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Mergers & Acquisitions - September, 2015

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• Monde Nissin Pays Exponent PE $832M For Quorn Foods
• Arms Contractor Mergers Rousing DOD's Unease
• Sirona Dental Investor Challenges $5.5B Sale To Dentsply
• 3rd Circ. Allows Nightclub To Keep Lease At Revel
• China's Focus Media, CEO Settle With SEC For $55.6M
• FTC Gives $3.3B Wright, Tornier Deal Conditional OK
• Akerman Adds Real Estate Partner From K&L Gates
• Deals Rumor Mill: Perrigo, Synaptics, Brown-Forman
• New Data On Bank M&A Approvals — And Some Takeaways
• Fed Approves $3.7B M&T-Hudson City Merger
• Synergetics Investor Takes Aim At Valeant Deal
• Year Of Megamergers Leaves Questions On M&A Health
• Pa. Justices Snub Post-Merger Asbestos Liability Cap Appeal
• Starboard Urges Change At Advance After Nabbing 3.7% Stake
• Mellanox Tech Shells Out $811M For EZChip Semiconductor
• China's Unisplendour To Invest $3.8B In Western Digital
• DOJ Orders Divestiture In $4B Cox, Dealertrack Deal
• Spain's Top Court Says $4M Mediaset Merger Fine Too Big
• FTC Eyes Efficiencies Before Fighting Mergers, Ramirez Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anheuser-Busch, Tipico, Bridgepoint
• Debevoise, Simpson Steer $217M Phoenix Go-Private Deal
• GE, Electrolux Devising Antitrust Deal For $3.3B Merger
• Carlyle Nabs Majority Stake In $1B London Consulting Firm
• Freshfields Aids Japan Tobacco In $5B Reynolds Brand Buy
• Alibaba Takes Stake In Indian Mobile Payment Co.
• Yahoo $23B Alibaba Spinoff To Go Forward Sans Tax-Free OK
• Deals Rumor Mill: SABMiller, AC Milan, Hon Hai Precision
• White & Case Bolsters NY Office With IP, Tech Partner
• Iron Mountain Investor Sues To Stop $2.6B Merger
• 10 Marketing Tips From A Young Partner Perspective
• AA Says Merger Foes Don't Belong In Price-Fixing MDL
• Halliburton, Baker Hughes Eye More Sales For $34.6B Tie-Up
• Sanchez Energy Sells Texas Assets For $345M To MLP
• Steris-Synergy Merger Case — A Missed Opportunity
• Baker Botts, Cleary Rep Kraton Polymers In $1.4B Purchase
• Kirkland Guides Nexstar's $4.1B Play For Media General
• Comcast To Pay $1.5B For Stake In Japanese Theme Park
• Energy Transfer To Buy Williams Cos. For $38B
• In Congress: Boehner, Shutdown, President Xi
• Cablevision Investor Sues To Halt $17.7B Altice Deal
• Canadian Pacific Made $300M Upgrades As Promised, STB Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Awas Aviation, Japan Tobacco, Aerojet
• D&O Fee Advancement Lessons From American Apparel
• EU Takes Harder Look At $6.3B Staples-Office Depot Merger
• OPINION: Have Big Law Firms Lost Their Way?
