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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2021

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• FTC Republicans Blast 'Zombie Vote' On Merger Policy
• Most Tech Mergers Will Still Fly Under New UK Regime
• Jessica Simpson Is Sole Bidder For Her Fashion Line
• GAO Says Firm Can Keep $68M Naval Award After Purchase
• EU Imposes Safeguards For Illumina-Grail Deal During Review
• Chancery OKs $44.75M For Class In Alon-Delek Merger Suit
• Lewis Rice Adds Corporate Partner In St. Louis
• Don't Miss It: Baker McKenzie, Kirkland Rep Week's Hot Deals
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, V&E, Gibson Dunn
• CFIUS Probing Tencent's $1.27B Deal For UK Video Game Co.
• Insurer Covéa Resurrects $9B Deal To Buy PartnerRe
• Apax Nabs American Water Unit In $1.3B Deal Led By 3 Firms
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Probes PE Firm's Morrisons Takeover
• Investor Sues Gas Co. Over Merger Details With Sinclair Oil
• How Dealmakers Can Bridge M&A Differences In US, Europe
• White Stallion's $35M Coal Mine Sale Comes With Strings
• Recruiter Says Robinson & Cole 'Not Credible' In Contract Suit
• Australian Watchdog Latest To Flag Cargo Equipment Merger
• Avoro Capital Slams Merck's $11.5B Acceleron Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Impossible Foods, Francisco Partners, Orix
• Alston & Bird, King & Spalding Rep $1.47B Retail Finance Deal
• Dechert, Paul Weiss Rep T. Rowe Price's $4.2B Oak Hill Buy
• $6B Deal Will Send Scientific Games' Lotto Biz To Brookfield
• Academics Back Illumina's Grail Buy Against FTC Challenge
• Trump Media Co. Investors May Get Windfall From SPAC Deal
• Chinese Tutoring Co. Investors Seek Final OK For $7.5M Deal
• Southwest Gas Mulls Carl Icahn's $4.4B Takeover Bid
• 3 Common Tactics For Challenging SPAC Deals In Court
• Lawyers Can And Should Commit To Climate Action
• Del. Justices Ask Why USG Board Hid 'Intrinsic Value'
• Justices Signal Interest In Foreign Arb. Doc Bid Case
• EU Deepens Probe Of Nvidia's $40B Arm Deal
• Latham, V&E Drive $3.4B Deal For Phillips 66 Takeover Of MLP
• Schulte Roth Adds Ex-Pillsbury Partner To M&A Practice
• Tribune Can't Cut Cubs Sale Gains By $249M, Tax Court Says
• 4 Firms Guide $968M Sale Of Canadian Foods Businesses
• Facebook Urges 9th Circ. Not To Revive Rival Apps' Case
• 3 Firms Rep Crestwood's $1.8B Midstream Energy Biz Buy
• Prickett Jones Seeks To Steer Class In Unfair Stock Deal Suit
• Michael Best Taps 3 Attorneys For Chicago, Denver Offices
• TransUnion Inks 2 Deals Worth $2.4B Combined
• Herrick Feinstein Expands Tax Practice With NY-Based Partner
• DraftKings Abandons $20B-Plus Pursuit Of UK Betting Peer
• FTC Formally Reinstitutes 'Prior Approval' In Merger Deals
• White Stallion Energy Gets OK For $35M Coal Mines Sale
• Confronting Origination Credit: Why GCs Need To Speak Up
• 5 Firms Pilot Gov't Services Co. Amentum's $2B Deal For PAE
• Car Parts Maker Says Justices Must Resolve Discovery Issue
• Latham Snags Baker Botts Pro For New Austin Office
• Skadden, White & Case Rep $1B FaZe Clan Go-Public Deal
• Gibson Dunn, Kirkland Lead $1.9B Clearway Thermal Biz Deal
• Just Eat Bites Back After Investor Urges Grubhub Divestiture
• PE Firms Partner On Increased €3.7B Bid For Pet Products Co.
