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Mergers & Acquisitions - September, 2014

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• Del. High Court Reverses Appriva Investors' $250M Ev3 Win
• Vinson & Elkins Brings Back Bracewell Energy Deal Pro
• Top Momentive Bondholders Flop In Suits Against Juniors
• Icahn Unlikely To Win Bid To Stay Part Of Wachtell Suit
• Chemical Co. Reichold Hits Ch. 11, Plans Sale To Bondholders
• Revel Draws 2nd Bidder As Stalking Horse Bidder Objects
• NY Delays Review Of $45B Comcast-TWC Deal Amid Worries
• Del. High Court Nominee Ends Run Of Corporate-Minded Picks
• Goldman, Others Get Initial Approval For $590M LBO Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Novo Banco, OTP Bank
• After Hedging, Egan-Jones Sticks By Darden In Proxy Fight
• UnitedHealth Snaps Up Texas Management Firm MedSynergies
• Murphy Oil Sheds $2B In Malaysian Energy Assets
• Starwood Energy Scoops Up 550-MW Quail Run Energy Center
• Japan Convenience Chain Branches Out In Supermarket Buy
• Samsung IT Unit Set For $1.1B IPO As Parent Restructures
• $1.8B Alios Sale Marks Latham's 2nd Major Deal This Week
• AbbVie CEO Says New Rules Won't Derail $54B Shire Inversion
• News Corp. To Pay $950M For Online Real Estate Co.
• EBay Adopts Icahn's PayPal Spinoff Plan On Its Own Terms
• Dealmakers Q&A: Norton Rose Fulbright's Efren Acosta
• Dealmakers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Todd Boes
• 2 Reasons Chancery's Swomley Ruling Is Notable
• Bankrupt Vitamin Maker Natrol Aims For Nov. Auction
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Fortis Exploring Sale Of Hotel, Commercial RE Assets
• American Apparel Hires Turnaround Specialist As New CEO
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Power Construction, Vista Equity
• 3 Things To Know As Inversion Rules Muddle Medtronic Deal
• NiSource Spins Off Pipeline Unit, Creates MLP
• LSI Says Ace Skimped On Covering Shareholder Settlement
• FTC Taps U Of Mich. Prof As New Chief Economist
• Sabra Offers Millions Of Shares To Bankroll Property Deal
• Carlyle Keeps Up Buying Spree With Another Power Plant Deal
• Alibaba Drops $457M On Tech Co. In 1st Major Deal Since IPO
• Esterline Pays $200M For Barco's Aerospace & Defense Unit
• Dealmakers Q&A: Debevoise's Kevin Schmidt
• FTC Holds Up Verisk's Planned $650M EagleView Buy
• Vista Equity Throws Down $4.3B To Pick Up Tibco Software
• Encana Strikes Texas Oil Gusher With $7.1B Athlon Buy
• Ex-Pa. Casino Owner Challenges $31M IRS Deficiency Notice
• PE-Backed Dave & Buster's Sketches Out $122M IPO
• No Deal For KKR, TPG As Treasury Wine Corks $3B Talks
• Dealmakers Q&A: Nossaman's Charles Fiedler
• Allergan Again Blasts Valeant Bid As Investors Urge Talks
• Pension Plan Minefields For Distressed Auto Equipment Cos.
