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Mergers & Acquisitions - January, 2019

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• Goldman Unfairly Reaped $230M In SuperValu Deal: Food Co.
• Investor Says Cloud Co. Hid Missteps In Citrix Unit Merger
• Hospital Mergers Increase Patient Risk, UK Study Shows
• FTC Split Over Staples Deal Shows Merger Review Fissures
• Harris Eyes Night Vision Biz Sale To Clear $35B L3 Merger
• Clifford Chance, Winston & Strawn Guide $900M Pet Food Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Brookfield, Elliott, ConocoPhillips
• Elliott Boosts Telecom Italia Stake Amid Shareholder Battle
• German Co. Mulls Arbitration Over Lost Energy Deal
• $18M Sale Of Bankrupt Makeup Co. Gets Judge's Approval
• Blank Check Co. Pivotal Acquisition Prices $200M IPO
• 2 Firms Steer Blackstone's $3.3B Tallgrass Energy Deal
• What Lawyers Can Do To Prevent And Combat Burnout
• Door Maker Will Use Appeal To Stall Factory Sale, Court Told
• Berry Global Mulls Competing Bid To Apollo's £3.3B RPC Buy
• The Laterals Audit: Tax Attorney Moves In January
• Olshan Lays Groundwork To Preserve Top Activism Practice
• Nasdaq Gets UK Sign-Off For $220M Swedish Fintech Deal
• 3 Firms Help Keep 2018 Securities Filings Near Record
• Synergy Execs Get Incentive Pay If Ch. 11 Sale Reaches $214M
• Beauty Brands' Ch. 11 Financing OK'd Amid Budget Concerns
• NextEra Wants High Court To Undo $275M Breakup Fee Ruling
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hyundai, Isracard, Intel
• Life Insurance Buyer Gets $5.6M Offer In Ch. 11 Sale
• Latin American Use Of M&A Deal Insurance On The Rise
• London Stock Exchange Group Drops €278.5M On Euroclear
• DOJ Defends Bayer-Monsanto Deal As 'Victory' For Farmers
• Nasdaq Tries To One-Up Euronext With $770M Oslo Bors Bid
• Reinsurer To Sue Rothschild, Barclays Over Failed Merger Bid
• Icahn Refinery Deal Shorts Investors By $140M, Suit Says
• Software Co. Execs Pushed For Vista Merger: Chancery Suit
• Finisar Investors Kept In Dark On $3.2B Tie-Up, Suit Says
• Fresenius Extends $2B Merger Deadline After Shutdown
• Tobacco Co. Owes $125M After Winston, Kool Buy: Texas AG
• Deals Rumor Mill: VW, Taptica, Jet
• 3 Firms Steer Deal To Create UAE Banking Behemoth
• Hedge Fund Bets $70M On Atlantic City's Former Revel Casino
• Securities Cases That Will Matter Most In 2019
• REIT Fights Investor's Attys' Fee Bid In Merger Suit
• Regulators See Retrospective Deal Reviews As Helpful In Tech
• Split FTC OKs $483M Staples-Essendant Deal With 'Firewall'
• UK Antitrust Authority Issues Guidance On No-Deal Brexit
• The Shutdown Is Over, But Merger Review Backlog Remains
• Owed $1.5M, Skadden Exits From China Firm's Chancery Suit
• Orrick Nabs Leading M&A Partner From Baker McKenzie
• Antitrust Vet Joins Lewis Brisbois, Sets Up DC Office
• Sears Unsecured Creditors Challenge $5.2B Ch. 11 Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Gefco, AmGeneral, Lufthansa
• US Merger Probes Still Drawn Out, Dechert Study Shows
• Alstom, Siemens Offer New Terms To Sway EU On Rail Tie-Up
• Chancery Won't Reconsider Starz's $92.5M Merger Settlement
• Katten Muchin Adds Ex-White & Case Tax Planning Partner
• Chancery OKs Investor Books Probe In $1.3B Calgon Merger
• 3 Firms Shape Entegris, Versum Materials' $9B Combination
• Del. Judge Skeptical Reinsurer Can Delay Ch. 11 Repayment
• Fraud Suit Blocks Books Bid On $100M Deal, Chancery Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: MoneyGram, CTG, Etihad
• Don't Miss It: Sidley, Jones Day Guide Week's Hot Deals
• TransPerfect's Co-Founder Seeks Legal Costs From CEO
• The Consumer Welfare Standard, 40 Years Old & Under Fire
• Wabtec, GE Tweak $11B Rail Merger With Eye On Feb. Close
• Taxation With Representation: Covington, Simpson, Troutman
• Mayer Brown Adds Ex-Baker McKenzie Derivatives Partner
• 2 Firms Steer Mastercard's $307M Earthport Offer
• Investors Fight Perrigo's Attempt To Escape Mylan Suit
• The Road Ahead For Shareholder Activism After 'Record Year'
• Tighter Rules, Tense Relationship Hinder China's US M&A
• Evergrande Health Pays $157M For Chinese Auto Battery Co.
