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Mergers & Acquisitions - March, 2019

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• Fairfax India Pays $72M For Indian Shipping Co. Stake
• Fraud Case Trimmed, Class Certified In Quorum Spinoff Fight
• The Laterals Audit: Tax Attorney Moves In March
• Bouchard Steers Tight Chancery Court Ship Into The Future
• FTC, DOJ May Team Up On Vertical Merger Guidelines
• Oaktree Says It Didn't Have Insider Info In Tribune Trade
• Dump Health Care 'Need' Certifying Law, FTC Urges Alaska
• Deals Rumor Mill: Endeavor, Mondelez, EWE
• Starboard Ditches Effort To Derail Bristol-Myers' $74B Buy
• Versum Softens Stance On Merck's $6B Hostile Takeover Bid
• Deal Could End Investor Suit Over Alleged $47M Withdrawal
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Kirkland, MoFo
• What M&A Attys Must Know About New EU Investment Rules
• 2 Firms Guide Canada Board's $750M Aqua America Deal
• CFIUS 2.0 Roundup: The Pilot Program, The Shoulder Shrug
• Sen. Brown Wants More Info On $66B BB&T-SunTrust Tie-Up
• Medley Delays Shareholder Vote On Sierra Income Merger
• Don't Miss It: Goodwin, Simpson Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Pharma Cos. Owe $30M For Acquired Drug's Gains, Suit Says
• Sidley Austin Pulls In Trio Of Orrick Energy Attorneys
• Church & Dwight Buys Hair Removal Brands For Up To $900M
• Globalstar Calls Shareholder $15M Fee Request 'Exorbitant'
• Latham, Skadden Steer Auto Parts Maker ZF's $7B Wabco Buy
• New Data May Lead To Closer Scrutiny of Hospitals' Deals
• Aussie Watchdog Approves Knauf's $7B USG Deal With Fixes
• Law360's Mergers & Acquisitions Editorial Advisory Board
• Brexit Risk-Disclosure Considerations For US Reporting Cos.
• New Debevoise M&A Co-Heads Look To Teach Young Lawyers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Bluewater, Casper
• Black & Decker Fined $1.8M For Power Tools Sold In Iran
• Whirlpool Suit Over Nidec's Antitrust Obligations Gets Axed
• DOJ Says Merger Review Reforms Are On Track
• Bed Bath & Beyond Blasts Activist Investors' Takeover Bid
• Investors Say Printing Co. Didn't Shop Bid In $1.4B Sale
• China's Antitrust Chief Vows Open Market, Rule Of Law
• NextEra Can't Undo $275M Fee Denial, Justices Told
• 3 Firms Steer Quantum Portfolio Co.'s $400M Gas Well Sale
• MoFo, O'Melveny Shape $1.07B Semiconductor Merger
• What We Heard At The FTC Hearings: Day 17
• Aruba Appraisal Cannot Stand, Investors Tell Del. Justices
• Indian Infrastructure Co. Sells $1.16B Stake In Airports Biz
• Wood Chip Co. Dodges Severance Suit After Facility Fire
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Grindr, Renault
• HP Mishandled $11B Acquisition, Software Co. Boss Claims
• Skadden, Kirkland Steer Centene's $17.3B WellCare Buy
• FTC Extends Scrutiny Of Bristol-Myers' $74B Celgene Buy
• AT&T-Time Warner's Mid-Merge Tactic Still Haunts DOJ
• Veteran IP Litigator Joins Burr Forman McNair As Partner
• Aerogroup IP Creditor Gets Big Share Of $24M Sale Proceeds
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche Bank, Harvard, Ferrovial
• AT&T Hit With $68M Suit Over Escrow Funds In NII Ch. 11
• Merck Makes $6B Hostile Takeover Bid For Versum
• 3 Firms Guide Uber's $3.1B Buy Of Middle East Rival Careem
• Open-Source Software Raises Unique Antitrust Questions
