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Mergers & Acquisitions - March, 2017

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• Class Coercion Claims In Saba Merger Move Ahead In Del.
• Del. Justices Refuse Bid To Reargue $3B C&J Deal Dispute
• Cheung Kong Unit Drops $2.1B On Canada's Reliance Home
• DuPont Divests Crop Unit In $1.6B Asset Swap With FMC
• Del. Bill Floated To Block TransPerfect-Type Court Snarls
• A Law Firm's Guide To Social Media
• Kirkland & Ellis Adds New Energy Partner From Akin Gump
• Rockwell Prices $4.6B Bond To Help Fund B/E Aerospace Buy
• Politics Won't Play A Role In FTC Antitrust, Official Warns
• Gordmans Sites To Remain Open With Stage Stores Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Indus Towers, Befesa Medio
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Kirkland, O'Melveny
• Regulators Deal Major Setback To EFH's $18B NextEra Deal
• DLA Piper Expands Nordic Presence With Danish Firm Combo
• Defining 'Securities Claims' In D&O Policies
• Health, Pharma Sectors Will Be FTC Focus, Ohlhausen Says
• Kirkland Guides PE Firm New Mountain In $555M TRC Deal
• Danone To Sell Stonyfield For DOJ $10B WhiteWave Deal OK
• Marriott GC Mobilized Dozens Of Attys To Sign Starwood Deal
• Why Shippers See Value In Cayman Special Purpose Vehicles
• DOJ Says Bomb Screeners' $700M Merger OK After Unit Sale
• 2 Energy-Focused Blank Check IPOs Advance Totaling $550M
• M&T Bank, Hudson City Beat Shareholder Suit Over $3.7B Deal
• Trump No Threat To Antitrust Policy, Former Officials Say
• NY Enforcer Urges States To 'Rearm' For Merger Scrutiny
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Saudi Aramco, HSH Nordbank
• ConocoPhillips To Cut Debt, Sell Canada Oil Assets For $13B
• Falloff In Chinese Outbound M&A Already Starting
• JVs For Partial NYC Tower Stakes Pose Control, Tax Puzzles
• The Long-Term Potential Of Chinese Outbound Investment
• Hike In UK Merger Work Post-Brexit Could Lead To Reforms
• OrderUp Delivered A Win In Securities Fraud Suit
• Major Antitrust, Merger Changes Coming To Chile, Argentina
• Chipmaker MaxLinear To Expand Offerings With $661.6M Buy
• GenVec Shareholders Sue Over Intrexon Merger
• Consulting Firm BRG Lands $63M PE Investment
• Delrahim: The Right Captain For The Antitrust Division
• 7 Questions Corporate Attys Are Fielding From Clients
• DOJ Gets Extension For AmEx Appeal Amid New Leadership
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, BuzzFeed, Blue Apron
• Patient Flow Still Matters In Hospital Tie-Ups, FTC Official Says
• Advocate For An Agency: Ex-FERC GC Cynthia Marlette
• Willkie, Skadden Guide $100M Private Investment In Cowen
• Goldin Properties Gets $1.5B Offer From Chairman
• Widow Jane Slams Buyer For 'Smoke & Mirrors' Sales Process
• Balancing Activist Concessions With Shareholder Sentiment
• Tips For Financing A Merger In The British Virgin Islands
• India's Competition Watchdog Flags PotashCorp, Agrium Deal
• China's Tencent Nabs 5% Tesla Stake In $1.78B Deal
• EU Shoots Down £24B LSE-Deutsche Börse Merger
• Charter Build-Out Mandate Gets Flak From Small Telco
• Regency Seeks 2nd Toss Of $11.2B Merger Challenge
• Beer Drinkers Ask 9th Circ. For Another Round In Merger Fight
• Eastern Outfitters Gets Nod For Private Sale Procedures
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ista, CarGurus, AC Milan
• Israel's Strauss Group Buys Rest Of Coffee Biz In $279M Deal
• Dechert, Cravath Steam Ahead With US Rail Service Co. Deal
• Darden To Pick Up Casual Restaurant Chain In $780M Deal
• 5th Circ. Upholds $3.4M Tax Bill After Subsidiary Sale
• Sterling Can't Nix Claims He Stiffed Attys In Clippers Row
• Aerospace Co. Sued Over Disclosures Ahead Of $190M Deal
• 5 Private Equity Deal Trends Born Out Of Adversity
• FCC Told CenturyLink, Level 3 Must Show Merger Benefits
• Delrahim Pick Signals Traditional Republican Antitrust Tack
• Rothschild PE Firm, AccorHotels To Buy Potel & Chabot
• Trump Names Makan Delrahim As DOJ Antitrust Chief
• EU Probes More Deal Reviews Over Misleading Info Worries
• Chieftain Sand Ch. 11 Asset Sale Price Balloons To $35M
• Are Your In-House Lawyers Happy?
