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Mergers & Acquisitions - March, 2021

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• ATM Biz Escapes Investor Suit Over Merger Results For Now
• Software Co. Challenges IBM's $34B Red Hat Buy, Code 'Theft'
• UK Authority Taking Second Look At Sports Fashion Merger
• MoFo, Reed Smith Guide Greenlane, KushCo Tie-Up
• Fenway Sports Group Valued At $7.35B In Deal With PE Shop
• Hertz Rolls Out Competing Sponsor Bid For Del. Ch. 11
• AMC Investors Win Class Cert. In Securities Dispute
• Cubic Backs Veritas, Evergreen's New $3B Take-Private Bid
• FINRA Approves Crypto Biz's Acquisition Of Broker-Dealer
• 3 Cybersecurity Questions To Ask Before A Remote Mediation
• Stockholder Suit Over Energy Firms' Merger Settles For $3.5M
• 4 Firms Guide Creation Of $2B Petroleum Shipping Biz
• GlobalLogic Sold In $9.5B Deal Built By Shearman, Kirkland
• FCA Eyes New Rules For SPAC Stock Listings To Rival US
• WebMD Can't Slip Trade Secrets Suit From Argentinian Rival
• Merit Medical Can't Dodge Investor Suit Over Acquisitions
• Investors Sue Pot Co.'s Backers Over SPAC Deal Payments
• FTC Challenges Illumina's $8B Deal For Cancer Detection Biz
• Merck Spinoff Organon To Buy Medical Device Co. For $240M
• Can Antitrust Enforcement Be A Tool For Racial Equity?
• A Uniform Mediation Act Primer As States Continue Adoption
• Health Care M&A On The Rise Despite Regulatory Uncertainty
• 3 Firms Help Air Taxi Co. Land On Nasdaq In $3.3B SPAC Deal
• COVID-19 Lands Aircraft Leasing Biz AeroCentury In Ch. 11
• Nokia Shakes Investor Suit Over Alcatel-Lucent Acquisition
• Optum's $13.8B Change Healthcare Buy Under DOJ Scrutiny
• Female Heads Of FCC, FTC, NTIA Talk Remote Work, COVID-19
• 16 Firms Could Steer IPOs Totaling $3.7B In Short Week
• 4 Firms Steer Broadridge's $2.5B Deal To Acquire Itiviti
• 7 Firms Pilot $2.36B Deal For Commercial Jet Leasing Co.
• Why SPACs Should Consider Captive Insurance
• Polsinelli Adds Ex-DLA Piper Private Equity Atty In Atlanta
• Investor Challenges $2.5B Cooper-Goodyear Merger In Del.
• WPT Industrial Forms $370M JV With Ontario Investment Firm
• Kirkland, Willkie Farr Steer $200M Sale Of Allstate Entity
• Milbank Snags Schulte Roth M&A Co-Chair Amid Deals Boom
• Freshfields, Kirkland Steer $7B SPAC Deal For UK Car Retailer
• Safeguarding Privileged Communications In A Remote World
• EU Wants Member States To Refer More Nascent Mergers
• Forescout And Execs Duck Shareholder Suit For Now
• How To Meet CFIUS Expectations On Chinese Investment
• Don't Miss It: Morgan Lewis, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• 6 Firms Power $1.4B Semiconductor Co.'s Take-Private Deal
• Madison Square Garden Scores $922M Sports Network Buy
• 4 Areas Of Cyberattack Vulnerability For Law Firms
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Wachtell, Skadden
• Kirkland Snags Tax And Renewables Partner From Orrick
• Aviva Sells Off Poland Unit To Rival Allianz For €2.5B
• Rolls-Royce Fights To Take Over Goodrich Joint Venture
• WeWork Bets On Post-COVID Co-Working In $9B SPAC Deal
• UK Watchdog Calls Facebook Giphy Deal Bad For Competition
