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Mergers & Acquisitions - July, 2021

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• Concrete Supply Co. Investor Sues To Halt Planned Merger
• IWeb Inks $3.7B Deal For Nigeria-Based Tingo Mobile
• Del. Court Orders New Trial On $749M Yahoo Patent Reserve
• L Brands Inks $90M Global Deal For 'Toxic' Workplace Suits
• UK Also Probing Facebook's Kustomer Deal
• Engie Sells Stake In €14.6B French Gas Network GRTgaz
• Don't Miss It: MoFo, Troutman Pepper Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Bridgepoint Buys Stake In $1B Sustainability-Focused Firm
• Biggest Merger Review Developments Of 2021 So Far
• Founder Of French Telecom Iliad Makes €3.1B Take-Private Bid
• 6th Circ. Judge Suggests Hospital Row Shouldn't Be In Courts
• House Gives SEC $73M Boost, Blocks Trump-Era Proxy Rules
• 'Mixed Bag' Chancery Ruling Keeps Utah Mine Suit Alive
• Battery Venture Ends With $9M Judgment Against Owner
• Deals Rumor Mill: Baxter International, Didi Global, Nanosys
• Chemical Co. Sues Seller Over IP Claim In $240M Deal
• Air Taxi Startup Lowers Enterprise Value Of SPAC Deal By $1B
• Latham, Weil Gotshal Steer Vacasa's $4.5B SPAC Deal
• Australian Fintech Iress Snubs $2.2B Takeover Bid From EQT
• Nikola Founder Charged In NY With Lying To Raise Billions
• 7th Circ. Revives Stock Suit Against Ex-Appvion Execs
• AT&T, Cricket To Pay $3.25M In Suit Over Bad Prepaid Phones
• Gray Television Shedding 10 Stations For $925M Deal
• Starwood Capital Urges Monmouth Investors Against $3B Deal
• Icahn Says CVR Investors' Case 'Is Based On An Oxymoron'
• Law Firms, Know Who's Responsible For Your Cloud Security
• Citizens Financial To Acquire Investors Bank In $3.5B Deal
• Cinven Buys €1B Stake In Iberian Burger King Business
• 4 Firms Power SPAC Deal For $3.14B EV Charging Biz Allego
• FCC Might Begin Collecting Broadcast Diversity Data Again
• Harvest Health Sued Over $2.1B Deal With Pot Giant Trulieve
• Limetree Bay Seeks Ch. 11 Asset Sale By Mid-October
• Drilling Co. Merger Rumor Prompts Investor Suit In Del.
• Illumina Wants Extra Witnesses For FTC Merger Challenge
• Key Republican Says Khan Instigating Liberal FTC 'Putsch'
• Benefits For Law Firms Venturing Into New Services
• Group Featuring Volkswagen Nears €2.5B Deal For Europcar
• 3 Firms Behind CBRE's $1.3B Turner & Townsend Buy
• Oat Milk Co. Investor Sues Over $1.4B IPO 'Greenwashing'
• Investors Settle For $27M In Fight Over ConAgra Unit Buy
• Lynch Extradition Battle Puts SFO Sway In The Spotlight
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Clears IHS Markit, CME Joint Venture
• APi Buys Fire Systems Biz In $3.1B Deal Built By 4 Firms
• FCA Eases Rules To Give Flexibility To Large SPAC Deals
• Challenge To CVR Deal's Details Opens Icahn's Chancery Trial
• Trump Adviser Barrack Denies Illegal Lobbying Charges
• 9th Circ. Tells Court To Redo Lead Plaintiff In Nikola Stock Suit
• Pembina Kills $6.6B Buy As Inter Pipeline Eyes Competing Bid
• Solarisbank Eyes Expansion With Fintech Merger And $224M
• Goodwin, Kirkland Rep $3B Sale Of Power Transmission Unit
• SEC Says Driver Shared Stock Tips From Overheard M&A Talk
• Dana Gas Wins Arbitration Over Canceled Egypt Asset Sale
• New FTC Mergers Approach Raises Risks For Buyers, Sellers
• Chancery Denies Fast Track For Iconix Tender Offer Suit
• O'Melveny Adds Ex-Wilson Sonsini M&A Pro In Silicon Valley
• Embracing ESG: Exelon GC Talks Diversity Initiatives
• Dykema Adds Ex-Exall Corporate Atty In Dallas
• 3 Firms Sculpt PerkinElmer's $5.25B Buy Of Life Sciences Co.
