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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2018

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• Reorganized Westinghouse Must Return $166M: Ch. 11 Estate
• 6 Firms Steer Security Co. Intersections' Go-Private Deal
• Sprint-T-Mobile Underwhelms With Coverage Claims: Analyst
• Deals Rumor Mill: Athenahealth, CVC, Thermo Fisher
• 7th Circ. Is Asked To Free Financing Co. From Business Ties
• Foley, Sullivan Steer Quad/Graphics' $1.4B Deal For LSC
• Tips For Drafting M&A Agreements After Akorn
• CME Gets UK Antitrust Clearance For $5.5B NEX Buy
• Insurance M&A Soars Under EU's Tough Capital Regime
• Barnes & Noble Details Ex-CEO's Alleged Harassment
• Toys R Us Poised To Sell Asian Business To Debtholders
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apollo Global, UBS, Papa John's
• Ex-Valeant Exec, Pharmacy CEO Get Year For Kickback Fraud
• The Hurdles That Could Trip Up IBM's $34B Red Hat Deal
• Akorn Says Chancery Rewrote Law In Letting $4.3B Deal Die
• Chancery Suit Slams Murdochs' $83M Disney Merger Windfall
• Investors Hit Dental Group With Action Over Planned Merger
• EU Investigating Tata And ThyssenKrupp's Steel JV Plan
• WilmerHale, Wilson Sonsini Steer $1B MKS, Electro Tie-Up
• UK Outlines Competition Enforcer's Role Post-Brexit
• Attys Seek $13.5M Fees In Row Over Grupo Mexico Deal
• Chinese Regulators Vow Support To Ease Market Fears
• Katten Muchin Adds Ex-Jones Day Tax Partner To UK Office
• 4 Firms Guide Chesapeake Energy's $4B Deal For WildHorse
• Kirkland, Wachtell Steer WH Smith's $198M Airport Retail Buy
• Learning From A Failed Merger: The Sinclair-Tribune Pitfalls
• Protecting Law Firm Talent At Both Ends
• Perrigo Hit With Investors' Suit Over Thwarted Mylan Deal
• Post Holdings Must Return $1M To Egg Co. Shareholders
• Belgian Investment Firm Buys Crypto Exchange Bitstamp
• Enviro Exec Wins $1M In Mass. Court Flip For Lost Bonus
• White & Case Leads EQT In $654M Karo Pharma Bid
• Proxy Firms Faulted On Advice In Squire Patton-Led Report
• Columbia Pipeline Investor Outlines Issues With $13B Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Brookfield, Telecom Italia, Bharti
• Takeda Offers To Sell Shire Drug To Get EU's OK For Takeover
• EU Approves Mars' Deal For Veterinary Clinic Chain
• Wendy Olson Talks Twin Falls, Tribes, Private Practice
• Hitachi Drops $920M For Elliott Stake In Italy's Ansaldo
• Door Maker Case Tests Meaning Of DOJ Merger Review
• CFIUS' Pilot Program: Takeaways For State-Owned Investors
• Australia's Navitas Rejects AU$2B Takeover Offer
• 3 Firms Guide $1.7B Denbury, Penn Virginia Tie-Up
• 3 Firms Steer IBM's $34B Red Hat Acquisition
• Paul Hastings Must Face Suit Over Lighter Co. Deal
• Payment Processing Co.'s Suit Over Rival's Merger Tossed
• Chancery Tosses Blucora Investor's Repeat Derivative Suit
• Open Road Films Gets $87.5M Stalking Horse Bid
• Coal Co. Trying To Shirk Paying Benefits, Retiree Trustees Say
• Deals Rumor Mill: Focus Brands, ByteDance, Mellanox
• EFH Judge Splits Up $275M Tab For Failed NextEra Deal
• Former Ice Miller Partner Rejoins Firm's Business Practice
• EU Says Sony's $2.3B EMI Deal Won't Hurt Streaming Services
• Don't Miss It: Arnold & Porter, Ropes & Gray Lead Hot Deals
• Baker McKenzie Steers Auto Co. Faurecia's $1.3B Clarion Buy