• Ryckman Seeks $10M Financing Hike Amid Buyer 'Nibbles'
• Mead Johnson Sued Over $17B Reckitt Benckiser Deal
• Emaar Malls Lobs $800M Bid For Reported Amazon Target
• Total, Borealis, Nova Ready $1.7B Petrochemicals Venture
• Deals Rumor Mill: EGA, Ferromex, Fortis Healthcare
• Dominion Diamond Launches Strategic Review After $1.1B Bid
• Eaton Workers' ERISA Suit Over $12B Merger Gets Tossed
• Sullivan Worcester Reps SNH On $261M Property Stake Sale
• Near-Term Risks To China's Outbound M&A
• Skadden, Kirkland Steer $3.2B Diversey Sale To Bain
• EU Competition Watchdog OKs Dow, DuPont Deal With Fixes
• Sanctions Warning Shadows Oxbow, Investor Doc Fights
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Kirkland, Simpson
• DLA Piper Guides Inventure Foods In $23.7M Pictsweet Sale
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time, Canyon Bridge Capital, Portsmouth
• Tesla Investors Sue Elon Musk Over SolarCity Merger
• PE-Backed Silver Run Raises $900M In IPO For Energy Buy
• Air Products Drops Pursuit Of Yingde Gases Stake
• Blackstone Exits SeaWorld In $429M Stake Sale
• Shell Sells Africa Oil And Gas Assets In $587M Deal
• The Rise Of The Modern Carveout
• Anthem Battles To Save $54B Cigna Deal At DC Circ. Hearing
• Trump's Election Ushers In Stronger Optimism, More M&A
• Google, NASA, Planes And A Stronger Legal Team
• Split Del. High Court Upholds ETE's Williams Merger Exit
• Clayton Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $2.7B Noble Merger
• Anthem Merger Appeal Could Be Sideshow To DOJ Deal
• Toyota Drops $1.3B On PE-Backed Automation Biz
• Bank Seeks $2.2M Fee For $575M Performance Sports Sale
• Del. Justices Uphold Chancery Toss Of $3B C&J Merger Suit
• SEC Nets Insider Trading Settlement Over Merck Deal
• Judge Wary Of More Leeway To Sue Implant Sciences Lenders
• Deals Rumor Mill: Credit Suisse, Pret A Manger, Shell
• Paul Weiss Guides Oak Hill In $525M Checkers Restaurant Buy
• Nelson Mullins Adds Corporate Attorney In Atlanta
• 2nd Circ. Looks Ready To Close Book On Newkirk And Maxim
• Brazilian Watchdog Approves $3.8B Exchange Merger
• Acquiring Midstream Assets And Gas Agreements: Part 2
• 10 Tips For Better Legal Negotiations
• Intel's $15B Auto Tech Bet Could Spur More Sector Activity
• Martha Stewart Suit May Yield New Case Law, Judge Says
• Consolidated Comm's Merger Vote Must Wait On More Info
• Eastern Outfitters Plans To Pivot To Private Ch. 11 Sale
• Nimble Storage Skimped On $1B HPE Merger Info, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche Boerse, Souq, Generali
• Sears Cautions On Going Concern Woes
• Chadbourne M&A Tax Partner Joins Holland & Knight
• AkzoNobel Snubs PPG's Sweetened $24.5B Takeover Bid
• Warburg Pincus Buys Into Banking Sector Fintech Co. Avaloq
• Starwood Raises $2.85B Milestone Apartments REIT Offer
