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Mergers & Acquisitions - September, 2016

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• Johnson Should Pay Taxes On $17B Inversion, Investors Say
• Trucking Deal Fraud Claims Rightly Axed, Del. Justices Say
• 3 Tips For Structuring A Reverse Morris Trust
• Enbridge Sells $820M Of Pipeline Assets To Tundra Energy
• Caterpillar Beats Suit Over $580M Post-Merger Loss
• Federal-Mogul Investors Launch Challenge To Icahn Takeover
• Emerald Oil Asks For More Time On $110M Ch. 11 Sale Talks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petronas, Sushiro, Monte Dei Paschi
• Cigna Objection Request Stumps Judge In $54B Merger Trial
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Vinson, Skadden
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• CORRECTED: NY Appeals Court Nixes Bid To Stop Marriott Merger
• TransPerfect Co-CEO Urges Del. High Court To Stop Sale
• Airbus Group Readies Merger With Its Plane-Making Unit
• Cheniere Values Investment Unit At $5.1B With Buyout Offer
• IBM to Acquire Financial Consulting Firm Promontory
• Oral Advocacy And 'Vocal Fry'
• Kirkland Lake Gold To Buy Smaller Rival In $768M Deal
• Proskauer Rose Nabs Ex-White & Case Funds Group Head
• Redstone-Owned Theater Co. Urges CBS, Viacom Merger
• Colony Capital Investor Sues To Block NorthStar Merger
• Jones Day Adds M&A Partner in Minneapolis
• Duke Gets Final OK For $5B Piedmont Acquisition
• Fox & Hound Parent's $28.6M Sale To Senior Creditor OK'd
• FERC Reconsiders Horizontal Market Power In Transactions
• Deals Rumor Mill: Qualcomm, Spotify, Telefonica
• DOJ Subpoenas Chesapeake Over M&A Accounting Methods
• Safran In Talks With Advent Over $2.7B Sale Of Unit
• Caisse De Depot Pays $500M For Minority Stake In Sedgwick
• CST Brands Investor Slams $4.4B Takeover By Couche-Tard
• Ill. Hospitals Say 3rd Circ. No Help To FTC's Merger Case
• TerraForm Settles Suit Over Now-Junked $2B SunEdison Deal
• Redbox Parent Shareholder Suits Merged In $1.6B Buyout Row
• Williams Tells Del. Justices ETE Could Have Saved $38B Deal
• State Law Applies To Trucking Merger, Del. High Court Told
• FTC's Ill. Hospital Merger Suit Gets 3rd Circ. Boost
• Nixon Peabody Adds Corporate Partner In Rochester, NY
• Danish Funds Grab $640M Stake In Ship Finance Co.
• Inside AB InBev's $100B Takeover Of SABMiller
• Deutsche Post DHL Group To Buy UK Mail in £242M Deal
• EC Probes Deutsche Börse-London Stock Exchange Merger
• Cafe Operator Says PE Firms Double-Crossed It In Takeover
• Deutsche Bank Sells Abbey Life Unit To Phoenix for $1.2B
• The Courtroom Where It Happened: Hamilton As A Lawyer
• Chancery Tosses Challenge To AOL's $238M Millennial Buy
• AB InBev Clears Final Hurdle For $100B SABMiller Buy
• Why Have Lawyers Forgotten About The Middle Class?
• Teva Alleges Fraud In $2B Purchase Of Mexican Drug Co.
• Merge Healthcare Says $1B Sale To IBM Passes Muster
• Baring Private Equity Asia Offers To Buy SAI In $761M Deal
• DOJ Won't Argue ACA Harm In Anthem-Cigna Merger Trial
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blue Apron, Dick Clark Productions, Bayer
• Rice Energy Scoops Up Vantage Energy In $2.7B Deal
• Health Care REIT MPT Enters $1.25B Agreement With Steward
• The Right Time To Make A CFIUS Filing
• Rainmaker Q&A: Briggs And Morgan's Michael McEllistrem
• FTC Loss On Pa. Hospital Merger Reversed By 3rd Circ.
