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Mergers & Acquisitions - February, 2018

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• Justices Hone Creditors' Ability To Ax Pre-Bankruptcy Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Embraer, NIO
• Sinclair's Divestiture Plan For Merger Too Vague, Group Says
• Towers Watson Got Shafted In $18B Willis Deal, New Suit Says
• McAfee-Tied Investment Firm Beats Securities Fraud Suit
• Takata Fights States' Claim Of Unrestricted Litigation
• Nelson Mullins Opens Baltimore Office With 11 New Hires
• Verizon Pays $614M To Settle Spectrum Usage Spat
• Inside Broadcom's Hostile $117B Qualcomm Takeover Bid
• $14B Great Plains-Westar Deal Gets FERC Approval
• HSH Nordbank Sold To PE Consortium For $1.2B
• Splunk Buys VC-Backed Phantom Cyber In $350M Deal
• Ocwen Financial Inks $360M Cash Deal For Rival PHH
• How Newman's Own Got A New Life
• Beware Risks In Add-On Acquisitions
• Dye Co. Sues Oakley Over Military Tech Secrets After Sale
• Dem AGs Oppose FCC Lifting Television Reach Limits
• Discovery Sells Education Unit As Feds OK $15B Scripps Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Amazon, Glassdoor, Toys R Us
• CVS, Aetna Pitch Lawmakers On Merger Benefits
• Sen. Cornyn Urges CFIUS To Review Qualcomm Takeover Bid
• Crown Resorts Sells Australian Sports Book In $117M Deal
• Why Machine Learning Should Matter To Lawyers
• PE-Backed British Gas Retailers Merge In £1.2B Deal
• Attys Escape Sanctions For Oilfield Services Merger Suit
• Blackstone, Celanese Make EU Concessions In Acetate JV
• Baker Botts Adds 4 Ex-Vinson & Elkins Corporate Partners
• Navigating The Complexities Of A Digital Health Transaction
• Comcast Lobs Competing $31B Bid For Sky
• Ex-Autonomy CFO's Lies Clinched $11B HP Deal, Jury Hears
• Weinstein Co. Gearing Up For Bankruptcy As Sale Collapses
• Qualcomm Wants Broadcom To Up Fee And Merger Price
• EFH Ch. 11 Sale Plan Confirmed By Del. Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: Boeing, Sydney Motorway, Ceva Logistics
• Hawaii, NM Can't Get Better Position In Takata Ch. 11
• UPS Sues EU Regulator Over Block Of $6.8B Merger
• GTT Boosts Cloud, Fiber Network With $2.3B Interoute Buy
• Spectrum Brands Inks $10B Deal To Combine With HRG
• Coffee Maker Co. Sells To Kitchen Supplier In $224M PE Exit
• Power Of The Fiduciary Duty Contractual Waiver In LLCs
• Getting Back To Basics With Master Limited Partnerships
• AOL Appraisal Trims Post-$4.4B Merger Share Price By 2.6%
• Chair Of China's Geely Group Buys $9B Stake In Daimler
• DOJ Official Urges Consistency In Tech Antitrust Enforcement
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Insurer Says Policy Won't Cover Claims Over $3B Verizon Deal
• General Mills Nabs Pet Food Co. Blue Buffalo In $8B Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Luye Medical, SpringerNature, Nordstrom
• Sinclair-Tribune Divestiture Plan Underwhelms, Advocate Says
• PE-Backed 'Emerging Growth Co.' Files For $300M IPO
• SWS Investors Lose Bid For Higher Stock Price Post-Sale
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Kirkland & Ellis
• EFH Says It's Nearing Resolution Of NextEra's Plan Objection
• China's Momo Pays More Than $600M For PE-Backed Tantan
• FTC Moves To Block $400M Marine Water Treatment Merger
• How To Deal With New Vertical Merger Enforcement Risks
• Goulston & Storrs Grows Corporate Team With Boston Hire
• Standard Life Dodges Solvency II With Insurance Biz Sale
• Aviva Sells Spanish Holdings For Solvency II Capital Boost
• China Fishery Settlement Clears Way For Sale, Trustee Says
• Citing Aruba Appraisal Appeal, Attorney Seeks Dell Reset
• Deals Rumor Mill: Phoenix, Telecom Italia, United Tech
• UK Antitrust Agency Eyes Bigger Post-Brexit Role
• Qualcomm Slams Broadcom's Board Picks In Buyout Fight
• EFH, Creditor Experts Won't Testify On Reserve Bond Issue
• Senior Living Center Operator Rejects $1.68B Buy Offer
