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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2017

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• NextEra Says EFH Ch. 11 Plan Must Cover Rejected $275M Fee
• Harpoon Brewery Parent Co. Picks Up Clown Shoes Brewing
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, SenseTime, Staples
• PE Firm Sells Stake In NY Salt Mine For $225M
• Dynegy, Calpine Deals Signal Power Producer M&A Surge
• UK Requires Divestitures For Euro Car Parts Merger
• Team Of Ex-Bracewell Attys Joins Hogan Lovells
• Tata's $1B Buyback Ends DoCoMo Shareholder Contract Row
• Del. High Court Upholds Chancery Hike Of ISN Deal Price
• Telia Sells Stake In Russian Mobile Operator For $1B
• 3 Issues That Could Sink Your Client's Cross-Border PE Deal
• Judging A Book: McConnell Reviews 'Unequal'
• Japan's Kirin Readies $780M Exit From Amgen Joint Venture
• Hormel Inks $850M Deal For PE-Backed Deli Brand Columbus
• Former Autonomy Exec Loses Bid To Shake Fraud Charges
• $100M Egg Co. Merger Crack-Up Prompts Post Holdings Suit
• The Non-Arbitration Alternative To New York ADR
• College Cos. Ink Deal To Form $1.9B For-Profit Powerhouse
• Securus Fined $1.7M For Misleading FCC On Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: T-Mobile, LyondellBasell, HSH Nordbank
• FCC Approves $34B CenturyLink, Level 3 Merger In Split Vote
• IT Co. Breaks Ground In India With $250M Deal For Rival
• Vistra Buys Dynegy To Create $20B Merchant Power Giant
• Owens Corning Nabs Insulation Co. From CVC In €900M Deal
• Novartis To Pick Up French Cancer Drug Co. In $3.9B Deal
• Onvia Stockholders Want 'Misleading' Deltek Merger Halted
• Vodafone's 2nd Tax Arbitration Against India Moves Forward
• Cinven Takes €450M Stake In Spanish Agri-Food Co.
• 3 Contract Drafting Myths Debunked
• Goodwin Procter Steers Lennar In $9.3B CalAtlantic Buy
• Making Pro Bono Work
• Being There: Preparing Witnesses For Depositions
• AkzoNobel Unit Eyes Merger Of Equals With $8B Axalta
• Federal Stay Can't Halt State Court Sale Of TransPerfect
• Del. Chancery Won't Decide Dispute In Good Tech Settlement
• Judge Tosses Suit Over $3.7B M&T, Hudson City Deal
• Del. Justices Say Investor's Suit Belongs In Bulgaria
• Baker Hughes' Investors Seek Stock Review In $7.4B GE Deal
• DLA Piper Lands Ex-Army Officer, PE Partner In Houston
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Making Pro Bono Work: The Sidley-Exelon Partnership
• How To Streamline Multi-Jurisdictional Merger Reviews
• TMF Group Shelves IPO For €1.75B Deal With CVC Fund
• Australian Antitrust Body Won't Fight Essilor-Luxottica Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Cooley, Alston, Mayer, Davis
• 10 Considerations When Selling To Private Equity Consortium
• Recipe For Legal Project Management: Look To BBQ Champs
• Huntsman, Clariant Scrap $20B Merger Amid Activist Pressure
• Health Co. Founders Say Magellan Deal Will Cost Them $10M
• Bayer's Financing Needs Shift As Monsanto Price Falls $2.5B
• EC Must Review Liberty-Ziggo Merger, Effect On Cable Market
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVS, Weinstein Co., Evoqua Water Tech
• Chinese Blank Check Co. Prices $180M IPO
• With New Scrutiny, Life Sci Startups Become Risky Targets
• Activist Tells Supervalu To Sell Stores, Buy Back Shares
• Conservative, Liberal Groups Oppose AT&T-Time Warner Deal
• Making Pro Bono Work: Can You Practice In Your State?
• Blakes, Davies Ward Steer $1.2B Construction Firm Tie-Up
• Representing Women At The Intersection Of Law And Finance
• Unilife Ch. 11 Plan Gets Interim OK, Despite Gaps
• Activist Investor Snow Park Tells Cedar Realty To Mull Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, Deutsche AM, Learning Care Group
• Consumer-Focused Haymaker Acquisition Raises $300M
• Sidley Austin Adds 5 Andrews Kurth Cap Markets, M&A Attys
• Making Pro Bono Work: Building Sponsorship Relationships
• THL Slates HighTower For Recap, $100M Injection
• GIP Leads $3.7B Deal For Asia-Pacific Renewable Energy Co.