• Setting The Record Straight On Women In Court Reporting
• Brookfield Drops $560M On Canadian Co.'s Clean Energy Push
• McCarthy Tétrault, Graham Gow Help With $71M REIT Deal
• EU Investigating Impact Of Novelis' $2.6B Aluminum Co. Deal
• Valid Merger Vote Impossible, Medley Capital Investor Asserts
• Deals Rumor Mill: Disney, Uber, Avaya
• Wachtell, Goodwin Lead $1.6B Office REIT Merger
• $660M Biotech Co. Merger Offer Is Too Low, Investors Say
• IRS Plans To Limit Gain Recognition In REIT Transfers
• Canadian Energy Co. ENMAX To Buy Emera Maine For $1.3B
• 3 Firms Steer $3.4B Takeover Of Telecom Co. Inmarsat
• Reinsurer RenaissanceRe Buys Tokio Millenium For $1.5B
• 2 Firms Guide $300M Deal For Women's Clothing Retailer
• Limiting Supreme Court's Size Is Not Enough
• Autonomy CEO Accused Of Systematic Fraud In $11B HP Deal
• Pharma Co. Reaches $3.6M Deal With Unsecured Creditors
• Latham Steers Russian Piping Co.'s $1.2B US Biz Sale
• Lyft's $2B IPO Dominates Week That Could See 4 Deals Price
• Justices Urged To Allow Negligence Standard In M&A Suit
• Berry Has No Plans To Increase £5B RPC Deal
• Gibson Dunn Lands Kirkland M&A Lawyer In New York Office
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Daimler, Avon Products
• UK Grocers Say Regulators' Remedy For Tie-Up Is 'Impossible'
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Dechert, Wachtell
• BlackRock Pays $1.3B For Financial Software Biz EFront
• Are Delaware Courts Last To Believe In Efficient Markets?
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Gibson Dunn Lead Week's Hot Deals
• EU Clears $6.4B Marsh-JLT Merger With Antitrust Fixes
• Swiss Firm Takes French Biotech Co. Private For €730.1M
• Investor Wants Civitas Records To Probe $1.4B Sale
• DLA Piper Nabs Baker McKenzie, Wilson Sonsini Partners
• Judge Says He Can't Decide $15M Sears Credit Card Row Yet
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lion Air, Ferretti, KKR
• REIT Tax Atty Returns To Hogan Lovells To Lead Trust Practice
• IRS Suspends 1957 Guidance Requiring Income In Spinoffs
• Gibson Dunn Steers Murphy Oil's $2.1B Sale Of Malaysia Biz
• EU Issues New Rules For Screening Foreign Investments
• Investor Wants Medley Capital Merger Vote To Proceed
• $10M Buyout Sealed For Squeezed-Out Fla. Hospital Investors
• Navitas, PE-Backed Consortium Strike $1.5B Takeover Deal
• Lenders Score Major High Court Victory In Foreclosure Case
• EU Clears Spirit Aero's $650M Asco Deal After Fixes
• Tech Trends From SXSW Pose Unique Questions For Lawyers
• SEC Trims Company Disclosure Requirements
• What's In A Judgeship? More Than Meets The Eye
• Swamped: How Magistrate Judges Salvaged Louisiana's Judicial Crisis
• $283M NCI Sale Not Motivated By Retirement, Chancery Says
• Nexstar Sells 19 Stations For $1.32B To Satisfy Regulators
• Supermajority Vote Kills $1.4B Fintech Deal Suit, Directors Say
• AT&T-Time Warner Trial Sets Poor Example, Delrahim Says
• Dental Supply Co. Must Face Price-Fixing Suit, Investors Say
• Size Doesn't Matter For Old Mergers, FTC Chair Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uniper, Fastly, A.S. Watson
• Investors Claim Riverstone Misled Ahead Of $3.8B Deal
• Sears Ch. 11 Estate Pushes Lampert To Turn Over $49M
• Insurance-Focused Blank Check Co. Scores $131M IPO
• Is 'Manifest Disregard' Defense Only Mostly Dead In Texas?
