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Mergers & Acquisitions - May, 2022

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• Warren Readies Bill To Stamp Out SPAC 'Abuses'
• Power Plant Owner Defends Ch. 11 Plans Against Challenges
• Del. Chancery Dismisses Suit Over $1.1B Calgon-Kuraray Deal
• Insurers Must Cover Willis Towers Watson Suits, 4th Circ. Told
• Justices Won't Review 5th Circ. Arbitration Waiver Finding
• Rockall Energy Gets OK For $85M Ch. 11 Sale Plan
• Bouchard To Mediate Chancery Cannabis Co. Merger Suit
• Nicki Minaj Invests In, Advises Betting Platform MaximBet
• REIT PotlatchDeltic Buys Rival Timberland Firm For $624M
• BofA Flouted $150M Hawaii Loan Commitment, Nonprofit Says
• Rogers Pauses $20B Acquisition Amid Watchdog Challenge
• Skadden M&A Rainmaker Scott Simpson Dies Suddenly At 65
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 5 Firms Build $6.7B Precious Metals Co. Snap-Up
• UK Says General Mills' Dough Brand Sale Hurts Competition
• 2 Firms Guide Cardio Diagnostics' $175M SPAC Merger
• Rising Star: Cooley's Ian Nussbaum
• Cannabis Moneyball Has Begun, And The Game Is Heating Up
• Law360 Names 2022's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Altaba Says Canada Rulings Back Cutting $800M Suit Reserve
• DOJ Pressure Caves $360M Deal For Wall Panel Maker
• Health Co.'s $2B Take-Private Deal Challenged By Investors
• McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Benesch Deals Pro In Chicago
• SEC Probing Musk's Disclosure Of Twitter Stock Purchases
• Trump's Social Media SPAC Unveils Investors In $1B Funding
• Recruiter's Suit Against Robinson & Cole Moved To Conn.
• Ex-Hogan Lovells Transactions Atty Joins Reed Smith
• Don't Miss It: Cleary, Debevoise Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Pareteum Says It Faces Six-Week Deadline For Ch. 11 Sale
• McDermott Adds NY, Atlanta Transactions Group Attorneys
• Musk, Twitter Hit With Investor Suit Over Buyout Balk
• No Toss For Del. Suit Targeting $11.6B Sanofi-Bioverativ Deal
• Alston & Bird Adds Bankruptcy Partners From Gibson Dunn
• ABA Isn't Giving Up On Diversity Efforts By Ending CLE Rule
• Canada Antitrust Chief Touts 'Significant' Law Proposals
• Sports-Focused SPAC Leads 2 IPO Filings Totaling $350M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Toshiba, Oyo
• Icahn Loses Proxy Fight With McDonald's Over Animal Welfare
• TransCanada Attys Accused Of 'Flouting' Procedure In Del.
• FCC Seeks Public Input On Telecom Merger Compliance
• Title Co. Investor Gets $10.9M For Failed Merger
• Skadden, Orrick Rep $3.8B Car Tech Go-Public Deal
• 5 Firms Build Broadcom's $61B Deal For VMware
• Aerojet Trial Closes In Delaware With Flurry Of Conflict Claims
• Elon Musk Plans $6.25B More In Equity For $44B Twitter Deal
• Delaware Justices Uphold Chancery Dismissal of Talos Suit
• Lateral Candidate Screening Steps To Prevent Bad Behavior
• Nipro Corp. Pays $21M After Avoiding ICC Arbitration Award
• How Russia Sanctions Are Affecting Compliance
• 3 Firms Steer Animal Health Biz Covetrus' $4B Go-Private Deal
• Atty Wants SEC Penalties Delayed Amid Jury Polling Kerfuffle
• Del. Justices Take 'Critical' Look At Zimmer Biomet Suit
• Estate Planning Co. Trust & Will Acquires EZ-Probate
• Watchdog Clears Bank Of Ireland's $5.3B KBC Deal
• Latham Guides TotalEnergies In $2.4B Renewables Buy
• Covington Adds FTC Tech Enforcer To DC Office
