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Mergers & Acquisitions - February, 2019

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• Ex-Anthem CEO Describes 'War' With Cigna In $54B Deal Trial
• CFIUS Revamp Was 'Invigorating,' New Freshfields Atty Says
• Chancery Paves Way For Suit Against Flavor Co. Over Merger
• Spirit Aero Makes EU Commitments To Clear $650M Asco Deal
• Paul Hastings Adds Ex-White & Case Tech Dealmakers
• DLA Piper Adds Partner To Miami Corporate Practice
• Investor Says Travelport Misled On $4.4B Take-Private Deal
• Prison Will Be Harsher On UK Ex-Autonomy Exec, Court Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Universal Music, Careem, Nexi
• Energy Transfer Class Attys Deserve $4.5M, Chancery Says
• Funding Dispute Threatens To Scuttle Rehab Co.'s Ch. 11 Plan
• McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Jones Day Finance Pro In Chicago
• Gap To Spin Off Old Navy Into Separate, Publicly Traded Biz
• CVS-Aetna Merger Deal Bad For Medicare Patients, Docs Say
• Real Estate, Energy SPACs Launch IPOs Totaling $475M
• Jones Day Reps ACI In $750M Buy Of Western Union Service
• Health Care M&A: Now Insurable
• Proskauer Group Led By M&A Co-Head Bound For Kirkland
• German Co. Can Quiz Ga. Biomass Plant Over E.On Merger
• Bristol-Myers Fights Investor Pushback On $74B Celgene Buy
• Cigna Hammers Anthem Decisions In $54B Merger Bust Trial
• Chinese Education Co. Denies Hiding Secrets In Investor Suit
• Map Coverage Claims Irrelevant To Merger, T-Mobile Says
• AIG Can't Escape Paying AlixPartners' $19M Costs On Appeal
• Experts At Odds Over Call To Overhaul Securities Litigation
• Philip Morris Blasts Tobacco Co.'s 'Delay' In $125M Suit
• Clyburn Teams Up With Incompas On Hill Messaging Effort
• DC Circ Needed Facts, Not Just Theory, In AT&T Case
• Brazil Approves Disney's Fox Deal With Sports Channel Sale
• Hughes Hubbard Steers Wipro's $110M HR Biz Sale To Alight
• Sarepta Inks $165M Myonexus Buy In Gene Therapy Deal
• Merck Launches $6B Threat To Versum-Entegris Deal
• Takeaways From AT&T-Time Warner Merger Win
• Israeli Energy Co. Delek Sells Insurer To PE Firms For $442M
• Deals Rumor Mill: ChemChina, Cerberus, Nexon
• The Hidden Value Of Carveout-Specific Due Diligence
• Experian Drops Bid For Rival ClearScore After CMA Objects
• Watchdog Says Inuit Airlines Merger Bad For Competition
• Frack Equipment Co. Says Trade Secrets Suit 'Threadbare'
• First Data Shareholder Sues To Stop $22B Sale To Fiserv
• Anthem Antitrust Atty 'Stunned' At Cigna Balk On $54B Deal
• Fed Chair Pledges Thorough Review Of BB&T-SunTrust Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, ArcLight Capital, CVC Capital
• Promise Healthcare's $90M Ch. 11 Hospital Sales OK'd
• IRS To Extend Spinoff Guidance Program Past Original Cutoff
• SPAC Gears Up For $250M IPO While Another Ditches Plan
• Helios Tries To Escape Stock-Drop Suit Over MoviePass Woes
• AT&T, Time Warner's Merger Win Stands At DC Circ.
