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Mergers & Acquisitions - March, 2022

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• Ascend Says MedMen's 'Seller's Remorse' Can't Prop Up Suit
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• SPACs Could Face More Litigation Risks Under SEC Proposal
• Chancery Orders $40.5M Appeal Bond In Yoga Studio Deal
• Arbitration As An Enforcement Solution In Cannabis Contracts
• EU Antitrust Enforcers To Reevaluate Foundational Rules
• Safestore Pays $75M For Carlyle's Stake In Property JV
• Steward Health Sues Tenet Over Florida Hospital Contracts
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hasbro, Ascent Resources, NPD Group
• Oil Co. Exec Joins Dykema's New Houston Office
• Norton Rose, Travers Smith Rep £1.6B Wealth Manager Buy
• Rolls-Royce Can't Skip Trial In Suit Over Soured JV
• 5 Mediation Mistakes That Create Obstacles To Settlement
• PE Firm Triton Gets OK For £1.3B Pharma Specialist Buyout
• Skadden Led Defense Side In 3-Year Rise In Securities Filings
• Va. Court Seeks DOJ Input On Doormaker Divestiture Plan
• Former Tilton-Run MD Helicopters Opens Del. Ch. 11 For Sale
• The Problem With GOP Attack On Jackson Immigration Ruling
• Senate Votes To Advance Bedoya, Biden's FTC Pick
• Skadden Guides Crane Co.'s Split Into Two Companies
• Sheppard Mullin Hires Dentons Corporate Atty In San Diego
• SEC Proposes New Requirements To Rein In SPACs
• Tesaro Sale Flaws Justify Case Remand, Del. Justices Told
• Attys Will Seek Fees For Mooted Krispy Kreme Takeover Suit
• Icahn Says Southwest Gas Cheated With $400M Stock Offering
• 4 Firms Rep As Cannabis Investor Buys Weed Biz For $247M
• K&L Gates Nabs Former Trilliant Counsel In Raleigh
• Apollo Ditches Pearson Takeover Bid After 3rd Rejection
• Chamber Sides With Facebook In States' Antitrust Fight
• Optum Pays $5.4B For Alston & Bird-Led Home Care Provider
• Paul Weiss, Orrick Guide Liberty's $525M Cybersecurity Deal
• 6 Key Issues From Foreign Discovery Argument At High Court
• Cargo Equipment Cos. Abandon Merger
• Latham Adds Ex-Orrick Partner In DC
• Data Co. Nielsen Inks $16B Go-Private Deal Led By 7 Firms
• With No Fixes Offered, CMA Digs Deeper Into Norton Deal
• New NFL Diversity Panel Includes Ex-NJ AG, Riley Safer Head
• Del. M&A Decision Highlights Need To Address Sandbagging
• Orsted Sells 50% Stake In Offshore Wind Project For £3B
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Firms To Seek Up To $6M For $31.5M Schwab Suit Deal In Del.
• 3 Firms Rep In Specialty Materials Makers' $3B Merger
• 3 Firms Behind Sarcos' $100M Robotics Co. Buy
• Latham Nabs Willkie Houston Leader For PE Practice
• Digital Banking Biz Alkami Inks $135.5M Deal For Analytics Co.
