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Mergers & Acquisitions - December, 2021

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• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guest Articles Of 2021
• Investor Balks At Reddit-Based Brief In Ackman SPAC Spat
• Werner Enterprises Founder To Pay $486K Antitrust Penalty
• FCC Revises IHeart's Foreign Ownership Conditions
• FTC Judge To Rule On Altria-Juul Deal Challenge By Jan. 21
• A Look At Tax Treatment Of Noncompetes In M&A: Part 2
• Loeb & Loeb To Guide Malaysia-Focused SPAC's $100M IPO
• State AGs Want Tougher Antitrust Enforcement In Meat Biz
• Diddy Buys Back Sean John In Global Brands Ch. 11 Sale
• Brooklyn Developer Gets Liquidator To Keep Control In Ch. 11
• A Law Firm Leader's Guide To Seeking Effective Feedback
• Canada Reaches Accord With S&P Global On IHS Markit Deal
• Weil, Orrick Rep As Skillsoft Pays $525M For Codecademy
• Shipping Giant Maersk Nabs LF Logistics For $3.6B
• Akin Gump, K&L Gates Lead Deal Forming $5B Video App Biz
• Novartis Inks Up To $1.5B Deal For Gyroscope Therapeutics
• Biggest Illinois Decisions Of 2021
• Joint Venture's $4.53B Poultry Deal Faces DOJ Scrutiny
• St. Croix Refinery's Reopened Ch. 11 Sale OK'd In Texas
• FTC Demands Divestment Before Blessing Gas Station Deal
• 4 Firms Steer Planet 13's $70M Acquisition Of Pot Cultivator
• Axon Says New Circuit Split Allows High Court Review Of FTC
• A Look At Tax Treatment Of Noncompetes In M&A: Part 1
• What M&A Activity Looks Like Right Now
• Kraken Says Staked Buy Is One Of Crypto's Largest Deals
• Washington Property Co. Grabs $34.3M Loan For DC Housing
• Bradley Arant Adds Stinson Pair To Real Estate Practice
• Weil, Fenwick Steer Sanofi's Up To $1.2B Deal For Amunix
• Aker BP Buys Lundin's Norwegian Unit To Create $20.4B Biz
• Microsoft's $19.7B Nuance Buy Gets Unconditional EU Nod
• High Court's Foreign Discovery Question, Take 2
• Major Merger Review Moments From 2021
• Electric Truck Co. Nikola To Pay $125M To End SEC Probe
• White & Case, Skadden Steer SPAC Deal For $2.4B Air Taxi Biz
• Dutch Co. To Buy Texas Cannabis Lighting Maker For $272M
• Glass House To Acquire Calif. Edibles Co. In $25.6M Deal
• Losing Bidder Says Limetree Reopened Sale On False Premise
• 3 Firms Shape Sonoco's $1.35B Packaging Co. Buy
• American Finance Trust To Buy $1.3B In Grocery, Retail Assets
• Airliner Owner To Face Creditor Dismissal Motion In Ch. 11
• 3 Firms Guide ZeroFox's $1.4B Go-Public Merger, Acquisition
• UK's CMA Snags New Legal Director From Reed Smith
• Smith Gambrell Merges With Rogers & Hardin In Atlanta
• 4 Firms Shape Blackstone's $3.6 Billion Bluerock REIT Buy
• Embracing ESG: Whirlpool CLO Talks Structural Improvement
• Paul Weiss, Cooley Rep Rocket Companies' $1.3B Truebill Buy
• Oracle Inks $28.3B Deal For Medical Records Co. Cerner
• BNP Sells Bank Of The West In $16.3B Deal Built By 3 Firms
• DOJ Calls For More Input On Bank Merger Review Guidelines
• €10B Cellnex Assets Deal May Require Divestitures, UK Says
• Korean Court Recognizes $111M Award To Chinese Insurer
• 3 Firms Guide Fintech Bottomline's $2.6B Go-Private Deal
