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Mergers & Acquisitions - November, 2017

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• Judge Finds No Evidence DuPont Knowingly Misled Investors
• Reynolds Wins Ruling Over ITG In Fla. Tobacco Fee Dispute
• Hyper-Accelerated Maurice Sale Plans Draw Trustee Rebuke
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides $2B Engineering Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVS, Terra Firma, SoftBank
• Ardian Aims To Pick Up French Plant-Based Chemical Co. DRT
• ACCC, Rival Won't Appeal OK Of $4.8B Betting Co. Merger
• The Billing Evolution: How Far Along Is Your Firm?
• Churchill Downs Sells Mobile Gaming Co. For $990M
• Take Me To Your (Joint Venture) Leader
• 10 Tips For Effective Practice Before The 5th Circ.
• Breitburn Clears Ch. 11 Hurdle Amidst Creditor Deal
• DOJ Clears RealPage's $300M Rent-Pricing Provider Deal
• Senator Quizzes SEC Nominees On Activism, Pay, Buybacks
• AT&T Chief Says DOJ's Time Warner Suit Hurts Rule Of Law
• Takata Creditors Balk At Proposed $12M Mexican Unit Outlay
• Deals Rumor Mill: Unilever, GFL Environmental, Rumo
• REIT New Residential Snags Mortgage Originator For $190M
• Judging A Book: Saris Reviews 'Locking Up Our Own'
• La Paloma's Ch. 11 Buyer Fights Calif. Air Board's Appeal Bid
• DOJ Plan To Speed Merger Reviews Gets Skeptical Response
• BBVA Sells Real Estate Group Stake To Cerberus For €4B
• When Activists Are At The Gate: Lessons From Chancery
• Cineworld In Talks To Buy US Rival Regal In $3.06B Deal
• AT&T Unveils Comcast-Like Arb Deal In $85.4B Merger Fight
• 9th Circ. Has No Issues With OK For HP Derivative Suit Deal
• Altor Investor Seeks Appraisal After $290M NantCell Deal
• Akorn, Investors Get Initial OK For $24M Accounting Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens Healthineers, Uber, Albea
• Sinclair To Borrow $3.7B To Fund Tribune Acquisition
• Emerson Electric Pulls Plug On $29B Rockwell Takeover Bid
• How To Utilize Social Media In Proxy Contests
• Skadden Guides BlackRock Deal For $31B Citi Unit In Mexico
• Tips For Successful Post-Merger Integration
• Scotiabank Offers $2.2B For BBVA's Chilean Business
• Arby's Swallows PE-Backed Buffalo Wild Wings In $2.9B Deal
• SandRidge Energy Adopts Poison Pill Amid Icahn Opposition
• Disclosures Key In $2.2B Diamond-Apollo Merger Appeal
• Justices Won't Review Shipping Co. Shareholder Suit
• German Watchdog Denies CTS Eventim's Event Organizer Buy
• Aurelius Fights 'Unprecedented' Clearwire Buyout Appraisal
• Investors 'Sold Out' By CEO In Towers-Willis Merger, Suit Says
• Housing Co. Civeo To Buy Canadian Oil Sands Lodging Co.