• Beauty Brands Administratively Insolvent, Converted To Ch. 7
• Nine West's Ch. 11 Plan OK'd After Sweetened Creditor Deal
• Chancery Trial Shows Deep Rifts In $54B Anthem-Cigna Deal
• UK Regulator Seeks To Shift Focus To Consumer Protection
• LBI Media Inc. Wants To Block Noteholders' Ch. 11 Challenge
• Investors Can't Bring Tender Offer Suits, Ex-SEC Heads Say
• Windstream Files Ch. 11 Following $310M Judgment
• Sinovac Uses Poison Pill To Weaken Dissident Shareholders
• Brambles Sells Reusable Plastic Containers Biz For $2.51B
• Ex-American Apparel CEO's $100M Hedge Fund Row Tossed
• 4 Firms Guide Ipsen's $1.3B Clementia Pharma Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: OneConnect, Nestle, Peloton
• Beer Drinkers' InBev-SAB Challenge Tapped Out At High Court
• JAB Buys $1.2B Stake In Animal Hospital Chain From PE Firm
• Goodwin, Davis Polk Lead Roche's $4.8B Spark Buy
• 5 Firms Steer $2.5B Go-Private Deal For Product Label Maker
• 3 Firms Steer GE's $21B Sale Of Biopharma Unit To Danaher
• Barrick Rips Newmont-Goldcorp Deal In Hostile Newmont Play
• Lender Snubs £1.3B NSF Bid Amid Struggles With Regulators
• Del. High Court Backs Survival Of Straight Path Deal Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Kirkland, Vinson
• Anthem-Cigna Trial To Weigh 'Best Efforts' On Failed Deal
• Merlin Entertainments Sells Australian Ski Resorts For $124M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sika, Berkshire Hathaway, Centogene
• Synergy Pharma Faces Pushback Over Ch. 11 Plan Releases
• Elenoff-Led Blank Check Co. Acamar Makes $300M Debut
• In A First, EU Formally Objects To Telecom Buyout 'Breach'
• Barrick Gold Mulling Merger With Newmont Mining
• Loeb & Loeb Steers Asia-Focused SPAC's $50M IPO
• Pulling Up Stakes: Orrick, McGuireWoods, King & Spalding
• Xerox Fails In Bid To Dodge Fujifilm's $1B Federal Merger Suit
• Top 10 Political Red Flags In M&A
• NSF Lobs $1.7B Unsolicited Bid For Provident Financial
• WuXi Accused Of Shorting Investors In Go-Private Deal
• Health Hires: DLA Piper, Baker McKenzie, Taft, Buchalter
• 3 Lessons From A Crypto Mock Trial
• 3 Firms Steer Saputo's $1.3B Deal For UK Co. Dairy Crest
• Don't Miss It: Skadden, Orrick Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Tracing Puerto Rico's Journey Through Bankruptcy
• NCC Hit With Investor Suit Over $850M CenterState Tie-Up
• Motor Co. UQM Shorted Investors In $100M Merger, Suit Says
• Specialty Pharma Co.'s $34M Ch. 11 Financing OK'd
• Deals Rumor Mill: Disney, Pinterest, DoublePoint Energy
• 3 Firms Steer Qlik's $560M Deal For Data Co. Attunity
• 2 Firms Steer Merck's $300M Immune Design Deal
• Singapore Firm Buys Most Of Dresden Hotel For $56M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lyft, GIP, Toshiba Memory
• Straight Path Controller Says Investor Suit Should Be Axed
• Civitas Misled Investors In $1.9B Centerbridge Deal, Suit Says
• Fresenius Asks Chancery For Fast Akorn Damages Ruling
• $35M SEC Deal Can't Save Stock-Drop Suit, Walgreens Says
• 2 Firms Steer $238M Burger King, Popeyes Franchises Sale
• RR Donnelley's Board Is Paid Too Much, Chancery Suit Says
• UK Regulator Raises Questions On Proposed Grocery Merger
• Emulex Will Likely Dictate Venue For Merger Shareholder Suits
• A Chat With McDermott COO John Yoshimura
• Caesars To 'Carefully Evaluate' Icahn's Calls For A Sale
• Bristol-Myers Gives FTC More Time To Review $74B Merger
• 2nd Recent FTC Split OKs Fresenius $2B Merger With Fixes
• WeissLaw Seeks Lead In Investor Action Over Staples Merger
• Chancery Awards Legal Costs In DAVA-Endo Merger Case
• Health Cos.' Weakness Defense Won't Fly In Price-Fixing Suit
• NJ Pain-Drug Maker Hits Ch. 11 With $75M Purchase Offer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Denel, Just, WeDoctor
• Don't Expand Broadcast Viewer Discount, Group Tells FCC
• Cyber Co. Palo Alto Buys Security Automation Biz For $560M
• Legal Services Provider Axiom Confidentially Files IPO
• Inside The War Between Papa John's And Its Ousted Founder
• Canada OKs Supermarket Chain Metro's Quebec Divestitures
• Ex-Tesla Exec, Now Lyft's COO, Will Testify In SolarCity Suit
• France, Germany Urge EU Rule Changes To Compete Globally
• The Problem With 'Optimal' Diversity
• Akin Gump, Vinson Steer Blackstone's $1.6B Targa Stake Buy
• The $1B Question: Can Puerto Rico Afford Its Bankruptcy Bills?
