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Mergers & Acquisitions - January, 2020

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• Axon Fights FTC's Bid To Keep Merger Challenge In-House
• Trimmed Suit Over Icahn Refinery Deal Proceeds In Chancery
• Cura Partners Fined In Oregon For Mislabeling Pot Products
• $7.5B Panera Deal Price Gets Nod In Chancery Appraisal Suit
• Don't Miss It: Sullivan, Debevoise Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Mega-Mergers Show Philly Legal Market Is Having A Moment
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• ILPA Model Presents Private Equity Fund Financing Hurdles
• Cott To Sell Coffee And Tea Biz For $405M
• Aston Martin Gets $660M Injection To Rev Up Balance Sheet
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Kirkland, Skadden
• Wachtell, Durham Jones Steer $150M National Lloyds Sale
• McDermott Moves To Nix Stock-Drop Suit Over CB&I Merger
• Most Lawyers Do Not Understand How AI Works
• 4 Considerations When Moving To A New Law Firm
• ThyssenKrupp Pegs Unit's Value At €15B Amid IPO, Sale Talk
• Chancery Urged To Make Empire Resorts Cough Up Deal Docs
• T-Mobile/Sprint Judge Rejects Input From Dish Spectrum Rival
• Energy Software Co. Beats Fraud Suit Over Stock-Swap Deal
• US Merger Review Times Ticked Up In 2019
• DOJ Taking Closer Look At $26B Schwab-TD Ameritrade Deal
• DOJ Hammers On Sabre-Farelogix Merger Risk In Del. Trial
• Aveanna Healthcare Drops $1.25B Rival Buy Amid FTC Probe
• Raytheon Pays $588M To Buy Vista Equity's Forcepoint Stake
• Altria Wipes Another $4.1B From Value Of Juul Stake
• 6 Tesla Directors Settle SolarCity Merger Suit In Del. For $60M
• Wabco Sells Off Steering Biz To Clear Way For $7B Sale
• SEC's Proxy Advice Proposal Violates 1st Amendment
• Dem FCC Commissioner Urges Collecting More Diversity Data
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petroleo Brasileiro, Acek, SoftBank
• A Modest Plan To Streamline Civil Cases In LA Superior Court
• Antitrust Enforcement Centers On Technology Industry
• Fordham Professor Urges Insurers To Fight 'Mootness Fees'
• FTC Shakes Up Health Care Mergers Division
• Odd Alliances Back Del.'s Bid To Restore Bench Balance Rule
• Baker McKenzie Nabs Ex-Bilzin Sumberg Duo For Miami Office
• Juno Ch. 11 Plan 'Puzzle' Is Missing Pieces, US Trustee Says
• DOJ Antitrust Alumnus Rejoins Brownstein Hyatt
• Chancery Keeps Claims In Play Over $314M Fertilizer Deal
• What Courts Are Saying About Litigation Finance Disclosure
• Boston Scientific Ruling Clarifies M&A Termination Rights
• BW Offshore Cuts Oil Unit Spinoff's Valuation To A Max $750M
• Berkshire Agrees To $10M Deal In Acme Benefits Class Action
• New AAI Policy Exec Joins Amid Critical Moment For Antitrust
• Gambling Chain Makes $163M Bet On Barstool
• Buffett Sells Off Dozens Of Newspapers For $140M
• Vodafone Inks $2.4B Deal To Sell Stake In Egyptian Biz
• 4 Firms Steer Stanley's $1.5B Deal For Aerospace Parts Maker
• Fortress Investment Makes $1.6B Offer For Unizo
• Del. Judge Orders Rework For Melinta Ch. 11 Sale Plan
• Orrick Partner Tapped For DOJ Antitrust Division Deputy Spot
• Sinclair Paying $60M To End Fight Over Failed Tribune Merger
• Del. Justices Reverse Chancery On Sending Case To Austria
• UK Antitrust Arm Won't Tackle Brexit Caseload Until 2021