• Southwest Gas Slams Icahn's $5B Bid Amid Delaware Fight
• Schulte Roth Bulks Up Deals Bench In NY With 3 Partners
• HP Bets On Remote Work With $3.3B Poly Buy Led By 3 Firms
• CVC Wants In On KKR's Reported €10.7B Telecom Italia Bid
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Ethics Principles Call For Justice Thomas Recusal On Election
• FDIC Ready To Push Forward On Bank Merger Policy Review
• Door Maker Opposes Buyer For Court-Ordered Plant Sale
• Fed Rate Hikes Add Twists To Uncertain Debt Markets
• XPO Logistics' $710M Divestment Handled By 3 Firms
• Chancery Fast-Tracks Hearing On Icahn Southwest Gas Offer
• Bed Bath & Beyond Expands Board And Explores A Spinoff
• Kirkland-Led Huntsman Beats Starboard At The Election Box
• Don't Miss It: Cleary, DLA Piper Guide Week's Hot Deals
• 3D Lauds Shareholder Rejection Of Toshiba's Separation Plan
• 5 Ways Law Firm Leaders Can Prioritize Strategic Thinking
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Paul Hastings
• 3 Firms Shape Brookfield Unit's $1.2B Hibernia REIT Buy
• 3 Firms Assemble $820M Deal For Telenet's Mobile Tower Biz
• White & Case Adds Sullivan & Cromwell M&A Pro In LA
• Investors Settled More Cases Last Year, But Deal Values Sank
• Regulators Get Ready To Propose New SPAC Rules
• DLA Piper Snags 2 Corporate Partners From Faegre Drinker
• Deals Rumor Mill: Prologis, Telecom Italia, Kohl's
• Barrick Gold Sells $105.5M Stake In Fellow Canadian Miner
• Japanese Co. Mitsui Injects €575M Into Aker's Renewables Biz
• Cannabis M&A Remains On Fire With $93.3M APIRx Deal
• How Law Schools Can Navigate Toward Equity And Inclusion
• Chancery Orders Partial Unredaction Of Penguins Deal Terms
• Justices Struggle With Scope Of Foreign Discovery Statute
• Doctors' Worries Over PE Deals Dominate Merger Comments
• Stroock Tax And Corporate Group Adds Partner
• Data Miner Says Foe Stole Trade Secrets After Buying Client
• Travel Co. Yatra Urges Del. Justices To Revive Ebix Deal Suit
• Where Judge Jackson Stands On Key Civil Procedure Issues
• Zynga Investor Sues To Block $12.7B Sale To Take-Two
• Auditor Blamed For $40M Investment In 'Sham' Streaming Co.
• Raytheon Says COVID, Not DOJ Probe, Led To Stock Price Dip
• What DOJ's Shifting Stance On IP Means For SEPs, Mergers
• 4 Firms Lead SPAC Deal For $1.28B Israeli Cybersecurity Co.
• Stellantis, LG Partner On $4.1B Electric Battery JV In Canada
• Cresco Labs Grabs Pot Co. Peer In $2B Deal Led By 4 Firms
• Cannabis Co. Cronos Taps Ex-Sullivan Atty As New President
• Meta Looks To Dump Advertisers' Antitrust Claims
• 4 Firms Lead $450M Satellite Communications Contractor Deal
• Split Aerojet Board Given 1 Week To Find Neutral Counsel
• Limetree Refinery Creditors Say Ch. 11 Case Should End Now
• Chancery Rejects Anthem Bid To Toss $51M Escrow Suit
• 3rd Circ. Upholds FTC Bid To Pause NJ Hospital Merger
• Del. Justices Asked To Affirm $690M Award Due To 'Bad Faith'
• Conn. Atty Enriched Self With Sham Stock Sales, Jury Hears
• Practice Points From 3rd Del. Ruling On M&A And COVID-19
• Damage Calculations And Other Trends In SPAC Litigation
• Olshan-Led Activist Takes Aim At Gaming Accessories Maker
• 7 Firms Build $1.25B SPAC Deal For Japanese Crypto Biz 
• FTC Probes $68.7B Proposed Microsoft, Activision Merger
• Skadden Lands Ex-SEC Enforcer Who Led 1st SPAC Action
• Windstream Seeks FCC OK To Exceed Foreign Ownership Cap
• Uncertainty, Activism And SPACs Top Of Mind For M&A Attys
• 3 Firms Rep $1.1B Purchase Of Wealth Management Tools
• Unsatisfied With Fixes, UK Watchdog Deepens Auction Probe
• Gibson Dunn Grabs Willkie Energy Leader For Houston Office
• TD Ameritrade OKs $2.3M Deal Over Scottrade Clients' Tax Hit
• Holland & Knight Adds Former Reed Smith Partner
• Kohl's Draws Attention From Several Potential Suitors
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• How To Avoid Prematurely Publicizing A Case Outcome
• Paul Weiss Upsizes NY M&A Team With Ex-Kirkland Partner
• 3 Firms Steer Anaplan's $10.7B Go-Private Thoma Bravo Buy
• Willkie, Munger Tolles Mold Berkshire's $11.6B Alleghany Buy
