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Mergers & Acquisitions - August, 2022

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• Katapult Investor Sues Over Stock Drop From De-SPAC Deal
• Arm Ltd. Sues Qualcomm For Licensing, Trademark Breaches
• Sears Gets OK For $175M Deal With Ex-CEO
• PE Firm Says No Subpoena In Fight Over Austrian Packing Co.
• Canadian Pot Co. Investors Win Class Cert. In Acquisition Suit
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• DOJ Says FDIC Chair Can't Block Agency's Board Majority
• Bed Bath & Beyond Closing 150 Stores, Top Execs Depart
• Enforcers' Antitrust Overhaul Just Getting Started
• ABA Stance On Role Of Nonlawyers Is Too Black And White
• Honigman Launches Israeli Subsidiary With 5 US Lawyers
• SeatGeek Raises $238M Months After Nixing SPAC Merger
• Akerman Expands With 2 New Partners In NY, Calif.
• Clariant To Sell Chemical Biz To Own Joint Venture For $113M
• Italy Picks US PE Firm Certares For ITA Airways Sale Talks
• IDT CEO Terms Straight Path's Del. Damage Pursuit 'Crazy'
• Twitter Says Musk's PayPal Buddy Skirting Subpoenas
• Telecom Shareholders Want Tribunal DQ'd In Fight For Control
• T-Mobile Wants Suit Over 5G Move Forced Into Arbitration
• 3 SPAC Mergers Unveiled Despite Harsh Market Conditions
• Shareholder Proposals May Rise After SEC Proxy Changes
• Hong Kong PE Firm PAG To Buy $721M Japanese Theme Park
• EverWatch Bid For Expedited Merger Docs Mostly Rejected
• Anderson Kill Corporate Atty Jumps To Greenspoon Marder
• Harnessing The Power Of Big Data In Litigation
• 3 Firms Steer Roper's $3.4B Purchase Of Frontline Education
• Twitter Blasts Musk's New Walkaway Claim As 'Invalid,' Wrong
• Venable Leads Dechra's £221M Veterinary Drugmaker Addition
• PE Consortium Expects Approvals In £1.6B Euromoney Deal
• Taylor Maritime Makes £493M Offer For Singaporean Shipper
• Ex-Straight Path CEO Recalls Rush To Release IDT Claims
• Split FTC Broadens Staff's Subpoena Powers In Investigations
• Meta Blasts FTC Deal Challenge And Chair's 'Agenda'
• How Law Firm Operations Can Adjust To New COVID Realities
• Zendesk Investor Decries $10.2B Sale, Says New CEO Needed
• T-Mobile Wants Merger Suit Paused Pending Transfer Bid
• Latham, Kirkland Steer E-Commerce Software Co.'s SPAC Deal
• Averting Data-Risk Missteps In A Vulnerable M&A Landscape
• Olympus Sells Microscope Biz To PE Firm In Nearly $3.1B Deal
• Del. Justices Urged Not To Make Key Precedent A 'Paper Tiger'
• More Time Needed To Address Tegna Deal Worries, Critics Say
• Aurora Cannabis To Buy Majority Shares Of Bevo Farms
• Chinese Solar Co. Listing Suit Revived On Fresh Evidence
• 5 Firms Steer Singapore AI Firm's $136M SPAC Merger
• KKR-Led Group Pulls $15B Bid For Ramsay Health Care
• Law Of The Case Is More Nuanced Than You May Think
• K&L Gates Adds Stradling Yocca Corporate Atty In OC
• Don't Miss It: Skadden, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Miami Atty Rejoins Greenberg Traurig From Holland & Knight
• US Gov't Stance On Tech M&A Lacks Merit, Hurts Consumers
