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Mergers & Acquisitions - September, 2017

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• Activist Group Challenges UK Watchdog On Fox-Sky Decision
• 5 Tips For Boards Blindsided By An Activist Campaign
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Weil, Dechert
• Deals Rumor Mill: AC Milan, Sushiro Global, Cedar Realty
• Bayer Further Trims Covestro Stake With €1B Sale
• Health Hires: Jones Day, K&L Gates, Pierce Atwood
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• The Case For Ethical Due Diligence
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• SunEdison Directed To Patch Up D&O Allocation Agreement
• No Mention Of Gawker Ch. 11 Could Doom Deadspin Libel Suit
• 4 Deals To Watch With New DOJ Antitrust Chief At The Helm
• Chancery OKs $10M Settlement Of Providence-Matrix Deal Suit
• Abbott, Alere Settle Watchdogs' Issues With $5.3B Deal
• Trump Response To Major Defense M&A Deals Will Be Telling
• Fresh Market Escapes Del. Investor Suit Over Apollo Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lyft, Penti, Saline Water Conversion
• Becton Dickinson Offers EU Fixes For Planned $24B Bard Buy
• New Sedona Principles Stress Information Governance
• LA Tech Exec, Banker Charged With $98M Fraud Scheme
• Toshiba Firms Up Terms Of $17.8B Sale Of Memory Biz
• Energy Future Parties Will Stay Termination Fee Discovery
• Temporary Expensing May Limit Potential Economic Growth
• SunEdison Fights For D&O Allocation In Shareholder Suits
• Del. Supreme Court Asked To Keep $7B Dell Appraisal Bump
• Senate Confirms Trump Pick To Lead DOJ Antitrust Division
• Deals Rumor Mill: Spotify, ACS, TCW Group
• The Delaware Court Of Chancery: A 225-Year Retrospective
• FTC Strikes Deal Over Integra's $1B Offer For J&J Unit
• DOJ Orders Divestitures In €350M Graphite Electrodes Merger
• For More Value And Diversity In Outside Counsel, Go Small
• SK Hynix Offers More Details On $18B Toshiba Memory Deal
• Half A Dozen Firms Aided Top Mass. Real Estate M&A Deals
• Trump, GOP Propose 20% Corporate Tax Rate
• TransPerfect Co-CEO Loses Challenge To Court-Forced Sale
• Westinghouse Seeks To Block Ga. Power Contract Termination
• California Proton Sale, Contractor Settlement Approved
• Cloud Co. To Sell Off Trio Of Businesses For $549M
• Western Digital Eyes Arbitration To Block $18B Toshiba Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: IQiyi, Alvogen, JC Flowers
• EU Deepens Probe Into Essilor-Luxottica Megamerger
• DOJ Challenges Closed $4.3B Parker Hannifin Deal
• Wanda Hotel Development Paying $112M For Hotel Operator
• CFIUS Concerns Halt Chinese Deal For Location Co.
• Insights On Provider Consolidation And Narrow Networks
• Stalled Antitrust Division Nomination Poised To Advance
• Gizmodo Says Deadspin Sale Dooms Defamation Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Stahlgruber, Siemens
• Cadwalader Lands Ex-FTC Atty From McDermott
• KKR Boosts Takeover Offer For Pepper Group To $540M
• REIT Propertylink Rejects Centuria's $455M Buyout Offer
• Bankruptcy Watchdog Balks Over ATopTech Ch. 11 Plan
• Unilever Buys South Korean Cosmetics Biz In €2.27B Deal
• Norwegian Payments Co. Nets Backs $5.3B PE-Backed Buy
• Unfunded Pension Liabilities: Caveat Emptor, Caveat Esquire
• Genuine Parts Pays $2B For PE-Backed Auto Parts Co.
