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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2016

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• Chancery Keeps Comverge-HIG Capital Merger Suit Alive
• Creditor Targets Energy Co.'s Ch. 11 For Dismissal
• Intersil Investors Seek To Halt $3.2B Renesas Purchase
• Health Care IT Co. Says Investors Cost It $2M In Taxes
• Biz School Prof Rejects PetSmart's $8.7B Merger Value
• Golfsmith Gets OK On $69M Hybrid Sale To Dick's Venture
• Dominion Acquires Questar For $1.7B, Ups Public Offering
• Deals Rumor Mill: DraftKings, Brocade, InvenSense
• Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile Push FCC On Team Telecom Reform
• Rainmaker Q&A: Briggs & Morgan's Frank Taylor
• Shanghai Electric Power Pays $1.77B For Stake In K-Electric
• SEC Says Apple Must Allow Vote On Executive Pay Study
• Performance Sports Hits Ch. 11 Amid SEC Probe, Plans Sale
• HollyFrontier Nabs Suncor Lubricants Unit In $845M Deal
• Ombudsman Says Dick's Can Buy Golfsmith Customer Info
• CenturyLink To Buy Level 3 In $34B Telecom Tie-Up
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 2
• 3 Firms Steer Blackstone's $6.1B TeamHealth Deal
• Anatomy Of A Merger: Close Contact Key In $100B Beer Deal
• NextEra Pays $2.4B For Remaining Stake In Oncor Electric
• 7th Circ. Blocks Ruling That OK'd Ill. Hospitals' Merger
• 6 Predictors To Identify Attractive M&A Targets
• A Perfect Storm Of Securities Class Actions On The Horizon
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 7
• GE, Baker Hughes Ink Deal To Create $32B Oil And Gas Giant
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• AT&T-Time Warner Deal To Test Big Data Antitrust Theories
• K&L Gates Adds Energy And Infrastructure Veteran In Chicago
• Rainmaker Q&A: Stroock's Todd Lenson
• Permian Basin A Hot Spot For Deals Despite Low Oil Prices
• Universal Proxy: Not Exactly 'Shareholder Democracy'
• Investment Firm Founder To Pay $720K to Settle FTC Charges
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Weiss, Skadden, Sullivan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Agrium, GE, Calsonic Kansei
• EU Launches Review Of $43B ChemChina-Syngenta Deal
• Astellas To Pay Up To $1.4B For German Cancer Drug Maker
• Content Is King In Hunting Up Deals For Telcos, Media & Tech
• Xerox Settles Shareholder Suit Over Upcoming Split
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 6
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 1
• NY Court Revives CVR Malpractice Row Against Wachtell
• Qualcomm Taps 4 Firms For $37.7B NXP Semiconductors Deal
• Winston & Strawn, Weil Guide Blank Check Firm's $480M IPO
• Diamond Resorts Shareholder Challenges $2.2B Apollo Deal
• Nexstar-Media General Deal Shouldn't Wait For FCC, Reps Say
• Deals Rumor Mill: CenturyLink, McDonald's, Playboy
• PE Group Ardian Wins Battle For German Lighting Co. SLV
• Hospital-Practice Mergers May Land In FTC Crosshairs
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 5
• China's New Social Credit System Presents Complications
• Qualcomm Inks $37.7B Deal For NXP Semiconductors
• Cornerstone Ex-CEO Tells Jury PE Fund Stole Prime Deal
• US Trustee Seeks To Chop Garden Fresh Sale's Bonus Plan
• DOJ To Approve $1.8B Wabtec-Faiveley Deal With Divestitures
• Discovery Claims Roil $18B Towers Watson Appraisal Fight
• Samson Nets $660M In Series Of Ch. 11 Asset Sales
• M&T Says Class Case Fails In Suit Over $3.7B HCB Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Snapchat, Dr Pepper Snapple, RPC Group