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Chipmaker Alphawave Gets OK To Buy OpenFive For $210M
• Australia's Link Group Buys UK Pensions Administrator
• Parker Hannifin's £6.3B Bid For UK's Meggitt Gets Green Light
• 4 Firms Steer OpenText's $6B Buy Of UK Software Firm
• Engage Associates At Orientation With Thoughtful Activities
• Chancery OKs $75M Cravath Fee In Williams Merger Dispute
• Musk Ordered To Give Twitter His Experts' User Analyses
• Investors Say Cleary Gottlieb Should Produce Redstone Email
• Maersk Drops $1B Container Biz Sale Amid DOJ Pressure
• Kirkland, Latham Drive $885M SPAC Merger For Bitcoin Depot
• 4 Firms Shape Golden Entertainment's $260M Md. Casino Sale
• Senate Panel Sets Twitter Whistleblower Complaint Hearing
• Deals Rumor Mill: Amazon, Washington Nationals, CVC Capital
• UK Insurance Consolidator Snaps Up 7th Irish Broker
• Veolia Ordered To Sell Off Major Units After Suez Merger
• Novartis To Spin Off $9.6B Sandoz Generic Drugs Biz
• Judge Grants Preliminary OK To $7.9M Textron Investor Deal
• Musk Seeks Fuller Twitter Traffic Data In $44B Buyout Fight
• Howard Jonas, IDT To Face Stockholders In $1.2B Del. Trial
• DOJ Wants To Argue In State-Led Facebook Case At DC Circ.
• Keppel Buys 80% Of Singapore Waste Management Co.
• T-Mobile Wants Suit Over $26B Sprint Merger Sent To NY
• The Cruciality Of Building Client Intimacy Ahead Of Recession
• Rio Tinto Sweetens Bid For Turquoise Hill To $3.1B
• Luxury Giant Richemont Sells 51% Stake In Retail Platform
• PE Funds Extend Offer Period Of $563M Bid For Cary Group
• Owner Of MLB's LA Angels Says Team Is For Sale
• Cannabis Cos. SNDL And Valens Unveil $106M Merger Deal
• FTC Drops Mark Zuckerberg From Meta VR Merger Suit
• Whistleblower Claims Rattle Twitter's Bid To Force Musk Deal
• Investor Sues SPAC Officers Over QuantumScape Buy
• How To Win Over Bench Trial Judges Post-COVID
• Cooley-Led DigitalOcean To Acquire Cloudways In $350M Deal
• Software Co. BigHand Acquires Cost Analytics Firm Digitory
• Fake LA Billionaire Fleeced Investors Out Of $3.5M, Feds Say
• 6 Firms Steer Medical Device Startup's $312M SPAC Merger
• Greenberg Traurig Hires McElroy Deutsch Atty As Shareholder
• Watchdog Shows Teeth Over Dental Merger Competition Fears
• These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
• Musk Pounces On Ex-Twitter Exec's Security Lapse Claims
• Finland's Etteplan Offers $253M To Buy Swedish Tech Biz
• Freshfields, Cooley Lead As EBay Buys $295M Card Game Co.
• CVR Refining To Settle Forced Buyback Suit For $78.5M
• Trump's Unpopularity Threatens Merger Plans, SPAC Warns
• Chancery Tosses Suit Over $875M BGC-Cantor Unit Merger
• Twitter Founder Drawn Into Del. Fight Over $44B Musk Deal
• 3 Firms Lead $1.6B Go-Private Sale Of Fintech CSI
• NC Health Network's Monopoly Drove Up Prices, Counties Say
• Endo Unit Seeks To Stop Termination Of Drug License Deal
• Lottery.com Faces Investor Suit Over Lotto Ticket Compliance
• Pay Expert Cops To Taking Illegal $400K Insider Payday
• Earnouts May Fill Valuation Gap In De-SPACs And Other M&A
• A Cautionary Tale On Diversity Jurisdiction From The 6th Circ.