• Texas Agency Raises Doubts About $18.7B EFH-NextEra Deal
• EverBank Investors Sue To Stop $2.5B Sale To TIAA
• Willkie Farr Snags Ex-Cadwalader Corporate Chair
• Fenwick-Led AppLovin Nabs $1.4B From Chinese PE Firm
• ConAgra Acquires Frontera Foods, Red Fork
• Skadden Leads Lanxess In $2.7B Deal For Chemtura
• Deals Rumor Mill: Disney, Wabtec, CBS
• Alere Hit With New Complaint Over $5.8B Abbott Merger
• ChemChina Asks For EU Clearance Of $43B Syngenta Buy
• Vista Equity-Led Investor Group Drops $153M On GovDelivery
• Pfizer Again Ditches Plan to Split Into 2 Businesses
• CBOE, Bats Latest Exchanges To Merge With $3.2B Deal
• McDermott Adds Schulte Roth Atty To NY Corporate Practice
• Harris Corp. FCPA Declination Is First Of Its Kind
• Taxation With Representation: Milbank, Fenwick, Mayer Brown
• Tesla Investors May Get Chance To Halt SolarCity Deal Vote
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Google Blasts Ex-MySpace Owner For 'Harassing' Motions
• Private Equity Firm Gores Is Sued Over Adecco Deal
• PE Group Pays Over $500M For Analogix Semiconductor
• Coke Femsa Expands Brazilian Operations With $1.1B Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, CBOE Holdings, Carlos Slim
• Knorr-Bremse Boosts Stake In Takeover Target Haldex
• DOJ 'Fomenting A Breakdown' Of $54B Merger, Anthem Says
• DOJ Antitrust Head Says More Int'l Collaborations To Come
• 3 Reverse Morris Trust Deals And The Firms That Led Them
• Brookfield-Led Group Inks $5.2B Deal For Petrobras Asset
• Ruckus Investor Seeks Chancery Look At $1.2B Brocade Buy
• Books-A-Million Slams Investor Challenge To $21M Takeover
• FERC Mulls Changes To Utility Merger Reviews
• Bayer Willing To Give Up $1.6B Yearly To Land Monsanto
• Comcast Buys Former Philly Flyers Owner's Spectacor Stake
• Deals Rumor Mill: EQT Partners, Morpho, Shanghai Electric
• Nexstar, Media General Ask FCC To OK Deal Mid-Auction
• France Authorizes Agribusiness Takeover With Divestments
• Willkie Guides IK In Deal For Real Estate Software Co.
• Quinn Emanuel Brings In Veteran GC To Lead Moscow Team
• McDonald Hopkins Hires Lowis Biz Lawyer For Chicago Office
• Homebuilder Lennar To Expand In Fla. With $643M WCI Buy
• Prevent Merger Benefits From Becoming Disabling Conflicts
• Outerwall Investor Wants Records After $1.6B Apollo Deal
• Merion Tells Chancery Fidelity Underpaid $1.2B For LPS
• Chancery OKs $24M Settlement In Caris Stock Option Dispute
• Starwood Says It's Owed $4.8M In Interest On Back Taxes
• Blackstone Pays $1.5B For Portfolio Of Logistic Centers
• Anthem, Cigna Both Claim Merger Breach, DOJ Says
• Tech 'Unicorn' Exits Exceeded Births In Q2, Report Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Postal Savings Bank, BlackLine, UniCredit
• Drinker Biddle Adds Corporate Partner From Fox Rothschild
• Hedge Fund Seeks Appraisal Of $2.2B Diamond Resorts Deal
• Anatomy Of A Merger: Ingenuity Helps Dell Seal $67B EMC Buy
• Common Regulatory Pitfalls In Health Care M&A
• Edison Unit Nabs SunEdison Minn. Projects With $80M Bid
• Managing The Compliance Aspects Of PE Investments
• Rainmaker Q&A: Orrick Herrington's Hilary Winter
• Prospective Samson Auction Bidder Blasts $6M Breakup Fee
• $7.1M Sanctions Upheld In TransPerfect CEO Battle
• CORRECTED: Zenergy Pump-And-Dump Conspirators Must Pay Up: Court
• Tesla Investors Seek Faster Review Of SolarCity Motions
• McDermott Nabs Private Equity Duo From Schulte Roth
• Foundry Group Closes $500M VC Fund
• DLA Piper Combines With Canadian IP Firm Dimock Stratton
• DOJ Merger Challenges A New Reality, Antitrust Head Says
• LifeLock Sues Goodwin Atty, Tech Co. Boss Over $43M Deal
• Overhauling Law Firm Records Departments For A New Reality
• Marriott Gets OK From China To Close Starwood Merger