• Ropes & Gray Nabs Former White & Case PE Partner
• Nine West Creditors Prep For Court Fight Over Ch. 11 Plan
• $183M Defense Co. Buy Unchallenged During Review Period
• Ebix Investors Reach Deal In Chancery Suit Over CEO Bonus
• Fox Claims Malaysian Resort Co. Doomed Theme Park
• Dems Seek To Probe Net Neutrality Regs, Sprint-T-Mobile Deal
• Deutsche Hospitality Buys Majority Of Zleep Hotels
• Willkie Steers Protective Life's $1.2B Insurance Biz Buy
• Hedge Fund Pushes To Oust PG&E Board, Avoid Ch. 11
• Sears Creditors Seek To Sue Ex-CEO For Retailer's Downfall
• Law Schools Should Be More Like Medical Centers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Zambon, Anbang
• Amcor's $5.3B Bemis Tie-Up Stalled By Gov't Shutdown
• Glansaol Gets Ch. 11 DIP, Employee Bonuses Mostly Approved
• Boston Scientific's Del. Merger Trial Still A Go For April
• 3rd Circ. Sinks Pa.'s Fee Bid In Hospital Merger Fight
• ID Protection Co.'s Go-Private Deal Stiffed Investors, Suit Says
• PBGC's Ex-Chief Counsel Retires, Joins Wagner Law Group
• Papa Gino's Gets Nod On $20M Ch. 11 Sale To Creditor
• Kirkland Steers Cision's $225M Digital PR Co. TrendKite Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: J&J, Union Life, Edcon
• Singapore Crypto Exchange Could Float In Reverse Merger
• EU Pauses Vodafone-Liberty Merger Case To Get More Info
• Nets Part Owner Buys WNBA Liberty From Knicks' Owner
• Beauty Brands Gets Nod For Bid Procedures With New Buyer
• Kessler Topaz, Robbins Geller Lead Qualcomm Investor Suit
• AMC Tries To Duck Stock-Drop Suit Over Theater Acquisitions
• 3 Firms Steer Apollo's $4.3B Buy Of UK Plastic Packaging Co.
• Navigating The Many Risks Of PFAS In M&A Transactions
• FCC Dem Pings DOJ On Sprint-T-Mobile Spectrum Holdings
• Bridgestone Unit Buys TomTom's Telematics Arm For €910M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fawaz Alhokair, Saudi Aramco, Colfax
• Another Former Wilmington Trust Officer Gets Prison Time
• Advent Int'l Buys 51% Of $1.42B Argentinian Payment Co.
