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Mergers & Acquisitions - July, 2014

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• AbbVie Investor Says Brass Exposed Co. To Off-Label Claims
• OPINION: Lawyers Should Think In Terms Of Big Data
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Hometown Firm Big Winner As GTCR Invests New $3.85B Fund
• MacAndrews Pushes To Have Renco's JV Claims Tossed
• Volksbank Ditches More Assets Under EU Scrutiny
• Deals Rumor Mill: Harvard Drug, Canaan, Alibaba
• CCMP To Pay $890M For Belgian Chemical Co.'s US Biz Unit
• Swedish Drug Co. Meda Pays $3.1B For Rottapharm
• Blackstone Funnels Up To $800M Into Asian Energy Venture
• France's Iliad Makes $15B Cash Bid For T-Mobile
• Shaw Communications To Pay $1.2B For ViaWest Data Centers
• Apache Exits 2 LNG Projects Amid Activist Pressure
• REIT Throws Down $1.32B For Portfolio Of Home Communities
• Balfour Beatty Quits Merger Talks With Carillion
• Dealmakers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Jen Carlson
• Dealmakers Q&A: Seward & Kissel's Craig Sklar
• Different Health Care M&A Get Same Rigorous FTC Scrutiny
• Tyson Aims To Raise $2.3B To Back $8.55B Hillshire Buy
• Chesapeake To Buy Back $1.2B In Stock, Swap Wyo. Assets
• $1.75M Exec Bonus Plan OK'd In Bankrupt Revel Casino Sale
• French Regulators Challenge $23B Altice, SFR Deal
• $3B QR Energy Price Tag Undervalues Co., Suit Says
• Carlyle Profits Surge With Strong European Exits
• Walmart Continues E-Commerce Push With Luvocracy Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Snapchat, TRW Automotive, UniCredit
• Huntsman Chases EU Approval For $1.1B Rockwood Biz Buy
• Securities Discovery Ban Hinges On Subpoena Date: 9th Circ.
• Weyerhaeuser Gets Post-$3.3B Merger Retirees Suit Trimmed
• Endurance Nixes $3.2B Aspen Bid Amid Weak Investor Support
• Study Finds Calif. Firms Dominated US IPO Market In 2013
• Amaya Shareholders OK $5B Deal For PokerStars' Parent
• Comcast Spectacor Ducks Finder's Fee Suit Over 76ers Sale
• DOJ Forces Sale In $330M PE-Backed Aviation Merger
• Telefonica Eyes $4B Mexican Buy In Global Expansion Push
• Kirkland Reps GTCR In Latest Deal For Health Tech Company
• Hess Plans To Spin Off Assets In Oil-Rich Bakken Region
• 3i Group Sticks To Exits In Competitive Deal Market
• AstraZeneca Flaunts Stand-Alone Prospects With $2.1B Deal
• Pfizer Shells Out $635M To Beef Up Vaccines Biz
• Dealmakers Q&A: Nixon Peabody's Phil Taub
• EU Fires Warning Shot Against Gun-Jumping In M&A
• Death Rattle For Unfinished Business Claims?
• KFN, KKR Seek To Ax Chancery Suit Over $2.6B Deal
• Big Banks Shed Loans Under Regulatory, Business Pressure
• Huntsman Investor Aims To Sue Over $7B Hexion Merger
• Suit Alleging Shareholder Caused ProxyMed Bankruptcy Is Cut
• Electra Snubs Sherborne's Bid To Join Board, Review Firm
• Love Culture Calls Insider's E-Commerce Sell-Off A 'Ruse'
• Activists Notch Win In Darden Fight, Vow To Keep Up Battle
• 5 Things All M&A Attorneys Need To Be Doing
• Abbott Holds Onto $84M Win Against Lloyd's In Ill.
