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Mergers & Acquisitions - March, 2018

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• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Co. Punished For Dodging Discovery Tied To $75M IP Loss
• AT&T-Time Warner's Potential Competitors
• Deals Rumor Mill: NYSE, CBS, Open Door
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Gibson, Vinson
• Goodwin Liu Talks Academia, Constitutional Law, Oxtail Stew
• Walgreens Investor Class Wins Cert. In Stock-Drop Suit
• Hedge Funds Starting To Consider ESG Issues In Campaigns
• Agilent Looks To Reacquire IP Assets Shed In Varian Deal
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Toshiba Memory Biz Sale Delayed Amid Antitrust Review
• Singapore Watchdog Pumps Brakes On Uber-Grab Deal
• Weinstein Accusers Face Uncertain Path In Ch. 11 Case
• Lower Middle Market Gets More Attractive After Tax Reform
• BigLaw Doesn't Have A Diversity Problem
• Jessica Simpson Likely Can't Shake $12M Clothing Co. Row
• Ex-MLB Media Employee Says Co. Reneged On Equity Stake
• Real Industry Seeks Court's OK For Sale To Noteholders
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walmart, VW, SoftBank
• Comcast Exec Saps Gov't Theory On AT&T-Time Warner Union
• Australia Questions $138M Accounting Software Deal
• Futures Giant CME Group To Acquire NEX Group For $5.4B
• TUI Nabs Hotelbeds Group Division In €110M Deal
• GKN Shareholders Back Melrose's £8.1B Takeover Bid
• Bumble Hits Back At Tinder With $400M Trade Secrets Suit
• Law360's Mergers & Acquisitions Editorial Advisory Board
• Roman J. Israel, Esquire, Meet Donald J. Trump, POTUS
• Musk Can't Slip Tesla Investor Suit Over $2.6B SolarCity Deal
• UK Merger Authority Puts Cos. That Slow Discovery On Notice
• Turner CEO Scoffs At Threat Of 'Must-Have' Content To Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: GSK, Platinum Equity, Gazprom
• $1.1B M&G Ch. 11 Plant Sale OK'd Over Bancomext Objection
• Aeropostale Ch. 11 Plan, 3rd-Party Releases Approved
• Fintech Co. Nex Group Mulls $5.4B Offer From CME Group
• CACI Pulls CSRA Bid As Target Backs General Dynamics Offer
• Concho Goes Big In The Permian Basin With $9.5B RSP Buy
• Canadian Investor Snags Stake In Orlando MLS Franchise
• Silver Lake Drops $500M For Minority Stake In Credit Karma
• Dr Pepper Snapple Misled Investors Before Keurig Deal: Suit
• Plantronics Inks $2B Deal For Private Rival Polycom
• Blockchain Share Tracing Can Change Appraisal Arbitrage
• We Need A Cybersecurity Framework For Law Firms
• Autonomy CFO Misled Auditors Before $11B HP Buy, Jury Told
• Goodwin Procter Adds Wilson Sonsini Antitrust Partner In D.C.