• US PE Firm Gets Court OK For £7B Morrisons Takeover
• Cox Appeals Chancery Ruling That Killed Verizon Deal
• EU Clears S&P Global's $44B IHS Markit Deal With Conditions
• Inovalon Sued In Del. Over Share Status As $7B Merger Looms
• Blank-Check Co. Iconic Sports Leads 3 IPOs Totaling $761M
• Travelers Off The Hook For Stockholder Claims In $22M Deal
• Don't Miss It: Debevoise, Davis Polk Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Pot Co. Verano Accused Of Failing To Pay $500K Commission
• 3 Firms Rep 23andMe's $400M Buy Of Telehealth Biz Lemonaid
• Aurizon Eyes Greener Biz With $1.75B One Rail Australia Buy
• Bank Of Ireland Absorbs Most Of KBC's Irish Biz In $5.8B Deal
• 3 Standout Campaigns From 2021's Proxy Season
• Trump SPAC Shares Explode Despite Several Trading Halts
• MedMen Accused Of Ch. 7 'Smear Campaign' After $33M Deal
• Feuerstein Kulick Leads $100M Jushi Debt Deal
• Del. Justices Uphold $275M AstraZeneca Drug Trial Debt Toss
• Robbins Geller, Glancy Prongay To Lead Kraft Derivative Suit
• Hill-Rom, Baxter Get FTC Warning Letters For $12.4B Deal
• MySize App Sues To Stop Takeover By Investor 'Wolf Pack'
• Feds Say White Stallion Sale Undermines Enviro Obligations
• Avoiding Preemployment Pitfalls In A Hot Job Market
• DLA Piper Guides Stantec's $500M Deal For Cardno Assets
• Schiff Hardin Expands Corporate Group With 3 Additions
• Nine Point Ruling Limits High Court Bankruptcy Contract Rule
• Deals Rumor Mill: PayPal, ByteDance, Houzz
• Mayer Brown Adds Ex-Weil Finance Dealmaker In NYC
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Skadden Forge Ally's $750M Fintech Buy
• Contractual Limits On Liability Only Go So Far In Delaware
• Regency Energy Unitholders Try Again For Merger Damages
• Parker's £6.3B Meggitt Deal To Get UK Public Interest Review
• 3 Firms Shape $430M Carlyle-Led Pharma Analytics Co. Boost
• 3 Firms Steer Blackstone's $1.2B Deal For Spanx
• EU Court Tosses Airline's Challenge Of Air Berlin Deals
• Williams Cos. Says Toss Of Del. Poison Pill Tilted Playing Field
• Financial Planning Tips For Retiring Law Firm Partners
• Proskauer Adds Tax Partner From Troutman Pepper
• Facebook Fined £50M For 'Major Breach' During Merger Probe
• Gensler Says SEC Has Draft Universal Proxy Proposal In Hand
• Chancery Suit Against Zillow Over Merger Dispute Tossed
• Suit Says Pa. Firm Missed Red Flags In Nursing Home Sale
• Luxury Santa Fe Resort Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Plan
• 3 Firms Steer Pot Co. Greenlane's $20M Deal For Vape Maker
• 6 Firms Rep Quartet Of Blank-Check Cos. Raising $561M
• Spirit Aero's Retired CEO Wins $45M In Benefits Bench Trial
• Preparing Remote Deposition Defenses For Corporate Entities
• How To Mitigate Antitrust Risk In ESG Efforts
• KKR Inks $1.1B Deal For Kobalt Capital Music Portfolio
• Cannabis M&A: How To Prepare For Regulatory Due Diligence
• Energy Co. Investor Seeks Del. TRO For Preferred Offering
• 5th Circ. Won't Revisit Oil & Gas Firm Arbitration Ruling
• Delivery Hero Leads Nearly $1B Funding For Peer Gorillas
• UK To Clear S&P's $44B IHS Markit Bid If Concerns Addressed
• 8th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Meredith Shareholder Suit
• 3 Firms Shape Sony Pictures' $1B Gaming Biz Sale To Scopely
• FTC's New Approach Creates Challenges For M&A Deals
• Avoiding Fraudulent Transfer Liability In Leveraged Buyouts
• Kirkland, Willkie Pilot Blue Owl's Up To $1.6B Bid On RE Firm
• 3 Firms Guide €709M Deal For Silver Lake Stake In Euroclear