• Puerto Rico's Law Firms Find Their Footing After Disaster
• Plane Co. Asks Chancery To Break Grip Of Bogus Legal Rep.
• 3 Questions After EPA's New Water Contamination Action
• FTC Wants More Info On Boston Scientific's £3.3B BTG Buy
• Investor Reaffirms Suit Accusing Akorn Execs Of Deceit
• US, UAE Firms Net EU Approval To Reel In Greek Fish Farms
• Deals Rumor Mill: Radian, Thomas Cook, TSE
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, McAfee, Latham
• Molson Coors Artificially Inflated Stock Price, Investor Claims
• Oxbow: Alignment Is Key In Put Valuation Processes
• Appraisal Arbitrage Dimmed By Delaware Rulings
• Allen & Overy, Gleiss Steer €4.9B PE Takeover Of Scout24
• 3 Firms Steer Toro's $700M Excavation Biz Buy
• Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Antitrust Expert To DC Office
• Don't Miss It: Wilson Sonsini, Sidley Austin Lead Hot Deals
• Life Insurance Buyer Gets New Ch. 11 Stalking Horse Bidder
• College Sports Marketer Settles Bid-Rigging Claims With DOJ
• Opt-Out Releases Prove Problematic In Aegean Marine Ch. 11
• After Input, DOJ Says CVS-Aetna Merger Fix In Public Interest
• Perrigo, Ex-Execs Left 'Financial Bloodbath,' $555M Suit Says
• Former Manatt Phelps Partner Joins Venable's Tax Practice
• Elliott Advisors Offers Alternative To $10.1B EDP Takeover
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nestle, Apollo, Primo Japan
• Blue Cross CEO Must Testify At Anthem-Cigna Chancery Trial
• SEC Should Revisit Its Special Purpose Acquisition Co. Regs
• Salini Offers $254M For Stake In Struggling Rival Astaldi
• Del. Justices Skeptical Of $1 Award On $126M Sale Claim
• Aegean Marine Fights Pushback Over Ch. 11 Plan Releases
• Blocked, Abandoned Mergers Drop To $52B In 2018: Report
• Ditech Cleared To Tap $1.9B Ch. 11 DIP Package
• How To Bring Impact Investing Into M&A Deals
• TIAA Tells Chancery It Doesn't Owe Earnout In Nuveen Deal
• Alstom Block Shows EC Won't Bend Rules For Euro Champs
• Deals Rumor Mill: Flexport, Onex Corp., Nexstar Media
• Covington Snags Ex-Wilson Sonsini Tech M&A Pro In Calif.
