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Mergers & Acquisitions - February, 2017

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• Brexit Likely At Heart Of LSE-Deutsche Börse Merger Woes
• Pa., DC Can't Get Fees In Staples-Office Depot Merger Case
• GOP-Led FCC Expected To Narrow Merger Reviews
• TransPerfect CEO Denied Appeal Stay For $7.4M Sanction
• $13B TransCanada Deal Challenge Lacks Proof, Chancery Told
• Satellite Cos. To Merge, Receive $1.7B SoftBank Investment
• K&L Gates Nabs Ex-Goodwin Procter Private Equity Pro In NY
• Chancery Tosses Late Books Bid In Monster Merger
• Comcast Pays $2.3B To Buy Rest Of Universal Studios Japan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Global Logistic Properties, Cloudera, GE
• Initial Lessons From The Anthem-Cigna M&A Lawsuits
• How 401(k) Benefits Can Attract Millennial Legal Talent
• How The Courts Review Executive Orders
• Why 2017 May Be A Steadier Year For Oil And Gas Firms
• Tricon Capital To Acquire Silver Bay Realty In $1.4B Deal
• $8.7B PetSmart Appraisal Fight May Pause For Del. Appeals
• CEO Reaped Most Benefits Of Health Care Merger, Jury Told
• Sullivan & Cromwell Snags Ex-DOJ Antitrust Chief Hesse
• Perrigo Inks $2.85B Divestiture Amid Activist Pressure
• Pfeiffer Tells Shareholders To Reject $1B Busch Takeover
• Deals Rumor Mill: WeWork, Milestone Apartments, Total
• Katten Muchin Adds Finance Partner From Proskauer
• Cooley Adds Ex-Stroock PE Leader In Los Angeles
• PE-Backed Dospuntos Pays €90M For Spanish Building Co.
• ERM And The Role Of Counsel In Cross-Border Investments
• China Lodging Inks $530M Deal For Crystal Orange Hotels
• Lone Star Forms $550M Indian Infrastructure Investment JV
• New Antitrust Snag Trips Up LSEG, Deutsche Börse Merger
• Share Gain Defended, Fee Disputed In Dell Appraisal Appeal
• Judge's Anthem-Cigna Analysis Unfair, Economists Say
• Ex-Lemon Execs Say Calif. Case Should Halt LifeLock IP Suit
• Cynosure Investors Sue To Block $1.4B Hologic Merger
• FCC Chief Wants To Nix Charter Merger Overbuild Condition
• Pa. PE Firm's Pretrial Deal With Co. Minority Owners Fails
• Weil Lures PE Partner From Gibson Dunn
• IBM Asks Judge To Toss 'Amorphous' Revamped ERISA Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Terra Firma, FNB, Royal Bank Of Canada
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Vinson, O'Melveny
• VCA Investor Pushes For More Details On $9.1B Sale To Mars
• Advent Lobs €3.6B Offer To Buy German Health Care Co.
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• New Zealand Regulators Block $2.4B Vodafone, Sky Deal
• AES, Alberta Investment Pay $853M For Solar Co. SPower
• Vinson Guides MDA In $2.4B Deal For Satellite Imagery Co.