• M&G's $1B Plant Sale Delayed After Committee Settlement
• Foxconn To Pay $866M For Belkin In Push For Smart Market
• Exec Stopped On AT&T-Time Warner Transcript At 'Good Stuff'
• Deals Rumor Mill: CEFC China, Meituan-Dianping, Rackspace
• Extra Time Ordered For $4.1B Kindred-Humana Merger Vote
• Westinghouse Secures Approval Of Ch. 11 Plan
• Packaging Co. Not Misled In $435M Biz Buy, Sellers Say
• Immofinanz Rejects Starwood Capital's €117.6M Bid
• FCC's O'Rielly Defends Media Ownership Deregulation
• Equity Partnership Isn't What It Used To Be
• GSK Buys Out Novartis Stake In Healthcare JV For $13B
• AkzoNobel Inks €10.1B Sale Of Specialty Chemicals Biz
• Toshiba Memory Biz Eyes Investment Amid Antitrust Issues
• Schumer Counsel, Ex-Sidley Austin Atty Picked For FTC Post
• NEA Can't Shake Portfolio Co.'s Del. Investor Suit
• American Airlines Questions Merits Of Ch. 11 Merger Trial
• Transcript Peek Draws Warning In AT&T-Time Warner Trial
• Endeavor To Acquire Digital Video Co. For $250M
• GKN Adjusts Dana Deal In Fight Against $11.5B Melrose Bid
• 4 Things To Watch As AT&T-Time Warner Trial Picks Up Steam
• UK's Purplebricks Gets £125M Investment From Axel Springer
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Ri Happy, Abraaj Group
• European Retailer JD Sports Buys Finish Line For $558M
• Antitrust Group Calls For DOJ To Block CVS-Aetna Deal
• Packaging Co. Rejects US Rival's $11B Takeover Bid
• Euro Ferry Operator Valued At €1.7B In Ownership Shakeup
• Judging A Book: Hardiman Reviews 'Without Precedent'
• MoFo Adds International Corporate Pro As Partner In UK
• Lessons In Negotiating Transaction Tax Deduction Provisions
• Up First In AT&T-Time Warner Trial: The Negotiators
• Dems Urge DOJ To Reject 'Sham' Sinclair-Tribune Merger
• Breitburn Earns Court Approval Of Amended Ch. 11 Plan
• Int'l Enforcers Have Been Hitting Vertical Mergers Hard
• Brazilian Steakhouse Investor Wants More Info On $560M Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Weil, Davis Polk
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Broadcom Investors OK Plan To Move Domicile Back to US
• Top Tax Changes For Law Firms: What Lawyers Need To Know
• US Silica Absorbs Industrial Minerals Co. In $750M Deal
• How To Navigate PE Clients Through Uncertain Markets
• Are Headwinds Hampering Delaware's Blockchain Initiative?
• GKN Rallies Investors Against Takeover In Pensions Pledge
• AT&T, Time Warner Say DOJ Lacks 'Crystal Ball' In Opening
• Judge Nixes Constellation Creditors' Settlement Appeal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carolina Panthers, Xplornet, Denizbank
• 5th Circ. Rejects IRS Bid To Pause Anti-Inversion Appeal
• Akerman Adds Ex-Baker Donelson Health Antitrust Co-Chair
• Boies, BigLaw May Get Small Change In Weinstein Ch. 11
• UK Lawmakers Say Fox Deal Could Curb Sky's Independence
• Warranty And Indemnity Insurance Can Help M&A Buyers
• Trump Escalates China IP Brawl As Tariffs Loom
• Companies Should Avoid The BigLaw Bonus Structure
• Risk Of 'Below Deal Price' Appraisal Post-Dell: Part 2
• Campbell Prices $5.3 Billion Offering For Snyder's-Lance Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: L Catterton, ILG, Vale
• Weil Reasserts Distance From Debt Holder In Breitburn Ch. 11
• Enerplus Lacks Standing In $3M Royalty Row, 8th Circ. Told
• Germany Clears $1B Rail Car Deal With Divestitures
• Pa., W. Va. Regulators Sign Off On $2.8B Casino Merger
• Qatar Fund Unit Sells Hong Kong Retail Stakes For $663M
• Mobile Carriers Press For FCC Review Of Verizon Deal
• EU Clears Bayer's $62B Monsanto Deal After Divestiture Vow
• Charter Faces Fine, Possible NYC Ban Over Merger Breach
• Baker Botts Nabs Energy Atty From Morgan Lewis
• WilmerHale Adds Sheppard Mullin Emerging Cos. Atty
• Validus Shareholders Sue Over AIG's $5.56B Acquisition
• Telenor Sells European Mobile Assets In €2.8B Deal
• Why The PE Industry Might Have A Dry Powder Problem
• Risk Of 'Below Deal Price' Appraisal Post-Dell: Part 1
• Chief Innovation Officer — The New Star On Legal Teams
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, DocuSign, Vitol
• Pay-TV Cos. Urge FCC To Study Impact Of Broadcast Mergers
• Streaming Services To Factor In AT&T-Time Warner Challenge
• Boeing Drops Opposition To $23B UTC, Rockwell Deal
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Long-Running FM Station Sale Dispute
• An Expansion Of Tax On US Owners Of Foreign Equity
• TPG, EnerVest Cut $2.66B Deal To Create Energy Co.