• UK Takeover Panel Wants You To Be As Good As Your Word
• Family Dollar Says $9.1B Dollar General Bid Under Probe
• Chancery Allows Early Appeal In $255M Cornerstone Deal Suit
• Attys Seek $200M In Fees Amid Deals In LBO Collusion Suit
• Judge OKs Bankrupt Video Transmission Co.'s Asset Sale
• HP-Autonomy Judge Rips Investor Deal's 'Staggering' Release
• Deals Rumor Mill: AbbVie, ZF Friedrichshafen, T-Mobile
• 7 HSR Filing Reminders From Berkshire Hathaway Case
• Cartica's Merger Suit Dies On Purchaser-Seller Grounds
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• MoFo Playing Key Role As SoftBank Chases World Domination
• Proskauer Nabs Ex-KWM Corporate Chief In London
• CORRECTED: Universal Health Pays $335M For UK Company Cygnet
• Caesars Strikes Deal Promising Tort Awards To Top Creditors
• Activist Starboard Sets Sights On Yahoo-AOL Combination
• Pulling Up Stakes: Squire Patton Boggs, McDermott, Cooley
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Simpson, Jones Day
• Intel Sinks $1.5B Into 2 Chinese Mobile Chipmakers
• Dealmakers Q&A: Saul Ewing's David Antzis
• Chiquita Inversion Partner Sweetens Deal As Rival Bid Looms
• Investor Slams 'Hostile' Allergan Actions, Urges Deal Talks
• Dealmakers Q&A: Sheppard Mullin's Lucantonio Salvi
• Concur Shareholders Seek To Scuttle $8.3B Buyout By SAP
• Annie's Investor Challenges $820M General Mills Deal
• Ex-Astros Owner Objects To Sports Network's Ch. 11 Plan
• Teledyne, Bolt Face Shareholder Suits Over $171M Deal
• Dresser-Rand Can't Bar $32M Share Sale During Merger Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Facebook, Telecom Italia, CVC Capital
• New Bill Rekindles CFIUS Debate 1 Year After Smithfield
• Prudential To Take On $3B In Motorola Pension Obligations
• Sheppard Mullin Nabs Corporate Partner From King & Spalding
• 3 Tips For Navigating Today's Crowded Deal Auctions
• CVC Makes Back Most Of SPi Global Investment In Spinoff
• Freshfields Reps GIC In RAC Co-Investment With Carlyle
• Aussie Watchdog OKs $1.2B Goodman Fielder Purchase
• DirecTV Stockholders Approve $48.5B Merger With AT&T
• Starboard Picks For Darden Board Gain Two More Allies
• Allergan Snubs Valeant's Olive Branch, Hints At Other Deal
• Pfizer, AstraZeneca Deal Hopes Wilt After Inversion Rules
• DeLauro Legislation Would Broaden Reach Of CFIUS Reviews
• Dealmakers Q&A: Paul Weiss' Neil Goldman
• Dealmakers Q&A: Dorsey's Matthew Knopf
• GM Says Revstone Trying To Undo Deal On Canadian Sale
• Revel Auction Goes On Hiatus With No Winning Bid
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Bob Evans Has Attracted Potential Buyers, Sandell Reveals
• Inversion Closing Conditions In Focus After Rule Tweak
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walgreen, Starz, Actavis
• Comcast, Time Warner Say Merger Criticism Not Fact-Based
• Chinese Pharma Co. Ducks Investor Suit Over Botched Sale
• Haynes And Boone Snags Onetime FTC Litigator In DC
• One M&A Firm Stands Tall With $20B In Deals Last Week
• CalPERS Attacks Atty Fees In HP's Autonomy Settlement
• Bid First, Diligence Later Becomes New Norm In PE Auctions
• RBS Cuts Pricing For Citizens To $3B In Offering Debut
• UAE Co. Scoops Up 35% Stake In $2.5B English Wind Project
• ISS Deals Blow To Bramson's Electra Shakeup Campaign
• Valeant Asks Allergan To Open Talks, Tone Down Buyout Fight
• Dealmakers Q&A: Lindquist & Vennum's Peter Michaud
• Dealmakers Q&A: Loeb & Loeb's Ross Emmerman
• 'Entire Fairness' Is More Than Just A Fair Price
• Cooley Adds Ex-Latham Capital Markets, M&A Partner
• Starbucks Pays $914M To Buy Out Japanese JV Partner
• Phoenix $50M Ch. 11 Sale Ok'd Despite 11th-Hour IP Dispute