• What Lawyers Can Learn From Kellyanne Conway
• Latest Twist In The Merger Objection Lawsuit Saga
• Viacom Slips Suit Claiming It Hid MMA Promoter's Revenue
• DLA Piper Adds Corporate M&A Partner From Mayer Brown
• FCC Approves 1st Foreign Co. Broadcast Station Ownership
• Shareholders Hit Ixia With Suit Over $1.6B Keysight Merger
• Infoblox Investors Seek Stock Appraisal After $1.6B Deal
• Time Warner Eyes Atlanta Station Sale Ahead Of AT&T Deal
• Shareholders Hit Seventy Seven Energy With Merger Suit
• Faruqi Beats Ex-Partner's Suit Over Client Commissions
• Honeywell Sues To Stop Alarm.com's $140M Monopoly Bid
• Ex-Valeant, Philidor Execs Deny $40M Kickback Scheme
• Gibson Dunn Guides Kindred Group In $219M Bid For 32Red
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Allfunds Bank, Siam Commercial
• Carter's Pays $140M To Acquire PE-Backed Skip Hop
• $269M JV Forged By Belay Investment, Eagle Property
• The Mistakes Lawyers Make When Copying And Pasting
• Upcoming Revenue Recognition Changes Will Affect M&A
• Jana Scores Board Seats At Tiffany & Co., Bristol-Meyers
• Sycamore Unit Wins Ch. 11 Auction For The Limited IP
• Baker Botts Snags 9 Partners From Norton Rose Fulbright
• 3 Lessons From The Anthem-Cigna Merger Opinion
• Lear Tells Del. Judge It Isn't Blocking $60M Escrow Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Arris, Dick Clark Productions, Aramco
• Calif. Court Gets Automatic Funding Disclosure Right
• Ashford Lobs $1.3B Bid At Fellow REIT, Readies Proxy Contest
• Davis Polk-Comcast Call May Have Sparked DreamWorks Deal
• Chamber Rebuts IRS, Says Inversion Rule Needs Ax, Not Fix
• PE-Backed Cos., SPAC Merge In $2.8B Creation Of Exela Tech
• WaMu Again Loses In Tax Refund Suit Over Thrift Deals
• REIT Geo Group Inks $360M Deal For Prison Rehab Provider
• Consensus Returns On Corporate Insurance Transfers In M&A
• Data Dexterity: The New Moat Of The Information Economy
• Kirkland, Willkie Steer Tronox's $2.2B Titanium Dioxide Deal
• King & Spalding Adds 6 Corporate Energy Partners In Houston
• ITG Brands Sues RJ Reynolds In Chancery Over $7B Cig Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, Toshiba, Sinochem
• Wilson Sonsini Nabs Munger Tolles' Corporate Partner
• Blank Check Co. Vantage Energy Files $400M IPO
• Savings Claim Couldn't Save Anthem-Cigna Deal, Judge Says
• Mitsui To Spend Up To $550M To Enter US Real Estate Market
• Senate Antitrust Heads Want Probe Of AT&T-Time Warner Deal
• Nordson Pays $705M For Vention Medical's Tech Biz
• Health Care Deal Predictions From '17 JP Morgan Conference
• Buchalter Hires Seven Attorneys To Open Sacramento Office
• KKR Pays $1.35B For Stake In Telefónica's Infrastructure Biz
• Chinese Video Streaming Co. iQiyi Nabs $1.53B Investment
• Popeyes Joins Burger King, Tim Hortons Group In $1.8B Deal
• Del. High Court's Volcano Ruling Confirms Corwin's Potency
• Global M&A Set To Rise In '17, US Avoids Post-Election Slump
• Verizon Cuts Yahoo Deal By $350M Over Cyberattack Woes
• Franken Unmoved By AT&T, Time Warner Case For Merger
• Anthem Wins Rush On Cigna Merger Appeal
• Ex-Neurostar Investors Say Buyer Is Holding On To Escrow
• Tax Trial Over Cable Co. Sale Hangs On Diligence
• Deals Rumor Mill: Kinder Morgan, DigitalGlobe, Ventas
• EFH Wins Official Ch. 11 Plan OK After 'Extraordinary' Case
• Orrick Adds Ex-Squire Patton Tech Pro With Deals Expertise
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• New RBS State Aid Plan To Get EU Review As Divestiture Fails
• A Deeper Dive Into Merger Remedies
• ATopTech Fires Back At Objections Over Sale, Bonus Plans
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Skadden, Kirkland
• El Paso Pipeline Stuck With $1M Appeal Bond Fee
• Oil & Gas Deals Already Soaring To Record Highs In 2017
• Belgian Airplane Parts Maker To Drop $190M On US Co.
