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Mergers & Acquisitions - July, 2018

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• Kirkland Reps Fortive In $2B Deal For PE-Backed Accruent
• Former CEO Sues Heartland, Global In Del. For Legal Fees
• Partners In Russian Oil Co. TNK Cry Fraud In $2B Fight
• Chyron's Merger Contract Claims Largely Survive In Del.
• NAI Urges Chancery To Block CBS From Deleting Messages
• Investors Want Ex-Director's Hands Off $35M Settlement
• Exelon To Sell Closing Nuclear Reactor In New Jersey
• Ryckman Creek Ch. 11 Sponsor Balks At $11M Trustee Claim
• Canadian Investment Cos. Launch $1B US Real Estate JV
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glennmont, SoftBank, John Laing
• AT&T Merger Trial Transcripts Go Public After DOJ Push
• 5 Firms Guide $6.8B Brookfield, Forest City Tie-Up
• SS&C Inks $1.4B All-Cash Deal For Investment Tech Co. Eze
• Furniture Co. Hopeful For Ch. 11 Sales Of Product Lines
• Travers Smith Guides PE Firm's $186M Vehicle Rental Biz Buy
• Osprey Shareholder Sues To Stop $400M Blackstone Deal
• Xcerra Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Planned Cohu Merger
• Cadwalader Lures Sidley's Antitrust Co-Chair In NY
• UK Antitrust Watchdog To Probe £275M Credit Check Merger
• Autonomy's Convicted Ex-CFO Denied New HP Fraud Trial
• Chancery Adopts Deal Price In $6.5B Solera Appraisal Row
• 4 Crucial Employment Law Questions For Dealmakers
• AOL Investors Push Chancery To Hike Merger Appraisal
• Adidas Settlement Paves Way For Closing Of Rockport Sale
• Furniture Company Returns To Ch. 11 With $280M Debt
• Relativity Media Sees Pushback On Ch. 11 Sale To Lenders
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hymer, Aurora Capital, Treasure Data
• What Attys Need To Know About UK Foreign Investment
• Macquarie Group Affiliate Sells NJ Power Plant For $900M
• US Foods To Buy 5 SGA Food Distribution Cos. For $1.8B
• Sinclair, Tribune Fixed TV Ad Prices, Law Firm's Suit Says
• EU Approves Total Produce's Dole Deal, Sans Salad Co.
• 4 Firms Steer Williams' Multibillion-Dollar Day Of Deals
• How Zions Bank Is Reducing Its Regulatory Burdens
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• NY Commercial Division Backs Technology-Assisted Review
• 6 Trends Will Shape Future International Commercial Disputes
• After $120B Stock Tumble, Facebook Investors Claim Fraud
• Stuart Grant Retires With A Warning For Delaware's Future
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tyson, Saudi Aramco, Enel
• BHP Deals US Shale Assets To BP, Merit For $10.8B
• CBS-Entercom Merger Foes Say FCC Review Is Only Fair
• Necco Plant Shuttered After Ch. 11 Purchaser Sells Co.
• Don't Miss It: Jones Day, Covington Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Shareholders Greenlight Disney's $71.3B Fox Deal
• Appeal Of Green Light In Straight Path Merger Suit Allowed
• France Fines Fnac Darty €20M For Failing To Sell Stores
• DOJ Asks DC Circ. To Unseal AT&T Trial Transcripts
• Team Telecom Asks FCC To Delay T-Mobile-Sprint Review
• Telefonica Inks $440M Deal For Telxius Stake
• 3 Risk Areas In Lower Middle Market For PE Sponsors
• Chancery Class Suit Over $55B TWC-Charter Merger Advances
• Cos. Urged To Seek DOJ's Opinion On M&A Bribery Risks
• Nine West Seeks Ch. 11 Plan Extension Amid Creditor Talks
• Axinn Taps Skadden Antitrust Adviser As Partner In DC
• A Closer Look At Qualcomm's Doomed $44B NXP Takeover
• Deals Rumor Mill: Zekelman, Wells Fargo, Benetton
• Ashurst, King & Wood Steer $1.61B Australian Media Merger
• Skadden, Jones Day Guide UNFI's $2.9B Grocery Chain Deal
• FTC Blasts Testimony Of Tronox CEO In Cristal Buy Challenge
• 4 Reasons To Review Payer Contracts On A Regular Basis
• Novelis Buys Private Aluminum Product Co. Aleris For $2.6B