• Treasury Exercises Broad Authority With New Inversion Rules
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear $4B Lehman-Barclays Asset Fight
• Del. Gov. Taps Veteran Judge For State's High Court
• FTC Economics Chief Says Details Key In Merger Defense
• Robbins & Myers Wins Toss Of Suit Over $2.5B Energy Merger
• Sysco Plans Notes Offering To Fund $3.8B US Foods Buy
• New Treasury Rules A Blow To Inversions But Not Fatal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Standard Chartered, Aditya Birla, Pfizer
• Enbridge Picks Up Stakes In Quebec Wind Projects For $225M
• Venture Capital Investing In Asia Rises To New Record
• Buchanan Reps Cassidy In Sale To TPG, Other DTZ Buyers
• Fertilizer Cos. Yara, CF Industries Confirm Merger Talks
• Total Reaps $400M From Utica Shale Pipeline Co. Exit
• 1099ers Exposing Startups, PE Firms To Costly Liability
• Barclays Pays $15M To Settle SEC Claim Over Lehman Biz
• Bankruptcy Sale Of Hospitals: 4 Questions Before You Begin
• Wachtell Ripped Over Deal To End HP Derivative Suits
• Opportunities And Pitfalls In The Legal Cloud
• Ackman Threatens To Sue Allergan Over Potential Salix Deal
• Dealmakers Q&A: Butler Snow's James Lawless
• Dealmakers Q&A: Schulte Roth's Stuart Freedman
• AWI Creditors Get Time To Study Possible $170M Sale Plan
• US Treasury Cracking Down On Corporate Tax Inversion Deals
• Valeant Wins Access To Allergan Docs In Insider Trading Row
• Bankrupt Education Co. Gets OK To Sell 5 Schools
• Latham Reps GIP In $1.43B Pipeline Sale To Veresen
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Silver Lake, HP, TTM Technologies
• TriMas Puts Up $360M For Fastener Maker Allfast
• Red-Hot Life Sciences Sector A Skadden M&A Showcase
• Legal Software Co. Rebuffs Fund's $1.1B Takeover Bid
• Total Seeks To Shed $10B In Assets By 2017
• Bosch to Pay $3.85B For Siemens Stake In Appliances Venture
• ISIS Equity Partners To Change Terrorist-Linked Name
• Paragon To Issue New Stock To Fund Tana Minerals Buy
• Electra Strikes Back Again As Activist Battle Heats Up
• Mitsubishi Drops $1.4B On Cermaq ASA
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gardere's Chris Converse
• Merck Inks $17B Deal To Broaden Chemicals Business
• Auxilium Spurns $2.2B Endo Bid, Sticks To Acquisition
• Latham Guides Siemens' $7.6B Dresser-Rand Buy
• Dealmakers Q&A: Taft's James Zimmerman
• An Attempt To Close A California Tax Loophole
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Billing Tips
• Al Jazeera Hits Gore With Counterclaims In $65M Escrow Fight
• Hot Alibaba Launch Likely To Spark Additional IPO Frenzy
• Taxation With Representation: Fenwick, Ropes, Simpson
• Allergan Defends Redactions In Valeant Insider Trading Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Alcatel-Lucent, KKR
• Alibaba IPO Buoys M&A Outlook For 2 Big-Ticket Deal Makers
• Algonquin Agrees To Pay $327M For Regulated Water Utilities
• Baker & McKenzie Grabs M&A, Bankruptcy Partners In NY
• Pulling Up Stakes: Stradley, Cadwalader, Hogan Lovells
• Reverse Due Diligence — A New Trend In Financial M&A
• Venable Wins Back Ex-Hotel General Counsel In San Francisco
• Aquis Clears Key Hurdle For $203M Australia Casino Buy
• Total Mulls $2.3B Offer For Adhesive Unit Amid Sale Push
• Telefonica Touts $9.3B Deal For Prized Vivendi Brazil Unit
• Dealmakers Q&A: Crowell & Moring's Bryan Brewer
• Dealmakers Q&A: Nelson Mullins' Brian Moore
• Jones Day Advises SAP In $8.3B Concur Tech Buy
• ACE Sues American Dream Developer In $5.2M Premium Row
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Pabst Fetches $700M From Oasis Beverages, TSG
• Deals Rumor Mill: ZF Friedrichshafen, Hess, CRH PLC
• Green Dot Pays $320M To Acquire Calif. Tax Services Co.
