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Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2018

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• AT&T-Time Warner Judge Questions 'Kabuki Dance' Blackouts
• AccorHotels Buying Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts For $565M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tencent Music, CVC Capital, Volkswagen
• 'Idol' Lenders Say Apollo Mismanaged Co. For Own Benefit
• T-Mobile, Sprint Merger May Fly This Time
• Financial Engines Worth More Than $3B In Go-Private Deal
• Debevoise Guides Pitney Bowes' $361M Print, Mail Biz Sale
• Cooley Reps SteadyMed In $216M Sale To United Therapeutic
• Autonomy's Ex-CFO Convicted Of Fraud Linked To HP Deal
• Weinstein Claims TWC Ch. 11 Sale Rush May Mingle Assets
• Kirkland, Paul Weiss Steer $4.7B Marriott-ILG Deal
• The Fastest Federal Civil Court For A Decade
• Jones Day Leads Marathon In $23.3B Andeavor Buy
• Walmart's UK Arm Valued At £7.3B In Sainsbury Merger
• Wachtell, MoFo Lead Long-Awaited $59B T-Mobile, Sprint Deal
• $6.1B Fuji, Xerox Deal Temporarily Blocked By NY Judge
• FTC Says Impax Must Sell 10 Generics After Amneal Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Gibson, Baker
• New FTC Is Set, But Ohlhausen Makes One Appointee Wait
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• NYC Plugs Its $9B Media Biz As Weinstein Co. Sale Looms
• Sinclair's New Tribune Deal Still Pushes Policy Boundaries
• REIT Looks To Chuck Investor Suit Over $1.4B Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: T-Mobile, Boeing, Ping An
• Microsemi Sued Over Missing Info On $8.35B Microchip Deal
• Kobe Steel Selling Majority Of Real Estate Unit For $678M
• A. Schulman Investor Sues Over $2.25B LyondellBasell Deal
• Tesla Can't Appeal Green Light For Suit Over SolarCity Tie-Up
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Actis Scoops Up Mexican Oil & Gas Portfolio Valued At $1.26B
• Kirkland London Co-Chief Talks Stiff PE Competition In Europe
• Litigation Financing Brings Opportunities For PE Firms
• Pai Says He Had No Advance Knowledge of Sinclair Merger
• Real Industry Equity, Stock Groups Contest Ch. 11 Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Al Khalij, Zurich, Hormel
• AT&T-Time Warner Judge Balks At DOJ's Doc Dump
• Austrian Auto Lighting Maker Reveals $1.3B Sale To LG
• EU's Vestager Warns Data Rules Not Enough To Improve Tech
• Atty Cites 1st Circ. In Seeking Contempt In Biolitec IP Case
• EQT Midstream Boosts Biz With Asset Buy, $2.4B Merger
• Jones Day Adds Compensation, Benefits Atty From Kirkland
• Wachtell Guides QCP's $2B Welltower, ProMedica Deals
• Martin Marietta Must Divest Quarries To Clear $1.6B Merger
• Thiel Reaches Pact Not To Buy Gawker Assets, Avoids Claims
• Rite Aid Investor Wants Merger Appraisal Rights Preserved
• Deals Rumor Mill: Eli Lilly, TransUnion, Quality Care
• Kirkland, Cooley Guide Altas Partners' $400M University Buy
• DOJ Weeding Out 'Legacy' Antitrust Judgments
• Inside The Fight To Buy Out UK's Sky
• Willbros Investor Sues Over Proposed $108M Sale To Primoris
• Drinker Biddle Picks Up Gov't Contracts Team From Dentons
• Wilmington Trust Loan Cover-Up Case Goes To Del. Jury
• Subsea 7 Says It's Open To Talks After McDermott Rejection
• Sky Brushes Off Fox As $41B Comcast Offer Rolls In
• Goodwin Steers Globalstar's $1.65B Telecom Merger
• 'Doubt' Fatal To Wilmington Trust Exec Case, Defense Says
• Sinclair-Tribune Divestitures Include 23 Station Sales
• Autonomy CFO Atty Channels Johnnie Cochran At Trial's End
• DOJ Asks Cigna, Express Scripts For More Info On $67B Deal
