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Mergers & Acquisitions - September, 2021

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• Intel Can't Use Chancery To Nix Patent Suits In Other Courts
• Zoom's $14.7B Five9 Buy Called Off After Shareholder Vote
• White House Adviser Touts 'Revitalization Of Antitrust'
• Dems Release Bill To Revamp Bank Merger Review Process
• Fintech, Gaming SPACs Raise $375M In IPOs
• Shareholder Ruling Resolves Dual-Natured Claim Uncertainty
• Activist Elliott Amasses 'Significant' Stake In Toshiba
• Deals Rumor Mill: Willis Towers Watson, Huntsman, Fanatics
• 3 Firms Guide Apollo's $762M Deal For Emissions Control Biz
• FCC Advances Plan To Unlock More Tribal Internet Funds
• Biden's DOJ Antitrust Pick Kanter Headed For Senate Hearing
• Covington, Ropes Lead Merck's $11.5B Acceleron Pharma Buy
• Freshfields Coaxes Cravath Vet To Co-Lead Its M&A Practice
• SEC Accuses Former Goldman Analyst Of Insider Trading
• Nursing Home Biz Approved For Global Ch. 11 Settlement
• UK Antitrust Arm Wants Input On Sustainability Advice
• DLA Piper Asks Del. Justices To Rethink Key Appraisal Ruling
• What 9th Circ. Privilege Test Means For Dual-Purpose Advice
• AstraZeneca Buys Rare Disease Drugmaker For Up To $500M
• Premier League Looks To Boot Newcastle's £340M Sale Suit
• 4 Firms Steer $3.2B Deal For US Car Dealership Operator
• Chancery Rejects 'Punitive' $260M Award In AT&T Cellular Suit
• FTC Expanding, Toughening Merger Probes
• Lifting The Veil On The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket
• COVID-19's Continuing Effects On Health Care Economics
• 4 Firms Will Lead Consolidated Suit On MSG Deal In Chancery
• Slaughter And May Picks M&A Guru As Future Top Partner
• 3 Firms Shape Blue Prism's £1.1B PE Firm Bid
• Winston & Strawn Adds Capital Markets Partner In Chicago
• FTC Chair's Plan: What We Know, And What We Don't Know
• Canadian Gold Miner Merger Forms Co. With $24B Market Cap
• Gensler Warns Panel About Costs Of Going Public Via SPACs
• K&L Gates Snags Benefits Partner From Allen & Overy
• Republican FTC Commissioner Criticizes Policy Rollbacks
• Japan's JERA To Invest $1.58B In Philippine Energy Producer
• FTC Deepens Look At $1B Medtronic-Intersect Deal
• King & Spalding, O'Melveny Rep DL Unit's $2.5B Kraton Buy
• Embracing ESG: United Natural Foods GC Talks Bottom Line
• 3 Firms Work Out $5.65B Deal For Cosmopolitan In Vegas
• EU Enforcers Trying To Make Competition 'Green'
• 4 Firms Drive SPAC Deal For $20B Electric Car Co. Polestar
• 'Nontraditional Questions' Appearing In FTC Merger Probes
• QVC Ducks Antitrust Claim In Suzanne Somers Diet Pill Row
• Utility Looks To Nix FTC Deal Obligations After Spinoff
• SPAC Investor Sues Over Post-Deal Slide Of Telehealth Co.
• 3 Attorney Ethics Considerations For Litigation Funding
• UK Competition Watchdog Probing Pet Care Co. Deal
• Don't Miss It: Debevoise, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Bill Tracker: Competing Antitrust Legislation In Congress
• Stroock Adds Experienced Litigation Partner In Miami
• Brand Owner Nears Ch. 11 Deal For Jessica Simpson Line
• DOJ's American-JetBlue Suit An Aggressive Antitrust Flex
• FTC's New Chair Wants To Be More Proactive, Preemptive
• FTC Fights Axon's High Court Bid In Constitutional Challenge
• FTC Probing HollyFrontier's $2.5B Energy Biz Buys
• 4 Steps For Improving Board Diversity Per New Nasdaq Rule
• Gibson Dunn Under Fire For Billing In Landmark Theatres Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Athenahealth, Tegna, BetMGM
• Amid Hiring Boom, McDermott Adds 6 Transactions Partners
• 2 Law Firms Guide Otis' $3.9B Elevator Co. Take-Private Deal
• V&E Steers Climate-Focused Blank-Check Firm's $200M IPO
• 3 Firms Guide Cresco Labs' $90M Buy Of Pa. Pot Dispensaries
• GE Healthcare Inks $1.45B Deal For Surgical Imaging Co.
