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Mergers & Acquisitions - June, 2021

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• Del. Justices Mull Bid To Kill 'Dual-Natured' Damage Claims
• FTC's Facebook Case Down, But Not Out, After Dismissal
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Amazon Says Lina Khan Can't Fairly Regulate It At FTC
• Verizon-Tracfone Will Fortify Prepaid Mobile Plans, FCC Told
• Canada Challenges $1.8B Oil & Gas Waste Service Deal
• Salesforce Prices $8B Offering To Fund Slack Acquisition
• Federal Tech, Trade Bill Needs IP Owner Transparency Tweaks
• Cura Partners Settles Claims With Consultant Over Merger
• EssilorLuxottica To Go Ahead With GrandVision Deal
• State Courts' Stark Lack Of Diversity Demands Action
• Maynard Cooper-Led GTIS Sells $300M Of Rental Homes
• Kirkland, White & Case Lead $1.2B Celanese-ExxonMobil Deal
• Singapore Regulator Widens Aon-Willis Antitrust Probe
• All Counts In $2.7B Pivotal-VMware Merger Suit Move Ahead
• Is The Consumer Welfare Standard On FTC's Chopping Block?
• Nine Point Ch. 11 Sale Passes With Caliber Lien Protections
• House Clears Huge R&D Bills, But Must Contend With Senate
• Alex And Ani Seek OK For Founder, Creditor Ch. 11 Settlement
• Alston-Led Builders FirstSource Boosts Tech Via $450M Deal
• CD&R Makes Increased £2.8B Bid For UDG Healthcare
• Haynes and Boone Adds Capital Markets Pro In Houston
• Del. Justices Say Chancery Must Reconsider Stock Deal
• Nine Point Ch. 11 Sale Delayed After $7M Lien Ruling
• Campolo Middleton Launches Cannabis Practice In New York
• Pot Co. Backed By Jay-Z Picks Up West Hollywood Dispensary
• 4 Firms Craft Etsy's $217M Bet On Brazilian E-Commerce Co.
• Wachtell, Cravath Lead Ventas' $2.3B Senior Living REIT Buy
• Giuliani Suspension Highlights Ethical Pitfalls For All Lawyers
• UK Competition Unit Probes S&P's $44B Bid To Buy IHS Markit
• 3 Firms Steer Thoma Bravo's $2B Qad Take-Private Deal
• Minor Additions Mollify FTC On 7-Eleven's Speedway Deal
• 6 Firms Guide $820M Akumin, Alliance Healthcare Tie-up
• No Permanent Biden DOJ Antitrust Chief, No 'Bold Action'
• 5 Things To Watch In The SPAC Market After Last Year's Boom
• Nine Point Says ND Statute Bars Caliber's Ch. 11 Liens
• Don't Miss It: Sullivan, Davis Polk Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Paul Hastings, Foley & Lardner Lead $2.2B Plex Systems Sale
• Hotly Debated Tech Antitrust Reforms Clear House Committee
• GAO Says Iron Mountain Owed Costs After Slow VA Deal Fix
• DOJ, Aon Squabble Over Discovery In Merger Clash
• Caliber Says $157M Ch. 11 Lien Supported By Its Drilling Role
• New Chair Opens FTC Doors, Revisits Section 5 Powers
• Visa Pays $2.2B For Swedish Open Banking Platform Provider
• Deals Rumor Mill: Parexel, Hanon Systems, EssilorLuxottica
• 3 Firms Prep Pair Of Buzzfeed Deals To Form $1.5B Media Co.
• Voluntary CFIUS Filings May Limit Uncertain Outcomes
• Boston Firm Choate Adds Ex-GE Counsel To IP Group
• Urban Outfitters Can't Dodge Fashion Co.'s IP Theft Claims
• Nutter Expands Corporate Team With 5-Person Hire
• E-Mart Pays $3B For 80% Stake In Ebay's Korean Biz
• TECT Aerospace Gets OK For $31M Ch. 11 Asset Sale
• House Panel Advances Antitrust Overhaul As GOP Splinters
• NBA Owner Says $1.5B Sale Merits 'Champagne,' Not Lawsuit
• GSK Unveils Long-Awaited Consumer Health Spinoff Plans
• Alon USA, Delek Reach $45M Deal On Class Merger Challenge
• Holland & Knight Adds Compensation Atty To Philly Office
• V&E Taps Ex-Akin Gump Partner To Lead NY Tax Practice
• Holland & Knight Lures Troutman Pepper Partner To Dallas
• Lordstown Shows How Projections Can Invite SPAC Litigation
• Latham, Husch Blackwell Rep Embark Trucks' $4B SPAC Deal
• Imerys Talc Says New Ch. 11 Acquisition Plan Lowers Risk
• CMA To Look Closer At Pennon's £425M Bristol Water Deal
• SEC Commish Still On The Fence About ESG Disclosure Plans
• Will SPAC Restatement Wave Trigger Shareholder Litigation?