• Chelsea FC Gets UK Gov't OK For £4.25B Sale To US Group
• Aerojet CEO Reportedly Offers $48M Deal To End Control War
• Treasury Lawyer Urges Caution On New Investment Reviews
• Pay Consultant Traded On Client's Sanofi Intel, Feds Say
• HSR Statistics Show Increasing Scrutiny Of Health Care M&A
• Photo Co. Founder Sues Merger Partner For Post-Deal Purge
• UK Watchdog Probes Ali Group's $4.8B Welbilt Buy
• A Look At The Legal Profession Since Murder Of George Floyd
• Investor Challenges $7.3B Merger Of Satellite Providers
• Another Columbia Care Shareholder Sues To Block $2B Sale
• Creditors Question Need For Architectural Firm's Ch. 11 Loan
• Moonpig Unveils $156M Plan To Snag Buyagift
• NY Ruling Correctly Deems Legal Finance Docs Irrelevant
• German Shopping Center Investor Gets $1.48B Takeover Offer
• Kirkland-Led SPAC Files $200M IPO To Hunt For ESG Targets
• Parker Sheds US Firm For $440M To Snap Up Engineering Biz
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Latham, Rees Broome Guide Parsons' $400M Security Co. Buy
• Feds Want SEC And FTC Cases Coordinated At High Court
• Curaleaf Accused Of Pressing Ailing Pot Co. Into Sale
• Spirit Says Frontier Tie-Up Less Risky Than JetBlue Takeover
• Baker Botts, Fox Rothschild Guide $750M BKV-Exxon Deal
• China Eases COVID-Hit Companies' Access To Capital Markets
• First Wave Bio Investors Sue In Del. For AzurRx Merger Money
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Simpson Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Norway Fund Drops €677M For 50% Stake In Berlin Property
• Freshfields Hires Ex-Cravath Partner For M&A Practice In NY
• Chancery OKs Limited Investor Probe Of Musk's Twitter Deal
• Zurich Insurance Exits Russia With Local Sale
• Kirkland-Led Tech Startup Going Public Via $1B SPAC Merger
• Consumer Welfare A 'Catchphrase,' DOJ Antitrust Chief Says
• Del. Chancery Cracks Down On Non-Bankruptcy Bankruptcies
• Biden's Fed Supervision Pick Keeps It Cool At Senate Hearing
• 2 Firms Aid Snack Co.'s $222M Plan To Scoop Up Dippin' Dots
• UK Says Veolia's Deal For Suez Hurt Competition
• Alpine SPAC To Merge With Two Bit, Buy Hotels In $115M Play
• Plunging FTC Morale Needs 'Immediate Attn,' GOP Sen. Says
• Winston & Strawn Adds Miami Shop, Partners From 5 Firms
• Class Seeks $79M Partial Deal In $13B Columbia Pipeline Suit
• Clyde & Co. Hires Miami Maritime Partner From Lewis Brisbois
• 3 Firms Shape Brookfield's £4.1B HomeServe Buy
• Overcommunicate With Your Summer Associates This Year
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Volkswagen, Lionheart SPAC
• Latham, Kirkland Steer Deal Forming $7B Del. Basin Player
• Gibson Dunn Boosts Silicon Valley Chops With Cooley Hire
• IQVIA Holds On To Key Defense In Trade Secrets Spat
• Del. Plaintiffs Firms Pan Proposed Corporate Law Changes
• 3 Firms Rep Potential $69M Pot Co. Buy For Canopy Growth
• Musk's Twitter Takeover Not Hostile, Chancery Brief Says
• Lessons For Gov't Contractors Amid Increased Antitrust Risk
• SEC, FTC Heads Say Market Growth Justifies Bigger Budgets
• EU Court Rejects Challenge To Copper Merger Block
• UK Says £92M Real Estate Tech Deal Hurt Competition
• Medical Device Co. Sues Unit Founder For Starting Competitor
• Green Flight Biz Buys Airline, Inks $1.42B SPAC Merger
• Canon Loses Challenge To €28M Gun-Jumping Fine
• Nev. Case Highlights Settlement Authority Dilemmas For Cos.
