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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2015

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• Int'l Paper Looks To Reopen Cleanup Suit After Mediation Fails
• Wachtell Says CVR Undercut Own Bid To Save Malpractice Suit
• Here's How 22 Firms Connect To The Top 11 REIT Deals
• EMC Shareholder Says $67B Dell Deal Shortchanges Investors
• Perrigo, Mylan Denied Competing Requests In $27B Bid Fight
• Patheon Defeats JV-Partner's Antitrust Suit Over Rival Buy
• Potential Pfizer-Allergan Deal Reignites Inversion Scrutiny
• Chancery Reversal Frees Merrill Lynch From Zale Merger Suit
• Skyworks Ups PMC Bid To $2.2B After Challenge
• Deals Rumor Mill: Accor SA, Airbus Group, TPG Capital
• Good Tech Sues Challengers Of $425M BlackBerry Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Troutman, Sullivan, Vinson
• Clifford Chance Nabs Freshfields M&A Pro For German Team
• The Wet Seal Estate Wins Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation
• 5th Circ. Sides With Okla. On Noncompetes In State Law Clash
• Forbes Sues Controlling Investor Group Over Nonpayment
• Privacy Policies And Asset Sales: It Pays To Plan Ahead
• DOJ Rejects GE, Electrolux Settlement Offer Over $3.3B Merger
• KeyCorp Agrees To Acquire First Niagara In $4.1B Deal
• Hutchison's Planned $16B O2 Deal Draws EU Antitrust Scrutiny
• The Net Operating Loss Poison Pill — A Timely Prescription
• How A Pfizer-Allergan Deal Would Rank Among 2015's Largest
• Walgreens Offers Rite Aid Up To $650M In Breakup Fees
• New Del. Law Can't Invalidate Genelux Stock, Court Says
• Taylor-Wharton Gets Nod For Quick Ch. 11 Auction
• Deals Rumor Mill: Visa, KeyCorp, Lotte Group
• MoFo Aids Aetos Capital In $1.3B Sale Of Simplex
• Quiksilver's $175M Ch. 11 Financing Gets Final Approval
• New York Community, Astoria Financial Merge In $2B Deal
• GE Fights DOJ's Docs Bid In Row Over $3.3B Electrolux Deal
• 5 Do's & Don'ts For Crafting M&A Deals In Hot REIT Market
• Dorsey & Whitney Taps M&A Pro To Lead New Beijing Office
• Wealth Management For Attorneys
• Trends In 'Close Proximity' Issues At CFIUS
• Allergan Confirms Deal Talks With Pfizer
• Donald Sterling Can't Call Foul In Clippers Sale To Ballmer
• 5 Law Firms That Inspire Fear With Their Marketing Mojo
• Allied Shareholders' Merger Settlement Torn Up By Judge
• The Firms Behind Walgreens' $17.2B Rite Aid Play
• Del. Senate OKs Wilson Sonsini Partner As Chancery Judge
• Bargaining Power Key To Walgreens, Rite Aid Merger Review
• Deals Rumor Mill: Starwood, UnitedHealth, DuPont
• Activist Elliott Turns Attention To Struggling Cabela's
• ILG Snaps Up Starwood's Timeshare Business In $1.5B Deal
• Booming Market For REIT Deals Still Has Room To Run
• AB InBev, SABMiller Extend Deadline For $103B Takeover Offer
• FTC Deputy Antitrust Chief To Leave Agency For Baker Botts
• Snyder's-Lance Shells Out $1.91B For Diamond Foods
• Icahn Takes Aim At AIG In Letter Urging Insurer To Split Biz
• Key Post-Zale Practice Points For Banks And Boards
• Ex-Commish Wright Says FTC Not A 'Consent Factory'
• Taylor-Wharton Slams Objections To Its DIP Package
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Watching This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: SABMiller, Starwood, National Australia
• Dentons Adds Ex-Katten Muchin Employment Pro
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds Dealmaker From Blank Rome In NY
• Pro Bono: The New Associate's Compass To Success
• Chancery Won't Halt Suit Over $1B IBM Merge Healthcare Buy
• Simpson Thacher, Weil Guide Walgreens' $17.2B Rite Aid Buy
• Cisco To Pay $452.5M For Network Security Co.