• Merck Won't Join Inversion Craze, CEO Says
• Windstream Looks To Cut Taxes, Debt By Forming REIT
• Cliffs Investors Pick All 6 Casablanca Nominees For Board
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pepe Jeans, Leighton, Sprint
• Suit Over Deutsche Bank Takeover Bid To Get A Closer Look
• India's Flipkart Rakes In $1B In Fresh Funding
• Dems Target Contractors In Latest Anti-Inversion Bill
• Bain Unloads 49.9% Stake In Japanese Call Center Biz
• Lagging Pfizer Revenue Reinvigorates M&A Speculation
• Waste Management Seals $2B Sale Of Renewables Unit
• How Cos. Can Prepare For Shareholder Activism
• Mall Operator Klepierre To Pay $9.7B For Dutch Rival Corio
• Dealmakers Q&A: Morris Manning's David Calhoun
• Dealmakers Q&A: Troutman Sanders' Larry Cerutti
• Cross-Border IPOs Double In First Half Of 2014, Study Says
• Donald Sterling Loses Clippers Fight As Judge OKs $2B Sale
• Locke Lord Adds Former Dentons Energy Partner In Dallas
• Exxaro Puts Up $472M For Total's S. African Coal Assets
• Darden Restaurants Ensures 3 Board Seats For Starboard
• Eurotunnel, SeaFrance Fight UK Merger Ban
• Deal Makers Gobble Up Food Assets As M&A Surges
• PE Shops Nab Australian, Romanian Bank Loan Portfolios
• Davis Polk Reps Tyson On $535M Sale To Fund Hillshire Buy
• 9th Circ. Halts St. Luke's Doc Group Sale During Appeal
• Shearman, Perkins Rep Zillow In $3.5B Trulia Buy
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Duke Energy Unit To Buy NC Power Assets For $1.2B
• Kirkland, Davis Polk Advise On $1.3B JPMorgan Debt Deal
• Baker & McKenzie, Garrigues Aid BBVA's €1.2B Catalunya Buy
• Rail Logistics Firm Accused Of Cooking Books In $18M Deal
• Top Proxy Advisers Split On $4.4B Fiat-Chrysler Merger
• Activist Investors Eye Midsize Cos. As 2014 Nears Record
• Ingredients Right For Healthy Food Chains' IPOs, Experts Say
• Anti-Inversion Laws Are Needed Immediately, Lew Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC, Fox, Danone
• Apple's $3B Beats Buy Wins EU Antitrust Watchdog's OK
• Safeway Shareholders OK Albertsons' Revised $9B Takeover
• Frasers Says $2.5B Australand Offer Is The Best It's Got
• Aspen Shareholders Reject Endurance's Proposals
• McGuireWoods Beats Hospital's Suit Over Suspect LBO
• Dealmakers Q&A: Davis Wright's Sarah Tune
• Dealmakers Q&A: Burns & Levinson's Josef Volman
• Icahn To Cash In As Family Dollar OKs Rival's $8.5B Bid
• Don't Get Carried Away By The Inversion Craze
• FCC Approves Sinclair's $1B Acquisition Of 8 TV Stations
• DLA Piper Nabs Hogan Lovells Life Sciences M&A Pro
• Chinese Brokerage Hong Yuan Unveils $6.4B Tie-Up Plans
• Retroactive Inversion Ban May Kill Pending Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: CNN, Zillow, IBM
• Pulling Up Stakes: Kaye Scholer, Withers Bergman, Dentons
• Travelers Seek High Court Review of Southwest-AirTran Tie-Up
• Herbalife, Allergan Lead To Questions Over Ackman Strategy
• Bankrupt Kid Brands Seeks To Get $1.35M For IP From Rival
• 5th Circ. Says Orders To Clarify Arbitration Awards Aren't Final
• LA Clippers Must Be Sold Quickly, Sterling's Wife Says
• Club Med Backs Italian Financier's $1.1B Takeover Offer
• Profs Urge Judge To Block Partners' Hospital Takeovers
• Liberty Media Sketches Out $4.8B Cable Spinoff Plan
• TripAdvisor Inks $200M Deal For Activity Booking Co.
