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Mergers & Acquisitions - August, 2014

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• Carlyle Group To Pay $115M To Settle PE Collusion Row
• Al Jazeera, Gore Duel Over Who's Flouting Chancery Rules
• GFI Shareholder Suit Says CME Takeover Undervalues Co.
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Cravath, Wachtell
• Woolworths To Raise $937M To Repay David Jones Financing
• Infineon's $3B Buy Of Chipmaker Sparks Shareholder Suits
• Dalian Forms $814M JV For Edge In China's E-Commerce Field
• Pulling Up Stakes: Ropes & Gray, King & Spalding, Tandem
• Jones Day Reps Riverside Co. In Craft Beer Market Win
• Brazilian Suitors Press Investors On $611M Chiquita Merger
• Four Said To Be Vying For Seat On Delaware High Court
• $2.8B Duke Sale Promises More Merchant Power Exits
• The Three M&A Firms That Dominated This Summer
• National Australian Bank Plans IPO Exit From US Unit
• FTC Puts Reynolds' $27B Lorillard Buy To Antitrust Test
• Kirkland Reps 3i In $202.5M Purchase Of Engineering Co.
• Evoq Properties Sued By Shareholders Over $357.4M Buyout
• Affinity Drops $314M On Virgin Australia Stake
• Dealmakers Q&A: WilmerHale's Brian Johnson
• Dealmakers Q&A: Davis Wright's Sean McCann
• 5 Reasons Large Companies Are Turning To Boutique Firms
• How To Protect In-House Legal Privilege Internationally
• SynQor Shareholder Suit Nixed Over Buyout Deal
• More Deals Expected This Fall As Economy Pushes M&A Surge
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Brookfield Property To Pay $4.3B For Capital Automotive
• Intrepid Mines Offers $103M Share Buyback In Blackthorn Bid
• Prestige Must Shed Bonine To Win FTC Nod On $750M Deal
• EFH Says Proposal For Ch. 11 Auction Process Coming Soon
• Bluetooth Pioneer Rebuffs Microchip Tech Buyout Bid
• €7.5B Telefonica Bid For Vivendi's GVT Is Front-Runner
• KKR Venture Pays $216M For 9 Container Ships
• Dollar General Still Angling For $9B Family Dollar Pickup
• With Antitrust OK, Investors Bless $9B Tyson-Hillshire Deal
• Dealmakers Q&A: Bilzin Sumberg's Jay Sakalo
• Dealmakers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Richard Giusto
• 2nd Circ. Has Made Morrison Standard Even More Arbitrary
• Antitrust Profs Urge FCC To Approve Comcast-TWC Merger
• Anti-Inversion Push Causing PR Blowback For Burger King
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, Otter Products, Dow Chemical
• The 5 Biggest M&A Moves Of The Summer
• Tyson Agrees To Sell Sow Biz Ahead Of Hillshire Merger
• Rhône Capital Lobs $110M Tender Offer At Elizabeth Arden
• Burger King, Tim Hortons Deal May Be Tasty For Franchisees
• McGuireWoods Nabs Ex-Buchanan Ingersoll Energy Atty In Pa.