• K&L Gates Adds New Brisbane Partner To Australian Team
• Ares, Kayne Anderson Nix $2.55B Deal Amid Energy Volatility
• Canadian Fund Nabs $350M Stake In US Property Portfolio
• The Greatest Threat To Beer Market Is Not Another Merger
• Carlyle, Vinci Buy Brazilian Education Unit In $284.6M Deal
• CPPIB, BC Partners Buy Into Altice's $17.7B Cablevision Buy
• Skadden, Paul Weiss Guide China Travel Site Tie-Up
• New Global Insurer Capital Requirements Could Increase M&A
• TICC Must Delay Vote On Benefit Street Deal, Judge Rules
• Taylor-Wharton Unsecured Creditors Rip 'Egregious' DIP Loan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Equate, Bain Capital, Stremicks Heritage
• Corporate Execs See Busy M&A Year Ahead, Report Says
• SEC-3rd Circ. Split On Proxy Proposals Could Sow Confusion
• Team Telecom Review Could Shed Light On 'Black Hole'
• Gala Coral Sells Unit For $370M Ahead Of Ladbrokes Merger
• China Gets Serious About Antitrust Enforcement
• BlueScope Steel Buying Out Cargill Joint Venture For $720M
• NYSE Parent Co. Pays $5.2B To Nab Interactive Data Corp.
• Western Refining Eyes $2.5B Buyout Of Northern Tier
• Exelis Investors End Suit Over $4.75B Sale To Harris
• Jones Day Leads Bridgestone In $835M Pep Boys Buy
• Refresh Or Rebuild? Website Strategies For Big Law
• Kirkland Guides Starwood's $5.4B Apartment Portfolio Deal
• Duke Gasses Up With $4.9B Piedmont Acquistion
• Philips' $3B LED Biz Sale Runs Into US Regulatory Hurdle
• Justices Urged To Not Review Biolitec $70M Contempt Ruling
• EX-CFR Director Makes $13.2M Deal In Insider Trading Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Jones Day, Cleary, Kirkland
• Foreign Suitors Snatching Up More US Companies
• Ropes & Gray Nabs Ex-Weil Partner For Shanghai Corp. Team
• Texas High Court Takes ERG's $100M Suit Over Fizzled Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Kellogg, TreeHouse, Astoria Financial
• Naspers Adds $1.2B To Stake In Classifieds Site Avito
• Aussie Watchdog Frets Over Halliburton-Baker Hughes Tie-Up
• 'YouTube Of China' Taps Skadden To Weigh $5.6B Alibaba Bid
• Shire Still Pushing For $30B Baxalta Deal
• 5 Ways GCs Can Spot A Lazy Lawyer
• 5 Firms Steer $1.9B Starwood-Milestone Deal For Apt. REIT
• SEC Raises Bar For Blocking Investors' Dueling Proposals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Liberty Global, Interval Leisure, Hamleys
• City Sports Gets Nod To Push Back Auction Plans In Ch. 11
• DLA Piper Exits Suit Over Bankrupt Hospital's LBO
• Lathrop Picks Up Seyfarth, Much Shelist, McDermott Pros
• Perrigo Aims To Thwart 'Terrible' Mylan Deal With $2B Buyback
• 4 Keys To Guiding A Dual-Track Deal Past The Finish Line
• Why More Businesses Are Considering The B Corp. Model
• A&P Gets Nod To Sell More Stores For $150M
• Terra Firma Inks $855M Take-Private Deal For UK Energy Co.