• McAfee's Tech Investment Biz Sees $47M Suit Trimmed
• General Dynamics Offers $9.7B In Jostle For IT Contractor
• FTC Forces CDK To Abandon Auto/Mate Buy
• EXCLUSIVE: Behind The Downfall Of Latham's Chairman
• Why CFIUS Intervened In Broadcom's Bid For Qualcomm
• Examining The Enforceability Of Physician Noncompetes
• The Impact Of Tax Reform On Leveraged Lending Transactions
• Weinstein Co.'s Del. Ch. 11 Kickoff Marked By $25M Loan Fight
• National Lawyers Need National Licensing For National Courts
• Valeant, Pershing Get Initial OK On $290M Investor Deals
• CFIUS Short-Staffed As Workload Increases, GAO Finds
• Weil, Davis Polk Steer $1.2B Fidelity-Stewart Deal
• Ex-Autonomy Exec Who Took Plea Testifies Against Ex-Boss
• ETE Cites Williams' 'Trash Talk' In $1.5B Fee Reargument Bid
• $9.3B Oracle-NetSuite Merger Row Survives Dismissal Bid
• Rank Can't Make Alcoa Pay $10M Chilean Tax, Judge Says
• Aeropostale Ch. 11 Lender Releases Seem OK, Judge Signals
• DOJ Says AT&T Too Broad On Confidentiality Claims
• Treasury Urges 5th Circ. To Reinstate Anti-Inversion Rule
• Clyde & Co. Nabs Ex-Curtis Int'l Arbitration Pro In Paris
• TransDigm Buys PE-Owned Aircraft Parts Maker For $525M
• 5 Takeaways From The 2018 Tulane Corporate Law Institute
• AT&T Says Emails In Merger Row Need 'Sponsor' Witness
• Silicon Valley's KLA-Tencor Pays $3.4B For Orbotech
• PE-Backed Investment Co. Nabs Casino Operator For $355M
• REIT Hammerson Rejects Klepierre's $6.9B Acquisition Offer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dropbox, Saudi Aramco, ARM
• Alibaba Doubles Investment In Lazada With $2B Injection
• Melrose Sweetens GKN Takeover Bid With £1B Pension Pledge
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toys R Us, Meredith Corp., SIG Combibloc
• Ga. Plant Owners Seek Return Of Cash From Westinghouse
• Former PLX CFO Won't Be Compelled To Testify At Del. Trial
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• AT&T-Time Warner Challenge Winds Its Way To Trial
• A Chat With Littler Info Chief Durgesh Sharma
• PE Firm Platinum Offers $2.1B For J&J Glucose Testing Unit
• Taxation With Representation: EY, Skadden, Slaughter
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Taps 2 For Top Roles
• DOJ, AT&T Set To Spar Over Future Of Media Industry
• How The Export Control Reform Act Would Impact Companies
• FCC Must Undo AT&T, Verizon Spectrum Sales, Rep. Says
• Blucora Investor Defends Suit Over Costly Acquisitions
• Cigna, Express Scripts To Face Tough Antitrust Review
• SEC Commissioner Wants More Cyber Breach Disclosures
• EU To Decide Fate Of Apple's Shazam Purchase By Late April
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba, Bayer, BP
• Weil's Breitburn Lienholder Work A 'Fee Issue,' Judge Says
• Conn. Water Service Merges With Holding Co. In $750M Deal
• Cable Group Rips Sinclair Station Divestiture Plans As Vague
• Dismissal Of Aerospace Firm Sale Challenge Upheld In Del.
• Experian Expands UK Market Reach With $385M Fintech Buy
• What PE's Intensified Focus On The IT Sector Means For Attys
• Judge Blasts 'Fake News' In AT&T-Time Warner Row
• Disclosure Schedules: Pariah Of The Purchase Agreement
• Pipeline Cos. Seek ExGen Texas Ch. 11 Financial Assurance
• Altaba Says Asset Value Doesn't Support Noteholder Claims
• New Partner Will Lead Holland & Knight Joint Venture Team
• Opes Acquisition Prices $100M IPO To Target Mexican Co.
• Regulatory Hurdles Dampen China's Outbound Deal Appetite
• Morgan Lewis Adds Brussels-Based Competition Partner
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Deutsche Bank, Ardian
• FTC Wants More Info On $2.8B Casino Merger
• Choice-Of-Law Takeaways From Dole Insurance Dispute
• Carlyle Group Sells Stake In Shipping Co. For $380M
• Broadcom Ends Pursuit Of Qualcomm Following Trump Block
• Duane Morris Beats Bid To Revive Malpractice Suit In Pa.