• Inbound US Real Estate Investments To Face New Oversight
• Chem Co. Strikes Deal To Win Canadian Merger Clearance
• Tyson Says $2.1B Chicken Co. Deal Fight Must Be Arbitrated
• Surefire Marketing Methods To Build Your Legal Practice
• Squire Patton Boggs Nabs Stubbs Alderton Dealmaker In LA
• Delaware Cases Shed Light On Electronic Books And Records
• Blackstone Tries To Topple Competitors With $1.75B Unizo Bid
• Simpson, Kirkland Drive $3.3B Deal For Delphi Technologies
• Freshfields Says No Written Pact Means No Suit For Recruiter
• United Exec Brands Sabre-Farelogix Deal Antitrust 'Nightmare'
• FTC Can't Pause $625M Hydrogen Peroxide Deal
• Fairway DIP Plan Moving Too Quickly, Judge Says
• Dish, 5G Dominate Briefs Staking Out Stands On Sprint Deal
• Allergan Divests To Get FTC Greenlight For $63B AbbVie Deal
• Body Cam Case Could Align FTC-DOJ Merger Procedures
• Textron Looks To Nix Stock-Drop Suit Over Arctic Cat Buy
• How PE Clients Are Preparing For A Potential Recession
• Setting Boundaries: An Essential Skill For Lawyers
• Linklaters, Jenner Lead $900M Cosmetics Dispenser Deal
• Sorrento Therapeutics Says $1B Bid Is Too Low
• Yulchon Guides Net1 In $237M Sale Of Korean Payments Biz
• Expect More Pro-Business Rulings From NLRB This Year
• Wachtell, Davis Polk Guide $6B Bank Merger
• Skadden, Goulston Lead Deal Valuing Game Maker At $579M
• Dish Spectrum Rival Seeks To Weigh In On Sprint Deal
• UK Investigation Delays Takeaway.com's $8B Just Eat Deal
• ABA Rules For Departing Attys Set Unprecedented Limits
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Winston, Gibson, Bär
• FTC Says Lawsuit Can't Halt Body Cam Merger Review
• Molson Coors Tries To Slip Investor Suit Over Tax Reporting
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Cincinnati Bell Mulls Competing Bid To $2.6B Brookfield Sale
• Don't Miss It: Shearman, Wachtell Lead Week's Hot Deals
• 4 Firms Shape Wex's $1.7B Play For Pair Of Payments Cos.
• Sheppard Mullin Nabs Wind, Solar Energy Whiz In LA
• Gov't Scrutiny On Tap For Anheuser's $321M Craft Brew Deal
• Baker McKenzie Adds Skadden Benefits Pro On West Coast
• Goldman Sachs Demands Diverse Boards For IPOs
• Auto Parts Makers Get EU, DOJ Nod For $7B Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Univision, Eurazeo, Tegna
• Bumble Bee Foods Cleared For $926M Ch. 11 Sale To FCF Co.
• Synthorx Investor Seeks To Probe $2.5B Sanofi Deal Proposal
• 3 Firms Steer As Elanco Raises $1.3B For Animal Biz Buy
• FTC-DOJ Vertical Merger Guide Aims To Boost Transparency
• Paul Hastings, Kirkland Lead Moody's $700M Deal For RDC
• Xerox Preps Slate Of 11 HP Nominees In $33B Takeover Push
• Sempra Wins Chancery Fight For Hunt Share Of Texas Utility
• Par Petroleum Wants Storage Cap Undone After Rival Closes
• EQT Wants Out Of Stock-Drop Suit Over Rice Energy Merger
• The Rise Of The No-Indemnity M&A Deal
• Nissan Ex-CEO Illustrates Do's And Don'ts Of Image Repair
• WeWork Sells Off Noncore Businesses Teem And The Wing
• 3 Concerns If Your Witness Becomes Flippant At Deposition
• Baker McKenzie Reps Tencent's $148M Bid For Game Co.
• Pair Of CapitaLand REITs To Form $12.45B Player
• 5 Firms Put Together $4.2B Deal For Duff & Phelps
• Winston & Strawn, Gibson Dunn Guide Danfoss' $3.3B Eaton Hydraulic Buy
• Rite Aid Investors Challenging Walgreens Merger Win Cert.
