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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2022

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• Musk Dissolves Twitter Board Of Directors After $44B Buy
• First Guaranty Mortgage Gets Green Light For Ch. 11 Plan
• Court Blocks Penguin's $2.2B Simon & Schuster Deal
• IRobot Shareholder Sues In Del. For $1.7B Amazon Deal Docs
• Liberty Mutual Not Responsible For 3M Settlement Costs
• Dem Senator Calls For CFIUS Probe Of Saudi Twitter Stake
• Thermo Fisher Buys Diagnostic Products Firm In $2.6B Deal
• Cannabis Services Biz Announces $30M Deal To Buy Abaca
• Cineworld Makes Deal To Pursue Buyer, Pay Theater Rent
• EverWatch Deal 'Has Sailed' Past DOJ's Attempted Delay
• My Favorite Law Prof: How I Learned To Put Law Into Practice
• Self-Disclosure In Light Of New CFIUS Penalty Guidelines
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 5 Firms Steer Go-Public Mergers For Taxi App, Biotech Firm
• Blackstone Buys Majority Stake In $14B Emerson Climate Biz
• McDermott Mixes $420M Bourbon Acquisition For Campari
• Next Fifteen Ends £310M Bid For M&C Saatchi
• Vesta Holdings Hits Ch. 11 In Del. With $125M In Debt
• Buzzfeed Doesn't Have To Arbitrate Employee Stock Dispute
• Musk's Control Of Twitter Comes With Freedom, Drawbacks
• Celsius Network Gets OK To Auction, GWG To Raise Money
• FTC, Congress Urged To Probe TikTok Location Data Tracking
• SPAC Needs More Time For Merger With Semiconductor Firm
• Mindbody Investor Attys Get $2.9M In Fees In Take-Private Suit
• FTC Rips Meta's 'Belated' Dismissal Bid In Suit Over VR Deal
• Judge Rips 'No-Deny' Deals: 'What Is The SEC So Afraid Of?'
• Why Sue First, Assess Remedy Later? Assa Abloy Judge Asks
• Twitter, Del. Both Big Winners In Musk's $44B Buyout Fold
• Unions Tell FCC Tegna-Standard Deal Will Lead To Job Cuts
• Canadian Enforcers Might Fight $20B Telecom Deal In Court
• Bed Bath & Beyond Readies Potential $150M Share Sale
• Don't Miss It: Morgan Lewis, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Midterms Could Sway Capital Markets Agenda In Congress
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Twitter Pulled From NYSE After Musk Closes $44B Buyout
• Swedish Match Backs Philip Morris' Sweetened $16B Bid
• Musk Reportedly Closes $44B Twitter Deal After 6-Month Saga
• Class, Biotech Co. Propose $10.65M Deal To End Merger Suit
• Ex-Pzena Exec Slows Suit Over Investment Firm's $795M Deal
• Meta Wants Snap Inc. Docs In FTC Monopoly Case
• 3 Firms Lead $1.3B PE Buyout Of User Experience Biz
• FTC Overreach May Pose An Existential Threat For Agency
• Suit Says Nursing Homes Wrongly Got $35M From CARES Act
• Meta Vies For 'Critical' Apple VR Plans, FTC Witness
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Aerojet, Instacart
• Former Faegre Drinker Tax Duo Moves To Flaster Greenberg
• EVO Investor Sues In Delaware For Docs On $4B Merger
• Latham Adds Health-Focused Partners In Chicago, DC
• Sidley Austin, Cravath Steer $4.95B Sale Of Machine Parts Biz
• Twitter Wired For NYSE Exit Friday As Musk Buyout Looms
• Aegon Sells Dutch Operations To Local Rival In €4.9B Deal
