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Mergers & Acquisitions - August, 2018

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• MLB Media Wants IP Axed, Poaching Claims Arbitrated
• Nutter Adds 3rd Hinckley Allen Partner To Boston Team
• Hutchison Must Keep Fixes To Complete $3B Wind Tre Deal
• New Pass-Through Deduction Will Pass Over Many Lawyers
• Health Hires: Quinn Emanuel, Manatt, Strategic, Perkins Coie
• Paul Weiss, Drinker Biddle Guide $307M Insurance Deal
• UK Watchdog Raises Concerns Over £1.2B Fuel Co. Merger
• Cement Co. Can't Ship $36M Award Fight To Mexico, Firm Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Meituan-Dianping, Lyft, Qualtrics
• Don't Miss It: Covington, Mayer Brown Lead Week's Hot Deals
• The REIT Take-Private Process: Trends And Considerations
• Bankrupt Aerogroup Sues Global Brands Over Aborted Sale
• How Reckless Judicial Impeachments Threaten Rule Of Law
• 3 Firms Steer Coca-Cola's $5.1B Costa Coffee Tie-Up
• Debevoise-Led HCA Healthcare Grabs NC Facilities For $1.5B
• Judging A Book: Fogel Reviews 'Good Judgment'
• Taxation With Representation: Sidley, Skadden, Norton
• 3 Deals That Perished This Summer & What Killed Them
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Emerging Companies Partner In Calif.
• Judge Denies Redo Motions By Convicted Wilmington Execs
• American Airlines Pilots Can't Revive Seniority Suit
• Columbia Pipeline Sale Docs Stay Public In Chancery Action
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fosun, Actis, Virgin Australia
• Medtronic Can't Nix Shareholder Suit Over Merger In Ireland
• Applebee's Franchisee Cites Progress On Ch. 11 Lender Deal
• Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Could Boost Rural Coverage, FCC Told
• Sen. Booker Proposes Moratorium On Agribusiness Mergers
• Skadden Steers Moody's $278M Buy Of Real Estate Data Co.
• Simulator Maker Golfzon Acquires Leadbetter Golf Academies
• Rams Owner's Co. Can't Escape Claims Over Deal Interference
• Campbell Trims Business Amid Activist's Pressure To Sell
• 10 Ways To Prevent E-Discovery Woes
• The Challenges Of Valuing Litigation-Driven Equities
• Skadden, Simpson Thacher Guide $1.4B Stryker-K2M Deal
• Eaton Units Must Pay $293M In Asbestos Settlement Row
• AMR-US Airways Merger Challenge Heads To Trial
• Mandate For Female Board Directors Clears Calif. Assembly
• Surprise $40M Stalking Horse Bid Placed In Brookstone Ch. 11
• Greenberg Traurig Boosts Firm With Ex-Squire Patton Tax Atty
• Deals Rumor Mill: Wilsonart, Eldorado Brasil, MediaMarkt
• A Closer Look At Summer's Hottest M&A Moves
• Gray-Raycom Deal Will Hurt Consumers, Cable Cos. Tell FCC
• Gibson Steers News Corp's $210M Real Estate Tech Co. Buy
• Cloud Storage Co.'s Ch. 11 Sale Yields $13M Price Hike
• Sinclair Says Tribune Is Responsible For Tanked $3.9B Deal
• Reed Smith Snags Ex-Sidley Austin Deals Veteran In LA
• Wilson Sonsini Nabs Veteran Hogan Lovells Corporate Atty
• UK 'Unexplained Wealth Orders' Will Discourage Investors
• Mayer Brown Adds London Finance Partner From Fried Frank
• Talks Ordered On $8.5M Fee In ETE Row After 'Ugly' Acts
• Sprint-T-Mobile Deal Would Mean 'Oligopoly,' FCC Hears
• Nautilus Solar Energy Acquires Mass., NY Portfolio
• Health Screener Files Ch. 11, Preps Sale To Quest Affiliate
• Pa. Energy Co. To Buy Rex Energy Out Of Ch. 11 For $600M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yum China, Coronado Coal, Saudi Aramco
• Weil, Simpson Thacher Steer PJT's $165M Advisory Firm Buy
• CVS Ducks Sentry Data's Antitrust Claim, For Now
• House Dems Urge FCC To Review Sinclair-Tribune Deal
• Sidley, Willkie Steer $2.6B Apollo Deal For Insurer Aspen
• 4 Key Components To New Firm Partnership Agreements
• Tangoe Board Says Shareholders Had Options In Sale Vote
• Brookstone Gets $35M Purchase Offer In Delaware Ch. 11
• CWA Says Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Would Cost 28K Jobs
• Furniture Co.'s Final DIP OKed After Hiking Committee Fees
• FCC Report Finds No Sinclair-Tribune Bias, Pai Says