• Kahn Swick To Lead Post-SPAC Investor Suit Against CarLotz
• 3 Firms Drive $2.5B PE-Backed IT Services Co. Buy
• Why Law Schools Should Require Justice Reform Curriculum
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• DOL Plan Could Make ESG Retirement Investing Hip — Again
• Nimbus, Bristol-Myers Can't Sell Psoriasis Drug Amid Dispute
• Don't Miss It: Saul Ewing, Cooley Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Extension Of The HSR Waiting Period Increases Acquirer Risk
• UK Watchdog Probing Thermo Fisher's $21B PPD Deal
• 5 SPACs Hit Public Markets For $875M Total
• 3 Firms Construct SPAC Deal For $2.6B Philippines Casino
• Australian Regulator Lets AusNet Mull $7.4B APA Bid
• 6th Circ. Won't Pause Docs Bid As High Court Petition Awaits
• Dental Co. To Pay $63M To End Investors' Price-Fixing Suit
• 3 Firms Pilot Tempo Automation's $919M SPAC Deal
• Former Vegas Riviera Hotel Land Parcel Sold For $120M
• 3 Firms Guide Canopy Growth's $300M Deal For Wana Brands
• Deals Rumor Mill: GlaxoSmithKline, Kobalt, Hyphen Group
• Cresco Labs Buys Pa. Cannabis Co. In $80M Deal
• Holland & Knight Snags Ex-SEC Chief Risk Officer
• McDermott Continues Energy Hiring With Baker McKenzie Atty
• Chancery Rejects CytoDyn Dissidents' Late Board Slate Bid
• 3 Firms Drive Walgreens' $5.2B Deal For Control Of VillageMD
• Jessica Simpson Can Bid For Control Of Her Fashion Line
• Counsel In $1.8B Biotech Sale Suit Urged To Work Together
• Del. Justices Probe Unclear Terms In AstraZeneca Merger Pact
• Girardi Scandal Provides Important Ethics Lessons
• 3 Firms Rep $917M Merger Of PR Firms Finsbury, SVC
• Bilzin Sumberg Adds Corporate Partner And Associate In Fla.
• Pfizer Gives Gov't More Time To Study $2.3B Trillium Deal
• Gibson Dunn Defends Fee Bid In Landmark Theatres Suit
• Fried Frank, Cooley Craft SeatGeek's $1.35B SPAC Deal
• DraftKings, SPAC Execs Face New Suit Over 3-Way Merger
• HollyFrontier Shareholder Sues Over $2.5B Energy Biz Buys
• Newcastle Drops £340M Sale Suit Against Premier League
• 2 Firms Guide PharmaCann's Colo. Pot Co. Acquisition
• Altaba To Allot $400M To Verizon For Yahoo Settlement Appeal
• Embracing ESG: Jabil GC Talks Compliance Preparation
• 3 Firms Pilot TradeZero's $556M Go-Public SPAC Deal
• Chancery OKs Early Discovery In Sirius Squeeze-Out Suit
• Upshots Of Del. Holding On Appraisal Rights Waivers In M&A
• 3 Firms Seek $12M For $45M Deal In Alon-Delek Merger Suit
• Signet Buys Dechert-Led Diamond Retailer For $490M
• Robinson & Cole Says No Jurisdiction In Legal Recruiter Suit
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Wachtell Build $8.2B Bank Tie-Up
• Davis Polk, Skadden Design $11B Emerson-AspenTech Deal
• Chancery Orders Delay In $2B Thoma Bravo-QAD Merger Vote
• FTC's Chopra Knocks Agency's Merger Remedies Study
• Blank-Check Co. RedBall In Tie-Up Talks With SeatGeek
• 3 Ways CLOs Can Drive ESG Efforts
• Dye & Durham Spurns Management-Led $2.7B Buyout Offer
• Baker Donelson Hires New International Trade Group Head
• Chancery Kills Cox's Pending Wireless Deal With Verizon
• Taxation With Representation: Shearman, Latham, Boggs
• Don't Miss It: Sullivan & Cromwell, Wachtell Guide Hot Deals
• REIT Tie-Ups In 2021 Set To Be Highest In Years
• Pulling Up Stakes: Kirkland, Goodwin, Allen & Overy
• Sports Tech News Website Hits Chapter 11 With Plans For Sale
• How Law Firms Can Rethink Offices In A Post-Pandemic World
• FTC Chair Khan Names Communications Expert As Adviser