• Lionbridge, HIG Defeat $360M Misleading Merger Claims
• DOJ Can't Block AT&T, Time Warner Arbitration Evidence
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Royal Dutch Shell, Tata
• FTC Seeks More Info On DaVita's $4.9B Sale to Optum
• L&G Buys Remaining Stake In Homebuilder In £605M Deal
• Comcast Gets SEC Blessing For Sky Share Buyout Plan
• 3 Takeaways From Broadcom's Blocked $117B Qualcomm Bid
• Lawyering A La Carte: Unbundled Dispute Resolution Services
• Wash. Health Care Price-Fix Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Daily Mail Owner Nabs $205M In Sale Of Real Estate Data Biz
• AOL Wants Share Price Cut In $4.4B Verizon Deal Review
• Engineering Giant GKN Rejects Melrose's £8.1B 'Final' Offer
• Judge Rejects Breitburn Ch. 11 Plan But Gives Path Forward
• Canadian Antitrust Watchdog Raids Toronto Media Outlets
• Centene Hit With Suit Over $6.8B Health Net Buy
• Magellan Health Ducks Investor Suit Over AlphaCare Merger
• Trump Blocks Broadcom's $117B Takeover Bid For Qualcomm
• AT&T, DOJ File Pretrial Briefs In Time Warner Merger Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Abertis, Air India, Paper Excellence
• Lumentum Lands Fellow Optical Tech Co. In $1.8B Deal
• Broadcom Faces CFIUS Scrutiny Over Upcoming US Move
• You're Perfect, Now Change: Perfectionism Hurts Lawyers
• Clorox Swallows Vitamin Maker In $700M Deal
• Grassley, Feinstein Debate Judicial Vetting, Obstruction
• Why The 'Blue Slip' Battles Are Becoming White Hot
• Senior Judges Fill The Void Left By Rampant Vacancies
• How Far Right Can The President Pull The Courts?
• Rouse Shareholders Lose Challenge To $2.8B Brookfield Deal
• Groups Petition DC Circ. Over FCC Media Ownership Rules
• Judge Urged To Examine Trump CNN Bias Over AT&T Merger
• Health Hires: Aronberg, Bracewell, Miles, Polsinelli, Sidley
• Refinery Seller Sues To Compel Deal Price Arbitration
• Dana To Merge With GKN's Driveline Biz In $6.1B Deal
• SEC Says 'Mini-Berkshire Hathaway' Pump-And-Dump Halted
• Deals Rumor Mill: Broadcom, Intel, GE
• Broadcom Says It Won't Sell Sensitive Qualcomm Assets
• Delaware Court Weighs In On Board Deliberation Disclosures
• Merlin Partners Seeks Rice Energy Stock Appraisal In Del.
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Skadden, Baker
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Soon-Shiong Firm Fights $47M Post-Merger Cash Tap Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Royal Dutch Shell, Heineken, Prudential
• Regulators OK $9.5B Oncor Sale, Capping EFH Bankruptcy
• Blackhawk Left Out Key Info In $3.5B Sale, Investor Says
• Ply Gems Hiding Facts On $2.4B Sale, Shareholder Alleges
• Energy Consultant Fights Arbitration Ban On $775M BP Sale
• BioCryst Shareholders Sue Over Idera Merger Plan
• Buchanan Ingersoll Adds 4 Ex-Barnett Bolt Attys In Tampa
• Brazilian Investor Snags US Restaurant Group For $100M
• Appraisal Takeaways From AOL
• Cigna Inks $67B Deal For Express Scripts
• $145M Atlantic Coast Bank Sale Targeted In Shareholder Suit
• CVS Prices $40B Bond Sale To Help Fund Aetna Acquisition
• Deals Rumor Mill: McLaren, Walmart, Pillsbury
• Bayer In Talks To Sell BASF Its Vegetable Seed Biz
• Schiff Hardin Snags Debevoise Energy Attorney
• Obopay's RICO Counterclaims Survive In E-Payments Suit
• Chancery Rejects Delay In Columbia Pipeline Appraisal Suit
• Ex-Mercuria Worker Not Entitled To $33M Payout, Judge Says
• Fortive A&S Spinoff, Transmission Maker To Merge In $3B Deal
• Semiconductor Co. Pays $428M For Infineon Unit