• Split SEC Eases Proxy Voting Rules On Corporate Elections
• Time Warner Takeover Pushes Need For Uniform Privacy Regs
• Bayer CEO Calls $66B Monsanto Tie-Up 'A Perfect Fit'
• Corporate Voting Standards Are Not That Standard
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 4
• Rainmaker Q&A: Rutan & Tucker's Shigenobu Itoh
• Samson Set To Seek Final Approval Of $660M In Ch. 11 Sales
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pacific Controls, Coca-Cola, Clydesdale
• Baker Botts Guides EQT In 3 Deals Totaling $683M
• Simpson Thacher M&A Atty Lands At Clifford Chance
• Russia-Led Group Puts €250M Into Glass Tableware Maker Arc
• Antitrust Authorities Step Up Merger Enforcement
• Buckeye To Pay $1.15B For Half Of Vitol Terminal Biz
• Investcorp Snags 3i's Debt Management Unit In $271M Deal
• China's FGC Stands By $728M Aixtron Deal Despite Pushback
• Netflix Prices Upsized $1B Debt Offering
• ChemChina's $43B Syngenta Buy Delayed For EU Review
• Singapore's CapitaLand Closes $1.5B China-Focused Fund
• J.W. Childs Sells European Office Products Co. In $333M Deal
• Minn. Appeals Panel Affirms GE Capital Ponzi Suit Toss
• Andrews Kurth Guides ETP In $640M PennTex Midstream Deal
• Kirkland Adds Ex-Freshfields Corporate Partner In Houston
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 3
• Bridging The Gap Between Outside And Inside Counsel
• TransPerfect Workers Lose Bid To Weigh In On CEO's Appeal
• Golfsmith Creditors Back Sale To Dick's Sporting Goods
• Liberty, Sirius XM Urge Chancery To Ax Stock Buyback Claims
• American Midstream Partners To Buy JP Energy In $2B Deal
• AT&T-Time Warner Deal Poses Privacy Threat, Group Says
• Tough Scrutiny Ahead For AT&T's $85.4B Time Warner Buy
• Carlyle-Backed LDiscovery Grabs Competitor In $410M Deal
• Ex-Bingham Partner Owes $8M In Stock, Morgan Lewis Argues
• Platinum Equity To Sell Mactac's American Biz In $375M Deal
• Chinese Co. Pays $2.7B For Life, Mortgage Insurer Genworth
• Rockwell Collins To Acquire B/E Aerospace For $8.3B
• Investor's ETE Claims Are Derivative, Williams Board Says
• Dover, Wayne Offer Concessions To Clear $780M Deal In UK
• Weil Guides HNA Group In $6.5B Hilton Stake Buy
• Rainmaker Q&A: Choate's Christian Atwood
• Trump Vows To Block $85.4B AT&T-Time Warner Deal
• TD Ameritrade To Buy Scottrade In $4B, Two-Step Deal
• PE's Rising Enchantment With Unconventional Fund Terms
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 2
• So You Want To Be A Partner? You Need A Mentor
• Recent Application Of MFW Confirms 3 Important Principles
• AT&T Inks 2016's Biggest Deal With $85.4B Time Warner Offer
• No $2.6B Alaska-Virgin Tie-Up Without Notice, Judge Says
• PE Fund Turns To High Court In Texas Hospital Buy Suit
• $5.2B Talen Energy Buyout Sparks Del. Investor Suit
• BAT's $47B Reynolds Buy May Sail Through Antitrust Review
• Ruling Against Offshore Partnerships Final, 3rd Circ. Says
• Union Says US Airways Merger Claims Can't Get Off Ground
• Health Hires: Crowell & Moring, Goodwin, Faegre
• 6 Firms To Steer 7 IPOs Totaling $2.6B Led By Blockbuster
• Vanguard Escapes Investor Suit Over Eagle Rock Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Qualcomm, HollyFrontier, Xella
• Zagg Owes $12M To Shareholders Of Purchased Co., Suit Says
• McDermott Gains Transactional Partner From Locke Lord
• Crestview's $125M Accuride Buy Shorts Investors, Suit Says
• OPINION: The 2nd Circ.'s Misguided Approach To Antitrust
• Temasek Partners With Asian Healthcare Co. In $250M Deal
• GE Won't Budge On $1.4B Offer For 3-D Printing Cos.