• The Future Of Authenticating Audio And Video Evidence
• Qualcomm Nixes $44B NXP Takeover
• Dems Press FCC On Political Independence In Sinclair Review
• Market Volatility Pushes Surge Of First-Half Class Actions
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tronc, Arconic, Tsinghua
• Bankrupt Plant Grower Gets OK For $74M Sale To Wells Fargo
• EU Court Told Nixing Of UPS-TNT Merger Block Was Proper
• Investor Sues To Block Taylor Morrison's AV Homes Takeover
• Gaw Capital Buys Half Of $146M Spanish Hotel Brand Hospes
• 1 Co. Or 2? Price-Fixing Row Judge Says Jury Must Decide
• From Billable Hours To Bedtime Stories: Lawyering With Children
• Kirkland Reps Grubhub In $390M Deal For PE-Backed LevelUp
• Prison Phone Cos. Push Back On Efforts To Halt Merger
• DC Circ. Nixes Challenge To FCC Loophole On TV Station Cap
• FTC Can't Halt $2.4B Cristal Buy, Tronox Says, Citing Judge
• Henny Penny Can't Arbitrate Suit Over Stock Ownership Plan
• Sinclair Begged To Explain Divestitures To FCC, Docs Show
• Del. Court Flags Creditor Sale Of Aerogroup Ch. 11 Assets
• DOJ Seeks More Info On $11B Wabtec-GE Rail Merger
• A Look At Kavanaugh's Approach To Antitrust Law
• UK Mulls Tighter Scrutiny Of Foreign Investments
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fosun, Median, Volvo
• T-Mobile Fears Sprint Deal May Hamper Spectrum Auction Bid
• PGT Inks Deal To Buy Western Window For $360M In Cash
• How Mammoth Student Loans Are Dogging Today's Lawyers
• Reed Smith Adds Norton Rose Health Care Privacy Pro
• Law360's Global 20 Doesn't Acknowledge Global Networks
• 3 Firms Guide $2.9B Synovus, Florida Community Bank Tie-Up
• Tribune Shareholders Must Share Atty Docs In Insurance Row
• Scott & Scott, Johnson Fistel To Lead Frontier Suit
• Perkins Coie Nabs Dorsey & Whitney VC Pro In Silicon Valley
• Skyrocketing Team Values Attracting Sophisticated Investors
• Marine Chemical Co. Drops $400M Deal After FTC Trial Win
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verint, Aramco, China Tower
• Is The Grass Greener On The Solo Side?
• EU Probing $5B Data Encryption Suppliers Merger
• 2 Firms Guide KKR Consortium In $1.6B Chemical Co. Buy
• 3 Firms Guide RCCH's Deal To Take LifePoint Private
• EU To Probe €80M Copper Merger Over Antitrust Concerns
• Don't Let Changes In Accounting Standards Derail Your Deal
• The Least-Stressed Attorneys In A Stressed-Out Profession
• Law360's Satisfaction Survey: By The Numbers
• State Street Snaps Up Software Co. For $2.6B In Cash
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Don't Miss It: Wachtell, Debevoise Guide The Week's Hot Deals
• Chancery Court Tosses Investor Challenge To Energy Co. Deal
• £275M Experian Merger Could Hurt Competition, CMA Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Airbus, HSE24, LifePoint
• Sinclair Couldn't Avoid Deal Review Despite High-Level Talks
• Cristal Slams FTC's Review Of Proposed $2.4B Tronox Merger
• Health Hires: Wilson Sonsini, Ropes & Gray, Kirkland & Ellis
• PE-Backed UPL To Acquire Crop Solutions Biz For $4.2B
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Freshfields, Kirkland
• What Directors Need To Include In Appraisal Notices
• Sweden's Telia Snags TV Broadcasting Biz In $1B Deal
• Rehab Co. Gets Nod For $65M Ch. 11 Sale To Stalking Horse
• Tendyne Investors Sue Abbott Over $50M Merger Bonus Miss
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fosun, UnitedHealth, Niu
• King & Spalding Snags Skadden Atty For NY Corporate Group
• FCC To Probe If Sinclair Clouded Tribune Divestiture Deal
• Inside The Interlocked Bid Wars Of Comcast, Disney And Fox
• Oaktree-Backed LCCG Buys Generali Units For €409M
• Advocates Urge FCC To Reject Prison Phone Co. Merger
• Kirkland Guides Clearlake's $700M Sale Of Auto Interior Co.