• Judging A Book: Brown Reviews 'Dangerous Leaders'
• Midterm Elections Could Fan Already Soaring M&A Optimism
• Investment Funds Want Cut Of $52M Deals In Good Tech Case
• FCC Again Denies Foes Of CBS-Entercom Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: EQT, Chevron, Hitachi
• EFH Judge Releases $275M NextEra Reserve To Creditors
• Husch Blackwell Steers $350M Specialty Ingredients Co. Sale
• What We Heard At The FTC Hearings: Days 3, 4 And 5
• Veteran Litigator Joins Goulston & Storrs In Boston
• 2 Firms Guide PE-Backed ADT In $317.5M Red Hawk Buy
• Breaking The Rules: 3 Ways To 'Lead' A Direct Examination
• AT&T's Hints Of White House Bias Unlikely To Gain Traction
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit EFH $275M Breakup Fee Decision
• Walgreens Escapes Investor Suit Over Failed Rite Aid Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: CommScope, Endeavor, Innovent
• Teva Asks FTC To Tweak Watson-Actavis Merger Fix
• NY AG Gets Marathon To Sell 5 Gas Stations For Upstate Deal
• Tesla Says Method Of Merging Tweet Suits 'Makes No Sense'
• UK Probes Thermo Fisher's Buy Of Electron Microscope Co.
• Gibson Dunn Steers $625M Sale Of Kraft Heinz India Brands
• Deals Rumor Mill: Godiva, Siemens, Arconic
• Netflix Continues Its Borrowing Streak, Seeks $2B In Bonds
• InBev, SABMiller Deal Tweaks OK'd, Easing Gov't Enforcement
• $38.5M Sale Of Heritage Home 'Nonluxury' Brand IP Gets OK
• AstraZeneca Expands Cancer Work With €62.6M Innate Stake
• Simpson Thacher, Winston & Strawn Steer $4.3B Energy Buy
• Cravath Steers $2B J&J's Japanese Cosmetics Co. Buy
• Rams Owner's Co. Wants Suit Tossed Over 'Stolen' Docs
• Equus Investor Says Equity Perk Suit Should Stay Alive
• Equistone Bids €283M For French Sport Shoe Business
• Deals Rumor Mill: O2, PMI, Constellation Brands
• Sidley Reps Z Capital In Unsolicited $133M Casino Co. Bid
• Sprint-T-Mobile Deal Could Kill Plans, Charter Tells FCC
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps Fiat Chrysler In €6.2B Unit Sale
• FTC Clears $70B Linde-Praxair Deal With Asset Sale
• EnLink Is Latest Midstream Co. To Abandon MLP Structure
• Wachtell, Fried Frank Steer Jacobs' $3.3B Energy Biz Sale
• 4 Firms Guide $1.75B Sale Of Icahn-Backed Rail Car Co.
• Navigating Geopolitics In US-China Investments
• ​Takeaways From Senate Antitrust Enforcement Hearing
• GreenTech Auto Fetches $50M Ch. 11 Stalking Horse Bid
• 8 Firms To Guide IPOs Surpassing $1.6B In Seesaw Market
• Chancery Closes Gender Gap, National Courts Moving Slowly
• EFH Reserve Release On Hold Pending 3rd Circuit Rehearing
• Deals Rumor Mill: Swiss Re, CPPIB, Nestle
• Don't Miss It: Goodwin, Fried Frank Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Racks Up More Small-Biz Support
• EU Approves Microsoft's $7.5B Deal For GitHub
• Group Offers $3.8B To Take Over Shopping Center Owner Intu
• Winston & Strawn, Jones Day Guide Infrastructure Biz Buy
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Simpson, Cravath
• Need Litigation Finance? Don't Skip These 5 Steps
• What M&A Attys Must Know About Mandatory CFIUS Filings
• Baker Botts Guides $950M Valero Deal, Ending MLP
• Oaktree Says Financial Docs Are Privileged In Fraud Suit
• Nine West Files Amended Ch. 11 Plan With $105M Settlement
• Wachtell, Simpson Lead $5.7B Invesco-MassMutual Deal
• Energy Co. Must Pay Long-Term Benefits To Fired VP: 5th Circ.