• XL Asks 11th Circ. To Excuse It From $4.9M Piedmont Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Vinson, Jones Day, Skadden
• Ireland Defends Itself After Obama Blasts Inversion Surge
• Fox Inks $9.3B Deal With BSkyB As Time Warner Rumors Swirl
• Dealmakers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Darrell Windham
• Dealmakers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Rick Kirkbride
• DOD Annual Report May Affect Antitrust Reviews
• Litigator's Perspective: 5 Tips On Arbitration Provisions
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• DOJ Urged To Extend Review Of $9B Tyson-Hillshire Merger
• Starboard Sues To See Darden Docs On $2B Red Lobster Sale
• SunEdison Buys Colorado's Largest Solar Power Plant
• Crumbs Gets NJ Court Approval For Bankruptcy Auction
• Obama Calls For Retroactive Ban On Inversion Deals
• Walgreen Wins Dismissal In Pharmacy Buyout Suits
• APS Ducks Most Of Universal's $222M Soured Merger Suit
• Duane Morris Nabs Ex-Benesch Health M&A, PE Pro In NY
• Latham Reps Breitburn In $3B QR Energy Buy
• House Reps. Press For Change After Ackman Allergan Bid
• Itochu Agrees To $1B Partnership With Thailand's CP Group
• Deals Rumor Mill: BSkyB, SodaStream, Islandsbanki
• KKR's Earnings Soar 1000% In Hot PE Exit Market
• Deal Value Soars To $982B In 1st Half Of 2014, Study Says
• Aussie Antitrust Watchdog Won't Fight AGL Merger Loss
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gardere's Quan Vu
• Valeant Files Another Complaint Over 'False' Allergan Info
• Dealmakers Q&A: Kramer Levin's Howard Spilko
• Amid M&A Uptick, Bidders Must Heed UK Code Changes
• Sen. Durbin Confronts Walgreen CEO Over Proposed Inversion
• Canada Telecom Co. Taking Atlantic Unit Private In $4B Deal
• WilmerHale Nabs Bingham Tax Pro For Boston Office
• Sterling Witness Undercuts Claim Medical Exams Were A Trap
• Quarles Adds Former Baker & McKenzie M&A Atty In Chicago
• Ormet Judge Nixes Union Bid To Stay $25M Plant Sale
• Repsol Approaches Talisman In Potential Buyout Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: JPMorgan, Fox, Fullscreen
• Wis. High Court Dismisses Challenge To $455M Permira Buy
• Brazil Antitrust Watchdog OKs AT&T's $48B DirecTV Buy
• Bioplastics Sister Cos. Meredian, DaniMer Agree To Merge
• CalSTRS Urges Pepsi To Put Activist Investor On Board
• Fla. Sets Strict Standard For Direct Shareholder Claims
• EU Slaps Marine Harvest With $27M Fine Over Morpol Takeover
• Dealmakers Q&A: Bird & Bird's Alexander Schroder-Frerkes
• Dealmakers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's John Haggerty
• Trial-Ready In 180 Days: Prepare For SDNY's Rocket Docket
• Donald Sterling Sues NBA, Wife To Block $2B Clippers Sale
• Weil, Goodwin Advise On Yahoo's $300M Deal To Buy Flurry
• Kodiak Shareholders Sue To Block $3.8B Whiting Takeover
• Benihana Scores Double Win In Trademark, Libel Suits
• Magazine Wholesaler's $24M Ch. 11 Sale Plan OK'd
• Stalwart Firm Cementing Place As Megadeal Powerhouse
• BigLaw's China Needs Lead To Lateral Hiring Surge
• BlackRock, Others Urge Boards To Boost Investor Engagement
• Aspen Tells Shareholders To Reject Endurance Proposals
• Stiefel Calls 11th Circ. Ruling On Duty To Disclose Confusing
• Deals Rumor Mill: WH Group, GlaxoSmithKline, Huarong
• Pols Ask Whether Inversion Fix Needs Tax Reform Tie
• Wachtell Reps CIT Group In $3.4B OneWest Bank Buy
• When You Are Responsible For Your Book Of Business
• Allen & Overy Reps Blackstone Co. In $764M Max Property Buy
• Loblaw Sells 4 Stores In Antitrust Deal For $12B Drugstore Buy
• Summit Partners Nabs New Vet Business After Selling Another
• Gibson Dunn Adds PE, Sports Expert From Boies Schiller
• Dealmakers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's James Modlin
• AMS, Dialog Drop Talks To Form $4.6B Semiconductor Co.