• Wilson Sonsini, Kirkland Guide PE Firm's $6.4B Medallia Buy
• Where Have All The Associates Gone?
• The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
• Aon, Willis Pull Plug On $30B Merger Plan After DOJ Probe
• FTC Given Extra Time To File Amended Facebook Complaint
• Pot Co. Moxie's Investors Sue After IPO Plans Bite The Dust
• Air Taxi Startup Beats 'Catastrophic' IP Injunction
• Tesla Stock Gains Flagged As Missing Point In Chancery Trial
• Digital Ad Co. Grabs $160M In IPO After Merger's Demise
• €17.8B German Real Estate Merger 'Likely Not Successful'
• Axon Wants High Court To Review Challenge Of FTC Authority
• Data Trends To Watch In M&A And Competition Investigations
• SPAC Backed By Indicted Ex-Trump Adviser Pulls IPO Plans
• What Food Industry Can Expect After Biden Antitrust Order
• Fennemore Expands In California With Three New Attys
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Ropes & Gray Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Star Entertainment Yanks $6.6B Bid For Troubled Casino Peer
• Kirkland, Ropes Form $5.3B SPAC Deal For PE-Backed Cvent
• In Kanter, DOJ Would Get An Aggressive Antitrust Enforcer
• Kramer Levin Accused Of Malpractice After $850M Deal Flops
• UK Proposes Power To 'Suspend, Block, Reverse' Tech Giants
• EU Deepens Probe Of Illumina's $8B Cancer Detection Deal
• Concrete Cos. Aim To Avoid Deeper DOJ Review Of $1.3B Deal
• 2 Firms Guide Schwazze's $11.3M Colo. Pot Grow Land Buy
• FINRA Sweeps To Target SPACs, Social Media Influencers
• Jeld-Wen Asks Judge To Shield Intel On Door Factory Sale
• Visa To Buy Orrick-Led Fintech Currencycloud At $962M Value
• Recent SPAC Settlement Signals SEC Enforcement Wave
• Deals Rumor Mill: GlobalFoundries, General Electric, Zoom
• Revamping Law Firm Marketing Lists — With Partner Buy-In
• Uber Pays $2.25B For Logistics Co. In Deal Driven By 4 Firms
• Autonomy CEO Loses Bid To Block Extradition Over HP Sale
• FTC Pulls 'Prior Approval' Stance, Issues Repair Policy
• Starwood Capital Bids $1.9B For Stroock-Led Monmouth
• Illumina 'Wasting Court Time' With Deal Overtures, FTC Says
• Dems Ask FCC For Assurances On Verizon-Tracfone Merger
• DOJ May Reach Partial Settlement In Aon-Wills Merger
• First 2021 Corporate FCPA Case Offers Compliance Reminders
• Union Sues In Del. For Docs On $2.8B At Home Group Merger
• Propane Co., ESOP Trustee Drop Hostile Takeover Suit
• Cooley, Kirkland Craft SPAC Merger For $4.3B Bitcoin Miner
• Eversheds, Debevoise Drive $3.55B Empower-Prudential Deal
• Tesla Chair Denies SolarCity Purchase 'Wired' For Approval
• Skadden, Morgan Lewis Shape Private Stock Trading JV
• Pot Social Media Execs Want Out Of $12M Arbitration Demand
• AT&T Gets FCC's OK For $16.3B Deal Spinning Off DirecTV
• Prepare For National Security Review Of Deals, UK Tells Cos.