• Grocery Giant Albertsons Readies $1.8B IPO
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Cravath, Sutherland
• Endo Sheds Drugs To Ease FTC Concerns Over $8B Par Buy
• Ardian Pays Repsol $364M For 10% Stake In CHL Group
• Two Firms Ruled Real Estate M&A Space This Summer
• Kickstarting Information Governance: 3 Ideal Pilot Projects
• FTC's Unusual Theory Made Steris Case An Uphill Battle
• Albertson's Forks Over $13M For Haggen Pharmacy Operations
• Quantum-Raging Bull Settlement Can Stay Secret, Judge Says
• M&T Merger May Near Close After Hudson City Redlining Deal
• Lockheed Gets Antitrust Green Light For $9B Sikorsky Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Williams Cos., Repsol, Towers Watson
• Korn Ferry Drops $452M For HR Consulting Firm Hay Group
• FTC Loses Bid To Block $1.9B Steris-Synergy Deal
• SEC Settles Case Over Allegedly Bogus Barnes & Noble Deal
• Hudson City Bank To Pay $33M To Settle Redlining Claims
• US Tech Cos. Tout Deals With Chinese Firms
• CORRECTED: American Pegasus Can Move Forward With $9M Clawback Suit
• 2nd Circ. Sorts Out Venue Squabble In $75M Oil Co. Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Citrix, Energy Capital, Hannover Finanz
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Watching This Week
• PE Firm Puts $100M Into Latin America, Japan Solar Plants
• CFTC Adjusts Rules For Position Limits On Derivatives
• Crestwood, Unit Holders Ink Proposed Settlement Over Merger
• FCC Queries Charter, TWC On Web Video Competition
• Anheuser-Miller Tie-Up Won't Brew Trouble For Sports Ad Biz
• China's Fosun Offers $1.33B For Shanghai Real Estate Co.
• Worst Case Scenario: How Mergers Trip Up In Europe
• Marcato Reveals Stake In Broker-Dealer LPL
• Judge Grants Partial Injunction In US Airways Pilot Row
• Swiss Re Pays $2.4B For Guardian Financial In PE Exit
• Xerox Brass Hit With Investor Suit Over Unit's Accounting
• BBA Aviation Buys Landmark Aviation For $2.1B From PE Firm
• Volkswagen CEO Steps Down Over Emissions Scandal
• 3rd Circ. Grants More Flexibility To Section 363 Buyers
• Mylan Countersues Perrigo Over $27B Hostile Takeover Bid
• Ballard Spahr Adds Ex-Nelson Mullins EB-5 Pro In Atlanta
• Blackhawk Named Winning Bidder In Patriot Coal Auction
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, ConocoPhillips, Casa Reha
• Aetna, Anthem CEOs Grilled Over Planned Mergers
• Envivio Investor Sues To Halt $125M Ericsson Deal
• AltaGas To Pay Oaktree Unit $642M For 3 Calif. Gas Plants
• FTC Fines Leucadia For Not Reporting $173M Deal
• Meggitt Lands EDAC Unit In $340M Deal With Greenbriar
• TICC Urged To Delay Proxy Vote On Sale Of Investment Arm
• Quirky Files For Ch. 11, Strikes $15M Deal For IoT Arm
• 'Corrupt' Calif. AG Sank $843M Hospital Deal, Suit Says
• The Key To National Security Compliance Success
• British American Tobacco Moves Into Growing E-Cig Market
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• United Energy Wants En Banc Rehearing Over BP Asset Sale
• Mylan To Nix Anti-Takeover Tool Used Against Teva
• Investors Slam Valeant's Bid To Duck Insider Trading Suit
• Starwood Waypoint REIT Snaps Up Rival In All-Stock Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: First Data, Fortress, EQT Partners
• Morgan Lewis Nabs Ex-Freshfields Islamic Finance Head
• China Says State-Owned Cos. Need Strong Party Leadership
• FCC Commish Says Foreign Investment Review Needs Work
• Aetna Says DOJ Seeks More Info On $37B Humana Buy
• Suncor Spends $234M To Build Stake In Oil Sands Project
• Ex-Delta Petroleum Exec Settles Fraud Action Over Oil Deal
• Deutsche Wohnen Inks $5.2B Tie-Up With German Peer LEG
• Dialog Rolls Out $4.6B Offer For US Chipmaker Atmel
• Symrise To Pay $397M For Chemicals Maker Pinova Holdings
• Paul Hastings Reps CMC On China Movie JV With Warner Bros.