• Kirkland, Locke Lord Rep Comstock's $154M Bakken Sale
• 3 Firms Guide $200M Telecoms-Focused Blank-Check IPO
• Greenspoon Marder Adds 2 Corporate Attys In LA, Atlanta
• Banking App Says It Cleared CFPB's Paycheck Advance Probe
• Latham, Skadden Steer Starry's $1.66B SPAC Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Volvo, Francisco Partners, Telefonica
• Wachtell, Cooley Guide Dotdash's $2.7B Buy Of Meredith
• DOJ Nominee Hedges On Expansion Of Competition Reviews
• Calif. AG Clears Nonprofit Hospital Sale, With Conditions
• Axon Calls FTC Case At High Court 'As Important As It Gets'
• A Cell For A Stall: Jailed Exec Wants Out To Run Horse Farm
• Highland Capital Seeks End Of Shareholder Undervaluing Suit
• Chancery OKs $110M GCI Liberty Suit Deal, $22M Fee Award
• Takeaways From The Latest Proposed Competition Legislation
• 3 Firms Guide SPAC Deal For $1.5B Rigetti Computing
• Hearing Aid Co. Enters E-Gaming With $1.25B SteelSeries Deal
• Boston Scientific Boosts Heart Biz With $1.75B Baylis Buy
• Will Kanter Transform Cartel Enforcement?
• Corporate Partner Returns To Neal Gerber In Chicago
• Activist Hits Back At Canadian National In Proxy Fight
• Latham-Led Otonomo Acquires AI Analytics Co. Neura
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Shareholder In Delaware
• Republic Bank & Trust Sues To Enforce $165M Tax Unit Sale
• Holland & Knight, Foley Craft $471M Deal For Homebuilder
• UK Probes $4B Gallagher Deal For Willis Reinsurance Unit
• Accused Seller Says Buyer Can't Duck $8M Fraud Defense Tab
• Investors Want Musk To Repay Up To $9.4B For SolarCity Deal
• Allen Media Wants More In FCC Diversity Plan Than Tax Break
• Facebook Says FTC's Antitrust Suit Should Be Tossed Again
• Pot Co. Backed By Jay-Z Nabs Dispensaries For Up To $56M
• Simpson-Led Stonepeak To Buy Gas Carrier Co. In $6.2B Deal
• COVID-19 Offers Cautionary Tales On Hospitality Contracts
• When Antitrust's Consumer Welfare Standard And ESG Collide
• Illinois Hospital Tries To Escape Antitrust Suit
• Embracing ESG: Baker Hughes CLO Talks Sustainability Team
• EY Ireland Hires Eversheds Partner To Lead New Law Practice
• Shareholder Seeks To Block $411M Building Supplier Sale
• Veoneer Spurns Magna For $4.5B Deal With Qualcomm, SSW
• Canadian National Sets Special Meeting Ahead Of Proxy Battle
• CD&R Bests Fortress With £7B Bid At Auction For UK Grocer
• Alpha Latam Gets OK For $140M Stalking Horse Bid In Ch. 11
• Supreme Court's Return Could Deliver Conservative Windfall
• US, EU At 'Moment Of Convergence' For Antitrust
• Pro Say: A Supreme Court Term Packed With Landmark Cases
• New Del. High Court Rulings Scuttle Chancery Merger Suit
• QAD Investor Seeks Court Block On $2B Thoma Bravo Merger
• 4 Points To Watch As Regulators Revamp SPAC Rules
• Top Q3 Deals Show Vibrant M&A Market Across Many Sectors
• Merck Accuses Bayer Of Ducking Product Liability Claims
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Up Next At High Court: State Water Rights, CIA Black Sites
• KKR Nabs More Of Coty Carveout Wella In $427M Deal
• What Mainstreaming Of Litigation Finance Means For Industry
• DLA Piper Loses Bid To Revisit Key Appraisal Ruling In Del.
• Taxation With Representation: Ropes, Kirkland, Latham
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Cravath Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Enviro Review Standard Tweaks May Clarify Cleanup Liability
• Kavanaugh Tests Positive For COVID, Has No Symptoms