• 2 Firms Steer Scotts' $234M Sale Of Lawn Care JV Stake
• An Employment Lawyer's Guide To M&A Due Diligence
• In Bar Admissions Process, It's Candor Or Bust
• 'In A Timely Manner': Three Decades Of Judgeship Bills
• From Showdowns To Hotlines, Frazzled Judges Get Creative
• Cravath Steers Ineos' $700M Titanium Dioxide Biz Buy
• Ex-Greenberg Traurig Tax Atty Joins Covington's Tax Group
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lyft, Kantar, Blackstone
• Sidley, Dechert Steer Jones Lang LaSalle's $2B HFF Buy
• Busted Deal Slows Health Firm's $20M Chancery Dispute
• Nexstar-Tribune Will Make 'Broadcast Colossus,' FCC Told
• 4 Key Issues In Rent-A-Center Case And A $127M Question
• Pulling Up Stakes: Jones Day, Pillsbury, Greenberg
• How China's Version Of CFIUS Will Expand Security Reviews
• Haynes And Boone Steers Blucora's $180M Buy Of 1st Global
• Hg Sells Visual Software Biz To Roper For £410M
• Judging A Book: Bashant Reviews 'Doing Justice'
• SEC's Rio Tinto Fraud Case Trimmed, But Moves Forward
• Level 3 Investors' Deal Denied After CenturyLink Tie-up OK'd
• Sanctions Sought Over Appeal In Synergy Pharma's Ch. 11
• Willkie Nabs Cooley Deals Pro In Silicon Valley
• Retailer Shopko To Liquidate After Failed Ch. 11 Sale Bid
• Activism Clear Area Of Concern, Intrigue For M&A Attys
• Hospitals Agree To Settle Antitrust Suit With Washington AG
• As Judicial Ranks Stagnate, 'Desperation' Hits The Bench
• These Are The Nation's 27 Most Overworked District Courts
• Hinckley Allen Adds Former Associate As Tax Group Partner
• Golf Co. Won't Get Mulligan In Suit Over Ball-Tracking Tech
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche-Commerzbank, Petrobras, Carrizo
• Kirkland, Gibson Steer ArcLight Deal For $278M Midstream Co.
• Gaming Co. Owes Ellenoff Grossman Nearly $1M In Bills: Suit
• Exxon, InterOil Escape Investors' Suit Over $2.5B Deal
• Novartis Eye Care Unit Buys PowerVision for $285M
• Quinn, Labaton Nab Class Lead In Epic Dell Stock Swap Suit
• Newell To Reap About $500M In Sale Of Manufacturing Unit
• Firms Can Leverage Communications When Economy Is Slow
• Sinclair License Reckoning Still On Horizon, FCC Dems Say
• 3 Firms Assist On $905M Nextel Brazil Deal
• Willkie, Skadden Steer FIS' $43B Worldpay Buy
• 11 Firms Hope To Greet Spring With IPOs Exceeding $1.5B
• Pilgrim's Pride Must Face Chancery Suit Over $1.3B Deal
• American Airlines Merger Aided Competition, Economist Says
• Baker Hughes Investor Sues Over 'One-Sided' GE Deals
• Bernstein, Quinn Square Off For Class Lead In Dell Stock Suit
• Health Hires: Baker McKenzie, Alston & Bird
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Simpson, Vinson
• Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell Steer $2.1B Rabobank Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Caixa, LendInvest, Deutsche-Commerzbank
• Medical Device Co. Hit With Investor Action Over Sale
• Elenoff-Led Blank Check Co. Trine Scores $261M IPO
• Don't Miss It: Willkie, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• What M&A Attys Must Know About New FTC Tech Task Force
• SEC Chairman Mulls Review Of Proxy Firm Transparency
• Ultimate Software Investor Sues Over $11B PE Buyout
• Stryker Buys Israeli Med Tech Co. In Deal Worth Up To $220M
• Lack Of Clarity Dooms BP Retirees' ERISA Class Action
• Chancery OKs Rent-A-Center Walkaway From $1.4B Merger
• AVID Property Makes $197M Unsolicited Offer For Villa World
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, EDP, Oaktree Capital
• A Deep Dive Into The CDS And Syndicated Financing Markets
• Ethical Social Media Marketing For Lawyers
• Need For Tech Emerging As Banking M&A Influencer
• A Chat With Norton Rose Diversity Director Nina Godiwalla
• 3 Firms Assist On $1.03B Deal For US Pipeline Assets
• Did Willkie's Reaction To Admissions Scandal Miss The Mark?