• TA Associates Flips Piece Of Cath Kidston To Baring Asia
• Protections Remain In Place For Ga. Officers, Directors
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Student Bid To Save DC Museum, Art School Gets Go-Ahead
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fox, Allergan, Elliott Management
• Universal Robina Pays $609M For Snack Maker
• Bankrupt Tactical Lands $6.9M Bidder For Combat Boot Line
• German PE Shop Picks Up Scholl Unit From Reckitt Benckiser
• Valeant Tells Regulators Allergan Is Misleading Investors
• Sterling Trust Faces $480M Default If Revoked, CFO Says
• NY Court DQs Rogue Arbitrator From Kazakh Oil Dispute
• Ex-Autonomy CFO Seeks To Block HP Derivative Suit Deal
• Tetra Partnership Buys CSI For $825M After Public Offering
• Severstal Sells North American Steel Biz For $2.3B
• MetroCorp Settles Shareholder Suit Over $273M Merger
• An Inventive Way To Remove Pure State Court Claims
• Dealmakers Q&A: Husch Blackwell's Jim Ash
• Dealmakers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Carl Schwartz
• Sterling Can't Use HIPAA To Defeat Alzheimer's Testimony
• Danone Buys Minority Stake In Kenyan Dairy Company
• Creditors Blast Magazine Wholesaler's $24M Sale Plan
• Skadden Reps Asian Investors In Forbes Majority-Stake Buy
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Simpson Thacher
• Interstate Hotels Nabs Rim Hospitality's Portfolio
• SABMiller Places $700M In Shares Of S. African Hotel Co.
• Apple REIT Fires Back At Shareholder Suit Slamming Merger
• Latin America Misses Out In Hot Year For M&A
• Mass. AG Wins Delay Of Partners' Antitrust Deal Hearing
• Allen & Overy Leads Co-Op's $1B Pharmacy Biz Sale
• Mylan Faces $100M Tax Bill Over Drug Agreement With Forest
• Deals Rumor Mill: General Atlantic, Line Corp., Alibaba
• Swedish Firms Sell $3.1B Stake In Norwegian Debt Collector
• Pulling Up Stakes: Sullivan & Worcester, Orrick, Kirkland
• 5 Insights From Pfizer Chief Litigation Counsel Michael Parini
• AbbVie Seals $54B Shire Takeover In Major Inversion Deal
• Powerful Tools For Discovery And Litigation Strategy
• Dealmakers Q&A: Locke Lord's Bill Swanstrom
• Big Deals, Strong Economy To Keep M&A Cooking
• Corporate Inversions Show No Signs Of Slowing Down
• Ralls Ruling Could Open Door To Other CFIUS Challenges
• Kirkland Reps GTCR In $480M Thermo Fisher Carveout
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Megamerger Bids Become New Norm As Deal-Making Heats Up
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Shire, Murphy Oil
• Icahn Wins Bid To Split XO Shareholders' Claims Into 2 Trials
• Liberty Global To Shell Out $822M For ITV Minority Stake
• FTC Says St. Luke's Trying To Stretch Facts In Stay Bid
• Russian Real Estate Mogul Sues Amanresorts Partner
• Kirkland & Ellis Nabs Skadden Tax Pro In NY
• Ormet Gets Nod For $25M Plant Sale Over Union Objection
• PRISM Scatters Attorney-Client Privilege
