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Mergers & Acquisitions - May, 2018

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• FTC Expert Defends Harm Findings Of Marine Supply Merger
• Energy-Coupon Founder Must Dish On Merger, 1st Circ. Rules
• Broadcast Rules Get Drill-Down At DOJ Regulation Panel
• Nine West Creditors Seek Probe Of Sycamore's $2.2B Buyout
• 1 Firm Leaps Ahead In May As IPO Market Gathers Steam
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Abraaj, European Medical Center
• Wave Of PE Firms Investing In Peers An Opportunity For Attys
• BigLaw Blogs In A Post-GDPR Marketing Universe
• Polsinelli Expands Into Seattle With 8 Foster Pepper Attys
• Debevoise Guides Citizens' $511M Deal For Franklin American
• Accounting Software Cos. Scrap $138M Deal Amid Scrutiny
• CFIUS Overhaul Could Hurt Foreign Investment In The US
• Equistone, Inflexion Offload UK Power Co. In £216M Deal
• Top EU Court Rules No Gun-Jumping In EY, KPMG Merger
• Exploring The Gambling Industry's Economic Peculiarities
• Kirkland Reps GM In $2.2B Softbank Autonomous Vehicle Deal
• A Series Of SEC Enforcement Cases Against Microcap Attys
• AmTrust Investor Seeks Records In $2.7B Take-Private Deal
• Polaris Industries Buys Boat Maker In Roughly $805M Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Allergan, Ant Financial, Oman Oil
• Mass. Top Court OKs Extra Benefits For Covert LLC Mergers
• Media Giants Balk At Cable Group's Fix For AT&T-TW Deal
• EU Stands By Approval Of Liberty's €10B Ziggo Merger
• Health Care REIT Scores $175M From Hospital Network Sale
• Suits Show Conflict Even At BigLaw's Best Places For Women
• Reform Or Retreat? UK Firms Eye Next Steps On Pay Data
• How Women Are Changing The Law Firms They Lead
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Shippers Say Merger Would Limit Source For Vital Chemical
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verint, Vitol, Carlyle
• WellCare Taps Kirkland For $2.5B Meridian Acquisition
• MGM Resorts Nabs NY Casino, Raceway In $850M Deal
• Pipeline Investors Denied Fast Trial Over Buyout Notice
• Gawker To Be Sold This Summer Following Thiel Peace Pact
• Bayer, Monsanto Win US Clearance For $62B Deal
• Philippines' Watchdog Says Uber's Exit Hurt Competition
• Baker Botts Steers Kimbell In $404M PE-Backed Royalty Deal
• NYSE Parent Buys Fixed-Income Platform TMC For $685M
• German Antitrust Agency Won't Extend Lufthansa Price Probe
• BakerHostetler Nabs Cairncross Corporate Finance Pro
• Canada Offers CA$4.5B Lifeline For Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• Shire Stockholders Sue AbbVie Over Failed Merger
• The 2018 Law360 Glass Ceiling Report
• JAB Gobbles Up Stake In Pret A Manger From Bridgepoint
• Redstone Sues CBS, Board Looking To Gut Vote Dilution
• Alibaba Sells Pharmacy Assets To Health Unit For $1.35B
• Analyzing The Economics Of Litigation Funding
• US Forging Ahead With China Tariffs Despite Apparent Truce
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report, By The Numbers
• How We Got Here: A Look Back At Trailblazing Women In Law
• Law360's Pro Say: Why Are All The Partners Still Men?
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• What Does Gender Parity In The Legal Industry Look Like?
• Ties To Alleged Indian Bank Fraud Threaten Jewelers' Ch. 11s
• Securus Looking To Buy Major Prison Calling Rival
• Sun Capital Accused Of Raiding Subsidiaries In RICO Scheme
• Sinclair Withheld Info On Divestitures, Cable Group Says
• Aton Raises Stake In South African Miner Amid Takeover Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: AE Industrial, Johnson Controls, Diageo
• Locke Lord Adds Ex-Hunton Andrews M&A Atty In Dallas
• Partners Group Leads $5.4B Buyout Of Techem
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Wachtell, Hogan
• Cable Group Sounds Alarm Over Possible Comcast-Fox Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Binladin, Varsity Brands, Eddie Bauer
• Autonomy's Convicted Ex-CFO Wants Redo Of HP Fraud Trial
• Westfield Shareholders Bless $15.7B Unibail-Rodamco Deal
• Film Studio, Chinese Co. Settle Row Over Nixed $345M Deal
• Exelon Takes $500M Tax Hit Over Coal Plant Sale To 7th Circ.