• Navigating Inadvertent Attorney-Client Privilege Waivers
• BGC, Cantor Say Class Suit Over $875M Deal Deserves Toss
• How SPACs Should Respond To Increasing Scrutiny
• Arbitrators Say GrandVision Breached €5.5B Deal Terms
• Latham Snags Kirkland Corporate Partner In Los Angeles
• 3 Firms Build Blackstone REIT's $6B Home Rental Co. Buy
• Aon Taps Latham For $30B Willis Merger Fight With DOJ
• 10th Circ. Axes Ex-Sprint Investor's Legal Malpractice Suit
• Office Design Co. Investor Sues To Block $1.8B Merger
• Proofpoint Investors Sue Over $12.3B Merger Proposal
• Winston & Strawn Adds DLA Vet As N. Calif. Corporate Chair
• Bouchard Transportation Floats Flexible Ch. 11 Plan Track
• Kirkland, Davis Polk Rep Clearlake Unit's $1.3B Lydall Buy
• Attorneys Beware: Zoom Depositions Are Likely Inadmissible
• 12 Firms Assist On $5.7B Deal For Chinese HR Services Co.
• Crowell & Moring Adds Ex-Goodwin Procter Senior Litigator
• 5 Firms Steer Ackman-Led SPAC's $4B Deal For UMG Stake
• Labaton Sucharow To Rep Lordstown Investors In Fraud Suit
• $110M Deal Reached In Suit Over $8.7B GCI Liberty Merger
• Conservatives Split On Bipartisan House Antitrust Bills
• Sellers Of Electronics Co. Sued Over Deficient Disclosures
• HSBC Plans To Sell French Retail Banking Unit At $2.3B Loss
• CMA Probing Baker Hughes-Akastor Offshore Drilling JV
• Attys Seek $6.9M For 'Trailblazing' Work On Fresh Market Suit
• At Home's Top Investor Urges Rejection Of Take-Private Bid
• Freshfields, Shumaker Lead $2.2B Merger Of IT Services Firms
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Sen. Gillibrand Renews Push To Create US Privacy Agency
• Ex-Astros Owner Must Face Suit Over Ill-Fated Network Deal
• Nine Point Denied Quick Win On Pipeline Liens
• Chancery Tosses Most Claims In UpCounsel Sale Challenge
• How Global Markets Are Preparing For Potential SPAC Growth
• Sheppard Mullin Hires Gov't Investigations Pro From Dechert
• O'Melveny Adds Ex-Cooley, Fox Rothschild Technology Pros
• NJ Fed. Court Should Ditch Litigation Funding Disclosure Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Didi Chuxing, Azelis, EBay
• 3 Firms Steer SPAC Deal For $2.6B Radiation Detection Co.
• Kirkland, Simpson Steer Danaher's $9.6B Aldevron Buy
• Khan Goes From Commissioner To Chair In Under 6 Hours
• Printer Co. Workers Score Class Status In ESOP Suit
• 2 Firms Guide Retailer At Home's Sweetened Take-Private Bid
• 5 Firms Guide $600M In IPOs For 2 Energy Transition SPACs
• Ex-Exec Sues Curaleaf, Grassroots Over Promised Stock
• Judge Won't Dismiss Corona Seltzer Trademark Fight
• 2 Firms Guide Columbia Care's $42M Deal For Colo. Pot Co.
• How To Assess Price Volatility Changes In SPAC Class Actions
• 3 Firms Aid On $2B SPAC Deal For Firefighting Chemicals Co.