• EU Approves AMEC's $3.7B Takeover Of Rival Foster Wheeler
• $53B Allergan Bid Risks Collapse If No Deal In 2014
• Orrick Ropes In Cadwalader Vet Who Reps BofA, Barclays
• Owens Hid Woes With Unilever Deal, Not With Clorox's: Judge
• Hostile Takeover Bids And The Power Of 'Just Saying No'
• Denmark's Dong Sells Half Of German Wind Project For $811M
• Blackstone Nabs $8.7B Mortgage Portfolio After Record Q2
• Orbitz Further Freed of PE's Reign With Latest Stock Sale
• Dealmakers Q&A: Jenner & Block's Tom Stromberg
• Dealmakers Q&A: Squire Patton Boggs' Dan Berick
• OPINION: Let's Financially Reward Law Firm Diversity
• Icahn And Ackman Hug, Publicly End CNBC Feud
• Comcast Says It Won't Create Internet 'Fast Lanes'
• Comcast, AT&T Defend Mega-Mergers To Senate Panel
• Bankrupt Crumbs Picks Up The Pieces With DIP Financing
• Deals Rumor Mill: Microsoft, Blackstone, Sanofi
• Latham & Watkins Lures Ex-Vinson & Elkins Corporate Atty
• Starboard Renews Call To Sweep Out Darden Board
• Bankrupt Quantum Foods, Buyer Make Peace Over Sanctions
• Time Warner Ducks $80B Fox Bid: Now What?
• Fox's $80B Time Warner Bid Amplifies Clamor For TMT Deals
• Vantage Inks Deal To Buy ABF, Six Hotel Franchise Brands
• EU Clears Weichai's $1B Deal for Kion Group Stake
• Broad & Cassel Adds International Pro To Corporate Group
• White House Urges Lawmakers To Stop Tax Inversion Deals
• 3M Takes Over JV, Paying $885M for Sumitomo Electric Stake
• Italy's Gtech To Acquire Slot Machine Maker For $5B
• Onex Puts Up $1.3B For York Risk Services Group
• NYC Opera Strikes Deal To Stay In Control Of Sale Talks
• 3rd Proxy Adviser Backs Aspen As Rival's $3.2B Bid Looms
• The Troubled Track Record Of The Proxy Strike Suit
• Crucial Predictive Coding Case Law: Progressive V. Delaney
• Dealmakers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Craig Circosta
• Dealmakers Q&A: Rutan & Tucker's Gregg Amber
• Time Warner Snubs $80B 21st Century Fox Merger Offer
• Del. Justices Won't Revive Gas Station Buyer's Fraud Claims
• St. Luke's Presses 9th Circ. For Stay Of Doc Group Sale
• Jones Day Furthers M&A Dominance With $27B Reynolds Deal
• UK Court Puts Amanresorts Founder Back At Helm
• DC Circ. Rebuke Could Shake Up CFIUS Review Process
• AmREIT Investors Want Board To Consider $433M Regency Bid
• OPINION: Advance Conflict Waivers Send Wrong Message
• Midstream Services Co. Puts Up $115M For Oil, Gas Assets
• DOJ, Pa. AG Force Divestiture In $963M TV Deal
• Paris M&A Boutique BDGS Lures 3 From Linklaters
• KKR Takes BlackGold Stake To Boost Hedge Fund, Energy Biz
• Foley Nabs Ex-Pillsbury M&A, Securities Pro In LA
• Midyear Report: Power Cos. Provide Juice For Energy Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rioforte, Portugal Telecom, ONGC
• Albemarle To Pay $6.2B For Fellow Chemical Co. Rockwood
• Chinese Wind Co. Can Sue Obama Over Nixed Deal: DC Circ.