• More Cos. Try To Dodge Investor Votes As ISS Looms
• Maynard Cooper Nabs Veteran M&A, Media Pro In Ala.
• HP Says Ex-Autonomy Exec Can't Block Deal Over $11B Buy
• 3i Continues Exit Streak With $139M Sale Of Vedici To CVC
• Gattai Minoli Snags Partners From Latham, Changes Name
• Ropes & Gray Advises Welsh Carson In $400M CCHN Sale
• Bayer To Spin Off $10B Polymer Biz In Public Listing
• Phoenix Drops Ch. 11 Auction For $50M Stalking Horse
• Callon Nets $122M In Stock Sale To Fund Oil Land Purchase
• Brazilian Suitors Continue Attack On Chiquita-Fyffes Deal
• Ackman-Targeted Air Products Unveils Major Restructuring
• NorthStar, Chatham Ink $1.1B Deal For Hotel Portfolio
• 2nd Activist Confirms Support For Darden Overhaul Plan
• Dealmakers Q&A: Saul Ewing's Eric Orlinsky
• Dealmakers Q&A: Fenwick & West's Greg Roussel
• Equity Cure Rights In Middle-Market Deals — A Primer
• FCC Urged To Shut Down $49B AT&T-DirecTV Deal
• Valeant Slams Allergan Doc Redactions In Insider Trading Row
• Tax Court Rules Mass. Merger Created $30M Taxable Gift
• Bankrupt Refinery Owner Floats $100M EnCap Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Oi, Total, Verizon
• Wilson Sonsini Scandal Brings Unwanted Glare To M&A Group
• Comcast-TWC Deal May Hurt Content Provider Access: AAI
• Ex-MySpace Owner Accuses Google, News Corp. Of Collusion
• Mentor Investors' Appeal Over $1.1B J&J Sale Tossed
• Siga Technologies Blames Ch. 11 On Appeal Bond
• Sky Deutschland Boards Won't Back $4.7B BSkyB Offer
• Ontario Teachers Buys Out Macquarie's Half Of Bristol Airport
• Auxilium Takes Poison Pill After $2.2B Endo Offer
• Activist Hedge Fund Wants DuPont Split Into 2 Cos.
• Dealmakers Q&A: Perkins Coie's Fiona Brophy
• Family Dollar Snubs 'Meaningless' $9.1B Dollar General Bid
• Dealmakers Q&A: Sheppard Mullin's Jeryl Bowers
• Forum Selection Bylaws Are Best Considered On A Clear Day
• AbbVie Investor Aims To Skunk $54B Shire Inversion
• Chancery Won't Nix Claims Over $3B Jefferies Leucadia Deal
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps Endo In $2.2B Auxilium Offer
• Sen. Drafts Bill To Boost Oversight Of Foreign Ag Buyout
• FTC's Ohlhausen Troubled By China's Antitrust Law
• Donald Trump Says He May Buy Back In To Bankrupt Casinos
• Class Wins Remand Of Best Buy Stock Option Action
• Beer Merger May Escape Antitrust Worries With Miller Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Eagle Merchant, Advanstar, Citadele Bank
• Freshfields Snags M&A Partner From Shearman & Sterling
• Scottish 'Yes' Vote Could Put Debt Markets On Pause
• 2nd Circ. Told E&Y Tax Docs In Schaeffler Row Are Protected
• KKR Spins New Beat In $551M Deal For Pioneer's DJ Co.