• DOT Orders Train Dispatchers To Arbitrate Row Over $214M Deal
• Chinese Merger Reviews May Move Faster After Changes
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Morris, Baker Botts
• FTC Official Says Efficiencies Can Save Deals In Probes
• Jinjiang Takes Control Of PE-Backed Hotel Co. For $1.3B
• Stockton University Unloads Showboat To Pa. Developer
• Spanish Watchdog Fines Mediaset $3.4M For Merger Violation
• Del. Opinion Spells An End To Disclosure-Only Settlements
• NXP's $12B Freescale Deal Gets EU Nod With Divestiture
• Universal Health Pays $350M For Addiction Treatment Network
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anheuser-Busch, Hutchison, Petco
• New Attys Key To Reviving Google, News Corp. MySpace Suit
• Del. Judge OKs Riverbed Deal, Warns Standards May Change
• NRG Spins Off Clean Energy Biz, Nets $210M For Wind Farms
• Electra Plans To Reject Activist Investor's Advances Again
• Antero Takes $1.05B To Drop Down Water Biz To MLP
• A Shift In IRS Ruling Policy For Spinoffs
• Altice-Cablevision Deal Has Good Shot Amid Shifting Industry
• FCC Denies Challenge Of Pandora FM Radio Station Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Worldpay, Priory Group, Unilabs
• The Firm Behind The Blockbuster Altice-Cablevision Deal
• Willkie Farr Adds Ex-Latham Antitrust Partner In Europe
• Wal-Mart Acquisition Shows China E-Commerce Is Opening Up
• Perrigo Rejects Mylan Offer Again, Files Suit
• Gibson Dunn Snags Deloitte Tax Expert
• China's Biostime Buys Into $1.2B Australian Vitamin Maker
• $70B Shell-BG Merger Draws Aussie Watchdog's Unease
• 4 Unexpected Sources Of Support For Charter-TWC Merger
• Chinese Investor Group Pays $920M For Turkish Port Terminal
• The Equity Cure Provision — Saving Debt With Equity
• Altice Inks $17.7B Deal For Cablevision
• US Says GE, Electrolux Got Gov't Purchase Docs In Deal Row
• O'Melveny & Myers Nabs Life Sciences Co-Head
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cablevision, MBK Partners, Albertsons
• Epstein Becker Nabs Ex-DeCotiis FitzPatrick Tax Pro
• Merger Of Beer Giants To Stir Up Antitrust Concerns
• Judge Won't Alter Probation For Ex-PetroTiger CEO
• DOJ Won't Challenge $1.6B Expedia-Orbitz Tie-Up
• Cooley Snags Ex-WilmerHale Team In London
• Amgen Inks $300M Deal For Dutch Drugmaker
• US Airways Blasts Injunction Bid In Pilot Seniority Row
• TPG Unit Unveils Rejected $450M Bid For Lender TICC
• Zulily Hit With Investor Suit Over $2.4B Takeover
• Blackstone To Revive Intelenet With $388M Serco Deal
• Mexico's Oil Auction Changes Bode Well For Future Bidding
• Anheuser-Busch Eyes Tie-Up With Rival SABMiller
• Avoiding Post-Closing Working Capital Disputes
• Dentsply Buying Rival Sirona For $5.5B In Dental Co. Merger
• El Salvador Finalizes Pact To End Geothermal Energy Row
• CVS To Pay $48M To End Investor Suit Over Stock Drop
• Deals Rumor Mill: NBCUniversal, Liberty Global, IMAX
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Watching This Week
• IRS Guidance Could Slow Plans For Tax-Free Spinoffs
• Baker Hughes Sues US For $17.6M 'Bad Debt' Tax Refund
• Solving Law Firm Staffing Problems Through Innovation
• Morris Manning, Paul Weiss Guide $1.25B Trilogy Deal
• China Rail Cos. Mull Merger As Gov't Urges State Firm Tie-Ups
• The Importance Of Letters Of Intent In M&A Negotiations
• GAO Creates Catch-22 For Contractors In M&A Transactions
• Jones Day Lures 2 M&A Partners From Mayer Brown
• IRS Loses Appeal Over $24M LifeCare Sale Tax Bill
• IRS Seeks Views On Legality Of Certain Tax-Free Distributions
• Depomed Urges Stockholders To Snub Latest Horizon Offer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Banco de Sabadell, Credit Suisse, Apollo