• $3.1B Merger Of Daum, Kakao Wins Shareholder Approval
• Skadden Reps JLL Partners-Backed Co. In Biopharma Deal
• Shui On Land Nabs $255M In Sale Of Shanghai Hotel Stakes
• Chancery Fast-Tracks Ackman Suit To Force Allergan Meeting
• Time Warner Outage Spurs Further Scrutiny In Comcast Probe
• Sabre Exploring Sale Of European Online Travel Site
• Jones Day Reps JF Lehman In Military Contractor Deal
• Dealmakers Q&A: Blank Rome's Gary Goldenberg
• Dealmakers Q&A: Bradley Arant's Paul Ware
• Tales From The Dark Side Of Emerging Markets
• The 8 Gotchas Of Technology Contracting: Part 2
• Allergan Sets Special Meeting In $53B Valeant Takeover Bid
• Salix Investor Challenges $2.7B Inversion Deal With Cosmo
• Insurers Backed Out On $25M D&O Policies, Sava Says
• McDermott Asks Judge To Nix Takeover Malpractice Claims
• Chancery Won't End Astex Buyout Case, Citing Lack Of Notice
• Bankrupt Phoenix Payment Gets OK For Sept. Auction
• Copper Co. Lihua Faces Investor Suit Over Misrepresentations
• One Firm Rules Over Complex Burger King Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Chinese Government, Ann Taylor
• Crumbs Sale To Joint Venture Wins Court Approval
• 4 Takeaways From Burger King's Whopping Tim Hortons Play
• Atlas Mara Raises $300M In Bid For Africa's Top Bank Spot
• The 8 Gotchas Of Technology Contracting: Part 1
• Pfizer, AstraZeneca Stay Quiet As Cooling-Off Period Ends
• De Blasio The Latest NY Leader With Doubts Over TW-Comcast
• NY Regulators Could Throw Wrench In PE Insurance Deals
• 2 Skadden M&A, Tax Pros Join DC Law Firm Tandem
• Ex-Porsche Execs Must Face German Trial Over Axed VW Deal
• Mining Co. Mineral Park Hits Ch. 11 Seeking Sale
• King & Spalding Nabs Corporate Partner From Freshfields
• Burger King, Tim Hortons Unite As $23B Fast-Food Goliath
• Dealmakers Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Sarah McLean
• Dealmakers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Kenneth Lefkowitz
• Tax-Free REIT Spinoffs Could Be The Next Big Thing
• From The Book Of Jargon: Accelerated Share Repurchase
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Tax Inversions On The Menu For Hospitality Sector
• HP Blocked From Hiring Plaintiffs' Attys In Autonomy Row
• Think Tank Praises Obama's Proposal Targeting Inversions
• Antitrust Experts Push FCC To Nix Comcast-TWC Tie-Up
• Tim Hortons Deal Latest Turn In Burger King's M&A History
• Debevoise Reps Amazon In $970M Twitch Takeover
• Deals Rumor Mill: China Network Systems, Comtech, Hootsuite
• Objecting Stockholders Can't Tap $11M Class Deal For Fees
• Buffalo Wild Wings Buys Majority Stake In Rusty Taco
• Calpine Pays Exelon $530M For New England Power Plant
• Valeant, Ackman Launch Suit Pushing For Allergan Meeting
• Oak Hill Throws Down $1.43B To Buy Berlin Packaging
• Lockheed Martin Buys Energy Storage Co. Sun Catalytix
• Feds Ask To Halt SEC Case Against Ex-Simpson Thacher Clerk
• Activist Urges Ann Taylor Parent To Consider $2.5B Sale
• Dealmakers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Eric Greenberg
• Dealmakers Q&A: Husch Blackwell's Steve Carman
• 4 Trends In FTC Antitrust Regulation And Enforcement
• Davis Polk Guides Roche In $8.4B Respiratory Drugmaker Buy
• Ex-Phoenix Payment CEO Balks At $4M Fee For Ch. 11 Sale
• Consumer Groups Urge FCC To Reject Comcast-TWC Merger