• Dutch Soft Drink Bottler Valued At €1.62B In Go-Private Deal
• What I Learned In My 1st Year: Be A Sponge
• Chancery Throws Out $800M Morgans Hotel Deal Challenge
• Deals Rumor Mill: Unilever, Siemens, Air Berlin
• Holland & Knight Reps Birks In Sale Of Mayor's Jewelers
• Eli Lilly Considers Sale Or IPO Of Animal Health Business
• Investors Battle Good Tech's Bid To Scuttle $35M Settlement
• Making Pro Bono Work: Beyond The Hurdles
• Hess Sells Norwegian Subsidiary To BP Unit In $2B Deal
• Toshiba Shareholders Back $17.6B Memory Biz Sale
• Packaging Cos. Ink Deal To Form $6B Powerhouse
• WeWork To Take Over Lord & Taylor's NY HQ In $850M Deal
• Security Cam Co. Sues Former Chinese Suitor Over Sunk Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Link REIT, SoFi, Pure Gym
• TPG Picks Up Medical Device Maker Exactech In $625M Deal
• Judging A Book: Pryor Reviews 'Scalia Speaks'
• Perkins Coie, Davis Polk Steer $3.3B Potlatch-Deltic Tie-Up
• Linde Drops Tender Threshold For $70B Praxair Merger
• AT&T Extends Deadline To Close $85.4B Time Warner Buy
• Mayer Brown Reps The Hartford In $1.45B Aetna Unit Buy
• Cisco Inks $1.9B Deal For Telecom Tech Co. BroadSoft
• The Inside Counsel Revolution
• Review Of FCC Media Rules Is Overdue, O'Rielly Says
• Firms Vie For Top Plaintiff Spot In Del. Tangoe Deal Suit
• Weil Gotshal Reps First Data In $760M BluePay Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vitol, RWE, Airbus
• NY Commercial Division Rule Changes Promote ADR Use
• Weinstein Board Likely Under Microscope In Any Deal
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Bylaw Response To 'Placeholder Slate' Tactic Is Unproven
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Sullivan, Wachtell
• Funds Could Use 1st Amendment To Beat Antitrust Penalties
• How Arbitrators Maintain Proportionality In Discovery
• An FTC Under Simons Will Likely Stay The Course
• FCC Pauses Sinclair-Tribune Merger Review For Comments
• TransPerfect Co-Founder Challenges 'Extreme' Doc Sealing
• Benihana Asks 2nd Circ. Not To Revive Counterpart's Suit
• Lyft Scores $11B Valuation In Funding Round Led By CapitalG
• Deals Rumor Mill: Unilever, easyJet, Sinochem
• Parker Hannifin Says Feds' Merger Challenge Came Too Late
• Abertis' Board Looks For Sweetened Bid From Atlantia
• AbbVie Must Face Suit Over Failed Shire Deal In Ill. Court
• The Law Firm CFO's Role In The Strategic Planning Process
• Dollar Tree Says Dollar Express Claims Lack Factual Basis
• Deals Rumor Mill: F2i, Advent International, Roots
• Trump Nominates Joseph Simons Of Paul Weiss As FTC Chair
• AT&T's $85B Time Warner Deal Awaits DOJ After Brazil's Nod
• ACS Unit Makes Rival €17.1B Bid For Toll Road Co. Abertis
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Faruqi Atty's Commissions Suit
• Willkie Farr Guides Assurant In $1.9B Warranty Group Buy
• $1B Accor-Mantra Deal Hits Aussie Regulator's Radar
• Investcorp Adds To Buying Spree With $370M Kee Safety Deal
• Law Firms Must Transition To An Industry Sector Approach
• EU Accepts Becton Dickinson's Fixes For $24B Bard Buy
• On Second Thought: EFH Court's Extraordinary Move
• ServiceMesh Buyer Seeks Indicted Ex-CEO's Legal Fees
• Investors Say Orbital Withheld Info On $9.2B Northrop Deal
• Impax, Amneal Ink Deal To Become $1.75B Generics Giant
• Kinder Morgan Seeks Toss Of $9.2B Merger Challenge
• EU Probes Acetate Fiber JV Between Blackstone, Celanese
• Bombardier, Airbus Notch Deal That May Hamper Trade Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: SpringerNature, Pure Group, Deutsche Bank
• Brown Rudnick Adds Ex-Mayer Brown M&A Pro In NY
• UK Wants To Subject More Mergers To Nat'l Security Review
• Kate Spade Investor Seeks Appraisal In $2.4B Coach Deal
• Judging A Book: Kozinski Reviews 'The Judge'
• GE To Pay Feds While Selling Water Biz In Baker Hughes Deal
• Siris To Pay $1B For Synchronoss Cloud Software Unit
• Anti-Inversion Rule Down, But Not Out, With Texas Ruling
• Haggen Creditors Square Off With Comvest In Ch. 11 Trial
• Court Warns Of 'Odor' To $1B Constant Contact Merger Suit
• Investors Sue To Stop $650M Hawaiian Telecom Sale
• 6th Circ. Sends Jet Pilots' Bargaining Dispute To Arbitration
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, AT&T, iQiyi
• SJI Inks $1.7B Deal For Southern Co. Gas Units In NJ, Md.