• LaSalle Mulls Competing Offer To $4.8B Blackstone Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Total, Arco, Farallon
• Allconnect Ordered To Pay $5M For Stock Repurchase
• Norton Rose, Bracewell Guide $1.4B Energy Merger
• Goodwin Procter Adds Ex-DLA Piper Life Sciences Pro
• Delaware Decision Clarifies MFW's Ab Initio Requirement
• Australia's IOF Draws Sweetened AU$3B Blackstone Deal
• Open The Federal Courthouses
• Calif. AG Probing $59B Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Plan
• Enbridge To Buy Spectra Energy For $3.3B
• Lessons From The Demise Of The Sinclair-Tribune Deal
• Hospitality Cases And Trends To Watch For The Rest Of 2018
• Blank-Check Co. Megalith Prices $150M IPO For Fintech Buy
• Investor Cries Foul Over $810M Trustwave-Singtel Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Papa John's, ABB, Oi
• Don't Miss It: BakerHostetler, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• China Biologic Rejects $3.9B Takeover Bid Led By Ex-CEO
• How Blockchain Could Rescue 10b-5 Damages
• More US-Targeted Real Estate Deals To Face CFIUS Scrutiny
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Mayer, Vinson
• Shareholders Can't Bar $6B Vectren, CenterPoint Merger Vote
• 11th Circ. Sides With Time Warner In Sale Interference Suit
• No Clear Winner In $4.3B Akorn Deal Row: Vice Chancellor
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hutchison, Vertiv, PDC Brands
• Investor Sues To Block $4.9B Kapstone-WestRock Merger
• White & Case Adds Another Equity, M&A Partner in Chicago
• UK Watchdog To Probe Sainsbury's Bid For £7B Walmart Unit
• Greenberg Snags Husch Blackwell Team For Health Group
• Robbins Geller, Monteverde Fight To Lead Analogic Suit
• Rite Aid Counters $5.5M Tech Co. Suit With $16M Demand
• Reinsurance Firm Scottish Holding's Ch. 11 Plan Gets Nod
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, VW, Apple
• Energy Co. Bolsters Australia Biz With $2.2B Quadrant Buy
• 2 Door Makers And The Gutting Of Pre-Merger Clearance
• Mayer Brown, Sidley Guide $2.1B Hartford, Navigators Tie-Up
• Sinclair-Tribune Call Spotlights Pai's White House Ties
• Troutman Sanders Adds Hogan Lovells Finance Specialist
• NJ Lawyer Accused Of Mishandling Legal Malpractice Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: GSK, Amaysim, Cepsa
• Firms Seek To Intervene In Handy & Harman Chancery Suit
• Eaton Stockholders Appeal Fraud Case To 2nd Circ.
• 3 Firms Guide $1.4B Sale Of BridgeTex Stake To OMERS
• China Proposes To Simplify Foreign Investments In Listed Cos.
• DLA Piper Lands Corporate Law Pro In Mexico City
• 'High Availability' — A Key Term In Law Firm IT Strategy
• 5th Circ. Revives Insurance Adjuster's Suit Over Soured Deal
• China Biologic's Former CEO Leads $3.9B Takeover Bid
• Good Tech Board Strikes $17M Deal In BlackBerry Merger Suit
• Chancery Class Says 'Phantom' Rights Benefited Ebix CEO
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG, Standard Chartered, Hess
• Tech-Focused SPAC Churchill Capital Primes $400M IPO
• EU Clears $70B Linde-Praxair Deal With Divestitures
• Sun Capital Pushes Del. Court To Throw Out RICO Suit
• Davis Polk Guides Tyson In $2.16B Keystone Foods Buy
• The 'Post-Fact' Jury In The 'Fake News' Era
• PepsiCo Inks $3.2B Cash Deal To Buy SodaStream
• Chancery Rejects Bid To Unwind $170M Furniture Co. Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mafengwo, Marfrig, LafargeHolcim
• Health Hires: Dorsey & Whitney, DLA Piper, Epstein Becker
• Don't Miss It: Davis Polk, Willkie Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Calif. Water Scraps Bid For Holding Co. After Offer Rejected
• Cava Mediterranean Chain Buys Zoe's Kitchen For $300M
• Taxation With Representation: Akin Gump, Wachtell, Kirkland
• Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Sue Meng
• Ropes & Gray Can Breathe Easy With Toshiba Deal Sealed
• Judging A Book: Lipez Reviews 'Last Great Colonial Lawyer'
• 3 Reasons Attys Should Learn A Foreign Language
• How FIRRMA Will Change National Security Reviews: Part 2
• Will Law Schools Start Counting 'Generation ADA'?