• 3 Companies Join IPO Pipeline As Others Take A Step Back
• Largest BK Franchisee Snaps Up 64 More Restaurants
• Rosneft To Take Reported $1B Stake In Drilling Co. NADL
• Tactical Gets OK For Up To $15M Sale Of Military Apparel Line
• Taxation With Representation: Fried Frank, Bingham, Bracewell
• Why AstraZeneca Is Likely On Pfizer's Back Burner, For Now
• Deals Rumor Mill: BP, RWE Group, Avolon Holdings
• PE Plaintiffs Hit Back At Carlyle In Antitrust Expert Row
• 'Earnings Stripping' Fix Could Blunt Foreign Investment
• FTC's Symbolic Phoebe Victory May Reap Real Win
• Valeant, Ackman Request Allergan Special Meeting
• PE Firm Clayton Dubilier Sinks Up To $600M Into CHC Group
• Pulling Up Stakes: Mayer Brown, Jenner & Block, Simpson
• LSE Looks To Raise £938M To Back Frank Russell Deal
• Dealmakers Q&A: Bird & Bird's Alberto Salvade
• Quantum Energy, Tug Hill Launch $450M Exploration Venture
• Dealmakers Q&A: Thompson Coburn's David Kaufman
• Dynegy Embarks On $6.25B Power Plant Buying Spree
• Proxy Play Intensifies Bramson's Run At Electra
• Corp. Governance Politics: Much Ado About Symbolic Change
• Allergan Suit May Not Stop Meeting To Replace Board
• Bankrupt James River Coal Lands $52M Mine Deal
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Etihad's Darwin Bid Needs Work, Swiss Regulator Says
• Irell Hires 6 Media And Transactions Attys From Liner In LA
• Antitrust Setbacks Won't Deter Buyers Amid M&A Boom
• PE Firm Blue Point Sells Callison Stake To Dutch Co.
• Bankrupt Tactical Scores New Buyer For Military Apparel Arm
• Tax Policy Pessimism Driving Inversions, Brookings Says
• AGs Of 16 States Back FTC In St. Luke's Merger Appeal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, American Tire, VakifBank
• Kirkland Reps Vista Equity In SumTotal Sale To Skillsoft
• PE Shops Abandon New Deals As Attention Turns To Exits
• Infineon Says $3B Price Is Right For International Rectifier
• Standard Chartered Puts Up $75M For Stake In Topaz Energy
• Gore Protests Redactions To Al Jazeera Lawsuit
• Rival Casino Plan Won't Halt $203M Deal, Watchdog Says
• Antitrust Worries Derail $9B Family Dollar Counterbid
• Dealmakers Q&A: Fried Frank's Ross Silver
• Dealmakers Q&A: Foley & Lardner's David Cook
• How To Control Risk And Cost Of E-Discovery
• Books And Records Increasingly An Open Book
• Aeroflex, Shareholders Strike Deal Over $1.5B Cobham Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mylan, Lear, Iliad
• Icahn Takes Stake In Hertz Amid Auto Recall Woes
• Shazam Tops 100M Users As Mobile App Co. Eyes IPO
• Carlyle Fights To Nix Experts In PE Antitrust Case
• Lehman Trustee Wants 2nd Circ. Rehearing Over $4B Assets
• Ropes & Gray Reps Bain In $625M Deal With TOMS
• India's Sesa Sterlite Takes $83M Hit Over Failed Asarco Deal
• 5 Bold Moves Shaping Valeant's Epic Fight For Allergan
• Valeant Says Allergan Lied To Obstruct $53M Takeover
• Germany's Infineon Drops $3B For Calif. Chipmaker
• $3.3B Scientific, Bally Merger Clears Antitrust Hurdle
• Ex-CEO Says Phoenix Should Think Reorg Instead Of Sale
• Berkshire Settles US Antitrust Claims Over USG Deal
• Laclede Closes Note Offering To Back $1.6B Alagasco Buy
• Crumbs Skips Auction As Stalking Horse Goes Unchallenged
• In Sellers' Market, PE Firms Willing To Give Up Control