• Yahoo Execs Put $4.8B Verizon Deal At Risk, Investor Says
• Kraft Heinz Drops $143B Unilever Buyout Offer After 2 Days
• Recent Trends In Investment-Grade Debt Offerings
• Fisker Fight Over Karma Share Issue Retained By Del. Court
• Dutch Gov't Floats Law To Block Foreign Telecom Takeovers
• EFH On The Verge Of Exiting Ch. 11 With $18B NextEra Deal
• Keurig Gets Vt. Securities Suit Over $14B Merger Tossed
• Anthem Says TRO Backs Fast Appeal In $54B Cigna Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, ConocoPhillips, Goldman Sachs
• Greenberg Adds Corporate Finance Partner From Carrington
• Helicopter Co. Torpedoes Investor Suit Over $206M Deal
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Philly Government, Corporate Pro
• Enbridge, Spectra Settle FTC's Concerns Over $28B Merger
• Middle-Market PE Players Grapple With Intense Competition
• UK Regulator To Investigate Heineken's $380M Pubs Buy
• Verizon Acquires Drone Operations Management Co.
• Arconic Begins Unwinding Alcoa Stake With $890M Share Sale
• A Snapshot Of M&A Activity In January
• Relearning The Lessons Of Korematsu's Case
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 2
• A Closer Look At Battle Over Troubled Anthem-Cigna Megadeal
• Chancery Lets Stockholders Amend $116M Dole Settlement
• Shareholder Sues Mead Johnson, Reckitt Over $16B Merger
• US Wants New Shot At Inversion Rule If It Loses Challenge
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Toshiba, Ferrara Candy
• Trustee Objects To ATopTech Ch. 11 Incentive Bonuses
• Shareholders Sue Ill. Software Co. Over Failed Acquisition
• Fried Frank Guides Goldman's $95M Marketing Co. Investment
• Ex-SocGen Employee Loses Bid To Vacate Arbitration Award
• Judge Steps Back From Lilly Investor Suit Over Ropes & Gray
• Anthem Wins Delaware Order To Pause Cigna Merger Breakup
• Latham Guides Integra In $1B Offer For J&J Neurosurgery Unit
• Lighting Co.'s Ex-Owner Tells Seward & Kissel To Face Suit
• PayPal To Spend $233M On PE-Backed Bill Payment Processor
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 1
• Bank M&A Lessons From 2016 Regulatory Approvals
• Weil, Kirkland, Skadden Helm SoftBank's $3.3B Fortress Buy
• London Lawyers Push CMA To Boost Merger Review Threshold
• Locke Lord Adds Corporate Partner From White and Williams
• CVR Energy Hid $36M Bank Fee From Investors, SEC Says
• Level 3 Hit With 3rd Shareholder Suit Over $34B Merger
• Blount Investors Fight Chancery Toss Of $855M Merger Suit
• Inside The Downward Spiral Of 2 Health Care Megadeals
• Blake Cassels, Osler Hoskin Guide $229M Canada REIT Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Intesa, Service King Paint & Body, Cairn
• Investment Firm DLB Seeks $8M In Suit Over Sour Acquisition
• Cigna Tries To Nix $54B Anthem Deal With $15B Damages Suit
• Eaton Aims to Drop $3B Shareholder Suit Over Spinoff
• Hologic Expands Into Medical Aesthetics With $1.65B Buy
• German Health Care Co. Stada In Talks To Be Taken Private
• US Trustee Blasts $1M ATopTech Breakup Fee
• Why Dieckman V. Regency Will Have Limited Impact On GPs
• Aetna, Humana Ditch $37B Tie-Up After Court Blocks Deal
• Anthem Wants Rush In Appeal Of Cigna Merger Loss
• Jury Hands Win To Insurer In $300M Life Insurance JV Trial
• Del. Supreme Court Affirms TransPerfect Decision
• Valeant, Ackman Ink Allergan Litigation Management Deal
• Saving Lawyers 1 Less Drink At A Time
• Deduction On $43M Mine Sale Profits OK'd By Canadian Court
• TUI To Shed Specialty Travel Unit In $403M Deal With KKR
• Deals Rumor Mill: Stada, Popeye's, Syneron
• Heineken Nabs Kirin's Brazilian Unit In $1B Deal
• Debevoise Guides Allergan In $2.47B Zeltiq Buy
• Pamplona, Ascent Plug $100M Into New Biz Nova Sciences
• DuPont, Chemours Agree To Settle Teflon Cases For $671M
• Russia's Megafon Pays $740M For Stake In Internet Co.