• Sen. Warren Wants Close FTC Review Of $4B Lockheed Deal
• Cyprus Co.'s $7.6M Award Enforcement Suit Near Default
• The Murky World Of Legal Rankings Gets Some Clarity In NJ
• Biden Competition Order May Shift Ocean Carriers' Course
• Disney Takes Another Swing At Ex-Exec's Severance Claim
• 2 Firms Steer BBQGuys' $839M Go-Public Deal
• Biden Taps Google Critic, Ex-Paul Weiss Partner For DOJ
• Awaiting High Court Answer On Post-Cyan Discovery Issue
• What SPAC Litigation Trends Could Mean For D&O Insurance
• Santos Undeterred As Oil Search Snubs $6.5B Takeover Bid
• Tesla Adviser Accused Of 'Making Up' SolarCity Deal Details
• Ayr Wellness To Pay $17M For Nevada Pot Cos.
• The SEC Spooked Ackman But Won't Stifle Novel SPAC Deals
• Cooley, Latham Guide Zoom's $14.7B Five9 Buy
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Kirkland Rep Zegna's $3B Go-Public Deal
• GOP House Members Form 'Freedom From Big Tech' Caucus
• Bill.com To Buy Accounts Receivable Tech Biz For $625M
• Kirkland, Weil Steer Carlisle's $1.6B Building Systems Co. Buy
• V&E Adds Ex-Targa Associate GC As Partner In Houston
• Paul Weiss-Led Tricon Launches $5B Real Estate JV
• Embracing ESG: Cigna Counsel Talks Employee Wellness
• Hogan, Goodwin Build $7.5B Shopping Center REIT Merger
• Ackman-Led SPAC Scraps $4B UMG Deal Amid SEC Pushback
• Emailed Service Good Enough In $600M Utah Mine Suit
• 3 Trends On The Securities Litigation Radar: Midyear Report
• Kirkland, Simmons Steer $1.3B Deal For UK REIT
• Lordstown Motors Says DOJ Probing SPAC Deal, Pre-Orders
• Investors Target SPAC's Space Tech Claims After SEC Probe
• 3 Firms Rep $200M E-Commerce, Fintech-Focused SPAC IPO
• Energy Co. Wants To Ax $1.5M Bill In NextEra Robocall Suits
• Bradley Arant Hires Ex-McGuireWoods Atty For Tax Practice
• Lawmakers Revive Bill To Ban Insider Trading Amid '8-K Gaps'
• Hybrid Work Models Are Key To Gender Parity In Law Firms
• Holland & Knight Snags 2 Orrick Attys For Calif. Office
• Don't Miss It: Freshfields, Orrick Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Winston, Paul Weiss Guide Manufacturer's $1.5B SPAC Deal
• Facebook Slams Data Antitrust Suit As Too Little, Too Late
• SEC, Gensler Put SPAC Players On Notice With Latest Action
• BIP Ups Inter Pipeline Bid To $6.8B In Hostile Pursuit
• SolarCity Exec Denies Insolvency Drove $2.6B Tesla Deal
• Judge Grills DOJ Over Doc Sharing In Aon-Willis Merger Spat
• Nexstar Hits Comcast With NY Suit Over Broadcasting Deal
• How Biden's Competition Order Affects The Antitrust Agencies
• 6 Things To Know About Cannabis M&A Transactions
• Autonomous Vehicle Tech Co. Hits $13B Value With SPAC Deal
• Allens-Led Sydney Airport Spurns $17B Takeover Bid
• Pipeline Foods Kicks Off Ch. 11 Case With Buyer Interest
• Danfoss Divests To Get DOJ Blessing On $3.3B Eaton Buy
• Judge Koh DQs Keller Lenkner From Facebook Antitrust Suit
• 2021: The Year The Antitrust World Bore Down On Big Tech
• FTC Dems Ruffle Feathers By Cutting Judges' Regulatory Role
• Musk's Brother Says He Shrugged Off Tesla Deal Warnings
• Blackstone Pays $7.3B For Various AIG Assets
• Alston & Bird, Gibson Lead Ali Group's $4.8B Welbilt Buy
• Khan's Mind Already Made Up, Facebook Says In Recusal Bid
• AstraZeneca Wins Final Nod For $39B Alexion Deal
• Suzanne Somers' Sabotage Trial Against QVC Set For Fall
• 3 Keys To Winning Your Next Oral Argument
• Atty Asked To Clarify Role In Straight Path Deal Suit In Del.
