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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2019

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• Investors Sue Arotech To Block $81M Greenbriar Deal
• Del. Justices Ax $48M Coverage For Verizon In Spinoff Fight
• Moody's Can Use Market Sourcing For NY Franchise Tax
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Conflicted Board Saddled Chemical Co. With Bad Debt: Suit
• Bayou Steel Creditors Say Sale Timeline Pushed Back
• Barneys $271M Chapter 11 Sale Approved In New York
• Bombardier Unloads Aerostructure Biz In $630M Spirit Deal
• New SEC Guidance Is 'Arbitrary,' Proxy Advisory Firm Says
• Robbins Geller To Lead Shareholder Suit Against ATM Maker
• Treasury Seeks To Narrow Obama Earnings Stripping Rules
• Firm DQed After Repping Both Sides In Business Sale Dispute
• 5 Trends Influencing RFPs For Law Firms
• 2nd Circ. Halves $19.4M Forfeiture In Valeant Kickback Case
• Altria Chops $4.5B From Value Of Juul Stake
• Marathon Lines Up Speedway Spinoff Amid Activist Pressure
• Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot's Parent Unveil Details Of Merger
• DOJ Clears $900M Pet Food Deal With Plant Sale
• Suit Aims To Block Empire Resorts' $335M Go-Private Deal
• EU Looking Closer At $60M Franco-Italian Shipbuilding Deal
• Curaleaf Trims Pot Deal By $211M, Citing Market Changes
• Baker McKenzie, Paul Hastings Steer $530M Daelim Latex Buy
• 2 Del. Decisions Call Out Conflicted Controlling Stockholders
• Chancery Misjudged Uber-Otto Conflicts, Del. Justices Told
• Retailer Fred's Gets $38M In Ch. 11 Sales Approved
• What Industry, Investors Think Of The Proposed CFIUS Regs
• Sidley, Debevoise Lead Anixter's $3.8B Take-Private Deal
• Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot Parent Confirm Deal Talks
• Saudi Aramco Signs String Of Deals Worth Roughly $2B
• Lander & Rogers Steers $289M Aussie Media Biz Take-Private
• ETC Chafes At EdgeMarc Committee's Ch. 7 Conversion Try
• 4 Firms Guide $8.4B Merger Of Data Center Operators
• Chancery Finds Flaws In $11B Regency Merger Process
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Being There For Families In Trouble
• Israeli Telecom Co. Fights Class Cert. Bid In Stock-Drop Suit
• Outgoing FTC Antitrust Head Talks Qualcomm, Tech Scrutiny
• Advent's £4B Cobham Buy Nabs EU Regulatory Approval
• Corwin Ruling Cut Del. Investor M&A Suits, Legal Pros Say
• Investor Asks Chancery For Battery Maker's Deal Docs
• French Antitrust Watchdog Lifts Altice Merger Restrictions
• Investor Group Says SEC Rule Change Would Hobble Rights
• GE Investors Fight To Keep Suit Over $22B Write-Down Alive
• Greensill Snags $655M From SoftBank, Acquires Fintech Co.
• Luxury Movie Theater Chain Approved For $51M Ch. 11 Sale
• 'Bizarre' Stock Sale Hurt Bid For Just Eat, Investor Says
• Louis Vuitton Parent Lobs $14.5B Cash Bid At Tiffany & Co.