• Cannabis Co. Accused Of Stealing Hemp-Drying Technology
• Estimating Antitrust Impact, Damages Via Natural Experiments
• Sprint/T-Mobile Denial 'Problematic,' FCC Commish Warns
• Cannabis Co. Wants Judge To Toss Harvest Health Merger Suit
• Key Trends In Energy Antitrust Enforcement And Litigation
• Bar & Karrer Steers $402M Deal For UBS Fund Platform Stake
• CityFibre Inks £200M Deal For TalkTalk's FibreNation Biz
• Dish Says PE Firm That Owns Cox Tried To Dodge Contract
• Fresenius, Akorn Set To Fight Over Busted Tie-Up's $117M Tab
• Ribbon Communications Investor Sues To Block $456M Deal
• Pulling Up Stakes: Sidley, Baker Botts, Hogan Lovells
• Celadon Lands $14.5M Stalking Horse Deal For Trucking Co.
• Chancery Energizes Investor Bids To Probe Corporations
• FTC Dings Hydrogen Peroxide Co.'s Canadian Divestiture Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Simpson, White
• Don't Miss It: Wachtell, Weil Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Fintech Blank-Check Co. East Stone Readies $100M IPO
• 3 Firms Shape $115M Menswear Brand Sale To WHP Global
• M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
• Davis Polk, Covington Steer Clarivate's $950M DRG Buy
• Charter Told Windstream Ad Ruling Isn't An Appealable Order
• Deals Rumor Mill: Albertsons, Springer Nature, DuPont
• Aurelius Unveils €63M Hotel Sale To Germany Real Estate Co.
• M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Wright Medical Hit With Suit To Halt $4B Sale To Stryker
• NY State Flexes Muscles With Energy Service Co. Restrictions
• How Associate Life Has Evolved Over The Past Decade
• Investor Elliott To Snub Capgemini's New €3.7B Bid For Altran
• Delivery Hero Raises €2.32B To Back Woowa Buy
• 5 Firms Guide Global Blue's €2.3B Merger With Far Point
• Sprint/T-Mobile Deal Will Lead To High Prices, Court Hears
• AT&T Doesn't Owe Mexican Co.'s Predeal Taxes, Suit Says
• Tribune Ruling Charts Course For Bankruptcy Safe Harbor
• 3 Firms Shape Rayonier's $554M Pope Resources Buy
• What's Changed And What's The Same In Final CFIUS Rules
• House Panel Eyes 4 Bills To Expand Media Diversity
• Final CFIUS Regs Ready New Era Of Inbound Deal Scrutiny
• As Harman Asks For Dismissal, Investors Seek Class Cert.
• M&A Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
• BW Offshore Targets First-Quarter IPO For Oil Subsidiary
• EU Greenlights UK Chemical Co.'s $824M Omnova Buy
• AK Steel Investor Sues To Block $1.1B Cleveland-Cliffs Deal
• Sheppard Mullin Nabs Life Sciences Atty From Paul Hastings
• Vertical Merger Guidelines Give Enforcers Plenty Of Leeway
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Probes Textbook Publishers' Tie-Up
• Wash. Blasts DOJ For Undermining T-Mobile/Sprint Challenge
• 8 Executive Pay Considerations For An Economic Downturn
• M&A Group Of The Year: Kirkland
• Simpson, Hogan Aid Blackstone-MGM Growth JV's $4.6B Buy
• Eldorado Sells La. Casino Resort For $230M In Cash
• Del. Justices Say Chancery Was Right To Toss Uber-Otto Suit
• Ban On Insider Trading During '8-K Gaps' Heads To Senate
• Ex-Facebook GC Approved To Monitor Sprint/T-Mobile Merger
• Skadden, Wilson Sonsini Guide $5.3B Visa-Plaid Deal
• Post Holdings Cereal Merger Toast Amid FTC Challenge
• Instructure Slams Activist Investor's Opposition To $2B Sale
• Judging A Book: Dyk Reviews 'Democracy And Equality'
