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Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2017

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• Delfasco Can't Buy Bankrupt Conco Until 2019, 6th Circ. Says
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Anthem Ruling May Upend Companies' Merger Case Strategy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Paytm, M1, BASF
• Trump's Corporate Tax Reform Poised To Fuel More M&A
• Atty Pushes For 2nd Look At Duane Morris Malpractice Claim
• Maersk Line Pays $4B To Acquire Hamburg Sud
• CVC Grabs Major Stake In Swiss Watchmaker Breitling
• Hospital Laundry Co.'s Ch. 11 Loan, Bidding Procedures OK'd
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Allen
• Bostwick's $6.5M Asset Sale To Poplar Approved In Del.
• Health Hires: 8 Firms Add Health, Life Sciences Experts
• Trends In Leveraged Finance
• HK Footwear Co. Courted With $6.8B Take-Private Deal
• The Mediator's Proposal As A Tool For Litigants
• Unocal Uncertainty, Other Takeaways From Paramount Gold
• Anthem Loses Appeal In $54B Cigna Merger Case
• Chicago Disclosures Briefly Snag Towing Co.'s Ch. 11 Sale
• SquareTwo Beats Creditor Objection To $59M DIP Loan
• Rupari Gets Go-Ahead For $26M Ch. 11 Auction Plans
• Deals Rumor Mill: West Corp., Party City, Precision Capital
• EU Merger Rules Should Exclude Minor JV Moves: Adviser
• India Can't Split Cairn's $4.4B Tax Arbitration
• Surge Of Blank Check Cos. To Oil Patch Won't Last
• Expectations After The Trump Administration's First 100 Days
• KBL Merger Files $100M IPO To Pursue Health Care Buy
• Southeast Regional Banks Ink $691M Tie-Up
• Investors Challenge $630M Harland Clarke, RetailMeNot Deal
• Post-Closing Liability Risks For Private Equity Firms
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Call To Toss Ship Investor's Derivative Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Seibu, Volkswagen, Castle Brands
• Westinghouse Agrees To Litigate Merger Fight During Ch. 11
• 5th Circ. Nixes Sara Lee's Early Win In Energy Drink Row
• Morgan Lewis Adds Energy Transaction Lawyer In Houston
• Good Tech Investors Seek Class Cert. In $425M Merger Fight
• Halt Medical Bid Protections Are Unnecessary, Trustee Says
• The Impact Of Tax Reform On Private Equity
• Unsecured Creditors, Trustee Object To Rupari Sale Plans
• Rent-A-Center Moves To Nix Shareholder Poison Pill Suit
• KKR Nabs Tokyo-Listed Hitachi Unit In $2.3B Deal
• Deere, Monsanto Can't Get DOJ Expert Notes In Merger Suit
• Packaging Co. Settles Investor Suit Over $2.3B WestRock Deal
• BHP Billiton Eyes Sale Of Fayetteville Shale Assets
• Delrahim Confirmation Hearing Postponed Over Paperwork
• The 9-Year Winning Streak Of Virginia 'Rocket Docket'
• ERP Floats Bid Worth $100M For Molycorp's Rare Earth Mine
• LVMH's Arnault To Buy Christian Dior, Sell Couture Unit
• Aurelius Equity Exits Compressor Co. In $202M Nidec Deal
• CORRECTION: NY Court OKs Liverpool Sale Process, Will Revisit Financing
• Delrahim On Hot Seat Over Antitrust, Merger Views
• Deals Rumor Mill: Miami Marlins, KKR, Hyland Software
• Belgian Co. Pays $230M For PE-Backed Cloud Services Biz
• Busch Urges Rival To Seek Investor Comment On $1.2B Bid
• EU Parliament Greens Look To Sink Bayer, Monsanto Deal
• CPPIB, Baring PE Asia Ink $4.3B Nord Anglia Buyout
• Air Methods Investors Seek Appraisial After $2.5B Deal
• Wells Fargo Board Re-Elected Despite Shareholder Anger
• What Act 170 Means For Shareholder Litigation In Pa.
• Tyson Aims To Bolster Prepared Food Biz With $4.2B Buy
• Let's Talk About Half-Hearted Innovation
• Allen & Overy, Cravath Guide $4.3B Fresenius-Akorn Combo
• DOJ, Radioactive Waste Firms Spar Over $367M Merger Risks
• ATopTech Seeks $6M DIP Financing For Stalking Horse Sale
• Solar Co. Verengo Gets OK On Ch. 11 Plan, Sale To Creditors
• PE Firm Accuses Power Co. Of Reneging On Investment Deal
• NorthWest Bids For Generation REIT With 10% Premium
• PPG Raises AkzoNobel Takeover Bid To $29B
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hypermarcas, Whole Foods, Abraaj Group
• RLJ Nabs FelCor To Form $4.2B Lodging REIT
• British Taxpayers Recoup $26B Spent On Lloyds Bailout
• Duane Morris Lands Corporate Partner From Pepper Hamilton
• Midstream Co. Takes $15M Railcar Corrosion Row To Court
• Luxury Shoe Retailer Jimmy Choo Exploring A Sale
• Pfeiffer Vacuum Snubs Rival's Sweetened $1.2B Bid
• Terra Firma Sells Aircraft Leasing Biz To Dubai Aerospace
• Counsel To Counsel: Insights From Law Firm GCs
• Skadden, Wachtell Guide $24B Medical Supply Co. Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Cravath, Simpson
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Korean Co. Loses Bid For Arbitration In Resort Sale Dispute
• Jones Day Adds Ex-Bracewell Capital Markets Atty In Houston
• DOJ Says Deere, Monsanto Can't Access Expert's Notes
• Memorable Lessons From Violin Memory And Other Auctions
• Japan Dominates Asia-Pacific Outbound M&A For Q1
• SquareTwo Creditors Aim To Block Several 1st-Day Motions
• Deals Rumor Mill: General Electric, L'Oreal, M1
• Kansas Regulators Nix $12.2B Great Plains-Westar Merger
• PE Deals Set To Rise After Slow Q1 As Dry Powder Piles Up
• In Support Of Delaware's Merger Litigation Jurisprudence
• Gray Matters: The Attorney-Client Team
• Anthem Seeks Injunction To Keep Cigna In $54B Merger
• Redstones Again Seek Chancery Toss Of Viacom Class Suit
• ER Operator Adeptus Files Ch. 11, Seeks PE Takeover
• Nimble's SEC Update Moots Suit, But Not Fees, Investor Says
• Maxus Seeks OK On $15M Sale Of Gulf Oil Field Interests
• Macquarie, Others Drop $2.95B On UK Green Bank
• Brocade, Broadcom Offer EU Antitrust Fixes For $5.9B Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Atlantia, Bitauto Holdings
• Counsel To Counsel: Mama Said There'll Be Days Like This
• Litigation Finance, Big Data And The Limits Of AI
• Appraisal Actions May Be The Next Frontier For PE Shops
• Chancery Tosses Tech Biz Proceeds Claims Against Director
• High Speed Trader Virtu Expands Reach With $1.4B KCG Buy
• Jury Finds SEO-Extortion Convict Guilty Of Retaliation
• SportsDirect Acquires Eastern Outfitters In Ch. 11 Sale
• Aerospace Holdings To Pivot To Private Bankruptcy Sale
• Advent Gets EU OK For €2.4B Morpho Buy With Divestitures
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, SCA, Polyus Gold
• Harman Int'l Settles Stock Drop Saga For $28.3M
• PetSmart Gobbles Up Online Pet Retailer Chewy
• Duane Morris Ducks Malpractice Suit Over Telecom Deal Row
• Brookfield Nabs Canadian Gas Station Network In $401M Deal
• AkzoNobel To Create New Biz In Lieu Of $24.5B PPG Takeover
• Counsel To Counsel: A Law Firm GC's Data Protection Duties
• Violin Memory Gets Ch. 11 Plan OK For Sale To Soros Unit
• Marijuana Co. Reports Were Smoke And Mirrors, Judge Says
• PE-Backed Blank Check Co. TPG Pace Energy Files $600M IPO
• Exar Shareholders Fight Chipmaker MaxLinear's $662M Offer
• Bass Pro Shops, Cabela's Reveal Lower $5B Merger
• Access Entertainment Grabs Stake In Film, TV Production Co.
• FCC Greenlights Time Warner $70M Atlanta TV Station Sale
• Anbang's $1.56B Fidelity & Guaranty Deal Scrapped
• Health Care CEO Fights New Trial Bid In Merger Dispute
• Deals Rumor Mill: SharkNinja, Go-Jek, Galeão
• Bracewell Adds Energy Partner In DC
• Sibanye To Tap Debt, Equity Markets For $2.2B Stillwater Buy
• Medtronics Inks $6.1B Unit Sale To Cardinal Health
• Post Holdings Swallows UK's Weetabix In £1.4B Deal
• Genworth Investors Vie To Lead Fight Over $2.7B Merger
• Phoenix Equity Nets £208M In Sale Of Key Retirement Group
• Counsel To Counsel: Evaluating Positional Conflicts
• Chancery Allows Ex-Cypress CEO To Access Books, Records
• Windstream Investor Class Takes Hold In REIT Damages Case
• Sungevity Approved For $50M Ch. 11 Sale To Creditor JV
• Cravath Guides Ashland In $660M Pharmachem Deal
• FTC Looks To Streamline Info Requests To Cut Costs To Biz
• EFH Might Have To Try Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation Again
• Euronet Questions Ant Financial's $1.2B MoneyGram Buy
• The 1st Case To Decline Corwin 'Cleansing'
• Counsel To Counsel: 5 Challenges For A Law Firm GC
• CFIUS Clears Sibanye's $2.2B Stillwater Mining Buy
• O'Melveny Scores Ex-Foley Sports Industry Pro As NY Partner
• Malaysian Developer Enters Negotiations For $850M Land Buy
• Cravath Guides Crown Castle's $600M Wilcon Telecom Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: BJ's, Charter NEX Films, Anbang Insurance
• PPG CEO Says New AkzoNobel Plan Is 'More Risky' Than Deal
• Williams Sheds More Assets With $2.1B Chemical Plant Sale
• Blackstone Pays $2B For Texas Midstream Co. EagleClaw
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Greenberg Nabs Former BofA Merrill Lynch Director
• Barnes & Thornburg Nabs Real Estate Pro In Dallas
• A Snapshot Of M&A Activity In March
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Verizon, Chiltern International
• Abbott, Alere Drop Court Battle For Smaller $5.3B Merger
• Lawyers In Flow: Get Out Of Your Head And Into Your Case
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Shearman, Davis
• Jaffe Says No Atty-Client Link Amid CoBe Malpractice Claims
• Chancery Grants Law Prof Fees In Dropped PMFG Deal Case
• CMS Claim Dispute Trips Bostwick's $5.1M Ch. 11 DIP Loan
• Akin Gump Announces New Partner-In-Charge In Dallas Office
• Chancery Tosses Challenge To Paramount Gold-Coeur Deal
• British Lingerie Chain's US Units Hit Ch. 11
• Halt Medical Gets DIP OK To Cover Payroll, Other Expenses
• Texas Regulators Reject $18B Energy Future Sale To NextEra
• Neal Gerber Lands Former Kirkland M&A Attorney
• Deals Rumor Mill: Praxair, SCA, Bitcoin
• Nimble Storage Investor Demands Records Of $1B HP Deal
• Charter, TWC Escape Merger Suit Over Race Bias Claims
• Covington & Burling Adds Ex-Tyco Counsel In M&A Practice
• Investors Want Vote On $1.4B REIT Sale Blocked
• China's Baidu Nabs XPerception In Bid To Bolster AI
• ConocoPhillips Sells San Juan Basin Assets For Up To $3B
• Avoiding Due Diligence Pitfalls In Direct Deals
• Halt Medical Files For Ch. 11 Amid Lawsuit Against Lenders
• Dutch Group Pon Holdings Inks A $901.7M Bike Deal
• Calif. Proton Resolves Objections To Ch. 11 Auction Plans
• United Road Towing Auction Results In $40M Winning Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Time, Siemens
• Sherwin-Williams Inks Divestiture To Seal $8.9B Valspar Buy
• Investors File Suit To Block $127.7M Pa. Bank Merger
• Ant Financial Blasts 'Political Attacks' In MoneyGram Deal
• ETE Says Del. High Court Had 'Minor' Effect On Counterclaim
• Spotlight On Corruption-Related Successor Liability Risks
• Shearman Adds Ex-Milbank Tweed Partner To NY M&A Group
• Air Methods Investors Look To Stall $2.5B Sale Deadline
• GigPeak Investor Kills Suit Over $250M Semiconductor Merger
• AkzoNobel Slams Elliott's Bid To Ax Exec Amid PPG's Pursuit
• NuStar Enters Midland Basin With $1.48B Pipeline Co. Buy
• A Law Firm Ranking Model By 'Fake News & Distorted Reports'
• Soft Drink Bottler Refresco Rejects $1.5B PE Buyout Offer
• Current, Al Jazeera Spar Over Atty Privilege In Escrow Suit
• TD Ameritrade Investors Attack Details Of $4B Scottrade Deal
• Williams Says Del. Justices' Ruling Nixes ETE's $1.5B Claim
• Sungevity Cancels Auction, Goes With Stalking Horse Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Dyal Capital, L'Oreal
• Ciber Inc. Gets Interim Access To $41M Bankruptcy Loan
• Toshiba Says Westinghouse Bankruptcy Puts Co. At Risk
• Harland Clarke Pays $630M For RetailMeNot
• Vantage Energy Blank Check Co. Prices $480M IPO
• Astoria Financial Investors Challenge $2.2B Sale To Sterling
• BBQ Distributor Rupari Hits Ch. 11, Wants To Hold Auction
• Mexico OKs $43B ChemChina-Syngenta Deal With Conditions
• Loews Nabs Bain-Backed Packaging Co. CCC In $1.2B Deal
• Waterous Energy Pays $183M For Northern Blizzard Stake
• Financial Adviser Fee Disclosures After Vento V. Curry
• Linde Spurns Investor Request To Vote On $65B Praxair Deal
• UK OKs £700M MasterCard, VocaLink Deal With Antitrust Fixes
• Occam Merger Class Counsel Blasts Rep's Historic Fee Bid
• LeEco Scraps $2B Vizio Buy, Citing Regulatory Concerns
• IT Firm Ciber Opens Ch. 11 With $50M Stalking Horse Bid
• BHP Billiton Rejects Activist Elliott's Pressure To Restructure
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, YPF, Whole Foods
• Delaware Rundown: What You Missed In Q1
• Kirkland Steers Bain, Cinven In $5.6B German Pharma Co. Buy
• Morgan Lewis Adds Withers Bergman Transactions Partner
• TSG Buys $264M Stake In Scottish Craft Beer Maker BrewDog
• Boehringer, Sanofi Must Divest To Clear $24B Deal In Mexico
• Ski Resort Operator Intrawest Taken Private In $1.5B Deal
• AT&T Inks $1.6B Deal For Straight Path Communications
• Truckload Transportation Cos. Knight, Swift Reach $6B Merger
• 9th Circ. Told Atty Botch Doesn't Sink Software Co. Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Jones Day, Weil, Paul
• Justices Asked To Rule Whether IRS Must Explain Tax Claims
• Seventy Seven Energy Investor Says Merger Details Lacking
• Paul Hastings Nabs Investment Mgmt. Pro From Paul Weiss
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Considerations Before Resigning From A Board Of Directors
• Tech 'Unicorn' Okta Nets $187M After Pricing IPO Atop Range
• Samsonite To Pack E-Commerce Offerings With $105M Buy
• Union Slams Cert. Bid In American Airlines Pilot Seniority Suit
• $26M Deal Closes Vivendi's 15-Year-Old Investor Suit
• Investors Sue AbbVie Over $1.6B Fee, Say More Loss Looms
• Deals Rumor Mill: Spotify, Lyft, Maersk Line
• Chinese Investor Drops $1.4B For German Drugmaker
• Murdoch's Fox Gets EU OK To Buy Sky As UK Review Lingers
• Family Dollar Sues Spinoff Stores Over Unpaid Invoices
• Revised Charter-TW Merger Condition Helps Maine, Sen. Says
• Seventy Seven Energy Blasts Bid To Postpone Merger Vote
• Law Firms' Value Is In Pricing The Intangible In Deals
• Sullivan Steers PacWest On $705M Community Bank Merger
• 7-Eleven Inks $3.3B Deal For Sunoco's Convenience Stores
• UK Mulling Refinements To Merger Enforcement Regime
• A Closer Look At Delaware High Court's Enbridge Ruling
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, WaveDivision, Origin Energy
• Unilever Eyes Unit Sale, Buybacks After $143B Buyout Snub
• British American Tobacco's $49B Reynolds Buy Gets OK'd
• ABA Needs A New Model Legal Ethics Rule
• What Does Lateral Partner Success Look Like?
• Quaker Chemical Snags Houghton Int'l In $1.4B Tie-Up
• MGM To Pay $1B For Full Ownership Of Epix Pay-TV Network
• Fund Asks To Revive RBS Liverpool Soccer Club Sale Suit
• Michael Best Nabs Transactional Attorney In Milwaukee
• Alere Presses Del. Court For Access To Abbott Atty Docs
• 10 Largest Q1 Hotel M&A Targets Spanned 7 Countries
• FBR Investors Sue Over $160M B. Riley Merger
• Global Cos. Wave The White Flag On Canadian Oil Sands
• House Panel Advances Bill To Retool FTC Merger Enforcement
• Paul Weiss Atty To Run DOJ Antitrust While Delrahim Waits
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rockwell Collins, Stada, Blackstone
• Deere, Monsanto Say Weak Analysis Dooms DOJ Antitrust Suit
• Are Lateral Recruitment Opportunities Shaping Your Strategy?
• Arrogance And Other Pet Peeves Of Merger Trial Judges
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs 2 Corporate Attys From LeClairRyan
• PPG Again Urges AkzoNobel To Consider $24B Tie-Up
• Xtant Shareholder Demands Books And Records
• JAB Holding Inks $7.5B Buyout Of Panera
• Early Backers Of McAfee's Tech Investing Biz Sue For $47M
• Lumos Hit With Shareholder Action Over $950M Merger
• Cenovus Sells $2.9B Debt To Help Fund ConocoPhillips Deal
• EU Watchdog OKs ChemChina's $46B Syngenta Buy
• EU Antitrust Enforcer Nixes Croatian Cement Deal
• Devil Is In The Detail: Lessons On Drafting Earnouts
• Hogan Lovells Scores Top Weil Tech Transactions Team
• Hospital Laundry Servicer Gets Nod To Tap $65M Ch. 11 Loan
• Qualcomm Gets Regulatory OK For $37.7B NXP Buy
• Over A Dozen Firms Guided Q1's Top Real Estate M&A Deals
• Lateral Partner Hiring: Time To Look In The Mirror
• Takeaways From The ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Part 2
• FTC Orders ChemChina, Syngenta To Shed Assets For Merger
• Pa. AG Office's Antitrust Leader Details Enforcement Record
• Implant Sciences Investors Denied Expanded Standing
• Activist Investor Spurred Undervalued $2.5B Deal, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Panera, Staples, Abengoa
• Barbados Faces Backlash Over Sale Of State-Owned Oil Co.
• Broadcasters Continue To Urge FCC To Nix Ownership Rules
• Trends In Real Estate Joint Venture Agreements: Part 2
• JCI Looks To Toss Shareholder Tax Suit Over $17B Inversion
• Debevoise Adds Fried Frank IP Partner To NYC Office
• Baker Botts Steers Liberty Interactive In $1.12B GCI Deal
• Swiss Re Says GE Owes It $80M In Taxes From 2006 Deal
• 4 Takeaways From The 2017 Tulane Corporate Law Institute
• FCC Rolls Back Charter Merger Overbuild Condition
• DOJ OKs $12.5B Danone Deal With Divestitures
• Cardtronics Prices $300M Bond Offer To Fund DirectCash Buy
• 3 Firms Steer Marriott-Trinity-Oaktree $317M Hotel Deal
• Takeaways From The ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Part 1
• Key Components To Real Estate Joint Ventures: Part 1
• Bostwick Approved For $6.3M Stalking Horse Bid From Poplar
• Deals Rumor Mill: Panera Bread, Psagot, Grab
• Senate Panel Advances Gorsuch, Filibuster Showdown Likely
• Schneider Electric Unloading Telvent Unit In $900M Deal
• Winston & Strawn Adds Former Covington Tax M&A Partner
• Cowen Group To Expand Reach With $116M Convergex Buy
• Reckitt Benckiser Weighs Unit Sale After Mead Johnson Buy
• Four Firms Guide Apax Partners' $397M Deal For Syneron
• Experian Biz Valued At $400M In Deal With Vector Capital