• 3rd-Largest German Cable Co. Agrees To Buy 4th For $688M
• Morgans Shareholder Offers $507M For Pair Of Hotels
• Oil Search Rejects LNG Rival Woodside's $8B Takeover Bid
• Fall M&A Forecast Uncertain As Summer Of Big Deals Fades
• Covidien Investor Lambasts Deal Over $43B Medtronic Merger
• Simpson Thacher Guides Vista's $3.7B Deal For Solera
• Aussie Antitrust Watchdog Troubled By Foxtel Telecom Deal
• Baker Botts Adds Trio Of IP Partners From Vinson & Elkins
• Chancery Confirms Director Primacy In Delaware
• Trump Tweets He's Bought NBC Out Of Miss Universe
• Two Blank Check Cos. Price $500M and $400M IPOs
• FCC Kicks Off Charter-TWC Review With Protective Order
• Danish Telecom Merger Abandoned Amid EU Antitrust Scrutiny
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Fasken, Fried
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone Group, Amundi, Novo Banco
• IBM Insider Trial Delayed Until Newman Cert Bid Gets Decided
• MoFo Nabs Real Estate M&A Pro From Hogan Lovells
• The Role Of Business Development In M&A Law Firms
• Sidley Reps Siris In $1B Buy Of Software Co. PGi
• PDVSA Appeals Conoco's Right To Buy Stake In Refinery Unit
• Ex-Stock Broker Sanctioned Over Reverse Merger Scheme
• Marsh & McLennan Pays $398M For UK-Based Jelf Group
• Gibson Dunn Guides Neustar's $220M Caller Verification Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Barclays, First Data, Avon Products
• PetroTiger Atty, Co-Founder Get Probation In FCPA Case
• Dot Hill Investors Want Speed In $694M Deal Injunction Bid
• GIP To Pay $875M For German Offshore Wind Project Stake
• Fight Over Health Insurance Mergers Hits Capitol Hill
• Litigation Financing May Ease Your Year-End Cash Crunch
• SPIL Urges Shareholders To Snub $1B Tender Offer
• 'Stalker' Wall Street CEO Arrested Over Securities Fraud
• SEC Settles Insider-Trading Charges Over GE Deal
• XPO Shells Out $3B For Trucking Co. Con-way
• Millennial Media Investor Launches Suit Over $238M AOL Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Solera, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Manulife
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Watching This Week
• Fox Inks $725M National Geographic Deal
• GE, Electrolux Want Gov't Purchase Records In Merger Fight
• Shearman Nabs Ex-Freshfields Deals Pro In London
• Haggen Files For Bankruptcy Amid $1B Albertsons Suit
• Ex-Foley & Lardner Managing Partner Moves To Gibson Dunn
• Frontier To Sell $6.6B In Bonds To Fund Verizon Purchase
• How To Put Together A Killer Data Center Team
• Viggle, Sportech Buy Into Fantasy Sports Biz DraftDay
• Qihoo Wants Out Of Coolpad JV, Demands $1.5B For Its Stake
• Alibaba Starts Sports Biz With PE Firm, Media Co. Backing
• A Narrowing Of The HSR Investment-Only Exemption
• Verizon, AOL Urge Chancery To Ax Claims Over $4B Deal
• IRS Won't Weigh In On Yahoo's Tax-Free Alibaba Spinoff Plan
• Thermo Fisher Sanctioned Over Flubbed Depo In Fraud Suit
• DOJ, EU Propose Divestitures To Seal $13.5B GE, Alstom Deal
• Samsung Must Provide Docs In DOJ Merger Case, Judge Says
• Docs, Health Insurers Spar Over Looming Mega-Mergers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Didi Kuaidi, One Call Care, Potash Corp.
• McGuireWoods Grabs Ex-Tenet M&A Counsel For Texas Office
• Skadden Guides Sumitomo In $5.33B Amlin Buy
• Media General Inks $2.4B Merger With Meredith
• Paddy Power And Betfair Agree To $9B Tie-Up
• Mylan To Take Proposal Directly To Perrigo Shareholders
• Concordia's $3.5B Deal Grows Rare Disease Drug Portfolio
• Simpson Thacher Reps Blackstone In $6B Hotel REIT Deal
• Woodside Makes $8B Bid For LNG Rival Oil Search
• What's Driving Record M&A Activity — And Will It Continue?