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Alitalia, Sinochem
• Whirlpool Can't 'Micromanage' $1B Deal Approval, Nidec Says
• Investor Fights Calgon Carbon's Bid To Pause Doc Handover
• 3 Firms Guide $197M Deal For Canadian Cannabis Biz Buyout
• 5 Firms Steer Brookfield's $4.8B Deal With Oaktree
• Gigamon Dodges Investor Suit Over $1.6B Sale To Elliott
• PE Firms Finding New Partners As Club Deals Climb
• Willkie Co-Chair Placed On Leave Over Admissions Scandal
• House Dems Hammer T-Mobile CEO Over Trump Hotel Stays
• Willkie Co-Chair Caught On Wiretaps In Admissions Scandal
• LBI Noteholders Haven't Violated Ch. 11 Stay, Judge Rules
• IRS Extends Letter Ruling Program For Stock Distributions
• Deals Rumor Mill: BioNTech, HNA, Malaysia Airlines
• Chancery Issues Lightspeed Injunction As Case Tempo Rises
• American Airlines CEO Defends 2013 Merger At Ch. 11 Trial
• Merck Urges Versum Investors To Reject Entegris Deal
• Whirlpool Says Nidec's EC Foot-Dragging Threatens $1B Deal
• Synergy Pharma Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Releases
• Paul Weiss, Hogan Steer $660M Deal For Regenerative Med Biz
• What EU Investment Screening Will Mean For Dealmakers
• 5 Mistakes Law Firms Make When Responding To RFPs
• Fujifilm Pays $890M For Biogen Biologic Manufacturing Site
• Travel Agents Slam American Airlines Merger At Ch. 11 Trial
• Sinovac's Poison Pill Attempt Stalled By Del., Antigua Courts
• Cairn Energy's Tax Arbitration Against India On Ice
• 6 Firms Steer $1B CCMP-Brookfield Deal For BGIS
• Chancery Says $127M Rent-A-Center Breakup Fee 'Unlikely'
• Cannabis Co. Harvest Pays $850M For US Peer Verano
• Educational Spectrum Auction Could Foil 5G Plans: Sprint
• Arts And Crafts Media Co. Hits Ch. 11 In Delaware, Plans Sale
• Antitrust Merger Remedies Should Address Potential Ills
• Software Co. Ebix Offers To Buy Indian Travel Biz For $336M
• Kirkland, Vinson Steer TPG's $930M Oilfield Water Biz Buy
• 3 Firms Steer Nvidia's $6.9B Network Computing Co. Buy
• Barrick Drops $18B Newmont Pursuit In Favor Of Nevada JV
• 9 Factors To Evaluate When Considering A SPAC
• Warren Unveils Plan To Break Up Facebook, Google, Amazon
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche-Commerzbank, Apax, NY Yankees
• Dems Ask DOJ If Trump Pressured AT&T-Time Warner Review
• Spark's $4.8B Sale To Roche Is 'Unfair,' Investor Claims
• K&L Gates Nabs Smith Anderson M&A, Capital Markets Attys
• Sprint, T-Mobile Try To Sweeten Merger Pitch Amid Opposition
• Health Hires: Quarles & Brady, Reed Smith, Post & Schell
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Sullivan, Simpson
• Versum Investor Wants 'Overly Restrictive' Poison Pill Axed
• Attys Who Won $3M For Shareholders Seek $1.4M In Fees
• Willkie, Jones Day Steer Atlas' $50M International Wire Buy
• Don't Miss It: Sidley, Goodwin Steer Week's Hot Deals
• 2 Firms Lead Berry's $6.5B Rival Bid For Packaging Co. RPC
• A Lesson On Avoiding Email Production In Delaware
• What To Expect From Increased FTC-State AG Collaboration
• Frack Water Co. Sued Over Scrapped $2M Unit, Asset Sale
• Blue Cross Pondered $10B Fee On Anthem-Cigna Merger
• Leon Panetta In The Courtroom, Langley And Area 51
• Simpson, Paul Weiss Lead Apollo Deal For Chassis Biz
• Deals Rumor Mill: Parsons Corp., Altice USA, Carlyle
• Ellie Mae Investor Seeks Halt Of $3.7B Thoma Bravo Merger
• Starboard Reveals Zayo Stake, Urging Major Change Or Sale
• British Utility Inks $100M Deal For US Green Energy Biz
• Travelport Investor Drops Suit Over $4.4B Sale To PE Firms
• Charlotte Russe Auction Pumps Liquidation Price By $8M
• Cigna Rejects Anthem Secret Plot Claim In $54B Merger Trial
• Provident Again Assails NSF's £1.3B Unsolicited Takeover Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Veraison, Advent International
• Energy-Focused Blank-Check Cos. Hunt For Targets
• Things Remembered To Sell Up To 178 Stores In Ch. 11 Deal
• Dollar Tree Cuts Stores, Adds Director As Proxy Fight Looms
• Jones Day Adds 3 Ex-Weil Restructuring Attys In Paris
• Mayer Brown Taps Insurance Gurus From DLA Piper, Dentons
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Finding A Voice, And A New Home
• Qihoo Hit With Another Investor Suit Over $9.3B Deal
• 2 Firms Steer $585M Deal For DS Smith's Plastics Biz
• FTC Task Force May Lead To Wider Enforcement In Tech
• Directors See More Deference In Wis. Courts Than In Del.