• Overlooked Due Diligence Considerations In Tech M&A
• 4 Firms Steer $1.5B Shakeup Between Apollo And Athene
• What PE Attys Need To Know About The Uncertain IPO Market
• AT&T Plans New Directors, Up To $10B In Divestitures
• 4 Firms Assist On $843M Deal For Ohio Casino And Racetrack
• Wachtell, Morgan Lewis Shape Prologis' $12.6B Liberty Buy
• After Strine, Delaware Expected To Dial Down The Heat
• Reed Smith Nabs Cross-Border M&A Pro From K&L Gates
• FTC Investigates Northrop's Bid For $85B Air Force Contract
• Don't Miss It: Wachtell, Clifford Chance Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Philly Hospital Operator Asks For More Time On Ch. 11 Plan
• $16.7M AbbVie Inversion Settlement Gets Final Approval
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Gibson, Blake, Baker
• French Insurer AXA Inks €620M Sale Of Belgian Bank
• Utilities Must Track FCC Licensing, Spectrum Issues
• Yanlord Tender Offer Values United Engineers At $1.2B
• Recent Antitrust Lessons For The Life Sciences Industry
• Judge Won't DQ Foley & Lardner Attys Yet In Family Biz Fight
• Chancery Orders Keryx To Turn Over Akebia Merger Records
• Sugarfina's $15M Ch. 11 Asset Sale Approved In Del.
• DOJ Fights States' Bid To Pause Sprint, T-Mobile Deal Review
• Deals Rumor Mill: Paysafe, Reynolds, Banijay Group
• UK Launches Probe Of $642M Energy Deal
• UK Outlines Issues With Illumina's $1B DNA Sequencing Buy
• Seitz, Montgomery-Reeves Picked For Del.'s Post-Strine Era
• Qualcomm Kicks Off $200M 5G Investment Fund
• Ousted DLA Atty's Colleagues In Fear, Ex-Ethics Counsel Says
• Security Fears Dog DOJ As Foreign Tech Cos. Collect US Data
• Tilton-Backed Entities Out As DIP Lenders In DURA's Ch. 11
• Chancery Redirects PPL Spinoff Fight From Montana
• Foley Hoag, Locke Lord Guide $470M Software Co. Tie-Up
• FTD Must Include Case Expense Forecast In Ch. 11 Plan Docs
• Del. Justices Challenge 'Wild' Claims In $283M Merger Appeal
• King & Spalding Nabs 4 MoFo Attys In M&A Push
• Gov't Wants Philly Hospital Program's Ch. 11 Sale Reversed
• Where Law Firm Partners Go When Changing Jobs
• Paul Weiss, Latham Lead Apollo's €182.5M Gamenet Bet
• Pot Companies Need Creativity To Protect Their Brands
• Dems Probe Legitimacy Of FCC Station Ownership Decision
• DC Court Weighs Doc Deluge In FTC Chemical Merger Suit
• 'Mootness Fees' Are Beyond Court's Purview, 7th Circ. Hears
• Sirius XM To Settle Chancery Stock Buyback Suit For $8.3M
• SoftBank Takes 80% WeWork Stake As Ex-CEO Cedes Power
• 3 Ways To Leverage Vulnerability For Lawyer Well-Being
• Oil Co. Investors Sue In Del. For Go-Private Merger Records
• Genworth's $1.8B Brookfield Deal Faces Regulatory Pushback
• Enhanced Corporate Governance Requires Proactive Strategy
• Investors May End Sunrise's $6.4B Play For Swiss Cable Co.