• Winston & Strawn Grabs Partner From Troutman Pepper
• DOJ Sues To Block Aon's $30B Willis Towers Watson Merger
• UK Agency Clears Investors To Buy Asda Chain From Walmart
• Law Firm Talent Must Reflect Shifting US Demographics
• CFIUS Bills Offer Insight On Top Foreign Investment Concerns
• Cannabis SPACs Are Piquing Investor Interest
• Covington, MoFo Steer Elanco's $440M Pet Pharma Co. Buy
• UK Watchdog Probes NCR's $2.5B Cardtronics Buy
• Zimmer Biomet Says Fatal Flaws Doom $3B Del. Cashout Suit
• Republican Sens. Float New Antitrust Reform Bill
• 3 Firms Craft Platinum Equity's $4.5B McGraw Hill Purchase
• Watchdog Questions Imerys Talc's Ch. 11 Asset Buy Plans
• Investors Want SEC's 'Flawed' Shareholder Rules Scrapped
• Nine Point Asks Court To OK Free And Clear $250M Sale
• Nixon Peabody Picks New Corporate Practice Leader
• Bright-Line Standards Are Bad News For Antitrust Reform
• Judge Refuses To Seal Atty's Settled Spat With Ex-Fund GC
• McGuireWoods Taps Haynes And Boone Energy Dealmaker
• Chancery OKs Trimmed $3.45M Fee In Nutraceutical Sale Suit
• Oaktree Lobs Updated Crown Resorts Offer Amid Bidding War
• Lina Khan Named FTC Chair After Confirmation
• Wilson Sonsini, V&E Steer Auto Battery Co.'s $1.2B SPAC Deal
• Disney Can't Skirt Former Fox VP's Severance Suit
• $1.8B Biotech Sale Targeted In 3 Delaware Class Suits
• Indiana Doctor's Suit Targets 'Monopolist' IU Health System
• Auto Parts Co. Rips Subpoena OK Ahead Of High Court Ruling
• FTC Poised For 3rd Dem As Senate Sets Final Vote On Khan
• Paul Weiss-Steered Shutterfly Buys Decor Site For $225M
• Law School Dean To Lead SEC's Corporation Finance Division
• Cronos Group Buys $110M Acquisition Option In PharmaCann
• NY Stock Purchase Ruling Shows Value Of Proper Disclosures
• Boxed's SPAC Deal Led By Latham, Winston Valued At $900M
• Chancery Preps For Trial On Musk's $2.6B SolarCity Bailout
• Equinix, GIC To Plug Additional $3.9B Into Data Center JV
• Mallinckrodt Creditors Question Ch. 11 Drug Sale Process
• Calif. Appeals Court OKs $9.2M Atty Award In Real Estate Spat
• House Lawmakers Float Bipartisan Big Tech Bills
• Extended Stay Stockholders Sue In Del. To Probe $6B Sale
• Ackman's SPAC Strategy Pushes Deal Structure's Boundaries
• BakerHostetler Nabs Wilson Sonsini Trade Pro
• A Biz Strategy Model To Improve Lateral Atty Hiring Diversity
• Foley Adds Ex-DLA Piper Transactions Pro In Silicon Valley
• Don't Miss It: Debevoise, Moore Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Interloper Lobs $1.66B Bid At South Korean Chipmaker
• NextEra Ruling Could Support Initial-Bidder Expense Claims
• Skadden, Kirkland Steer $3.2B Sports E-Retailer's SPAC Deal
• French Insurers End Long Legal Feud Over Failed Takeover
• UK Probes Part Of National Grid's $14.7B Deal With US Utility
• Investor Claims Electric Car SPAC Hype Was Fraud
• K&L Gates, Hogan Lovells Guide GPS Biz In $1.2B SPAC Deal
• Biden Admin. Walks Foreign Investment Tightrope With TikTok
• Paul Hastings Launches Climate-Focused Energy Team
• Deals Rumor Mill: Robinhood, Flipkart, Sportradar
• Greenberg Traurig Taps Ex-DLA Piper Corporate Pro In Dallas
• Investors Fall Short On Claims Wind Co. Buyer Had 'Side Deal'
• Goodwin, Latham Steer $2.8B Drug Discovery SPAC Deal
• FTC's Drop Of Illumina-Grail Federal Court Case Raises Uncertainty
• ESW-Backed Trading Software Firm's Ch. 11 OK'd In Del.
• Smaller Firms Need Employee Wellness Programs, Too
• Biden Axes Trump TikTok Curbs Amid Broader Data Review
• Health Care Tech Cos. Unite In $7B Deal Guided By 3 Firms
• US Must Strategize On China-Taiwan Affairs, Experts Say
• Senate Passes Massive Tech, Trade Bill Aimed At China
• Delaware Drug, Mental Health Provider OK'd For $12.5M Sale
• 3 Firms Guide Fortress' $640M Railroad Operator Buy
• Antitrust Reform Should Focus On Targeted Solutions
• 2 Firms Seek $3.75M For $17.5M Nutraceutical Suit Deal
• 6 Calif. Employment Laws To Know For M&A Deals
• Pillsbury Adds Ex-Oaktree Capital Atty In Los Angeles
• Wilson Sonsini, Ropes Rep PE Firms' $900M ExtraHop Buy
• Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Sarah Young
• Albertsons Must Face Suit Over Unpaid $125M Merger Earnout
• Gibson Dunn, V&E Design $5.7B Deal Forming Energy Giant
• T-Mobile Investors Challenge $26B Sprint Merger In Del.