• Courts Are Getting It Right On Litigation Funding Discovery
• 3 Firms Advise On Deal Forming $653M Payment Services Biz
• Metals Co. Arconic Says It's Not Mulling Sale Anymore
• Activist Elliott Floats EBay Asset Sales, New Path Forward
• M&A Group Of The Year: Wachtell Lipton
• Orrick Adds Ex-Norton Rose Energy Tax Expert In NY
• Charles Harder Clients End 2 Gizmodo Defamation Suits
• Enviro Co. Owes Ex-Officers Legal Fees, Chancery Hears
• White & Case Adds Former Justice Dept. Head, Gaming GC
• Pharma Investor Says $180M Deal Proxy Lacks Key Info
• Blank Rome Adds Ex-DLA Piper Transactions Atty In LA
• Sears OKs $5.2B ESL Bid, Preps For Feb. 4 Sale Hearing
• Solvay Sheds Nylon Plants Over EU's BASF Antitrust Worries
• Beauty Brands Gets More Time To Review Ch. 11 Sale Offer
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Ashurst Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Gibson Dunn Snags Jones Day Energy Transactions Attorney
• #MeToo Movement Molds New Protections In Mergers
• Health Hires: Norton Rose, K&L Gates, Fox Rothschild
• Deals Rumor Mill: Metro, Nexon, Acuris
• UK's Co-Op Inks £185M Sale Of Insurance Underwriting Biz
• High Court's Emulex Issue Is Narrower Than Some Suggest
• 4 Critical Questions When Obtaining A Fairness Opinion
• M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
• Medical Device Co.'s Del. Suit Says Competitor 'Sabotaged' It
• Spectrum Adds Shutdown To Deal Clock, Others Could Follow
• Del. Justices OK Spinoff's Escape Of Enviro Co.'s $1.6M Suit
• Haynes and Boone Adds Ex-Troutman Food & Bev, M&A Pro
• Wex Inks $425M Deal For Administrator Discovery Benefits
• Beauty Brands Del. Ch. 11 Sale Plan Draws Creditor Fire
• Hunger For New Drugs, Tech To Drive 2019 Pharma M&A
• Qihoo's $9.3B Take-Private Play Conned Investors, Says Suit
• Diversity's Next Step: Developing Minority Partners
• Nuts And Bolts Of The IRS' Proposed Anti-Hybrid Regulations
• Investor Says Info On InfraREIT-Oncor Merger Is Misleading
• Deals Rumor Mill: Campbell Soup, Nasdaq, Riyad Bank
• Del. Justices Overturn Chancery-Ordered Oxbow Carbon Sale
• 2019 Annual Meeting And Reporting Considerations: Part 4
• M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden
• PetIQ Chews On Rivals' Fresh Suit Over Clinic Chain Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Schleich, Siemens-Alstom, Salesforce
• Barr Shows He Is Mostly In Tune With DOJ Antitrust
• Spinoff Liable For $1.6M Tab, Enviro Firm Tells Del. Justices
• FCC Conditions On Charter Merger Were Illegal, DC Circ. Told
• Beauty Brands Bidder Says 23-Store Offer Is Best Available
• EU Top Court Reverses Watchdog's Block Of UPS-TNT Merger
• Fried Frank Adds REIT Head, Tax Atty From Hogan Lovells
• EU Veto Of Siemens-Alstom Deal Would Be A Mistake: France
• CFIUS During The Shutdown: What It Means For Deals
• DSV Makes $4B Bid For Swedish Supply Chain Co. Panalpina
• MoFo Snags 2 Ex-Davis Polk Executive Compensation Pros
• Sears' Biggest Sale (Itself) Offers Valuable Lessons For Retail
• 2019 Annual Meeting And Reporting Considerations: Part 3
• M&A Group Of The Year: Shearman & Sterling
• Competition Watchdog Reveals Scope Of PayPal Merger Probe
• Arbitrators And Mediators Should Reflect Society's Diversity
• 4 Firms Guide Fiserv's $22B First Data Buy
• Oxbow Carbon Must Pay Up In Chancery Records Dispute
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds 3 Partners To Dallas Office
• US Trustee Rips Bankrupt Makeup Co.'s $1.4M Exec Bonus Bid
• Antitrust Bar Worries UK Merger Discovery Too Burdensome
• CFIUS Backlog Will Only Worsen As Shutdown Carries On
• Chancery Trims Fee Award In Miramar Class Merger Challenge
• Why AFAs Are Key To The Future Of Legal Practice
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nexi Group, Arconic, Katerra