• Jones Day Adds White & Case PE Pro In Singapore
• NY Islanders Owner Agrees To Deal To Transfer Ownership
• Blank Check Co. Hydra Acquisition Aims For $100M IPO
• Bowing To Activist, PetSmart Heads To Selling Block
• Media General, LIN Announce Alteration To $1.6B Merger
• Carillion Gives Up On $5.1B Construction Merger
• Free And Clear Of Successor Liability Claims
• Dealmakers Q&A: Cravath's Andrew Thompson
• Dealmakers Q&A: Farella Braun's Samuel Dibble
• Winn-Dixie, Bi-Lo Parent Yanks Plans For $500M IPO
• Plant Insulation Co. Beats Insurers' Appeal Of Reorg Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Couche-Tard, Apax Partners, TPG Capital
• Susser, Shareholders Work Out Deal Over $1.8B ETP Merger
• Saudi Food Co. Eyes Stake In Kuwait's $5B Americana
• Fried Frank Guides $357M Purchase Of Evoq Properties
• PwC Starts Australia Law Practice With Ex-King & Wood Heads
• High-Profile Fights For Control Showcase Seller's Market
• Arent Fox Accelerates Auto Group In LA With Partner Hire
• Allergan Eyes Salix Tie-Up To Thwart $53B Valeant Takeover
• Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Leaves Board
• Carillion Again Sweetens Bid For $5.1B Balfour Tie-Up
• Hitachi Metals Pays $1.3B To Buy Foundry Co. From KPS
• Zhongji Reaches $960M Deal For FunPlus Gaming Unit
• BHP Billiton Plans Spinoff For Metals Businesses
• Goodwin Procter Guides TA Associates' SkinnyPop Deal
• QBE Aims To Raise $750M In Offering, Sell Agency Assets
• Warburg Pincus, Baosteel Pay $489M For Henan Gas Assets
• Orange Capital Urges Board Shakeup, Sale At Bellatrix
• Medtronic Reaffirms $43B Covidien Bid Despite Opposition
• Dealmakers Q&A: Baker Botts' John Martin
• 3 New Weapons To Combat Shareholder Litigation
• Skadden's $4M Fee Award In Radnor Bankruptcy Upheld
• DOD Knocks Tactical's Planned $13M Bankruptcy Sale
• Del. Mourns 'Legendary' Retired Justice Joseph T. Walsh
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• 2nd Circ. Adds Depth To Morrison's Bright Line
• Deals Rumor Mill: Telecom Italia, ConvaTec, SoftBank
• Carlyle Must 'Live With' November Trial, Plaintiffs Say
• Ex-Bank Exec Charged With Handing Inside Info To Golf Buddy
• 2nd Circ. Says Missed Deadlines Sink $124M Twitter Suit
• Apollo Trims Stake In Sprouts In $515M Follow-On Offering
• Montagu Repurchases Insurance Tech Co. 7 Years Later
• Sun International Sheds $63.9M of African Hotel Stakes
• Singapore's OCBC To Raise $2.7B After Hong Kong Bank Buy
• Proxy Play Further Complicates Chiquita Deal Outlook
• Skadden, Kirkland Guide $1B Sale Of Tire Sensor Co.
• 2 IPOs Planned This Week As Slow August Continues
• Valeant Giving Allergan Until End Of Year To OK $53B Buyout
• Chugai Denies $10B Roche Takeover Talks
• Dealmakers Q&A: Dickinson Wright's Richard Bolton
• Dollar General Jumps On Family Dollar With $9B Counterbid
• Dealmakers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Susan Failla
• Lessons From SEC Focus On Compliance Officers
• Brothers Can't Skirt Insider Trading Verdict Over Chattem Sale
• California To Probe Comcast On $45B Time Warner Merger
• Brigham Investors Lose Class Cert. In Suit Over Statoil Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Roche Holding, Arcapita Bank, Shake Shack
• Pipe Maker PSL NA Gets Nod For $104M Sale
• Zoomlion Bids $340M For Stake in Heavy Farm Machine Co.