• 3 PE Firms Team To Form $1.7B Texas Energy Platform
• Gray Matters: Decision Error
• Acquiring Midstream Assets And Gas Agreements: Part 1
• Beware Antitrust Risks In Syndicated Lending
• Soaring Valuations Open Doors For Banking M&A Resurgence
• Fair To Whom? Examining Delaware's Fair Summary Standard
• Debt Collector SquareTwo Gets Nod For $10M Interim Infusion
• TransPerfect Co-CEO Says Forced Sale Is Unconstitutional
• Family Lands Jury Win In Tax Suit Over $40M Cable Co. Sale
• Consolidated Comm Omitted Info On $1.5B Merger, Court Told
• Wal-Mart Makes E-Commerce Play With New Tech Incubator
• MLP Agreement Lessons From Delaware High Court
• Forum Merger SPAC Launches $125M IPO To Fund Purchase
• Freshfields Snags CFIUS Expert From Homeland Security
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, PPG, Dominion Diamond
• EQT Pays $270M For Water Infrastructure Software Co.
• Law Schools And Law Firms: Seeking Common Ground
• A Look At Market Trends In Reverse Mergers
• DC Circ. Should Be Wary Of Efficiencies Defense In Anthem
• MoneyGram To Discuss Euronet's $1B Competing Offer
• Viacom Investors Reject Del. Redstone Damage Suit Attacks
• Debt Collector SquareTwo To Sell Canadian Biz In Ch. 11
• Chemical Cos. Offer EU Antitrust Fixes For PE-Backed Merger
• Verizon's $11B Bond Sale To Buy Back Debt, Fund Yahoo Deal
• Borr Drilling To Pay $1.35B For 15 Transocean Rigs
• Jones Day, Simpson Steer $1.4B Europe Real Estate Deal
• Blank Check Co., Cision To Form $2.4B Media Software Co.
• FactSet Inks $205M Deal For Data And Risk Management Firm
• Ultratech Shareholders Sue To Block $815M Veeco Merger
• Vodafone, Idea's $23B Deal Forms India's No. 1 Telecom Co.
• Despite Rollbacks, Anti-Inversion Regs Likely Here To Stay
• The Corwin 'Cleansing' Continues
• Not From Around Here? Trying A Case As An Out-Of-Towner
• Hhgregg Ch. 11 Sale Collapses, With Co. Seeking Other Bids
• Del. Justices Asked To Review AIB Bulgarian Bank Dispute
• Health, Consumer Groups Back Anthem-Cigna Merger Block
• Taxation With Representation: Paul, Weil, Gibson, Cravath
• BAE Wins Sealing Of Complaint In Shipyard Purchase Suit
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Recent Merger Ruling Is Good For Massachusetts Directors
• Reed Smith Adds Hanson Bridgett Partner To SF Office
• German Drug Co. Stada Rejects 2 PE Takeover Offers
• KKR, CDPQ Drop $4.3B On Insurance Brokerage USI
• US Outbound M&A Kicks Off 2017 At Record Clip
• Judge Sets Out Reasons For Barring Chicago Hospital Merger
• TransPerfect Co-CEO's Mother Proposes To Break Deadlock
• $855M Blount Merger Choice Proper, Del. High Court Told
• Louisville Bedding Investors Get Class Status In Del. Suit
• UK Authorities To Probe Fox's Latest $14B Sky Takeover Bid
• Eaton Investors Fight To Keep $3B Suit Over Spinoff