• Bristol-Myers Urges Investors To Back $74B Celgene Buy
• Hedge Fund Activism Delivers Unimpressive Impact
• BB&T To Repay Investors $5M Over Inflated Commissions
• Anthem Says Cigna Used Stealth PR In $54B Merger Fight
• Aralez Ch. 11 Sale Of Toprol Brand To Deerfield Approved
• Sens. Worry Antitrust Consumer Welfare Rule Is Outdated
• ALJ Finds Sinclair Honesty With FCC 'Academic,' For Now
• Deals Rumor Mill: Belle, Carlyle Group, EHang
• 'American Idol' Lenders' Claims Sent To NY Court
• Gap, The Children's Place Get OK To Buy Gymboree Assets
• Cannabis-Focused SPAC Raises $240M In Upsized IPO
• 2 Firms Steer Pacira's $220M Medical Device Co. Buy
• T-Mobile Price Pact Akin To Rate Regulation, Expert Says
• Papa John's Cuts Investor Restrictions In Deal With Founder
• Activist Pushes Victoria's Secret Parent To Split
• Travel, Expense Software Cos. To Merge In Over $1B Deal
• JLT, Marsh To Sell Aerospace Biz To Get $6.4B Deal Past EU
• Why A Spinoff Like Gap's Could Work For Your Client
• $21.6M Damages Bid Denied In Scrap Metal Deal Gone Bad
• Merck Tries To Rally Versum Investors Around $6B Buyout Bid
• Judging A Book: Willett Reviews 'Guilty Pleasures'
• Anthem Alleges Secret Wachtell Role In Failed Cigna Merger
• Stamina Helps Cleary Gottlieb Seal ESL's $5.2B Sears Rescue
• $106M Price For Data Co. Based On Fraud, Anschutz Says
• Nasdaq Matches Euronext's Bid For Norway Exchange
• Kasowitz Lands Top Antitrust Atty From Weil
• Remember Puerto Rico In Sprint-T-Mobile Merger, FCC Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Purdue Pharma, Cision, HNA Group
• 2 Firms Guide Biogen's $877M Gene Therapy Co. Buy
• City Leader Org Joins Coalition Against T-Mobile-Sprint Deal
• Versum Investors Try To Halt Entegris Merger, Favor Merck Bid
• Networks Co. Juniper Drops $405M For Mist Systems
• Women In Law Need Equal Treatment, Not Affirmative Action
• Newmont's Barrick Rejection Comes With Joint Venture Offer
• Anthem Rips Cigna CEO In Chancery Over $54B Merger Bust
• Threat To $74B Celgene Buy About More Than Just Money
• Cozen O'Connor Slams Pa. Malpractice Suit Over Stock Sale
• Biotech, Blank-Check IPOs Propel 1 Firm Ahead In February
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Skadden, Gibson
• Specialty Pharma Co. Floats Exec. Bonuses In Ch. 11
• Ex-AmTrust Investor Seeks EU Antitrust Probe Of $2.95B Deal
• Don't Miss It: Simpson Thacher, Schulte Lead Hot Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tata Group, Global Switch, Currenta
• 8th Circ. Revives Investor's Suit Over Merger Disclosures
• Truss Manufacturer Valued At $143M, Del. Court Finds
• Israeli Firm To Sell $900M Stake In Canadian REIT
• Health Hires: Goodwin, Crowell, Akin Gump, Drinker Biddle
• Versum Rejects $6B Merck Offer, Commits To Entegris Deal
• BlueMountain Nominates New Slate Of PG&E Directors
• DOJ Clears Thales' $5.6B Gemalto Deal With Conditions
• Visible Diversity Is A Sign Of Organizational Health
• Simple Secrets For Writing A Killer Brief