• German Copper Co. Offers EU Concessions To Approve Deal
• Miramar Finalizes Settlement Over Sientra Merger Suit
• CWA Wants In On Calif. Review Of Sprint-T-Mobile Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vista Equity, Palantir, Warburg Pincus
• McMillan Steers IAnthus, MPX In $683M Cannabis Co. Merger
• UK Watchdog Smells Trouble With Washroom Services Merger
• 4 Things To Watch In The Sears Bankruptcy
• Investor Sues Online Seller CafePress Over Snapfish Merger
• 3 Firms Guide Oncor's $1.3B InfraREIT Acquisition
• Cravath, Faegre Steer Novartis' $2.1B Deal For Endocyte
• Sen. Warren Demands Toys R Us Pay Worker Severance
• A High Court Milestone Stirs Hope Of Gender Parity
• Public Funds Seek To Oust Zuckerberg As Facebook Chair
• Katten, GrayRobinson Steer $275M Baggage Delivery Co. Deal
• Class Claims Too Late In United Back Pay Row, Union Says
• Crowell & Moring Snags Cadwalader's Complete Health Team
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Caesars, Vestar
• Shell Reaps $1.9B In Sale Of Danish Upstream Assets
• Quick Chancery Appeal Sought For Rocky $4.8B Akorn Merger
• No Proof Potomac Hurt Investors In PLX Deal, Chancery Says
• CVR Takes Another Swing At Wachtell In Icahn Takeover Case
• BASF Offers To Cut Deals On Nylon Buy To Win EU Nod
• NY Appeals Court Ends Failed Xerox-Fuji Deal Litigation
• Winston Strawn Guides Industrial-Focused SPAC's $225M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Lyft, Tribune
• A Holistic Approach To Client Retention
• Sinovac Investor Can't Halt Share Issue In Board Dispute
• Skadden, Cleary Steer Hanwha Solar Cell Tie-Up
• The Path To Becoming A Supreme Court Advocate
• Vinson & Elkins Adds Ex-Kirkland M&A Pro To New York Office
• $20M SEC Settlements For Musk, Tesla Approved By Judge
• A Chat With Allens Pricing Chief Pier D'Angelo
• Nine West Creditors Ask To Sue Sycamore For LBO Losses
• Gender Disparity At The High Court: How Top Law Firms Measure Up
• Hartford's $2B Navigators Buy Draws Del. Disclosure Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Innovent, Lime, HNA
• Co. Bids To Keep CVS Unit From Clients In Trade Secrets Row
• Schulte Roth Guides Veritas Capital In Learning Biz Buy
• Fox Sports Networks Can't Go To Big-4 Affiliates, DOJ Hears
• $4.8B Akorn Ruling More Outlier Than Shift At Chancery
• NYSE Again Seeks To Ease Rules On Blank Check Cos.
• Ropes & Gray Helps Lead $1B Purchase Of Greencore Unit
• Icahn Challenges Dell's VMware Stock Swap Plan
• Investors Can't Undo $480K Costs In Archstone Buyout Row
• MoFo Adds Capital Markets Partner From Jones Day
• Gigamon Seeks Toss Of Suit Over $1.6B Sale To Elliott
• Pulling Up Stakes: Dechert, Orrick, Munger Tolles
• CFIUS Pilot Program: Immediate Investment Implications
• Will The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar Be Female?