• Beijing Blasts Canada For Blocking Sale Of Construction Co.
• Weil, Sidley Steer Kroger's Up To $700M Home Chef Merger
• Kirkland Guides LNK's $100M Investment In Dermatology Biz
• Paul Hastings Snags London M&A Atty From Linklaters
• CBS Seeks Approval Of Redstone Vote Dilution
• 4 Things Keeping Telecom Attorneys Up At Night
• What Attys Need To Know About The Evolving CFIUS Bill
• Deals Rumor Mill: Careem, Lowe's, Barclays
• Paddy Power, FanDuel Ink Deal To Combine US Businesses
• Senate To Hold Hearing On $59B T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
• CORRECTED: Convictions Don't Mean Valeant Is Off The Hook
• GDPR — Coming Soon To A Merger Near You
• McDermott Nabs Latham Atty For Investment Funds Team
• Comcast Plans To Top Disney With Cash Offer For Fox Assets
• Trade Rep Hints At More CFIUS Scrutiny Of Biotech Deals
• Covington Picks Up 2 Kirkland Partners To Lead PE Practice
• Blank Check Co. Run By Ex-NYSE President Files $400M IPO
• FCC Opens Comment Period On Sinclair-Tribune Merger
• Emirates NBD Snaps Up DenizBank For $3.1B
• Australia's Santos Shuts Down $10.8B Harbour Energy Bid
• REIT, Investment Manager Form JV To Revamp Calif. Mall
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ingram Micro, Thyssenkrupp, Fortress
• Kirkland & Ellis Adds MoFo Investment Funds Partner
• Trans-Atlantic M&A Set To Thrive Despite Uncertainty
• Wilson Sonsini Reps WeddingWire In $350M Permira Deal
• Kinross Settlement Highlights FCPA Risks For Mining Cos.
• Ex-Manager, CEO Convicted In $9.7M Valeant Kickback Plot
• Chancery Judge Denies Bid For Redo In HP-Aruba Appraisal
• Hogan Lovells Advises Adobe On $1.68B Magento Acquisition
• AT&T, Time Warner Urge Court To Reject Indie Network Input
• FCC Shot Clock Bill Unlikely To Speed Merger Reviews
• CVR Faced With Discovery Sanction In Wachtell Lipton Suit
• DLA Piper Picks Up NJ Corporate Atty From Morgan Lewis
• UK Minister Says Intervention Unlikely In Comcast's Sky Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ansaldo STS, Meezan Bank, Kuwait Energy
• Icahn Cries Foul On AmTrust's $2.7B Go-Private Deal
• Ropes & Gray Leads Partners Group In GlobalLogic Buy-In
• Roper Technologies Pays $1.1B For PE-Backed PowerPlan
• Winston & Strawn Boosts PE Team With 2 Ex-Katten Partners
• NextEra Pays $6.5B For Southern Co. Florida Utilities
• 3 Firms Guide $4.7B Merger Of Fifth Third, MB Financial
• Introducing The Legal Industry To Millennial Business Owners
• Simpson Thacher Guides Blackstone's $4.8B Deal For LaSalle
• PE-Backed Bank Software Biz Ipreo Sold In Nearly $1.9B Deal
• 4 Considerations For Gov't Contractor Carveout Deals
• Jones Day, Davis Polk Guide $11B Wabtec, GE Rail Tie-Up
• How Not To Bungle Off-Cycle Engagements With Stockholders
• Mobile Ad Firm Investor Sues To Nullify $34M Merger
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Qualcomm, BMC Software, KazAtomProm
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Freshfields, Wachtell
• FCC's O'Rielly Rebukes Rumors Of Sinclair-Tribune Benefits
• Health Hires: Michael Best, Martin Clearwater, McCarter
• Williams, Enbridge Deals Signal FERC-Driven MLP Purge
• Ex-Perry Ellis CEO Proposes Board Members Amid $430M Bid
• Triton, KKR Sell Finnish Private Health Care Biz To CVC
• Gibson Dunn Adds 4 Corporate, M&A Attys in DC, NY
• $9.7M Valeant Payment Was Legal, Ex-Execs Argue In Closing
• PayPal Announces Deal To Buy Sweden's iZettle For $2.2B
• Chancery Court Denies Reversal Of $1B ETE Equity Issue