• Herbert Smith Snags Ex-Taylor Wessing Antitrust Chief
• Dealmakers Q&A: Chadbourne & Parke's Talbert Navia
• Dealmakers Q&A: Skadden's Todd Freed
• Jones Day Leads Reynolds In $27B Lorillard Deal
• Loose Lips Sink Ships, Careless Emails Torpedo A Merger
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Investor Claims Against Puda Coal Underwriters Survive
• Willkie Farr Snares Kirkland Duo To Bolster London Practice
• Comcast, Astros, Rockets Told To Tune Network Sale Terms
• Amended Sabine-Forest Oil Merger Deal Raises Eyebrows
• Masraf Al Rayan Sells Real Estate Firm Stake to Qatar Fund
• Kindred Jacks Up Hostile Bid To $589M For Gentiva Stake
• EU Puts Conditions On $1.5B Scandinavian Steel Deal
• Fieldfisher Adds 3 Legal Pros To Paris Office
• PSL NA Gets OK For $100M Stalking Horse Sale Plan
• Skadden Guides BTG's $2B Purchase Of BSI From Generali
• Priceline, OpenTable Settle Class Actions Over $2.6B Deal
• Weatherford Reaps $500M From Rosneft Rig Operations Sale
• Shareholder Suit Over $4.5B Denbury, Encore Deal Trimmed
• Espirito Santo Financial Drops Bank Shares To Repay Loan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Elementia, VistaJet, Hony Capital
• Allergan Lobs More Criticism Amid $53B Valeant Buyout Push
• Noble Group, EIG Forge Energy JV To Snag $2B In Assets
• Barrick Forges Ma'aden JV For Saudi Arabian Copper Mine
• GIP Fund To Drop $850M On Freeport LNG Stake
• Jones Day PE Atty Jumps To Morris Manning's Tech Group
• Shire Signals Support For Landmark $53B AbbVie Merger
• Silver Lake Inks 1st Energy Sector Deal With Quorum Buy
• David Jones Shareholders OK $2B Buyout By Woolworths
• Mylan Adds To Inversion Surge With $5.3B Abbott Deal
• Dealmakers Q&A: Thompson Coburn's Fred Strasheim
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibbons' Frank Cannone
• Know The Capacity Closure Analysis In Horizontal Mergers
• Pitfalls Of Intent-To-Use Trademark Applications
• Foley, Stikeman Rep Whiting Petroleum In $3.8B Kodiak Deal
• Gibson Dunn Reps AECOM In $4B Deal For Rival URS
• Lions Gate Sued Amid $7.5M SEC Fine In Icahn Takeover Bid
• Revel, Creditors Agree On Auction Of Assets Worth Up To $1B
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell
• Musicland Investor Asks High Court To Ax $32M Disgorgement
• ISS Props Up Aspen In Fight Against $3.2B Takeover By Rival
• PacifiCare Sues Calif. Insurance Official Over $174M Fine
• IBRC Urges Court To Nix Late Bid For Tampa Mall
• Asset Managers Get Creative To Slash Costs, Grow Returns
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba, Telefonica, Cemex
• Itau Unibanco Calls Suit Against CorpBanca Merger 'A Waste'
• AbbVie Braces For Busy Week Before $51B Shire Bid Deadline
• Tobacco Rivals Reynolds, Lorillard In Talks To Merge
• Silver Lake The Latest To Settle LBO Suit With $30M Deal
• CBRE To Acquire German Real Estate Manager Preuss
• Pulling Up Stakes: Troutman Sanders, Mayer Brown
• Blackstone Pays $609M For 2 Units Of Life Insurance Co.
• Whirlpool To Buy $1B Stake In Italian Appliance Co.
