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Mergers & Acquisitions - February, 2022

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• Security Co. Co-Founder Sues Black & Decker Over Removal
• MedMen To Sell Fla. Medical Pot License, Assets For $83M
• The Battle To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Mindbody CEO Accused Of Early Sale Aim In Del. Trial Opener
• Hartford HealthCare Looks To Toss Antitrust Suit
• 2 Firms Guide €700M Sale Of Italian Proximity Payment Biz
• Activist Disclosure Proposal Runs Counter To SEC Mission
• Global M&A Market In Limbo As Russian Sanctions Unfold
• Cravath, Goodwin Pilot Viatris' Up To $3.34B Biosimilars Deal
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Judge Warns FTC, Meta Of Discovery Fight 'Harbingers'
• 2 More SPACs Pull IPOs Totaling $400M As Withdrawals Mount
• Brookfield Buys 60% Stake In Payments Biz Worth $1.15B
• Paul Weiss Reps KPS' $3.5B Building Materials Biz Buy
• Bankruptcy Is Optimal Venue For Mass Tort Cases
• Hunton, McDermott Shape $18B Merger Of Health Care REITs
• 3 Firms Rep As TD Pays $13.4B For Fellow Bank First Horizon
• Flora Growth Boosts US Presence With $30M JustCBD Buy
• Party Leaders Vow Open Minds For New High Court Pick
• How Judge Jackson Beat Out Competition For High Court Nod
• Why Ketanji Brown Jackson Honored This Historic Judge
• 1st Circ. Judge Selya Says Jackson Will Be 'Balanced'
• 3 Issues To Watch As SEC Revisits Activist Disclosures
• FTC's Phillips Sees No Path To Return Of Early Termination
• Biden's Supreme Court Pick Was Star Debater In Miami
• The Key To Turning Solid Briefs Into Winning Briefs
• Hammerson Sells Shopping Centers To Redical For £120M
• Mandiant Investor Wants Atty Docs On $1.2B FireEye Sale
• Morgan Lewis M&A Atty Moves Practice To Holland & Knight
• SurveyMonkey Investor Sues For Info On Zendesk Merger
• Don't Miss It: Sidley, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Biohaven Inks Up To $1.24B Deal For Epilepsy Drug Biz
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Fried Frank
• Latham, Loeb & Loeb Steer Tech SPAC's Upsized $275M IPO
• 6 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Opinions To Read Now
• Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To High Court
• Activision Investor Asks Judge To Halt $68.7B Microsoft Deal
• Ex-Fox VP Wants Sanctions Against Disney In Severance Suit
• Juul Deal Was Not Why Altria Closed Rival, FTC Judge Finds
• Facebook Wants Later Trial Date In FTC Antitrust Suit
• Capricorn Energy Gets $1.1B Tax Refund From India
• SDNY Mootness Fee Refusal May Shake Up A Common Tactic
• Ballard Spahr M&A Leader Sees Bright Future For Deal-Making
• Chancery Nixes $20M Outlay For Aerojet Board Election Feud
• Cargo Cos. Unload Assets, Winning EU's Merger Approval
• Lucid Motors Faces Shareholder Suit Over $11B SPAC Merger
• UK Probing Maersk Drilling's Noble Merger
• Gibson Dunn, Skadden Shape Fund's $8.1B Bet On Energy Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Brookfield, Industrie De Nora, Warner Music
• Proskauer, Baker Botts Shape Enviro SPAC's $200M IPO
• DOJ Challenges UnitedHealth's $13.8B Change Deal
• Davis Polk Guides Verisk Financial In $515M TransUnion Deal
• Grupo Televisa Accused Of Conspiring To Take Fiber Optic Biz
• FTC's New Economics Bureau Chief Leaves After 10 Months
• MoneyGram GC Seeing Digital Adoption Wave
• Hogan Lovells Hires Paul Hastings Atty For Corporate Practice
• DraftKings Says No Proof It Duped Investors About Merger
• Latham-Led Tech SPAC Upsizes IPO Target To $275M
• Hochtief Bids $1.1B To Take Rest Of Aussie Builder's Shares
• Schiff Hardin, Loeb & Loeb Rep $140M Nukkleus Deal
• US Says Gulf Coast Unclear On Fate Of Pandemic Payments
• Century Casinos To Buy Nevada Nugget Casino In $195M Deal
• Virgin Galactic Hid Space Rocket Design Flaws, Investor Says
• UPS Loses €1.7B Damages Claim Over EU Merger Veto
• 3 Firms Steer $7.1B Go Private Deal For Auto Parts Maker