• AngloGold Scraps Spinoff Plan Amid Investor Objections
• Siga Files Ch. 11 After Losing Rival's Botched-Merger Suit
• Airbus To Put Radio, Software Businesses Up For Sale
• Deal Makers Start Week With A Multibillion-Dollar Bang
• Getty Buyers Sue Akin Gump For Conflict In Lukoil Deal
• OECD Shares First Part Of Base Erosion, Profit-Shifting Plan
• Orange Offers $4.4B For Spanish Rival Jazztel
• Preserving The Attorney-Client Privilege In M&A
• Russian Web Giant Pays $1.5B To Swallow VK Social Network
• Chiquita Floats Concessions To Fyffes Inversion Deal
• Simpson Thacher, Wachtell Lipton Guide $4.3B REIT Merger
• Heineken UK Sells 111 Pub Portfolio To Admiral Taverns
• Dealmakers Q&A: Norton Rose Fulbright's David Peterman
• Dealmakers Q&A: Jackson Walker's Michael Taten
• Wilson Sonsini Tech Worker Charged With Insider Trading
• Allergan Compromises With Valeant, Ackman On Meeting
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Magazine Wholesaler Cancels Ch. 11 Auction, Sells For $24M
• Revel Bankruptcy Judge OKs Auction For $90M Stalking Horse
• Deals Rumor Mill: PTT, Orange SA, Hellman & Friedman
• Darden Blasts Investors' Olive Garden Breadsticks Dig
• Investec Unloads $877M Mortgage Biz In Sale To Loan Star
• Dealmakers Q&A: Farella Braun's Philip Peters
• Ex-CEO Of Diagnostics Co. Alere Unveils $3.8B Buyout Plan
• AT&T's $48.5B DirecTV Deal Under State AGs' Antitrust Lens
• 4 Things To Know As A $120B Beer Deal Brews
• Vinson & Elkins, Simpson Guide Eagle Energy's $195M Buy
• Skadden Reps Danaher In $2.2B Nobel Biocare Purchase
• Denmark's TDC to Pay $2.2B for Norwegian Cable TV Co.
• Sinopec Reaps $17.5B From Sale Of Marketing Unit Stake
• Ann Taylor Rebuffs Latest Activist Push For $3B Sale
• Bankrate Discloses SEC Probe As CFO Steps Down
• Kirkland, Latham Guide $2.7B Cognizant-TriZetto Merger
• UK Floats Tighter Takeover Regs After Pfizer-AstraZeneca Bid
• 8 Trends Influencing Energy Transactions
• German Auto Supplier ZF Drops $13.5B For US Rival TRW Auto
• UK Tour Operator, Majority Owner Ink $8.4B Tie-Up
• Microsoft Plunks Down $2.5B To Absorb Minecraft Creator
• Dealmakers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Derek Bork
• Glanbia Drops $153M For Isopure To Bulk Up Supplement Biz
• Chancery Won't Cancel Trial In Allergan Fight With Ackman
• Deutsche, Goldman Win $37M In Fees For CVR Defense
• Antitrust Group Decries Mass. AG's Partners Hospital Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: San Miguel, Royal Dutch Shell, Citigroup
• OPINION: Pro Bono May Help Diversity Recruiting Efforts
• Caesars Launches Restructuring Talks With Top Creditors
• Alliance Data To Pay $2.3B For Digital Marketer Conversant
• European PE Roll-Up Activity Weakened In 1st Half Of 2014
• FirstEnergy Must Kick In For NYSEG Cleanup, 2nd Circ. Says
• Pulling Up Stakes: Wilson Sonsini, Kirkland & Ellis, KWM
• Sealing The Deal: Skadden Fuses PE, Charity In TOMS Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Proskauer, Gibson Dunn, DPW
• Carlyle Sells Slice Of PQ In Switch From IPO Track
• Forum Selection Bylaws Shrug Off Investor Backlash