• 4 Things Arrogant Lawyers Say That Can Cost Them Business
• Dow Chemical Begins Portfolio Revamp With $3.2B Deal
• Gun Co. Wants Its Patents Excluded From Colt's Ch. 11 Sale
• EMC Shareholder Says Dell's $67B Takeover Price Too Low
• Chancery Says Bank Not Entitled To $1.3M Tax Payout
• 5 Tips To Get The Most Out Of Rep & Warranty Insurance
• Surge In Semiconductor Deal Value Sets Tech M&A On Fire
• Cytec Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $5.5B Planned Sale
• FisherBroyles Nabs 5-Atty Team From Burleson In Texas
• Key Takeaways From Gorman V. Salamone
• Icahn Takes Aim At Congress, Taxes With $150M Super PAC
• Level 3 Tells FCC Of Concerns With Charter Peering Policy
• Chancery Says $6.9B Deal Price Was Fair In BMC Appraisal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Parques Reunidos, National Food, Barclays
• Electrolux 'On Mars' About $3.3B GE Merger, Gov't Says
• Senate Hearing Set For 'Beerhemoth' Merger
• 2 PE Firms Will Drop $4.5B To Take SolarWinds Private
• China Antitrust Cases Rise Along With Int'l M&A Activity
• Butler Snow Adds 5 Attys From Shrinking Forman Watkins
• Jones Day Steers Lam Research's $10.6B KLA-Tencor Buy
• 4 Reasons To Use Electronic Deposition Exhibits
• Western Digital Inks $19B Deal For SanDisk
• AA-US Air Merger Judge To Revisit Industry In Antitrust MDL
• Goodwin Procter Nabs Tech Pro For Silicon Valley Office
• Chancery Leaves Goldman On The Hook In $4B Tibco Deal Suit
• IFC Considers Loan To Back $1.4B Ghana Port Project
• Deals Rumor Mill: FedEx, Deutsche Telekom, Unicredit
• 4 Things You Should Never Say To An Associate
• Google To Take Over Vestas Stake In Kenya Wind Project
• Tauil & Chequer Nabs 11-Atty Team From Campos Mello
• Sigma-Aldrich Sells Chemicals Biz Amid $17B Merck Takeover
• PE Duo Makes Play For European Photo Printing Co.
• Team Health Snubs $7.8B AmSurg Merger Bid
• Aetna, Humana Shareholders Back $37B Takeover Deal
• BP, Kinder Morgan Join Forces In $350M Terminal Deal
• Yum Brands Readies Split From China Operations
• CEO, Ex-Skadden Atty Settles SEC's Insider Sales Claims
• Herrick Guides NY Atty In Quest To Dominate Italian Soccer
• Crowell & Moring Snags M&A Partner From DLA Piper
• Nokia Gains Chinese Approval For $17.7B Alcatel-Lucent Deal
• Thales Bulking Up Data Protection With $400M Purchase
• Haggen Gets Green Light For $92M Bankruptcy Auction Plan
• Loeb & Loeb Guides Oprah In $43M Weight Watchers Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: SanDisk, Cerberus, Andrade Gutierrez
• Sidley Austin Nabs Ex-Cadwalader Private Equity Pro
• Buchanan Ingersoll Escapes Perfumer's $3M Malpractice Suit
• Taylor-Wharton Unsecured Creditors Blast 'Warp-Speed' Sale
• Canadian Oil Sands Urges Investors To Reject $3B Suncor Bid
• Jury Dings Global Fitness In Row With Membership Biller
• China Eases Restrictions On Western Digital-Hitachi Merger
• Microsemi Challenges Skyworks' PMC Buy With $2.4B Bid
• Check Printing Biz Makes $160M Data Analytics Buy
• WEX Inks $1.4B Deal For Payment Processor EFS
• Real Estate PE Firm To Pay $1.9B For Campus Crest
• Perrigo, Mylan Want Retractions In $27B Hostile Bid Fight
• 3rd Circ. Tells Courts How To Balance Clashing Stay Factors
• Tsingtao To Buy Suntory Out Of China Beer JV For $130M