• Fla. High Court Is Wrong To Ban CLE Diversity Requirements
• FCC Blocks Rural Broadband Funds Over New Co. Ownership
• 3 Firms Shape Rezolve's $2B Go-Public SPAC Deal
• Hong Kong's New SPAC Regulations To Go Live In January
• Ga. Businessman Drops $6M Dispute Over Security Co. Deal
• Environment Has Become a Global Merger Control Issue
• Chancery Denies Fast-Track of Krispy Kreme Takeover Suit
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Stoel Rives Guide Week's Hot Deals
• 2 SPACs Raise Combined $300M In IPOs Steered By 4 Firms
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Simpson
• The Biggest D&O Liability Insurance Rulings Of 2021
• IPO Stampede Powered Record Capital Markets Activity In '21
• SEC's Stunning Trial Loss Rattles Its Insider Trading Strategy
• Davis Polk, Goodwin Lead MoneyLion Buy Worth Up To $440M
• CoreLogic CEO Sued In Del. Over 'Conflicted' Role In $6B Sale
• Trump's Social Media SPAC Exec Accused Of 'Brazen' Fraud
• Alden Global Affiliate Sues Lee Enterprises Over Board Slate
• King & Spalding, Gibson Dunn Guide $1.3B Industrial Co. Buy
• Chancery Tosses Suit Targeting $16B Kraft Heinz Value Plunge
• Judge Gives Initial OK For $90M Deal To End Juul, Altria Suit
• Lawyers Must Prepare For Contract Tech Co. Consolidation
• Cravath Hires Assistant Director From FTC Merger Division
• Chancery Denies Alexion's Call To Revisit Fee Shift Ruling
• Pittsburgh Penguins Owner Accused Of Steamrolling Deal
• Gibson Dunn, Winston Rep Rubicon's $1.7B SPAC Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Telecom Italia, Colgate Energy, MoneyGram
• Lawmakers Worry Rampant Mergers Crushing US Innovation
• 'Non-Plant Touching' Cos. Shine In 2021 Top Cannabis Deals
• $15M NJ Hospital Fight Over Failed Deal Left Up To Jurors
• Timing Is Key In Juul-Altria Arbitration Row With Buyers
• RR Donnelley Dumps Atlas For Chatham's $2.3B Bid
• StoryBuilt Links Up With Partners Group On $1B Joint Venture
• AbbVie's $550M Medical Device Deal Moving Ahead
• Ex-McKinsey Partner Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• GTT Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Minus Release Clause
• AKT Must Pay Some Of Celeb Trainer's Fees After Failed Suit
• 6 Ways To Protect M&A Deals From Ransomware In 2022
• Brooklyn Property Developer Hits Ch. 11 With $1.6B Of Debt
• BigLaw's Big Guns Of Revenue Keep Growing
• Skadden, Wachtell Lead $6.5B Chipmaking Materials Co. Deal
• SEC Handed Rare Midtrial Defeat In Insider Trading Case
• CFPB's Chopra Isn't Backing Down In FDIC Board Fight
• DOJ, Penguin-Simon & Schuster Expect Short, In-Person Trial
• DOJ, States Defend Challenge Of American-JetBlue Alliance
• Hard Rock's $1B Vegas Hotel Buy Prompted By Inflation Fears
• Boardroom Considerations Ahead Of Expected M&A Surge
• How Firms Can Adapt Amid COVID's Shifting Legal Needs
• Former Northwest Airlines Workers Sue Delta Over Pensions
• 3-Part Ch. 11 Stalking Horse Sale OK'd For Teligent
• Wachtell, Weil Rep $9.3B Neogen-3M Biz Reverse Morris Trust
• 4 Firms Shape Rentokil's $6.7B Pest Control Biz Deal
• Prestige Draws Young Attys, But Keeping Them Takes Work
• 4 Firms Assemble $11.6B Deal For Swiss Pharma Co.