• DOJ Litigation Chief Says Cos. Should Stick To The Facts
• Hogan And K&E Recruit Hong Kong Partners From Each Other
• Danfoss Offers $1.3B For AC Drive Maker Vacon
• Infratil Gets $547.3M In Sale Of Australian Energy Assets
• Olive Garden Hit For Being Too Free With The Breadsticks
• Epstein Becker Green Adds Ex-Paul Hastings Health Care Ace
• Dealmakers Q&A: Loeb & Loeb's Arash Khalili
• Dealmakers Q&A: Ungaretti & Harris' Gary Levenstein
• Hertz, Icahn Latest To Compromise To Thwart Proxy Fight
• More State Courts Upholding Forum Selection Bylaws
• FTC's Ramirez Pushes Merger Remedies Review
• Halliburton Loses Appeal To Shift KBR Tax Arbitration Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pabst, ZF Friedrichshafen, Burger King
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Vedder Price Adds Mayer Brown, Stroock Attys To LA Office
• Hatch Says Inversion Reform Must Be Nonretroactive
• Mexichem Offers $750M In Bonds To Back Deal Appetite
• EU Approves BSkyB's $9.3B Deal For Fox Pay-TV Assets
• Sealing The Deal: Kaye Scholer Guides Skilled-Genesis Merger
• AK Steel To Buoy Plant Buy With $800M Offerings
• Abbott Announces $3B Share Buyback, Quarterly Dividend
• BlackBerry Hopes To Boost Corporate Appeal With Movirtu Deal
• UK PE Firms Buy Housing Developer From Lloyds
• Ackman's Investor Support Tips Allergan Meeting Fight
• High-Profile Hostile Plays Reinforce Bright M&A Outlook
• Cheap Debt Could Mean Rich Autumn For PE
• MGM Gets Nod To Take Back 50% Borgata Stake
• How Research Efficiency Impacts Law Firm Profitability
• PE Shop Electra Stands Firm Against Bramson Proxy Play
• Eni CEO Under Investigation Over Nigerian Oil License Deal
• BakerHostetler Adds Energy Atty To Houston Office
• Jones Day Reps Eastman Chemical In $2.8B Deal For Taminco
• Sens. Urge Burger King To Scrap $11B Tim Hortons Inversion
• Dealmakers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Mark Ehrmann
• 5 Insights From Ford General Counsel David Leitch
• Winning Strategies For Bidders In M&A Auctions
• HP Investor Wants To Scuttle Autonomy Row Settlement
• Sens. Pitch Inversion Bill To Thwart Earnings Stripping
• Associated Wholesalers Get Interim Nod For $193M DIP
• Suit Over $8.5B Family Dollar Buyout Gets Fast-Tracked
• New EU Antitrust Chief To Join Restructured EC
• Moses & Singer Gave Bad HIPAA Advice In Merger, Suit Says
• EU Conditionally Clears Huntsman's $1B Rockwood Biz Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Microsoft, Visteon, Alliance Cosmetic
• Cornerstone Directors Can't Escape Suit Over $255M Buyout
• House Committee Approves Bill To Streamline Merger Reviews
• AngloGold Seeks $2B Issuance As It Announces Spinoff
• Dollar Tree Deal May Beat Hostile Bid On Antitrust Review
• JFTC Joins Regulatory Probes Of $13.4B Zimmer-Biomet Deal
• Onex Ties Up Allison Transmission Exit With $2.4B Profit
• Japan's Ajinomoto Drops $800M On Frozen-Food Producer
• Icahn's Federal-Mogul Drops $385M For TRW Engine Co.
• Dealmakers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Joel Greenberg
• Brazilian Pair Inches Toward $611M Chiquita Takeover
• Can EU States Do Whatever They Want To Foreign Takeovers?