• 3 Firms Build $1.15B Valley National-Leumi Banking Merger
• Justices Again Asked To Decide Foreign Discovery Question
• Del. Justices Urged To Save Energy Co. Suit From 'Black Hole'
• Senators Probe SPAC Creators Over Possible Market Abuses
• New York's Amalgamated Bank To Buy Chicago's For $98M
• FTC Probing $140M Motor Oil, Recycling Deal
• How ABA Opinion Shifts Alternative Biz Structure Landscape
• Firms Defend Fee Asked In 'Risk-Laden' GCI Liberty Suit Deal
• Latham Hires Vinson Veteran For Energy M&A Practice
• Iliad Unit Buys Polish Telecom Biz At $1.8B Valuation
• French Telecom Altice Can't Beat €125M EU Gun-Jumping Fine
• Judge Urged To Toss Investor Suit Over Sale of Energy Firm
• SPAC Shareholder Sues Over Loss On $1B XL Fleet Merger
• Freshfields-Led Universal Music Strikes Chord With Investors
• FTC Talks Tough On Gas Station Co. Mergers
• Pot Co. Skymint Eyes Mich. Expansion After $78M Financing
• DOJ Flags Zoom's Five9 Buy For National Security Probe
• DraftKings Launches Bid To Buy UK Betting Peer Entain
• Walgreens Invests $970M To Grab Major Stake In Shields
• Chancery Sends $875M BGC-Cantor Unit Merger Suit To Trial
• DOJ Sues To Stop American Airlines-JetBlue Alliance
• 5 Buyers' Counsel Tips For R&W Insurance Underwriting Calls
• Goulston Picks Up Nutter Sports Dealmaker In Boston
• Simpson, Sullivan & Cromwell Rep Bank's $8B MUFG Buy
• Simpson Thacher Opens Brussels Office With Antitrust Focus
• Del. Justices Strike Down 'Dual-Natured' Claims Precedent
• Norton Rose, Baker Botts Lead Shell's $9.5B Permian Biz Sale
• State AGs Back House Bills Aimed At Antitrust Tech Reform
• Chancery Urged To Toss 'Morphed' MultiPlan Class SPAC Suit
• Seminole Tribe Immune From Energy Co.'s Fee Dispute
• Embracing ESG: HPE Counsel Talk Effective Board Oversight
• Illumina's Early Deal Close Draws EU 'Interim Measures'
• Juul, Altria Fight Investors' Class Certification Bid
• Proskauer Bolsters Tax Practice With 2 Hires In NY
• Former Oil Exec Joins Sidley In Houston
• Fee Bid In GCI Liberty Suit Blasted As 'Egregious Overreach'
• The UK Reforms That Add Investor Allure To SPACs
• 3 Firms Drive SPAC Deal Forming $1.4B Investment Firm
• Mintz, Kirkland Aid As PE Shop Buys $3B Semiconductor Biz
• Chancery Denies Shareholders Access To Dell Director Emails
• 2nd Circ. Revives Part Of Textron Investor Suit Over Arctic Cat
• IPO Lockup Periods Begin To Loosen Amid Market Pressure
• Akin Gump Lands Ex-Nixon Peabody Energy Tax Pro In DC
• Top Naturgy Investors Out On IFM's 'Fair' €4.9B Tender Offer
• Hong Kong Exchange Proposes Rules To Allow SPAC Listings
• Justice Gap Demands Look At New Legal Service Models
• Leaving BigLaw For Cannabis: 5 Attys Discuss The Switch
• EQT Drops Australian Fintech Pursuit After Previous $2.2B Bid
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Cooley Guide Week's Hot Deals
• JSR Pays $514M For Inpria To Strengthen Semiconductor Biz
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Grifols Grabs German Plasma Co. At €2B Enterprise Value
• Bristol-Myers Says Nimbus Wants To Keep New Drug For Itself
• Judge Tosses Phone Refurbishing Co. Ownership Fight
• Williams, Energy Transfer Battle Over $410M Merger Bust Fee
• Confirm Kanter For DOJ Antitrust Chief Now, Congress Told
• Pot Giant Acreage Sells Oregon Dispensary Chain For $6.5M
• OFAC Settlement Extends Sanctions' Reach Beyond US Dollar
• Del. M&A Ruling Holds Lessons On Post-Termination Rights
• Australia Is Concerned About JBS' Pig Processing Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Stripe, Novolex, Unilever
• Skadden, Kirkland Lead Prenetics' $1.7B SPAC Deal
• Philip Morris' £1.1B Vectura Buy On Track Despite Objections
• SEC Says 2 Attys Helped Carry Out $5.7M Penny Stock Fraud
• Former Oil Co. General Counsel Joins Bracewell In Houston
• Wilson Sonsini, Kirkland Steer Gogoro's $2.35B SPAC Deal 
• 3 Firms Shape First Interstate's $2B Great Western Bank Buy
• FTC Rescinds Vertical Merger Guidelines; DOJ Might Follow
• FCC Pushed To Mull Media Ownership Reparations
• Nikola Founder Seeks To Shift NY Fraud Case To Arizona