• OPINION: The Bitter Pill Of Competition Within Large Law
• SFX Boss Lobs Slashed $191M Take-Private Cash Offer
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Simpson, Kirkland
• SC Hospital To Pay $72M To End FCA Row With Feds
• Orrick Hires Weil Pro To Head German M&A, PE Group
• Feds Blast GE, Electrolux Bid For Docs In Antitrust Row
• Yum Brands Adds Hedge Fund Activist To Board
• Deals Rumor Mill: EDF, EnBW, BC Partners
• APM Terminals Acquires Rest Of Grup Maritim In $1B Deal
• Steel Co. Head's Estate Settles $12M Tax Beef With IRS
• Regulator Nixes Fintech's $960M Bid For Telecom Argentina
• Some Thoughts On DOD's New Merger Guidance
• 3 Proxy Advisers Urge TICC Holders To Veto Co.'s Proposal
• Alibaba Makes $3.5B Takeover Bid For 'YouTube Of China'
• Large Commercial Drones Could Be Big Business
• Yodlee Investors Challenge $660M Merger With Envestnet
• FTC Resolves Antitrust Row Over Pa. Orthopedist Merger
• Quiksilver Gets Nod On $175M Oaktree DIP If Sale On Radar
• NJ Lawmaker Wants Gibbons Testimony On Showboat Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anheuser-Busch, Staples, Analog Devices
• Repsol Looks To Shed $7B In Assets Amid Stale Oil Prices
• CBS, Walt Disney Question FCC Plan To Protect Documents
• Singapore Post Drops $169M On E-Commerce Biz
• Altice, Cablevision Tell FCC Merger Would Boost Competition
• Metadata 101 For Lawyers: A 2-Minute Primer
• Fresh Off DirecTV Merger, AT&T Warns FCC Of Consolidation
• Aussie Antitrust Agency Questions Brookfield's Asciano Bid
• 5 Hot Transportation Deals — And The Firms That Led Them
• Tax Court Says Transferee Must Pay $21M Midco Tax Bill
• PMC-Sierra Investor Challenges $2B Skyworks Deal
• Dish Pushes FCC To Block Charter-TWC Merger
• Ex-Rail CEO Sues For Fees In Trade Secrets Spat
• Ropes & Gray Brings On Ex-Fried Frank M&A Pro
• DOJ Says Electrolux Is Stonewalling In GE Merger Fight
• Comcast Asks FCC To Rethink Protective Order Changes
• Delaware North? The Rise Of Appraisal Litigation In Canada
• FCC Probes Broadband Impact In Charter-TWC Merger Review
• Kirkland Taps National Security And CFIUS Practice Chief
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Watching This Week
• Tyco To Appeal $127M Judgment In Shareholder Suit
• Jarden Pays $1.5B For Class Ring and Yearbook Seller Jostens
• 4 Ways Companies Can Brace For An Activist Campaign
• Repsol To Restructure North Slope Operation In $800M Deal
• Mitsubishi's Ex-JV Partner Rips 'Disingenuous' Arbitration Bid
• German Real Estate Co. Vonovia Offers $16B For Rival
• DOJ Modelo Challenge Holds Clue To Mega Beer Deal's Odds
• Activist Says Shutterfly 'Inaction' Could Ignite Proxy Battle
• GE, Electrolux Claim US Withholding Docs In Antitrust Row
• Texas A&M Seeks To Toss Suit Over Law Grad Diplomas
• Quiksilver Creditors Fight Oaktree Financing Proposal
• Good Tech Investors Seek To Block $425M BlackBerry Deal
• Public Knowledge, Other Groups Oppose Charter-TWC Merger
• 3 Firms See Patience Pay Off With $67B Dell-EMC Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: SanDisk, Ferrari, China Reinsurance
• Platinum Can't Duck Fraud Claims Over $88M Stake Sale
• Foley Adds Tech Transactional Partner From Paul Hastings
• Wilson Sonsini Partner Tapped For Del. Chancery Seat