• FTC Won't Pause Challenge To $2.4B Tronox-Cristal Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anglo, Aspen, Thoma Bravo
• DOJ Deputy Says Health Care Remains Antitrust Priority
• Ex-Wilmington Trust Execs Convicted Of Fraud Want New Trial
• A Chat With Perkins Practice Management Chief Toby Brown
• Gawker, Thiel End Legal Fight As Ch. 11 Settlement Approved
• Tax Changes Spur Series Of Pipeline Asset Restructurings
• CBS Restraining Order Denied Ahead Of Special Meeting
• Jones Day Reps Nutrien In $4B Chilean Chemical-Maker Sale
• China Approves $18B Sale Of Toshiba's Memory Unit
• Breaking Down The SEC's New Proxy Interpretations
• Biolitec Counsel Can't Dodge Sanction For Stonewalling
• Lexis Boosts IP Services With PatentSight Acquisition
• Feds Show Valeant Jury Spending Records, Doctored Emails
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tianqi, SoftBank, CVC
• FTC Warns Of Nonpayment Deals That Must Be Reported
• Shari Redstone Blocked From Further CBS Actions For Now
• Hedge Fund Founder Confirmed As Carolina Panthers Buyer
• 3 Firms Guide PE-Backed Hearing Aid Co.'s €7B Merger
• Greenberg Guides Transpo-Focused VectoIQ In $200M IPO
• Irish Bookmaker Confirms It's In Deal Talks With FanDuel
• Republican Sens. Propose FCC Merger Review 'Shot Clock'
• Why Won't Judicial Nominees Affirm Brown V. Board Of Ed?
• Wachtell Reps Zoetis In $2B Deal For Animal Diagnostics Co.
• The Lawyers' Guide To Cloud Computing
• Rockport Approved For Complex Ch. 11 Funding Packages
• Anheuser's $108B Merger Drained Competition, 9th Circ. Told
• Ch. 11 Sale Of Jeweler Linked To Indian Bank Fraud Delayed
• Defense Buffeted By Tough Rulings In Valeant Kickback Trial
• Deals Rumor Mill: Xerox, Carolina Panthers, Canaan
• Sale-Bound Cam-Maker Arecont Gets Initial $4M Ch. 11 Loan
• Blue Cross Denied Appeal In Suit Over $40M Hospital Deal
• Analogic Shareholder Sues To Block $1.1B Altaris Merger
• AT&T, Time Warner Fight Alternative Merger Fix
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Hogan Lovells, Manatt Phelps Partners
• Trinity Merger IPO Raises $300M To Acquire Real Estate Biz
• Tyson Foods Units Buy Rendering, Blending Assets For $850M
• Think Before You Discard Your Bank Holding Company
• Alleged Valeant Betrayer's Boss Testifies He Was 'Concerned'
• Keurig Serves Up $8B Bond To Help Fund Dr Pepper Merger
• St. Luke's Tells 9th Circ. Rivals' Attys Didn't Earn $7.5M Fee
• Appvion Gets Nods On Ch. 11 Sale And Settlement Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: EDP, ConocoPhillips, NXP
• Rockport Hits Ch. 11, Plans To Sell Wholesale Business
• AccorHotels To Pay $105M For Stake In Atton Hoteles
• Inside The Downfall Of The $6.1B Xerox-Fuji Merger
• Senators Want Details About AT&T's Cohen Dealings
• CBS, Intent On Blocking Viacom Tie-Up, Sues Shari Redstone
• Security Cam Maker Arecont Opens Del. Ch. 11, Plans Sale
• Williams Needn't Disclose ETE Merger Talks, 10th Circ. Says
• Canada's Aurora Cannabis Scoops Up R&D Co. For $2.5B
• Cadence Bancorp., State Bank Financial Ink $1.4B Merger
• Herbert Smith Guides Healthscope As Brookfield Offers $3.3B
• Recovering Lawyers' Lost Position Of Independence
• Defining 'Knowledge' In A Purchase Agreement
• Xerox Ends $6.1B Fuji Deal Amid Investor Blowback
• SEC's Peirce Slams 'Broken Windows' Enforcement Era
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carolina Panthers, Mubadala, Ant Financial
• Elliott Wants $670M From S. Korea Over Samsung Tie-Up
• Sale Delay Sought In Ch. 11 Tied To Alleged Indian Fraudster
• $45M Drug Milestone Suit Against Shire Kept Alive In Del.