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Link Group Shareholders Approve $1.7B Dye & Durham Bid
• Ben & Jerry's Can't Block West Bank Licensing Deal
• Judge Rejects Bid Protections For GenapSys Stalking Horse
• US Fintech Co. Gets FCA Nod To Buy UK Money Payment Biz
• A Deep Dive Into The Glass Ceiling Report: Women In Law
• Vodafone Agrees To Sell Hungary Telecoms Biz For $1.8B
• Musk Seeks Toss Of 'Misguided' Twitter Fight Intervention
• Don't Miss It: Goodwin, Cooley Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Apollo Helps GI Alliance Doctors In Buyout Of $2.2B Practice
• Book Publishers Say DOJ Hasn't Shown Harm To Authors
• Stockholder Sues Pharma Co. For Docs On $149M Merger
• Car Ad Firm Tricked Tech 'Pioneer' To Close Sale, Suit Alleges
• Australia Flags Concerns Over Qantas Deal For Alliance
• Windstream's Ex-GC, Uniti Defeat Spinoff Fraud Suit Appeal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Kingspan Buys 24% Stake In Swedish Waterproofing Biz
• Prosus Snaps Up Last Slice Of Delivery Biz For Up To €1.8B
• Court Questions Penguin's Bid Policy In Merger Challenge
• Family Asks To Dodge Nursing Home's Ch. 11 Stay
• Pretrial Battles Widen In $44B Musk-Twitter Deal Bust Suit
• Chancery Orders $12M Steel Connect Settlement Reworked
• Men's Grooming Co. And SPAC Ax Their Go-Public Merger
• Update: Meta Withdraws Bid for Overseas Rivals' Docs In FTC Case
• Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk Steer $547M Fintech SPAC Deal
• ABM To Buy RavenVolt In Deal Worth Up To $450M
• McDermott Adds Ex-Mayer Brown Partner In NY
• Deals Rumor Mill: Manchester United, Meituan, Cardinal Health
• Auto Parts Supplier Inks Up To $590M Deal For SuperATV
• PE Firms Take $130M Majority Stake In Italy's Prima Industrie
• UK To Look Deeper Into Culligan, Waterlogic Merger
• Skadden Leads Video Gaming Group's $790M Buying Spree
• Judge Nixes Cost Savings From Book Merger Trial
• Cygnus Capital Sues Washington Prime Group and SVP In Del.
• Cypress Exec's Relative Inks SEC Insider Trade Deal
• Paul Hastings Tech M&A Pro Joins Baker Botts In Palo Alto
• Real Estate SPAC Claims Acquisition Target Breached Merger
• Apollo Acquires $400M Stake In UAE's Aldar Properties
• Orrick Adds Partner In Transactional Tax
• Musk's Twitter Doc Fight Target Had Key User Traffic Role
• White & Case Guides PE Biz's $220M Swedish Pharma Buyout
• I Squared Abandons FirstGroup Takeover Bid After Rejection
• FTC Gets Backing In High Court Constitutionality Case
• Del. Chancery Winds Up Trial On $9.3B Oracle-NetSuite Deal
• Publishing Merger Won't Hurt Competition, Yale Prof Says
• Fintech Co. Remitly To Acquire Rewire In $80M Deal
• Canadian Telecoms Ink Divestiture In Bid To Save $20B Merger
• What Litigators Can Really Learn From Rambo
• FTC Renews Fight Against State Shields For Hospital Mergers
• Winston & Strawn Welcomes Kirkland Finance Pro
• Thoma Bravo In Early Talks To Buy Darktrace
• Milbank Expands Antitrust Practice With DC Hire
• Slaughter Leads Reebok Owner's £211M Ted Baker Takeover
• Penguin Exec. Says Internal Book Competition Is Strong
• UnitedHealth Can't Afford To Misuse Rivals' Data, Judge Told
• BitGo Threatens Lawsuit As Galaxy Digital Ends $1.2B Merger
• Inovalon Sued In Del. Over Insider Gains On $7.3B Co. Sale
• Santander US Holding Sued In Del. After $2.5B Squeeze-out
• Bankrupt Nursing Home Biz Gets OK For Deal On Backup Bid
• Grubhub Fights Investors' Certification Bid In Securities Suit
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Gov't Repeats Request To Block Booz Allen-EverWatch Merger
• Attorneys Should Note Judges' Financial Conflicts Of Interest
• Activist Investor Pushes Disney To Cut Costs, Separate ESPN
• PrimeBlock And SPAC Agree To Terminate $1.25B Merger
• FTC's Suit Challenging Meta's VR Merger Gets December Trial
• Central Pa. Trucking Law Firm Joins With Saxton & Stump
• Chancery OKs Just 1 More Twitter Record-Keeper For Musk
• White & Case Boosts NY, Houston Offices With 3 New Partners
• Unity Rejects AppLovin's $20B Unsolicited Takeover Bid
• Freshfields Adds Partner To Silicon Valley Office
• Rio Tinto's $2.7B Bid For Canadian Mining Company Rebuffed
• Troutman Pepper Brings On Fried Frank Benefits Partner In NY
• $1.3B Satellite Biz Merger Scrapped After Market Sours
• Subpoena Blizzard Sets Stage For Musk-Twitter Trial In Del.