• Shell Launches $4B Share Buyback Program Ending Feb. 2
• Telecom Shareholders Say Sanctions Award Is Unfair
• Altria Investors' $117M Deal Gets OK 2nd Time Around
• Talkspace, Investors Spar Over SPAC Suit Dismissal Bid
• Another Moelis-Backed SPAC Pulls IPO Plans
• 6 AGs Try To Block $4B Payoff In Kroger-Albertsons Deal
• Ending Juul-Altria Noncompete Changes Nothing, FTC Says
• Investor Damage Claims Advance In Del. Chancery SPAC Suit
• How New Guidelines Reinforce The CFIUS Mandate
• White House Offers No Comment On Musk-CFIUS Rumor
• What To Consider When Leaving BigLaw To Go Solo
• Ex-Edwards Lifesciences Atty Rejoins Greenberg Traurig
• Miss Universe Moves To A New Stage In $20M Deal
• Pharma Co. Clarus Gets OK For Ch. 11 Drug Sale
• Union Bank Wins $18M From Axos In Ch. 7 Poaching Trial
• 2 Firms Guide Lithium Miner's $838M SPAC Merger
• Private Equity Biz To Sell American Unit Of FirstGroup
• CMA Allows US Water Biz's Acquisition Of Waterlogic To Flow
• LSE Given Final Go-Ahead For £274M Fintech Co. Takeover
• Narrow Claims Mark Del. Challenge To $6B CoreLogic Sale
• Self-Driving Car Software Co. Wants Investor Suit Nixed
• When CFIUS Leaks Create Leverage
• Canadian Pot Producer Forms Holding Co. To Enter US Market
• Union Bank Seeks $102M As Ch. 7 Poaching Trial Wraps In NY
• EU OKs Philip Morris' $16B Swedish Match Deal With Unit Sale
• Ex-Uber Exec Asks Court To Uphold His Tax-Free Settlement
• Egyptian Real Estate Co. Offers To Buy Another for $125M
• Adidas, Gap Join List Of Companies Breaking Up With Ye
• Norfolk Southern Says DC Circ. Should Hear Immunity Row
• 2 Firms Guide $208M Peoples Bancorp Merger With Ky. Lender
• Study Warns Life Sciences Cos. May Be In Antitrust Trouble
• Activist Claims 'Corporate Piracy' At 2 Real Estate Cos.
• Examining Workplace Culture Can Help Lawyers Assess Deals
• 2 Firms Steer Shrimp Farming Co.'s $275M SPAC Merger
• Pot Co. Goodness Sues Verano Over Thwarted Acquisition
• How To Assess Interlocking Directorates In Antitrust Ramp-Up
• Medronic Separating Monitoring, Respiratory Intervention Unit
• Investment Firm Sued In Del. For $795M Go-Private Deal Docs
• Tegna Deal Under Careful Review, FCC Chair Tells Dems
• Del. Rulings May Shift Trend On Books-And-Records Demands
• Privilege Waiver Risk Lessons From Twitter V. Musk
• Gunster Names New M&A, Health Transaction Heads
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• SEC Seeks Early Victory In Proxy Advisory Rule Challenge
• My Favorite Law Prof: How I Learned Education Never Ends
• Myovant Stock Continues Upward After Accepting $2.9B Deal
• Winston & Strawn Adds Fintech Pro To Growing Miami Office
• Musk's Options Vanish As $44B Twitter Deal Deadline Looms
• Meta Pushes For Docs Showing FTC Chair 'Bias'
• NY Says Ski Operator Tried To 'Freeze Out' Competition
• Navient Collections Halted, Mallinckrodt Faces $1.6B Suit
• Don't Miss It: Cooley, Davis Polk Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Why Courts Are Rejecting Agencies' Merger Challenges
• Squire Patton Brings On PE Atty From Linklaters In Germany
• 3 Firms Steer $989M Quality Gold SPAC Deal
• Canadian SPAC To Combine With New Mexico CBD Co.