• New Guidance On How MFW Operates At Pleading Stage
• Best Business Planning Practices For Lawyers
• Dealmakers Q&A: Proskauer's Daniel Ganitsky
• Dollar General Goes Hostile With $9.1B Family Dollar Bid
• Chancery Urged To Pare Activision Investors' $8B Suit
• The 5 Biggest PE Plays Of The Summer
• 3 Lessons Learned As Darden Proxy Fight Heats Up
• Food Co-Op Associated Wholesalers Hits Ch. 11 Seeking Sale
• Weil Boosts Finance Team With Ex-Ashurst PE, M&A Pro
• Deals Rumor Mill: PDVSA, Buffalo Bills, Total SA
• A Primer On Structuring Specialty Finance M&A Deals
• BGC Partners Offers $675M Counterbid For GFI Group
• Agnico Eagle Offers Up $186M For Exploration Co. Cayden
• Rakuten Forks Over $1B To Buy Rival E-Commerce Co.
• Morgan Lewis Lures Corporate Partner From Edwards Wildman
• Jupiter Resources Plans $1B Offering To Fund Bighorn Deal
• Steel Dynamics Sells $1.2B Of Notes To Back Mill Buy
• FTC Asks For More Info On $8.5B Family Dollar Deal
• Blackstone And TPG Pair Up In $290M Mortgage Lender Deal
• Latham, Linklaters Guide PE Firm's Insurance Broker Buy
• Important Legal Effects Of California Short-Form Mergers
• Dealmakers Q&A: Sills Cummis' Ira Rosenberg
• Dealmakers Q&A: DLA Piper's Ed Batts
• General Mills Forks Over $820M For Natural Foods Co. Annie's
• Mercuria Unit Drops $81M On Tullow's Dutch Oil, Gas Assets
• Thompson & Knight Botched Deal To Buy Metal Co., Suit Says
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Telefonica Deutschland To Raise $4.7B For E-Plus Merger
• Edwards Wildman Taps Ex-Fortress Atty For NYC Office
• Alibaba's Deal-Making Strategy To See Scrutiny Amid IPO
• Policy Group Says Legislators Must Step Up To Fight Inversion
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bharti Airtel, Sharp, CenturyLink
• FTC Backtracks On Phoebe Deal As Divestiture Seems Doable
• Brennan, Arch Street Launch $300M Industrial Properties JV
• $1.2B Goodman Fielder Buyout Delayed By China's Regulators
• EU Mulling Rule Changes For Cross-Border Mergers, Divisions
• Glenfiddich Maker Swallows Drambuie In Latest Booze Deal
• Electrolux To Buy GE Appliance Business For $3.3B
• Global Cash Access Pays $1.2B To Pick Up Multimedia Games
• Treasury's Lew Says Inversion Decision Coming Soon
• FMC To Buy Crop Protection Chemical Co. In $1.8B Deal
• Dealmakers Q&A: Akin Gump's Thomas Yang
• Chiquita Relents, Opens Talks With Brazilian Suitors
• Jana Gets Walgreen Board Seats After Failed Inversion Push
• Dealmakers Q&A: Jones Day's Daniel Mitz
• Assessing Retroactive Inversion Legislation And Its Risks
• Perjuring Ex-Troutman Atty Denied Piece Of $2.2B Deal
• Cushman & Wakefield Buys Tax Advisory Firm Silver Oak
• Indian Watchdog Questions $3B Sun Pharma-Ranbaxy Deal
• Nixed Casting Co. Merger Spurs Breach Of Contract Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fancy, Rakuten, Talking Rain
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, MoFo, Weil, Skadden
• Ultra Petroleum Sells $850M Notes To Finance Pinedale Buy
• Summer Sees One Firm Nab Nearly A Quarter of PE Deal Value
• 3 Reasons The M&A Upswing Will Soar Even Higher
• Japan Banking Giant Inks $942M Deal To Up Stake In HK Bank
• ISS Deals Blow To Contested $526M Chiquita-Fyffes Merger
• Pulling Up Stakes: Hogan, Mayer Brown, Squire Patton Boggs
• Allergan OKs Shareholder Meeting In Win For Valeant, Ackman
• Family Dollar Spurns Rival's $9.1B Bid Over Antitrust Risks
• Less Than Meets The Eye: Amicus Briefs In St. Luke's
• Dealmakers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Matthew Richards
• Dealmakers Q&A: Baker Botts' Buzz McGrath
• 5 Insights From AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts
• McDermott Says Antioch Negligence Claim Should Be Nixed
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Houston Sports Network Moves Closer To Bankruptcy Sale
• Chevron Gets $295M For La. Pipeline System
• Deals Rumor Mill: Electrolux, Grocery Outlet, KKR
• FTC Patent Troll Study To Disappoint Some, Wright Says
• One Year In, 251(h) Has Become M&A Game Changer
• CVS Chief Latest To Come Out Against Tax Inversions
• Fried Frank Lands M&A, Capital Markets Pro From Sidley
• Swiss PE Shop Buys Minority Stake In Turkish Gas Co.