• Investment Values ProSiebensat.1's NuCom At €1.8B
• Repsol Inks €3.8B Sale Of Utility Stake To CVC Affiliate
• Activist Investor Barington Pushes Bloomin' Brands Spinoff
• Wilson Sonsini Hires Ex-Associate As Securities Partner
• SWS Investor Says Chancery Appeal Gave Heft To Bad Math
• Sidley Austin Adds Ex-Winston & Strawn Global Finance Atty
• FCC's Pai Won't Recuse Himself In Sinclair Merger Review
• Telecoms Press FCC To Halt Verizon's $3B Spectrum Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, SimplyBiz, Telecom Italia
• New Senior Can't Duck Shareholder Suit Over $640M Merger
• Westinghouse Cleared To Solicit Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
• Weil Seeks To Nip Conflict Concerns In Breitburn Ch. 11 Case
• Broadcom Lowers Qualcomm Bid After Sweetened NXP Offer
• Investor Counsel Sanctioned For ExamWorks Suit Delays
• Temenos Expands Fintech Service With $1.9B Fidessa Merger
• Looking Closer At A Record Year For Securities Cases
• ETE's Warren Defends Fairness Of $1B Private Unit Issue
• Swarmify Can't Point To Trade Secret, CloudFlare GC Says
• Ex-Citadel Plastics CEO Demands Advancement Of Legal Fees
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche Bank, Tesco, United Arab Bank
• King & Spalding DQ Bid Shouldn't Be Complex, Judge Says
• AT&T Hasn't Proved Merger Row Was Selective, Judge Rules
• One Count Survives In Regency, Energy Transfer Merger Suit
• Del. Justices Revive Suit Over Diamond's $2B Sale To Apollo
• Adler Real Estate Paying $681M For Most Of Brack Capital
• DC Circ. Upholds Entercom's Station Buy Amid Owner Dispute
• PE-Backed Grocery Giant Albertsons Plans To Buy Rite Aid
• Qualcomm Ups Offer For NXP To $44B, Frustrating Broadcom
• Reed Smith Snags Morgan Lewis' Corporate Head In Philly
• 3 Firms Guide Rhône's $560M Deal For Brazilian Steakhouse
• Observations On Delaware Appraisal In A Post-Dell World
• Hedge Fund's $26.2M Bid Tops Ch. 11 Auction For Aerogroup
• DOJ Resists AT&T Request For Evidence Of Trump's CNN Ire
• Jones Day Competition Head Moves To Skadden
• Takata Wins Nod For Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation, $1.6B Sale
• Health Care-Focused Blank Check Co. Prices $250M IPO
• EFH Raises Questions Over Reserve Fund Interest Payments
• Weil's Role Part Of Probe Of Breitburn Conflict Claims
• Kindred Investors Seek To Stop Humana's $4.1B Acquisition
• Polsinelli Adds Consumer Products Team From Holland & Hart
• Couche-Tard Wins FTC OK For Holiday Buy With Store Sales
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Walmart, Thomson Reuters
• DOJ Deputy Welcomes Critiques Of Antitrust Enforcement
• Qualcomm Still Anti-Broadcom Deal, But Open To More Talks
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Boston Herald Cleared For $12M Ch. 11 Sale To MediaNews
• Sidley Austin Lures Proxy Pro From Vinson & Elkins
• Leagold Mining Raises Offer For Brio Gold To $279M
• A Guide To Financing Food And Beverage Companies In 2018
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Davis, Skadden, Weil
• A Dozen Firms Guided 2017's Largest PE Real Estate Deals
• How Emerging Sources Of ESI Will Impact Discovery
• How To Help Clients Guard Against Interloping Bidders
• Door-Maker Wins $59M In Antitrust Suit Against Parts Supplier
• SEC Nixes Sale Of Chicago Exchange To Chinese Investors
• FCC Watchdog Probing Pai-Sinclair Relationship, Rep Says
• UK Watchdog To Face High Court Scrutiny On Fox-Sky Finding
• Texas Grocery Chain HEB Buys Growing Mobile Delivery App
• AT&T Takes Unusual Step In Seeking Delrahim Testimony
• Deals Rumor Mill: Thomson Reuters, Seadrill, Petrobras
• Chancery OKs TransPerfect Buyout By Shawe
• Davis Polk Advises Roche On $1.9B Flatiron Health Buy
• Swarmify Says CloudFlare Stole Stream Tech After Deal Talks
• SPACs Set For Another Strong Year, Fund Manager Says
• Bioverativ Shareholders Sue To Block $11.6B Sale To Sanofi