• $1.6B Gigamon Sale Based On Bad Info, Shareholder Says
• A Closer Look At Meredith's $2.8B Deal For Time
• Deals Rumor Mill: Springer Nature, Ping An, Bezeq
• Treasury, IRS Appeal Invalidation Of Anti-Inversion Rule
• Wilson Sonsini Guides Barracuda's $1.6B Sale To PE Firm
• Marlin Equity Inks $521M Deal To Take Bazaarvoice Private
• Kirkland Guides PE Firms In $300M Pearson Unit Buy
• A Potential New Hurdle For Foreign Investments
• Allianz Trims Solvency Ratio With Euler Hermes Buyout
• Statoil Pays $1.45B For Total Oil, Gas Assets In Norway
• 'Better Homes' Publisher Meredith Buys Time In $2.8B Deal
• Ropes & Gray Taps PE Leader As Chicago Office Head
• Breaking Down Waymo's Trade Secrets Trial With Uber
• SPACs Grabbing Bigger Share Of IPO Market
• Inventure Foods Shareholders Misled In Utz Merger, Suit Says
• FCC To Rethink Broadcast Ownership Cap Next Month
• Judges In Recent Merger Challenges Share Cautionary Tales
• Rockwell Turns Away Latest Emerson Electric Takeover Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bank of Sharjah, Penta Investments, Actis
• American Securities Sells SeaStar Solutions In $875M Deal
• Deal Makers Ready To Shake Off 2017's Cloud Of Uncertainty
• 3 Key Issues In DOJ's AT&T-Time Warner Merger Complaint
• Akorn Reaches $24M Deal To End Investors' Accounting Suit
• Bet-The-Business Merger Trial? O'Melveny Gets Tapped Again
• Sporting Goods Co. Gets Nod On Breakup Fee In Ch. 11 Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: AppLovin, Nestlé, SQM
• Ardian Reacquires European Biz Process Outsourcing Firm
• Del. Chancery Won't DQ Morris Nichols From Dollar Tree Case
• Oncor Stakeholder Goes After NextEra For $72M Breakup Fee
• AT&T-Time Warner Judge Is No Stranger To Mega-Mergers
• Talos-Stone Union Creates $2.5B Offshore Driller
• Dealmakers Hit Brakes On M&A Amid Tax Reform Uncertainty
• Pepper Hamilton Regains Life Sciences Duo In Philly
• Shawe Forges Deal To Buy TransPerfect After Bitter Fight
• Court Skeptical Of All In Koch, Oxbow Post-Trial Argument
• NY Justices Won't Hold NY Derivative Claims To Cayman Rule
• DigitalGlobe Investors Seek Share Appraisal In $2.4B Deal
• Sporting Goods Wholesaler Maurice Hits Ch. 11 In Del.
• Blank Check Co. Highland Acquisition Pulls $250M IPO
• Dorsey & Whitney Snags Energy Atty From Holland & Hart
• Don't Waste This Planning Cycle: Year-End Strategies
• Deals Rumor Mill: The Weinstein Co., Qualcomm, Bridgepoint
• Eaton Says Investors' 2nd Complaint In Tax Info Suit Fails
• DOJ Challenges AT&T's $85.4B Bid For Time Warner
• CD&R Looks To Nab Stake In Auto Glass Repair Co.
• Yahoo Tells 9th Circ. SEC Order Blocks Derivative Suit
• Marvell Inks $6B Deal For Chipmaker Cavium
• Key Takeaways From The ABA Antitrust Fall Forum
• Alibaba Readies $2.9B Investment In Chinese Grocer Sun Art
• Inseego Suit Cites Representations Not In Deal, Sellers Say
• FCC 'Strayed Too Far' From Merger Role, New Commish Says
• Cozen O'Connor Snags Ex-DLA Piper IP Litigator
• From Snaps To Tweets: The Craft Of Social Media Discovery
• Health Hires: Hogan Lovells, Jones Day, Morgan Lewis
• Mainstreet Inks $425M Deal For 42 Health Care Centers
• Australian Tribunal Again OKs $4.8B Tabcorp-Tatts Merger
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain Capital, Comcast, Vale
• Legacy Raises $300M In IPO To Buy Consumer Co.
