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Mergers & Acquisitions - May, 2021

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• Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Eagle Hospitality Gets OK For $482M Hotel Sale In Ch. 11
• Chancery Orders Redo Of Arguments Heard By Ex-Chancellor
• Senate Punts On Massive Tech, Trade Bill Aimed At China
• Cannabis Co. Hexo To Buy Producer Redecan For CA$925M
• Amazon's MGM Buy Fuels Streaming Wars, Irks Lawmakers
• Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Domain Holdings Seeking To Buy 10% Stake In PEXA's Parent
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Greenberg Guide Week's Hot Deals
• 2 Firms Rep Black Knight's $250M Deal For Marketing Biz
• 'A Sober Look At SPACs' Finds They Shortchange Investors
• 5 Tips To Help Your 2021 Summer Associates Succeed
• Senate Adds Trade Package To Major Tech Bill Aimed At China
• Illumina, Grail Say FTC Just Wants To Run Out Merger Clock
• HK Auto Electronics Co. Gets Doc Bid OK'd In Michigan
• Payment Co. Execs Claim Bogus Merger Terms In Del. Suit
• Judge Says Sears Buyer Not Liable For Warranty Suit
• 3 Firms Represent £673M Equiniti Take-Private Deal
• Judge Urges Toss Of Used Phone Biz Ownership Fight
• McDermott Nabs Health Care Atty From King & Spalding In LA
• Timberwolves Co-Owner Sues To Block $1.5B Sale To A-Rod
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lamborghini, Paytm, Eurowag
• Firms Should Use Surveys To Make Smart Legal Tech Choices
• NEX Gets TP ICAP Suit Over £1.3B Deal Disclosures Trimmed
• Fintech Startup Valued At $2.2B In SPAC Deal Led By 3 Firms
• DC's Amazon Antitrust Suit Could Just Be A Test Case
• HempFusion To Buy CBD Co. Sagely Naturals For $25M
• Amazon's Top Deals Show Urge For Multi-Industry Domination
• Chancery Tosses Suit Over Brookfield's $9.25B GGP Buy
• Startup Says Digital Health Co. Lied About Acquisition
• Haynes And Boone Nets Ex-Greenberg Traurig Corporate Atty
• Novel Veil-Piercing Claim Kept Alive In Chancery Debt Suit
• CN, KCS Seek Voting Trust Approval In $33.6B Takeover Push
• ESG Trend Fuels Climate Activists' Victory At Exxon Meeting
• Mondelez Scoops Up European Snack Biz Chipita For $2B
• 3 Firms Build Amazon's $8.45B MGM Studios Buy
• Huntington's $22B TCF Deal Approved With Branch Sales
• Divided Senate Confirms Biden Pick For DOJ Civil Rights Post
• Lordstown Execs Hit With Derivative Suit Over Preorders
• Carlisle Sells Brakes Unit In Deal Worth Up To $375M
• Chancery OKs $15M Towers-Watson Merger Claim Settlement
• Don't Forget Due Diligence In Race For Lateral Associate Hires
• Debevoise, Skadden Rep Real Estate Tech. SPAC's $250M IPO
• UK Regulator Will Scrutinize AstraZeneca-Alexion Deal
• 5 Firms Lead Valens To $1.16B Valuation Via SPAC Merger
• Highland Capital Accused Of Undervaluing Steel Maker
• Regs Shouldn't Favor SPACs, Committee Told
• Google's Antitrust Win Irrelevant To Facebook Suit, AGs Say
• Cravath, Paul Weiss Guide $2.3B Building Materials Maker Buy
• SEC Approval Of Nasdaq Plan Expands IPO Alternatives
• Baker Botts, Wachtell Lead $17B Merger Of Oil & Gas Cos.
• Will.i.am's Co. Ordered To Pay Award To Tech Investors
• 3rd Circ. Backs Shutterfly Win In Investor Suit Over $2.7B Deal
• ​​​​​​FTC Says No Way To $151M Pa. Cement Co. Merger
• Delaware's New Chancellor On The Post-COVID Court
• Privilege Waiver Risks From Reps & Warranties Insurance Use
• Tribunal Tosses Sabre's Challenge Of CMA Merger Review
• MobiTV Gets OK For $23M Sale To TiVo Corp.