• Davis Polk Steers Sweden's ABB In $2.6B Deal For GE Unit
• Inside CFIUS' Annual Report: 7 Highlights
• The Dell Appeal In Light Of Recent DFC Opinion
• Ultratech Investors Seek Stock Appraisal In $815M Merger
• PTAB Says Fairchild Merger Doesn't Bar IPR Challenge
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Hogan, Skadden
• UK Clears Cardtronics' $460M DirectCash Buy
• Sidley Austin Employment M&A Pro Joins Hogan Lovells
• 5 Takeaways From CFIUS' Latest Annual Report
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: T-Mobile, GE, Pladis
• Phillips 66 Sells Energy Assets To MLP In $2.4B Deal
• Singapore's GIC Joins $909M Deal For Tokyo Disney Sheraton
• Lone Star Says $100M Earnout Suit Belongs In Arbitration
• Japan's Kuraray Snaps Up Calgon Carbon In $1.3B Deal
• Investors Seek Fees While Altor-NantCell Deal Suit Goes On
• Ex-CEO Dodges Paying Full Fees Billed By Paul Weiss, Cooley
• HIG Capital Pays $1B To Take Back Specialty Chemicals Co.
• Impact Of The New Revenue Recognition Standard On M&A
• Sheppard Mullin Adds New Corporate Partner To SF Office
• Western Digital Lobs New Arbitration Request Against Toshiba
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Asahi Group, KKR
• AIA Pays $3B For Australia, NZ Life Insurance Units
• Germany-Based Schenck Valued At More Than €700M In Sale
• The Role Legal Finance Can Play In Firm Year-End Collections
• Eaton Beats Investor Suit Over Tax Statement That Hurt Stock
• Why A Rare Tie Vote Doesn't Foretell Roadblocks At FTC
• Bally Slots Owner Drops $628M On Gambling Software Co.
• Fox's $14B Sky Merger Referred To UK Watchdog For Probe
• Madison Buys Out JV Partner's Stake In $1B Retail Portfolio
• Moller-Maersk Ships Off Tanker Unit For $1.17B
• Inside Toshiba's Long-Awaited $17.9B Memory Biz Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Google, AIA Group, SIX Group
• Insurer Still On Hook For Post-Merger Coverage In BCB Row
• Adams Resources Gets Nod For Additional Well Interest Sale
• Applying Delaware Contract Law To LPA Safe Harbors
• 'Per-Doc' Pricing Can Improve Document Review
• Toshiba Inks $17.9B Memory Sale To Bain-Led Group
• AOL Seeks 10.3% Share Price Trim In Verizon Merger Suit
• Inversions To Cost US $12B By 2027, CBO Says
• Catalent Makes $950M Bid To Buy Cook Pharmica
• 4 Firms Team Up To Lead Dow, DuPont In Megamerger
• Germany's Knorr-Bremse Kills $694M Takeover Of Swiss Rival
• EFH Judge Rethinks $275M Breakup Fee In Nixed NextEra Deal
• Mobile Payments Co. Cashes In On $60M In Series C Funding
• Activists Look To Derail $20B Clariant-Huntsman Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Renova Energia, Apollo Global
• Post Holdings Inks $1.5B Deal For Bob Evans Farms
• Valero Scraps Plains Terminal Deal Targeted By Calif. AG Suit
• Air Berlin Granted Bankruptcy Protections In US
• Walgreens' $4.4B Rite Aid Buy Advances Despite FTC Friction
• CFIUS Continues To Present Obstacle To Chinese Acquisitions
• Physician Practice Acquisitions And Antitrust Scrutiny
• Well Owners Want Maxus To Close $15M Ch. 11 Sale
• Deadspin Story Not Protected By Gawker Sale, Bettor Says
• Charter Shorted Time Warner Workers Vacay Pay, Suit Says
• Towers Watson Settles $18B Willis Merger Appraisal Suit
• Merger Bills Show Dems Embracing Antitrust Enforcement
• Teva Sells Off Remaining Women's Health Assets For $1.4B
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toys R Us, Rolling Stone, Walgreens
• Francisco Partners Sells Diamond E-Retailer In $328M Deal
• FCC Probes Sinclair, Tribune For More Merger Specifics
• Delaware Loses Face Despite Biz-Friendly Moves
• Big Data May Become Big Antitrust Concern
• Northrop Grumman To Pay $7.8B For Orbital ATK