• Broadsoft Shareholders Sue To Block $1.9B Cisco Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Andrews, Mayer, Jones, Delaby
• Rice Energy Slips Proxy Actions After Mooting Disclosures
• Del. Court Says Riverstone Letter Key In $180M Suit
• Caesars Drops $1.7B On Indiana Gaming Operator
• Media Ownership Restrictions Scrapped In FCC Vote
• Fisker Buyer Urges Del. Bankruptcy Court To Toss Stock Suit
• Delrahim Talk Signals Bad News For AT&T-Time Warner Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Qualcomm, Time, Barnes & Noble
• DOJ Aims To Speed Merger Review Under Trump, Deputy Says
• Emerson Electric Ups Rockwell Offer To $29B After Rejection
• House Passes Tax Bill With Deep Cuts For Businesses
• An Interview With Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson
• Why More M&A Deals Are Being Canceled Before They Close
• McAfee, Intel Must Face Investor Suit Over $7.7B Merger
• Del. State Lawmaker Wants To Intervene In TransPerfect Sale
• Quest Row Shows High Court's Antitrust Paradox, Judge Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Mattel, Varo Energy
• SandRidge Energy Inks $746M Deal For Bonanza Creek
• New Vote Tally Shows Nelson Peltz Landed P&G Board Seat
• A Primer On 'Locked-Box' Deals
• Baker Botts, Addleshaw Goddard Attys Start Hong Kong Firm
• Shanghai Pharma To Pay $557M For Cardinal Health China Biz
• EU May Not Decide Qualcomm-NXP Deal's Fate Until 2018
• Judging A Book: Gilstrap Reviews 'Alexander Hamilton'
• Sodexo Buys Centerplate From Olympus In $675M Deal
• Glenhill Capital Analyst Concedes Misstep In Del. Trial
• Cenovus Sells Stake In Oil Recovery Operation For $738M
• 5 Ways New CFIUS Legislation Would Alter Review Process
• Aerospace Execs' Side Deals Harmed Sale, Del. Justices Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, KKR, Lufthansa
• The Case For Creating A Mediation Department At Your Firm
• Ruby Tuesday Shareholders Sue Over $335M PE Firm Buy
• Miramar Directors Ready To Put Sientra Deal Suit To Bed
• OMERS Snaps Up French Testing Co. Trescal In €670M Deal
• $8.1B Deal Completes Marathon Petroleum MLP Drop-Downs
• REIT Launches $34M 'Mini-IPO' To Acquire Resort
• New Bipartisan CFIUS Reform Begins To Take Shape
• 3 Firms Guide $1.2B Vodafone-Idea Sale To American Tower
• Magellan Health Fights Investor Bid To Halt Unit Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Buffalo Wild Wings, Saudi Aramco, AT&T
• Weil-Guided Brookfield Offers $14.8B For Rest Of REIT
• China Aluminum Co. Kills $2.3B Aleris Deal Amid CFIUS Woes
• Shell Australia Unit Sells Off Woodside Stake In $2.7B Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Baker Botts
• Being There: Defending Depositions
• Qualcomm Spurns $130B Broadcom Takeover Bid As Too Low
• Experts Question DOJ Approach To AT&T-Time Warner Review
• La Paloma Ch. 11 Buyer Ruled Not Liable For Enviro Costs
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Heyman, Block & Leviton To Lead Tangoe Buyout Challenge
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hasbro, Mitsubishi UFJ, Flynas
• The Legal Fallout For Harvey Weinstein's Hired Hands
• Qualcomm Unveils $12B In China Deals Amid Trump's Trip
• More Than A Dozen Firms Led Top Oct. Real Estate M&A Deals
• Trademark Counts Stay Alive In $156M Dollar Stores Suit
• EU To Review ArcelorMittal's $2.1B Steel Plant Purchase
• AT&T CEO Says CNN Is Not For Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ruyi Group, Cenovus Energy, EuNetworks
• Panera Buys Au Bon Pain Nearly Two Decades After Split
• FCC Had Authority To Reinstate UHF Discount, DC Court Told
• Jury Persuasion In An 'Alt-Fact' World
• UK Watchdog Urges Caution On Nat'l Security Merger Reviews
• Russia Floats Conditions To Approve Bayer-Monsanto Deal
• Congress Seeks To Curb Chinese Investment With CFIUS
• Industry Braces For Impact Of FCC Media Ownership Vote
• 3 Things To Know About EU's Plans To Revise FDI Review
• PE Firm No Longer Mulling Deal For Weinstein Co.
• Chancery Tosses Challenge To Erin Energy's Nigerian Deal
• Sky Says It Could Shutter Sky News If Fox Deal Fails
• Investors' Claims Against NEA Funds Likely To Survive
• Ackman's ADP Loss Puts Universal Proxies Back In Spotlight
• Pillsbury Lands Ex-Latham Deal Pro In NY
• Dem Leader Vying For GOP Support For Antitrust Agencies
• Deals Rumor Mill: Providence, Blackstone, Louis Dreyfus
• XpresSpa Founders Say Directors Misled Them On Takeover
• Sprint, T-Mobile Show Hurdles To Merging Industry Leaders
• Cleary Lands Ex-Linklaters Antitrust Pro In German Office
• Applying The Investors' Playbook To Legal Career Planning
• Industrial Products Co. IPS Swaps PE Owners In $700M Deal
• Ackman Loses Proxy Fight For 3 ADP Board Seats
• Allergan Hit With Securities Suit Over Generics Price-Fixing
• Takata Seeks To Pause Air Bag Suits For Another 90 Days
• FirstRand Makes $1.45B Arrangement Offer For Aldermore
• The Law Firms Spinning The White House Turnstile
• Deals Rumor Mill: 21st Century, Goldman Sachs, Marvell Tech
• Has Trump Been Good For BigLaw?