• How Tech Race Bill Expands CFIUS Purview To Academia
• Once Sizzling IPO Market Starts To Show Cracks
• White & Case, Ellenoff Grossman Rep $150M Blank-Check IPO
• Canadian National Tops Railway Rival With $33.6B KCS Deal
• Health Hires: Freshfields, DLA Piper, Cozen O'Connor
• Don't Miss It: Paul Hastings, Paul Weiss Rep Week's Hot Deals
• Lessons In Civility From The Alex Oh Sanctions Controversy
• UK Waste Co. Biffa To Buy Part Of Viridor For $178M
• DLA Piper Adds Ex-Crowell & Moring Corporate Atty In Calif.
• FTC To Focus On In-House Challenge Of Illumina Deal
• 'Varsity Blues' Parent Says Bad PR Killed His $187M Biz Deal
• Investors Drop Suit To Block $2.3B Gov't Tech Merger
• Shoring Up Compliance Amid Change In Antitrust Tack
• 3 Firms Rep Jam City's Rocking $1.2B Go-Public Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Robinhood, NerdWallet, CAF
• Australia Clears Salesforce's $27.7B Deal For Slack
• Biz Record Admissibility Rule Must Adapt To An ESI World
• Canadian Pacific Calls For KCS To Snub Rival $33.7B Bid
• Litigation Financier Says NY Firm Owes $1.4M In Loans
• Blackstone Lands St. Modwen In £1.24B Deal Led By 2 Firms
• FTC Too Busy To Scrutinize All Hospital Mergers, Sens. Told
• Zayo CEO Packed Board Ahead Of $14B Deal, Chancery Told
• Sens. Expand Massive Tech Bill Aimed At China
• Union Calls For Antitrust Scrutiny Of AT&T's Spinoff
• 8 Firms Guide $525M In Blank-Check IPOs
• Pa. Justices' Ruling Presents Big Hurdles For No-Poach Pacts
• SoftBank-Backed Indian Clean Energy Co. Sold At $3.5B Value
• 4 Firms Build $2.8B PE Buyout Of UK Infrastructure Investor
• Nike Asks SEC To OK Plans To Block Investor Diversity Bid
• UK Watchdog Looking Into Sony's $430M Music Deal
• Terms Of $2.8B Genomic Sale Shield Deal, Chancery Told
• Key GOP Sen. Slams FTC 'Mismanagement' In Merger Reviews
• 2 Firms Guide HempFusion's $15M Deal For CBD Co.
• Inside The 5 Largest M&A Deals AT&T Has Ever Completed
• Mayer Brown Nabs Former FTC Deputy Gail Levine
• Justices Must Weigh Class Cert. Denial Stats In Goldman Case
• Zebra Investors Urge 7th Circ. To Revive IT Fraud Claims
• What's In A 'Beer'? Corona Owners Battle Over Definition
• Judging A Book: Rodriguez Reviews 'When Machines Can Be Judge'
• Skadden, Weil Rep $2.5B Convenience Store Supply Purchase
• Merger-Killing Plot Scuttled Deal, Travel Firm Tells Chancery
• Jay-Z's Pot Co. Invests $50M In Marijuana-Focused SPAC
• 4 Firms Guide Curaleaf's $67M Expansion In Colorado
• 3 Firms Rep Giga Energy's Go-Public Deal Worth Up To $7.3B
• Davis Polk, Fried Frank Lead Clarivate's $5.3B ProQuest Buy
• Crown Resorts Rebuffs Blackstone, Weighs Rival's $7.1B Bid
• Pulling Up Stakes: Latham, Foley & Lardner, McGuireWoods
• 4 Firms Rep $43B AT&T, Discovery Reverse Morris Trust Deal
• 7-Eleven Sparks FTC Uproar With Close Of Speedway Deal
• Inside The $33.7B Attempt To Wrest KCS From Railway Rival
• Senate To Debate $110B Tech Funding Bill To Outdo China
• Hertz Swaps In New $6B Ch. 11 Plan Sponsor Package
• Wachtell Steers A-Rod, Lore $1.5B Timberwolves Deal
• M&A Is Back With A Vengeance, But The Market Has Evolved