• Taxation With Representation: Vinson, Wachtell, Latham
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Don't Forget To Consider State Privacy Laws In M&A
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 1
• Rainmaker Q&A: Fenwick & West's Cynthia Clarfield Hess
• British American Tobacco Unveils $47B Bid For Reynolds
• PE Halifax Group Affiliate In Del. Ch. 7 Over $65M Debt
• Glencore Divests Coal Haulage Biz In $874M Sale To G&W
• SunEdison Gets Nod On $150M Sale Of Solar Material Biz
• Sheppard Mullin Adds 4 Corporate Partners In New York
• Pebblebrook, Denihan End $820M NYC Hotel Portfolio JV
• Deals Rumor Mill: Qatar, Saudi Arabian Govt., Samsung
• InterOil Shareholder Gets Quick Appeal Of $2.5B Exxon Deal
• Trial Pros' Secret To Courtroom Success
• Cosi Creditors Say Proposed Auction Is Tilted To Lenders
• 100 Days Of Cayman Islands Limited Liability Companies
• Walgreens, Rite Aid Delay Closing Of $17B Merger
• FERC OKs Riverstone's $5.2B Buy Of Talen Energy
• Proposed Verizon-XO Deal Risks Consumer Harm, FCC Told
• India's Wipro Nabs US Cloud Co. Appirio In $500M Deal
• Aetna-Humana Row Survives ACA Exchange Exits, DOJ Says
• Australia's NSW Grabs $12.4B From Ausgrid Stake Sale
• Private Equity Flows To Oil And Gas As Prices Stay Low
• PE Fund Denies Poaching Execs In $700M Texas Hospital Suit
• El Paso Urges Del. Justices To Overturn $171M Judgment
• UK's FCA Approves Singapore Exchange's $107M Baltic Buy
• Online Chinese Travel Co. Valued At $4B In Go-Private Deal
• Yahoo Beats Securities Suit Over Alibaba Investment
• Snack Maker Utz Gets PE Backing For Golden Enterprises Buy
• Acadia Healthcare Sells Behavioral Facilities For £320M
• $2.6B Alaska-Virgin Merger Suit Could Speed To Dec. Trial
• Castellum Sells Commercial Portfolio In $101M Deal
• Rainmaker Q&A: Snell & Wilmer's Daniel Mahoney
• Boehringer Offers EU Concessions For Sanofi Swap Deal
• Tips For Increasing The Chances Of CFIUS Approval
• Ex-Societe Generale Employee Says Arbitration Award Flawed
• Amundi Confirms Interest In Pioneer But Denies $4.4B Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Vista Equity Partners, Chevron
• American Capital Dodges Suit Over $52M MBS Deal
• GAO Will Focus on Scope Of CFIUS Authority In Review
• German Sausage Makers Slip €128M In Cartel Fines
• Australian Gambling Cos. Tabcorp, Tatts Ink $4.9B Tie-Up
• Snap-On Makes $155M Deal For Car-O-Liner
• Starwood Sells US Hotel Portfolio Stake To China Life
• Car Seat Co.'s Ex-Owner Slams Claim To $60M Enviro Fund
• Trial Looms In Suit Over PHC-Acadia Merger
• Sports Authority Says Inventory Buyer Trying To Change Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba, Tatts Group, Royal Dutch Shell
• 2nd Circ. Shuts Down ITT Suit Over Acquired Patent
• The 5 Practice Areas Poised For A 2017 Growth Spurt
• Viacom, Redstones Seek Chancery Toss Of Shareholder Suit
• Abbott, St. Jude Ink $1B Deal To Shed Product Portfolio
• Starboard Wins Activist Bid To Add Stewart Board Members
• Sears On Road To Settling Chancery Fight Over $2B REIT Deal
• Bayer-Monsanto Won't Seed Or Weed The Patent Thicket
• William Hill, Amaya Scrap Short-Lived Gambling Merger Talks