• FTC, DOJ Vertical Guidelines Remain In Effect, For Now
• Country Fresh Cleared For $68M Ch. 11 Asset Sale
• SPAC Investor Sues In Chancery Over MultiPlan's Stock Drop
• News Corp. Scoops Up Investor Tools, Media Biz For $275M
• SEC Inquiry Into Blank-Check Boom Could Be Just The Start
• FTC Considering New Rules For Competition
• Duane Morris Builds NYC Office With Tax Partner
• Quinn Emanuel, Others Denied $10.1M Fees In Merger Spat
• Coherent Ditches Lumentum For Sweetened $7B Deal
• Varnum Adds Corporate Partner To Detroit-Area Office
• Crowdfunders Call Off Merger After UK Watchdog Casts Doubt
• How To Help Your Witnesses Overcome Hindsight Bias
• Former NY Insurance Chief Joins DLA Piper As Partner
• Carrefour Unit To Buy $1.25B Brazilian Supermarket Biz
• Klobuchar Says Congress Has Rare Shot At Antitrust Overhaul
• DOJ's Acting Antitrust Chief Says No Transition Slowdown
• Sixth Street Tried To 'Muck Up' $12.5B Deal, Chancery Told
• Kirkland, Skadden Steer Dodgers Owner's 3rd SPAC Filing
• 3 Firms Guide Casino Chain Bally's £2B Deal With Gamesys
• BoyarMiller Taps Ex-Jackson Walker Corporate Group Chair
• NJ 'Reply All' Ethics Opinion Brings New Pitfalls For Attorneys
• Crowdfunders' Merger Plan Runs Into UK Antitrust Concerns
• Judge Says Antitrust Case Against VW Belongs In Germany
• App Co. Shareholders Sue Ex-WeWork Brass Over Bad Deal
• 3 Firms Guide 3D Printing Biz VELO3D's $1.6B Go-Public Deal
• Barclays Shuts Down Fake 'Lehman Brothers' Group
• Insurance Biz Hartford Spurns Rival Chubb's $23B Buyout Bid
• EU Clears EssilorLuxottica's €5.5B GrandVision Deal With Fix
• Southland Increases Unsecured Recoveries In Ch. 11 Plan
• Debevoise, Sidley Lead $1 Billion Acquisition Of Ohio National
• Cubic Weighs Competing $2.4B Bid From Latham-Led Co.
• Chancery Names Amicus For Bid To Revamp Defunct Co.
• Pillsbury, Wachtell Guide Tech Distributors' $7.2B Merger
• Saxena White Seeks $9M For $25M GTT Securities Settlement
• Local Fears Don't Justify Halting Hawaii Beer Deal, DOJ Says
• XPO Logistics Beats Investor Suit Over Amazon Disclosures
• Biden Officially Picks Amazon Critic Lina Khan For FTC Post
• 3 Biotech Firms Join Packed Calendar Of At Least 19 IPOs
• 4th Circ. Won't Rethink Upholding Private Divestiture Order
• CORRECTED: Winston & Strawn, Pillsbury Guide Bitcoin Miner's Go-Public
• Judging A Book: Bibas Reviews Rakoff's 'Why The Innocent Plead Guilty'
• 3 Firms Guide $2B Deal For Biz Planning Co. Unit4
• White & Case Expands Its M&A Practice With 2 New Partners
• UK Watchdog Probes Penguin's $2.2B Simon & Schuster Deal
• 6 CFIUS Considerations For De-SPAC Transactions
• Reed Smith Nabs 4 Dealmakers From Baker Botts In Houston
• Allen & Gledhill Guides CapitaLand's $16B Restructuring
• 12 Firms Drive $29B Deal Forming 1st Mexico-US-Canada Rail
• As AG Takes Wheel At HHS, Biden Faces Rocky Legal Road
• 3 Firms Steer $325M Cannabis Real Estate Merger
• Health Hires: Orrick, K&L Gates
• For Law Firm Digital Marketing, Less Is Sometimes More
• Suez Asks European Court To Step Into Fray Over Veolia Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Goodmans, Herbert, Skadden