• Del. Justices Say Dyal-Owl Rock Merger Can Go Through
• 5 Steps For Law Firms Rethinking Flexible Work Post-COVID
• Sanne Spurns Cinven's £1.34B Buyout Offer
• 'Public Benefit' Corporate Model Is Making Inroads
• Don't Miss It: V&E, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Husch Blackwell Adds 3 Ex-K&L Gates Attys As Partners
• Faegre, Hogan Drive $1.2B Deal For Tyson's Pet Treats Biz
• Jones Day Adds 2 New Partners To Global Disputes Practice
• Chancery Awards 2.6% Gain To Regal Sale Merger Challengers
• Senate Panel Splits On Contentious DOJ Civil Rights Nominee
• FTC Probing $7.2B Natural Gas Merger
• Senate Panel Clears Bill Hiking Megamerger Filing Fees
• Paper Source Gets OK For $92M Ch. 11 Sale To B&N Owner
• Kirkland, Ellenoff Guide Biotech SPAC's $200M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Full Truck Alliance, A-Rod, Vice Media
• What UK's New Merger Controls Mean For Private Equity
• Cooley, Fenwick Craft $425M Merger Of Health Care Fintechs
• Assessing SPAC Risk After SEC Pumps Brakes On Market
• Facebook Loses Appeal Over CMA's Giphy Merger Probe
• EU Will Review Facebook's Kustomer Deal After Requests
• Yahoo Sale Spurs New Patent Holder Bid For $749M Reserve
• Dyal Tells Del. Justices Sixth Street Seeks A 'Lowball Buyback'
• PureCycle Allegedly Misled Investors Ahead Of SPAC Tie-Up
• Flyers Elevate Merger Case From Bankruptcy To District Court
• Virus-Related Chancery Rulings Show High Bar For M&A Exits
• Del. Justices Warned Of 'Frankenstein' Risk In Appraisal Fight
• Big Tech Critic Lina Khan Clears Senate Panel For FTC Seat
• 5 Firms Guide CD&R's £2.6B Bet On UDG
• Holland & Knight Snaps Up Former SoftBank Deputy GC
• Latham, V&E Steer SPAC Deal For $2.3B Electric Scooter Co.
• Hertz Ch. 11 Auction Ends With $6B Knighthead Winning Bid
• Judge's Rebuke Of Mass. AG Has Lessons For All Attorneys
• Aon Floats $3.5B Disposal After Probe Into Willis Merger
• Tesaro Directors Slam 'Innuendo' In Del. Suit Over $5.1B Sale
• Judge Calls Facebook's Bid To Toss Enforcer Cases 'Serious'
• Dem Commissioner Blasts 'Pro-Merger' Pharma Stance At FTC
• 6 Firms Advise On Paper Excellence's $2.8B Domtar Deal
• Boral Spurns $6B Valuation In Seven Group's Take-Private Bid
• 3 Firms Steer Mortgage Tech Co.'s $7.7B SPAC Deal
• Kirkland, Simpson Thacher Rep $2.1B Coating Biz Buy
• Font Considerations To Give Your Legal Briefs An Edge
• Ginkgo Bioworks Valued At $15B In SPAC Deal Led By 3 Firms
• Icahn Escapes Voltari Buyout Suit Claiming 'Ill-Gotten' Gains
• FTC Wants NJ Hospital Merger On Ice During Antitrust Row
• Wynn Bets On $3.2B SPAC Deal For Online Gambling Biz
• UK Watchdog Probing $35B AMD-Xilinx Merger Deal
• 4 Firms Lead Self-Driving Tech Co.'s $3.3B Go-Public Deal
• Make Profitability Management Part Of Your Law Firm Culture
• ETE Equity Gambit Snarled $38B Williams Deal, Ex-CFO Says
• Retirees Fight BP's Bid To Freeze Pension Class Action
• Facebook Wants Keller Lenkner DQ'd From Antitrust Suit
• Kirkland, Winston Lead $1.35B SPAC Deal For Food Tech Biz
• Health Data Cos. Drop Merger Deal After UK Gov't Worries