• Slow And Steady Gets The Deal Through, FTC Tells GCs
• Samson Gets Conditional OK For $660M In Ch. 11 Sales
• Clearwire Pressed On Disclosure In $3.6B Sprint Buyout Trial
• $150M GCL Bid Wins SunEdison Solar Material Business
• Rosneft, Trafigura, UCP Team Up For $13B Essar Buyout
• Shareholders' Attorneys Win Fee Bid In Dell Appraisal Suit
• Rainmaker Q&A: Norton Rose's James Wiehl
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mentor Graphics, Pekao, Banco Patagonia
• A Snapshot Of M&A Activity In September
• Constellation Sells Wine Biz In $781M Pension Fund Deal
• Unlikely Success For M&A Post-Closing Disclosure Claims
• Anthem, Cigna Ordered To Disclose Merger Breach Allegations
• Stock Transfer Agent Gets 2 Years For $1.5M Fraud
• Morningstar Picks Up Data Provider PitchBook In $180M Deal
• OPINION: 3rd-Party Litigation Funding Needs Transparency
• Supervalu Inks $1.37B Sale Of Save-A-Lot To Onex
• Coty To Pay $510M For Lion Capital's Hairstyling Brand
• PE Firms Pay $3.25B For Online Marketplace Co. Allegro
• US Election Will Shake Up Activism, Okapi CEO Says
• Rainmaker Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Stuart Cable
• Cosmetics Co. To Pay $5.6M To End Suit Over Bungled Merger
• Viacom Taps 3 Investment Banks To Guide Potential CBS Deal
• Subpoena Row In American-US Air Merger Suit Hits Justices
• Infoblox Investor Asks Del. Court To Speed Merger Suit
• Pa. Hospital Systems End Merger Plan After 3rd Circ. Defeat
• RSP Permian Pays $2.4B To Acquire Silver Hill Energy Cos.
• Circor Nabs Downstream Oil, Gas Biz In $210M Deal
• Leidos Deal Losses Are Cautionary Tale For Contractor M&A
• SEC Blasts Ex-MySpace Owner's Whistleblower Appeal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sinochem, OAO Rosneft, Xella
• Investors Say PetSmart 'Hiding' Ex-CEO In $9B Appraisal Suit
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Jones Day, Cravath
• Why PE Players Should Set Their Sights On Australia
• Rainmaker Q&A: Sutherland Asbill's Cynthia Shoss
• Deere, Monsanto Tell DOJ To Leave Planter Co. Deal Alone
• Texas Hospital Chain Tells Jury PE Firm Cost It $700M
• $100K Fee OK'd For Mooted Class In Failed $35B Merger
• Xerox Preferred Shareholder Sues To Block Company Split
• Treasury Issues Final Controversial Debt-To-Equity Rules
• MoFo Guides Japan's Kirin In Brooklyn Brewery Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Snapchat, Robert Bosch, Anglo American
• Sale Of Stanley Cup Champs Pittsburgh Penguins Put On Ice
• Solaria Objects To SunEdison Sale Over Prototype
• Crowell & Moring Hires Ex-Reed Smith Global Deals Pro
• PetSmart Denies Power Over Ex-CEO In $8.7B Appraisal Fight
• IRS Casting 'Wide Net' With Debt-Equity Regs, Attys Say
• Japan's Idemitsu Delays Integration Of Showa Shell Buy
• Rainmaker Q&A: Hogan Lovells' William Curtin
• United Pilots' $2M Settlement With Union Over Back Pay OK'd
• Rainmaker Q&A: Podhurst Orseck's Peter Prieto
• $3M Settlement, $450K Fee OK'd In Del. Mavenir Merger Suit
• Investor Suit Over OM Group's $1B Sale To Apollo Tossed
• O'Melveny Reps DigitalGlobe In $140M Deal For Analytics Co.