• Penguin Random House Hits Back At DOJ Merger Challenge
• FTC Wants To Regulate 'Unfair Competition,' Seek Damages
• 2 Firms Steer $1.8B Harley Electric Motorcycle Go-Public Deal
• Pot Grower Glass House Secures $100M Loan
• Penguin Antitrust Fight Points To Past Piecemeal Enforcement
• Embracing ESG: Synchrony Counsel Talk Role Of Legal Teams
• Sullivan, Paul Weiss Rep $5.5B Warehouse Biz Go-Public Deal
• 3 Firms Shape SPX Flow's $3.8B Go-Private Takeover Deal
• Prestige Leaders: A Look At Our New Law Firm Ranking
• The 2021 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders
• Prestige Leaders: Sizing Up Firms By Revenue
• 3 Firms Draw Up Pfizer's $6.7B Arena Pharmaceuticals Buy
• CFPB Memo Says Majority Rules At FDIC Amid Board Fight
• Chatham Says RR Donnelley Isn't Being Fair In Bidding War
• Clayton Utz Guides Blackstone's Australia Logistics Buy
• DOJ's Penguin-Simon & Schuster Challenge Eyes August Trial
• Investors Reach $90M Deal To End Juul, Altria Marketing Suit
• Don't Miss It: Skadden, Willkie Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Del. Justices Pull Energy Co. From 'Procedural Black Hole'
• Supreme Court Set To Resolve Foreign Discovery Question
• Fertitta Entertainment, SPAC Call Off Planned $6.6B Merger
• Kirkland, Paul Weiss Rep In Corcentric's $1.2B Go-Public Deal
• Mayer Brown Nabs Ex-Jones Day Securities Litigator In Texas
• Taxation With Representation: Ashurst, Freshfields, Gibson
• LV Members Reject Bain Capital's £530M Takeover Offer
• Getty Images Inks $4.8B SPAC Deal Driven By 4 Firms
• Chancery Probes Contract Risks In $130M Merger Hack
• FDIC Board Falls Into Disarray Over Bank Merger Review Vote
• Group Sues FTC For Info On Antitrust Policy Shifts
• Deals Rumor Mill: Porsche, DuPont, Uber
• Germany Wants A Look At Facebook's Kustomer Deal Too
• Conflict Causes Judge Switch In Southern Copper Suit In Del.
• WilmerHale Steers Jeb Bush-Led SPAC's $200M IPO
• NASCAR Site Investors Sue For Info On $131.5M Sale Plan
• White & Case Adds Energy Expert As Partner In DC
• For Junior Lawyers, Authenticity And A Solid Pitch Are Key
• UK Needs More Time To Decide S&P Remedy In $44B IHS Deal
• JPay Founder, Money Manager Charged In $4M Trading Fraud
• Del. Justices Uphold $5.8B Hotel Deal Default Ruling
• Chinese Lung Cancer Biotech Lands $200M In Funding
• ConocoPhillips To Sell Indonesian Assets For $1.4 Billion
• The Argument Against No-Poach Provisions In Buyer NDAs
• US Trustee Calls GTT Ch. 11 Releases Broad And Improper
• A Compliance Primer For Attorneys Outsourcing Legal Work
• Ex-GGP Investors Tell Del. Justices Brookfield Dividend Unfair
• 2 Firms Rep In Consumer Goods Biz's $1.5B Go-Public Deal
• 3 Firms Lead £1.2B PE Buyout Of British Pharma Co. Clinigen
• 3 Firms Build $3.2B Deal For Black & Decker's Security Biz
• 3rd Circ. Prods FTC Over AG Approval Of NJ Hospital Merger
• Quinn Emanuel, Others Get $9.4M Atty Fee In Securities Suit
• Del. Superior Judge To Oversee Chancery Merger Dispute
• 4 Firms Guide Weather Security Platform's $1.2B SPAC Merger
• Gibson Dunn Pilots Fintech-Focused SPAC's $300M IPO
• Goodwin, Fried Frank Shape $5.8B Mimecast Take-Private
• Robbins Geller, Friedlander & Gorris To Lead Biotech Sale Suit