• Del. Chancery Won't Stop $224M Florida Railroad Buy
• CenturyLink To Pay $275K For DOJ's 2nd Contempt Claim
• UnitedHealth And Change Say Time's Up For DOJ Deal Review
• Davis Polk Brings On Ropes & Gray M&A Chief
• Mayer Brown, Wachtell Rep Cummins' $3.7B Meritor Buy
• LSEG To Buy Wilson Sonsini-Guided TORA For $325M
• WilmerHale, Milbank Shape $2.8B Houghton Mifflin Go-Private
• Wachtell, Gunderson Guide SoFi's $1.1B Deal For Technisys
• Broadcaster Tegna Goes Private In $8.6B Deal Led By 4 Firms
• Hungary Insurance Merger Ban Violates Law, EU Says
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Increased ESG Emphasis Finds Its Way Into M&A Process
• Gas Distributor Says Sibling Duo Stole Customers, Secrets
• High Court's FTC Case Carries Potential For Broad Impact
• Walter Dellinger's Little-Known, Outsize Impact On Legal Aid
• Cielo To Sell Merchant E-Solutions For Up To $290M
• Video Game-Focused Blank-Check Co. Raises $250M In IPO
• Advent Takes $263M Stake In Brazil's Grupo Tigre
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Mayer Brown Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Celanese Pays $11B For DuPont Unit In Deal Led By 3 Firms
• Short Seller's Allegations Slammed In MultiPlan SPAC Suit
• Chancery Declines To Summarily Toss Straight Path Suit
• Meta's Lies Delayed Antitrust Claims, App Makers Tell 9th Circ.
• American, JetBlue Can't Get Consumer Harm Docs From DOJ
• FTC, Rhode Island AG Move To Block Hospital Merger
• The Challenges Facing European M&A Despite Boom
• Why I'll Miss Arguing Before Justice Breyer
• How Investors Can Navigate A Vibrant Digital Health Market
• Nitto Denko To Buy Mondi Personal Care Biz For €615M
• Castlight Investor Sues In Del. To Probe $370M Vera Deal
• Texas Legal Recruiter Secures Growth Financing
• Piping Cos. Shed Assets In Hopes Of Satisfying DOJ Review
• Healthy Living SPAC Takes 2nd Deal Deadline Extension
• Hogan Lovells Nabs 2 Attys From Linklaters For M&A Group
• Deals Rumor Mill: Splunk, Allied Universal, Worldline
• Circle's Value Doubles To $9B In New Deal With Same SPAC
• 3rd Circ. Revives Aetna's Bid To Seal Docs In Hospital Suit
• FTC, DOD Scrutiny Could Chill Defense Deals
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Taps Ex-Enforcer, Scholar As Counsel
• Ag-Focused SPAC's Offering Leads 2 IPOs Totaling $250M
• FTC Chair Says Bank Mergers Hurt Communities, Small Biz
• Kirkland-Led Crescent Energy Buys Energy Assets For $815M
• More Antitrust Scrutiny Of Pharma Won't Help Patient Health
• Latham Adds Orrick Herrington Fintech Expert In DC
• De-SPACs Still Popular But Becoming Harder To Close
• Norton Rose Adds Ex-Gray Reed Energy Pro In Houston
• Lee Enterprises Beats Alden In Chancery Suit On Board Vote
• Recent Rulings Show Lawyer Criticism Of Judges Is Perilous
• 3 Firms Build Blackstone's $5.8B Deal For US Real Estate Firm
• McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Sheppard Mullin Atty In Dallas
• Altria Says FTC Judge Tossed Challenge To $12.8B Juul Deal
• Southwest, Icahn Told To Confer On Takeover Doc Impasse
• Ascend Accuses MedMen Of False Claims In Latest Filings
• SPAC, Space Co. Say Investor Claims Not Ready For Launch
• Miller Shah, Robbins Geller Get $7.3M For AMC Investor Suit
• DOD Says More Contractor Merger Oversight Needed
• American, JetBlue Say DOJ Must Show Consumer Harm
• Genesis Unicorn SPAC Leads 2 IPOs That Raise $135M Total
• Chancery OKs $15M Homefed-Jefferies Merger Suit Settlement
• Weil-Led Black Knight Buys Rest Of Optimal Blue For $1.16B
• Breyer's Role In Courthouse Design Sets A Judicial Template
• Shearman & Sterling Adds Arbitration Pro From Jones Day
• 5 Firms Guide Madison Dearborn's $1.8B MoneyGram Buy
• Tribunal To Consider Future For Tech Cos. In Facebook Appeal
• Chancery Puts Deadlocked Aerojet Board Into Time Out
• Simpson Reps Blackstone On €21B Recap For Logistics Biz
• 4 Firms Build Intel's $5.4B Deal For Israeli Semiconductor Co.