• Buchanan, Doctor Settle Suit Over Arena Football Team Buy
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• 3 Takeaways From Trump's Block Of China Chipmaker Deal
• Justice Strine Catches Flak For Delaware's Diminished Rep
• Taxation With Representation: Paul, Shearman, Haynes, Locke
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lyft, JD.com, CK Infrastructure
• On CFIUS Reform, We Must Proceed With Caution
• Tech-Minded Blank Check Co. Prices $50M IPO
• A Guide To The Executive Branch Official Nomination Process
• AIG Pioneers Sharia Insurance For M&A In Africa
• Dykema Hires Ex-Aronberg Goldgehn Corporate Finance Atty
• Fowler White Burnett Adds Tax, Maritime Shareholders
• EU Details Security-Based Screening For Foreign Investment
• Sen. Klobuchar Unveils Bills To Beef Up Merger Enforcement
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Cornerstone OnDemand, Axa
• Tech-Focused SPAC Raises $600M To Hunt For 'Unicorns'
• Duane Morris Adds Ex-Sidley Austin Merger Pro In LA
• White & Case Picks Up Corporate Advisory Specialist In NY
• What The PE Industry's Middle-Market Fever Means For Attys
• The Twists And Turns Of M&A Process In Myanmar
• McDermott Adds Private Equity Partner In Chicago
• California Proton Reaches Deal For Facility Transition
• PharMerica Investor Sues Over $1.4B KKR, Walgreens Buyout
• Golden Nugget Casinos Operator Prices $1.4B In Notes
• Investors Ask Del. Justices To Toss Bulgarian Venue Order
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain, Nordstrom, Carlyle
• Trump Blocks Canyon Bridge's $1.3B Chipmaker Buy
• Eaton Denies Intent To Spin Off Unit In $3B Investor Suit
• How Trulia Continues To Affect M&A Litigation
• Europe Wants A Closer Look At Foreign Takeovers
• Locke Lord Steers Tailwater's $300M Sale Of Align Midstream
• Bain Takes The Lead In Battle For Toshiba's Chip Biz
• FTC Assistant Director Leaves For Crowell & Moring
• Morgan Lewis Adds Ex-Winston Int'l Arbitration Pro In HK
• Chancery Urged To Throw Out $800M Morgans Hotel Deal Suit
• ExamWorks' $86.5M Settlement Fund Gets Chancery Court OK
• Dechert Nabs Ex-White & Case PE, M&A Partner
• Ex-Duane Reade CEO Asks 2nd Circ. To Trim $6.2M Award
• DOJ's Finch Pushes Stability, Continuity In Antitrust Regime
• Seward & Kissel Must Face Lighting Co. Ex-Owner's Suit
• TerraVia Selects Dutch Co.'s $20M Stalking Horse Bid
• Herbert Smith Freehills Hires 1st Corporate Partner In NYC
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, QHotels, Bandhan Bank
• CoStar Inks Deal To Buy ForRent For $385M
• DowDuPont Adjusts Plans For Its Post-Merger Split
• Agribusiness Giant Bunge Pays $946M For Food Oil Co. Stake
• UK Accepts Fixes In £2.23B Wood-Amec Energy Services Deal
• Skadden Closes Big Summer With $48.9B Deals Frenzy
• FTC Chief Won't Rush To Police Digital Economy
• How To Navigate The Competitive Market For PE Tech Deals
• Inside China's New Policies On Overseas Investments
• Delaware No Longer King Of The Hill For Biz Litigation
• Expired Deadline Bars Tax Deficiency Assessment: Court
• Antitrust No Cure-All For Economic Ills, FTC Chief Says
• Why Proxy Fights For CEO Seats Need Tougher Look From ISS
• Deals Rumor Mill: EssilorLuxottica, Vivint, IndusInd Bank
• Goodmans Guides Coeur Mining In $250M Deal For BC Mine
• Golub Capital Backs PE Buyout Of Cafe Rio With $146M Loan
• Pilgrim's Snaps Up European Poultry Co. From JBS For $1.3B
• Charting A Course To Business Judgment Review
• Why More Global Giants Are Renouncing Their HQs
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2017
• Firms Stay The Course On London Growth Amid Brexit Haze
• Global Firms Snap Up India Work With Liberalization In Limbo