• TKK Symphony Prices $220M IPO To Pursue China Deal
• Geothermal Firm Fights Chancery Toss Of $110M Merger Suit
• RV Appliance Maker Ducks Most Claims In Contract Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Babytree, Amazon, Midstates
• Long-Awaited Bonus Depreciation Insight For Partnerships
• Pa. Rehab Centers Say Some Issues Kept Secret Before Sale
• Relativity Can Sell $40M Assets And Netflix Deal To UltraV
• Wendy's Sells Stake In Restaurant Franchiser For $450M
• Buchalter Adds 2 Attys To Corp., Litigation Groups In LA
• How FIRRMA Will Change National Security Reviews: Part 1
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Jonathan Davis
• A Chat With Ogletree Knowledge Chief Patrick DiDomenico
• A Teachable Moment On Adequate Disclosures
• ExamWorks Says Investors Sat On 'Damaging' Evidence
• Chancery Cuts 3.3% More From AOL Merger Appraisal
• Simpson, Kirkland Steer $800M Best Buy-GreatCall Deal
• Transfer Pricing Must Factor In Mobility, Specialist Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Pátria, Cerberus
• Diagnostics Co. Investors Fight Bid To Nix Stock-Drop Suit
• Cabot Inks $1.6B Cash-And-Stock Deal For Chemicals Co.
• FCC Hints It Could Drop Sinclair-Tribune In-House Review
• Corona Owner Drops $3.9B Into Canadian Cannabis Biz
• Pulling Up Stakes: McCarter & English, Orrick, Day Pitney
• Rising Star: Skadden's Sonia Nijjar
• How One Firm Moved The Needle On Disability Inclusion
• CFIUS Reform Is No Death Knell For Chinese Buyers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, CIE Automotive, Sinochem
• Akin, Wachtell Assist On Diamondback's $9.2B Energen Buy
• DOJ Taps Ex-AG Mukasey To Monitor Bayer-Monsanto Deal
• Kirkland & Ellis Adds Corporate Partner In Houston Office
• Euronext Hits Back At Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
• Phaunos Timber Fund Rejects Stafford's $244M Takeover Bid
• Rising Star: Wachtell's Edward J. Lee
• Investors Sue MoviePass Owners As Stock Bottoms Out
• An Update, Not A Transformation, Of CFIUS Review Process
• Interview Essentials For Attorneys On The Move
• David Boies On How Dyslexia Shaped His Practice
• BigLaw's Mental Health Stigma Shows Signs Of Fading
• ActiveCare Gets Nods On DIP Financing, Auction Plans
• 5 State AGs Argue Against $62B Bayer-Monsanto Deal
• Aralez Gets OK To Tap $5M DIP, Must Produce Budget Info
• $7B USG-Knauf Merger Hit With Del. Chancery Class Suits
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Diebold Nixdorf, Abraaj
• Dentons Grows In Latin America With New Chilean Office
• Insurers Won't Cover Verizon's $95M FairPoint Settlement
• Japanese Utilities Buy Stakes In $2.6B Innogy Wind Farm
• Fisker Ch. 11 Trustee, Karma In Talks On Stock Sale Reset
• Thales Extends $5B Data Encryption Offer Amid Probes
• CFIUS Overhaul Signed Into Law Along With Defense Budget
• Philippines' Watchdog Wins Grab Commitments For Uber Deal
• Bain Capital Eyes Potential £1.17B Takeover Of UK Insurer
• KKR Gets Stake In Indian Enviro Engineering Co. for $530M
• Kirkland, Weil Guide $1.74B PE-Backed Hospital Services Deal
• Companies Could Face Pressure Over Board Composition
• Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Edward Prokop
• Clerking For Ginsburg
• Gaining Access: Disabled Lawyers Share Their Stories
• How The Legal Industry Lets Down Lawyers With Disabilities
• UK Watchdog Says Laundry Merger Hurts Competition
• Fortis Advisors Beats Dismissal Bid In $29M Suit Over Merger
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Deals Rumor Mill: Frontier-Suzhou, VF Corp., SIG Combibloc
• CA Tech Hit With Investor Suit Over $18.9B Sale To Broadcom