• Aramark Spends $2.35B On Hospitality Industry Acquisitions
• Ruby Tuesday Swallowed By PE Firm In Roughly $335M Deal
• Nordstrom Puts Take-Private Discussions On Hold Until 2018
• New Post-Recession Metrics For BigLaw Partner Success
• How Attys Can Cash In On Expected M&A, PE Market Growth
• Weinstein Co. In Talks With PE Firm Over Possible Sale
• Houlihan Lokey Seeks Early Out From Formula Maker Suit
• C&J Investor Says $5M Fee Bid Justified By $250M Savings
• SunEdison Can End IP Contract With Korean Co., Judge Rules
• Valeo Conditions Satisfy EU Worries In €819M FTE Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Weinstein Co., Saudi Aramco, Atlantia
• Time To Lift Student Loan Counseling Restrictions
• Deal Makers' Interest In Tech M&A Continues To Rise
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• IRS To Take Deeper Look At Tax-Free Distributions
• Bayer Inks €5.9B Divestiture Amid Scrutiny Of Monsanto Buy
• Learning From DOJ's Parker Hannifin Merger Challenge
• Lufthansa To Invest €1.5B In Bankrupt Air Berlin
• Brazilian Watchdog Eyes $385M Petrobras Subsidiary Sale
• Valero, Calif. AG Settle Row Over Energy Terminal Deal
• Dimension Investor Sues To Block $151M Ultragenyx Merger
• Eversource Seeks Regulatory OK Of $258M Power Plants Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rio Tinto Group, Abertis, HKE
• Breitburn Urges NY Judge To Approve New Ch. 11 Plan
• CVC Capital, Tethys Close To Acquiring Sebia Majority Stake
• Pepper Hamilton Lands Ex-Saul Ewing Life Sciences Leader
• Accor Inks $1B Deal For Australian Hotel Group Mantra
• Global M&A Slides In Q3 As Uncertainty Persists
• Del. Justices Asked To Uphold $357M Data Firm Appraisal
• Feds, SEC Accuse Snack Co. Of Defrauding Investors Of $2M
• Morris Nichols Switched Sides In Dollar Tree Feud, Court Told
• NuVasive Says Exec Breached Contract In Move To Alphatec
• Why You Should Consider Hyperlinking Your Next Brief
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, Air Berlin, BMW
• EU Blesses Portugal's Novo Banco Sale Under State Aid Rules
• Petrobras Hits Snag In $2.2B Asset Sale To Total
• Preparing For NYC's New Salary History Law
• BC Partners-Led Consortium Snags Ceramics Co. For €2.6B
• KKR Increases Offer For Hitachi Unit To $2.72B
• Shareholder Vote Sinks Suit Over $1.6B Infoblox Deal
• Investors Urge NY Judge To Join Patriot Securities Suits
• Baker McKenzie Snags LNG Attorney From Vinson & Elkins
• Deals Rumor Mill: CeramTec, Atlantia, Helix Energy
• Antitrust Pro Leaves DLA Piper To Open Boutique's NY Office
• Chancery Grants $4M In Attys' Fees For $20M TerraForm Deal
• Honeywell Unveils Plans To Spin Off Pair Of Businesses
• Report Finds Merger Reviews Taking Longer In 2017
• Asian-Americans Facing Challenges In The Legal Industry
• Express Scripts To Pay $3.6B For PE-Backed EviCore
• Qualcomm Offers EU Concessions In Stalled $38B NXP Bid
• PE Fundraising Slides In Q3 Despite Record-Breaking Vehicle
• Merger Enforcement Takeaways From 5 Recent Cases
• What To Know About Post-Closing Merger Challenges
• P&G Says Trian Lost Proxy Fight For Board Seat
• Ex-Autonomy CFO Bids To Ditch Fraud Charges Over HP Deal
• Regulatory Crackdown May Open Up Tax Loopholes