• Record-Breaking Saudi Aramco IPO Raises Another $3.8B
• Sears, ESL Reach $18M Settlement Of Sale Dispute
• M&A Group Of The Year: Cravath
• Pillsbury Snags M&A, REIT Tax Pro From Jones Day
• SEC's Audit Proposal May Bolster Compliance, Competition
• Cravath, Troutman Sanders Steer $375M ID Analytics Buy
• R1 RCM To Buy Health Care Tech Co. For $190M
• Brookfield Renewable Makes $3.9B Play For TerraForm Power
• The Biggest Changes In China's Draft Anti-Monopoly Law
• CD&R Drops Anixter Bid, Paving Way For WESCO's $4.5B Deal
• The Firms That Dominated In 2019
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• T-Mobile/Sprint Tie-Up Judge Opens Door To Amicus Briefs
• Feds Say Live Nation Bullied Venues After Ticketmaster Tie-Up
• Deal Makers Head To JP Morgan Conference In Bullish Mood
• Just Eat Shareholders Deliver $8B Takeaway.com Deal
• Ruling Deferred On Bumble Bee Ch. 11 Incentive Bonuses
• Don't Miss It: Simpson, Debevoise Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Body Cam Co. Wants FTC Merger Case Forced Into Court
• FTC, DOJ Release Long-Awaited Vertical Merger Guidelines
• Taxation With Representation: Ropes, Fried Frank, Weil
• PE Fund Floats Sorrento An Offer At Roughly $1B Valuation
• Eversheds Taps Skadden M&A Atty To Boost Chicago Office
• 7 Insider Tips For Working With In-House Counsel
• EU Clears $63B AbbVie-Allergan Deal With Drug Sale
• Weil, Fenwick Guide $1.1B Deal For Calif. Biopharma Co.
• Expedia Chancery Suit Paused Amid $2.6B Deal Probe
• 3 Firms Seek $3M In Fees For $12.5M Tangoe Settlement
• BakerHostetler Adds KPMG Director To International Tax Team
• Commissioner Wants FTC Clampdown On Noncompetes
• 50 Years Later, Interpretive Challenges Remain For RICO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Voya Financial, Armis Security, Grubhub
• Investors Want IberiaBank-First Horizon Merger Paused
• Lowenstein Sandler Reps PVH In $170M Speedo Sale
• T-Mobile/Sprint Deal Marches On Over States' Objections
• Health Care AI Increasingly In Crosshairs Of State, Fed. Gov't
• 7 Ethics Tips For Lawyers' Pretrial Social Media Use
• Biopharma Co. Gets Nod For $4.5M Ch. 11 Sale Of Drug Rights
• WESCO's $4.5B Anixter Bid Tops Private Equity Shop's Offer
• States Should Not Follow ABA On Attorney Conduct Rules
• Willkie Farr, Ropes & Gray Lead PE Firm's $5B Veeam Buy
• Antitrust Lawmaker Queries DOJ On Politics' Role In Mergers
• Elliott Blasts Capgemini's €3.6B Altran Deal Price, Process
• Bumble Bee Defends Ch. 11 Bonuses For Dozens Of Execs
• More Than A Dozen Firms Steered 2019's Top Hospitality Deals
• FCC Member Says Agency, Commerce Split On Security Rules
• Top Deals Of 2019's 2nd Half And The Firms That Led Them
• How Courts And Litigants Can Benefit From Special Masters
• 2 Firms Steer Deal For $2.5B Video Telematics Co.
• Zohar Director Calls Tilton's Ch. 11 Sale Plan 'Backwards'
• Caltex Australia Draws More Suitors After Snubbing $6B Bid
• Harvest Health Sues To End Merger With Calif. Cannabis Co.
• Federal Investigators Can Intervene In Perrigo Takeover Row
• Kirkland & Ellis Lures Exec Pay Specialist From Baker Botts
• ABA Group Calls Out FTC Foreign Merger Reporting Tweaks
• Uber Policy Calls For Refresher On ABA Confidentiality Rules
• Tribune Investors Can't Pursue Suit Over Failed Sinclair Deal
• Ametek Inks $250M Reading Alloys Sale To PE-Backed Co.