• Senate Panel Grills Agriculture Execs Over Merger Motives
• Rainmaker Q&A: Holland & Knight's Jeffrey Mittleman
• Shire Prices $12.1B Bond To Help Pay For Baxalta Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Naspers, Rabobank
• Allergan Grabs Liver Disease Drugmaker In Up-To-$1.7B Deal
• Tech M&A Boom Likely To Keep Soaring In 2016, Beyond
• Unclaimed Property Law: What Oil And Gas Cos. Should Know
• Rainmaker Q&A: Dechert's Mark Thierfelder
• EFH Wins OK For Sweetened NextEra Deal, Creditor Poll
• Takeover Financers Denied $20M Fee Award
• Tech Data To Buy Avnet IT Service Biz In $2.6B Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, BRF, Saudi Telecom
• Funds Take Melbourne Port Private In AU$9.7B Deal
• Exelon Loses To IRS Over $1.6B Taxable Gain On Plant Sales
• Freshfields Reps AIG On $240M Sale, Part Of $1.1B Deal
• Verizon, XO Say $1.8B Fiber Deal Wouldn't Harm Competition
• Sullivan Reps SunEdison Yieldcos In Possible Sale
• Eldorado To Buy Isle of Capri Casinos In $1.7B Deal
• Tesla Says 4 Del. Suits May Hamper $2.6B SolarCity Bid
• PE Firm Align Capital Raises $325M For Debut Fund
• Kirkland, Fenwick Guide $1.6B PE Buyout Of Infoblox
• $2.6B Tesla-SolarCity Merger Class Leadership Stirs Fray
• SunEdison Gets Judge's Nod On $144M NRG Asset Sale
• Last Call Equity Holder Objects To Credit Bidding Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: WhisperText, Depomed, Techem
• K&L Gates Leads Boralex In Nabbing 200MW Of Wind Projects
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Wachtell, Jones Day
• SynCardia's $19M Ch. 11 Sale To Lender Approved
• Media-Focused Blank Check Co. Saban Raises $235M IPO
• K&L Gates Gains Ex-Pillsbury Corporate M&A Partner
• A Snapshot Of M&A Activity In August
• UK's SVG Spurns Hostile HarbourVest $1.35B Takeover Bid
• Steelworkers Union Tells CFIUS To Quash $2.3B Aleris Deal
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Corporate Partner From Schulte Roth
• Monster Investor Challenges $429M Randstad Purchase Deal
• Reforming China's Administration Of Foreign Investments
• EFH Defends $275M Breakup Fee In $18B NextEra Deal
• Madison Dearborn Offers $355M For Finnish Paper Co.
• UnitedHealth Says Aetna Doesn't Need Bid Info In Merger Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: McDonald's, BP, Apollo Global
• Mystery Bidder Delays Vote On $794M Morgans Hotel Deal
• Europe's Tikehau Capital Nets €610M For Direct Lending Fund
• GCs Increasingly Spending Time Sweating Antitrust Actions
• Inside Corvex's Brewing Proxy Fight For Williams' Board
• Madison Dearborn Snags Cloud Biz App Provider Intermedia
• E-Commerce Co. Delivery Agent Hits Ch. 11 With Plans To Sell
• Informa Grabs PE-Backed Penton In $1.56B Deal
• Ardian To Buy Majority Stake In Orthopedic Equipment Maker
• 3 Steps To Successful Judgment Enforcement
• Shearman Partner To Lead NY AG's Antitrust Bureau
• Bayer's $66B Monsanto Buy To Face Tough Antitrust Scrutiny
• Ardian Raises $4.5B For Leveraged Buyout Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC, Imagina Media, AC Milan
• Withers Guides Creation Of Trans-Atlantic Stem Cell Venture
• AEP To Sell 4 Power Plants To Private Equity JV In $2.17B Deal
• Chancery Revisits DFC Global Appraisal, Bumps Up Shares
• Golfsmith International Hits Ch. 11, Hoping To Sell By Oct.
• Reed Smith Nabs Paul Hastings Atty For Corporate Group
• Regulatory Risks In Aerospace & Defense, Gov't Services M&A
• Why Political Law Matters During M&A
• Bayer Wins Over Monsanto With $66B Deal
• Drinker Biddle Adds Corporate Partner From Baker Botts
• Lawyers Duck Securities Claims In Buyout Malpractice Suit
• Gilead Attacks Post-Merger Claim to $50M Cancer Drug Bonus
• Disputed Facts Keep Forbes' Del. Suit Against Buyer Alive
• Vivint Denied Bid To Restart $1B SunEdison Case In Del.