• Who's Repping Whom? Law360's Guide To The Mueller Probe
• What Trump's War On Regulations Means For Lawyers
• Investors Pour Another $9B Into Chinese Property Developer
• Valeant Sells Female Libido Drug Biz Amid Shareholder Suit
• Broadcom, Qualcomm Tie-Up Would Take Tech M&A Crown
• LRR Energy Investors Seek Cert. In Suit Over $539M Merger
• PE Activity Robust 1 Year In Despite Uncertainty Under Trump
• How IT And Procurement Pros Can Inform Law Firm Budgeting
• Broadcom Makes $130B Play For Qualcomm
• T-Mobile And Sprint Abandon Merger Talks
• Red Ventures To Sell Caring.com To Clear $1.4B Bankrate Buy
• ServiceMesh Buyer Takes Aim At Arrested Ex-CEO's Fees
• TD Bank Wants End To Suit Over $4.1B Scottrade Buy
• Renewable Energy Co. Expands With $255M Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Broadcom, CVS, Belfius
• Foreign Investment Pro Joins Wilson Sonsini In DC
• Calgon Investor Sues To Block $1.3B Sale To Japanese Co.
• GOP Tax Bill A Boon For Deal-Making, But Questions Remain
• AGs Urge FCC To Put Tribune-Sinclair Merger On Ice
• PE Firm Leonard Green Scoops Up UK-Based Gym Operator
• AIG Again Denied Appeal Over Award In Hong Kong
• DLA Piper Adds Latin America-Focused Finance Atty
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Davis, Kirkland
• Bracing For A Life Sciences Enforcement Zeitgeist: Part 2
• Vintage Capital Makes Lower $693M Bid For Rent-A-Center
• Getting Real About Artificial Intelligence At Law Firms
• Tax Cuts Expected To Be A Hard Sell For Republicans
• Chancery Pushed To Ax Claims Linked To $3B Verizon Deal
• Unilever Snags Tazo Tea From Starbucks For $384M
• Sen. Calls On DOJ, FTC To Weigh Jobs In Merger Reviews
• Cerberus Nabs Assets From Fla. Hotel, Resort Co.
• DOJ Mulling Challenge In AT&T-Time Warner Review
• Hercules Capital Inks $125M Deal For Venture Loan Portfolio
• Deals Rumor Mill: T-Mobile, Novartis, TMF Group
• Chancery Won't Stay Plastics Fraud Case For Federal Probe
• Parker Hannifin Offers DOJ Concessions Over $4.3B Deal
• Attys General Urged To Probe Sinclair-Tribune Merger
• NJR To Buy Former Pa. Oil Pipeline For $166M
• Bracing For A Life Sciences Enforcement Zeitgeist: Part 1
• Proportionality, Not Perfection, Is What Matters
• GOP Tax Bill Sets 20% Top Corporate Rate
• Skadden Leads Signa's $3.5B Bid For Hudson's Bay's Euro Biz
• Gilead, Investors Dissect Word In $50M Drug Bonus Fight
• Armstrong Energy Files For Bankruptcy To Facilitate Biz Sale
• Tutor Perini Ordered To Pay Greenstar Interest Holders $20M
• Buchanan Ingersoll Hires Blank Rome Transactional Atty
• Investors Say Perrigo Overpromised To Dodge Mylan Takeover
• Entercom Will Trade Stations For $1.6B CBS Radio Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, I-Med Radiology, Kaltura
• American Midstream Nabs Southcross Assets In $815M Deal
• Skadden Guides Permira's $1.75B Duff & Phelps Buy
• Chinese Auto Retail Co. Closes $335M Funding Round
• Make Way For The 'Unicorns'