• FTC Should Have Global Antitrust Regulatory Aspirations
• Cravath, Olshan Steer Corteva And Starboard To Settlement
• Pillsbury, Ropes & Gray Steer Health Tech Co. $1.2B Go-Public
• Don't Miss It: Sullivan, Simpson Thacher Guide Hot Deals
• Quinn Emanuel, Hagens Berman To Lead Facebook User Suits
• Dining Co. Looks To Seize Chinese Restaurateur's NYC Condo
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chubb, AbbVie, NMC Health
• GW Pharmaceuticals Investors Sue To Stop $7.2B Acquisition
• Country Fresh Can Access DIP, Vendors Can Opt Out
• Cresco Labs To Acquire Cultivate In Deal Worth Up To $158M
• HighPoint Wins Ch. 11 Confirmation In Less Than A Week
• LogMeIn Escapes Investor Suit Over Merger 'Hangover'
• Activist Funds Back With New Playbook After Pandemic Pause
• Office Share Biz Knotel Sold To Creditor In Del. Ch. 11
• Pro-Biz Group Backs Axon 9th Circ. Merger Review Challenge
• Wachtell Helping REIT Columbia Property Assess $2.2B Offer
• EU OKs Danfoss' $3.3B Eaton Hydraulic Buy, With Conditions
• Cos. Buying Nascent Rivals Should Beware Antitrust Scrutiny
• Real Estate Platform Offerpad Valued At $3B In SPAC Merger
• 4 Firms Advise On Pair Of $14.7B Energy Biz Deals
• TIX Corp. Investor Wants Records On CEO Stock Deals
• Investor Deals Back On Track After 'Unusual' 2019
• UK Looks Determined To Grab A Larger Share Of SPACs
• Ropes, Davis Polk Steer KKR-Backed SPAC's $1.2B Offering
• GOP House Armed Services Director Joins Holland & Knight
• Fla. Tobacco Settlement Ruling Offers Caution On Contracts
• Cannabis Co. Downplayed Merger Issues, Investors Say
• Antitrust Deputy Joins Morrison & Foerster From DOJ
• 2 Firms Rep Quad-C's AIT Exit In $1.2B Recapitalization
• Lumentum Lobs $6.9B Coherent Offer Amid Bidding War
• Body Cam Co. Seeks 9th Circ. Look At FTC's Merger Reviews
• Tilray Investor Sues Over $3.8B Pot Industry Megamerger
• 3rd Circ. Sends NextEra's $60M Claim Request Back To Del.
• FTC Leads International 'Rethink' Of Pharma Merger Reviews
• Reinvent's Third Skadden-Led SPAC Raises $850M
• AstraZeneca Resets FTC Review Clock For $39B Alexion Deal
• HighPoint Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Hearing 4 Days After Filing
• DraftKings Scores $1.1B In Convertible Notes Offering
• Minority Owners Can't Undo TV Station Sale, DC Circ. Says
• Investor Drops Suit Over MultiPlan's $11B SPAC Merger
• Strategies For Fighting Back Against A Rambo Litigator
• Orrick Adds Benefits Partner From McDermott In Boston
• Canadian PE Firm Picks Up Proxy Advisory Firm Glass Lewis
• 5 Firms Craft SPAC Deal For $10.4B Cryptocurrency Platform
• Prickett Jones, Kessler Topaz Tapped To Lead Match.com Suit
• Biden Climate Plan Ushers In New Compliance Considerations
• Pot Blank-Check Co. Picks Up 4 Businesses In $210M Deal
• Laser Co. Covered Up Exec's Misconduct, Say Investors
• 3 Firms Assemble $6B Deal For Extended Stay America
• Judge Says BP Retirees Should Win Class Cert.
• DLA Piper, Sidley Guide $1.8B Deal For Disease Testing Biz
• HighPoint Resources Hits Ch. 11 After Failed Merger Attempt
• 8 Firms Build $21.34B Merger Of Canadian Telecoms Cos.