• Calpine Pays $500M For Gas Power Plant In New Hampshire
• AB InBev, SABMiller Toast To $103B Deal After Lengthy Talks
• Broadcasters Ask FCC To Pause Charter-TWC Review
• Subsidiary Of China's 58.com Raises $300M In Funding Round
• EU Digital Regulator Wants More Competition, Fewer Mergers
• Hellman & Friedman Inks Deal For Edelman Financial
• Optim Energy Ch. 11 Ruling Optimal For Equity Investors
• GE Capital Sells $30 Billion Loan Portfolio To Wells Fargo
• SandRidge Energy Agrees To $38M Deal In Shareholder Suits
• Lane Bryant Owner Ascena Signs $2.2M PE Stake Deal
• Chancery Blasts Disclosure-Only Deal In HP Merger Suit
• Roche Pays $580M For Biotech Developing Arthritis Treatment
• UK Watchdog Puts Conditions On Reckitt, K-Y Deal
• Inovio Beats Former Pharma Exec's Stock Options Suit
• 10 Ways To Become A 360-Degree Lawyer
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Seeks End To Bottlenecks In Video Market
• Apax Pays $129M For Electra PE's Stake In Indian IT Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Intel, Dell, Formula One
• M&T, HCB Hid Violations Ahead Of $3.7B Merger, Suit Says
• Millennial Shareholder Can't Shut Down $238M AOL Buy
• Judge Says GE Attys Can Get Rivals' Info In Merger Fight
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Skadden, Jones Day
• New York Signs Off On $3.7B M&T, Hudson City Merger
• DSV To Acquire Fellow Transport Co. In $1.35B Deal
• 5 Ways PE Firms Can Trump Corporate Bidders
• Delaware Affirms The Power Of A Stockholder Majority
• Signal Gets OK To Solicit Creditors On Ch. 11 Plan
• LSE To Shed Russell Investments In $1.15B Sale To PE Firms
• Milagro Oil & Gas Ch. 11 Plan Gets Green Light From Judge
• Shareholder Sues Adept Tech Over $200M Sale To Omron
• Franken Urges Intense Scrutiny For Charter-TWC Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Valentino Fashion Group, Sony, Dell
• Don't Burst My Bubble! IRS Provides Clarity For F Reorgs
• Centene Sues Shareholder For Bucking Del. Forum Selection
• Taylor-Wharton Ch. 11 Auction Proposal Put On Fast Track
• Anheuser 'Suprised' By SABMiller's Rejection Of $100B Offer
• Rice Energy, Gulfport Energy Plan $640M Utica Shale Gas JV
• Nixon Peabody, CWL Partners Join Forces In Hong Kong
• Malibu Lighting Files For Ch. 11
• Blackstone Inks $8B Deal For Health Care REIT
• Davis Polk Picks Up Prominent Tax Atty In NY
• Con-way Investor Seeks To Halt XPO's $3B Acquisition
• FTC Chief Cautions Against Changing Merger Standards
• Cryogenics Co. Taylor-Wharton International Hits Ch. 11
• SIGA Asks Del. Justices To Ax $195M PharmAthene Ruling
• Trustee Raises Privacy Objections To Quirky's Sale Bid
• UK Sporting Co. To Drop $53.4M For Stake In Irish Retailer
• Airbus, Bombardier Say Deal Talks Are Over
• Mitsubishi Urges Arbitration In Fight Over Rail Car Venture
• Inside Anheuser-Busch's Yearlong Pursuit Of SABMiller
• Deals Rumor Mill: Meituan.com, Staples, Skyscanner
• Canadian Oil Sands Adopts Poison Pill To Combat Suncor Bid
• Pandora Inks $450M Deal For Event Ticketing Service
• FTC Steris-Synergy Merger Challenge Halted After Court Loss
• Diageo, Heineken Swap Regional Beer Holdings In $781M Deal
• Latham Adds Ex-Goldman Sachs Atty As Hong Kong Partner
• Alston & Bird Adds DOJ Official To DC Antitrust Team