• Trump Ally Faces New Charges In Illegal Lobbying Case
• ITG Balks At Reynolds' Bid To Shift Fla. Cig Deal Payments
• Aerojet Chair Began CEO Hunt Without Approval, Probe Finds
• Door Makers To Work On Contract Ahead Of Divestiture
• Leech Tishman Absorbs 24-Attorney NYC Business Firm
• Goodwin Brings In Latham Emerging-Companies Expert In LA
• Attys Awarded $21M In L Brands 'Toxic' Workplace Suit
• Intercontinental Unveils Euroclear Stake Sale To New Buyers
• Steptoe Adds 2 Dykema Attys, Including Former Office Leader
• Musk Threatens To Halt Twitter Deal Over 'Bots' Dispute
• Atty Asks New Judge For SEC Trial Redo After Polling Blunder
• Single-Family Rental Investment Co. Inks $575M SPAC Deal
• SEC Probe Lingers As Trump's Social Media SPAC Eyes Deal
• Latham, King & Spalding Rep In Carlyle's $4.2B ManTech Buy
• Chancery OKs Small Investor For $1B Straight Path Class Suit
• 3 Firms Guide SMBC Aviation's $6.7B Goshawk Buy
• Users Want Cambridge Analytica Docs In Meta Antitrust Case
• Financial Stability Considerations For Bank Merger Analysis
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Dutch Regulator Fines Modulaire For Not Reporting Merger
• JetBlue Goes Hostile In Bid To Buy Spirit, Stop Frontier Deal
• Gaming Co. Turtle Beach Adds Board Seats, Explores Sale
• Musk's Twitter Jitters Could Spark $1B Breakup Battle
• Tegna's $8.6B Go-Private Deal Put Under DOJ Microscope
• Pipeline Inspection Co. Gets Nod On Amended $5M DIP Loan
• Firms Seek $2.4M For $7.5M Spectra Merger Deal In Chancery
• FisherBroyles Adds Experienced Corporate Atty In NY
• Don't Miss It: Cooley, Milbank Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Jenner & Block Elevates 7 Partners To Leadership Roles
• Rival Sues NCR Over Deals With Cardtronics, Crypto Provider
• The Fastest Federal Trial Courts: A Look At Virginia, Florida
• Elon Musk Says Twitter Deal On Hold
• French SPAC Raises $156M To Support Drug Development
• Considerations For A Rarely Used Exit Provision In JV Deals
• Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Amprius Inks $939M SPAC Merger
• Orrick Adds Willkie Partner To Growing Energy Team
• Tips For Evaluating Machine Learning For Contracts Review
• Deals Rumor Mill: Instacart, Musk, CVC
• Porter Wright Boosts Pittsburgh Ranks With Pietragallo Atty
• Defense Says Del. Court Misled On Straight Path Merger Suit
• Investment Banks' Retreat Amplifies SPAC Market Woes
• Inflation-Era M&A Escrows And Earnouts Can Use A 2nd Look
• MedMen, Ascend End Spat With $88M Deal For NY Operations
• Stockholders Ask Del. Justices To Revive Talos Class Suit
• Hogan Lovells-Led Duke Realty Snubs $24B Prologis Bid
• Confirmation Of 3rd FTC Dem Locks In Ambitious Agenda
• Greenberg Traurig Expands Its Corporate Group With 3 Hires
• Bedoya Confirmed To FTC, Ending 7-Month Split
• Charter Gets Vacation Payout Suit Trimmed
• Conn. Atty Says SEC Lacked Evidence For Fraud Trial Win
• Cypress Environmental Adds Cash Pool To Ch. 11 Plan
• Latham, Simpson Thacher Steer Switch's $11B Go-Private Deal
• What SEC Proposal On SPACs Means For Projection Defenses
• 6 Firms Build Philip Morris' $16B Swedish Match Buy
• Kirkland & Ellis Nabs M&A Partner From Cravath
• Medtronic Shedding Intersect Unit For $1B Deal
• Judge Vacates Pot Co. Investors' Class Certification, For Now
• Columbia Care Shareholder Sues To Stop Pot Co.'s $2B Deal
• EU Antitrust Redraws 'Safe Harbors' For Producers, Sellers
• Judge Dismisses Mexican Telecom's Fiber Optic Fraud Suit
• Animal Health Co. Investors Nab $35M Deal Over Spinoff
• Week In Bankruptcy: Mass Torts Stumble, New Ch. 11 Crop
• In Del. Chancery, A Cautionary Tale Of Hacked M&A Payouts
• Axon Tells Justices It Needs Protection From FTC
• Gibson Dunn Stumbles In Bid To Quash Docs In Aerojet Case
• How To Efficiently Deploy Your Professional Growth Strategy
• BakerHostetler Adds M&A Lawyer From Armstrong Teasdale
• Ex-Winston & Strawn Partner To Lead Egan Nelson In Houston
• Holland & Knight Adds M&A Heft With Ex-Ballard Spahr Atty
• Wachtell Guides Aramark's Uniform Services Biz Spinoff
• 2 SPACs Net $375M Combined To Pursue Tech Acquisitions
• Baker McKenzie Adds Leading Tax M&A Practitioner
• Wachtell-Led Prologis Lobs $24B Offer At Duke Realty
• Pfizer To Buy Biohaven Pharmaceuticals In $11.6B Deal
• $575M Vehicle Business Merger Drives Delaware Suit
• Ch. 11 Cheat Sheet: Cypress Environmental Partners LP
• DOJ Says Vertical Focus Right For Sale Of Door Parts Supplier