• Ex-SEC Assistant Chief Litigator Joins Arnold & Porter
• GOP Rep. Says Privacy, Section 230 Reforms Not Enough
• Regulatory Uncertainty Prompts 'Sign-And-Close' M&A Deals
• Judge Says Exec Claims Should Be Cut In Appvion Stock Suit
• Chancery Class Lead Dispute Sidetracks Straight Path Trial
• 3 Firms Steer Debut Of Hong Kong's First Blank-Check Firm
• Goodwin Adds Cooley Venture Capital Pro In San Francisco
• France-Based Legal Tech Co. DiliTrust Raises $143M
• Don't Miss It: Goodwin, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Social Media Cos. Want Info Shielded In FTC, Meta Dispute
• Amazon Closes $8.5B MGM Deal With FTC Warning On Heels
• Ex-SEC Official Warns That Global M&A Could Be In Trouble
• Chancery Tosses TransPerfect Claims Against Ross Aronstam
• DOJ Sues To Block $360M Merger Of Wall Panel Makers
• Loeb & Loeb, Ellenoff Steer Goldenstone Acquisition's IPO
• Schwazze To Buy Denver Dispensary And Facility For $3.2M
• Rural Telecom Group Pushes FCC To Reject Fargo TV Merger
• It's Time To Hold DC Judges Accountable For Misconduct
• Metals SPAC Inks $1.1B Deal For Aussie Copper Mine
• 5 Firms Guide KKR's Japanese REIT Buy
• DOJ's UnitedHealth, Change Challenge Set For Aug. 1 Trial
• Wachtell, Schulte Rep Asset Manager's $750M CarVal Buy
• Akerman Adds Polsinelli Partner To DC Health Care Group
• T-Mobile Seeks Del. Appellate Do-Over After Cox Remand Win
• Spirit Airlines Faces Investor Suit Over Frontier Merger Plans
• Dem Bill Would Ban Mergers Over $5B, Hike Enforcer Funding
• UK Concerned With Norton's Deal For Cybersecurity Co. Avast
• Consumer Services-Focused SPAC Backs Out Of $250M IPO
• Retired Del. Justice Randy Holland Dies At 75
• Investor's NASCAR Site Merger Suit Heads To Offramp In Del.
• Holland & Knight Adds Commercial Finance Atty In DC
• Investors Fight Blackstone-Tied Cos.' $1.9B Merger Vote
• Cerner Corp. Sued Again In Del. For Oracle Deal Info
• Clifford Chance Adds Hogan Lovells Antitrust Law Expert
• 5 Firms Shape EQT's €6.8B PE Merger With Baring Asia Unit
• Meta Asks DC Circ. Not To Revive States' Antitrust Case
• Meta Says FTC Guards Rivals' Docs Yet Claims It Lacks Rivals
• Kirkland & Ellis Nabs Hong Kong PE Atty From Ropes & Gray
• DC Policy Debate On Competition And Antitrust Needs A Reset
• Southwest Gas Calls Icahn's Special Meeting Idea 'Flawed'
• Linklaters Nabs V&E Finance Trio In London
• Firms Seek Fees For Mooted Nextdoor SPAC Deal Suit In Del.
• SentinelOne Nabs Cybersecurity Peer Attivo In $616.5M Deal
• Blank Rome Adds Liskow & Lewis Corporate Pro In Houston
• ESG's Function In Merger Reviews Is Likely To Grow
• MoFo Grabs 2 More Perkins Coie Corporate Attys In Cal.
• 4 Ways To Preserve Confidentiality Of Litigation Funding Docs
• Zebra Tech To Buy $875M Machine Vision Biz Matrox Imaging
• Logistics Co. Slips Investor Suit After Judge Takes 2nd Look
• Rio Tinto Bids $2.7B For Mining Co. Stake
• Aerojet Faction Asks Court To Expand Neutrality Order
• Milbank, Kilpatrick Rep ACS Solutions' $133M Bid For Volt
• Three Crowns Expands Into Asia With New Singapore Office
• 5 Legal Tips For SPACs Facing Looming Acquisition Deadlines
• Market 'Doesn't Work That Way,' UnitedHealth, Change Say
• BakerHostetler Builds TransDigm's $360M Dart Aerospace Buy
• Davis Polk, V&E Rep $950M Sale Of Natural Gas Assets
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• White & Case Scores Partner For Tech Deals Team In NY
• Remote Hearings Are Ill-Suited Default For Litigation Realities
• Fintech's $2.5B Deal Latest De-SPAC Axed Over Foggy Market
• Cloud Giant Gets Green Light For £1.2B Blue Prism Buy
• Data Co. IQVIA Can't Dispute Trade Secrets Misappropriation
• Pot Company Verano Settles Suit Over Unpaid Finder's Fee
• Straight Path, IDT Trading Muddies Del. Class Suit Lead Pick
• ABA's New Anti-Bias Curriculum Rule Is Insufficient
• Don't Miss It: Davis Polk, Paul Weiss Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Former Linklaters Attys Join Cleary Offices In NY, Brussels
• Foley & Lardner Lures Greenberg Transactions Team In Fla.