• Bayer Claims Win In Feud Over $7.8B Crop Seeds Biz Deal
• Book Publishing Industry Gets Close Read In Merger Trial
• Change's Data Can't Be Used Anti-Competitively, Judge Told
• Howard Jonas' Son To Settle For $12.5M In Del. Telecomm Suit
• Private Equity M&A Is Awash In Both Challenges And Cash
• As Crypto Winter Spurs Deals, Attys Caution: 'Buyer Beware'
• Jones Day, Ropes & Gray Lead $950M HIG-Avient Deal
• Don't Miss It: Wachtell, Willkie Guide Week's Hot Deals
• A Law Firm's Guide To Avoiding Client Conflicts
• Expect More DOJ Labor Market Enforcement, Despite Losses
• Insurer Fighting Coverage Of $21M LeClairRyan Settlement
• UK Probes Freshfields-Led £965M Logistics Co. Deal
• UnitedHealth, Change Turn Trial Gaze To Horizontal Overlap
• Author, Agents Say Advances Only Part Of Puzzle
• Elon Musk Says Investors Can't Get SolarCity Ruling 'Do Over'
• Twitter Asks Del. Court To Nix Musk's Bid For More Discovery
• 5 Shareholders Drop Suits Over $11B Switch Merger
• Fredrikson & Byron Hires Real Estate Attorney
• TreeHouse Selling Majority Of Meal Prep Biz For $950M
• Understanding DC Circ.'s Agency Rule Withdrawal Debate
• Will.i.am's Co. Can't Escape Award To Swedish Investors
• Ground Lease REITs Safehold, IStar Reach Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVS, PAI Partners, London Heathrow Airport
• Convey Stockholder Sues For Books On $1.1B TPG Buyout
• Payment Tech Biz Kicks Off $100M Share Buyback
• UnitedHealthcare And Optum Are 'Strictly' Separate, CEO Says
• Agent Says Authors Want Best Deal, Not Most Upfront Money
• Del. Justices Nix GGP Committee's Appeal For Reargument
• Redbox Shareholder Sues In Del. To Probe Chicken Soup Deal
• Skadden, Fried Frank Build $475M Sale Of Mayne Pharma Unit
• Considerations For Associates As Lateral Hiring Cools Down
• SPAC Investor Sues For $23.7M Fertitta Merger Kill Fee
• Sidley Austin Adds Private Equity, M&A Partner To NY Office
• DOJ Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Outlook For Rest Of 2022
• Books Boom, SPAC Stall, Breach Battles Top Del. M&A Fights
• Sears Says It's Reached $175M Deal In Suit Against Ex-CEO
• Musk Piles Up Cash For Possible Twitter Win On $44B Deal
• Partners Group Sells Half Of $4.1B Utility Locator Co USIC
• Caesars, Tribe Partner On $650M Virginia Casino
• Enviro, Economic Woes Put Off Reinsurance M&A, Fitch Says
• UK Deepens Antitrust Probe Into $5.7B Chemical Deal
• RS Group Pays $275M For Mexican Electronics Distributor
• Sartorius To Acquire Albumedix For £415M
• Merger Would Spur UnitedHealth To Abuse Data, Judge Told
• Array Insiders Hid Bad News To Sell $2.2B In Stock, Suit Says
• HarperCollins Chief 'Shocked' By Simon & Schuster Price
• Kirkland-Led Devon Energy Pays $1.8B For PE-Backed Peer
• Inovalon Holdings Is Targeted In New Del. Suit After $7.3B Sale
• Nikola Founder's SEC Suit Paused As Criminal Trial Looms