• Sinclair Pumps Brakes On FCC Review After Merger Call-Off
• Don't Miss It: Bracewell And Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Skadden Steers Amadeus' $1.5B Deal For TravelClick
• Monster Beats $8.9M Fees Suit From Investment Bank
• Apollo-Backed Blank-Check Co. Prices Upsized $480M IPO
• Aralez Sheds Assets For $250M As Bankruptcy Cases Begin
• Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Christopher Moore
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cleary, Weil
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 3 Surprises
• Sports Direct Buys House Of Fraser's UK Stores For £90M
• Sinclair Investor Sues Over Withdrawn $3.9B Tribune Deal
• 'Sue Me': $1B Tribune Case Charts Where Sinclair Turned Ugly
• Relativity Wins Approval Of Creditor Settlement, Final DIP
• Stroock Hires Executive Compensation Partner For NY Office
• Aronberg Goldgehn Lands Ex-Latimer LeVay Corporate Atty
• Rebate Climate, Amazon Doom Cigna's Rx Deal, Icahn Says
• Ryckman Owner Must Honor $11M Trustee Buyout, Court Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tronc, Turkish Airlines, SDI
• Icahn Can't Escape Depo In Wachtell Malpractice Suit
• How Taxpayers Are Taking To Tax Reform So Far
• Thompson & Knight Guides Ajax Resources' $900M Asset Sale
• Orsted Bolsters Wind Farm Biz With $580M Acquisition
• Why You're At Work When All Your PE Clients Are On Vacation
• Delaware Court Offers Clarity On MFW Protections
• Clerking For Ginsburg: A Superhero Supreme
• Covington Guides Emergent's $270M Vaccine Biz Buy
• Rite Aid, Albertsons Call Off Merger Amid Investor Concern
• Tribune Kills $3.9B Sinclair Deal, Files Lawsuit
• Sen. Wants FCC To Weigh Sprint, T-Mobile Deal Benefits
• InBev-SAB Deal Didn't Swallow US Beer Biz, 9th Circ. Says
• Sumner Redstone Won't Be Deposed In CBS Stock Suits
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tronc, UnitedHealth, Ping An
• Nine West Creditors Seek Lenders' Info On 2014 Takeover
• O'Melveny Guides Skyworks' $405M Avnera Acquisition
• DOJ Seeks More Info On $4.9B WestRock, KapStone Merger
• Foley Hoag Adds Ex-Ropes & Gray Finance Practice Head
• Saudi Aramco To Pay €1.4B For Lanxess Stake In Rubber JV
• Orix Inks $2.2B Deal For Stake In Aircraft Lessor Avolon
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 RBG Lessons On Having It All
• 3 Firms Steer Starwood's $2.6B GE Energy Finance Biz Deal
• Pinnacle Foods Investor Challenges $10.9B Conagra Deal
• Redstone Video Triggers New Battle In CBS Chancery Suit
• Bankrupt Real Mex Gets Access To $1.6M In DIP Financing
• Cadwalader Can't Call Legal Experts In Malpractice Trial
• PE Firms Trade Fraud Claims In Chancery Over $115M Deal
• XpresSpa Directors Shed Much Of Corporate Takeover Suit
• FTC, Tronox Duel Over Bid To Halt $2.4B Cristal Merger
• WellCare Eyes Stock And Debt To Fund $2.5B Meridian Buy
• Latham Snags Ex-Fenwick M&A Pro Behind Facebook Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Advent, Alibaba, HNA
• Paul Weiss Steers KPS' $690M Equipment Biz Sale
• Rams Owner Kroenke Buys Arsenal Soccer Team For £550M
• 5 Ways CFIUS Will Change With New Law
• Tackling Digital Class Notice With Rule 23 Changes
• Clerking For Ginsburg: How To Play The Long Game
• Nordic Capital Sells Logistics Co. To DP World For €660M
• Proskauer Lands Ex-Dechert Corporate Partner In DC
• Court Declines Fast Ch. 11 Hearing On $2.4M Ryckman Claim
• Del. Ch. 11 Court OKs Hearing On Weinstein Contract Rules
• Aerogroup Creditor Agrees To Halt Foreclosure Action
• ActiveCare Delays Ch. 11 Auction Plan For Committee Talks
• JT Group Inks $1.5B Deal For Akij's Bangladeshi Tobacco Biz