• Payment Processing Co. Hits Rival With Antitrust Suit
• Gov't's AT&T-Time Warner Expert Defends Price Hike Forecast
• Deals Rumor Mill: Takeda, HNA Group, Didi
• Blue Cross Must Face Suit Over $40M Hospital Deal At Trial
• CityFibre OKs $750M Take-Private Deal By Antin, West Street
• Takeda Inches Closer To Shire Buy With £46B Offer
• Why You Should Tread Carefully With Stock-Backed Deals
• Altice Fined €125M For Jumping The Gun On EU Merger
• Paul Weiss, Osler Hoskin Lead Mitel's $2B Sale To Searchlight
• Linklaters, Cleary Guide $1B Whirlpool Compressor Biz Deal
• Autonomy CFO Lies 'Snowballed' In Investor Fraud, Jury Told
• AT&T-Time Warner Judge Cuts Off Attys, Rebukes Witness
• Akorn Sues Fresenius Over Nixed $4.3B Merger
• Nine West Files Ch. 11 Plan With $200M Stalking Horse Bid
• Weinstein Co. Skirting Film Ownership Issue, Producer Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tencent, Techcombank, Kazakhtelecom
• Covington Hires Ex-Wilson Sonsini Tech Deals Pro
• EU Widens Probe Of Apple's $400M Shazam Deal
• Salmon Harvester Appeals Gun-Jumping Fine To Top EU Court
• Del. Justices Affirm 57% Discount To Clearwire Appraisal
• Brazilian Education Co. To Pay $1.3B For Stake In Rival
• McDermott Snubs $2B Acquisition Bid, Focuses On CB&I Buy
• Have Your Cake, Eat It Too: Stocks Taxed As Assets In M&As
• Investors, Pernix Set $75M Stalking Horse Bid For Orexigen
• 4 Firms Lead Humana's PE-Backed $1.4B Hospice Co. Buy
• Akin Gump Guides CenterPoint Energy's $6B Vectren Buy
• 5 Factors Driving Private Equity In Asia
• Toys R Us Fetches $235M Offer For Canadian Stores
• DC Circ. Skeptical Of FCC's Rationale To Restore UHF Break
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walmart, Xerox, Cosco Shipping
• Shire Weighing Revised £44B Buyout Offer From Takeda
• 9th Circ. Splits From Similar Rulings On Tender Offer Suits
• Health Hires: Goodwin, Shook Hardy, Michael Best, Orrick
• Winston Grabs Ex-O'Melveny Project Finance, M&A Partner
• Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Thompson, Davis
• Investor Suit Over GFI Merger Gets Judge's Heave-Ho
• Biogen Pays Pharma Co. Ionis $1B To Extend Partnership
• 2 Water Island Funds Contest Barracuda $1.6B Buyout Price
• Can A Single FTC Commissioner Constitute A Quorum?
• Kirkland Steers GTCR's £1B Cash Deal To Sell Callcredit
• T-Mobile, Sprint Face Tough Odds For Tie-Up
• The Big Picture: DOJ Fails To Halt AT&T's Time Warner Deal
• Avoiding Pitfalls In Physician Practice Acquisitions
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• AT&T-Time Warner Judge Returns To Deal's Arbitration Offer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Luxottica, Intermédica, Yildiz
• DOJ Slams DirecTV Bid To Exit AT&T-Time Warner Tie-Up Suit
• Weinstein Co. Says Dozens Of Buyers Have Shown Interest
• Abbott Must Give Docs To Alere Investors In Stock-Drop Suit
• Investors Say Live Nation's Iffy Compliance Made Stock Drop
• Jones Day Guides P&G's €3.4B Buy Of Merck Health Brands
• The Flawed European Remedy To Bayer-Monsanto Deal
• Common Pitfalls In Cross-Border M&A
• 3 Alt PE Fund Types Attys Should Know Inside And Out
• Shire Spurns £44B Takeover Offer From Takeda
• Antitrust Concerns Led Fox To Pick Disney Over Comcast
• Leverage Doesn't Solve Problems, Time Warner CEO Says
• DirecTV Looks To Exit AT&T-Time Warner Merger Fight
• Judge Rips Ex-Autonomy CFO's Defense In HP Fraud Trial
• NuStar GP Investor Seeks To Halt $7.9B Restructuring Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Altice, Carl Icahn, Grail
• Del. Justices Asked To Nix 57% Clearwire Appraisal Plunge
• Total To Pay $1.7B For French Utility Direct Energie