• Latham, Kirkland Lead $718M Sale Of Huntsman's Textile Biz
• Key Takeaways From China's Amended Anti-Monopoly Law
• Texas Energy Co. Sues Terminal Co-Owner In Del. Court
• Chancery Splits Trial On Biopharma Co. Plasmid Supply Suit
• AppLovin Makes $20B Offer For Video Game Developer Unity
• Cravath Reps Martin Marietta's $350M Calif. Cement Plant Sale
• MarineMax Pays $480M For IGY, Expanding Yacht Services
• Justices' EPA Ruling Didn't Move Needle On Chevron Doctrine
• Warner Bros. Took Wheel On Motor Trend Value, Del. Suit Says
• Evergy Inks $250M Deal To Buy 199 MW Midwest Wind Farm
• CMA Latest To Probe $7.3B Satellite Network Merger
• Oportun Earmarks Nearly $3M For CFPB Settlement Over Digit
• Chancery Urged To Deny Fee Bid In Nextdoor SPAC Deal Suit
• DOJ Data Fears Based On 'Limited Understanding,' Judge Told
• Publishing CEO Says Merged Rival Would Be 'Intimidating'
• FTC's Phillips To Depart And Leave Agency With 1 Republican
• Radius Health Investor Sues To Probe $890M Merger
• Gaming Platform Sued In Del. Chancery Over $4.4B Merger
• Cox Buys Latham-Led Axios Media For Reported $525M
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Ben & Jerry's Board Argues To Block Israel Licensing Deal
• 3 Firms Shape Pfizer's $5.4B Deal For Sickle Cell-Drug Maker
• Cannabis Co. Investors Fight Effort To Dismiss Merger Suit
• Ex-Chancery Judge Heads To Wilson Sonsini As Partner
• Vista Equity Will Take Tax Software Biz Private In $8.4B Deal
• Veolia To Sell Suez UK For €2.4B To Quell Antitrust Concerns
• United Exec Says Data Access Informed $13.8B Acquisition
• Scouts' Plan Mostly Approved, Jones Hit With $50M Verdicts
• 3 Firms Lead QinetiQ's $590M Purchase Of Gov't Contractor
• Ethics Lessons From The Alex Jones Discovery Debacle
• Market Drops Show Tech Antitrust Reform Isn't Needed
• Cleary Gottlieb Opposes Bid To Turn Over Redstone Email
• Eversheds Sutherland To Open In Frankfurt With PwC Partner
• Amazon To Spend $1.7B To Buy Maker Of Roomba
• Don't Miss It: O'Melveny, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Musk Blasts Twitter For 'Reckless' Claims In $44B Deal Fight
• Fox Rothschild Picks Up Wendel Rosen Corporate Atty In SF
• Twitter Slams Musk's Framing As 'Hoodwinked' Into $44B Deal
• Penguin CEO Says Simon & Schuster Deal Is For Market Share
• SPAC Investors Hit Alta Mesa With Fraud Suit Over $3.8B Deal
• Former United CEO Says Data Abuse Possible, 'Very Isolated'
• PureCycle Shareholder Suit Too Vague To Continue, For Now
• 3 Firms Help Steer Atlas Air's $5.2B Go-Private Deal
• Ex-Brooks Brothers Owners Can't Duck Suit Over Ch. 11 Sale
• 2nd Circ. Revives Phone Refurbishing Co. Ownership Fight
• Haynes And Boone Nabs Shearman & Sterling Energy Partner
• Wachtell, Latham & Watkins Steer $3.7B Biopharma Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Unity Software, SES, UnitedHealth