• ION Geophysical Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Vote
• Goldman Pulling Back On SPACs Amid Regulatory Crackdown
• Canadian Watchdog Challenges Wireless Cos.' $20B Merger
• OCC Staff Working On Potential Bank Merger Reforms
• Pop Culture Co. Sues To Reclaim Wizard World Social Media
• Latham, Paul Weiss, Sidley Assist Chelsea FC's $3.1B Sale
• Baker McKenzie-Led OMERS Buys Telecom Assets For $660M
• A 6-Step Framework For Legal Industry Professional Growth
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Travers Smith, Linklaters Rep $1.4B Ideagen Take-Private Deal
• 3 Firms Drive $1.8B White Mountains Divestiture To Carlyle
• Cypress Environmental Hits Ch. 11 With $60M Debt Swap
• Why Contempt May Be Apt Punishment For High Court Leaker
• 3 Firms Steer Brookfield's $3.8B Acquisition Of Watermark
• Creditors Say Lenders Control Drilling Support Co.'s Ch. 11
• EU Wants To Expand Mergers Getting 'Simplified' Review
• Kraft Heinz Faces New Class Suit Over $15.4B Plunge In Value
• Unsealed Letter Reveals DOJ Ire With UnitedHealth, Change
• Google's $5.4B Mandiant Buy Challenged By Investor
• QuantumScape Shareholder Sues In Del. For Company Books
• Committee Told SEC Proposal Is Further Chilling SPAC Deals
• Judge Ruled On Investors' Class Cert. Too Early, Pot Co. Says
• BakerHostetler Adds Private Equity, Health Care Attys To Roll
• CDK Global Stockholder Calls $8.3B Brookfield Deal Unfair
• Don't Miss It: Goodwin, Davis Polk Guide Week's Hot Deals
• IT Services Cos. LTI, Mindtree To Merge In Nearly $18B Deal
• Baker Donelson Adds McGuireWoods Finance Atty In Atlanta
• Stockholders Sue For Vote On Musk's $44B Twitter Takeover
• 5 Law Firms Guide Centene's $2.8B Pharmacy Divestments
• UK Watchdog Opens Probe Into Technical Foam Deal
• LATAM's Minority Shareholders Want Award OK'd
• Investors In Pot Co. Aphria Win Class Cert. In $144M Suit
• Feds Defend Biglari's $1.3M Penalty Over Cracker Barrel Stock
• Weil Adds 25-Year Securities Veteran From Orrick
• Texas Panel Won't End Malpractice Suit Against Law Firm
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, Roku, Arm
• Antitrust Law As A Tool Against Privacy Abuses
• Pierce Atwood Hires Ex-Cadwalader Bank Regulatory Partner
• Clients' Diversity Mandates For Law Firms Are Necessary
• Musk Outlines $7.1B In New Financing For Twitter Takeover
• 3 Firms Pilot MaxLinear's $8B Merger With Silicon Motion
• Willkie Adds Kirkland Private Equity Expert In Los Angeles
• GOP Rep Suggests FTC Chair May Oppose Musk-Twitter Deal
• Germany Designates Meta For Extra Antitrust Scrutiny
• IAC, Match Group Say $30B Del. Spinoff Suit Falls Flat
• Activist Investor Seeks Possible Sale Of Gaming Biz Kindred
• 3 Financial Market Areas That Need Better Disclosure Regimes
• Policyholder Gains In Virus Coverage State Trial Court Suits
• Intercontinental Exchange To Buy Black Knight In $16B Deal
• Harris Beach Adds Corporate Energy Partner To DC Office
• Milbank Looks To Build CFIUS Practice With Ex-Shearman Atty
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Ready To OK £7B Morrisons Purchase
• Pending Case Could Resolve Arbitration Issue, Justices Told
• IPO Lawyers See Mild Pickup In An Otherwise Cool Spring
• Pharmacy Co. Investors Seek Final OK Of $15.5M Deal
• Empire Resorts Settles $335M Go-Private Stockholder Action
• ExxonMobil Sells Romanian Upstream Unit For More Than $1B
• Barber, Bain Unveil $500M Cold Storage Warehouses JV
• Parsing M&A Liquidity And Fair Value In Del. And Caymans
• UK Concerns Sink $1B Machinery Auction Tie-Up
• British Ad Biz Ocean Valued At $580M In 4-Firm Takeover Deal
• 10th Circ. Successor Liability Ruling Highlights Title VII Risks
• 5 Questions That Can Help Law Firms Win RFPs
• Chancery Sends $55B Time Warner-Charter Deal Suit To Trial
• Chancellor Again Tosses Stock Dilution Suit After Reversal
• Steel Co. Alleges $7M Debt Dodge In Chancery Court Suit
• Cannabis Marketing Co. Cuts Go-Public Deal Value To $275M
• Merger Review Snapshot
• 4 Firms Drive Chinese EV Maker's $1.25B SPAC Merger
• Baker McKenzie, Skadden Rep $300M Embracer Games Buy
• Simpson Thacher, De Brauw Rep $210M Karl Lagerfeld Buyout
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Greenspoon Marder Launches Latin America Practice
• O'Melveny Launches Houston Office With 3 Ex-Willkie Attys
• How Law Firms Can Employ More Veterans
• Spirit Airlines Sticks With Frontier, Rejects JetBlue's $3.6B Bid
• MGM Bids $607M On Online Gambling Co. LeoVegas