• Domestic M&A Favored In Shifting Political Climate
• Comcast Drops Competing Fox Bid To Focus On Sky Deal
• PLX Shareholders Say Potomac Helped Push Low-Ball Sale
• DOJ Seeks Accelerated Appeal Of AT&T-Time Warner Tie-Up
• Ebix Shareholders Save Some Claims In Chancery Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: IHeartMedia, Astellas, Aramco
• UK Takeover Regulator To Review Sky Bid Floor
• Tenneco Hit With Investor Suit Over $5.4B Federal-Mogul Deal
• A Chat With Gibson Dunn Diversity Chief Salim-Williams
• Latham, Hogan Lovells Steer $6.3B Phillips Edison REIT Deal
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Ex-K&L Gates Tax Partner In Calif.
• Congressional Forecast: July
• New Privacy Laws' Unintended Impact On Bankruptcy Sales
• Sinclair Tries Amending Divestitures To Placate FCC
• Jones Day Steers Baker Hughes' $375M Nat Gas Unit Sales
• What Kavanaugh's Writing Tells Us About His Personality
• M&T, HCB $3.7B Deal Wasn't Vetted Properly, 3rd Circ. Told
• FCC's Sinclair-Tribune Protest Preempted DOJ Approval
• Gawker Gets Court's OK For $1.4M Sale To Bustle Owner
• Deals Rumor Mill: Abraaj, Dyal, Didi
• Envision Shareholder Moves To Block $9.9B Sale To KKR
• Ch. 11 Auction Drives Videology Inc. Sale Price To $119M
• 3 Pros, 3 Cons Of Litigation Finance
• AT&T Win May Help Partial Ownership Transactions
• Telia Buys Norwegian Telco Units From TDC In $2.6B Deal
• Booking Holdings Invests $500M In Chinese Ride-Hailing Co.
• 11 Firms Sculpt 5 Largest PE Deals Of 2018's 1st Half
• Diabetes Monitoring Co. Hits Ch. 11, Seeks Sale To Creditor
• NY Judge Won't Approve Xerox Deal Or Say What To Do
• $54M Adidas Claim Threatens $150M Rockport Ch. 11 Sale
• 3 FCC Hurdles Sinclair-Tribune Deal Will Face If It Survives
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mediaset, Ele.me, Santander
• Paul Hastings Steers Monaco Telecom's $304M Cyprus Deal
• Debevoise Nabs Former FTC Chief Trial Atty From O'Melveny
• PE Firm General Atlantic Invests $250M In Lending Startup
• Investor Loses Bid To Block $981M Capital Co. Asset Sale Vote
• 3 Firms Steer $340M Tidewater, GulfMark Tie-Up
• Cleary, Fried Frank Steer Allied Universal's $1B USSA Buy
• Linde Sells Gas Assets For $3.3B To Help Praxair Approval
• Modern Communication Brings E-Discovery Challenges
• FCC Chief Seeks To Challenge Sinclair-Tribune Tie-Up
• M&A 'Disclosure Settlements' Face Stricter Review In Fla.
• Two Zeneca Defenses Nixed In $275M Chancery Drug Dispute
• NAI Can't Get CBS Committee's Privileged Communications
• 3 Issues To Watch As DOJ Appeals AT&T-Time Warner Loss
• Tronox, Cristal Fight FTC's Court Bid To Pause $2.4B Deal
• Kavanaugh's Nomination Could Be A Win For Big Telecom
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Proskauer, Simpson
• Spine Surgery Co. Says Competitor Claims Belong In Calif.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nine West, Mubadala, Xerox
• Don't Miss It: Simpson, O'Melveny Guide Week's Hot Deals
• It's Not All About The Benjamins, Baby (Lawyer)
• FCC Hears Roar Of Opposition To Sinclair-Tribune Merger
• UK Takeover Regulator Lifts Sky's Bid Floor For Disney
• Northstar Sues Tana For Contract Breach In Oil Asset Sale
• US Lifts ZTE Export Ban Amid Sanctions Controversy
• Inside Kavanaugh's Merger Challenge Dissents
• Judging A Book: Hood Reviews 'Lawyering From The Inside Out'
• Digital Health Opportunities And Considerations For PE
• Health Hires: King & Spalding, DLA Piper, Polsinelli, Quarles
• 8 Firms Helm The 5 Top Deals From 2018's 1st Half
• Cybersecurity Firm CEO Says Merger Suit Lacks Facts
• Netflix Says Relativity Can't Shift Their Deal To Buyer
• Deals Rumor Mill: La Poste, CVS-Aetna, Linde-Praxair
• Chancery Nixes Most Of Suit Over $600M DAVA-Endo Merger
• DOJ Takes AT&T-Time Warner Merger Appeal To DC Circ.