• Taxation With Representation: Baker Botts, Alston, Skadden
• Fed's Leveraged Lending Limits Put Banks In A Bind
• Mexico's Grupo Televisa To Pay $654M For Rest Of Cablecom
• Sen. Durbin Fires Off Inversion-Shaming Letter To Hospira
• Venture-Backed Wayfair Eyeing $350M Public Debut
• Gannett Latest Target To Deflate Icahn's Bravado
• UK Clears Cancer Testing Merger On Firm's Financial Woes
• Alibaba Pictures Suspends Trading Amid Accounting Issues
• Mining Giant BHP Billiton To Pursue Asset Spinoffs
• Cliffs Director Resigns Amid Boardroom Fight With Activist
• Pulling Up Stakes: Wilson Sonsini, Seward, Jackson Walker
• 5 Tips To Clear Environmental Hurdles In Oil And Gas Deals
• Wachtell's Malpractice Brawl With CVR Transferred To NY
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Suit Over Porsche's Bid For VW
• Valeant Calls Allergan's Insider Trading Claims A Stunt
• Balfour Reaffirms Rejection Of Carillion's $5.1B Merger Bid
• Product Shipping Plans $100M IPO To Grow Tanker Fleet
• Al Gore Sues Al Jazeera For $65M Held In Current TV Deal
• Darden Begins Search For New CEO Amid Activist Pressure
• Dealmakers Q&A: Munger Tolles' Kevin Masuda
• Dealmakers Q&A: Bradley Arant's D. Franklin
• An In-House Lawyer's Top 10 Tips For Outside Counsel
• A Different Claim Aggregation Method To Avoid SLUSA
• Chiquita Snubs $611M Offer, Moves Ahead With Inversion
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Coca-Cola To Pay $2.1B For Stake In Monster Beverage
• Deals Rumor Mill: Allergan, Electrolux, Axalta
• Bankers Blame Sell-Off For Weak Pricing On $2B LBO Loans
• Activism Enters 'Golden Era' With Record No. Of Campaigns
• HP Investor Calls For Cotchett's Ousting In Autonomy Row
• Schumer Tackles 'Earnings Stripping' In Bid To Blunt Inversions
• Baker & McKenzie Export Control Expert Jumps To Akin Gump
• Carillion Still Eyeing Troubled $5.1B Construction Merger
• Ackman Eyes Pershing Square Holdings IPO To Back Activism
• TPG Inks 1st Sri Lankan Deal With $113M Bank Stake Buy
• Undaunted Chinese Group Bids $1.6B For Calif. Chipmaker
• Celsia Drops $840M On GDF's Central American Plants
• FTC, Idaho AG Urge 9th Circ. To Toss Out St. Luke's Merger
• Fla. Bank C1's IPO Latest To Get Chilly Reception
• Shell Divests $2.1B Worth Of Natural Gas Assets In 2 Deals
• Allergan Makes $588M Acquisition Play Amid Valeant Fight
• Dealmakers Q&A: Irell & Manella's Gregory Klein
• FTC Approves Divestitures In $1.4B Funeral Co. Merger
• Dealmakers Q&A: Seward & Kissel's Nick Katsanos
• Howard-Anderson Does Not Increase Potential D&O Liability
• Donald Sterling Can't Stop $2B Clippers Sale: Appeals Court
• 2nd Circ. Axes $3.8M Tax Refund In PT-1 Trustee Case
• Pipe Maker PSL Left With $104M Bid After Canceled Auction
• Verizon To Pay $95M To Settle FairPoint Acquisition Row
• Sealing The Deal: Akin Gump Guides $1B In Oil, Gas Deals
• India's Lanco Inks $979M Power Plant Sale To Adani
• Deals Rumor Mill: Emerson, Rhone, Summit
• Dongwon To Pay $243M For Bottle Co. From PE Firm
• Paul Hastings Nabs Ex-Jones Day M&A Pro In Chicago
• M&A Surge Set To Barrel Into 2015, Biz Leaders Say
• SeaWorld OKs $250M Buyback As Orca Abuse Claims Sting
• French Regulator OKs Italian Financier's $1.1B Club Med Bid
• Law Firms May Be Violating Copyrights
• Last Firm Standing In PE Collusion Case Prepares For Battle
• FleetCor To Drop $3.45B On Payments Processor Comdata