• FTC Dems Speed Up Probes Of Key Issues Despite Dissent
• V&E Adds CFIUS Atty With 2 Decades Of DOJ Experience
• 4 Firms Craft Goldman Sachs' $2.2B Deal For GreenSky
• How SPAC Investors Might Rethink Material Adverse Effect
• Debevoise, Sidley Craft Prudential's $2.2B Annuities Sale
• Willkie Farr Exec Says Attys Have Shown They Can Be Remote
• CN Exits Battle For KCS, Clearing Path For Rival's $31B Deal
• 3 Firms Guide Fintech Biz Pagaya's $8.5B Go-Public Deal
• Ex-SEC GC Rejoins Willkie To Lead Corp. Governance Practice
• IBM's $1.5B GlobalFoundries Suit Sees Fraud Claim Deleted
• Merging Cos. Incorporating FTC's 'At Own Risk' Warnings
• Judge Shuts Down Finjan Investors' Suit Over $44M Sale
• Del. Justices Uphold Appraisal Right Waivers In Split Ruling
• Sea Mining Biz Seeks $220M From Would-Be SPAC Investors
• Vivendi Readies Universal Music Spinoff At $39B Valuation
• These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
• MVP: Debevoise's Sue Meng
• Board Diversity Considerations In Light Of New Nasdaq Rules
• 2nd Circ. Vitamin C Price-Fixing Decree Goes Beyond Antitrust
• CD&R Inks Pensions Package With Morrisons Trustees
• Nuance Slams Atty Fee Bid 'Shakedowns' Over Microsoft Deal
• 3 Firms Guide Intuit's $12B Deal For Mailchimp
• AbbVie Escapes Shareholder Suit Over Failed Shire Merger
• Effort To Delay AT&T's Older-Tech Phaseout Draws Flak
• CN Investor Targets Board As KCS Opts For Rival's $31B Bid
• Embracing ESG: Leidos GC Talks Social Responsibility
• Web Service Says CBD Co. Breached Exclusivity Agreement
• Crowell Snags Former Sullivan Tax Partner
• Forge Global To Go Public In $2B SPAC Deal
• Pot Co. Jushi Slashes Price For Mass. Operator By $9M
• Cravath, Stinson Lead Black & Decker's $375M Turf Biz Buy
• MVP: Skadden's Mike Ringler
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report: What You Need To Know
• Simpson, Paul Weiss Build TransUnion's $3.1B Neustar Buy
• Jones Day, Ropes & Gray Guide Vertex On Raytheon Deal
• 9 Firms Rep Quartet Of Blank-Check Cos. Raising $710M
• 6th Circ. Won't Rehear St. Luke's Contract Termination Appeal
• Considerations In Structuring Private Equity D&O Coverage
• 15 Firms To Guide IPOs Exceeding $3.4B As Activity Resumes
• Katten Snags Ex-Kirkland Partner For M&A Team
• MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Melissa Sawyer
• Blackstone Abandons $5.7B Enterprise Deal For Soho China
• Reed Smith, Gunderson Rep $474M Golf Tech Co. Deal
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, McDermott Rep Week's Hot Deals
• Kirkland, Winston Build $1.3B PE Deal For Logistics Co. Echo
• Inside Box's Successful Campaign To Stave Off Starboard
• P3 Health Seeks Hefty Bond For $2.3B SPAC Deal Injunction
• SEC Panel Endorses Tougher Regs On SPACs, Insider Trading
• Dechert Nabs Exec. Compensation Partner From Reed Smith
• Australian Enforcer Has Issues With Plagiarism Detection Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Engie, Advance.AI, Aramex
• MVP: Cravath's Mark I. Greene
• Squire Patton Adds 2 Partners To Shipping Practice Group
• Wilson Sonsini, Sidley Lead Box To Win In Proxy Fight
• Lessons In Crisis Lawyering 20 Years After 9/11
• Cooley, Davis Polk Rep $1.6B E-Commerce Go-Public Deal
• 3 Firms Guide 888's £2.2B Bet On William Hill International
• GAO Rejects Protest Of $1.4B Gov't Aircraft Support Contract
• Facebook Blasts UK Watchdog's Probe Of Giphy Deal
• FCC Must Do More To Promote Black Ownership, Group Says
• Grubhub Must Face Investors' Claims That Execs Hid Info
• Next On FTC Chopping Block: Vertical Merger Guidelines
• Global Payments Nabs Fintech Biz MineralTree For $500M
• 4 Firms Guide Assa Abloy's $4.3B Home Hardware Unit Buy
• Adoption Of Extended M&A Valuation Models Seems Unlikely
• Bill Gates' Firm Ups Four Seasons Stake In $2.2B Deal
• Willkie, Latham Rep $3B DigitalBridge Real Estate Divestment
• MVP: Cahill Gordon's Kimberly C. Petillo-Décossard
• Jones Day, Weil Steer Advent's $1B Insulation Co. Sale
• 4 Firms Craft Perrigo's $2.1B Deal For PE-Owned Self-Care Co.