• Tablet Maker Xplore Faces Shareholder Suit Over $90M Deal
• Judge Got AT&T-Time Warner Case Wrong, DC Circ. Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mattress Firm, SoftBank, Sprint
• Real Mex Chain Again Files Ch. 11 With Planned $47M Sale
• Energy Co. Fights Investors' 'Radically Overbroad' Cert. Bid
• First Reserve Sells Oil, Gas Co. To Kosmos For $1.2B
• 5 Firms Guide $5.2B Amcor, Bemis Packaging Co. Tie-Up
• FTC Wants More Assets Sold For Praxair Deal, Linde Says
• Clerking For Ginsburg: In Pursuit Of Precision
• How Delaware Refreshed Its LLC Act And General Corp. Law
• Gawker Bankruptcy Can't Shield Writer From Defamation Suit
• Netgear Spinoff Raises $163M After IPO Prices Below Range
• Brookstone To Begin Closing Sales At All 101 Mall Locations
• Uber Nabs Covington Securities Atty For Corp. Transactions
• Exxon, InterOil Want Texas Suit Over $2.5B Deal Dismissed
• Deals Rumor Mill: Amcor, Kraft Heinz, Ofo
• Heineken Inks $3.1B Partnership With China Resources Beer
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Baker, Davies, Foley
• Xerium Investor Asks Delaware Court To Halt $833M Merger
• Allergan Sells Dermatology Drugs To Almirall For $650M
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Vinson Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Randa Sweetens Offer For Perry Ellis To $459M
• UK Seeks To Balance Asset Protection And Protectionism
• Clerking For Ginsburg: My RBG Guide To Judging
• Carlyle Group's $160M Stock Windfall Triggers Chancery Suit
• Cotiviti Investor Sues Over $4.9B Verscend Deal
• White & Case Nabs Chicago M&A, Equity Atty From DLA Piper
• Netflix Waves White Flag In Relativity Ch. 11 Contract Fight
• Sidley Austin Must Give Investor More Info On Privilege Log
• Focus Brands Inks $200M Deal To Take Jamba Juice Private
• Rent-A-Center Investor Sues To Halt $1.4B PE Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Jin Jiang, Abraaj, Cigna
• 2 Investors Say Boardwalk Pipeline Settlement Is Unfair
• Weinstein Ch. 11 Emails OK'd For Rape Charges Defense
• Retailer Brookstone Opens Ch. 11 In Del. With Sale Plans
• UK Launches Broad Review Of Tech Competition Policies
• EU Watchdog To Probe Copper Merger On Antitrust Worries
• Radio Mentorship Program Passes FCC With Opposition
• King & Spalding Beefs Up PE Practice With 8 New Hires
• Morgan Lewis Adds WilmerHale Partners In Silicon Valley
• Del. Court Tosses NextEra's $60M Admin. Claim In EFH Ch. 11
• Cisco Inks $2.35B Cash Deal For Security Software Co.
• It's Prime Time For A Dose Of Reality On Brett Kavanaugh
• Proskauer Reps AccorHotels On Boutique Chain Buy
• REIT Investor Says $1.4B Merger Suit Has Legs
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 Things I Learned
• Icahn Depos Took Heated Turn, CVR And Wachtell Tell Judge
• Qualcomm Investor Sues Over $117B Broadcom Merger Bust
• Calif. Insurance Commish Asks DOJ To Block CVS-Aetna Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: China Tower, PG&E, United Group
• Cloud Storage Co. Gets OK On Ch. 11 Bid, Auction Plans
• Kilpatrick Townsend Poaches Squire Patton M&A Partner In SF
• Vonage Inks $35M Deal To Buy Telefónica Video Provider
• Backroom Talks Stall Relativity Trial Over Netflix Deal
• Weinstein Creditors Want Del. Ch. 11 Probe Of Co. Exec
• AIG, Carlyle Ink Partnership Over Bermuda Reinsurer
• Brookfield Infrastructure Inks $3.3B Deal For HVAC Co.
• Grifols To Divest 3 US Plasma Centers As Part Of $286M Deal
• Oxbow Carbon Investors Win Chancery Sale Order
• DOJ Expands Efforts To Encourage FCPA Self-Reporting
• Clerking For Ginsburg: The Equality Lessons