• Put The Brakes On Acceleration Bay Litigation Funder Ruling
• Torys, Blake Guide Choice Properties, CREIT In $4.8B Deal
• Wyndham Sells Euro Vacation-Rental Biz For $1.3B
• Aruba Share Payout Cut 30% In $2.8B HP Tie-up Appraisal
• Miami Partner Rejoins Shutts & Bowen From Holland & Knight
• LyondellBasell Pays $2.25B To Pick Up Plastic Supplier
• A Chat With Hogan Lovells HR Chief Allison Friend
• Uthe's RICO Harm Theory New To Appeal, 9th Circ. Says
• Cascadian Investor Says $614M Deal Statement Omitted Info
• FTC Picks Prodded On Tech, Data Safety At Senate Hearing
• ISN Investor Says Controllers Withheld Key Valuation Info
• Aerogroup Gets Nod For New $23M Stalking Horse Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Healthineers, Blackstone, Takata
• Freshfields Snags DOJ Litigation Head For Antitrust Group
• PE-Backed Blank Check Co. Leo Holdings Prices $200M IPO
• Seyfarth Shaw, Bryan Cave Steer Cars.com's $165M Purchase
• EU Clears Northrop's $9.2B Acquisition Of Orbital
• Granite Construction Snaps Up Layne In $565M Deal
• Nektar Inks $1.85B Bristol-Myers Cancer Drug Collaboration
• Mitigating Antitrust Risks In Nonreportable Transactions
• $12M Digital First Media Bid Wins Boston Herald Auction
• Considerations For Attorneys Using Artificial Intelligence
• Sidley, KMK Guide Insurer Kemper's $1.3B Infinity Purchase
• ExamWorks Seeks Investor Sanctions In Del. Appraisal Suit
• $1.8B Offer Deepens Fight Over Breitburn Ch. 11 Plan
• Clinical R&D Lab To Scoop Up Pharma Testing Co. For $800M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walgreens, Actera, Sberbank
• 4 Firms Guide $3.8B WMIH-Nationstar Merger
• Meditate On The Clause
• PE-Owned Smashburger Sells 45% Stake For $100M
• CFIUS Scrutiny Of Foreign Acquisitions Intensifies
• Tips For Drafting Contractual Nonreliance Clauses
• TreeHouse Foods Can't Ditch Investors' Suit Over $3.5B Buys
• Cadwalader Row Looks Trial-Bound: Redskins Owner's Atty
• GST AutoLeather's $167M Bankruptcy Sale Gets Court's OK
• 3 Takeaways From NY's Legal Broadside Against Weinstein
• Sucampo Investor Seeks Docs For Proposed Mallinckrodt Deal
• Gibson Dunn Scores IP Transactions Partner In Silicon Valley
• Scotiabank Expands Investment Biz With $950M Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Comcast, Apollo Global, Sok
• Fox Offers To Firewall Sky News For $14.4B UK Acquisition
• Del. Court OKs Potential Exit For Oxbow Carbon Investors
• Judging A Book: Duncan Reviews 'Justice And Empathy'
• Lenders Pledge $100B As Broadcom Tries To Woo Qualcomm
• Euromoney Sells Market Intelligence Biz In $180.5M Deal
• General Dynamics Buys IT Solutions Biz In $9.6B Deal
• NY Judge Rejects 'Utterly Useless' Deal In Merger Lawsuit
• Immunomedics, VenBio Settle Del. Proxy Fight Claims
• Antitrust Watchdogs Stymied $159B In Deals In 2017: Report
• Aerogroup Licensee Opposes Sale That Would End Its Rights
• Health Hires: Ropes, Brown Rudnick, Mallinckrodt, DLA Piper
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed In Last 2 Weeks
• Broadcom Looks To Woo Qualcomm After Latest Rejection
• Haynes And Boone Hires 2 Andrews Kurth Attys In Houston
• Deals Rumor Mill: Remington, Ant Financial, Cirsa Gaming
• Door Skins Supplier Denied Quick Win In Antitrust Suit
• AmEx Unit To Buy Travel Co. After It Sells Fintech Arm To Visa
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Weil, Latham
• Kindred Shareholders Sue Over $4.1B Deal's Missing Info
• Banking Union Reforms Could Boost M&A, ECB Head Says
• Regency Seeks Second Toss Of Remanded $11B Merger Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackRock, Bayer, Atlantia
• Qualcomm Rejects Latest Broadcom Offer, But Willing To Talk
• Dems Ask Sessions For Docs Over AT&T-Time Warner Suit
• 3rd Circ. Won't Put Media Ownership Deregulation On Hold
• PE Firm Bids $820M To Ramp Up Stake In Swedish Bank
• The Art Of The Litigation Funding Deal
• 5 Cos. Price IPOs Totaling $959M Despite Market Turbulence