• ADT Insider Trader Must Pay Enhanced $2.8M Forfeiture
• Shareholder Activism On The Rise In Europe, Asia
• Lawyers Cannot Stay Silent While Trump Belittles The Courts
• Del. Plaintiffs Bar Rattled By Seismic Shift In Merger Law
• Jury Awards $12M To Subway Founder In Soured Fla. Deal
• El Paso Pipeline Investor Balks At $1M Fee For Appeal Bond
• Del. Merger Escrow Battle Joins Broader Chancery Lawsuit
• Pension Suit Over Yahoo Investment In Alibaba Again Tossed
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain, United Engineers, Miami Marlins
• Elementis $360M SummitReheis Buy Grows Personal Care Biz
• Dorsey Opens Dallas Office With 5 Schiff Hardin Attys
• Blackstone Grabs Aon HR Unit In Deal Worth Up To $4.8B
• Marketing Basics For Solo Practitioners And Small Law Firms
• Domestic, Cross-Border M&A Outperforming Shaky Forecasts
• Health Hires: Arent Fox, Winston & Strawn, Nelson Mullins
• Taxation With Representation: Vinson, Bracewell, Debevoise
• Chancery Deals A Blow To Supermajority Bylaw Provisions
• Reckitt Benckiser Inks $16.6B Mead Johnson Buy
• Anthem To Appeal Cigna Merger Loss To DC Circ.
• Insurance Mega-Merger Blocks No Death Knell For Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Toshiba, Ant Financial
• Del. Justices Uphold Volcano's 'Irrebuttable' Merger Rule
• Palamon Snags €550M In Sale Of Spain's Top Elder Care Biz
• Sears, Class Reach $40M Settlement On 266-Store REIT Deal
• Nokia To Drop $370M To Buy Software Co.
• Key Takeaways From FTC Merger Remedy Study
• Law Firm Margin Improvement: The Long Game
• Delaware Justice Randy J. Holland To Retire In March
• Violin Memory Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Plan Pact With Soros Unit
• Ex-Massey Brass Urge Chancery To Ax Mining Disaster Suit
• CenturyLink, Level 3 Tout Public Benefits In $34B Tie-Up
• $54B Anthem-Cigna Merger Spiked By Judge
• Tesoro Investors Sue In Del. Over $6.4B Western Merger
• FTC, Valeant See Eye-To-Eye On Paragon Divestiture
• Del. Justices Grapple With Volcano's 'Irrebuttable' Rule
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, Jose Cuervo, Canada Goose
• Wilson Sonsini Welcomes Back IPO, M&A Veteran
• Dow, DuPont Offer Concessions To EU For Planned Merger
• Carlyle Pays Over $100M For Stake In Africa's CMC Networks
• Parsley Energy Makes $2.8 Billion Texas Assets Grab
• Vector Capital Clinches 5th PE Fund With $1.4B In Tow
• Considerations For PE Funds Eyeing Foreign Portfolio Cos.
• Groups Sue To Block Trump's 2-For-1 Regulatory Order
• Starwood Deal Pushes 4 Firms To Top Jan. Real Estate M&A
• 2017 Check-Up: Is Your Law Firm Positioned For Success?