• Del. VC Laster Targeted In Businessman's Murder Plot
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gilchrist & Rutter's Paul Rutter
• Dealmakers Q&A: White And Williams' Lori Smith
• How Not To Bring M&A Suits — Lessons From Chancery Court
• Sterling's Racist Remarks Doomed Clippers, Wife Says
• Covidien Shareholders Sue To Block $42.9B Medtronic Merger
• PSL-NA To Change $100M Sale Plan Over Creditor Concerns
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• What M&A Litigators Are Watching In The 2nd Half Of 2014
• Forest Oil, Sabine Oil & Gas Revise Deal Structure
• Deals Rumor Mill: Airbus, WH Group, KKR
• Vodafone Presses On With India Tax Row Despite New Budget
• Providence Equity Is Latest PE Shop To Explore Africa
• Two Sectors Prove Key To M&A Upswing In 2014
• Endurance Urges Investors To Push Aspen On $3.2B Merger
• Phillips 66 Ups Capital Budget To $3.9B To Fund Deals
• CommonWealth Reaps $705M From Select Income Share Sale
• Tax Planning For Carryover Equity Transactions: A Primer
• Investcorp Acquires SPGPrints for $326M
• DLA Piper Can't Duck Hospital's Claims About Dodgy LBO
• Dealmakers Q&A: Dechert's Daniel O'Donnell
• Dealmakers Q&A: Lindquist & Vennum's Debra Page
• Legal Forms And IP Rights: Yours, Mine, Ours Or Theirs?
• Sterling Slams NBA, Tells Wife, 'Get Away From Me, You Pig'
• Bankrupt Military Supplier Gets Time To Find Boot Biz Buyer
• Dish Urges FCC To Nix $45B Comcast-TWC Deal
• American Apparel Reaches Deal With Charney, Investor
• Thermo Fisher Can't Dodge Suit Over Cartel-Plagued Lab
• Kirkland, DLA Piper Named Busiest Deal Makers In 1st Half
• Investor Suit Over $14M Sakhr Deal Loses Securities Claims
• Debt-Heavy Private Equity Deal Valuations Hit Record High
• Inversion Surge Proves Allure Trumps Risk For Deal Makers
• Quantum Foods Says Oaktree Schemed In Soured $54M Sale
• Fed Bank Merger Rule Needs Fiduciary Exception, SIFMA Says
• Ireland Posts Big M&A Numbers Amid Pharma, Inversion Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Quiron, Televisa, Green Street Advisors
• AbbVie Flouts UK Rules With Comments About Shire Investors
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Jeffrey Chapman
• Harbinger Hits Dish, Ergen With $1.5B Suit Over LightSquared
• KKR Kicks Off Second Half With Pair Of Energy Deals
• Dealmakers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Jon Van Gorp
• EU Questions Facebook Rivals Over $19B WhatsApp Deal
• How Activist Funds Are Breaking Bad
• Bankrupt Revstone Subsidiaries Submit Ch. 11 Plans
• Sterling Tells 'Smart-Ass' Lawyer To 'Be A Man' From Stand
• Pipe Maker PSL-NA's Creditor Balks At $100M Sale Plan
• Restaurant Owners Demand A Role In Revel Bankruptcy Sale
• Second Half PE Forecast: Get In While It's Hot
• City Opera Suitor Wants Board Removed From Ch. 11 Sale
• Maersk Plans $1.7B Brazil Write-Down, Sells Oil Field Stake
• Troutman Sanders Nabs RE, M&A Partner In Shanghai
• PE-Run Military Supplier Hits Ch. 11 Seeking Sales
• Premier Law Firms Making Bank In Valeant-Allergan Battle
• Ex-Greenberg Traurig Litigation Co-Chairs Join DLA Piper
• Pepper Hamilton Nabs Ex-Reed Smith M&A, Securities Pro
• Deals Rumor Mill: Barclays, North Star Realty, SSP
• Macquarie Unit Drops $1B For Rest Of US Terminal Co.