• Yahoo Investors Can't Rouse Alibaba Stock Suit In 9th Circ.
• Michelin Inks $1.5B Deal For Off-Road Tire Maker Camso
• Bustle Owner Wins Ch. 11 Auction Of Gawker.com Assets
• Willis Towers Watson Ducks Investors' $18B Merger Suit
• Linde, Praxair Discuss Gas Assets Sale As Part Of $70B Deal
• 21st Century Fox Wins Key Approval In Britain For Sky Deal
• Drafting M&A No-Poach Provisions Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
• The Art Of Advising A Troubled PE Client
• Kavanaugh Splurged On Baseball Tix, Reports Say
• The Weinstein Co.'s $21M Sale Price Reduction Approved
• Blucora Slams Investors' Attorney-Led Suit In Chancery
• UK Probing Stars Group's $4.7B Sky Betting Buy
• 4 Kavanaugh Arguments You Gotta Hear
• Kennedy's Legacy Remains Alive In Kavanaugh's Nomination
• Senate Panel Gearing Up For Kavanaugh Vetting Fight
• Wachtell Leads Broadcom In $18.9B CA Technologies Buy
• Otsuka Pharmaceutical Buys Mass. Biotech For $430M In Cash
• What Civil Rights Rulings Could Look Like Under Kavanaugh
• IRS Finalizes Anti-Inversion Regs That Sank $160B Pfizer Deal
• Rite Aid Booted, Walgreens Stuck In Suit Over Failed Merger
• DOD Must Clarify Review Of Foreign Tech Investors: GAO
• 3 Top E-Discovery Case Law Lessons Of 2018 (So Far)
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nexstar Media, JD Finance, Blackstone
• Kirkland To Open New Dallas Office With 6 M&A Attorneys
• More Than 10 Firms Guided 10 Largest 1st-Half Hotel Deals
• Comcast Again Tops Fox's Sky Bid With $34B Offer
• 'Not A Complicated Case': Kavanaugh's Straightforward Style
• Rockport Opens Del. Ch. 11 Suit To Block $54M Claim
• Dems Need Unified Front To Combat Trump's High Court Pick
• 5 Tips For Kavanaugh As Confirmation Gets Underway
• Pa. Owed Atty Fees For Halting Hospital Merger, 3rd Circ. Told
• FTC Says Prosthesis Co. Merger Should Be Unwound
• With Kavanaugh's Nomination, Chevron's Future Looking Grim
• FTC Asks Court To Pause $2.4B Tronox-Cristal Deal
• Camera Maker Arecont Gets Ch.11 OK On $13.8M Asset Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Evonik, Terra Firma, Abraaj
• Law Schools Must Take A Stand Against Mandatory Arbitration
• Atlanta Homebuilder Picks Up Competitor For $65M
• Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk Steer $650M Tech Co. Deal
• More Than 20 Firms Guided Largest 1st-Half Real Estate Deals
• US Regulators Give Takeda Clearance For £46B Shire Deal
• How Kavanaugh's Conservative Cred, DC Ties Won The Day
• Senate Battle Lines Drawn With Kavanaugh As Trump's Pick
• 5 Kavanaugh Opinions You Need To Read Right Now
• CBS, NAI Clash In Chancery Over Pretrial Record Holdbacks
• Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh For Supreme Court
• Carolina Panthers Close $2.2B Sale To Hedge Fund Exec
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Fox, Total
• Del. High Court Revives Fresh Market Investor's Deal Suit
• Saul Ewing Adds Two Real Estate Attys In Philly
• Under New Chair, FTC Aims To Up Its Game For 21st Century
• Houston Teams, Comcast Spar Over Deal's Value In Ch. 11
• Biotech Co. Didn't Disclose Rejected Patent, Investors Say
• Churchill Downs Drops $51M Casino Deal After FTC Request
• Investors Say Triangle Capital Dealing In 'Half-Truths'
• Sidley Austin Nabs Goodwin Procter Private Equity Vet
• Katy Creditors' Secured Debt Challenge Tossed In Delaware
• What You Need To Know For The Supreme Court Nomination
• KLX Investors Seek To Halt $3.3B Boeing Deal
• Telecom Lobbying In Trump's DC Blurs Access And Expertise
• Energy Investors Seek Class Cert. In Mass. Fiduciary Case
• Lawmakers Question PE Firms Over Toys 'R' Us Collapse
• Don't Miss It: Gibson Dunn, Paul Weiss Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Rolls-Royce Sheds Maritime Unit To Kongsberg For $663M