• T-Mobile Dinged Over Service Record At Merger Hearing
• Mediation Opening Arguments Should Not Be A Throwdown
• Cravath, Wachtell Advise On J&J's $3.4B Auris Health Deal
• Kirkland Steers Hotelier's $300M Luxury Spa Operator Buy
• Waypoint's $445M Ch. 11 Sale Of Choppers To Macquarie OK'd
• Merger Deadline Alert Not Rent-A-Center's Job, Chancery Told
• Top Dems Urge Regulators To Kill Sprint, T-Mobile Merger
• Beauty Brands Ch. 11 Sale Approved As Insolvency Looms
• Tronox, FTC See 'Progress' On Deal To Clear $2.4B Cristal Buy
• 3 Ways Shareholder Activists Will Shape M&A In 2019
• Altria Taps US, Euro Bond Markets To Fund $12.8B Juul Buy
• Rehab Network EBH Topco Gets Ch. 11 OK In Delaware
• Deals Rumor Mill: DoorDash, Rivian, BASF
• JAB Lobs $1.7B Offer To Bolster Stake In Cosmetics Biz
• EU Approves Deal Between Air France KLM, Delta, Virgin
• HP Can't Give UK Docs To FBI In Fraud Case, Judge Rules
• BlueBay Closes $6.8B M&A-Focused Direct Lending Fund
• KDDI Inks $794M Deal For Kabu Securities Minority Stake
• Kirkland, Cooley Steer Thoma Bravo's $3.7B Ellie Mae Buy
• Brazil Seeks More Details On Disney's $71B Fox Deal
• Fresh Takes On Seeking Costs And Fees Under Rule 45
• Wireless Tech Co.'s Stock Not Worth Much, Chancery Told
• Reg Rollbacks Seen As Bit Player In $28B BB&T-SunTrust Deal
• Antitrust Can Handle 'Zero-Pricing,' DOJ's Delrahim Says
• Rent-A-Center 'Crooks' Scuttled $1.4B Deal, Chancery Hears
• Del. Justices Shut Ex-Director Out Of $52M Good Tech Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Peloton, Apollo, EQT Partners
• Investor Urges UK Food Delivery Co. Just Eat To Explore Sale
• After Losing Sale Fight, Sears Creditors Seek Speedy Finish
• Cozen Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Collapsed Stock Sale
• EU Approves $5.2B Amcor-Bemis Deal, With Caveats
• Watchdog Delays Report On Sainsbury's, Walmart Unit Deal
• Kirkland, Latham Steer $1.45B Bid For PFS By Ingersoll Rand
• Judging A Book: Smith Camp Reviews 'Echo Of Its Time'
• 3 Firms Steer Morgan Stanley's $900M Stock Admin Co. Buy
• Securities Class Action Filings Show No Signs Of Abating
• Euronext Ups Offer For Oslo Exchange To $790M In Bid War
• One Woman's Attempt To Rebuild After Hurricane Maria
• 'Now Is The Real Crisis': Puerto Ricans Struggle For Disaster Aid
• Looking To Start Over, Storm-Tossed Lawyers Land In Fla.
• $62B Bayer-Monsanto Deal Gets Final OK Despite Pushback
• UK Takes Harder Look At Communications Software Tie-Up
• Latham Adds Ex-Kirkland Energy Partner To Houston Office
• France Eases Some Canal Plus ISP Merger Restrictions
• Visa Tops Mastercard With £247M Earthport Offer
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Stroock, Vinson
• Don't Miss It: Fenwick, Goodwin Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Latham Reps Blank Check Co. RMG On $200M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nielsen, Addison Lee, Reliance Industries
• Arconic To Split Into 2 Cos. Following Apollo Offer Rejection
• Nexeo Inks $640M Divestiture Amid Univar Takeover
• In Spite Of Objections, ESL's $5.2B Bid For Sears Approved
• SPAC IPO Market Expected To Stay Strong In 2019
• Gannett Faces Proxy Fight After Snubbed $1.4B Offer
• Mobile Ad Co. Seeks Early Win In Squeeze-Out Merger Suit
• Envision Escapes Bulk Of Chancery Records Demand
• Retailer Things Remembered Looks To Save Stores In Ch. 11
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, SoftBank, Carlyle
• 2 Firms Steer Kimbell's $151.3M Deal For EnCap Assets
• Clifford Chance Reps Tyson In $340M Deal For BRF Assets
• 'The Mooch' Talks Mayhem, Con Law, Lessons From Harvard
• Why Chancery Rejected Corwin Cleansing In Tangoe
• FTC Decision Highlights Growing Divide On Vertical Mergers
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Wachtell Lead $66B SunTrust, BB&T Deal
• Ex-Linkwell Execs Sanctioned Over Deposition No-Shows
• Delaware Has Ways Around 3rd Circ. Bench Balance Ruling
• Ill. Printer Hit With ERISA Suit For Alleged Low-Value Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: EQT Partners, Cevian, Cboe Global
• Ex-Good Tech Director Argues For Share Of $52M Settlement
• Things Remembered Files Ch. 11, Stalking Horse Bids $17M
• 2018's Top 5 Activists And Their Biggest Plays Of The Year
• Energy Co. Investor Says Chancery Misapplied Merger Law
• Wealthbridge Prices $50M IPO Hoping To Buy Chinese Air Co.