• Kellogg Gobbles Up Protein Bar Maker RXBAR In $600M Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Stikeman, White, DLA, Dorsey
• Fortress Affiliate Escapes Investor Suit Over $1.5B Deal
• Breitburn Shareholders Fume Over 5th Ch. 11 Delay Request
• A BigLaw Ladies' Guide To Becoming A 1st-Chair Trial Lawyer
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Nutter McClennen Picks Up Hinckley Allen Partner In Boston
• Deals Rumor Mill: Summit Materials, Penn National, Excelitas
• Cybersecurity Due Diligence In M&A: 8 Questions To Ask
• Consolidation Within PE Creates Opportunity For Attys
• Delaware Rundown: What You Missed In Q3
• Aerospace Holdings Wins Approval For Ch. 11 Windup Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain Capital, Unilever, SeaWorld
• Blank Check Co. J2 Raises $1.25B In London
• Top 4 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• FTC Seeks More Info On $285M Conagra-Smucker Oil Deal
• PE-Backed Foam Insulation Co. To Buy Rival In $160M Deal
• Linde Presses Investors To Tender Shares For Praxair Tie-Up
• SEC's Pay-To-Play Universe Continues To Expand
• 5 Tips To Ensure Proper Deposition Behavior
• Del. Ch. 11 Judge Keeps Alive Haggen Asset-Stripping Suit
• Merger Notices To Enforcers Tick Up Again In FY 2016
• Frontier Hid $10.5B Verizon Purchase Deadbeats: Investors
• Deals Rumor Mill: Brookfield, Saudi Aramco, A Schulman
• Day Pitney Lands 2 Corporate Finance Partners
• How Bankruptcy Can Maximize Health Care Businesses' Value
• Fox Rothschild Nabs One Of Seyfarth's EB-5 Experts For LA
• Toshiba Stands By Ability To Close $17.8B Memory Biz Sale
• A Dozen Firms Aided Top 3rd-Quarter Real Estate M&A Deals
• Revised SunEdison D&O Allocation Pact Gets Judge's OK
• Jaffe Hit With $5M Negligence Verdict Over Pension Advice
• Wachtell, Weil Guide $1B Office Depot Buy Of CompuCom
• UHF Station Perk Creates Arcane Merger Loophole, Rep. Says
• Canadian Watchdog Still Eyeing Closed $7B Energy Co. Deal
• 'Pay To Play' Rules Expand To Capital Acquisition Brokers
• Laurene Powell Jobs To Join Wizards, Capitals Ownership
• Deals Rumor Mill: Warburg Pincus, Amazon, Guala Closures
• CFIUS, China And Trump Administration: 5 Things To Know
• FTC Says ND Physician Group Merger Must Wait
• Judging A Book: Tunheim Reviews 'Miles Lord'
• Toshiba To Pay $522M For Full Ownership Of Westinghouse
• PAI Partners Makes Sweetened €1.6B Bid For Refresco
• Inversion Rule Defeat May Impair Regulatory Process
• TransPerfect Mom Wants To Investigate Custodian's Expenses
• High Court Won't Review Whether IRS Must Explain Tax Notice
• CenturyLink, Level 3 Reach DOJ Deal Over Proposed Merger
• Ga. Power Says Westinghouse Can't Block Contract Nix
• Latham & Watkins Adds Strategic M&A Partner In New York
• Metro To Pay $3.6B For Canadian Drugstore Chain Jean Coutu
• Bain Eyes $1.35B Takeover Of Japanese Ad Firm Asatsu-DK
• Arsenal Sells Polyurethane Co. Accella To Carlisle For $670M
• Singapore's GLP Inks $2.8B Deal For European Logistics Co.
• Technology Assisted Review Can Work For Small Cases
• K&L Gates Adds Energy Partner From Mayer Brown
• Plenty Of PE Dry Powder, But Few Targets Of Opportunity
• GIP Snaps Up Private Crude Oil Transport Co. For $1.8B
• Law360 Sizes Up The Term To Come
• IRS Anti-Inversion Rule That Sank Pfizer Deal Struck Down