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Mergers & Acquisitions - July, 2016

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• How PE Attys Can Survive And Even Prosper In The Summer
• Celesio, Sainsbury's Pharmacy Deal Gets UK Approval
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Kirkland, Wachtell
• Xerox Brass Ditches Shareholder Suit Over Unit's Accounting
• Bankrupt Quirky Ducks Most Of $1M IRS Payroll Tax Claim
• Dem Administration Would Take Hard Line On Merger Reviews
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Anthem, DOJ Joust Over Trial Timing In $54B Merger Melee
• Debt Markets Remain Warm As Apple Sells $7B In Bonds
• PE Firm Starwood Pays $760M For 2 Power Generation Assets
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deltek, Save-A-Lot, Interactive
• Redstone Competency Trial Will Go Forward, Del. Court Rules
• IK Investment Partners Sells Dutch OTC Drug Co. Vemedia
• Promises, Promises: Privacy Questions M&A Buyers Must Ask
• BC Partners, PSP Investments Acquire Israel's Keter Group
• 3 Ways To Help Chancery M&A Suits Survive Trulia
• SABMiller Backs AB InBev's Sweetened $103B Offer
• Prevent Litigation From Becoming A Threat To Data Security
• NextEra To Buy Bankrupt EFH In $18.4B Deal
• Riverstone Brass Can't Dodge Suit Over $94M Merger
• Redstone's Faculties Still At Issue In Viacom CEO Row
• German Antitrust Concerns Scuttle Owens Corning Purchase
• SynCardia Creditors Worried Over DIP, Bidding Orders
• Oracle's $9.3B NetSuite Buy Latest In Tech Sector M&A Boom
• Partners Group Pours $200M Into Taiwanese Solar Venture
• Deals Rumor Mill: Allegro, Zabka Polska, InVentiv Group
• Cos. Face Greater Fraudulent Transfer Risks Post-Lyondell
• Clayton Act Takeaways From Tullett Prebon-ICAP Deal
• GE Sell-Off Continues With Shedding Of Italian Banking Unit
• Fosun To Buy KKR-Backed Indian Drug Co. For Up To $1.3B
• Acadia Offers Remedies For $2.2B Priory Acquisition To UK
• Carlyle To Exit Axalta In Potential $1B Stake Sale
• Temasek Buys Into Italian Luxury Clothing Maker Moncler
• Reps & Warranties Insurance From A Compliance Perspective
• German Prosecutors Drop Ex-Porsche Exec Fraud Appeal
• Avnet Pays $907M For Raspberry Pi Maker Farnell
• OPINION: Our Juries Are Being Circumvented
• Oracle Inks $9.3B Deal For NetSuite
• Stockholders On Hook For Farming Biz's Tax Bill Post-Trial
• $6B In Lyondell Clawback Claims Wrongly Nixed, Judge Finds
• Mylan Must Divest Two Generics To Buy Meda, FTC Says
• Genovese Joblove & Battista Adds 2 Attys In Miami
• Anthem's New Merger Defenses Won't Rattle DOJ
• Bernstein Litowitz Rips Subpoena In Insider Trading Row
• Mega-Merger Reviews Show DOJ Obstinance On Remedies
• FTC Clears Teva's $40.5B Generics Buy With Divestitures
• Croatian Gov't To Sell Stakes In 2 Hotel Cos. For $60M
• AT&T Can't Shake Fraud Claims Over TV Network Agreement
• Ballard Spahr Adds M&A Partner From Katten Muchin
• Fried Frank Snags Ex-Paul Hastings IP Litigator In DC
• Deals Rumor Mill: Gland Pharma, SoundCloud, Xplornet
• Legal Tech Co. Epiq To Go Private In $1B Deal
• AccorHotels Buying Stake That Values John Paul At $150M
• Wabtec Makes Concessions To EU Amid Faiveley Deal Probe
• Active Vs. Passive Investing: The Struggle Of 2 Agencies
• Legal Aid, Meet Legal Tech
• 4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms
• 5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops
• Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation
• Firm Says Old Work For Fox Rothschild Foe Not DQ-Worthy
• 3rd Circ. Grills FTC Over Yardstick For Pa. Hospital Merger
• TransPerfect Worker Sues Del. Judge In Free-Speech Row
• PE Firm Hits Goldman Sachs With $510M Fraud Suit
• Emerald Oil Stalking Horse Raises Bid From $73M To $110M
• Baker & McKenzie Nabs Corporate Partner From Kaye Scholer
• Analog Devices Paying $14.8B To Buy Linear Technology
• EverBank In Advanced Negotiations For $2.5B Buyout
• LeEco Buying Consumer Electronics Co. Vizio In $2B Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Permira, Wako Pure Chemical, TransCanada
• Federal Securities Actions Soar In First Half Of 2016
• Air Liquide Seeks FTC Nod On Airgas Deal Divestitures
• When Minority Stockholders Take Control
• First Hawaiian, Blank Check Co. Prime 2 IPOs Worth $514M
• Dow, DuPont Send EU Watchdog Concessions On $130B Deal
• PE Firm Three Hills Closes $220M Alt. Financing Fund
• Ladbrokes, Coral Must Shed Up To 400 Shops To Merge: CMA
• AB InBev's New SABMiller Offer Not Sweet Enough For Some
• Smith & Wesson Pays $95M For Laser Sighting Systems Co.