• Aralez Puts Forward Ch. 11 Plan Isolated From Toprol Sale
• SoftBank Sheds Stake In Struggling Nvidia For $3.3B
• CVS-Aetna Merger Deal Still Has Holes, Patient Group Says
• EU Blocks Siemens-Alstom Rail Deal, Rejecting Concessions
• Why Proper Document Redaction May Be An Ethical Duty
• Canadian Cannabis Co.'s Board Rejects $1.7B Takeover Bid
• Oxbow: A Study In The Cost Of Misalignments In Good Deals
• TCV Pays $200M For Minority Stake In Relex Solutions
• Skadden Leads Spotify In Deals To Expand Its Audio Offerings
• Insurers' $95M Verizon Suit Paused While Del. Court Decides
• Some Panera Investors Drop Appraisal Demand Of JAB Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: VW, Tyson Foods, FirstGroup
• Celgene Investor Says Info Scant On $74B Bristol-Myers Union
• Execs Wrongly Benefit From Health Co. Sale, Investors Say
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Refugee's Journey Of Firsts
• Experts Predict Strong 2019 For IPOs Amid Gov't Uncertainty
• Inuvo Fights 'Strike Suit' Over $75.5M Merger
• Reps And Warranty Insurance: Navigating The Claims Process
• GSK Extends Drug Pipeline Push With Up To €3.7B Merck Deal
• T-Mobile Price Lock Pledge Doesn't Sway Sprint Merger Critics
• Scor Warns Investor Against Slander After €8.2B Merger Fails
• Doormaker Says No Need To Replay Landmark Antitrust Trial
• Sycamore Under Attack As Nine West Ch. 11 Trial Opens
• Diamondback Says Frack Equipment Co. Stole Trade Secrets
• Sears Faces Challenges To $5B Sale Plan, Store Closures
• Pandora Fights Chancery Bid For $3.5B Sirius Merger Docs
• FCC Restarts Clock On Inmate Calling Merger Review
• Papa John's Gets Up To $250M In Starboard Investment Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Starboard, Smart & Final, Palo Alto
• Ousted Directors Have Broad Records Inspection Rights
• Gannett Spikes MNG's 'Inadequate' $1.4B Offer
• S. African Probe Must Ignore Unilever's Bid For Immunity
• Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 2
• Stroock, Simpson Thacher Lead $11B Ultimate Software Buy
• Escaping The Fallacy Of The Indispensable CEO
• Recent Trends In Energy Antitrust Enforcement And Litigation
• Nasdaq Rival Euronext Eyes Higher Bid For Oslo Exchange
• As Puerto Rico Recovers, Courts Heed Lessons Of Disaster
• Alere Settles Investor Claims Over Blood Monitor For $20M
• GE Downplayed SEC, DOJ Inquiries Into Alstom Merger: Suit
• ESL Says $5.2B Ch. 11 Sale Only Way Forward For Sears
• Delaware Expands Digital Frontier On Books, Records Suits
• Deals Rumor Mill: Delta, Papa John's, Disney
• 10 Firms Will Steer 6 IPOs Raising $724M To Start February
• Nine West Pleads Case For Ch. 11 Plan OK Ahead Of Trial
• Tyler Technologies Drops $185M For MicroPact
• Don't Miss It: Simpson Thacher, WilmerHale Lead Hot Deals
• Ex-Stradling Yocca Partner Joins Loeb & Loeb's Tax Practice
• Steel Dynamics Lands Majority Stake In Steel Biz For $134M
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Vinson, Simpson
• Oxbow: Freedom Of Contract Is Fundamental To Delaware Law
• Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 1