• Where The Global 20 Are Bolstering Their Ranks
• Comverge's $5.9M Class Merger Challenge Settlement OK'd
• Joe's Crab Shack Files Ch. 11 Plan After $57M Asset Sale
• Valeo, FTE Offer EU Antitrust Fixes On $985M PE Deal
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, DLA, Simpson
• Deals Rumor Mill: Zhong An, Guala Closures, Cemig
• Investors Sue HSN Over $2.1B Merger With QVC
• Discovery Raises $6.8B In Debt To Fund Scripps Buy
• Health Hires: AIG, Debevoise, Hinckley, K&L, PhRMA, Stinson
• How Collaboration Is Changing Inside Some Law Firms
• Kite Pharma Investors Balk At $11.9B Gilead Deal
• Tangoe Investor Says Board Pushed Sale For Own Benefit
• EU High Court Says Only Independent JVs Subject To Controls
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ducati, B&S, Amcor
• Del. Courts Spend Summer Reining In Appraisal Suit Excess
• Soupman Ch. 11 Sale Gets OK With Buyer Now Acquiring Debt
• Discovery Raising Debt To Help Fund $14.6B Scripps Buy
• Seventy Seven Seeks Sanctions Against Firm In Merger Suit
• Fried Frank Snags Real Estate Pro From Simpson Thacher
• PE Real Estate Players Think Outside The Box To Find Deals
• Industrial Drone Maker Airobotics Raises $32.5M In Funding
• Vinson & Elkins Adds 2 Attys To London Corporate Practice
• Proxy Adviser ISS Gets New PE Backer In $720M Buyout
• Dealing With Difficult Lawyers
• Lyondell Trustee's $6.3B Shareholder Clawback Suits Axed
• EFH Gets Ch. 11 Disclosure, $9.45B Sempra Merger Plan OK'd
• SWS Investors Say Chancery Erred In Lowering Deal Price
• Kirkland Antitrust Partner Heads To FTC Competition Bureau
• Fanatics Raises $1B From SoftBank, Pro Sports Leagues
• Pershing Square To Divest $497M Nomad Foods Stake
• Car-Sharing Co. Turo Raises $92M, Adds Daimler Unit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Dalian Wanda, Pactera
• Kirkland Leads Fortive In $770M Landauer Buy
• Pitney Bowes Puts Up $475M For Shipping Co. Newgistics
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds New Partner Amid Hong Kong Growth
• Don't Want To Be The Next Kodak? Embrace Blockchain
• Airbus, Boeing Skeptical Of $23B Rockwell-United Tech Deal
• UTC, Rockwell Collins Deal Marks Record Aerospace Tie-Up
• Aveva, Schneider Agree To Combine After Prior Talks Failed
• TransPerfect's Shawe Alleges Custodian Made Threats
• Paul Hastings Steers Invesco's $631M Hotel Portfolio Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Western Digital, Edinburgh Airport, Sabeco
• Soupman Says It Has Resolved Objection To Ch. 11 Sale
• Wachtell Guides Nasdaq In $705M Deal For Analytics Provider
• Houston Billionaire Buys NBA's Rockets In $2.2B Deal
• Weil Draws On Team Dynamics For Win In Archstone Suit
• Simpson Thacher Guides Teleflex's $1.1B Bid For NeoTract
• H.B. Fuller Buys PE-Backed Royal Adhesives In $1.58B Deal
• Warburg Pincus Invests $183M In China's Nova Property
• Beware Unique Challenges When Acquiring Internet Tech
• Delaware Suit Brings Lessons For Externally Managed REITs
• United Technologies Inks $23B Deal For Rockwell Collins
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Sullivan, Hogan
• Investors Sue Chinese Firm's Directors Over Merger Info
• SunEdison Asks To Split Insurance To Cover Securities Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tencent, Nets, Daewoo E&C
• Canadian PE Deals Soar As Industrial, Tech Sectors Boom
• Japan's Sompo Unloads UK Insurance Unit In $952M Deal
• Tenet To Sell Philadelphia Hospitals To Paladin For $170M
• EU's Vestager On Google, Privacy And Merger Review Reform
• 'Buyer Power Ratio' Tackles Deal Points Study Shortcomings
• Preserving The Business Deal In The Final Hours