• CD&R, Fortress Will See £7B Morrisons Fight Head To Auction
• 3 Firms Shape Apax, Warburg's €5B Dutch Telecom Co. Buy
• UK Watchdog Says Sony's Music Label Deal Hurt Competition
• UK Opens National Security Probe Of High-Tech Material Deal
• Cairn To Get $1.1B Refund From India To Settle Back-Tax Row
• State Street Bets $3.5B On Investor Services Biz
• Blackstone Inks $5B Deal To Buy Chamberlain Group
• Canadian Pipeline Co. Inks $3B Deal for Texas Oil Terminal
• Ayr Secures $20M Deal For Cannabis-Infused Seltzer Co.
• Lead Counsel Battle Heats Up In $1.8B Biotech Sale Suit
• Vedder Price Adds Ex-McDermott Private Equity Atty In NY
• MVP: Wachtell's Andy Nussbaum
• 3 Firms Guide $3.9B REIT Sale To Pimco
• Lawyers Gear Up For Packed IPO Pipeline As Autumn Nears
• Interest Groups Back Big Tech Antitrust Bills In House
• SEC Files Insider Trading Suits Against Homebuilder, Execs
• Texas Justices Won't Review NextEra's Scuttled $18B Deal
• Team Of 3 Firms Seeks To Lead MSG Deal Suits In Chancery
• McDermott Expands Into Asia With Launch Of Singapore Hub
• Italy Opens Investigation Of €15B European Fintech Merger
• Don't Miss It: Fried Frank, Katten Guide Week's Hot Deals
• JD.com Unit To Launch $2.1B China Logistics Takeover Bid
• BancorpSouth, Cadence To Sell Branches As Part Of Merger
• Alexion Must Face Claims Of Stalling On Drug After Merger
• Singapore Unveils Regulatory Regime To Allow SPAC Listings
• DOJ Files Second Civil Contempt Claim Against CenturyLink
• Why So Many Law Firms Are Rallying In Defense Of SPACs
• Capital One CEO Fined $638K For Antitrust Stock Buy Breach
• UK Antitrust Agency Again Assails Sports Stores' Merger
• Align Capital Sells Tolling Co. For $120M to Quarterhill
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mailchimp, Hexaware, ParshipMeet
• Swedish Drug Co. Backs $8B Buyout Offer From Advent, GIC
• Trump Ally Barrack Signals Brady Fight In Lobbying Case
• Why Structured Data Is Increasingly Important To Your Case
• Latham-Led Quanta Inks $2.7B Energy Project Contractor Deal
• GTT Communications Plans $2B Sale Ahead Of Ch. 11 Filing
• Pulling Up Stakes: Latham, Wilson Sonsini And Schiff Hardin
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Wachtell Rep $12.4B Deal For Hill-Rom
• Pot Giants Ayr, Planet 13 Ink Deals Worth $135M Combined
• Chancery Throws Out Challenge To $5.1B Tesaro Sale
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Jessica Simpson Steps Up To Buy Back Brand In Ch. 11
• Cos. 'Begging' For ESG Guidance From SEC, Report Says
• 4 Firms Steer TerrAscend's $545M Cannabis Co. Buy
• Chancery Ruling Clarifies M&A Fraud Claim Limits
• Embracing ESG: AIG Counsel Talks SEC Risk Alert
• 2 Firms Rep Fintech-Focused Blank-Check Co.'s $250M IPO
• 6 Firms Jockey To Lead DraftKings Investors' Merger Row
• Spectrum Investors Request Approval For Revised $32M Deal
• 3 Firms Rep Deal For Stake In Mass. Hospitals Valued At $1.8B
• Moye White Expands For First Time, Merges With Atlanta Firm
• Progressive Groups Press FTC To Block Amazon's MGM Deal
• Kirkland Adds Ex-Baker Botts Tax Chair To Houston Team
• CORRECTION: Constellation Sued Again, Now Over Modelo