• Coal Investors Get Diverted Bid Rights Suit Greatly Trimmed
• Avee's Abbott Escrow Row Partly Nixed, But Open To Change
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Freshfields, Wachtell
• Silver Lake Unit Inks $3B Deal For UK Property Portal Co.
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• MoFo's SoftBank Work Set Up Firm To Lead $59B Sprint Deal
• Shell Drops Offshore Pipeline Stake Down To MLP For $1.2B
• Akerman Adds M&A, PE Deals Pro From Fox Rothschild
• Deals Rumor Mill: Odebrecht, Volvo, Minto
• Icahn, Deason Say Xerox Is 'Delusional' As Fuji Row Heats Up
• Toys R Us Clears Bidding Procedures For Over 270 Stores
• Alstom Signs $3B Deal To Leave GE Energy Joint Ventures
• Wachtell Reps Eli Lilly In $1.6B Deal For Oncology Drug Co.
• 8 Reasons To Take A Fresh Look At Your Law Office Lease
• Skadden Steers Gannett In $130M Cash Deal For WordStream
• Del. Justices Won't Revive Suit Over $1.5B Fortress Deal
• New Tax Law's Impact On M&A Coming Into Focus
• Canadian Tire Drops $985M On Norwegian Sportswear Brand
• Weil Guides OMERS PE Unit's $1.1B Recruiting Firm Buy
• Former Egg Co. Execs Try To Duck Merger Fraud Claims
• Ex-Valeant Worker's Emails Show Double-Dealing, Jury Hears
• A General Counsel's Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• AT&T-Time Warner Trial: Experts, Leverage And A Crystal Ball
• Dell Appraisal Case's Next Phase Gets Off To Cautious Start
• Tutor Perini's $22M Earnout Refusal Called 'Breathtaking'
• Last Sinclair-Tribune Station Buyer Is Fox In $910M Deal
• Chancery Won't Fast-Track Rite Aid-Albertsons Merger Fight
• House Passes Bill To Change FTC's Merger Reviews
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fox, Blackstone, Asmodee
• Enbridge Sells Natural Gas Biz To ArcLight Unit For $1.12B
• CEO Asks 1st Circ. To Nix $3M 'Little Red Hen' Payout
• 4 Things Real Estate Lawyers Must Know About REIT Deals
• Gibson Dunn Guides $1B Glassdoor Sale To Japanese HR Co.
• 3 Firms Guide Walmart's $16B Deal To Control Flipkart
• Vodafone Inks €18B Deal For European Slice Of Liberty Global
• Some Soon-Shiong Claims Kept Alive In $47M Cash Tap Suit
• Bankrupt Westinghouse Seeks OK To Pay Worker Bonuses
• Latham Corporate Leader Joins King & Spalding In Chicago
• DOJ To Judge: Block AT&T-Time Warner Deal Or Carve Out Fix
• FCC's Mignon Clyburn Talks Retirement And Leaving A Legacy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walmart, Comcast, Bunge
• Del. Court Rebuffs Insurers' Challenge To Verizon Judgment
• Weinstein Co. Ch. 11 Sale Gets Nod, Nets $260M In Cash
• FTC Seeks More Info On Churchill Downs' $51M Casino Deal
• Jay-Z Has Date With SEC To Discuss Rocawear Sale Fallout
• Smarter, Faster, Stronger: A New Suite Of VC Model Docs
• Infinity Investors Challenge $1.3B Acquisition By Kemper
• Cleary Guides Semiconductor Merger Valued At $796M
• Takeda Inks £46B Shire Takeover After Multiple Offers
• RxStrategies Says CVS, Rival Swiping Its Customers
• Jay-Z Slams SEC Testimony Request As 'Unreasonable'
• Quick Appraisal Ruling Sought In Rite Aid-Albertsons Deal
• House Reintroduces Bill To Align FTC, DOJ Merger Reviews
• Skadden Steers Del Frisco's $325M Cash Deal For Barteca
• Delhi Court Won't Rule On Vodafone Tax Row
• Nine West Creditors Warn Of Fight Over $50M DIP Term Loan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Comcast, AIG, NASCAR
• Bertucci's Appeases Creditors With Extended Sale Timeline
• Kosovo Beats €380M Claim Over Postal Authority Bidding Row
• Weinstein Co. Says Creditors Trying To 'Sabotage' $310M Sale
• EU Clears ArcelorMittal's $2B Ilva Deal With Conditions