• 5 Insights From Home Depot GC Teresa Roseborough
• Investor Says News Corp. Poison Pill Violates Settlement
• Guidant Can't Escape J&J's $22B Merger Suit Just Yet
• Major PetSmart Investor Joins Shareholder Push For Sale
• Standard General Confirms Talks With American Apparel
• AbbVie Raises Shire Offer To $51B, Stoking Buyout Battle
• Dealmakers Q&A: Troutman Sanders' Andrea Farley
• How To Account For Earnouts In Financing Agreements
• A Step Toward Alleviating Growing Discovery Problems
• Donald Sterling Has Alzheimer's Disease, Neurologist Testifies
• CORRECTED: Investor Suit Over $4B CorpBanca Merger Loses 9 Defendants
• McGuireWoods Snags Corporate Partner From McDermott
• AIG Must Pay UK Insurance Co. $22M Over Warranty Breach
• Kirkland Reps Thoma Bravo In Sparta Systems Buy
• Don't Miss It: Other Deals We're Following This Week
• Pershing Square Reveals 6 Picks For Allergan Board
• FCC Taps Ex-Hunton Atty For AT&T-DirecTV Deal Review
• E-Cig Maker Seeks Relief From Broker Claim On $20M Sale
• SABMiller To Sell $1B Stake in South African Hotel Group
• Mahindra Holidays Pays $18M For 19% Stake In Finnish Co.
• Tele2 Next To Test EU Regulators With $744M Sale To Rival
• Anglo American Unloads $1.5B Stake In Lafarge JV
• Deals Rumor Mill: American Apparel, BHP Billiton, Alibaba
• Expedia To Drop $659M On Australian Online Travel Co.
• Aussie Gaming Machine Co. Places $1.3B Bet On US Rival
• Pfizer Critic Boosts AstraZeneca Ties Amid Talk Of New Bid
• Helvetia To Buy Rival Insurer Nationale Suisse In $2B Deal
• Food Deal Mania Continues With ADM's Landmark $3B Buy
• Director Tenure Is Just 1 Element In Board Independence
• Dealmakers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Andrew Weidhaas
• Dealmakers Q&A: Jones Day's Scott Cohen
• Lawyers And Email: Ethical And Security Considerations
• Deals Rumor Mill: American Apparel, AbbVie, Lululemon
• Spanish REIT Merlin Makes $1B Deal In 1st Post-IPO Buy
• PE Thirst For Chinese Dairy Continues With $100M Huaxia Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Wilson Sonsini, K&L Gates
• FTC OKs $500M Valeant-PreCision Deal With Acne Drug Sales
• Ingenico Enters Talks For $1.12B GlobalCollect Buy
• EU High Court Upholds $27M Electrabel Gun-Jumping Fine
• Optim Judge OKs PE Group As $82M Coal Plant Stalking Horse
• Castle Harlan Aims To Quash $25M Suit Over Mining Co. Deal
• TPG Partners With Hong Kong Co. To Back Asia Hedge Funds
• Dealmakers Q&A: Davis Polk's Michael Davis
• The Most Interesting Buyout Fight You're Not Watching
• Aussie Competition Cop Seeks Input On $203M Casino Deal
• Pulling Up Stakes: MoFo, Haynes And Boone
• Jana Takes PetSmart Stake, Hints At Sale Plans
• Nonprofit Mergers And Collaborations: Watch This Space
• Labaton Atty Tapped To Monitor Bazaarvoice's Sale Of Unit
• Don't Miss It: Other Deals We're Following This Week
• Optim Taps PE Group As $75M Coal Plant Stalking Horse
• Global Roundup: Reform In Poland, France Goes 'Anti-Amazon'
• Magazine Wholesaler Unveils $24M Bid For Sale Rack Biz
• SEC Seeks Another Win As Wyly Is Tried For Insider Trading
• New York, IGPS Buyer Can Wrap Tax Audit, Begin Deal Talks
• Cliffs Offers Casablanca 3 Seats On Smaller Board
• Deals Rumor Mill: Samsung, Shutterfly, BMW
• $10B Vodafone-ONO Deal Gets EU Antitrust Regulators' OK
• Food Deal Frenzy Puts Sector In Focus As Next M&A Hot Spot
• Roche Unit To Pay Up To $1.7B For US Cancer Drugmaker
• Goldman, Morgan Stanley Named Top Dealmakers In 1st Half
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