• Carlos Santana Cashes Out Of Tequila Biz In Latest Booze Deal
• Health Care REIT Beefs Up Biz With $950M HealthLease Buy
• Otonomy Raises $100M In Public Debut To Back Ear Treatment
• Dealmakers Q&A: Ungaretti & Harris' Brian Krob
• A 'Commercial Reality' Check In Lehman-Barclays Dispute
• EU Merger Law May Soon Extend To Minority Acquisitions
• FTC Sends Allergan, Valeant Second Info Request
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC, Hellman & Friedman, Buffalo Bills
• Drug Developer Geno Ditches IPO Amid Rocky Biotech Market
• Mayer Brown Snags Ex-Baker Botts Energy Transactions Atty
• Houlihan Lokey Bucks Trend, Buys Bridge Strategy Stake
• Why Fox Could Make Another Run At Time Warner
• Riverstone-Led Group Sinks $617M Into Canadian Oil Firm
• HP Fraud Accusation Is Smokescreen, Ex-Autonomy CFO Says
• Ballmer Buys Clippers For $2B Minutes After Judge OKs Sale
• Darden Uses Red Lobster Sale To Cut $900M In Debt
• Covidien Faces New Investor Suit Over $43B Medtronic Deal
• Global Pesticide Maker Adama Plans $300M US IPO
• Fresh Bid Could Help Chiquita Avoid Inversion Fallout
• Islanders Owner Reneged On $420M Sale Of Team, Suit Says
• Simpson Thacher Reps Apax In Answers.com Buyout
• JPMorgan Backs Away From PE Unit In Stake Sale
• Icahn Didn't Influence $8.5B Family Dollar Deal, Buyer Says
• Vascular Biogenics IPO Undone After Investor Fails To Buy
• Dealmakers Q&A: Orrick's Dennis Martin
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Stephen Glover
• Will Ralls Decision Really Bring CFIUS Transparency?
• A Close Look At NY's New Privilege Log Rule
• Hot Boston Legal Market A Boon For Bingham Merger Hopes
• $70B Kinder Morgan Deal Won't Sour Midstreams On MLPs
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Collusion Accusations Replaced By Competition In PE Deals
• Courtroom Challenge: Preparing For A First Trial
• Deals Rumor Mill: RBS, 21st Century Fox, Snapchat
• Donald Sterling's Appeal To Block $2B Clippers Sale Axed
• Quiet Week Expected With 4 IPOs Amid August Slowdown
• Smith Gambrell Scoops Up Ex-White & Case Int'l M&A Ace
• BAE Seals $80M Sale Of S. African Tactical Vehicle Co.
• Cravath Guides $611M Counteroffer For Chiquita
• Blackstone Picks Up European Auto Parts Co.
• TPG Puts Up $3.2B Counteroffer For Treasury Wine
• Dealmakers Q&A: Choate Hall's Christian Atwood
• Dealmakers Q&A: Vinson & Elkins' Doug Bland
• What The New Cuban Foreign Investment Law Means
• Kinder Morgan's $70B Megadeal Creates Single Entity
• PharmAthene Wins Damages For Lost Profits In SIGA Row
• Conex Ch. 7 Trustee's Claims Against Ex-Brass Tossed
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Morris Manning, Nixon
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Bob Evans, Sandell Both Claim Victory In ISS Report
• Media Group Denied Return of Escrow In $115M Stations Sale
• Del. Court Says Expired Trust Can't Pursue Derivative Suit
• Etihad Inks $2.4B Deal For 49% Stake In Alitalia
• Hammond Kennedy Nabs Three Companies In Buying Spree
• Union Sues Spirit AeroSystems For Outsourcing Jobs
• Deals Rumor Mill: PQ Corp., IndCor Properties, Herff Jones
• Altas, Baring To Plow $750M Into For-Profit Med School
• Pulling Up Stakes: DLA Piper, Ulmer & Berne, Orrick
• Gemalto Puts Up $890M For Data Protection Co. SafeNet
• Littlejohn Pockets $243M In Sale Of Enviro Cleanup Co.