• Chancery Says Authentix Can't Bar Company Sale Price Suit
• Canadian Watchdog Can Temporarily Halt Mergers, Court Says
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Slaps Sports Retailers With £5M Fine
• Video Game-Focused Blank Check Co. Targets $250M In IPO
• Neo-Brandeisians' Antitrust Stance Strays From Namesake
• Bioness Stockholders Challenge $110M Sale To Bioventus
• Burr & Forman Adds 7 Attys Across 4 States
• Paul Hastings Snags Covington's Former Securities Co-Chair
• Apollo Investing $1.4B In UAE Developer Aldar
• Cannabis Services Biz Valued At $327M In Go-Public Deal
• Lockheed Abandons $4.4B Aerojet Deal Amid FTC Suit
• Cornerstone Gets $1.59B Buyout Bid By Minority Owner CD&R
• HotelPlanner, Reservations.com Latest To Cancel SPAC Deal
• Blackstone Prevails In Crown Resorts Battle With $6.3B Bid
• Aerojet Seeks To Oust Exec For Undermining $4.4B Deal
• Career Prosecutor Tapped As Acting DOJ Antitrust Deputy
• 4 Emerging Trends To Watch In COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement
• 9 Firms Rep For $500M Haul In Blank Check IPOs
• Syniverse Still Has $750M Partnership After Failed SPAC Deal
• Bilzin Sumberg Juggles Nearly A Dozen Sales In Marina Deal
• FTC No Longer Pressing For Caris Docs In Illumina Case
• Chancery Retains Most Counts In Fat Brands 'Looting' Suit
• UK Watchdog Clears Sony's Music Label Deal After Hard Look
• SunPower Commercial Solar Biz Acquired For $250M
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• CFPB Data Tracking Could Raise Lenders' Regulatory Risk
• 2 Firms Get $12.2M For $45M Surgery Partners Suit Settlement
• Germany Clears Facebook's Kustomer Deal
• Essentium's $947M SPAC Deal Nixed Over Market Conditions
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Dechert, Gibson Dunn
• Lockheed Gets Its May 23 Hearing In FTC Merger Challenge
• Bank Group Tells DOJ: Merger Policy Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It
• SEC Wants Big Investors To Disclose Positions Faster
• Rail Bidder Seeks Chancery Injunction For 'Corrupt' Process
• Israeli Contractor Execs Spar With SEC Over Merger Claims
• Nursing Home Biz Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Facility Sale Plans
• Microsoft Makes Pitch For $68.7B Activision Deal
• 3 Firms Guide Binance's $200M Forbes Investment
• New NAB Prez Hopes For More Competitive Media Landscape
• NY Gov., Pot Regulators Subpoenaed In Ascend-MedMen Spat
• Chile OKs Discovery-WarnerMedia Deal After Concessions
• Time To Nix Antitrust Policies That Fueled Blocked Nvidia Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, Saur, Zendesk
• Clifford Chance, Kirkland Rep £1.9B PE Deal For Informa Unit
• Activist Blasts Kohl's For Poison Pill, Rejection Of $9B Offer
• Insurers Say Jarden Can't Justify $38M Appraisal Suit Remand
• Discovery-WarnerMedia Merger Gets US Antitrust Clearance
• 7 Firms Rep As Trio Of Blank Check Cos. Raise $325M
• Online Grocery Biz Hit With Chancery Suit Over Legal Fees
• Sidley Austin Hires Reed Smith Partner For Finance Practice
• BigLaw Must Nix All-Or-Nothing Work Model To Retain Talent
• Polsinelli Adds Stroock Attorney To DC Real Estate Group
• Davis Polk, Dechert Help Waste Collectors Unite In $2.2B Deal
• Lina Khan Is Rewriting The FTC's Rulebook
• Market Turbulence Kills Planned $2.85B Syniverse SPAC Deal
• Gibson, Morgan Lewis Rep On $1.7B Deal For Logistics Biz
• LV Pulls Plug On Merger Talks With Royal London
• Court Boots Mootness Fee Bid In Microsoft Merger Challenge
• Cyber Firm Sues Founder Group In Del. Over Merger Dissent
• FTC Gets More Time To Review Pfizer's $6.7B Arena Deal
• 2 More Tech-Focused SPACs Pull IPOs Amid Market Crunch
• Oracle Gives DOJ More Time To Review $28B Cerner Deal
• Pot Co. Verano Wants Suit Over $500K Commission Tossed
• Bid Protest Spotlight: M&A, Notice, Social Media Challenges
• Biden's Supreme Court Nominee Should Have 5 Key Qualities
• Frontier-Spirit Airlines Merger May Test Biden Antitrust Mettle