• EBay Trims Adevinta Stake For $2.25B To Comply In Austria
• Kirkland, Debevoise Rep $5.3B Deal For Waste-To-Energy Biz
• Investor Sues FireEye Over $1.2B Private Equity Deal
• SPAC, Merger Target And CEOs Accused Of Faulty Disclosure
• Musk Testifies Tesla Needed SolarCity For Clean Power Goals
• 2 Firms Help Lead Altus Power's $1.6B Go-Public Deal
• 5th Circ. Urged To Revisit Oil & Gas Firm Arbitration Ruling
• UK Watchdog Takes Harder Look At Finnish Cargo Merger
• FTC Warns Against Deals Like Nixed $1.3B Berkshire Merger
• TECT Aerospace Approved For $13M Ch. 11 Sale To Boeing
• HgCapital Invests $1B In Software Biz, Takes Joint Control
• Illinois Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2021
• Texas Justices Asked To Rope Atty Into $100M Bonus Dispute
• UK Watchdog Concerned Over €10B Cellnex Assets Deal
• Keys To Efficient And Accurate Doc Review For E-Discovery
• White & Case, Kirkland Steer Battery Co.'s $3.6B SPAC Deal
• Pulling Up Stakes: MoFo, Goodwin, Kirkland
• Dominion Energy, Berkshire Call Off $1.3B Gas Pipeline Deal
• Musk Denies Controlling $2.6B Tesla Deal In Fiery Trial Kickoff
• Achronix Agrees To End $2B Tie-Up With Blank Check Biz
• CarLotz Hit With Investor Suit After Post-SPAC Stock Drop
• Bid Protest Spotlight: Cost Recovery, Prejudice, Timeliness
• Embracing ESG: Raytheon GC Talks Climate Change
• 3 Firms Guide Liberty Mutual's Deal For State Auto Group
• FTC Aims To Tighten 'Prior Approval' Policy For Merger Deals
• NextEra Asks For 2 Months To Produce Energy Future Docs
• Weil, DLA Piper Rep $32.6B SPAC Deal For MSP Recovery
• Aon Offers Client Disposals In New Zealand Merger Probe
• Biden Order Could Yield Rockier Road For Bank Mergers
• Unconventional Elon Musk May Test Chancery's Patience
• DOJ, Aon Agree To Info Safeguards After Contentious Hearing
• Does Elon Musk Control Tesla? Chancery To Seek The Answer
• Big Pharma's Stock Spending Exceeds R&D, Dems Say
• Don't Miss It: Gibson Dunn, Alston Guide Week's Hot Deals
• 5 Firms Rep Pair Of Blank-Check IPOs Raising $425M
• Kirkland, Proskauer Steer $6.6B Stamps.com Take-Private
• Ancestry Users Sue Blackstone Under Ill. Genetic Info Law
• 3 Firms Guide Crypto Exchange Bullish's $9B Go-Public Deal
• Pennsylvania Retail Portfolio Trades Hands For $114M
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Latham, Simpson
• US Concrete Investor Sues To Stop $1.3B Snap-Up By Vulcan
• Tech, Health Care Led Nearly $3T In M&A From 2021's 1st Half
• Sweeping Biden Order Aims To Attack Lack Of Competition
• EU Approves $30B Aon-Willis Merger With Conditions
• FCC Hits Gray With $518K Fine For Evading Local TV Limit
• 2 Blank-Check IPOs Net $575M To Hunt For Acquisitions
• Unions Say Wardman Hotel Can't Ditch Contracts In Sale
• PE Firm On Its Own In Fraud Row, Great American Says
• VW Asks 6th Circ. To Snuff Auto Parts Cos.' Antitrust Suit
• Greensill Says Ch. 11 Finacity Sale Resolves $20M Liability
• Firms That Led 2021's Largest Hospitality Deals To Date
• BP Loses Bid To Escape Class Action Over Pension Plan
• 5 Firms Steer PE Sale Of €1.25B Genetic Testing Co
• What Cos. Can Do Ahead Of Upcoming Sensitive Data Regs
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sydney Airport, Tencent, Ottobock