• LeapFrog Snags Ex-Linklaters Partner To Head Up Legal Biz
• Investors Say Koch Trying To Delay Oxbow Trial
• Japan's Teijin Nabs US Auto Composite Co. In $825M Deal
• IMS Plans $1.5B Bond To Help Finance $8.9B Quintiles Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Postal Savings Bank Of China, Teneo
• AIG Can't Nab $475M Down Payment On Failed Aircraft Deal
• Consumers Seek High Court Review Of $20B Anheuser Merger
• Rainmaker Q&A: Baer & Troff's James Baer
• Freeport-McMoRan Inks $2B Sale Of Deepwater Gulf Assets
• FCC Licenses: The Forgotten Stepchildren In M&A
• ETE Urges Del. Justices To OK $38B Williams Deal Breakup
• Renesas Inks $3.2B Deal To Buy Fellow Chipmaker Intersil
• Rainmaker Q&A: McDermott's Ira Coleman
• Should Your Law Firm Move To The Cloud?
• Chicago Hospitals Can't Ditch Merger Price-Hike Suit
• FINRA's Capital Acquisition Broker Rules Face Tough Sell
• Golden Investors Target $136M Utz Deal In Del. Class Suit
• Global Infrastructure Partners Buys $4.3B Spanish Gas Co. Stake
• Ladbrokes, Coral To Sell 400 Shops Ahead Of £2.3B Merger
• Outdoor Channel Biz Deal Challenger Asks To Refile Claims
• Covington Nabs Sidley NorCal Vet To Lead West Coast Deals
• Ex-Duane Reade CEO Appealing $6.2M Restitution Order
• Deals Rumor Mill: UniCredit, Highmark Health, Siemens
• Current Trends In Representation And Warranty Insurance
• HarbourVest Offers To Buy UK's SVG Capital In $1.35B Deal
• Ashland-Spinoff Valvoline Sets Terms On $645M IPO
• HP Snags Samsung's Printing Unit In $1.05B Deal
• TPG-Gramercy Real Estate JV To Spend As Much As $1B
• OpenText To Pay $1.62B For Dell EMC Enterprise Content Biz
• From The Partner's Desk: Paving Your Path To Partnership
• Industrial Gas Cos. Praxair, Linde Nix Deal Talks
• Canadian Fertilizer Giants Ink Deal To Form $36B Co.
• Williams Investor Slams Board's Costly ETE Takeover Defense
• Limits On Citrix Directors' Stock Awards OK'd In Settlement
• Investors Seek Appraisal Of $13B Columbia-TransCanada Deal
• 5 Firms To Steer IPOs Totaling $740M As Market Gains Steam
• Enterprise Nixes Bid For Williams For Lack Of Engagement
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals And Firms We Are Following This Week
• PE Often Creates More Value At Portfolio Cos., Reports Say
• DLA Piper Snags Former Cooley M&A Pro In Calif.
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Skadden, Kirkland
• Pennsylvania American Drops $156M On McKeesport Assets
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, CenturyLink, Samsung Electronics
• Total Control Of Barnett Shale Comes At A Bargain
• How We Can Diversify The Legal Profession And Why We Must
• BofA Pays $12.8M To End Merrill Brokers' Compensation Row
• Tesla Shareholder Seeks To Speed SolarCity Merger Challenge
• Ex-LA Sparks' Investor Can Arbitrate Fraud Suit Over Loans
• Haggen Creditors Allege 'Machiavellian' Asset-Stripping Plot
• Roark Capital Acquires Majority Stake In Jimmy John's
• Passengers File Suit To Block $2.6B Alaska-Virgin Merger
• Intel To Revive McAfee Through $4.2B TPG JV
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Lone Star Funds, Shop-Apotheke
• Walgreens To Sell Up To 1,000 Stores In $17B Rite-Aid Deal
• Rainmaker Q&A: Much Shelist's Mitchell Roth
• Martha Stewart Says Suits Over Omnimedia Sale Have To Go
• Locke Lord Nabs Energy Transactional Pro From Chadbourne
• PE Firm Golden Gate Buys PacSun In Ch. 11 Restructuring
• Google To Buy Apigee In $625M All-Cash Deal
• How To Get Your German Deal To The Goal Line
• Vertellus Gets Tentative Nod On $450M Sale To Lenders
• DirecTV Sues Station Owner For Disclosing Pricing Rate Info
• Liberty Media Acquires Formula One In $4.4B Deal
• $30.4M Tibco-Vista Merger Class Award Gets Del. Court OK
• Dentsply Urges Mass. High Court To Uphold Fraud Win
• Deals Rumor Mill: Viacom, CBS, Societe Generale
• IBM Beats Shareholder, ERISA Suits Over $4.7B Divestiture
• Volcano Investors Appeal 'Radical' Chancery Court Ruling
• New Aeropostale Owner Can Likely Get Customer Info: Expert
• HP Enterprise Inks $8.8B Deal With UK Software Co.