• Directors Urge Toss Of 'Kitchen Sink' $400M Merger Suit
• Graves Dougherty Trio Form Austin Corporate Boutique
• Infoblox Urges Chancery To Ax Challenge To $1.6B Vista Sale
• Michael Dell Ups GfK Stake As KKR Offer Looms
• Exxon Calls Samson Resources Ch. 11 Plan Unclear
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Waterworks, China Reading
• Starboard Settlement Adds Fresh Faces To Perrigo's Board
• AnaCap Financial Picks Up $189M Italian Loan Portfolio
• Public Got No Say In Exelon Utility Merger, DC Justices Told
• 5 Trends That Will Shape Shareholder Activism In 2017
• One Equity Partners Nabs $1.65B For Latest Fund
• Mauser Group Sold For $2.3B Just Days Ahead Of Planned IPO
• McDermott Adds Tax Partners From Paul Hastings, Greenberg
• Deutsche Boerse, LSE Offer Antitrust Concession To EU
• The Missing Key To 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Gibson Dunn To Launch Energy-Focused Houston Office
• Deals Rumor Mill: Royal Dutch Shell, Fairfax, Saudi Aramco
• Crestwood Merger Settlement Was Beneficial, 5th Circ. Told
• Alere Calls Abbott's Chancery Bid For Info Unfounded
• Performance Sports Gets OK On $575M Sale Of Assets
• PE-Backed Sentinel Nabs $490M In Sale Of 2 Data Centers
• Chancery Scrubs TransPerfect Hearing Amid Bid To Seal Court
• Anatomy Of A Merger: Inside Marriott's $13.6B Starwood Buy
• Blank Rome Snags M&A, Securities Vet From Pepper Hamilton
• Investors Sue Over Lilly's $960M Buy Of Migraine Drug Co.
• Avery Dennison Buys PE-Owned Yongle Tape In $190M Deal
• Heineken Moves Closer To Sealing $380M UK Pub Deal
• North Sea Energy Co. Worth $646M Bought By Delek Group
• A Closer Look At The Aetna-Humana Merger Loss
• Ex-ServiceMesh CEO Seeks Defense Costs In Gov't Probes
• Electra PE Nets $254M As Audiotonix Changes Hands
• Gov't Pushes For $2.8M From Ex-Analyst For Insider Trading
• Derma Sciences Hit With Another Suit Over Integra Buy
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Directors Say They Had No Loyalty Duty In $68B EMC Merger
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Corporate Partners In New York
• Deals Rumor Mill: Macy's, Deutsche Boerse, Uniper
• Romanian Steel Row Arbitrators Clashed On Forgery Test
• Sibanye Ponders Upping Equity Part Of $2.2B Stillwater Buy
• 2016's Top 5 Activists And Their Biggest Plays Of The Year
• Ohlhausen Calls For Reins On FTC Enforcement
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Cooley, Skadden
• Coffee Chain Wants 'Profit' Star To Take $26M Loss
• Ropes & Gray Nabs O'Melveny Partner To Head M&A Practice
• Verizon's Cash-Free Settlement Gets NY Appeals Court Nod
• Paramount Gold Board Says Investors' Claims Don't Hold Up
• Semiconductor Equipment Cos. Combine In $815M Tie-Up
• Performance Sports Makes Final Push For $575M Ch. 11 Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: ChemChina, Nature's Bounty, Pfizer
• Chancery Retains Most Claims In $800M Plastics Fraud Suit
• Neustar Investors Challenge $2.9B PE Shop Acquisition
• Ardian Unloads Disinfectant Biz To Ecolab In $809M Deal
• Mead Johnson Confirms $16.7B Bid From Reckitt Benckiser
• M&A Group Of The Year: Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
• A $15M Lesson On Merger Talk Disclosure
• Hart-Scott-Rodino Considerations For 2017
• The 4 Wittiest Dissents By Gorsuch
• Gorsuch's Opening Words Speak Volumes About His Style
• Senators Flirt With Nuclear Option Over High Court Pick
• Similar On The Law, Gorsuch Differs From Scalia In Style
• M&A Litigation Lifts Securities Suits To 20-Year High
• Viacom Says Shareholders Failed To Demand Litigation
• Attys React To Judge Gorsuch's Supreme Court Nomination
• Deals Rumor Mill: Arqiva, Medtronic, CCC
• ONEOK Absorbs Midstream Gas MLP In $9.3B Buyout
• Latham Guides EIV Capital In $450M Midstream Energy Fund
• Derma Sciences Hit With Suits Over $204M Integra Buy
• Madison Square Garden Buys $181M Stake In Nightlife Co.
• Anderson Kill Adds 3 Veteran Attys To Corporate Group
• Great Hill Partners Raises $1.5B For Its Sixth PE Fund
• The Myth Of The Forceful Mediator
• M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden