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Mergers & Acquisitions - July, 2017

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• FINRA Panel Lets Fidelity Off Hook In Client Account Row
• Calistoga Tells Del. Justices Gilead Owes $50M Drug Bonus
• Charter Communications Isn't Interested In Buying Sprint
• ETE Units Dispute Sees More Claims Slated For Del. Trial
• LabCorp. Drops $1.2B To Buy Research Contractor Chiltern
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dow, Fosun Pharmaceutical, Anbang
• Clariant Taps New Adviser As Activist Threatens $20B Merger
• Advent Buys Majority Stake In First Watch Restaurants
• EFH Creditor Wants $275M NextEra Breakup Fee Dumped
• Simmons Adds Another Clifford Chance Atty To London Team
• I Squared Pays $1.86B For CK Hutchison Fixed-Line Phone Biz
• CDI Corp. To Be Taken Private In $157.5M Deal
• Ardian Buys €300M PE Infrastructure Portfolio From UniCredit
• Appraisal Practice Tips 1 Year After Prepayment Amendment
• Cybersecurity Risks In The Courtroom
• Discovery Inks $14.6B Scripps Networks Buy
• SanDisk, Toshiba Reach Deal On Bid To Block Chip Sale
• Chancery Allows Oxbow Atty To Testify In Trial Over Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ofo, Aerosoles, CIC
• Del. Chancery Rejects Genworth Investors' Discovery Bid
• Late Word Of Family Tie Irks Judge In GFI Sale Price Action
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• MRC, Artemis Team Up On $78M NYC Industrial Buy
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Paul, Sidley, Davis
• EU Regulator Clears Moody's $3.27B Bureau Van Dijk Buy
• Investor Sues For Records On $5.1B West Corp. Merger
• Allied Properties Buying Stake In $225M Vancouver Project
• Kelley Drye Adds M&A Pro In Texas To Lead Practice Group
• Revisiting Preclusion Principles In Derivative Actions
• Gray Matters: Clients Are Not Really 'Emotional'
• Wells Fargo Unit Accuses Alliant Of Trying To Poach Workers
• West Marine Investors Say Retailer Misled On $338M Sale
• Automation Co. Snags Transfer Switch Co. For $1.25B
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ista, Schlumberger, Scripps Network
• Cabela's Investors Drop Claims Over $5B Bass Pro Deal
• Forestar Shareholder Drops Suit After $568M D.R. Horton Bid
• TiVo Unit Says Portuguese Telecom Owes Licensing Fees
• Goodwin Procter Adds Ex-Simpson Thacher Tax Pro In Calif.
• PE Firm Skates Off With Adidas Ice Hockey Brand For $110M
• Delta, Virgin, Air France KLM Team Up In New Venture
• 8 Jump To Riley Safer From Bryan Cave In Chicago
• KKR Nabs South Korea's LS Group's Auto Assets For $943M
• Ex-Class Attys Must Produce Docs In $333M BofA Settlement
• Clariant Touts Progress Of $20B Huntsman Merger
• Fisker Takes Trustee Avoidance Powers Overseas
• Having A Chief Privacy Officer Reassures Your Firm's Clients
• Record Number Of Securities Class Actions Filed In 2017
• EFH Creditor Gets More Time To Top Berkshire's $9B Sale Bid
• Chancery Denies SJ In $115M Merger Dispute
• Analyst Gets 45 Months For Insider Trading On ADT Buy
• Katy Creditors Challenge Secured Debt Claims In Sale Deal
• Coscelli Tapped To Lead UK Antitrust Watchdog Through Brexit
• How The PSLRA Reshaped The Rush To The Courthouse
• Tax Court Rips IRS For Canceling Eaton Pricing Agreements
• Day Pitney Guides $816M Bank Takeover By Valley National
• Deals Rumor Mill: JPMorgan, Nature's Bounty, Snapdeal
• Bayer-Monsanto Tie-Up Would Hurt Competition, Groups Say
• Gaming Tech Co. Corsair Valued At $525M With EagleTree Deal
• Aetna Faces Investor Suit Over ACA Marketplace Withdrawal
• Gov't Contractor Investors Cry Foul Over $283M HIG Buyout
• Linklaters Atty Denies Link To Husband's Alleged Fraud
• Global Eagle Ends $416M HNA Deal Amid CFIUS Hurdles
• Skadden, Sidley Guide $919M State National Sale To Markel
• Noble Group Sells US Gas, Power Biz To Mercuria For $248M
• Wanted: Savvy Attys To Navigate Complex PE Landscape
• Staffing Co. Can't Evade $1.3M Judgment In Contract Fight
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Discussions Before Deliberations
• DOJ's Antitrust Division Adds New Deputy Assistant AG
• Altor Bioscience Investors Fail To Halt $290M NantCell Merger
• Clearwire Ruling Shines Light On Appraisal Arbitrage Risks
• Cott To Sell Beverage Business To Refresco For $1.25B
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Private Equity Pro In New York
• Chinese Co. Takes BP Asset Sale Row To Federal Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Toshiba, HNA Group
• Barnes & Noble Urged By Activist Sandell To Mull Sale
• $5B Parexel Take-Private Deal Incites Investors
• Michael Kors Scoops Up Jimmy Choo In $1.35B Deal
• Stada Boards Back Sweetened €4.12B Bain, Cinven Buyout
• India's Regulator Greenlights $23.2B Vodafone, Idea Merger
• AkzoNobel Plans Shareholder Meeting Amid Activist Pressure
• 5 Questions Firms Should Ask When Evaluating Litigation AFA
• For Law Firm Offices, Business Savvy Is The New Cool
• Equus Investor Fights Bid To Toss Equity Perk Suit
• Dems Embark On Agenda To Limit Mergers, Tax Loopholes
• TerraForm Brass Reach $20M Settlement Of Solar Deal Suit
• Partners Group Buys IT Services Firm Civica In $1.3B Deal
• Elliott Wants Vote On AkzoNobel CEO, Info On Co.'s Plans
• $425M DSI Renal Ch. 7 Recovery Suit Can Proceed
• Mitsubishi Tanabe Pays $1.1B For Israeli Clinical Drug Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Spotify, UPL, Nestle
• Judge Won't Block Shareholder Vote Over DigitalGlobe Merger
• Crowell & Moring Adds Ex-Official In DOJ Antitrust Unit
• EU Launches In-Depth Review Of $670M Knorr-Haldex Deal
• Unprecedented Vacancies Create Awkwardness At FTC
• Simpson Thacher Leads KKR In $2.8B WebMD Buyout
• ARI Investors Sue Over Info Missing From $140M Sale
• The Best Documents In Your Case May Be From 3rd Parties
• What To Expect From Antitrust Under Trump
• Planning A Legal Career With A Future Relocation In Mind
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Could An NFL Diversity Rule Be A BigLaw Game-Changer?
• How 4 Firms Are Moving The Needle On Gender Diversity
• Women See Another Year Of Slow Gains At Law Firms
• BigLaw Bias Suits New Wild Card In Fight For Gender Equity
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• 4 Female Perspectives On BigLaw Leadership
• Chancery Appraisal Cuts Sprint-Clearwire Deal Price In Half
• Deals Rumor Mill: China Unicom, Bombardier, RLJ Lodging
• Potential EFH Bidder Granted Emergency Deal Discovery
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Taxation With Representation: Bracewell, Baker, Cleary
• CEOs In Hot Seat As Activists Get Bold About Replacements
• Hersha Snags Philly Westin For $135M
• The Elephant In The Room: Advancing Women To Partnership
• How Midsize Law Firms Can Minimize Cybersecurity Threats
• KKR Joins Venture To Invest $117M In Spanish Real Estate
• Blackstone, CVC To Offer $3.8B For Paysafe
• DC Appellate Court Greenlights Exelon-Pepco Merger
• S. Africa Court Seeks More Info On Dow-DuPont Merger Fixes
• Chancery Halts ServiceMesh Case For Criminal Investigation
• HK Court Shuts Down AIG Appeal Over Award, Again
• FTC Approves Baxter $625M Claris Buy With Antitrust Fixes
• Jones Day Adds Ex-Shearman Capital Markets Pro In Calif.
• Deals Rumor Mill: ADT, Cardinal Health, Adnoc
• Rising Star: Morrison & Foerster's Lauren C. Bellerjeau
• Ingenico Drops $1.74B On Rival Payment Firm Bambora
• FTC Names Shearman Atty As Latest Competition Unit Head
• How Accounts Receivable Insurance Can Help Your Deal
• Unilife Receives Court OK For Sales To Credit Bidders
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dalian Wanda, Univision, Global Blue
• Alpha Natural Resources Unloads Inactive Coal Properties
• Select Energy Services And Rockwater Energy Agree To Merge
• NextEra Sues Texas PUC Over Rejection Of Oncor Bid
• Bracewell, Kirkland Guide $5.3B Hydro One-Avista Merger
• 5 Ways To Keep Cybersecurity Woes From Derailing A Deal
• Rising Star: Weil's Sachin Kohli
• The 'Failing Firm' Defense: Pointers From A Blocked Deal
• Toshiba Can Again Block Western Digital's JV Access
• Transat Nabs $151M In Sale Of Ocean Hotels Stake
• Reckitt Benckiser Inks $4.2B Sale Of Food Biz To McCormick
• Panera Shareholders Drop Remaining Merger Suits
• The 2017 Rising Stars, By Firm
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Matching Experts
• The CFIUS Calculus Has Changed — In More Ways Than One
• Ropes & Gray, Cravath Guide Crown Castle $7.1B Fiber Buy
• Performance Sports Recoups $8M From $575M Ch. 11 Sale
• BGC Partners Unveils $875M Berkeley Point Buy
• Waste Co. Deal Block Shows Pitfalls Of Failing Firm Defense
• BC Partners Pays $456M For GoDaddy's German Hosting Biz
• Singapore's Rowsley Readies $1.4B Health Care Asset Buy
• Cooley Boosts East Coast Presence With 5 New Partners
• Capital Bank Investor Sues Over $2.2B First Horizon Deal
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Jonathan Davis
• Deals Rumor Mill: Adnoc, Hutchison Global, Flipkart
• Houston Billionaire Eyes Rockets As Team Goes Up For Sale
• One Equity Partners Buys $291M Stake In Semiconductor Biz
• The Rise Of Midsize Firms
• 5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Submitting Litigation AFA
• EU Approves Priceline's $550M Buy Of Online Travel Rival
• Gilead Backs Chancery In Appeal Of $50M Merger Bonus Suit
• Chancery-Ordered TransPerfect Mediation Hits Impasse
• Deals Rumor Mill: Landis & Gyr, Volkswagen, Volvo
• Activist Investor Trian Readies P&G Proxy Fight
• Katy Industries Cleared For $62M Ch. 11 Sale In Del.
• 5th Circ. Tosses 'Lame' Objection To Crestwood Merger Deal
• 4 M&A Partners Join Nixon Peabody's New NC Office
• Dominion Diamond Backs $1.2B Washington Cos. Buyout
• DraftKings, FanDuel Can Focus On DFS Legalization Post-Deal
• Rising Star: Goodwin Procter's Blake Liggio
• Kirkland Guides MidOcean $1B Water Pik Sale
• Hoge Fenton Adds Corporate Law Pro To Silicon Valley Office
• Sidley Austin Snags M&A Pro From Greenberg Traurig
• How Mobile Apps Can Benefit Your Practice
• KKR Pumps $200M Into Indian Hospital Co.
• A Snapshot Of M&A Activity In June
• Proposal To Remedy Horizontal Shareholding Is Flawed
• The Future Of Litigation Finance Is Analytics
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Aaron Meyers
• Investors Hit Oxbow CEO's Hunt For Different Deal
• Seward & Kissel Says Due Diligence Was Client's Job
• Investor Drops Suit Against Panera Bread Over $7.5B Merger
• 6 Firms To Steer Nearly $1B In IPOs As Deals Perk Up
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Dechert Guides H&E Equipment In $1.2B Deal For Neff
• Origin Faces Stepped-Up UK Antitrust Probe Over Bunn Buy
• Euronet Bashes New CFIUS Filing In MoneyGram Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Thompson, Davis
• Deals Rumor Mill: NEC, Grab, Dominion Diamond
• Health Hires: Cozen O'Connor, King & Spalding, West Health
• 2nd Circ. Says Booz Retirees May Have Securities Fraud Suit
• UK REIT Announces Planned £110M Offering To Fund Deals
• The Walgreens-Rite Aid Combination: Act 2
• Cayman Consortium Makes $11.6B Offer For Global Logistics
• Wait To Confirm Trump's Antitrust Chief Longest In 40 Years
• Calif. AG Denied Temp Block Against Valero Terminal Buy
• Consumer Groups Urge Caution On AT&T, Time Warner Deal
• Delaware Rundown: What You Missed In Q2
• Whole Foods Investor Sues To Block Amazon Merger
• Koch Denies Obstruction In Oxbow Battle Over Forced Sale
• 'Little Red Hen' Shareholders Awarded $3M, But No New Trial
• House Dem Calls For Hearing On Amazon-Whole Foods Tie
• Chancery Nixes $2.2B Apollo-Diamond Resorts Deal Suit
• Duke CEO Ouster Settlement OK'd, But Fee Issues Punted
• DraftKings, FanDuel Scrap Merger Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
• Hunton & Williams Adds Ex-Dentons Atty To Corporate Group
• Investor Says AMRI's Go-Private Deal Docs Short On Details
• 3 Firms Steer Investcorp-Esmalglass-Lone Star $689M Deal
• Monopoly Risk Led Judge To Block $367M Waste Co. Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Manulife Financial, JBS
• Yanlord JV Drops Up To $1.33B On Singapore Property Firms
• When Del. Courts May Reject Corwin Cleansing: Some Clarity
• Where AI Meets Cybersecurity And The Legal Profession
• UK Antitrust Watchdog OKs Payment Systems Operators Deal
• Koch Cites Egregious Betrayals In Chancery Oxbow Battle
• Justice Breyer On Changing His Mind And Sparring With Scalia
• FBR Investor Agrees To Drop Suit Over $160M B. Riley Merger
• EFH's Largest Creditor Resists Berkshire Hathaway Bid
• Judge Says Laos Casino Investor Must Arbitrate Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Generali, Votorantim, Guitar Center
• Sidley Austin Adds M&A Pro In Silicon Valley
• 3 Firms Guide $1.25B Facility Management Merger
• Holland & Knight Adds Finance Partner To Los Angeles Office
• Ex-FTC Antitrust Head To Rejoin Arnold & Porter
• Shell Sells $1.23B Irish Gas Venture Stake To Pension Board
• UK Authorities Probe Deeper Into $4.6B Tesco-Booker Tie-Up
• Over A Dozen Firms Guided Largest 1st-Half Hotel M&A Deals
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Interim Arguments
• Unstructured Data Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
• Justice Breyer On The Limits Of Presidential Power
• Contract Dispute, Personal Feuds Roil In Oxbow Sale Trial
• Skadden Nabs Ex-Wilson Sonsini CFIUS, Cybersecurity Expert
• Pearson To Unload $1B Stake In Penguin Random House
• Blue Star Grabs Youth Sports Media Biz
• Toshiba Can't Block Western Digital's JV Access, Judge Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Miami Marlins, Legend Holdings, Adnoc
• Aussie Watchdog Appeals $8.6B Betting Merger's Approval
• Kate Spade Investor Demands Records On $2.4B Coach Deal
• Consol To Split Coal and Gas Operations In Two
• Halcon Sells Oil Assets For $1.4B To Bruin E&P Partners
• EQT Partners Scoops Up Drug Tech Co. In $850M Deal
• 5 Questions To Ask Firm Before Accepting A Litigation AFA
• Koch, Oxbow, Investors Square Off In Trial Over Sale
• Lawmakers Ask SEC To Block Chinese Chicago Exchange Buy
• Perkins Coie Snags DOJ Vet Who Helmed Anthem Challenge
• Tribune Media Hit With Investor Suit Over $3.9B Merger
• Euronext Drops $34M For Stake In Digital Portal iBabs
• Bain, Cinven Continue Stada Pursuit With Improved $4.7B Bid
• Elliott Says It's Considering $9.3B Offer For Oncor
• Working Capital True Up Is Not An End Run Around Liability Bar
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nestlé, Alpargatas, Abercrombie & Fitch
• Greenberg Adds Ex-Goldman Unit GC To Corporate Practice
• Merger Of CenturyLink, Level 3 Gets More State Nods
• US Merger Investigations Continue To Drag On, Study Finds
• Wanda Group Inks $9.29B Sale Of Tourism Projects, Hotels
• Atlantic Broadband Snags MetroCast Cable Biz In $1.4B Deal
• Westar, Great Plains Try Again For Tie-Up With $14B Deal
• Why You Should Argue Your Appeal
• Apollo Scores Golf Club Operator In $1.1B Take-Private Deal
• Over A Dozen Firms Aided Top 1st-Half Real Estate M&A Deals
• 6 Ways Teaching A Law School Class Can Benefit Lawyers
• DigitalGlobe Investor Suits Combined Despite Objection
• FanDuel, DraftKings Can't Send Merger Challenge To Boston
• Columbia, Allianz Form JV With $1.26B In Office Properties
• Joe's Crab Shack Auction OK'd, With KRG As Stalking Horse
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Gibson, Goodwin
• 6 Shareholder Suits Over Akorn-Fresenius Deal Moved To Ill.
• Campbell To Scoop Up Organic Soup Co. For $700M
• FERC Says Grid Co. Didn't Get OK For Transmission Buys
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• FMC Offers Antitrust Fixes In Aid Of DuPont-Dow Merger
• Care Capital Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $7.4B Merger
• Sen. Wants Info On Admin Meddling In AT&T-Time Warner Deal
• Xactly Investors Say More Info Needed On $564M Vista Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Elliott Management, Stada, Kind
• Berkshire Hathaway Unit To Pay $9B For Bankrupt EFH
• Antitrust Watchdog Drives Final Nail In ICE-Trayport Tie-Up
• Skadden's Familiarity With Yahoo Key In Closing $4.48B Sale
• A Word Of Caution On 'No Third-Party Beneficiary' Clauses
• GoodCents Interlocutory Appeal Denied In Appraisal Case
• Tropicana Adds Chelsea Hotel To Atlantic City Casino
• Konica Minolta To Buy Ambry Genetics In Deal Worth $1B
• Simpson Thacher Guides Axis' $604M Novae Buy
• Simpson Thacher Guides Blackstone In Showroom REIT Deal
• Buyers Struggle To Stomach Valuation Gap Amid Uncertainty
• EU Accuses GE, Others Of Filing Misleading Info On Mergers
• Precision Biologics Investor Sues For Custodian, Recovery
• Turnaround Advisers Must Beware Calif. Labor Landscape
• Telecom-Focused Pensare Acquisition Files $250M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Siam Commercial, POSCO
• 4 PE Trends To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2017
• Baker Botts, Davis Polk Steer $2.1B HSN Takeover By QVC
• Ex-IT Execs Face Investor Suit Over $4M Fraud Charges
• Centerbridge Taps Simpson On $1.26B Software Acquisitions
• Justice Stevens On Gorsuch And Sticking With The Cubs
• Spectrum Co. Investor Blasts Side Deal In $3B Verizon Buy
• Valeant, Pershing Trying To Hide Behind SEC, Investors Say
• DigitalGlobe Investor Seeks Separate Suit Over $2.4B Sale
• 2017 Securities Suit Filings Continue At Historic Levels
• Deals Rumor Mill: Northland Power, Snapdeal, GSR Capital
• Health Care Deals Pro Joins McDermott From Baker McKenzie
• FTC Head Taps New Acting Director For Competition Bureau
• Mark Ein's 4th Blank Check Co. Primes $350M IPO
• Ex-Bai Brands Workers Say They Were Cheated On $1.7B Sale
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Corporate Partner In Dallas Office
• Labaton Sucharow Adds 4 Securities Litigators In NY, DC
• Allen & Overy Steers EQT To $875M LA Terminal Acquisition
• Halliburton Acquires Oil Equipment Co. Summit ESP
• Vantiv To Swallow Worldpay In £7.7B Deal
• South Africa Approves Dow-DuPont Merger With Conditions
• Greystar Fund To Buy Luxury Apartment REIT In $3B Deal
• KKR Offers $500M For Australian Mortgage Lender Pepper
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Openings Before Voir Dire
• 5 Questions To Ask Client Before Proposing A Litigation AFA
• Justice Stevens On Playing Politics With The High Court
• No DQ For Bryan Cave In $4.5M E-Payments Buyout Suit
• DLA Piper Strengthens Corporate Practice With Cooley Atty
• Danone Orchestrates $875M Sale Of Stonyfield To Lactalis
• FTC Clears $5.9B Broadcom-Brocade Deal With Firewall Fix
• Simpson, Wachtell Steer $1.4B Bankrate Sale To Red Ventures
• The Biggest M&A Moments Of 2017's First Half
• HIG Takes Gov't Contractor NCI Private In $283M Deal
• M&A Bankers Amp Up Disclosures Amid Chancery Crackdown