• Merger Price Vs. Discounted Cash Flow: A Study Of Dell
• Testing The UBE: Portable But Inaccurate Bar Exam Scores
• Ex-JPMorgan Banker's Insider Trading Trial Kicks Off
• Yahoo Taps 4 Firms On Road To $4.83B Sale To Verizon
• 11 States Back FTC's Ill. Hospital Merger Challenge In 7th Circ.
• Orrick Taps Ex-Mayer Brown Energy Pro As Houston Partner
• TerraForm Power Adopts Poison Pill As Big Buyers Circle
• Why Demand For LP Co-Investments Continues To Rise
• Levenfeld Pearlstein Adds Corporate Pro From Katten Muchin
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ausgrid, Total, Tesla Motors
• Eaton's Lies About Tax-Free Spinoff Cost $3B, Suit Says
• PE Giant Apollo Takes Redbox Operator Private In $1.6B Deal
• E-Trade Pays $725M For PE-Backed OptionsHouse
• DOJ, FTC More 'Upfront' About Divestiture Requirements
• Testing The UBE: Missouri Benefits From Uniform Bar Exam
• LVMH Selling DKNY In $650M Deal With G-III
• Yahoo Inks $4.83B Sale To Verizon, Ending Bidding Process
• Taxation With Representation: MoFo, Davis Polk, Cooley
• GE Again Says Arbitrators Must Work On Rail Row
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Attorneys' Fees Nixed In $14B Keurig Acquisition Suit
• Anatomy Of A Merger: Risk Pays Off In Ball's Bet On Rexam
• Fox Fights Comcast's Docs Bid In Network Bankruptcy Suit
• Hastings Parent Gets Green Light For Liquidation Sales
• L'Oreal To Buy US Brand IT Cosmetics In $1.2B Deal
• Delhaize, Ahold Win FTC OK Of $29B Grocer Merger
• Watchdogs Demand Block Of $43B ChemChina-Syngenta Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Goldman Sachs, BRF SA
• Silver Run Buys 89% Stake In Oil And Gas Co. Centennial
• Philippine Telcos Can't Block Review Of $1.48B Deal
• Australia Won't Oppose $6.7B Freight Takeover
• Hellman & Friedman Invests $900M In Software Co. Genesys
• RioCan REIT Buys Out CPPIB's Mall Stakes For $267M
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Gets 6 Months For Insider Trading
• Availability Of Specific Performance To Jilted M&A Parties
• DOJ Stance On $100B Beer Deal Caps AB InBev Expansion
• Class Fee In $7.2B Receptos Merger Suit Slashed To $100K
• Comverge Directors Say Shareholder Merger Suit Has Run Dry
• Jones Day, Latham Guide Galenica's $1.5B Relypsa Buy
• Liquidators Win Ch. 11 Auction For Assets Of Hastings Parent
• DOJ Leaves Little Room To Salvage Health Insurance Deals
• Teva Sells Additional $5.4B In Bonds To Buy Allergan Unit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Shenhua Group, Engie, Fresenius
• Exxon Boosts Asia-Pacific Holdings With $2.5B InterOil Buy
• Boston Scientific Reaches $275M Settlement With IRS
• FCC Delays Review Of $1.8B XO-Verizon Deal
• French Regulator Reviewing Canal Plus Antitrust Rules
• Komatsu Kicks Off Growth Plan With $3.7B Joy Global Buy
• New Filing Rules Will Widen Germany's Merger Control Reach
• Mitigating The Risk Of Post-Merger Legacy Board Factions
• DOJ Challenges Health Insurance Megamergers
• PE Minority Deals On The Rise As Competition Grows Fiercer
• Mylan's Proposed Acquisition Of Meda Receives EU Approval
• Airbus, Safran Get EU Approval For Arianespace Deal
• Celgene Paying Up To $2.6B In Jounce Cancer Collaboration
• Skullcandy Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Incipio Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: BC Partners, Mondelez, Clariant
• TransPerfect Co-CEO Sanctioned For Tossing Evidence, Lying
• Conyers Park IPO Raises $402M To Pursue Acquisitions
• $4.4B Lions Gate Deal 'Rife With Conflicts,' Starz Investor Says
• Temasek To Pay $869M To Acquire SMRT Corp.