• Malaysia Airlines To Go Private In $430M Buyout
• A Look At 1st M&A Deals Under China's New Review Process
• Compliance Reigns Supreme As In-House Demographics Shift
• CSX Blasts Pipe Maker's Terms In Planned $104M Ch. 11 Sale
• Lululemon Founder Sells Shares, Avoids Proxy War
• Bankrupt Vision Care Co. Gets Nod For Auction Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Freeport, Vivendi, Agent Provocateur
• PE-Backed Ryerson Chops Expected IPO To $127M
• AT&T, DirecTV May Soon Take Over Troubled Sports Network
• Regions Wins Price Impact Review In Investor Class Action
• Fidelity Dumps Valeant Shares In Thick Of Allergan Assault
• Wyden Working On Bipartisan Coalition To Fight Inversions
• Nestle Rolls Out $8.8B Share Buyback Program
• Deutsche Telekom Spurns Iliad's $15B T-Mobile Bid
• 5 Tips For Policyholders Amid M&A Insurance Boom
• FTC Seeks More Docs From Medtronic Over $42B Covidien Buy
• 4 Things To Know About CFIUS' Appetite For Food M&A
• Biotech IPO Market Wavers As 2 Postpone, 1 Falls Short
• Hong Kong Group Prevails In $2.2B Envestra Bidding War
• Cliffs Appoints Casablanca Board Nominee As Chairman, CEO
• DLA Piper Snags Global M&A Veteran From Allen & Overy
• Collaboration In The Shadow Of The Billable Hour
• K&L Gates Nabs Ex-Baker & McKenzie Life Sci, M&A Pro
• KKR, TPG, Blackstone To Pay $325M In LBO Collusion Suit
• Dealmakers Q&A: Richards Kibbe's William Orbe
• Lot Of Inversion Talk, But Do You Know The Basics?
• New Activist Weapon — A Look At Appraisal Arbitrage Cases
• Failed Deals Means Less Lucrative Summer For Some Firms
• Megamerger Madness Expected To Persist Despite Failed Bids
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• US Attorney Questions Boston Scientific's BridgePoint Buy
• Walgreen's Decision Unlikely To Stem Inversion Tide
• First Citizens Investor Says Bank Overpaying For Merger
• JM Smucker To Buy Seattle Fruit And Nut Snack Co.
• Ex-DOJ Antitrust Attys Team Up To Launch New DC Firm
• Deals Rumor Mill: United Biscuits, TricorBraun, Telefonica
• TPG Sells $250M Stake To China Life, Ponders IPO: Report
• Investor Sues World of Beer Over Contested Fla. Location
• Fox 'Done' With Time Warner, Won't Seek Alternative Deal
• Wells Fargo Wants Insurer Barred From Using 'ABD' Name
• Investors Want Wilmington To Cough Up Docs In Fraud Suit
• Orica Plans to Spin Off $1.1B Revenue Chemicals Business
• Walt Disney Not Interested In Tax Busting Inversion Move
• Proxy Advisers Slam Allergan, Support Shareholder Meeting
• Wachtell Guides Walgreen In $15B Deal for Alliance Boots
• HgCapital Ditches Voyage Care In $631M Sale To PE Group
• Dealmakers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Laura Holm
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gray Plant's Steve Kutscheid
• Make Sure Your Valuation Will Weather The Scrutiny Storm
• Contract Management Survey Reveals Untapped Opportunities
• Sprint To Call Off Pursuit Of $32B T-Mobile Merger
• Treasury Working To Bypass Congress On Inversions
• Cerner To Pay $1.3B For Siemens' Health IT Business Unit
• Lyondell Shareholders Try To Ax $12.5B Clawback Row
• Optim Taps Blackstone Unit As $126M Buyer For Coal Plant
• Caesars Brawls With Stakeholders In Pair Of New Lawsuits
• Formula 1 Chief Pays $100M To End German Bribery Case
• Benihana Settles Atty Fee Battle In Haru Stakeholder Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: T-Mobile, Dollar General, IBM
• Largest BK Franchisee Could Gobble Up More Restaurants
• 21st Century Fox Withdraws $80B Time Warner Bid
• Allergan's Valeant Suit Could Be Landmark Securities Case
• Akerman Adds M&A, Litigation, RE Pros In South Fla.