• 3 Firms Steer Platinum's $2.7B Deal For Cision
• Kaplan Fox, Labaton Vie To Lead Textron Stock-Drop Suit
• Southcross Energy Asset Sales Bring $107M Into Ch. 11 Estate
• Just Eat Spurns Competing $6.3B Takeover Bid
• Del. Court Brands Tilton Firm's Tenn. Ch. 11 Loan 'Troubling'
• United Sporting's Ch. 11 Plan On Hold As Judge Mulls Dispute
• FTC Probes Clearances For Local Health Mergers
• Colo. Drops Out Of Challenge To Sprint, T-Mobile Merger
• 4 Firms Steer $1.4B Hudson's Bay Take-Private Deal
• Disney Tech Firm Can Duck Out Of $80M Equity Suit, For Now
• TransPerfect Spikes Nevada Suit, Avoids Chancery Sanctions
• Unizo Softens To Blackstone's $1.6B Takeover Offer
• Why SPACs Are Turning To Reps And Warranties Insurance
• Orrick Brings Ex-White & Case Atty To NY Energy Group
• PE Firm Prevails In $4M Suit Over Fla. Energy Deal Exit
• Baker Botts, Latham Tapped For $932M Innophos Sale
• Cooley, Baker McKenzie Steer Vaccine Deal Worth Up To $1.06B
• Kirkland Leads Danaher In $750M Divestiture For GE Deal
• New M&A Data Provides Unique Negotiation Insights
• Ex-DLA Piper Atty Says Assault Accuser 'Exploiting' #MeToo
• Barclays Asks To Delay Reinsurer's Failed €8B Merger Suit
• Temasek Values Keppel At $9.8B In Bid For Control
• Dova Pharma Hit With Investor Suit Over $915M Sobi Tie-Up
• NBA Eager To Increase Team Liquidity Amid Rising Values
• Mexican Bank Must Withdraw Order Barring Deutsche Sale
• 3 Firms Steer 2 Blank Check Cos.' Combined $295M IPOs
• New Data Shows BigLaw's True Profitability
• Don't Miss It: Cravath, Wachtell Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Skadden, Kirkland
• AMS Makes €4.6B Bid For Osram As PE Firms Drop Out
• Gibson Dunn Guides Marriott's $130M Offer For Elegant Hotels
• 4 Firms Steer DTE Midstream's $2.25B Louisiana Pipeline Buy
• Gannett Investor Sues To Block $1.4B New Media Tie-Up
• TransPerfect Hit With $30K Per Day Sanction Over Nevada Suit
• Diversity Pledges Don't Redeem T-Mobile Deal: FCC's Starks
• Hinshaw Banks On Bankruptcy Pro From Lawrence Kamin
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Global Infrastructure Partners, Apollo
• Barneys Reaches Terms On $271M Staking Horse Bid
• Cannabis M&A Flares As Players Bet On US Legalization
• 3 Firms Steer WH Smith's $400M Travel Retail Deal
• Novelis Calls DOJ Antitrust Challenge 'Divorced' From Reality
• Elliott Blasts Unizo For Handling Of Takeover Offers
• Lewis Rice Leads BellRing To $480M Upsized Offering
• 8 Best Practices For Cannabis Transaction Due Diligence
• Delaware Mourns The Chancellor Who 'Saved Corporate Law'
• UK Launches Formal Probe Of Amazon's Deliveroo Deal
• Strategies For Recovery Of Capitalized Transaction Costs
• Gibson Dunn Adds Former DOJ Antitrust Appellate Chief
• UK To Probe Whether Playing Card Merger Could Hurt Market
• Alexion Set To Buy Clinical-Stage Pharma Biz In $930M Deal
• FCC Passes T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Along Party Lines
• DLA Piper Called 'Barbaric' After Putting Accuser On Leave
• CBS Investor Sues In Del. Court Over Viacom Merger Details
• Investors' Org Urges SEC To Reconsider Proxy Guidance
• Global Decline In M&A, IPOs On Tap For 2020
• Pulling Up Stakes: Winston & Strawn, Sidley, K&L Gates
• 4 Firms Steer $5.1B In Deals For Las Vegas MGM Hotels
• Fenwick Hires 2 Corporate Tech Pros On The West Coast
• SemGroup Investors Seek Stay On $5B Energy Transfer Deal
• 'Novel' Disclosure Issue Not Ready For Del. Supreme Court
• UK Gov't Seeking More Power To Block Foreign Takeovers
• 2nd Circ. Agrees Monster Job Site Doesn't Owe $8.9M In Fees
• Due Diligence Tips For A Red-Hot Merger Market
• Willkie Steers $910M Sale Of Crisis Training Co.