• Mandiant Rips Investor's Bid For Docs On $1.2B FireEye Sale
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Wilson, Freshfields
• Gett's $1B SPAC Deal Quashed Over Market Uncertainty
• Ex-SEC Official Urges Regulators To Counter SPAC 'Myths'
• Chancery Denies Would-Be Rail Buyer's $45M Ask
• Pearson Decries Apollo's £6.47B Takeover Bid As Too Low
• Another Toshiba Investor Says Spinoff Plan Is No Good
• Pot Co. MedMen Still Says Ascend Played Politics In NY Deal
• Lawmakers Say Low-Cost Airline Deal May Need Grounding
• Davis Polk Steers Latin America SPAC's $200M IPO
• Pot Co. Moxie Sues Billionaire Family For Merger Meltdown
• McDermott Adds 4 Transactions Partners In NY, Dallas
• US Judge Finds Conn. Atty Liable For Illegal Stock Sales
• AT&T Owes $9.3M To Oregon Cell Partners, Chancery Rules
• NJ Court Must Rethink Archer DQ In Dental Office Biz Dispute
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche Telekom, Amazon, Merck
• Dutch Maritime, Dredging Co. Valued At $4.6B In Takeover Bid
• 2 Firms Rep As Bayer Sells $2.6B Pest Control Biz To PE Firm
• GGP-Brookfield Dividend Issue Drives Del. Justices In Circles
• V&E Steers Tidewater In $190M Deal For Maritime Services Co.
• Guaranteed Rate's Ex-GC Moves Back To Sidley In Chicago
• Latham, Weil Shape Carlyle's $787M Deal For CBAM Assets
• Tim Hortons China's Go-Public Deal Revised Down To $1.4B
• Remote Hearings Should Be The Default In Civil Litigation
• DWS Usurps National Express With £595M Stagecoach Buy
• Path Out Of Russian Energy Riddled With Legal Potholes
• Chancery Denies Stay In Lordstown Motors-SPAC Merger Suit
• Chancery Asked To Enforce Aerojet TRO In Proxy Battle
• Chancery Says IDT Defenses Still Alive As $1.2B Trial Looms
• Frustrated Rail Buyer Asks Chancery To Force $45M Escrow
• SEC Developing More Rules Aimed At Shareholder Proposals
• Attorneys Today Need To Depose Like There's No Tomorrow
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Corporate Attorney To Philly Office
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Corporate Partner In San Francisco
• Covington, White & Case Rep Carbon Capture Biz's $2.2B Deal
• 4 Firms Drive Canadian Packaging Co.'s $2.6B Go-Private Deal
• Veteran FTC Antitrust Attorney Joins Baker McKenzie
• Freshfields, Wilson Sonsini Guide Google's $5.4B Cyber Deal
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• SPAC CEO Awarded Some Defense Fees For Suits, SEC Probe
• Parsing Recent DOJ Statements On Monopolistic Conduct
• What To Look For As Musk's Twitter Battle With SEC Plays Out
• Cozen O'Connor Moves Vancouver Office, Adds 5 Lawyers
• Winston Adds Ex-Baker Botts Atty In Dallas
• Shell Accuses Exxon Of Wrongfully Holding Up Timewise Buy
• Carl Icahn's 'Entire Portfolio' Not Fair Game In Fund's HP Suit
• 4 Firms Shape Cornerstone's $5.8B CD&R Go-Private Deal
• Market Fog Dooms Weather Tech Co.'s $1.2B SPAC Deal
• Kirkland, V&E Lead $6B Merger Of Shale Oil Giants
• Bank Critics Flag Financial Stability In DOJ Merger Reviews
• Mindbody Inks $9.75M Deal To End Investors' Take-Private Suit
• Arbitration Scholars Say Foreign Discovery Law Is Broad
• Ex-Seegrid Workers Sue In Chancery Over 'Woeful' Stock Plan