• DLA Piper, Allens Linklaters Steer $1.4B Plumbing Biz Sale
• Judging A Book: Berzon Reviews 'We The Corporations'
• Simpson Thacher Guides Blackstone's $7.6B Gramercy Buy
• Fragrance Giant IFF Inks $7.1B Deal To Buy Rival Frutarom
• The Impact Of Tax Reform On Film, TV And Print Media: Part 3
• Wachtell Lipton Guides Snack Co.'s $500M Cookie Maker Grab
• Freshfields Reps. Starbucks In $7.1B Nestle Coffee Tie-Up
• What ABA's Position On Harassment Means For Employers
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• SEC Sues Over $3.8M In Insider Trades On Smithfield Merger
• AT&T, Time Warner To Judge: No 'Remedies' Needed
• Deals Rumor Mill: Flipkart, Nestle, Blackstone
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, MoFo, Sullivan
• Musk Denied Fast Appeal Of Failed Bid To Toss SolarCity Suit
• Pharma Execs Cast Doubt On Valeant's Compliance Culture
• EU Watchdog OKs $23B UTC, Rockwell Deal
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• K&L Gates Snags M&A Attys From Nixon Peabody, Clark Hill
• Perkins Coie Nabs Tech, VC Partner From DLA Piper
• Latham Guides Carlyle Unit In $2B Deal For Ky. Packaging Co.
• Icahn, Deason Blast Xerox For Not Fulfilling Settlement Deal
• Practical Considerations For Litigating Proportionality
• Weinstein Accusers See 11th-Hour Deposition As Scare Tactic
• Deals Rumor Mill: BP, Vodafone, SoftBank
• Buchanan Ingersoll Adds 2 Attys In San Diego
• $1B Vonovia Offer For Swedish Property Co. Tops Starwood's
• Shawe's TransPerfect Buy Upheld By Del. Supreme Court
• $10M Philidor Trial Opens With Focus On Valeant Kickback
• Bankrupt Gun Seller Says It Was Felled By Trump's Election
• Ukrainian Oligarch Can't Nix $760M Award Over Telco Buy
• 'Amityville Horror' Family Challenges Weinstein's Film Deal
• EU To Review T-Mobile's €190M Dutch Tele2 Deal
• Former Wilmington Trust Execs Found Guilty Of Fraud
• More Than A Dozen Firms Guided Top April Real Estate M&A
• Antitrust Concerns About Big Data May Be Overblown
• Supporting Nontraditional Data Types In E-Discovery
• Jay-Z Headed To Court To Address SEC Rocawear Deal Probe
• Fresenius' Hits Akorn With Counterclaims Alleging Fraud
• Finish Line Stockholders Sue To Prevent JD Sports Merger
• FTC Fully Stocked As 3 More Commissioners Are Sworn In
• 3 Telecom Questions Surrounding The Sprint-T-Mobile Merger
• Xerox Settlement Lays Path For Proxy Fights Outside Del.
• Del. Justices Question New Issues In $1.5B Fortress Deal Row
• Shorthanded Orlando Court Shuts Down Biz Division
• How Weil Gotshal Drove Takata Through Complex Bankruptcy
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Stibbe Guide $650M Spirit Aero Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Flipkart, UPS, Bank of Nova Scotia
• Time For M&A Parties To Take Gun-Jumping Rules Seriously
• UK Pensions Watchdog In Talks With Retail Giants On Merger
• Woodbridge Strikes Deal With SEC To Defer Ponzi Penalties
• Deals Rumor Mill: Weinstein, Essential Properties, SoftBank
• Real Industry May Drop Some Plan Releases To Get Ch. 11 OK
• Accusers Favor New Weinstein Co. Bid With $30M Victim Fund
• New FTC Chairman Sworn In As Agency Refills Seats
• Investor Targets S. Korea Over $8B Samsung Affiliate Tie-Up
• REA Group Buys Hometrack Australia From ZPG For $97M
• Sen. Calls For Probe Of Proposed T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
• M&A Attys Must Get Creative As Appraisal Suits Get Tougher
• Hasbro Nabs Power Rangers Brand In $522M Deal With Saban
• Freshfields Guides $3.25B KLX Aerospace Biz Sale To Boeing
• 9th Circ. Lowers The Bar On Tender Offer Claims