• Courts Keep Rejecting Litigation Funding Discovery Campaign
• DLA Piper Ousts Bigwig Accused Of Sexual Assault
• Chancery Lets 1 Claim Survive In $40M Sporting Co. Sale Suit
• After Mississippi Exit, AGs' T-Mobile Suit May Dwindle
• Baker & McKenzie Guides Deal Valuing Metro China At $2.1B
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Cooley Guide Week's Hot Deals
• How Emotionally Intelligent AI Could Assist With E-Discovery
• UK Watchdog Opens Probe Into Stonegate's £1.3B Pub Tie-Up
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Covington, Vinson
• Abrams, Olshan Draw Guff For $22M Fee Bid On $47M Deal
• 4 Potential Structuring Options For BVI Acquisitions
• Delaware Courts Further Shape MFW, Appraisals In Q3
• PayPal Case Illustrates Difficulty Of Avoiding CMA Penalties
• 3 Firms Guide €1.5B Mexican Toll Route Sale
• Dershowitz Says TransPerfect Case Too Tangled To Sanction
• Kessler Topaz, Prickett Jones Want In On Medley Fees
• Fed. Circ. Tosses Power Integrations IPRs After Merger
• Hold Off On Sprint/T-Mobile Deal, States Urge DC Judge
• JP Morgan Fees Center Stage In Del. Suit Over $3.2B Oil Deal
• Data Pinpoints Expert Valuation Differences In Del. Appraisals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Postmates, Exxon Mobil, Armacell
• Construction Cos. Fight Sanctions Bid Over Email Deletion
• Sears Hometown Investors Say Lampert Engineered Bad Deal
• Dish Won't Save T-Mobile-Sprint Deal, Economists Tell DOJ
• Chinese Acquisitions Even More Uncertain In New CFIUS Era
• EdgeMarc Energy Has No Path Forward With Ch. 11
• 3 Key Issues In Private Equity Add-On Deals
• Preventable Risks Your Law Firm May Be Overlooking
• 3 Firms Guide Medical Billing Co. Deal Worth Up To $300M
• Covington & Burling, Latham Lead UCB's $2B Ra Pharma Buy
• Strine Calls For Sweeping Corporate Overhaul As Term Wanes
• Cannabis-Focused Blank Check Co. Merida Files $100M IPO
• AT&T To Sell Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Biz For $1.95B
• 6 Ethics Tips For Attorneys Making Lateral Transfers
• AT&T Tries To Dodge Telecom Co.'s Customer Poaching Suit
• Elliott Wants Info On Unizo's Nixed Support Of $1.3B Bid
• Sens. Seek US Review Of Maduro-Tied Brazilian Meatpacker
• Aerogroup Reaches Deal With Lenders To Dismiss Ch. 11
• Chancery Rejects Toss Of Suit Over Baker Hughes-GE Deals
• National Security Cited In AT&T Chancery Cell Suit Pull
• Acciona Invests €99M In Wind Energy Co., Teeing Up Takeover
• Finland's Fortum Cuts $2.5B Deal For Control Of Uniper
• Spanish Telecom Cellnex Picks Up UK Rival Arqiva For $2.4B
• Fusion Files 2nd Ch. 11 Plan After Judge's Request For Clarity
• Cannabis Cos. MedMen And PharmaCann Cancel $682M Deal
• Food Co. Newlat Gears Up For €197M Italian IPO
• US Dealmaking Falters In Q3 Amid Recession Concerns
• 3 Firms Steer $845M Shiseido-Drunk Elephant Skincare Deal
• Mutual Funds Should Consider Shareholder Litigation
• UK Specialist Insurer Acquires Texas Cyber Response Co.
• HK Stock Exchange Drops $36.7B Bid For LSE
• Low Panera Deal Appraisal Would Stretch Law, Chancery Told
• Chancery Retains Part Of Boardwalk Pipeline Class Suit
• UK Watchdog Worried About Payment Software Merger
• Sugarfina's Ch. 11 Financing, Bid Protections Get Court OK
• Avenue Stores' $17M Ch. 11 Sale Wins Approval In Del.
• UK Orders Cleaning Chemical Supplier To Undo Acquisition
• 3 Firms Weld $751M Deal For PE-Backed Canadian Mining Co.