• Best Practices For Building A Better Meeting
• PHH Shareholder Sues Over Proposed $360M Sale To Ocwen
• 3 Pension-Related Issues M&A Attys Need To Consider
• AT&T-Time Warner Will Hurt Small Cable Providers, CEO Says
• Bertucci's Gets Approval On $750K Interim DIP
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toys R Us, Amazon, GE
• Koch Calls For Oxbow Carbon Valuation, No Price Guarantees
• Icahn, Deason Seek Xerox Board Shakeup Over $6B Fuji Deal
• Enel Makes Competing $1.37B Offer For Brazil's Eletropaulo
• 5 Ways Law Firms Are Becoming More Like Hotels
• Highlights Of ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Part 2
• Uber Shuts Down In Philippines Despite Merger Review
• The Impact Of Tax Reform On Film, TV And Print Media: Part 2
• 1 Firm Leads Pack In Record Q1 For M&A
• Advent In Talks To Buy Sanofi Euro Generics Arm For $2.3B
• Dropping Ranks: Andrews Kurth's Pre-Merger Dip
• Dropping Ranks: Lathrop's Rough Patch
• Why BigLaw's Partnerships Are Shrinking
• Dropping Ranks: Stroock's 'Shrink To Grow' Strategy
• Investors Say ETE's Convertible Unit Plan Was Unauthorized
• Autonomy Misled UK Watchdog Before $11B HP Buy, Jury Told
• 'Fifth' Pleas Admissible In $270M Fraud Trial, Court Rules
• AT&T-Time Warner Expert Defends Turner Arbitration Offer
• Merger Case Can't Be Used To Rule Anthem Facts Undisputed
• Sheppard Mullin Enters Texas Market With Dallas Office
• Highlights Of ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Part 1
• Investment Co. Asks To Leave Towers-Willis Merger Suit
• DOJ Wants More Info On $4.9B WestRock-KapStone Deal
• Bertucci's Restaurant Chain Hits Ch. 11 With Sale Worth $20M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Qualcomm, Marriott, Hearthside
• CORRECTED: McSweeny Set To Exit FTC Later This Month
• Gorsuch's 1st Year Shows He Is A Conservative Activist
• TCJA Limits Means For Inversions, But Incentives Remain
• Vermilion Acquires Canada-Based Spartan Energy For $1.4B
• Adecco Snags Education Co. General Assembly For $412.5M
• 3 Firms Work On Pebblebrook's $4.3B Offer For LaSalle
• Cooper-Vemedia Pays Sanofi $195M For 12 Pharma Brands
• Icahn Unit Tropicana Inks $1.85B Sale For Casino Assets
• Shire Inks $2.4B Sale Of Cancer Biz As Takeda Eyes Takeover
• Megafirms Find New Heights In Grounded Market
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• How 5 Firms Grew Without Merging
• The Law360 400
• 'Fifth' Pleas To Be Heard In $270M Citadel Fraud Trial
• HCR ManorCare Gets Consensual Plan Confirmation
• No Sign $310M Utah Mineral Rights Sale Fixed, Judge Says
• Pai Rejects Senators' Calls To Investigate Sinclair News
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Davis, Kirkland
• $890M 'Save Toys R Us' Bid Made By MGA Entertainment CEO
• Energy-Focused Pure Acquisition Tops Target With $360M IPO
• UK Antitrust Chief Sees Room For Improvement On Mergers
• A Chat With Baker Botts CMO Gillian Ward
• Deals Rumor Mill: PAG Asia, Mylan, SpaceX
• Federated Investors To Pay £246M For 60% Stake In Hermes
• True Value PE Buy-In Vote Beats Injunction To Move Ahead
• The DOJ's Case Against AT&T-Time Warner By The Numbers
• Exclusive Group Valued At €1.3B In Deal With Permira
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• AT&T-Time Warner Expert Says DOJ Has 'No Statistical Basis'
• 4 Big Issues Keeping Antitrust Attorneys Talking
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Hogan Lovells Guide Brooklyn Nets Deal
• What's In Store For FCC Media Ownership Deregulation
• NextEra Fights To Keep $60M Expense Claim Against EFH
• Kirkland Guides PE Firm In $330M JV For Software CO.