• Economic Headwinds Could Boost Distressed Asset Plays
• Premier Oil's $871M Pair Of Deals Draws Creditor's Ire
• More Than A Dozen Firms Aided 2019's Top Real Estate Deals
• Investors Lost $1.6B In Liberty Property Trust Sale, Suit Says
• Candy Co. DIP Lender Agrees To Lower Ch. 11 Sale Floor Bid
• Tax Court Upholds $73M In Penalties On Sale Of Chicago Cubs
• No Lawyer, No Case To Challenge Schwab-TD Ameritrade Deal
• White & Case Brings Back Partner In Employment Practice
• 4 Simple Rules For Witness Note Taking
• Houston Atty Defends Sanctions In Title Co. Takeover Row
• 3 Firms Seek $8M Fees For $42.5M Pilgrim's Pride Settlement
• 4 Critical Considerations For Acquiring Unionized Businesses
• Xerox Locks Down $24B In Financing For HP Pursuit
• Goodwin, GT Steer Open Lending's $1.3B Go-Public Deal
• John Wiley Pays $129M For PE-Backed IT Employee Provider
• Autonomy Exec Slams HP For Suit Over Soured $11B Deal
• Tiffany Investor Says Co. Hid Key Details On $16B LVMH Buy
• Bumble Bee Creditors Call Ch. 11 Bonuses 'Purely Gratuitous'
• New Del. Justice Makes History In Move To Supreme Court
• Body Cam Maker Slams FTC With Constitutional Challenge
• Contested Hearings On Zohar Sale Processes Delayed
• Lionbridge Asks Court To Make Travelers Cover Stock Suit
• Gene Testing Lab Buys UBiome Patents, Samples For $7M
• Celadon Group's Ch. 11 Sale Timeline Approved In Del.
• 2 Overlooked Advantages Of Hourly Fees
• Lessons For MLP Conflict Transactions From 2 Del. Cases
• Fiduciary Duty Considerations For Boards Of Cos. Using AI
• Blank Rome Adds Partner In Chicago As It Eyes Expansion
• WESCO Tries To Outbid PE Firm With $4.4B Offer For Anixter
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Prickett Jones Partner Tapped For Chancery Court Seat
• Del. Judge Sends Demolition Cos.' Merger Suit Toward Trial
• Illumina, PacBio Call Off $1.2B Merger Amid FTC Probe
• Murray Energy Lenders Ask For Change To $1.7B Baseline Bid
• 5 Firms Agree To Share Duties In Sears Investor Suit
• Antibiotics Developer Plans Ch. 11 Sale To Escape $213M Debt
• Chancery Tosses Challenge To $1B Essendant-Staples Merger
• 3 Firms Steer As NFL, Endeavor Ink Hospitality Partnership
• Chancery Keeps $1.4B Fresh Market Sale Challenge Alive
• Paul Weiss Advises American Tower On $523M Deal In Africa
• ArQule Investor Wants More Detail On $2.7B Merck Sale
• PE Firm Matches Competing Anixter Bid With $4.3B Proposal
• Allianz Picks Up 2 British Insurers For £1.3B
• A Look At Tech M&A In 2019 And What Lies Ahead
• A Corporate Governance Guide To 2020 Proxy Season
• Delaware Cases To Watch In 2020
• PE Attys Must Stay On Top Of These 6 Trends In 2020
• Shifting Regulatory Market Clouds US Deal Certainty In 2020
• 4 Ways You Can Land More Big-Ticket Deals In 2020
• Major Antitrust Developments To Watch In 2020
• Federal Tax Regs To Watch In 2020
• SEC And CFTC Regulatory Priorities To Watch In 2020
• 5 Burning Questions Heading Into The 2020 IPO Market
• PE May Be 2020 M&A Lifeline As Uncertainty Rattles Market
• The Most Closely Watched Merger Reviews Of 2020
• Informal Settlements, ESG Issues To Permeate 2020 Activism
• 5 New Year's Resolutions For M&A Attorneys
• 5 Things To Watch In Litigation Finance This Year