• The Future Of Mediation: Joint Session 2.0
• Allied Denied $8M Refund Of St. Luke's FTC Defense Costs
• Oakhurst Told DFA Of Wage Suit Before $27M Deal, Suit Says
• Samsung Defends Confidentiality Request In GE Merger Fight
• FTC Says It Has Evidence To Block $2B Steris-Synergy Deal
• Canadian Energy Co. Emera Inks $10.4B Deal To Buy TECO
• SEC Strikes $2.8M Deal With Accused Chinese Inside Traders
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Hapag-Lloyd, Rokin, Jupiter Hotels
• Inside The Summer's Hottest M&A Plays
• Sheppard Mullin Snags Chadbourne Energy Transactions Atty
• 8th Circ. Urged To Rehear Graco Spray Foam Antitrust Case
• Quantum Foods Settles With Raging Bull Over Failed Sale
• Allergan To Pay $300M For Glaucoma Treatment Developer
• BlackBerry Drops $425M On Calif. Mobile Security Co.
• FTC Premerger Notification Office Narrows 2 HSR Exemptions
• HNA Unit Snaps Up Aircraft Lessor Avolon In $7.6B Deal
• GVC Tops 888 With $1.7B Bid For Bwin.Party
• Al Gore Hits Al Jazeera With New Claims Over Legal Fees
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hewlett-Packard, Petco, Charterhouse
• Latham, Sheppard Mullin Steer $400M Semiconductor Deal
• FCC OKs Frontier Purchase Of Verizon Operations In 3 States
• El Paso Urges Chancery To Toss Suit Over $2B Pipeline Deal
• Fox Rothschild Snags Polsinelli Deals Pro For DC Office
• Dechert Aids B&G Foods In $765M Green Giant, Le Sueur Buy
• Carlyle's $98M Candle Co. Buy Spawns Investor Suit
• Wachtell Lipton Reps AOL In $238M Millennial Media Buy
• Shareholders Win Class Cert. In Wilmington Trust Fraud Suit
• Reps And Warranties Insurance Key In Gov't Contractor M&A
• Chancery Throws Out Claims Over Imperva's Startup Buy
• Citigroup Says US Owes It $413M In Wrongly Charged Taxes
• Debevoise, Fox Rothschild Rep Lannett In $1.2B Drug Co. Buy
• Aetna-Humana Deal Threatens Medicare Advantage, AHA Says
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Ex-Jones Day Atty To Corp. Team
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tesco, GVC Holdings, Novo Banco
• Ontario Teachers Takes Senior Home Co. Private In $435M Deal
• Electra-Owned Park Resorts Group To Merge With UK Rival
• Baker Botts Nabs Energy-Focused Jones Day Trio In Asia
• EU Antitrust Watchdog Probes €60M Industrial Packaging Deal
• DTS Pays $172M To Acquire HD Radio Technology Co. iBiquity
• Benesch Nabs Ex-Ulmer & Berne Attys For New Chicago Office
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Watching This Week
• EU Antitrust Officials Greenlight $70B Shell-BG Merger
• Skadden-Led Valeant Inks Deal For Surgical Device Maker
• Dole Ruling Warns Not To Undermine MFW Protections
• Haggen Hits Albertsons With $1B Antitrust Suit Amid Closures
• Gaming Co. Calls Bad Faith Claim Over $125M Deal Untimely
• 1 Firm Stands Above The Rest As August M&A Activity Slows
• Ropes & Gray Nabs Private Equity Partner From Weil
• Deals Rumor Mill: BG Group, GE Capital, Ajinomoto
• Total Sells Turkish Gas Stations In $356M Deal
• Carlyle Makes $764M Takeover Offer To Innovation Group
• Gambling Cos. Continue Trading Bids For Bwin
• $5.2B Ryland-Standard Pacific Combo Sparks Investor Suit
• Major Saladworks Creditors Say Ch. 11 Plan Not On The Level
• China Urges Mergers, Share Buybacks To Boost Market
• Purchase Price Adjustment Lessons From ATK Dispute