• UK Orders Diebold To Cash Out ATM Biz To Clear $2B Merger
• Jaffe, CoBe Execs Look For Pension Liability Suit Victories
• Johnson Controls Sends Safety Biz To 3M In $2B Deal
• Contracting Accidentally Through Preliminary Agreements
• AAL Group Seeks $5M In Unpaid Gov't Work From Black Hall
• Greenberg Traurig Atty Brings Deep Resume To HHS Post
• Manatt Phelps Wins $7M Fee Appeal Against ECC Capital
• Real Estate Rumors: Zar, WW Norton, Pacific Star Capital
• Verizon Clinches $48M Coverage For Spinoff Fraud Suit
• Savanna Again Snubs Total Energy For $201.9M Western Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Virtu Financial, Alinta Energy, BRF SA
• A Snapshot Of M&A Activity In February
• Bankrupt SunEdison Seeks To Advance $2.5B Yieldco Deal
• Investors Sue MoneyGram Over $880M Alibaba Unit Merger
• Gilead Beats $50M Drug Bonus Call In Del. Chancery Ruling
• EU Competition Watchdog OKs $85.4B AT&T-Time Warner Deal
• Investor Threatens Safran Shakeup, Wants End To Zodiac Deal
• PinnacleHealth, UPMC Announce Potential Affiliation
• 4 Reasons Cos. Are Staying Private Longer
• Sens. Seek Food Safety Review For Foreign Sales Of US Cos.
• Patriot National Sued Over Rejected $475M Takeover
• Winston & Strawn Picks Up Weil Corporate Lawyer In Dallas
• Forced Charter Overbuild Threatens Investment, FCC Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walgreens, Neiman Marcus, Sealed Air
• Euronet Lobs $1B Competing Bid For MoneyGram
• Paul Hastings Snags Group Of Boies Schiller Corporate Attys
• Solar Firm Sungevity Hits Ch. 11 After Failed Buyout
• Valeant Libido Drug Sales Claims Cut In Half
• Shareholder Wants Freeze On Allergan's CoolSculpting Deal
• Wirecard Nabs Citi's Asia-Pacific Merchant Acquiring Biz
• Reciprocity In CFIUS Reviews Might Hit Chinese Deals Hardest
• PE Firm American Securities Inks $2.5B Air Methods Buy
• Ackman Sells Entire Valeant Stake, Takes Huge Loss
• 3 Firms Steer $479M Deal For Generator Hostels
• Andrews Kurth Nabs Ex-Shearman Energy M&A Pro In London
• Klobuchar Calls For More Aggressive Merger Enforcement
• Foley & Lardner Says Fla. Ties Nix Insurance Co.'s Suit
• How The Most Profitable Law Firms Structure Their C-Suites
• Feds Ask DC Circ. To Keep Anthem-Cigna Merger Blocked
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, Engie SA, Citrix Systems
• Class Attorneys Propose $5.9M Fee In $27M Duke Suit Deal
• PE-Backed Issuers Prime Secondary Deals Totaling $208M
• LRR Energy Can't Dodge Suit Over $539M Sale To Vanguard
• Koch's Oxbow Ordered To Supply Some Records In Sale Fight
• Fox Rothschild Dodges Pa. Frivolous Bankruptcy Claim
• Simply Business Swaps Owners Again In $490M Travelers Buy
• Wood Group To Buy Energy Services Rival Amec In £2.2B Deal
• Vista Equity Inks $3.6B Deal For Fintech Co. DH Corp.
• Settlement Strategy: What Does The Client Really Want?