• Some Useful Insights From Steris-Synergy Merger Case
• Anheuser-Busch Makes $100B Play For Rival SABMiller
• Sheppard Mullin Snags Dealmaker From Latham In LA
• Duane Morris Adds Attys From Bracewell & Giuliani, Venable
• Exelon, DC Mayor Strike Deal To OK $6.8B Pepco Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: SABMiller, Johnson Controls, Saudi Aramco
• FTC Fines Investor For Not Filing Merger Alert On Tech Buy
• Sanchez, Targa Sink $240M Into Eagle Ford Gas Project
• EU Agrees To Share Information On Sweetheart Tax Deals
• Apple Supplier To Buy PMC-Sierra In $2B All-Cash Deal
• Williams Cos. Hit With Putative Class Action Over $38B Sale
• Cadwalader Adds Ex-Norton Rose Energy Partner
• Cravath Steers Amerisource In $2.6B Deal For PharMEDium
• Restocking The Buyer's Private M&A Toolkit Post-Cigna
• 5 Things Clients Never Tell Their Lawyers
• Investors Say Dell Worth Twice $25B Buyout In Appraisal Row
• Boston-Based City Sports Files For Ch. 11
• Austria Railway Case Brings Wall St. Risks, Justices Told
• Del. High Court Affirms Chancery Nixing $2.6B KKR Deal Suit
• Fertilizer Co. Potash Nixes $8.8B Bid For Rival K+S
• Deals Rumor Mill: Suncor, BofA Merrill Lynch, Banpu Power
• Engaged Capital Protests $857.8M HeartWare-Valtech Deal
• Life Time Fitness Wants Suit Over $2.8B PE Buyout Tossed
• Williams Unit Joins $400M Utica Shale Midstream JV
• Suncor Launches $3.3B Takeover Bid For Oil Sands Rival
• Newell Rubbermaid Sticks $600M Deal For Elmer's Glue
• Activist Investor Fund Trian Unveils $2.5B Stake In GE
• $4.6B Chipmaker Merger Stiffs Atmel Investors, Suit Says
• Canadian Solar Drops $204M On KKR Power Plants
• Nestle Mulls International Ice Cream Venture With R&R
• Privacy Risk Considerations In Health Care IT Investments
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Simpson, Skadden
• Weil Reps Securitas Direct In Buyout Deal Between PE Firms
• UK Agency Takes Aim At Hutchison's $15.5B O2 Buy
• EU Antitrust Chief Says 'No Magic Number' For Telecom Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vivendi, SMBC, Mondelez
• Weil Steers CCMP's Deal For Anti-Slip Shoe Maker
• DLA Piper Guides Ardian's Play For French Seasonings Co.
• BB&T Enters Specialist Insurance Broking Partnership
• American Electric Power Sells Barge Operator In $550M Deal
• Disclosure-Only Settlements Face Continued Scrutiny
• Merrill Lynch On Its Own In Suit Over $690M Zale-Signet Deal
• DOJ's Hesse Gives 5 Tips For Handling Merger Reviews
• FTC Ending Court Bid To Block $1.9B Steris-Synergy Deal
• 1 Firm Stands Out Even As September M&A Fizzles
• United Fliers Tell 7th Circ. They Want Their Perks Back
• Bankers Not Liable For Board Actions, Del. Justices Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: JPMorgan, Bombardier, Elliott
• Autonomy Exec Files $150M Counterclaim Against HP
• EU Watchdog Lists Objections To $8B Ball-Rexam Deal
• United Pilots Score Cert. In $225M Merger Payout Deal Row
• Specialty Pharmacy Market Ripe For Private Equity Buyers
• 5 Firms Steer $2.3B In Macerich Mall Stake Deals
• SEC Gets $7M Judgment In Pharma Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• Tyler Technologies Pays $670M For New World Systems
• Teva Boosts Presence In Mexico With $2.3B Rimsa Buy
• Madison Square Garden Co. Splits From MSG Networks