• Weil Overdid Merger Docs' Redactions, Rite Aid Investors Say
• 4 Firms Guide Vulcan's $1.3B U.S. Concrete Purchase
• Paul Weiss Guides Fortress' $535M Real Estate Buy
• 7-Eleven Deal Catches FTC Divided And Off Guard
• Cooley, Skadden Steer $2.1B Deal For Primary Care Provider
• FisherBroyles Snags NY Tax Partner From Kelley Drye
• Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Rachael Coffey
• V&E, Kirkland, Gibson Dunn Steer $4.5B Colo. Energy Merger
• Kirkland, White & Case Pilot $4.48B Deal For Atlantic Aviation
• Biotech Insider Gets 6 Mos. For Trading On Deal Talks
• Stinson Bulks Up Real Estate Practice In Dallas With T&K Duo
• Orrick, White & Case Steer Dave's $4B SPAC Deal
• 3 Firms Build Blackstone $10B Deal For Data Center Co. QTS
• Garfunkel Wild Lures Health Care Atty From Wiggin & Dana
• Wachtell, Simpson Build $30B PE Club Deal For Medline
• Justices Prompt FCC To Restore Trump's Media Deregulation
• Pa. Cement Co. $151M Merger Ditched Under FTC Challenge
• SEC Signals New Direction On Proxy Advice Regulations
• Feds Warn Of Biotech Exec's Next Stock Scam Without Prison
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Wilson Sonsini Guide Week's Hot Deals
• How Speedway Deal Might Have Avoided Antitrust Gridlock
• Rising Star: Cravath's Keith Hallam
• Stop Networking, Start Relationship Marketing
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Competition Watchdog Probes IHS Markit, CME Joint Venture
• Bill Tracker: Competing Antitrust Legislation In Congress
• Bill Ackman-Led SPAC Eyes $4B Universal Music Group Stake
• CMA Opens Door To Investment Tech Firms' Merger
• 1 Firm Eked Ahead Of Peers Amid Bumpy May IPO Market
• Mayer Brown Adds Ex-Stroock Tax Partner In New York
• ​​​​​​3 Firms Assist As Blackstone Buys $1.3B Tech Research Biz 
• Dolan's MSG Merger An End-Run Around Investors, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Prosa, Dropbox, SoftBank
• 5 Firms Rep Health Care Biz Babylon's $4.2B Go-Public Deal
• Gray Tops Rival With Upsized $2.8B Deal For Meredith TV Biz
• Rising Star: Wachtell's Jake Kling
• What Attorneys Should Know About Fee Deferral
• Altria Tells FTC Judge Juul Deal Not Meant To Cut Competition
• NJ Hospitals Merger Met With 'Jaundiced Eyes' In FTC Suit
• Nelson Mullins, Loeb Steer Cannabis-Focused SPAC's Filing
• 5th Circ. Rules Oil & Gas Firm Waived Right To Arbitration
• Wachtell, Skadden Guide MorphoSys' $1.7B Cancer Co. Buy
• Predictions On Pandemic's Lasting Impact On Legal Education
• Misleading Disclosures Spoil Grubhub Merger, Investor Claims
• Centennial Ends Bid For $10M In Failed Saltwater Well Deal
• Orrick Lands Ex-Kirkland Energy Tax Expert As Partner
• Rising Star: Skadden's Dohyun (Do) Kim
• Skadden, Kirkland Steer Southwestern's $2.7B Energy Co. Buy
• Armstrong Teasdale New Chair Plans To Sustain Rapid Growth
• BIP Seeks To Usurp Pembina With $7.02B Inter Pipeline Bid
• 3 Firms Guide $1.6B Etsy Deal For British Fashion Marketplace
• Del. Chancery Keeps Alive Suit Over Tilray's PE Insider Deals
• FTC's Illumina-Grail Court Case Dropped Despite Cos.' Protest
• Blackstone And Starwood Sweeten Extended Stay Hotel Deal
• 4 Firms Steer Harborside's $43M Deal For Pot Co. Sublime
• SEC Won't Recommend Enforcement Of New Proxy Rules
• DOJ Requires Elevator Sales For $300M Grain Deal
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• 2 Firms Guide $6.5B Midwestern Bank Merger
• Lawyer Perfectionism Is A Disease We Can Control
• Firms Lose 'Serial' Bid To Delay Merger 'Earn Out' Trial In Del.
• Pembina Inks $6.9B Deal For Inter Pipeline, Topping BIP's Bid
• Bracewell, Weil Lead Kinder Morgan's $1.2B Pipeline Buy
• 3 Firms Drive $5.3B Cloudera Take-Private Deal
• WilmerHale Snags M&A Partner From Schulte Roth For NYC