• Avee Objects To Abbott Dismissal Move In $36M Escrow Suit
• Tallgrass Energy Investors Say Merger Plan Lacks Key Info
• UK Panel Says Disney Must Bid For Sky If Fox's Offer Fails
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Wynn, Walmart
• True Value Investors Want More Info Before Vote On Buyout
• Wachtell Adds Ex-Silicon Valley Tech, IP Deals Pro In NY
• Skadden Guides $680M Merger Of Office Supply Cos.
• Innovation Risks May Make Deals 'Unfixable,' DOJ Vet Says
• Kirkland Steers PE Firms' €950M Sale Of Shipping Co.
• General Dynamics Unit Pays $250M For Aviation Co.
• Leveling The Purchase Price Adjustment Playing Field
• What Cos. Need To Know About China's New Market Regulator
• Finance-Savvy Millennials Are Shifting Business Of Law
• The 5 Big-Ticket PE Deals That Led Firms To A Huge Q1
• Judge Challenges DOJ Expert On AT&T Control 'Assumption'
• Ropes & Gray Advises Alexion's $855M Swedish Drug Co. Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Google, Temasek, Tata
• Hilton Prices HNA's Secondary Offering At $4.38B
• Chinese Antitrust Enforcers Gear Up For Impending Merger
• Deal Insurance Market Matures As Draws Become Clear
• True Value Stockholders Hammer Plans For PE Firm Buy-In
• Teva Investor Suit Over $40.5B Merger Sent To Conn.
• Statoil, Total Pay $340M For Gulf Of Mexico Oil Assets
• EU OKs Bayer's Divestiture To BASF In $62B Monsanto Deal
• Attorney-Client Privilege Is Alive And Well
• Money Laundering-Themed Securities Suits Are On The Rise
• Dissolving Practice
• Potomac Manager Testifies About PLX's Underperformance
• Robbins Geller To Lead InterOil Investors' Exxon Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, L'Oreal, Sinochem
• GGP Shareholders Sue To Block $9.25B Brookfield Merger
• Koch's Oxbow Carbon Files Options For $2.6B Company Sale
• Pay-TV 'Sticks Together,' DOJ Says In AT&T-Time Warner Row
• Musk Seeks Appeal Over Tesla Control In SolarCity Takeover
• Another Auto Software Co. Files Antitrust Suit Against CDK
• CFIUS Casts Wider Net, With Eye On Consumer Data Access
• Chinese President Vows Reforms To Ease Trade Tensions
• Icahn Sells Federal-Mogul To Tenneco In $5.4B Deal
• Dissolving Practice: How To Fix A Dysfunctional Law Firm
• Rolls-Royce Inks €700M Sale Of Fuel Injection Tech Co.
• Leucadia Sells Auto Group, Stake In National Beef For $1.3B
• AT&T Doesn't Want To 'Cannibalize' Satellite TV, DOJ Says
• Gawker Ch. 11 Judge Wrestles With Libel Claims' Releases
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Viacom, Haidilao
• SEC Delays Action On Nasdaq Plan To Relax SPAC Rules
• Jones Day Nabs Former GE Counsel For Competition Practice
• SandRidge Willing To Mull Icahn Nominees, Buyout Offer
• Morgan Stanley Fund Adds Delaware Basin Assets For $1.75B
• Dissolving Practice: Partner Agreement Clauses That Can Help
• Novartis Buys Gene Therapy Co. Avexis In $8.7B Deal
• When Are Minority Stockholders Controllers?