• Lewis Brisbois Adds Corporate Law Partner In DC
• 4 Firms Shape Biosimilar Biz Alvotech's $2.3B SPAC Deal
• When And How To Depose Fact Witnesses Remotely In 2022
• Rolls-Royce Eyes Quick Win Over Goodrich JV Gone South
• Limetree Reopens Ch. 11 Auction With New $30M Refinery Bid
• FTC's Nvidia Challenge Calls Arm 'De Facto Industry Standard'
• Del. Justices Pick Contract Over Bad Math In $750M Merger
• Krispy Kreme Sued In Del. Over JAB Holding's Stock Gobbling
• Intertrust Inks €1.8B Deal With CSC After Abandoned PE Bid
• Day Pitney Taps Ex-Robinson & Cole Group Chair As Counsel
• Embracing ESG: PayPal CLO Talks Gauging Impact And Intent
• Freshfields, Latham Lead Saint-Gobain's $2.3B Deal For GCP
• Trump's Social Media SPAC Merger Probed By SEC, FINRA
• SEC Seeks Docs In Probe Of $11.75B Lucid Motors SPAC Deal
• LV Members Urge FCA To Pause £530M Bain Takeover Bid
• UK Watchdog Clears Thermo Fisher's $21B PPD Deal
• Senate Republicans Seek To Ban FTC Use Of 'Zombie Votes'
• Norwegian Real Estate Biz Entra Buys Office Owner For $1.5B
• 2 Firms Guide Schwazze's Latest Financing And Pot Co. Buys
• Energy M&A Roared Back To Life In 2021
• Don't Miss It: King & Spalding, Kirkland Rep Week's Hot Deals
• Bass Pro, Sportsman's Warehouse Ax Deal After FTC Threat
• GBG USA Moving Toward Ch. 11 Plan Following Diddy Sale
• Why New Phase I Site Standard Matters For Real Estate
• 3rd Circ. Preview: BLM Masks, $1.4B Award Fight End 2021
• Advent, GIC Drop $8B Bid For Swedish Drugmaker Sobi
• Sidley Pilots $200M IPO For FanDuel Alums' Gambling SPAC
• Plan OK Ends 'Complicated' Nursing Home Biz Ch. 11
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Latham
• AmEx Business Travel Unit Hits $5.3B Value In SPAC Deal
• 3 Takeaways From FTC Challenge Of Nvidia's $40B Arm Deal
• FTC Pushing Caris Life Sciences For Merger Challenge Docs
• Spurned Railroad Buyer Gets Chancery Case Fast-Tracked
• Investors Sue In Chancery For Bitcoin Miner Layer1's Books
• Quinn Emanuel Snags SS&C Technologies Holdings' CLO
• FTC Moves To Block Nvidia's $40B Arm Deal
• Blank Rome Hires Deals Atty Away From German Co.
• Gaming Co. Razer Execs Seeking $3.2B Take-Private Deal
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lundin Energy, Vifor Pharma, Lone Star
• Asset Manager Abrdn Inks £1.49B Interactive Investor Buy
• Diddy Seeks To Buy Back His Bankrupt Fashion Line
• Crown Spurns $6.2B Blackstone Bid, Is Open To Further Talks
• Facebook Doubles Down On Dismissal Bid In FTC Dispute
• Clover Health Sued In Del. Over Merger Disclosure Failures
• Canada Raises Competition Issues In Closed GFL $724M Deal
• Crypto.com To Pay $216M For Pair Of Derivatives Exchanges
• Pogust Millrood Merges With Global Civil Justice Unit
• Limetree Bay Names Winning Bidder In Ch. 11 Refinery Sale
• Latham, Pillsbury Rep 3D Printing Biz's $974M Go-Public Deal
• Delaware Justices Grill Great Hill, Plimus On Atty Fee Duel
• Blue Prism Backs SS&C's £1.2B Offer Over Vista Equity Deal
• Commerce Committee Deadlocks On FTC Pick Bedoya
• Latham, Skadden Lead SPAC Deal For $1.3B Energy Co. Voltus
• CVC Ditches €1.63B Intertrust Bid; Other Suitors Remain
• Sidley Guides Gallagher's $4B Willis Re Acquisition