• MEG Energy Unloads Midstream Assets In $1.27B Deal
• NuStar Energy To Simplify Structure In $7.9B Deal
• Lawsuit Over $42M In Loans Could Kill $889M Greek Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Wyndham, Goldman Sachs, Ping An
• Clyburn Calls Out FCC For Alleged Anti-Competitive Bent
• Hudson's Bay Co. Spurns $3.5B German Biz Takeover Offer
• DLA Piper Snags Thompson & Knight Energy Atty In Dallas
• FTC Nominees Focused On Mergers, Tech, Health Care
• Warburg Pincus Picks Up $395M Stake In Fiserv Lending Biz
• O'Melveny Nabs Stradling Yocca's M&A Team In LA
• Smart Contracts Need Smart Corporate Lawyers
• NRG Scores $2.8B From Renewable Unit, Energy Plant Sales
• Ex-Perry Ellis CEO Makes $430M Go-Private Offer
• Tronc Sells LA Times, Calif. News Portfolio For $500M Cash
• Trial Change Leads Del. High Court To Hear Discovery Appeal
• EU OKs $14.6B Discovery-Scripps Merger With Concessions
• How To Fix Your Broken Client Teams
• Duane Morris Malpractice Suit Deserves 2nd Shot, Atty Says
• WPX Energy Sells San Juan Oil Assets For $700M
• Takata Whistleblowers Say Ch. 11 Plan Must Reserve $250M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mitsubishi, Triton, Boeing
• Kirkland & Ellis Brings On Ex-Cravath M&A Partner
• EU Opens Probe Into Apple's Purchase Of Shazam
• Morgan Lewis Adds Ex-BakerHostetler Attys As Partners
• CFIUS Changes Are Coming: What Attys Need To Know
• Furniture Co. Faces Shareholder Suit Over Asset Sale
• Ex-Arsenal Investor Says Linklaters Error Cost Her £11.6M
• Gartner Lands $400M In Sale Of Talent Assessment Unit
• Katten Muchin Opens Office With Ex-Andrews Kurth Partners
• Bayer Offers Commitments To EU For $63.5B Monsanto Buy
• Mintz Levin Snags Ex-Gordon & Rees Employment Pro In DC
• Stone Energy Hit With Suit Over $2.5B Talos Merger
• Breitburn Shareholders To Reopen Ch. 11 Row After $1.8B Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, ADM, Bhushan Steel
• Broadcom Makes Last Push For Qualcomm With $121B Offer
• Litigation Finance Co. Sells Most Of US Portfolio For $57M
• Weil Guides Kroger In $2.15B Convenience Stores Sale
• Oil & Gas Producer Raises $1B For Permian Basin Work
• Warburg Pincus Invests $300M In Oil And Gas Explorer
• Chancery Tosses Challenge To $125M Synutra Buyout
• Locke Lord Adds Tax, Transaction Atty From Andrews Kurth
• Duane Morris Adds 2 Partners To New Austin Office
• Half A Dozen Firms Aided Top Jan. Real Estate Deals
• EFH Ch. 11 Sale To Face Texas Regulators Unopposed
• $47M Pulled From Biotech Wasn't Returned, Del. Court Told
• Mass. Appeals Court Upholds $16.6M VAT Claim
• Winston & Strawn Grabs 8 Energy Attys From Norton Rose
• Deals Rumor Mill: Boeing, Alibaba, Nestle
• Dell Exploring IPO Or VMware Merger To Boost Biz
• Taxation With Representation: Fenwick, Morgan, Sidley
• How To Serve Your Blind Client Effectively
• Don't Let PFAS Leave A Mark On Your Business Transaction
• NYC Contractor Beats Union Challenge, To Sell Biz In Ch. 11
• M&G USA Gets Nod For $33.5M West Virginia Plant Sale
• GST AutoLeather Reports Ch. 11 DIP, Sale, Fee Compromises
• 1 Firm Leads January IPO Activity As 2018 Starts Bullish
• Weil Bolsters PE Practice With Silicon Valley Hire
• DOJ Has Sharpened Its Focus On Structural Merger Fixes
• Dole Sells $300M Minority Stake To Total Produce
• Boston Herald Boosts Worker Focus In Ch. 11 Sale Plan
• W.Va. Newspaper Hits Bankruptcy, Has Planned Buyer
• Vinson & Elkins Nabs Another Morgan Lewis Antitrust Pro
• Carlisle Sells Food Service Unit To PE Firm For $750M
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, Heilan Home, Saudi Aramco
• Belgian Antitrust Watchdog OKs Volvo Dealer Acquisition
• M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
• How Notice 2018-13 Frames Foreign Earnings Transition Tax
• Allergan To Pay Teva $700M To End Working-Capital Dispute
• Evolving Due Process In The Digital Age
• The Allure And Pitfalls Of Earnouts: Part 2