• Health Care M&A: Current Trends And Future Perspectives
• UK Accepts Fixes For Iron Mountain's $2.6B Recall Deal
• 2 US REITs Merging In $1.4B Deal
• DOJ Closes Probe Into ABI's Craft Brewery Purchase
• Sidley Aids PE-Backed Microbiology Co. In Accuratus Lab Buy
• Leveraging Trial Strategies To Improve Your Negotiating Skills
• $3.5M Fees Sought In Sterling Chemical Class Settlement
• No Early Discovery In $13B TransCanada Deal Suit
• 3 Potential Claims Mylan Faces In EpiPen Drama
• Auto Parts Firm Greenlights Icahn's Takeover Bid
• Nixon Peabody Mistakes Cost Them $8M, Business Trio Says
• Sprint Urges FCC To Streamline National Security Reviews
• Aetna, Humana Shouldn't Get Confidential Info, Judge Says
• Westinghouse Wants Chancery To Ax $2B Nuclear Plant Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, Avolon Holdings, Formula One
• Danaher Grabs Molecular Diagnostics Co. In $4B Cash Deal
• Judge Tosses Suit Over Failed American Apparel Takeover
• Old Skills, New Tricks: Opportunities For Law Librarians
• Enbridge's $29B Spectra Buy Tops 2016's Energy Deals
• 3 Firms Surpass $25B In Real Estate M&A Through August
• Fresenius Pays €5.76B For Spain's Largest Hospital Group
• Sizmek Investor Challenges $122M Vector Capital Merger
• Rainmaker Q&A: Choate's Andrew Hickey
• Ropes, Troutman Steer PE Ownership Change For Daxko
• Sempra Unit Buys Mexican Wind Farm In $852M Deal
• Kimco Realty Buys Out JV Partner On 4 Malls For $171M
• The Art Of Managing Cross-Border Transactions
• Enbridge Inks CA$37B Deal For Pipeline Co. Spectra
• Bayer Sweetens Bid For Monsanto To $127.50 Per Share
• Taxation With Representation: Fried Frank, Faegre, Orrick
• FTC OKs Air Liquide Divestiture For $13.4B Airgas Deal
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• BNY Sues Investment Co. For Poaching Clients, Nabbing IP
• 2 Law Firms Dominate M&A In Languid August
• Goldgroup Wins Round In Mexican Mining Row
• Health-Focused Blank Check Co. Avista Files $300M IPO
• Morgan Lewis Snags 5 From Dentons For New Shanghai Office
• Rainmaker Q&A: Greenberg Glusker's Andrew Apfelberg
• Delaware Raises Bar For Challenges To Noncontroller Deals
• Kirkland Leads Crestview In $125M Deal For Accuride
• Deals Rumor Mill: McDonald's, Rosneft, Expedia
• Fla. Investment Firm Readies Magicjack Proxy Fight
• Alere, Abbott Told To Mull Mediation Before Merger Trial
• Nexstar Gets DOJ Clearance Of $4.6B Media General Buy
• Consortium Wins Aeropostale Auction With $243.3M Bid
• Class Suit Over Duke-Led CEO Ouster Survives Del. Ruling
• Gore Suit Over Al Jazeera Fee Advancement Rights Settled
• JPMorgan Asset Unit Buys Out Global Solar Developer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hewlett Packard, Nets Holding, Orange
• Famous Brands Expands In UK With $144M Burger Chain Buy
• Rainmaker Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Cassandra Mott
• Lazard Miscalculated SolarCity Value In $2.6B Tesla Deal
• Crafting Dispute Resolution Clauses That Work For You
• Inside The Recent Wave Of Public-To-Private Deals
• Activist Hedge Fund Elliott Lifts Stake In Poundland
• HSR Annual Report: Filings Up, 2nd Requests Down
• EU Clears Italian Hutchison-VimpelCom JV With Divestitures
• Kayne Anderson Capital Draws $1.55B For Energy PE Fund