• Ambulance Cos. To Shed Hawaii Air Unit To Finish Merger
• App-Based Atom Bank Nabs £149M More In Funding
• 3 Unexpected Ways CFIUS Reviews Can Be Triggered
• Foley Hoag Guides $1.2B Health Care Software Sale
• Broadcom Aims To Calm CFIUS Woes With 5G R&D Plan
• Consolidation And Cross-Ownership: Trends In Media M&A
• HCR Manorcare Approved For Quick Trip Through Bankruptcy
• SEC Considers NYSE Proposal To Ease Blank Check Rules
• Wilson Sonsini Snags DOJ, FTC Vet From Gibson Dunn
• CFIUS Details Concerns Over Broadcom's Qualcomm Bid
• Stars Group Strengthens Aussie Betting Stance In $315M Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche Bank, Engie, Ri Happy
• Smucker, Conagra Drop $285M Wesson Deal After FTC Suit
• Weinstein Co. Sale Collapses Over 'Disappointing' Info
• Barnes & Thornburg Opens Office With Ex-Cooley Partner
• An Economic Analysis Of Proposed AT&T-Time Warner Merger
• GTCR, Sycamore Take CommerceHub Private In $1.1B Deal
• 10 Tips For Working With IT To Preserve Data
• Watchdog Sues DOJ For WH Memos On Fox-Disney Deal
• AOL, Investors Spar Over Judge's Valuation In Appraisal Suit
• Willkie Adds Energy Partner From DLA Piper In Houston Office
• Deals Rumor Mill: VW, InterContinental, GE
• 2 Firms Edge Ahead In February Aided By Blank Check IPOs
• Seyfarth Shaw Nabs Baker McKenzie Partner As Data Chair
• Winston Strawn Adds 7 Partners From Jenner & Block
• DOJ Antitrust Worries Spike $234M Navy Supplier Merger
• HCR Manorcare Files Ch. 11 To Wipe Out $445M In REIT Debt
• Uber Board Says No Bad Faith In Approving $680M Otto Buy
• Smucker's $285M Deal For Conagra's Wesson Draws FTC Fire
• 7 Firms Guided Top Feb. Deal In Busy Month For Real Estate
• Spin Master Buys PE-Backed Toy Maker Gund For $79.1M
• Qualcomm Delays Vote As CFIUS Probes $117B Broadcom Bid
• Cravath, Debevoise Guide AXA's $15.3B Deal For XL Group
• Class Action Lawyers Behaving Badly
• Investors Can Take On Mass. Hatsopoulos Bros., Judge Rules
• Juno Investor Seeks Records To Look Into $9B Celgene Deal
• Insurers Denied Quick Exit From Covering Dole Fraud Claims
• Japanese Insurance Co. Buys MassMutual Unit For Nearly $1B
• Greenberg Guides TopBuild's $475M Acquisition Of Rival
• Health Care REIT Adds Medical Property Portfolio For $142M
• Group Slams Sinclair Plan To Get $3.9B Merger In FCC Shape
• AT&T, Gov't Praised For No-Drama Discovery In Merger Row
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Lawyers Needed To Cut Through The Weeds Of Pot M&A
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Jones Day, Kirkland
• Deals Rumor Mill: SlimFast, United Grinding, IGM Resins
• PE-Backed Sports Retailer Grows Stake In UK's Debenhams
• Trend Against Disclosure-Only Settlements Continues
• Wilson Sonsini Helps Microchip In $8.35B Deal For Microsemi
• $500M Weinstein Co. Sale Revived After Threat Of Bankruptcy
• Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Blocks $800M Petrobras Unit Buy
• Kinder Pact Shields $9.2B El Paso Deals, Del. Justices Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Thomson Reuters, Fiat, Hermes
• EU, FTC Clear Essilor-Luxottica Merger Unconditionally
• Jaffe Raitt Denied Retrial On $5M Negligence Verdict
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds IP, Corporate Attys In Chicago
• Mintz Levin Adds Morgan Lewis Tech Duo In Boston
• PE Firm Advent International To Acquire Laird For £1B
• AmTrust Valued At $2.7B In PE-Backed Go-Private Deal
• How The CFIUS Calculus Continues To Change
• Protecting Privilege In Litigation Financing Negotiations