• Cybersecurity Issues To Consider In Oil And Gas M&A
• Q3's Top Deals And The Firms That Led Them
• Japan's JERA Plugs $330M Into Bangladesh Power Producer
• Plaintiffs Firms Follow Easy Merger Money To Federal Court
• Ruling Endangers Philly Hospital Program's Ch. 11 Sale
• McAfee Investors Get $11.7M Deal Over Sale To Intel Approved
• DXC Drops Bid To Enforce $666M Hewlett Packard Award
• EU Probe Into Boeing, Embraer Joint Ventures Takes Off
• Pilgrim's Pride Investor Suit In Chancery Settles For $42.5M
• FCC Nears Critical Mass On Sprint/T-Mobile Approval
• What To Know To Cash In On The Construction M&A Boom
• Don't Miss It: Davis Polk, Kirkland Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Wolf Haldenstein Nabs Lead In Molson Coors Stock-Drop Suit
• Latham, Gibson Dunn Steer $6.2B Hess Midstream Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Fried Frank, Milbank
• Merger Review Takeaways From New Hart-Scott-Rodino Data
• 4 Firms Steer Tie-Up Of Ad Platforms Taboola And Outbrain
• Harman Must Face Trimmed Suit Over Samsung Acquisition
• TWA Pilots' American Airlines Contract Suit Stays Grounded
• Simpson Thacher Taps 3 Gov't Vets To Helm Antitrust Group
• Deals Rumor Mill: Six Flags, Shutterfly, Airbnb
• Alan Dershowitz Reenters The Fray In TransPerfect Suit
• Molson Coors Stock-Drop Suits Over Tax Reporting Combined
• Consider The Power Of Tactical Empathy
• Candymaker Sugarfina Has New $14M Stalking Horse Offer
• Bankrupt Philly Hospitals Seek Service Cutoff Halt For Appeal
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Skadden Drive $3.1B Insurance Deal
• Simpson Thacher, Fried Frank Guide $2.9B Great Wolf Deal
• FanDuel Owner Inks $6B Deal To Boost US Sports Betting Biz
• Fla. Endorses DOJ's T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Settlement
• Foley & Lardner Attys Fight DQ Bid In Family Biz Fight
• Aptiv Inks $310M Acquisition Of PE-Backed Telecom Biz
• News-Gazette Gets Court OK For $4.5M Bankruptcy Sale
• The Problem — And Opportunity — Of Implicit Bias In The Bar
• White & Case, O'Melveny Lead $520M Progenics Buy
• FTC Seeks More Info On Performance's $2B Food Service Deal
• London Firms Poach Experts In EU Finance As Brexit Looms
• Bernstein, Friedlander To Lead Mindbody Investor Litigation
• GSA Sent $12.4M Claim To Wrong Co., Appeals Board Says
• Skadden Helps Brookdale With $510M Sale, $405M Purchase
• T-Mobile Parent Slams States' Beef Over Docs In Merger Row
• Analogic Exits Investor Challenge To $1.1B Altaris Tie-Up
• RAIT Calls Investors' Objections To Ch. 11 Plan Unfounded
• 2 Firms Eclipse Peers In IPO Work During Choppy September
• EU Clears Novelis' $2.6B Aluminum Deal With Plant Sale
• Judging A Book: Thapar Reviews Gorsuch's 'A Republic'
• Tax Factors To Consider In PE Purchase Price Negotiations
• CoStar To Pay $450M For Hotel Data Co. STR
• DLA Piper, Cozen O'Connor Guide $510M Fintech Tie-Up
• Kathmandu Hits The Beach With $263M Rip Curl Purchase
• 3 Firms Steer Brookfield's $170M Energy Co. Take-Private
• Ford, Mahindra Launch $275M JV Focused On New Markets
• ADT Sells Off Canadian Unit To Telus For $529M
• Chancery Nixes Spectra Investor Bid To Salvage $661M Suit
• V&E, Latham Lead $1B Take-Private Deal For Energy Co. Roan
• Proxy Advisers Should Be Designated ERISA Fiduciaries
• 4 Firms Steer US Steel, Big River Deal Valuing Biz At $2.3B
• Louisiana Steel Producer Hits Ch. 11 After Loan Default