• Supreme Court Women: A Vet & 1st-Timer Talk Gender Disparity
• 3 Firms Steer $35B Harris-L3 Technologies Tie-Up
• Norton Rose, Sidley Austin Guide $134M Underwriter Buy
• Broadcom Says EU OK'd $18.9B CA Inc. Deal
• DOJ Says AT&T Can't Fix District Court's Errors
• Don't Miss It: Gibson Dunn, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Can The DOJ Speed Merger Reviews? It's Tried Before
• FisherBroyles Adds M&A, Tax Partner To Detroit Office
• Synovus, Fla. Bank Owe Info On $2.9B Deal, Investor Says
• 11 Firms To Lead IPOs Raising $1.8B Amid Market Volatility
• J&M Deal To Keep 85 Stores Open Moves Ahead In Del. Ch. 11
• Health Hires: Insys, Ex-US Atty, Katten, Kasowitz, Dechert
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sears, SoftBank, Athenahealth
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Gibson Dunn
• The ABA Was Dead Wrong About Model Rule 8.4(g)
• K2M Shareholders Move To Block $1.4B Stryker Merger Vote
• What Akorn Teaches Us About Delaware MAC Clauses
• J&M Forced Into Hybrid Asset And Liquidation Sale For Ch. 11
• BMW Increases Stake In Chinese Auto JV For €3.6B
• 3 Takeaways From The $69B CVS-Aetna Deal
• Stars Group Gets Greenlight For $4.7B Sky Betting Buy
• Quarles & Brady Adds Business Law Pro To Its Chicago Office
• Japanese Retailers Swap Stakes In Deals Totaling $2.1B
• 5G Boost From T-Mobile Merger Said To Benefit Taxpayers
• The Supreme Court Should Become Boring
• Deals Rumor Mill: Swissport, Kimberly-Clark, NEC Group
• Sinovac Investors' Stock Injunction Bid Faces Skeptical Judge
• UK Watchdog Orders Breakup Of Laundry Co. Merger
• Court Urged To Decertify Class In Hospital Price Hike Row
• Cannabis Co. MedMen Picks Up PharmaCann In $682M Deal
• Back To School: BC's Kent Greenfield Talks Corporate Law
• Pa. Appeals Court Halts Sewer Sale Over Likely Rate Hike
• The Rise In ESG Investing — And What Boards Can Do
• Winston Guides $350M Sale Of SlimFast To Glanbia
• Grant & Eisenhofer, Labaton Tapped To Lead AmTrust Cases
• Finance Atty Joins Holland & Knight In Denver
• Essendant Sued For Scrapping Merger To Pursue Staples Deal
• Lions Gate To Settle Starz Investor Suit For $92.5M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sears, WeWork, Bayer
• 12 Firms Vying To Lead 9 Tesla Take-Private Tweet Suits
• Simpson Thacher, Stikeman Elliott Steer $2.8B Enviro Biz Deal
• UK Antitrust Regulator Clears Power Co. Merger
• Shearman & Sterling Lures Merger Veteran From FTC
• How FIRRMA Changes The Game For Tech Cos. And Investors
• Fenwick, Kirkland Steer $2.1B Imperva Take-Private Deal
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Golf Ball-Tracking Technology Suit
• 3 Firms Steer $375M DSW Deal For Camuto Group, IP
• Kavanaugh Cannot Be Compelled To Recuse Himself
• 3 Firms Guide TransDigm's $4B All-Cash Deal For Esterline
• CVS To Sell Medicare Plan To Win $69B Aetna Deal Clearance
• Del. Justices Uphold Toss Of Baby Formula Co. Buyout Suit
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Stalking Horse Bid Elusive In Open Road Films Ch. 11 Case
• Boston Scientific Merger Trial Fast-Tracked In Chancery
• FIKA's Proposed $11M Sale To Ch. 11 Lender Approved
• Zoe's Kitchen Hit With 2nd Suit Over Proposed $300M Sale
• Westmoreland Coal Hits Ch. 11 With Plan For Lender Takeover
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ackman, HNA Group, Trian Partners
• Greek Mining Co. Owes Tax For $4M Spinoff, DC Circ. Hears
• Factory Ordered Sold In Groundbreaking Merger Breakup
• Knowledge Management: An Unsung Hero Of Legal Innovation
• Network Capacity Buyers Shut Out Of EU Merger Row
• Antero Abandons MLP Structure In Midstream $7.2B Roll-Up
• 3 Firms Steer FNZ Sale To CDPQ And Generation Investment
• Energy M&A Tops $100B For 5th Straight Quarter