• Pa. Judge Kills Middleman's Hopes In Cannabis Merger
• White & Case, Latham Lead $480M SPAC Deal For Plastiq
• Combating Implicit Bias In Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Linklaters, Slaughter Guide Mediclinic £3.7B Takeover
• Linklaters Advises Phoenix Group's £248M Sun Life Bid
• Thameslink Rail Operator Steams Ahead With £669M Offer
• UnitedHealth Judge Probes Health Tech Co.'s Data Safeguards
• Judge Queries Simon & Schuster CEO On Bidding For Books
• Twitter Says Musk Can't File Early Answer To $44B Deal Suit
• How The Metaverse Will Affect Business And Legal Processes
• Gold Standard Baking Gets Court OK For $20M Sale
• Winston & Strawn Adds M&A Partner From Baker Botts
• Kirkland, Goodwin Lead PE Firm's $2.8B Ping Identity Buy
• UK Tribunal Nixes Cayman Co.'s Interest Deduction Appeal
• GT Lands Squire Patton's Ex-Corporate Governance Chair
• Quarles & Brady Partner Joins Buchanan Ingersoll In Fla.
• GTIS Joint Venture Launches $140M SC Industrial Project
• UK Provisionally Clears NortonLifeLock Takeover Of Avast
• Change CEO Says UnitedHealth Deal Won't Harm Rivals
• CFIUS Reviews Reached 10-Year High In 2021
• UK Tribunal Tosses HMRC Appeal Of Euromoney Deal
• Stephen King Testifies The More Publishers, The Better
• Texas Regulators Say Voyager Digital Ch. 11 Moving Too Fast
• Unions Assert Right To Challenge Tegna Go-Private Deal
• Kirkland-Led KKR Sells Rubber, Plastics Biz In $950M Deal
• Tesla Ruling 'Fatally' Erodes Key Precedent, Del. Justices Told
• Health Care Co. To Get $2.8M Monthly Bond In Hospital Suit
• UpHealth Resolves Board Dispute, Chancery Suit Nixed
• Thai Energy Co. Sells Coal Biz For $471M In Sustainability Bid
• TD Bank Group Buys Cowen In $1.3B Deal Guided By 3 Firms
• Meta, FTC Must Work Together To Clarify Market, Judge Says
• Twitter Levies Subpoenas As $44B Musk Deal Suit Heats Up
• GAO Says No Conflict Of Interest On $2B DHA IT Deal
• Wachtell, King & Spalding Guide $4B Global Payments Deal
• Cravath, White & Case Guide $2.65B Deal For Valvoline Biz
• DOJ Stresses Risks Of UnitedHealth $13.8B Buy In Court
• Ambiguity Remains In Microchip Severance Suit, Judge Says
• DOJ Tells Judge Book Merger Would Reduce Author Pay
• Booz Allen, EverWatch Say Injunction Would End Merger Case
• Navigating Arbitral Subpoenas In A Post-COVID Landscape
• Speech Signals Intense DOJ Antitrust Focus On Private Equity
• Del. Justices Snuff $1.2B Kraft Heinz Insider Trade Appeal
• WilmerHale, Simpson Drive $2.45B Deal For PerkinElmer Units
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Skadden, Ropes & Gray Lead $1.25B W3bcloud SPAC Merger
• Cobham Seals £2.6B Purchase Of Defense Co. After Court OK
• Twitter Investor Sues Musk Over 'Lame Rationales' To Ax Deal
• Swedish Energy Co. Bids $88M For Renewables Biz
• France's Vinci To Buy 30% Stake In Mexico's OMA For $815M