• VER Technologies Gets Interim OK On $364M DIP Package
• Class Argues Dual-Natured Harm In $55B Charter-TWC Merger
• MLB Digital Tech Co. Poached Worker, Infringed IP, Suit Says
• Cogentix Hit With Stockholder Class Challenge To $239M Sale
• Autonomy CFO Hid Hardware Biz In $11B HP Buy, Jury Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Netflix, Softbank, Aston Martin
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Goodwin Adds Silicon Valley Private Equity Duo From Fenwick
• Del. Justices Won't Review Dole's $222M Coverage Battle
• 3 Telecom Issues To Watch In The AT&T-Time Warner Trial
• Weinstein Co. Auction Plan Approved With Extended Timeline
• PE Firm Rhône Completes $560M Buy Of Fogo De Chão
• Health Hires: Dentons, Greenberg Traurig, Morgan Lewis
• Albertsons Pulls IPO Filing In Favor Of Rite Aid Merger
• Footwear Co. Nine West Files For Ch. 11, To Sell Units
• SEC Freezes $27M In Allegedly Illegal Longfin Share Proceeds
• Dissolving Practice: The Unfinished Business Doctrine
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Fried Frank, Schulte
• The Impact Of Tax Reform On Film, TV And Print Media: Part 1
• $937.5M Pulls In Chinese Car Services Biz, 3 Years After IPO
• XpresSpa Founders Hit With Sanctions Bid In Takeover Fight
• 1 Law Firm Guided 2 Largest Q1 Hotel Deals
• Intercontinental Exchange Snaps Up Chicago Stock Exchange
• Cobalt Ch. 11 Wind-Down Plan Approved After Settlement
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nine West, Dolce & Gabbana, BNP Paribas
• AT&T's Own Words Used Against It In DOJ Merger Challenge
• Blackstone Offers €1.9B For Spain Hotel REIT Hispania
• Liberty Seeks EU OK Of €10B Done Deal After Court Ruling
• Bankrupt Cumulus Seeks To Buy Chicago Station For $18M
• Genworth, Investors Reach Deal To End Suit Over $2.7B Sale
• Good Technology's $35M Settlement With JP Morgan OK'd
• Windstream, Investors Float $10.5M REIT Suit Settlement
• MGM REIT To Pay $1B For Hard Rock's Ohio Rocksino
• Fried Frank Guides GMS' $627M Purchase Of WSB Titan
• PetIQ's Deal To Buy Veterinary Clinic Chain Faces Challenge
• Delaware Rundown: What You Missed In Q1
• What To Expect From China's Antitrust Consolidation
• AT&T-Time Warner Judge Asks About Fixing Arbitration Offer
• Australia Approves $1B Dairy Deal With Plant Sale
• Kirkland Guides L Catterton's $1.9B Pet Food Co. Sale
• Romanian Bank Shells Out €315M For Eurobank Units
• Sen. Says Video Suggests Sinclair Misled About Must-Runs
• Why PE Isn't The Real Reason Retailers Are Going Bankrupt
• Weinstein Co. Catches Gov't Flak For Ch. 11 Bid Procedures
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, Edison, Amazon
• China Regulator Greenlights $9.6B Anbang Investment
• More Than A Dozen Firms Aided Largest Q1 Real Estate Deals
• Layne Investors Say More Info Needed On $565M Sale
• Chinese Investment In The US After The Section 301 Report
• DOJ, AT&T Duel Over 9% Customer Drop Estimate
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, Pfizer, Mediaset
• AbbVie Says Suit Over Nixed $54B Shire Merger Should End
• Sidley Must Face Some Of Linkwell Investor's Merger Suit
• SEC Probes Fintech Co. Longfin After Blockchain Buy
• Tax Reform's Impact On Private Equity
• Latham Adds Wilson Sonsini Corporate Partner In Calif.
• UK Antitrust Watchdog To Probe Laundry Co. Merger
• Rival Hits MiMedx With $6.8M Breach, Trade Secrets Suit
• Fox Offers More Sky News Fixes, Says Disney Is Mulling Offer
• NN Scoops Up PE-Backed Medical Device Co. In $375M Deal
• Think Before Sharing Due Diligence Info With A Competitor
• 1 Firm Leads March IPO Activity Bolstered By China Surge
• Hobbico Approved For Pair Of Ch. 11 Asset Sales At $26M
• DOJ Says Time Warner Unit Tactics Show AT&T Merger Risks
• Hemp Oil Co. Still Faces Class Action Over Hyped Acquisition
• Hospital Antitrust Suit Needs New Plaintiffs To Keep Cert.
• BancorpSouth Strikes $13M Deal In Shareholder Suit
• Veritas Capital To Buy GE Healthcare Biz For $1B
• Sinclair Script Video Sparks Outrage In Policy Circles
• Deals Rumor Mill: Shree Renuka, GreenSky, Tabarak
• NextEra Scores $582.3M From Canadian Renewables Sale
• Uber-Grab Deal Getting Mounting Antitrust Scrutiny
• Cerberus Sells Reydel Auto Group For $201M
• Transcontinental To Buy PE-Backed Packaging Unit For $1.3B
• White Mountains Values NSM Insurance At $388M In Takeover