• Allergan Investors Urge Class Cert. In Insider Trading Row
• Seafood Supplier Thai Union Buys $575M Red Lobster Stake
• Rainmaker Q&A: Levenfeld Pearlstein's David Solomon
• Deals Rumor Mill: Brigham Resources, Actis, Advent
• Treasury's Inversion Rule Undermines Tax Law, Chamber Says
• Delaware Rundown: What You Missed In Q3
• The Art Of Silence At Trial
• Stanley Black & Decker Grabs Newell's Tool Biz In $1.95B Deal
• Dragoneer Inks Deal For New Mountain's AmWINS Stake
• Investor Says Fresh Market Chair Rigged $1.4B Apollo Deal
• Hanson Sues Lone Star Over Unpaid $100M Earnout Bonus
• Samson Says Bankruptcy Sale Efforts Raised $660M
• Anadigics Investor Seeks Rare 'Quasi-Appraisal' In Del.
• Infoblox Investor Says $1.6B Offer Undervalues Company
• Pillsbury Snags Corporate IP Partner From Reed Smith
• $4.3B Rackspace-Apollo Deal Faces Del. Class Challenge
• Valuation Co. Sues Rival, Ex-Workers For Trade Secret Theft
• Deals Rumor Mill: CenturyLink, OMV, LPL Financial Holdings
• Objections Win More Time For Delivery Agent Ch. 11 Bids
• Phillips 66 Sends Midstream Assets To MLP In $1.3B Deal
• Fortress Affiltate Investor Gets Do-Over In $1.4B Deal Suit
• Antitrust Regulators Didn't Let Beer Merger Go Flat
• 1 Firm Hits Nearly $4B In Hotel M&A Through September
• Davis Polk Advises Noble Group On $1B Energy Unit Sale
• High Court Won't Hear Flight Attendants' Merger Appeal
• Duke Energy Reaps $2.4B From International Biz Sales
• Chancery Says Books-A-Million Takeover Followed Guidelines
• Texas Oil Co. Luxe Energy Picks Up $524M From NGP
• DOJ Blames Merger Trial Discovery Woes On Aetna, Humana
• GE Drops $1.65B To Bring Wind Turbine Maker In-House
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Latham, Kirkland
• HP, Silicon Graphics Beat Investor Bid To Block Merger Vote
• 4 Firms To Steer IPOs Totaling $1B Amid Energy Rebound
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Delivery Agent Creditors Oppose Its Ch. 11 Sale Timeline
• HarbourVest Extends SVG Offer In Challenge To Rival Bid
• Volcano And Goldman Call Shareholder Appeal An 'Affront'
• Subpoena Nixed For Ex-PetSmart CEO In $8.7B Appraisal Tiff
• Bankrupt E-Cig Co. NJOY Gets OK For Nov. Auction
• Frank's Pays $321M For Oil And Gas Services Co. Blackhawk
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Amaya, Delta Lloyd
• Chip Eng, Park Hotel Form JV For $65M Maldives Resort
• ITT Presses Claims Over 2007 Merger Before Wary 2nd Circ.
• Vodafone Inks $3B Deal For New Spectrum In India
• Total Strikes $3.2B Deal To Sell Chemical Unit
• What Do You Know About Apparent Manufacturer Liability?
• The Ins And Outs Of Working In-House
• Using Yankee Bonds To Complete One's Financing Spectrum
• Anthem-Cigna Infighting Should Be Divulged, Judge Told
• Weil, Freshfields, Wachtell Aid $10B Avolon Aircraft Co. Buy
• Spectra Investor Says $28B Deal Disclosure Is Lacking
• CVR Wants Wachtell Negligence Suit Over $37M Fees Revived
• Paul Hastings Nabs Pillsbury Exec Compensation Pro
• Deals Rumor Mill: Snapchat, CSN, Rosneft
• FTC Says Minn. Providers Can Merge Without Noncompetes
• Seyfarth Shaw Hires Ex-Cadwalader Litigation Chairman
• Redstone Deposition Postponed In Del. Viacom Class Fight
• SVG Drops Earlier Deal For $950M Sale To Goldman, CPPIB
• ICU Medical Inks $1B Deal For Pfizer Infusion Therapy Unit
• Seyfarth NY Litigation Head Drops Profit-Sharing Litigation
• FCC Told To Wrap Up Review Of Nexstar-Media General Deal
• McDermott Will Adds Silicon Valley M&A Partner From MoFo
• Lockheed And Unquantifiable Risk In Gov't Contracts M&A
• Coming Soon: The 3-D (And 4-D) Brief
• Live Nation Destroyed Docs In Antitrust Row, Court Told
• Health Care M&A Fades After Year In The Spotlight
• Vinson & Elkins Adds Ex-Ashurst PE Partner In London
• PE Duo Buys $1.22B Telecom Biz Wharf T&T
• Lam Research, KLA-Tencor Scrap $10B Merger Deal
• Venoco Class Settles Pre-Ch. 11 Sale Fight For $19M In Del.