• 4 Firms Rep Quantum Computing Biz's $1.6B Go-Public Deal
• Wilson Sonsini Continues London Expansion, Adds Partner
• Activist Says Peloton's New Plan Is Too Little, Too Late
• Nvidia, SoftBank Nix $40B Arm Deal Over Regulatory Hurdles
• FTC, Lockheed Spar Over Timing Of Hearing On Aerojet Deal
• DOJ Says US Sugar Can't Have USDA Deal Discussion Docs
• Investors Late Over AbbVie's Failed Shire Deal, Court Says
• SEC Is Pushing Boundaries In Insider Trading Enforcement
• Sullivan & Cromwell Leads Fiserv's $650M Finxact Acquisition
• Asia-Focused SPAC Raises $200M To Pursue Tech Acquisition
• Hogan Lovells Lands Ex-Reed Smith PE Partner For NY Team
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2022 Editorial Boards
• 4 Firms Guide Walker & Dunlop's Up To $290M GeoPhy Buy
• Slaughter And May Names Next Heads Of Corporate Practice
• LV, Royal London In Talks After Collapse Of £530M Takeover
• Latham, Debevoise Rep $6.6B Merger Of Low-Cost Airlines 
• Paul Weiss Lands Veteran Executive Comp., Benefits Partner
• Cadwalader's Corporate Group Nabs Investment Firm Ex-GC
• Bradley Arant Adds Corporate Partner From Taylor English
• Gulf Coast Asks To Hand Over One Of Last Facilities In Ch. 11
• 4 Firms Guide €200M Tech-Focused Blank Check IPO
• Cable Cos. Say They've Improved Billing Transparency
• EU Suspends Deadline For ​​​​​​​Illumina's $8B Grail Deal
• Jet Owner's Ch. 11 Bid Plan Approved With New Breakup Fee
• Don't Miss It: Willkie, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• UK Watchdog Fines Facebook Again Over Giphy Deal
• Southwest Gas Hits Back At Icahn's Bid For Documents
• Chancery Rules Out 'Blank Check' Mergers For Some Cos.
• Litigation-Ready Caveats For Stock And Asset Purchase Deals
• Sidley, Venable Drive $450M Deal For Home Appliances Biz
• Ropes & Gray Snags Kirkland Employment Team Leader
• Akin Gump Boosts Tax Practice With Energy Specialist
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Gibson Dunn
• Blank Rome Adds To DC Corporate Bench
• Kohl's Says $9B Takeover Bid Is Too Low, Adopts Poison Pill
• Canada's Innergex Pays $691M For Chilean Clean Power Giant
• US Sugar Says DOJ Refusing Critical USDA Merger Materials
• TerraForm Ex-Stockholders Sue Brookfield Over 'Unfair' Deal
• GAO Says VA Reasoning Was Sound In $735M IT Deal
• Law Firms Seek $3.5M For $15M HomeFed Buyout Suit Deal
• Sichenzia Steers Real Estate SPAC's Downsized $115M IPO
• Wag Labs To Hit Public Markets Via $350M SPAC Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, Cedar Fair, IVI-RMA
• Shareholders Clear $17.5B Sydney Airport Sale For Takeoff
• New Playtech Suitor Emerges After Collapse Of £2.1B Sale
• Investor Actions Plunged In '21 Though A SPAC Boom Looms
• Shareholder Wins $1.4M Extra In HFF Merger Appraisal Suit
• Supreme Court Urged To Narrow Foreign Discovery Statute
• How To Navigate Equity Rollovers In A Tight M&A Market
• Del Taco Investors Sue To Block Sale To Jack In The Box
• 3 Firms Guide Digital Ad Startup's Merger With SPAC
• The Flaws In The Traditional Approach To Hiring A Law Firm
• Block Inc. Shareholders Sue Dorsey Over Tidal Buy
• Jet Owner's Chapter 11 Better Than Foreclosure, Judge Says
• Blank Rome Brings Aboard Gracin & Marlow Partners In NY
• IStar To Pass Net Lease Biz To Carlyle In $3B Deal
• Aristocrat's £2.1B Playtech Deal Flops Over Shareholder Vote
• Law Firms Weathered Frosty January As IPO Activity Slowed
• FTC Wants Early May Merger Trial, Lockheed Wants Later
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Jet Owners And Creditors Clash Over Ch. 11 Asset Bids
• Cos. Must Prepare For Growing ESG Enforcement
• Data On Biden's Tough Antitrust Stance Paints Subtler Picture
• Morgan Lewis Adds Veteran DOJ Atty, CFIUS Pro To DC Bench
• Greenberg Traurig Enters Portland With Davis Wright Team
• Fla. Man Admits Orchestrating DSW Insider Trading Scheme
• Dentons, DLA Piper Steer Verano's $413M Pot Co. Buy
• Latham, Advestra Rep SIG On Deal For €1.36B Packaging Peer