• Intel Inks $15.3B Deal For Israeli Auto Tech Co. Mobileye
• Dick Clark Productions Seeks $25M For Busted Wanda Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cloudera, MGM Holdings, Blackstone
• AbbVie Must Face Investors' Suit Over Failed $55B Merger
• Health Hires: Polsinelli, Pepper Hamilton, Mintz Levin
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Weil, Cravath, Sidley
• French Watchdog Fines SFR €40M For Broken Merger Pledges
• How To Manage Multiprocess Exit Transactions
• Jury Sides With Health Care CEO In Merger Spat
• REIT Segro Buys Out Airport JV Partner Aviva For $444M
• In The Associate Lateral Market, All Law Firms Are Not Equal
• Immunomedics Transaction Halted By VenBio Challenge
• Shareholder Sues Semiconductor Firm Over $250M Merger
• Advocates Ask FCC To Refuse Fox-NY Post Ownership Waiver
• Some Shareholder Claims Against Health Care Co. Nixed
• Shell Tweaks Canadian Presence With Deals Worth $9.75B
• Honeywell Settles Challenge To $140M Security Systems Deal
• Reflections From A Mock Trial
• Intelligence Contractor KeyW Inks $235M Deal For Sotera
• Del. Court Tosses Bid To Rework TransPerfect Sale Order
• AIG Unit Must Cover AlixPartners' $19M Costs, Judge Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Novomatic, Stada
• Benihana Of Tokyo Loses Suit Against American Cousin
• Extreme Networks Lobs $100M Stalking Horse For Avaya Biz
• India Releases $51M For Cairn In $4.4B Tax Arbitration
• AkzoNobel Snubs $22B PPG Takeover Bid, Plans Split
• Exxon To Pay $2.8B For Mozambique Gas Block Stake
• EU Law Precludes French Tax Statute On Mergers, Court Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: PPG Industries, Toshiba, Novo Nordisk
• Kayne Anderson Files $350M IPO For Energy-Focused SPAC
• Kirkland & Ellis Nabs Latham Real Estate Partner
• CDPQ, Suez Ink $3.4B Deal For GE's Water Biz
• Leonardo Inks $150M Deal For Calif. Laser Co.
• Watchdog Says Icahn Disclosures Fall Short Given Trump Role
• New Hunton & Williams Team To Tackle M&A Privacy Risks
• PE Shop, Singaporean Fund Pick Up Allfunds In $1.9B Deal
• Ranbaxy Ex-Owners Must Hand Over Asset Info In Award Row
• Williams Seeks Chancery Tax Doc Order In ETE Merger Fight
• Investors Say AOL Undervalued By $1.6B In Verizon Buyout
• Delay In Naming New Antitrust Leadership Worrying, Lee Says
• Block On $6.8B UPS-TNT Merger Tossed By EU Court
• Chancery Tosses Challenge To $13B TransCanada Merger Deal
• $52M Settles Lincoln Insurance Snafu Probe In NY
• Squire Patton Leads Sterling's $2.2B Astoria Financial Buy
• HPE Boosts Flash Offerings With $1B Nimble Storage Buy
• Orrick Opens Tech-Focused Office In SoCal's Silicon Beach
• What MLP General Partners Can Learn From Energy Transfer
• Shawbrook Rejects Revised $1 Billion Private Equity Bid
• Brookfield To Shell Out $2.5B For SunEdison Yieldcos
• Chicago Hospitals Cancel Merger After Loss To FTC In Court
• Francisco Partners Pumps $200M Into Ericsson's Iconectiv
• Packaging Co. Hit With Class Suit Over $2B WestRock Deal
• Electronics Chain Hhgregg Hits Ch. 11, Asset Buyer In Tow
• Where's The Fire? Viewing 363 Sales Through A Market Lens
• Violin Memory's Ch. 11 Disclosure, Plan Approved In Del.