• Ropes & Gray Adds Private Equity Partner From Weil
• SunEdison Mulling Sale Of TerraForm Global
• Unilever To Acquire Dollar Shave Club For $1B: Reports
• DOJ Clears AB InBev's $100B SABMiller Deal
• Armstrong Teasdale Adds Corporate, Banking Partners
• DLA Piper Opens Puerto Rico Office With 4 Finance Partners
• NY High Court's Ambac Decision Causes Litigation Confusion
• Insurer Says Competitor Is Trying To Steal Trade Secrets
• Teva Sells $15B In Bonds To Help Fund Actavis Generics Deal
• Shareholder Agrees To End Suit Over Tumi-Samsonite Deal
• EMC Says Most Shareholders Favor $60B Dell Merger
• Food Co. Utz To Acquire Rival Golden Enterprises For $135M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, Monsanto, Silver Run
• $30.4M Deal Hearing Set In Tibco-Vista Merger Price FIght
• Beringer Capital Inks Buyout Of Adweek
• Brazilian Underwear Co. Buys PE-Backed Lingerie Maker
• Perrigo Investor Slams Co. Over Mylan's Failed Takeover
• Atty Credits Close Ties For $120B Worth Of M&A Work
• Improving Merger Analysis With Randomized Control Trials
• Monsanto Spurns Bayer's Sweetened Offer
• FTC, Ill. Appeal To 7th Circ. In Hospital Merger Case
• Hastings Owner May Get Going-Concern Bid At Ch. 11 Auction
• Brexit Woes No Match For SoftBank's $32B ARM Buy
• 5 Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Your Firm Retreat
• $14M Interest Piled Onto Telecom Transferee's $21M Tax Bill
• Rakoff Gives Darden Jr. Year In Prison For $8M Maxim Fraud
• FTC Gives Final Nod To Air Liquide-Airgas Divestitures
• Phoenix Brand Sales Net $30M To Pay Off Senior Creditors
• Deals Rumor Mill: Temasek, Khazanah Nasional, Ferro
• Shearman & Sterling Names New Paris M&A Head
• Leading Ridge Nets $107M In Sale Of Building Products Unit
• Casino Owner Says It Can't Arbitrate Amid Death Threats
• $206M Shareholder Suit Based On Typo, Helicopter Co. Says
• NextEra Kills $4.3B Hawaii Utility Merger After Rejection
• How Law Firms Can Create Next-Generation Office Spaces
• 'Passive Investor' Lessons From Record HSR Act Settlement
• Selling Your Twinkie And Eating It Too
• Softbank Inks $32.2B Deal For UK Semiconductor Co. ARM
• Rao's Specialty Foods Shareholders Sue To Force CEO Out
• Sports Authority Gets Ch. 11 Approval For IP, Lease Sales
• $10B Envision-AmSurg Merger Hit With Class Challenge
• Health Hires: New Attys At PhRMA, Nelson Mullins, McDermott
• Weil Welcomes Back Ex-Associate To Private Equity Practice
• General Growth's Board Protections Unfair, Suit Says
• IRS Dredges Out Safe Harbor For Distributing Corporations
• Draw Another Circle Gets Quick OK For Stalking Horse
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Cowen Ducks Liability, Wins DQ In Energy Publisher Suit
• DLA Piper Reps Aussie Sports Tech Co. In Offering, 2 Deals
• TiVo Board Hid Info On $1B Rovi Deal, Shareholders Say
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Weiss, Kirkland, Simpson
• 3 Ways To Seal The Deal Quickly
• Deals Rumor Mill: Enbridge, Williams Cos., Walgreens
• $2.2B Acadia-Priory Merger Faces U.K. Competition Probe
• Barington Drops Proxy Fight For Chico's Board Seats
• Samsung Angling For Stake In Chinese Car Battery Maker BYD
• Halo Magnifies Patent Infringement Risks In M&A
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Seafood Co.'s Antitrust Arbitration Bid
• 5th Circ. Flipped, But Won't Flop, In BP Asset Sale Case
• Tullett Prebon, ICAP Restructure Deal Over DOJ Concerns
• Companies May Be Underpaying Deals Attys, Law Prof Says
• Dark Fiber Firm Sells Network For $24M In Ch. 11 Sale
• Foreign Investment In US Cos. Surged In 2015, Study Says
• Bayer Raises Buyout Offer To Entice Monsanto
• IRS Floats Changes For Determining Tax-Free Distributions
• Dechert Says 2016 Could Beat Merger Investigations Record
• Delhaize, Ahold To Sell 86 US Stores To Win Nod For Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Teva, Berkshire Hathaway, MBK Partners
• Kirkland Guides Marlin's 1st Euro Fund To $361M Close
• Crestwood Highlights Potential For Activism Without Leverage
• Devon Completes Asset Sell-Off With $1.1B Pipeline Sale
• 5 Global Merger Control Developments You Need To Know
• Cravath Elects M&A Co-Leader As 1st Woman Chief
• NJ Casino Regulators Greenlight MGM's Borgata Buy
• ConocoPhillips Award Violates US Policy, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Fox Rothschild Objects To Claims In Frivolous-Petition Suit
• M&A Attys Face More Malpractice Suits As Deals Get Trickier
• Aetna-Humana Divestitures May Not Be Enough For DOJ
• Deals Rumor Mill: Jamieson Laboratories, Symantec, Carlyle
• Alstom Says GE Can't Raise Dispute's Merits Before Judge
• China's Midea Scoops Up 64% Stake In Robotics Firm KUKA
• DOJ Clears Huntington's $3.4B Buy Of FirstMerit
• Shareholders Slam Marketo Over $1.79B Vista Merger
• Poundland Accepts $793M Offer From Steinhoff
• Kirkland Steers Thoma Bravo In $544M Imprivata Buy
• Dentons Opens Office In Rome, Its 2nd Locale In Italy
• Investors Must Better Utilize Delaware's Appraisal Process
• BioArray Moves Rutgers IP Licensing Suit To Federal Court
• Delaware Rundown: What You Missed In Q2
• Sempra, Pemex Tweak JV Buyout Offer After Antitrust Trouble
• Goodwin Scores Private Equity Partner From K&L Gates
• Deals Rumor Mill: ChemChina, Xerox, ZTO Express
• The Importance Of Adequate M&A Disclosures To Stockholders
• Qlik Investor Challenges $3B Thoma Bravo Buyout
• ValueAct To Pay $11M To Settle Halliburton Stock-Buy Row
• Vanke JV Drops $1.92B On Cos. From Blackstone, Others
• Benihana of Tokyo Accuses American Cousin Of Bad Faith
• AMC Acquires Euro's Top Movie Theater Operator In £921M Deal
• PE-Backed Gas Co. Shareholders Say $4.4B Deal Too Low
• FTC Promotes New Leader For Oil, Gas Mergers Group
• Paul Hastings Nabs Ex-Partner's, DLA Partner's Boutique
• Kinder Morgan Sells $1.47B Stake In Pipeline To Southern Co.
• White & Case Adds Tech-Focused M&A Partner From Skadden
• 5 Trends That Will Shape PE In The 2nd Half Of 2016
• Deals Rumor Mill: Banco Santander, APE, United Initiators
• CBS Will Spin Off Its Radio Biz In IPO
• Japanese Drug Co. To Pay $736M For US Generics Maker
• Riverstone To Pay Up To $175M For Stake In Oil And Gas Co.
• How To Close A Law Firm — Practically And Ethically
• Talent Firm WME IMG, Private Equity Partners Pay $4B For UFC
• Brexit's Antitrust Implications For US Companies
• PE Firms Pay $3.55B For Thomson Reuters' IP, Science Unit
• GSK Unit Pushes Back On SEC In Stock Fraud Suit
• Suit Over $3.6B Sprint Deal Moves Closer To Trial In Del.
• Akerman Adds Ex-Proskauer Transactional Partner In Fla.
• House Blocks SEC's Push For Unified Ballots In Proxy Fights
• Chancery Says Lone Star Underpaid $97M For Payday Lender
• ABA Says Proposed Brazilian Merger Rules Go Overboard
• UK Clears GTCR's Buy Of PR Newswire After Divestiture
• Deals Rumor Mill: Emerson Electric, Twitter, CK Hutchison
• Celator Reaches Deal In Suits Over $1.5B Sale To Jazz
• Sterling Accused Of Stiffing Firms Of $271K After Clippers Sale
• Trade Group Slams Charter-TWC Merger Build-Out Condition
• Boehringer Offers Fixes To Clear Sanofi Deal In EU
• Brexit May Spur More US-Targeted M&A, Citi Deal Shows
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Skadden, Orrick
• CVC Grabs Funeral Service Co. In $1.1B Take-Private Deal
• EC Clears Verizon, Hearst Digital Media Buys
• Proxy Advisory Firms In Legislative Crosshairs
• Siris Capital Thwarts Mitel With $2B Polycom Deal
• Deutsche Fund Investor Wins Round In Tangle Over Directors
• Cash America Shareholder Sues Over $2.4B First Cash Merger
• Structured Finance Group Protests New Inversion Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aetna, HNA Group, General Electric
• $1.8B Verizon-XO Deal Gets More Pushback From Trade Org
• US Firm Tops 1st-Half Hotel M&A, Tokyo Firm Does Most Deals
• Avast To Buy AVG For $1.3B In Security Software Tie-Up
• Appaloosa-TerraForm Discovery Halted For Dismissal Fight
• What Fund Investors Should Know About Bank Control Rules
• The Smart Money Is Not Following Traditional Law Firms
• Barington, Chico's Continue To Spar As Proxy Vote Draws Near
• Caledonia Investments Pays $154M For UK Pub Biz
• Danone To Expand US Offerings With $10B WhiteWave Buy
• Gibson Dunn Snags Munich Corporate Partner From Freshfields
• KKR Headlines $65M Investment In U.K. Cybersecurity Co.
• Expedition Standards Tighten In M&A Litigation
• Draw Another Circle Sets Sale Hearing, Sees Bid Interest
• FTC Drops W.Va. Hospital Merger Challenge
• 8th Circ. Says X-Ray Techs' Noncompetes Can Be Transferred
• Glass Lewis Recommends EMC Investors OK $60B Dell Tie-Up
• 2 Firms Soar On 1st Half's Big-Ticket Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: State Grid, Netmarble Games, TI Automotive
• Pa. Judge Urged To DQ Bochetto & Lentz In Frivolous Suit Row
• Melrose To 'Liberate' Industrial Co. Nortek With $2.8B Deal
• Superior Plus Sells Construction Products Biz For $325M
• RFP Lessons: 5 Ways Law Firms Can Beat Frustration
• Some Clarity On 'Commercially Reasonable Efforts' In M&A
• Retired Del. Vice Chancellor Noble Joins Morris James
• GE Sees Seller's Remorse In Class Claim For Merger Losses
• Medivation In Talks With Sanofi After Rejecting Its $9.3B Offer
• Paul Hastings Nabs 4 Shearman & Sterling M&A Lawyers
• Noble Energy Sells Stake In Israeli Gas Field In $369M Deal
• 1 Firm Led 1st-Half Real Estate M&A Value, Took 2nd In Deals
• LSE Shareholders Greenlight $26B Deutsche Boerse Merger
• The Biggest M&A Moments Of 2016's First Half
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aetna, Marken, Iliad
• Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Suspended After Fraud Conviction
• UK Official Says Blocked O2 Deal Shows Antitrust Teeth
• The Growing Threat Of Transferee Liability In Midco Deals
• Hostess Whips Up Deal To Merge With PE Co., Go Public
• Gran Tierra Pays $525M For Latin American Oil And Gas Co.
• Kirkland Guides Bristol-Myers' $520M Cancer Drug Co. Buy
• RFP Lessons: 7 Tips To Improve Your Responses
• UK Law Firm Prepares Legal Challenge To Brexit Process
• Health Hires: Greenberg, Covington Add IP, Deals Pros
• Unsecured Creditors Blast Draw Another Circle Sale Plans
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walt Disney, Bain Capital, Apple
• 3 Issues To Watch In Barington And Chico's Proxy Battle
• Kirkland Guides Thoma Bravo In $1.2B Trader Corp. Buy
• Deal Makers Hopeful Even As 2016 M&A Sputters In First Half
• ETE-Williams Merger Flop A Blueprint For Energy Deal Exits
• South Africa OKs AB InBev's Purchase Of SABMiller
• Superior Plus Drops $982M Canexus Deal After FTC Challenge
• Blackboard Buys Online Tuition Payments Co. In $260M Deal
• Ex-NJ Bank Shareholders Can't Sue Over Unrealized Merger
• 6 Williams Board Members Quit In Wake Of ETE Deal Bust
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Skadden, Vinson
• Honeywell Inks $1.5B Deal For Warehouse Automation Co.
• Daimler Buys Rabobank's Euro Fleet Car Unit For $1.2B
• When Successor Liability And Bankruptcy Principles Collide
• FTC's New Maximum Civil Penalty And What It Means
• RFP Lessons: A General Counsel's List Of Law Firm Mistakes