• Construction Co., Family Want Out Of Wis. Shareholder Fight
• Akorn Wants Derivative Suit Related To Failed Merger Axed
• McDermott Int'l Sued After Stock Drops 60% Post-Merger
• Paul Weiss Steers $250M Cannabis Co. Revenue-Share Deal
• Blank Rome Can Arbitrate Ex-Dickstein Partners' $4M Suit
• 2019 Annual Meeting And Reporting Considerations: Part 2
• 3 Firms Shepherd $275M Deal For PE-Backed AppRiver
• Pulling Up Stakes: Shearman, DLA Piper, Latham
• Door Maker Case Is A Boon To Private Antitrust Litigants
• M&A Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
• Jones Walker Snags Fowler Rodriguez Team In Merger
• GTC Law Group Settles Chancery Fight Over IP Asset Sale
• MNG Makes $1.4B Bid For Gannett Amid Slow Stock Growth
• Deals Rumor Mill: Etihad, Viacom, Saudi Aramco
• Mueller Probe To Dominate Barr Confirmation Hearing
• 2019 Annual Meeting And Reporting Considerations: Part 1
• Aegean Marine Gets OK On $535M DIP, $681M Purchase Bids
• Kirkland, Skadden Aid On L'Occitane's $900M Skincare Deal
• Hunton Andrews Kurth Adds Tax Partner To London Office
• Judging A Book: Barron Reviews 'The Clamor Of Lawyers'
• Singapore Real Estate Co. Buys Development Biz In $8B Deal
• 4 Firms Assist On Merger Creating $4.2B Data Science Biz
• M&A Group Of The Year: Cravath
• 6 Firms Guide Newmont Mining's $10B Goldcorp Takeover
• Euronext Tables $717M Formal Offer To Buy Oslo Exchange
• The Firms That Dominated In 2018
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• CVS-Aetna Judge To DOJ Attys: 'Roll Up Your Sleeves'
• Chancery OKs $2M Settlement For Louisville Bedding Class
• Uncertain Deals Climate Persists After JPMorgan Conference
• Deals Rumor Mill: Slack, Dalian Wanda, Anheuser-Busch
• How M&A Attys Can Keep Deals Flowing During The Shutdown
• Fox Says No Plans To Buy Back Sports Networks From Disney
• Don't Miss It: Simpson, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Common Stockholders Can Wa[i]ve Appraisal Rights Goodbye
• Health Hires: Lewis Brisbois, Pierce Bainbridge, Bradley Arant
• Discovery Confidentiality At Risk After Columbia Pipeline
• AG Nominee Promises Recusal In Time-AT&T Merger Case
• 4 Takeaways From Sunny 2019 M&A Forecast
• The Case For Lawyer-Directed Litigation Funding In NY: Part 2
• Bandera Partners Pushes For Changes To Luby's Board
• DOJ To Take Closer Look At $35B Harris, L3 Deal
• 7th Circ. Kills Extension In Financing Firms' Contract War
• What All Attorneys Need To Know About The Shutdown
• Investor Says More Info Needed In $1.3B Nutrisystem Merger
• $65M Lending Co. Sale Tainted By Conflict, Chancery Told
• OTC Markets Looks To Grow Through London Expansion
• Airline Merger Trial Preparing For Takeoff In Bankruptcy Court
• Seyfarth Snags Startup Co. GC For Chicago Corporate Group
• Deals Rumor Mill: Starboard Value, Refinitiv, Brookfield
• 4 Firms Steer SemGroup, KKR Midstream Joint Venture Deal
• The Case For Lawyer-Directed Litigation Funding In NY: Part 1
• Ex-Sears CEO Ups Bid To Save Retailer To $5B
• Norton Rose Scores Ex-FTC Atty From Hunton Andrews
• Atty Fees Fuel Chancery Fight After Furniture Co. Merger
• Golf Tech Monopoly Suit Not Premature, Justices Told
• Prolonged Shutdown Threatens To Stall IPO Market
• Shutdown May Slow CVS-Aetna Deal Review, DOJ Says
• EU Antitrust Chief Says 'Champions' Play By The Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: Engie, Edison, Canaan
• 1 Firm Handled 3 Largest Hotel M&A Deals Of 2018
• Faroe Begrudgingly Recommends DNO's $816M Takeover Bid
• Accounting Treatment Pitfalls To Avoid In Life Sciences M&A
• 7 Questions To Add To Your Lateral Partner Questionnaire
• High Court's Take On Emulex Could Slash Merger Challenges
• 'Duck Dynasty' Creators' Suit Against ITV Studios Trimmed
• Red Hat Shareholder Drops Suit Over Planned $34B IBM Sale