• Recent Trends In Shareholder Activism
• High Court Asked To Review $3M Disgorgement Post-Trial Win
• Don't Miss It: Latham And Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• ISN Needs Larger Fact Record For Early Win, Chancery Says
• Lionbridge Investors Get Cert. In Revived $360M Merger Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Salini Impregilo, CannTrust, Civitas
• UK Watchdog Mulling Remedies For £1.2B Fuel Co. Merger
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 4 Blank-Check Companies Price IPOs Totaling $780M
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Hogan Lovells
• Precision Drilling Strikes $796M Deal For Rival Trinidad
• Chile OKs Chinese Co.'s Increased Stake In Chemical Maker
• Delaware Rundown: What You Missed In Q3
• Hurdles Ahead For California's Female Director Mandate
• Del. Chief Justice Strine Warns Of Growing Investor Unrest
• Elon Musk, SEC Told To Justify $20M Settlement Over Tweets
• Ex-Camera Co. Prez Fights Rams Owner's Attys' Fees Claim
• 7th Circ. Affirms $500M Tax Hit Against Exelon
• Zoe's Kitchen Shareholder Sues Over $300M Merger With Cava
• US Silica Investors Sue For Records On $750M Acquisition
• Key Firms Aided Top Q3 Real Estate M&A Deals
• Akorn Could Alter 'Material Adverse Effect' Law In Delaware
• Brookstone's $65M Sale Of Airport, Online Retail Biz OK'd
• Limiting The Scope Of Discovery Through Contract
• J&J Unit Strikes $3.7B Hepatitis B Gene Therapy Deal
• Del. High Court Won't Decide Chancery Doc Appeal After All
• Cigna Names GC To Guide Co. Post-Express Scripts Merger
• ActiveCare Ch. 11 Sale OK'd With Liability Concerns Resolved
• Dell Still Exploring IPO Despite VMware Stock Swap Plan
• McCormick, Zurn Confirmed To Complete Chancery Expansion
• Investor's 'Gut Feeling' Can't Sustain Suit, Kate Spade Says
• M&G Gets $2M As Funds In Delaware Ch. 11 Run Out
• Levi & Korsinsky Trying To 'Derail' Merger Offer Suit: Investors
• Skip The New 'Civility Courses' And Think Like A Lawyer
• The DOJ's Current White Collar Priorities
• Deals Rumor Mill: Marathon Oil, Peabody Energy, Atai
• Reed Smith M&A Atty Joins Exodus To Holland & Knight
• Antitrust Considerations For Government Contractors
• Why Law Firms Should Monitor The Dark Web
• Authentix Investors' Appraisal Rights Nixed In Chancery
• Mexican Cement Co. Says Colo. Court Can't OK $36M Award
• Deals Rumor Mill: Exxon, Cinven, Mattress Firm
• Open Road Gets More Time To Nail Down Stalking Horse Bid
• Stakeholder Cries Foul Over $270M Sale Of Colo. Wind Farm
• Investors Seek To Stop Staples' $1B Purchase Of Essendant
• In-House Review Is Root Of Sinclair-Tribune Woes: O'Rielly
• Chancery Keeps Alive Class Suit Over $110M Energy Co. Sale
• FTC Clears $2.8 Billion Casino Merger
• Verity Health Gets $235M Stalking Horse Bid On 2 Hospitals
• 2nd Circ. Says Lost Financial Stake Shouldn't Doom Suit
• Does Rule 45 Protect Nonparties From Undue Burden?
• DOJ Merger Review Reform Is Welcome News
• Hong Kong Blank Check Co. Plans $100M US IPO
• DOJ Clears $23B UTC, Rockwell Deal With Divestitures
• Deals Rumor Mill: Campbell, Richemont, Lone Star
• Brookstone Gets $73M Bid To Buy Airport Stores, IP Assets
• White & Case Adds 13 Pircher Nichols Attys In Chicago
• EFH Judge Won't Address $60M NextEra Claim
• Questions Loom As Calif. Public Co. Boards Must Add Women
• Justices Pass On Decadeslong Radio License Transfer Fight
• Texas Hospital Giants To Join, Forming State's Largest Chain
• Sidley Steers Stryker's $220M HyperBranch Deal
• Rams Owner Says Stolen Docs Should Kill Aerial Camera Suit
• Chancery Lets Fresenius Ditch $4.3B Akorn Deal
• Hogan Guides Honeywell's $492M Automation Biz Buy
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds Ex-Bryan Cave Corporate Atty In Chicago