• Rolls-Royce Denies $120M Exclusivity Breach In Goodrich Suit
• Allens-Led Seven Group Seeks Boral At $6.2B Valuation
• New Crown Resorts Suitor Enters Fray With $7.1B Bid
• Congressional Scrutiny Adds Momentum For SPAC Oversight
• 4 Firms Guide Trulieve's $2.1B Deal For Pot Industry Peer
• Don't Miss It: Skadden, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Kirkland, Wilson Rep Energy Storage Co.'s $1.1B SPAC Deal
• Latham Snags National Security Expert From V&E
• Enforcer To Regulator? FTC Dems Eye Antitrust Rulemaking
• Kirkland-Led Blackstone Lobs £1.21B Bid At UK's St. Modwen
• SEC Scrutiny Spooked The SPAC Market, But Won't Stifle It
• Chancery Keeps $6.1B Pattern Energy Deal Challenge Alive
• WSFS Investor Says Financial Unknowns Plague $976M Deal
• Fenwick, MoFo Build $2.5B Deal For Fintech Startup Divvy
• Deals Rumor Mill: IHH Healthcare, Tricor, Reebok
• 2 Firms Guide Retailer At Home's $2.8B Take-Private Deal
• Drafting Clearer Patent Claims After Fed. Circ. L'Oreal Ruling
• GoDaddy Taps McKesson Corp. Atty For CLO Slot
• Premier League Sued For Blocking £340M Newcastle Sale
• 4 Trends In Discoverability Of Litigation Funding Documents
• Latham, Kirkland Craft Nearly $3B Oil And Gas Assets Deal
• FTC, DOJ Show No Sign Of Resuming Early Merger OKs
• T-Mobile/Sprint Merger: 1 Year And A Pandemic Later
• Intel Urges Chancery To Keep Alive Expansive Patent Defense
• New Jersey Hospital Merger Challenge Sized Right, FTC Says
• Blackstone Exec Fearful Of A 'Torrent Of Economic Activity'
• DOJ Delves Deeper Into Piping Cos.' Merger Plan
• Expect Increasing Scrutiny Of Wage-Fixing, No-Poach Deals
• Hertz Says New Ch. 11 Sponsor Bid Tops Centerbridge Deal
• Baker Botts Snags Paul Hastings Ex-Houston Corporate Chair
• American Tower Sells €1.6B Stake In European Unit To CDPQ
• 6 Firms Build $1.2B Merger Of Digital Financial Services Firms
• Chancery Says Altaba Needn't Put Up $749M For Patent Case
• Real Estate Cos. More Optimistic Amid Vaccine Rollout
• Merck Unit Fined €7.5M For Hiding Project In EU M&A Review
• 3 Firms Steer $650M Red Rock Sale Of Palms Casino
• Wiley Adds Former T-Mobile VP As Telecom Partner In DC
• 7 Lessons For Young Lawyers Starting Their Careers
• 2 Firms Assist On Booz Allen's $725M Deal For IT Services Co.
• Hertz Confirms New Sponsor Offer In Seesaw Del. Ch. 11
• Wachtell-Led Global Payments Inks $925M Deal For Zego
• Black Cube Sued By PE Firm Over $365M Canadian Suit
• FTC Fights Facebook Reading Of Justices' AMG Capital Ruling
• Green Thumb Enters Va. With $80M Dharma Pharma Purchase
• Travelers May Be Partly Liable After $22M Win Over Calamos
• How Justices' AMG Ruling Affects Privacy And Cybersecurity
• Investor Sues To Halt $1.4B Hilton Grand's Timeshare Biz Buy
• Retiring Del. Chancellor Makes TransPerfect Pay $3.2M In Fees
• Alamo Drafthouse Gets OK For $21M Sale To Creditors
• Pashman Stein Adds Ex-Pryor Cashman IP Pro To Lead Group
• Latham, Vinson Rep Switch's $420M Data Center Co. Buy
• Drug Developer Roivant Hits $7.3B Valuation In SPAC Merger
• Del. Justices Ax Cigna's $1.8B Fee Bid In Failed Anthem Deal
• 3 Firms Rep $5B Verizon Media Divestiture