• Myths And Facts About Using TAR Across Borders
• Taxation With Representation: Milbank, Weil, Fried Frank
• Deals Rumor Mill: Generali, Mitsui, Triton
• Kirkland Hires Former Skadden Tax Atty In California
• Reed Smith Accused Of Conflict In Software Venture Failure
• Calpine Corp. $5.6B Deal Facing Del. Chancery Appraisal
• A Torrid Pace Of Securities Suit Filings In Year's 1st Half
• PE-Backed IT Biz Damovo Valued At Up To €140M In Sale
• 5 Global Merger Control Developments You Need To Know
• Asia-Focused Market Veterans Plan $40M Blank-Check IPO
• Trimble Illegally Withholding $5.8M In Escrow, Suit Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Aramco, Abraaj
• Color Spot Licensor Balks At Potential Sale Of TM Agreement
• Del. Chancery Court's 2 New Seats Likely To Be Filled Soon
• 2 Takeaways From The AT&T-Time Warner Ruling
• FCC Rejects Challenges To Verizon, AT&T 5G Spectrum Deals
• Rockport's Ch. 11 Banker OK'd, Asset Auction Canceled
• EU Approves $2.4B Tronox-Cristal Deal With Conditions
• Partners Group Inks Deals Worth $2.34B For 2 Industrial Cos.
• Sainsbury's Secures £3.5B In Financing For Asda Deal
• Boeing To Take Control Of $4.75B Embraer Unit Via JV
• Perry Ellis Urges Shareholders To Resist Randa's Rival Bid
• Generali's German Life Insurance Biz Valued At €1B In Sale
• Delaware Rundown: What You Missed In Q2
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2018
• How Smaller Firms Can Go Global Without Going Bankrupt
• Global Law Firms Bulk Up In Europe As Brexit Approaches
• Linkwell Ex-Execs Say Privilege With Sidley Austin Not Waived
• Del. Justice Holland Breaks Ground With UK Chambers Role
• Coal Co. Chancery Suit Alleges Fraud In $268M Mine Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: CSC ServiceWorks, Tata, Sapura
• Three Firms Guide Catalent's $140M Pharma Biz Buy
• K&L Gates Lands 2 Curtis Attorneys In Houston
• Paragon Banking Buys Titlestone Property Finance For $63M
• Hedge Fund Leader's SPAC Raises $130M IPO To Pursue Deal
• Energy-Focused Blank Check Co. Closes Upsized $55M IPO
• $3M 'Little Red Hen' Shareholder Payout OK, 1st Circ. Rules
• Stafford Capital Offers $244M For Phaunos Timber
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• High Court Nomination Watch: 7th Circ.'s Amy Coney Barrett
• Narrow Rulings Reveal Wide Gulfs Between Justices
• 4 High Court Lineups That Might Surprise You
• How A More Conservative Court Could Change Telecom Policy
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• Interpublic Inks $2.3B Deal For Acxiom Marketing Biz
• Abbott Must Look Again For Docs Sought By Alere Investors
• Blue Cross Asks For Redo In Row Over $40M Hospital Deal
• Rite Aid Investor Demands Information On Albertsons Deal
• Trump Plows Ahead With Supreme Court Selection Process
• WilmerHale-Led Fortive Ties Knot With Gordian In $775M Deal
• FCC Seeks Input On Securus' Prison Phone Rival Deal
• Chinese E-Commerce Co. Leads 6 IPO Filings Totaling $1.6B
• CVS Wants Antitrust Suit Over 340B Drug Program Tossed
• NYSE Pulls Proposal To Ease Rules On Blank Check Cos.
• Willkie Guides Randa's $444M Offer For Perry Ellis
• REIT Offers Up 3 Properties Valued At $99.8M To Form JV
• Link Mobility Board Says $415M Offer Should Be Approved
• Sidley Austin Seeks Return Of Email In Linkwell Investor's Suit
• 6 Firms Steer Dell's Stock Swap Deal With VMware Unit
• Director Independence Disclosures: Be Careful What You Say
• Payment Processing Firm Urges Court To Stop Rivals' Merger
• Milbank Tweed, Latham Guide EQT In $2.5B Software Co. Buy
• United Rentals Picks Up Construction Solutions Co. For $715M
• The Biggest M&A Moments Of 2018's First Half
• A Trump Supreme Court Nominee Can Be Defeated
• The Most Talkative Justices Of The Term
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court