• Latham Adds Former GC, Investor As Infrastructure Partner
• 5 Firms Sculpt SPAC Deal For $1B Tumor Treatment Developer
• Greenberg, Goodwin Steer SPAC Deal For $4.5B Fintech Circle
• Chancery OKs $27.5M Fresh Market Sale Class Settlement
• Chancery Rejects Class Deposition Bid Ahead Of Musk Trial
• These Firms Guided Top Real Estate Deals In 1st Half Of 2021
• Choate Expands Private Equity Team With Corporate Vet
• Gredale Buys Respiratory Mask Maker At $4B Enterprise Value
• Kirkland Taps Ex-V&E Corporate Partner In Houston
• Female-Led SPAC And $2B Renewable Energy Tech Co. Unite
• Mass. Ruling A Cautionary Tale For Attorneys Changing Firms
• Latham, White & Case Lead SPAC Deal For $2.8B Planet Labs
• Comcast Pushes FCC To Shift Nexstar Station Ownership
• AIG Must Defend Ex-Military Contractors In Acquisition Row
• DOJ Gets Nov. Trial Date For Aon Merger Challenge
• Lawmakers Urge FTC To Continue Facebook Antitrust Fight
• The Term Finale: A 'Kumbaya Court'? Not So Fast
• Jones Day, Milbank Steer $1.7B Huntington Ingalls, Alion Deal
• V&E, Gibson Dunn Guide $295M Pioneer Energy Services Deal
• EU Watchdog Digs Deeper Into Cargo Companies' Merger Plan
• AAA Units Hit With ERISA Class Action Over 401(k) Plan
• 3 Firms Craft Blackstone's Bet On $1.4B ESG Software Co.
• Jones Day-Led Infor Sells Unit To Hexagon In $2.75B Deal
• What Post-COVID Health Provider M&A Could Look Like
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• Returning To Open Court: Excitement, Nerves And Extra Prep
• 2 Firms Lead SPAC Deal For $4.3B Social Networking App 
• 3 Firms Build PE Swap For $5.25B Water Treatment Biz Solenis
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• UK Grocer To Go Private In £6.3B Deal Led By 2 Law Firms
• Aon Says DOJ Must Fill 'Critical Gaps' In Merger Challenge
• DraftKings Investor Says SPAC Partner Has Black Market Ties
• AMD Wins EU, UK Nods For $35B Xilinx Deal
• Pot Co. Backed By Jay-Z Cancels $50M SPAC Investment
• Don't Miss It: Cooley, Paul Weiss Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Chancery Clears Way For Madison Square Garden Merger Vote
• Justices Seemed Above The Political Fray, Until The Last Day
• 4 Firms Build $6B PE Deals Creating Label Making Giant
• Cozen Atty Accused Of Double-Dealing In Fla. Biz Sale
• No Sign Of A Summer M&A Slowdown In Sight
• State Of The Oil And Gas Industry: Midyear Report
• Justices To Mull Discovery Stays In State Securities Suits
• Kindred Grabs Rest Of Relax Gaming In Potential €295M Deal
• Capital Markets Soared To Record Heights To Start 2021
• Simpson, Kirkland Drive PE Purchase Of $8.5B Parexel
• How To Avert Media Narrative And Get A Fair High-Stakes Trial
• 1 Firm Edged Peers As June IPO Market Exploded
• Stockholders Seek $900M MSG Merger Preliminary Injunction
• DOJ Says OK To Slimmed-Down Auto Parts Supplier Deal
• NBA Owner's $1.5B Sale To A-Rod Nets A Slam Dunk
• House Votes To Shield IGs, Allow Probes Of DOJ Attys
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG, Reebok, Chronext
• Weil-Led MGM Inks $3.9B Vegas Asset Sale After JV Buyout
• Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
• Rimon Expands In Asia With A New Seoul Office
• 6 Firms Assist As MKS Inks $6.5B Atotech Acquisition