• Lyondell Trustee's Clawback Claims Survive, NY Judge Says
• Minn. High Court Hears Medtronic Investor's Inversion Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, Jose Cuervo, Leslie's Poolmart
• Ways Means Chair Urges Treasury To Ax Debt Equity Rules
• United Capital Urges Chancery To Ax Challenge To Buyout
• McGuireWoods Adds Alston & Bird Tech Deal Maker
• Teva Inks $769M Deal To Sell Allergan Assets In UK, Ireland
• Nestlé Reaches Deal With Brazil To Complete Garoto Buy
• Auto Parts Supplier Says $60M Enviro Fund Suit Is Flawed
• Boehringer Sheds US Pet Vaccines In $885M Elanco Deal
• Merger Enforcement Probes Taking Longer, Report Says
• Brexit Unknowns Cause European PE Deals To Stall In Q3
• Sports Data Co. Buys TV Yellow First-Down Line Developer
• Extreme Plastics Sale Plan Hinges On Stalking Horse Bidder
• The 'Tough Noogies' Doctrine: Rights But No Remedies
• NN Group Lobs Unsolicited $2.7B Offer For Delta Lloyd
• The Upside Of New Limits On Fee Shifting, Forum Selection
• Japan's Sompo Inks $6.3B Deal For US Insurer Endurance
• Accountant Ducks Buchanan's Negligence Claims In AFL Row
• SVG Capital To Shed Half Of Portfolio For £379M, Wind Down
• SunEdison Spinoff Challenges Proposed Solar Biz Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sears, Wharf Holdings, Gannett
• NY Court Won't Ax Suit Over Stake In $55B Russian Oil Deal
• LVMH Hauls In German Luxury Luggage Co. For $717M
• UA Pilots, Union Seek Approval Of $2M Deal Over Back Pay
• Anheuser Gets Beer Drinkers' $100B Merger Fight Dumped
• 3 Firms Top $300B In Deal Value Since January
• KWM Elects New Managing Partner For Europe, Middle East
• Post & Schell Nabs Ex-McCarter & English Managing Partner
• Aetna, Humana Request Sanctions Over Blocked CMS Docs
• Philippine Energy Co. Drops $1.2B On Power Plant Stakes
• Clinton Vows Vigorous Enforcement Of Mergers, Competition
• Private Equity Firm Ducks Trade Secrets Suit In Fla. Court
• GAO Looking Into Whether CFIUS Has Powers It Needs
• Justices Won't Review $20B Anheuser, Modelo Antitrust Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Royal Philips, Bai Brands, Concordia
• Ex-MySpace Owner Declared Vexatious Litigant
• Fortune Magazine Knocks Secrecy In Oxbow Chancery Case
• Glass Lewis Founder Takes Stake In Struggling SeaWorld
• HeidelbergCement Moves Forward With $7.5B Italcementi Buy
• Aegerion Investor Says CEO Job Offer 'Taints' $43M Deal
• Bass Pro Shops Inks $5.5B PE-Backed Cabela's Deal
• Winnebago Grabs Smaller Rival In $500M Cash, Stock Deal
• Janus Capital, Henderson Agree To Form $6B Asset Manager
• Rainmaker Q&A: Nixon Peabody's Jill Gordon
• Judgment Recognition And The Reach Of US Securities Laws