• Altria Can't Snub Out Fraud Claims Over Juul Investment
• Some Early Merger Clearances Allowed, Agencies Say
• Latham Real Estate Leader Eyes Wave Of Opportunistic Buys
• 3 Factors To Watch When Justices Rule On Media Ownership
• Polsinelli Adds 2 New Shareholders In DC
• 5 Key Takeaways From Tulane's 33rd Annual M&A Conference
• Ex-Fresh Market Investors Reach $27.5M Deal In Merger Suit
• Skadden, Kirkland Guide Co.'s $1B Sale Of Medical Device Biz
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Ropes, Skadden
• UK's Revised Merger-Review Definitions Will Ease Compliance
• Don't Miss It: Ropes & Gray, Willkie Guide Week's Hot Deals
• COVID Changed Del. Courts And There May Be No Going Back
• Dickinson Wright Taps Ex-Tech GC As Partner In Austin
• 1 Year Into Pandemic, It's Time To Rethink Law Firm Billing
• The Defining Pandemic Moments For Health And Life Sci Attys
• Quinn Emanuel, Hagens Berman Fight To Lead Facebook Suits
• Regulatory Edge Benefiting SPACS Should End, Panel Told
• Chancery Bars Payouts To Insiders In Dura Medic Sale Suit
• BIP Digs In, Still Values Inter Pipeline At $6B In 'Hostile' Bid
• SEC Acting Director Shines Spotlight On SPACs, ESG Issues
• Warburg Pincus, Hillhouse Rep $700M JD.Com Unit Investment
• FTC's Phillips Says Antitrust Proposals Aren't Limited To Tech
• M&A Disclosure Lessons From Columbia Pipeline Challenge
• How Biden's Leadership Picks Will Shape Health Priorities
• Rogue High Court Citation May Spark Legal Writing Changes
• Lone Star Laterals: Haynes And Boone, Yetter Coleman
• Deals Rumor Mill: Shutterfly, Cooper, Apax Partners
• Facebook Says FTC, States' Suits Don't Show Consumer Harm
• Covington, Squire Patton Boggs Direct 2 Banks' $976M Merger
• SEC Delays Decision On Nasdaq's Diversity Proposal
• What To Know About Lina Khan, Biden's Potential FTC Pick
• 8th Circ. Won't Let Injured ND Worker Sue Manufacturer
• 3 Firms Draw Up $2.4B PE Tender Offer For Data Co. Talend
• 'Coercive' Calif. Female Board Quota Challenged At 9th Circ.
• Key Takeaways From The Biggest COVID Real Estate Cases
• SEC Cautions Investors About Celebrity-Backed SPACs
• Coherent Reverses Stance, Agrees To $6.6B Lumentum Deal
• 4 Firms Build Hilton Vacation Co.'s $1.4B Timeshare Biz Buy
• The Case For Diversity In Internal Investigation Teams
• 6 Firms Pilot $30B Sale Of GE's Jet-Leasing Biz
• Firms Vie For Class Lead In Chancery Match.com Spinoff Suit
• Seminole Tribe Asks Fla. Court To Toss Energy Co.'s Suit
• Top Amazon Critic Poised For Nomination To FTC
• SoFi Turns To Bank Acquisition In Pursuit Of National Charter
• Gibson Dunn, Graubard Pilot $1.1B Telemed Co.'s SPAC Union
• 4 Firms Guide Curaleaf's $286M Entry Into Europe
• 4th Circ. Opens Door To New Private Merger Enforcement Era
• 'No Room For Error': Novavax Deal Hits Home For Ropes Atty
• Shell Egypt To Net Up To $926M Through Asset Portfolio Sale
• Renovate America Gets OK For $43M Asset Sale
• Debevoise, Foley Lead $1.3B Deal For Funeral Services Biz
• How COVID Has Reshaped M&A Agreements
• Telecom Waited Too Long To Cite Foreign Law, 8th Circ. Holds
• Topgolf Rival Takes Another Shot At 5th Circ. In Antitrust Case
• 2 Firms Steer Quantum Computing Biz's $2B Go-Public Deal
• Consultant Says Cura Partners Can't Escape Finder's Fee Suit
• For 'Essential' Cannabis Businesses, Pandemic Year A Boom
• Lloyd's Says It Needn't Cover AmTrust Securities' Fraud Suit
• Kramer Levin, Schulte Roth Steer Priority's $425M Fintech Buy
• Skadden, Weil Steer DuPont's $2.3B Bet On Tech Materials Biz
• Hospitals Can't Justify Push To Depose FTC, Gov't Says
• Coherent Ditches Lumentum Deal, Sides With Rival $6.5B Bid
• 5 Ways Outside Counsel Can Impress Their Clients
• McDermott Snags DLA Piper Energy Transaction Duo In Texas
• McAfee Sells $4B Unit In Deal Driven By Ropes, Paul Hastings
• Pulling Up Stakes: Weil, Goodwin, Reed Smith
• 6 Firms Assist As Apollo Takes Over Athene In $11B Deal
• Allstate Seeks First-Of-Its-Kind Shift Of Policies Under Ill. Law
• Investors Sue To Block $2.3B Gov't Tech Services Merger
• 4 Ways A Gensler-Led SEC Could Toughen SPAC Scrutiny
• Co. Says 4th Circ. Shows Private Divestiture 'Problematic'
• 3 Firms Steer SPAC Merger Forming $2B Bitcoin Mining Biz
• InterPrivate's Trio Of SPACs Raise Combined $700M In IPOs
• 'Cynical' Innogy Can't Duck $70M Wind Farm Suit, Court Told
• Dole's Win Bolsters Del. Corporations In D&O Coverage Fights
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Skadden, Sullivan
• 3 Firms Rep €1.4B KPS Deal With Norwegian Metals Biz
• Don't Miss It: Davis Polk, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• How They Won It: Freshfields Breaks FTC's Winning Streak
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 3 Firms Craft £2.3B Deal For Mobile Power Provider Aggreko
• 3 Firms Guide Square's $297M Investment In Jay-Z's TIDAL
• Deals Rumor Mill: Robinhood, Flipkart, Permira
• Fed. Circ. Vacates L'Oreal Injunction In Hair Care Fight
• 2 Firms Guide Amgen's $1.9B Deal For Cancer Drug Biz
• Ethics Tips For Attorneys Telecommuting Across State Lines
• Gibson Dunn's M&A Leader Is 1st Woman Elected As Chair
• Abusive M&A Litigation Highlights Need For Securities Reform
• CoreLogic Nixes $7B CoStar Bid Over Stock, Regulatory Woes
• Faegre Drinker Scores Veteran International Employment Atty
• Latham, S&C Direct $5B SPAC Deal For Insurance Tech Co.