• FTC Wants More Info On Zillow's $3.5B Trulia Buy
• Hogan, Stikeman Rep WSP In $1.35B Parsons Brinckerhoff Buy
• ECI Partners Rakes In £500M For Latest Buyout Fund
• Northland Nabs 85% Stake In German Offshore Wind Farms
• Fiat, Chrysler Merger Still On Track Despite Payout
• Watchdog Raises Red Flag On Expedia's $659M Wotif Deal
• Segro Secures €208M For Industrial Buys In Europe
• Safeguard Design Freedom: Patent Strategy In Corp. Deals
• Clifford Chance Nabs M&A Trio From Willkie Farr In Paris
• Dealmakers Q&A: Reed Smith's Kristin Wells
• Dealmakers Q&A: Bass Berry's Page Davidson
• Manulife Forks Out $3.7B For Standard Life's Canada Unit
• Occidental Petroleum Unit Raising $5B For Spin-Off
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hospira, Pioneer, Bombardier
• Jones Day Snags Cross-Border M&A Pros In NY, London
• Bankrupt Kid Brands Gets Nod For $8M Asset Sale
• FTC's Joshua Wright Takes Aim At 'Stale' Thinking
• Fortis Turns To Public Markets For $345M To Back UNS Deal
• St. Luke's Tells 9th Circ. Doc Group Deal Followed ACA
• ING Nets $1.2B In Sale Of 30M Voya Financial Shares
• Icahn Exits Family Dollar As Buyout Fight Rages
• Freshfields Nabs US Leveraged Finance, M&A Chiefs
• Starboard Lashes Out At Darden's Latest Olive Branch
• Carlyle, Others Ditch $1.9B Shanda Games Buyout Bid
• FTC Promotes Attys Who Scrutinized ProMedica, Thermo Deals
• Phoenix Payment OK'd To Hire Raymond James For Ch. 11
• PE Hungry For Chinese Food Cos. In Wake Of Scandals
• Dentons M&A Atty Rejoins Weil Gotshal Dallas Office
• KKR More Than Doubles Its Money With $770M Telecom Exit
• No Word From Pfizer, AstraZeneca As Deal Chatter Tapers
• LVMH To Redistribute Hermes Stake To Settle Share Battle
• Heralded DuPont GC Joins Ballard Spahr
• Icahn's Federal-Mogul To Split Powertrain, Motorparts Units
• Dealmakers Q&A: Akin Gump's David D'Urso
• The Real Tax Benefits Of Inverting To Canada
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• NJ Court Reverses Fox Rothschild Win In Malpractice Row
• Morgan Lewis Guides Buckeye's $860M Energy Buy In Texas
• Investor Sues Fla. Gourmet Meal Delivery Co. Over Merger
• 4 Lessons From Carlyle's 7-Year Collusion Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Akzo Nobel, PSP, General Electric
• Greenberg Traurig Grabs Slaughter & May Tax Atty for London
• Allergan Hits Back After Valeant Stands By Business Model
• Darden Offers New Olive Branch To Activists As Vote Looms
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