Security Trumps Competition In $550M GenCorp Deal: FTC
• Deals Rumor Mill: Google, SnapChat, Asia Pacific
• Suitors Say Severn Trent Putting $8.2B Buyout Bid In Jeopardy
• Cermaq Blasts $1.7B Marine Harvest Bid, Eyes Asset Sales
• Investors Drove Out Fracking Sand Co.'s CEO, Suit Says
• Marubeni To Cut Gavilon Energy Arm From $3.6B Buyout
• Kinder Morgan Moves Beyond Pipelines With New Coal Venture
• Doughty Reaps $1.5B In Vue Sale To Canadian Pension Funds
• Skadden, Gowling Guide Travelers' $1.1B Canadian Biz Buy
• B&G Foods Pays $195M For Pirate's Booty Snack Brand
• Brazil's JBS Strikes $2.7B Deal For Rival Pork, Poultry Biz
• AstraZeneca Inks Back-Loaded $1.15B Deal For US Drugmaker
• FCPA Powerhouse: WilmerHale
• Judge Won't Give Idearc Creditors Jury Trial In $9.9B Suit
• Do-Or-Die For Four M&A Deals This Week
• BofA Fails To Reach Deal With Opt-Outs From $2.4B Accord
• K-V Judge Signs Off On Investors' $275M Plan
• Heinz 'Ketchup Provision' Was Nifty But Unneeded In $28B Deal
• Pallet Co. IGPS Wins $12M DIP Loan, Sets Stage For Sale
• Crestwood Shareholder Sues To Block $7B Inergy Merger
• Stiefel Crying Wolf Over Worker's $2M Win, 11th Circ. Told
• How To Secure Your D&O Liability Insurance Lifelines
• Ameren Can't Transfer Ill. Pollution Waiver To Dynegy
• Strategix Urges 9th Circ. To Revive St. Paul Coverage Suit
• AMR Inks Cash-Saving Lease Deals In Advance Of $11B Merger
• Consortium Lobs Sweetened $8.2B Bid At Severn Trent
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fiat, Icahn, HSBC
• Royalty Pharma Makes Sweetened $8B Bid For Elan
• FCPA Powerhouse: Willkie Farr
• Cartesian, Thomvest Buy Canada Wireless Co. Public Mobile
• Bankrupt Pallet Co.'s $12M DIP Loan Bid Put On Hold
• Cadwalader Wants More Discovery In Six Flags Malpractice Suit
• Tech Firm Draws $332M Bid As China's MBOs Keep Rolling
• KKR Steps Into Euro Real Estate With Portfolio Buy
• FCPA Powerhouse: Venable LLP
• Dechert Snaps Up Akin Gump Energy Pro
• Heckmann Investors Win Round In $400M Merger Challenge
• Royalty In 'Wait-And-See' Mode With $6.3B Elan Tender Offer
• Young, Media General To Form $800M TV Broadcaster
• Akin Gump Adds Cross-Border Dealmaker To Beijing Office
• Aussie Antitrust Agency Objects To Heinz Baby Food Co. Buy
• SAP Grabs Swiss Software Firm To Boost Cloud Offerings
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Blocks Eurotunnel's Ferry Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: PepsiCo, CVC Capital, Credit Suisse
• Mediators, Expand Your Tool Kit In Complex Litigation
• AB InBev, Modelo Tank Drinkers' Bid To Block $20B Merger
• Greenberg Traurig Scores Deals Pro In Vegas
• Proxy Advisers May Be Tainted By Conflicts, Lawmakers Hear
• SK Group Cleared To Take Stake In $3B Chinese Petro Project
• Susman Godfrey Botched Opt-Out From $2B BofA Deal: Judge
• V&E Reps Summit Midstream In $460M Pipeline Assets Buy
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Franchise Expert to M&A Practice
• Pallet Co. Plans Quick Ch. 11 Sale To PE Group
• PE-Backed Publisher Eyes $1B IPO Amid Takeover Interest
• Burkle Backs Morgans' Board, Rips Dissident Slate
• CapLease Investor Sues To Stop $2.2B American Realty Deal
• LifeCare Says US Can't Freeze Funds From $320M Carlyle Deal
• Chinese Co.'s $7B Smithfield Buy Draws Senate Scrutiny
• Elan Withdraws Irish Bid To Block Royalty Takeover
• Dodgers Must Reveal Details Of Frank McCourt Deal
• Blank Rome Lands Ex-Harleysville GC As Partner In Philly
• Rakoff Grants Partial Win To Wexford In Suit Over $674M Deal
• Marine Harvest Eases Conditions In $1.7B Cermaq Acquisition
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rio Tinto, CVC Capital, Glencore Xstrata
• FCPA Powerhouse: Reed Smith
• Edgewater V. HIG Demonstrates Article 9 Sale Standards
• Pushing Buyout, Dell Says Icahn's Math Doesn't Add Up
• Trustee Slams $25M Bid For Bankrupt Electric Car Co. Unit
• Dish Chairman Slams Sprint's Challenge To Clearwire Offer
• Elan Wins Injunctions, But Hostile Bidder Gets ISS Support
• Office Depot Inks $690M Deal To Break Up Mexican JV
• Canada Blocks $367M Telecom Deal Amid Policy Changes
• Scor Shells Out $920M For Generali's US Reinsurance Unit
• 2nd Circ. Revives Airline's Bid To Enforce Brazil Arbitration
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, Sprint, Porsche
• FCPA Powerhouse: Kirkland & Ellis
• AMR Cleared To Solicit Votes For Ch. 11 Plan
• Russian Partner Can't Dodge $350M Boeing Suit Over JV
• Morgans Will Consider Sale As Proxy Fight Heats Up
• IBM Puts Up $2B For Cloud-Computing Firm SoftLayer
• Flagging Billabong Eyes Refinancing As PE Suitors Walk Away
• Salesforce Drops $2.5B On Social Marketer ExactTarget
• Bankrupt Smelter Ormet Gets OK For $130M Sale To PE Firm
• Private Equity Sees Bargains In Dinged-Up Chinese Stocks
• Skadden Denies Collusion, Seeks $4M Fees In Radnor Ch. 11
• Omthera Investor Challenges $443M AstraZeneca Buyout
• Fairfax Pays $306M To Acquire American Safety Insurance
• Random House, Penguin Merger OK'd By Chinese Regulator
• Skadden Helps AmericanWest Pick Up 8 Pacific Trust Branches
• Bankrupt Hardware Wholesaler Seeks Sale To PE Firm
• Brazilian Power Cos. Bid $1.5B For Bankrupt Utility's Units
• When Foreign M&A Advisers Approach US Targets
• UK Water Co. Severn Trent Rejects $7.9B Takeover Offer
• NYSE Shareholders Bless $8.2B ICE Deal
• Sprint Says Dish's Bid For Clearwire Violates Del. Law
• Websense Investor Says Board Rushed Into $1B Vista Deal
• FCPA Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn
• Amundi To Acquire US Fund Manager Smith Breeden
• ISS Backs SoftBank's $20B Sprint Deal
• Exor Exits SGS With $2.6B Stock Sale To Groupe Bruxelles
• MAA, Colonial To Merge Into $8.6B UPREIT