• 'Botched' Merger Disclosures Put Ambry On Hook For $450K
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Athenahealth Faces Shareholder Suit Over $5.7B Merger
• Sears Gives Ex-CEO's Fund 1 Day To Submit Revised Bid
• Miami Blank Check Co. Files $300M IPO Led By Ellenoff
• Baker McKenzie Guides Sika's $2.5B Deal For Parex
• Considerations For Data Divestitures After CFIUS Review
• A Chat With Reed Smith Chief Marketing Officer Sadie Baron
• Convicted Wilmington Trust Execs Seek Bail During Appeal
• Tesaro Hit With Investor Suit Over $5B Merger Deal With GSK
• Shutdown Pushes Antitrust Agencies Into Merger 'Triage'
• 2018's Largest Deals And The Firms That Led Them
• Coalition Opposing Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Adds 5 New Orgs
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sears, P.F. Chang's, BP
• L3 Investors Sue To Block Harris Merger Over Lack Of Info
• Starboard Pushes Dollar Tree To Sell Family Dollar Biz
• Weil, Fenwick Steer Eli Lilly's $8B Loxo Oncology Buy
• 'Flexible Work' Makes Freelancing More Viable In BigLaw
• Four Firms Steer DXC's $2B Swiss Software Biz Buy
• A Call To Permit Judicial Substitution In MDL Proceedings
• Judge Weinstein On Activism, Gobbledegook, Going Robeless
• Synergy Pharma Negotiates, Locks In Ch. 11 Sale Procedures
• Starz Investor Seeks $92.5M Merger Settlement Reargument
• Attys Head To JPMorgan Conference In Shaky Deals Climate
• WildHorse Investor Sues Over Proposed $4B Merger
• Drugmaker Perrigo Hit With Investor Suit Over Tax Audit
• Chancery OKs $50M Southern Copper Investor Settlement
• Norton Rose Sued Again Over Power Plant Finance Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rothesay Life, Apollo, Apax Partners
• Genomic Sequencing Cos. Face FTC Scrutiny On $1B Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Simpson, MoFo
• Esperion Inks Daiichi Licensing Deal For Cholesterol Drugs
• Don't Miss It: Sullivan & Cromwell, Cooley Lead Hot Deals
• Supreme Court Will Review Negligence Standard In M&A Suit
• More Than A Dozen Firms Aided Top 2018 Real Estate Deals
• Blank Rome Adds 'Storied' Atty To LA Corporate Group
• Oslo Exchange Seeks Counterbids To Euronext Takeover Offer
• Countrywide Can't Slip Fraud Claim In Ambac's RMBS Case
• Bristol-Myers' $74B Celgene Buy Gives 2019 M&A Fast Start
• Gunster Adds GrayRobinson Atty To Firm's Corporate Practice
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mr.DIY, Petrobras, UBS
• What To Expect From Technology-Assisted Review In 2019
• Gencom Buys 2 Tampa Bay Hotels For $100M
• Simpson, Milbank Advise As Altavair Lands $1B From KKR
• Assessing The Effect Of Mergers On Labor Markets
• Hogan Lovells Adds Ex-IBM VP To Boston Office
• Kirkland, Wachtell Steer Bristol-Myers' $74B Celgene Buy
• Synergy Pharma Defends Ch. 11 Sale Plan After Objections
• Deals Rumor Mill: Riyad Bank, FrontFour Capital, Apollo
• Makeup Brand Co. Seeks OK For Employee Bonuses In Ch. 11
• Advocates Challenge FCC's Eased Media-Ownership Rules
• 2019 Will Bring More Good News For Litigation Finance
• Bryan Cave, MoFo Steer $600M Omega REIT, MedEquities Deal
• Radisson Tells Investors To Spurn Consortium's $778.4M Bid
• How Attorneys Can Land Big-Ticket Deals In 2019
• Why More Law Firms Will Embrace Remote Work In 2019
• Delaware Cases To Watch In 2019
• Global Competition Law Developments To Watch In 2019
• Merger Reviews To Watch In 2019
• Antitrust Cases To Watch In 2019
• Transformative Deals, Big PE Buys On Tap For 2019
• Activists Expected To Target M&A, Overseas Cos. In 2019
• Supreme Court Class Action Cases To Watch In 2019
• 4 New Year's Resolutions For M&A Attorneys
• 5 Antitrust Trends To Watch In 2019
• M&A Legislation & Regulation To Watch In 2019
• Telecom Developments To Watch In 2019