• Shareholders' Dell-EMC Merger Suit Nixed By Mass. Justices
• Akorn Must Face Claims In VersaPharm Integration Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche Bank, Stada, Zhong An
• Network Co. Hid Financial Health Before Buyout, Jury Hears
• Investors Want Icahn's Federal-Mogul Takeover Appraised
• France's PSA Nabs Opel, Vauxhall In $2.3B Deal With GM
• Standard Life Puts Final Touches On $4.7B Aberdeen Buy
• Data Analytics Now Cost-Effective For Smaller Firms
• How M&A Buyers Can Guard Against Extracontractual Fraud
• Consolidated Communications Investor Challenges $1.5B Deal
• Fox Stations Ask FCC To Allow NY Post Co-Ownership
• Wet Seal IP Assets Garner Double Stalking Horse Offer
• Jones Day Nabs Ex-Cadwalader Tax Pro in NY
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Rural Group Urges FCC To Undo Charter-TWC Build Proviso
• UK Bank Shawbrook Gets $1B PE Buyout Offer
• Taxation With Representation: Morrison, Choate, Orrick
• Riverstone Unveils $400M Blank-Check Energy IPO
• Pa. PE Firm Inks Pretrial Deal With Co.'s Minority Owners
• UK Regulators Likely To Probe Fox's $14.4B Sky Takeover
• Interest Deduction Loss May Lower Demand For Borrowing
• Latham Lands Ex-Wilson Sonsini Co-Managing Partner
• E-Commerce Co. JD.com To Spin Off Finance Arm In $2B Deal
• CFIUS To Take Closer Look At Sibanye's $2.2B Stillwater Buy
• Don't Underestimate The Value Of An Internal Audit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Macy's, HK Life Insurance, Deutsche Bank
• PE-Backed AXIO Group Nets $125M In Sale Of RISI
• LSE Still Working Hard For Deutsche Börse Merger Approval
• Manatt's $7M Fee Win Can't Stand, ECC Tells Calif. Court
• Team Health Investor Seeks Appraisal In $6.1B Buyout Deal
• Goodwin Procter Partner Joins Cooley's Life Sciences Team
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Generali, Duke Realty
• Chancery Holds ETE Unit-Issuance Dispute For Trial
• Widow Jane Bourbon Buyer Claims Seller Refuses To Close
• AMA Tells DOJ Don't Settle $54B Cigna-Anthem Merger Case
• Electrolux Broadens Its Food Biz With $108M Grindmaster Buy
• Latham-Led Henkel Eyes $1.05B Deal For Can Sealants Biz
• 3 Ways The Flourishing PE Fundraising Enviro Could Falter
• Veritas Grabs CB&I Unit In $755M Cash Deal
• Ex-Health Co. CEO Defends Merger That Paid Him $4.7M
• Ashford REIT Buys $97M Napa Hotel After Blocking Activists
• Withdrawn M&A Value Climbs As Big-Ticket Bid Is Ditched
• New Business Opportunities In Shared Workspaces
• Delaware's New Focus On Deal Process And Disclosure: Part 2
• Avianca Shareholder Sues To Block United Partnership Plan
• EIG Buys $385M Stake In Kinder Morgan's $2B LNG Project
• C&J Energy Investors Ask Del. Justices To Revive Merger Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sinclair, Brookfield, Time
• Perkins Coie Adds Ex-Polsinelli Health Care Transaction Pro
• Global Fraud Ring Charged With Faking M&A Deals, Car Ads
• Bayer Aims To Trim Debt In $1.58B Covestro Stake Sale
• Data Firm RealPage Picks Up Info Provider In $300M Deal
• China Merger Regulators To Hit New Peak In 2017, Firm Finds
• SCA Investor Slams $2.3B Buyout As Too Low, Restrictive
• Actis Forms $525M Latin American Renewable Power Platform
• Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Editorial Advisory Board
• CORRECTED: What AIG Deal With Berkshire Means For Policyholders
• PAG Scooping Up $618M Stake In Yingde Gases
• Marathon Petroleum Sends Assets To MLP For $2B
• Investment Firm Challenges UK Green Bank Sale
• 2nd Requests Almost Always Spell Trouble For Deals
• Delaware's New Focus On Deal Process And Disclosure: Part 1