• Fact Disputes Keep Cardiac Hospital's ER Contract Row Alive
• Phone Retailer Says T-Mobile Crushed Biz After Sprint Deal
• UK Watchdog Concerned Over $1B Auction Services Co. Deal
• Mitigating Antitrust Risk In Defense Deals Amid Scrutiny
• SEC's Lee Wants Regulators To Step Up Scrutiny Of Lawyers
• Activist Investor Seeks Ericsson Shakeup After DOJ Rebuke
• Troutman Pepper Lands Banking Regs, M&A Attorney
• Ex-Covington Atty To Rejoin Firm After Bank Risk Chief Job
• Meta Market Cap Drop Fuels Argument For An Antitrust Tweak
• Colorado Pharma Co. Investor Sues Over Stock Split, Grant
• Don't Miss It: Paul Weiss, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• 2 SPACs Led By Same Team Withdraw IPOs Totaling $600M
• UK Antitrust Agency Probing LSE's £274M Quantile Deal
• Asia-Pacific Fintech Deals Hit Record High In '21, Report Says
• Biden Critique Of PE-Owned Nursing Homes Unlikely To Sting
• Latham & Watkins Snags White & Case Energy Deals Pro
• Del. Justices Reverse Ruling On Cox-Verizon Wireless Deal
• FTC's Meta Case Split Up And Set For No Earlier Than 2024
• Sen. Vows To Block FTC Pick Over Ag Supply Merger Review
• Sale Of 1K UK Towers Is Final Hurdle For €10B Cellnex Deal
• DLA Piper, Norton Rose Shape $211M Cannabis Co. Debt Buy
• Ukraine's PrivatBank Gets Chancery Filing Delay Due To War
• Key Takeaways On Antitrust Reform Efforts In Alcohol Markets
• ​​​​​​​Del. Justices Affirm Coverage Denial In Jarden Appraisal Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fanatics, Life Insurance Corp., Amazon
• 3 Firms Guide Pentair's $1.6B Ice Maker Biz Buy
• Beauty Tech Developer Perfect Corp Inks $1B SPAC Merger
• Cohen & Gresser Adds Top Antitrust Litigator In DC
• MoFo Adds Perkins Coie Venture Capital Specialist In LA
• Some BMW, Daimler Car-Share Commitments Extended In EU
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• 8 Firms Guide Blank-Check Co. Trio For $525M In IPOs
• Russian Oligarch To Sell Chelsea FC Over Ukraine Conflict
• The Growing Importance Of ESG In Mergers And Acquisitions
• Workspace Group Bids £272M For UK Property Co. McKay
• Globe, Ayala Join Data Center Co. For $350M Venture
• Eversheds Guides Aviva On £385M Wealth Manager Deal
• Clover Health Must Face Shareholders' Suit Over DOJ Probe
• Chancery Orders Balking Yoga Chain To Honor Franchise Deal
• IPO Market Appears Stalled For The Near Future
• Groups Raise 'Red Flags' On Microsoft $69B Activision Play
• WinView Founder's Suit In Chancery Moves Forward
• SEC Asks For Default Win In Goldman Insider Trading Suit
• 3 Firms Rep $200M Life Sciences, Sustainable Tech SPAC IPO
• Pot Investors' Suit Over $40M Grab In SPAC Deal To Advance
• Timing Of Trump Adviser Indictment Not Political, Feds Say
• Goodwin Adds Philly Private Equity Atty To DC Office
• How Attorneys Can Ethically Terminate A Client Relationship
• China's Strict Scrutiny Of Semiconductor Deals May Intensify
• Hogan Lovells Scores 5th New York Partner In A Month
• Kirkland-Led Partners Group Bets €1B On Software Co.
• Aussie Bank Sells 10% Stake In Chinese Peer For $1.3B
• Cravath-Led Martin Marietta Inks $250M Divestiture
• Blake Cassels, Torys Rep On $9B Natural Gas JV Formation