• Latham Reps Okta's $6.5B Buy Of Perkins Coie-Backed Auth0
• Insurer Owes Dole $12M Over Investor Suits, Del. Justices Say
• Kaepernick's ESG-Focused Blank-Check Biz Raises $300M
• NY Hospital Fights Subpoena In Health System Merger Row
• Latham, Ropes Guide $1.07B Boston Scientific-Lumenis Deal
• FTC Cites Challenge Rec In Ga. Hospital Merger Cancellation
• Pa. Hospitals Settle DOJ's Challenge Of $100M Deal
• UK Unveils Tweaks To New Merger Control Regime
• Investor Suit Blasts EQT Execs Over Rice Merger Claims
• 6 Ways Legal Employers Can Help Pandemic-Weary Parents
• Former Skadden Tax Partner Joins Weil In New York
• Charlotte's Web Signs Deal To Enter Pot Biz Upon Legalization
• Effectively Defining Material Adverse Change Amid COVID-19
• Ellenoff Grossman Hit With $11M Suit Over Soured Merger
• 4 Firms Craft Michaels' $5B Take-Private Deal With Apollo
• Investment Values Clean Energy Services Biz Uplight At $1.5B
• Kirkland Hires Away Baker Botts Debt Finance Partner
• 4 Firms Build $6.25B Sale Of Venetian Hotel In Las Vegas
• Chancery Wants Skadden Affidavit In TransPerfect Fee Fight
• US Shale Drillers Still Not Out Of The Woods, Execs Say
• Hong Kong Explores Allowing Blank-Check Listings
• The Market Forces Driving The Electric Vehicle SPAC Trend
• 3 Degrees Of Legalization Show True Prevalence Of Cannabis
• Biotech Exec Admits Insider Trading On Dimension Deal Talks
• Remote Working Tips For Lawyer Trainees And Their Firms
• 3 Firms Lead Publisher Beacon Street's $3B Go-Public Deal
• EBay, Adevinta To Drop UK Classifieds To Wrap Up $9.2B Deal
• PQ Group Offloads Performance Chemicals For $1.1B
• Weil Must Turn Over Walgreens-Rite Aid Merger Documents
• SPACs Power Another Record-Breaking Month For IPOs
• FTC Competition Bureau Chief Joins Latham & Watkins
• FTC Alums Join Gibson Dunn's Antitrust Group As Partners
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Otterbourg Adds New York Deals Pro From Akerman
• SoftBank-Backed Blank-Check Co. Drops IPO Goal To $280M
• FTC Abandons Challenge To $599M Philly Hospital Deal
• Cura Partners Seeks Early Win In Consulting Fee Fight
• Mitigate Key FCPA Risks With Tailor-Made Compliance
• Chancery Keeps Alive $13B Columbia Pipeline Deal Challenge
• Investor Sues To Block Minority-Focused Lenders' $1B Merger
• 3 Firms Direct $1.55B Sale Of Perrigo Unit To PE Firm
• Rocket Lab To Go Public At $4.1B Value In Blank-Check Union
• L3Harris Sheds Defense Units In $1.45B Sales Led By 5 Firms
• CoStar's $7.3B CoreLogic Bid Aims To KO Competing Buyers