• Frothy Craft Beer Industry Keeps M&A On Ice
• Phoenix Gets Early OK For $5M DIP Ahead Of $50M Sale Plan
• Fiat Rebuffs Rumors Of Shareholders Selling Out In Merger
• 2nd-Largest Tier Firms Nabbed Half Of M&A Billables In 2013
• Law Firm Martin Snags Ex-Kelley Drye PE Chair
• Telefonica Stages $8.9B Play For Vivendi's Brazil Unit
• Lexmark Again Tops Hyland With $248M Offer for ReadSoft
• JPMorgan's $360M Carlson Unit Sale Scores EU Approval
• Auris Medical Cuts Expected IPO To $56M
• Gannett To Buy Cars.com For $1.8B, Spin Off USA Today
• NorthStar Realty Drops $4B To Buy A Health Care REIT
• Allergan Continues Assault On Valeant Disclosure Policy
• 2nd Circ. Favors Barclays In $6B Lehman Collateral Fight
• Dealmakers Q&A: Berger Singerman's Marc Shuster
• 2nd Activist Backs Darden Board Overhaul Ahead Of Meeting
• The Future Of Shareholder Activism In M&A
• A New Del. Statute Of Limitations Will Be Useful For M&A
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Stock Owners Not Liable Successors In VistaCare FCA Row
• 'Fraudulent' $47M Suit Over BP Asset Sale Axed By Judge
• FTC OK's $324M Akorn Deal For Drugmaker, With Conditions
• HP Says Ex-Autonomy CFO Can't Object To Derivative Deal
• Ex-Fidelity Counsel Joins Carlton Fields' Property Group
• Phoenix Payment Enters Ch. 11 With $50M Stalking Horse
• Hyland Fans Bid War With Lexmark, Ups ReadSoft Offer
• Royal Caribbean, TUI Ink Deal For Up To $2B In New Ships
• Mont. Justices Revive AIG Unit's $29M D&O Battle Over Merger
• Walgreen Replaces CFO As It Considers Swiss Inversion
• Darden Blasts Back At Starboard Over Red Lobster Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG, Gables, GlaxoSmithKline
• Cartica Can't Lift Discovery Stay In CorpBanca Merger Suit
• EU Antitrust Watchdog OKs $1.3B Siemens-Rolls Royce Deal
• Vanguard Pays $278M For Oil And Gas Assets In Texas, La.
• Kromann Advises Roche On $450M Santaris Buy
• Busy IPO Week Expected Before Sharp August Slowdown
• Chinese Co. Swoops In With $442M Bid For Roc Oil
• KKR Makes Sweetened $3.2B Bid For Treasury Wine
• Marcato Keeps Pressure On IHG After Spurned Deal
• Dealmakers Q&A: Dickinson Wright's Monica Labe
• Dealmakers Q&A: Dechert's John Timperio
• Possible Defenses To Health Care M&A Challenges From FTC
• Verein Tie-Ups Gain Allure As Firms Eye Global Expansion
• UK Firms Expand Global Empire, But US Firms Gaining Ground
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Take Global To New Heights
• Taxation With Representation: Shearman, Sidley, Wachtell
• Sidney Frank Gets 2nd Bite At Grey Goose Tax Dispute
• Bob Evans Calls Activist Sandell's Reforms 'Short-Sighted'
• Carlyle Not Backing Down In Massive LBO Collusion Suit
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