• Tucker Arensberg Adds Labor Atty From Goldberg Kamin
• Health Co. Agrees To Classwide Deal In Merger Suit
• Kushner Cos. Makes Nearly $1.5B Hostile Bid For Veris
• Pre- And Post-Closing Due Diligence Is Vital After DOJ Memo
• American Airlines Docs Shielded In Trial Over JetBlue Pact
• Banco Santander To Take Mexican Arm Private
• Clifford Chance Adds M&A Pro From White & Case
• M&C Saatchi Sheds Doubt On Unsweetened Next 15 Offer
• Danish Enviro Biz Sells 50% In Wind, Solar Farms For $410M
• 2 Firms Steer $425M SPAC Deal With Chilean Fruit Exporter
• Nursing Home Partners Clash Over Joint Venture Contracts
• CFIUS Issues First-Ever Penalty Guidelines
• Public's M&A Comments Hold Clues For Agency Guidelines
• Kevin Durant Joins Wave Of Athletes Buying Pickleball Teams
• FTC Says Meta 'Buries' VR Fitness Data In Merger Suit
• Investors Battle To Lead Golden Nugget-DraftKings Suit
• 2 Firms Steer Singaporean Biotech Firm's $400M SPAC Merger
• Berger Montague, Glancy Prongay Seek Lottery.com Lead
• FCC Inks $600K Deal Over Wireless Co.'s Foreign Stakes
• DOJ Digs Further Into $8B CVS-Signify Health Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Westpac, Credit Suisse, Nationals
• Payne Hicks Taps Howard Kennedy Atty For Employment Post
• Philip Morris Ups Swedish Match Offer To SEK 176B
• New-Parent Attorneys Need Automatic Litigation Stays
• DOJ Forces Overlapping Board Members At 5 Cos. To Resign
• Oil And Gas Price Jumps Aren't Swaying Leery Lenders
• EU Allows Conditional Acquisition Of Aluminum Manufacturer
• Voyager's Ch. 11 Deal With FTX Gets Nod To Move Forward
• 3D TV IP Owner Sues To Enter Del. Stream TV-SeeCubic Suit
• Associate Skills That Impress Firms In A Cooling Job Market
• Spirit Stockholders Approve JetBlue Merger Despite Scrutiny
• Syntel Founder Can't Duck Fraud Suit Over Sale To Atos
• Malaysian Tech Firm Merging With SPAC In $1.1B Deal
• Franchisee Asks Del. Justices To OK $26.4M CorePower Sale
• Marriott Expands In Latin America With City Express Buy
• Canadian Enviro Biz's £590M Offer For UK Adviser Lapses
• Private Equity Funds Buy Up Windshield Repair Biz For $800M
• Swedish Consortium Sells Russian Fashion Biz For $256M
• Altria Investors Take Another Shot At $117M Deal Approval
• Chancery Refuses To Toss Cyber Co. Merger Dissent Case
• FTC Mulling Khan DQ From Meta-Within Merger Case
• Darling Ingredients Acquires Collagen Co. Gelnex For $1.2B
• No 'Clear Path' For Kroger's $24.6B Albertsons Deal
• Caterpillar Seeks 3rd Circ. Review Of Antitrust Early Win Bid
• Gambling Media Firm To Go Public Through SPAC Merger
• Counsel Caught Off Guard By Chancery's RL Polk Trial Date
• Willkie Farr Taps Client's In-House Ranks To Add PE Partner
• Compliance With Gun-Jumping Rules Keeps Deals On Track
• Eli Lilly To Pay Up To $610M For Gene Therapy Biz Akouos
• DOJ Policy Changes Raise Antitrust Leniency Questions
• UK Antitrust Agency Orders Facebook Owner To Sell Giphy
• Booz Allen Judge Explains Gov't Merger Injunction Denial
• Del. Chancery Finds SPAC Founder Must Face Investor Suit
• SPAC Investors Sue In Del. Over 'Unfair' Electric Vehicle Deal
• Phillips Exits FTC As 'Consistent' Voice For Rule Of Law
• 3 Firms Steer BP's $4.1B Archaea Energy Takeover
• FTC Pay-To-Block Challenge May Foretell Antitrust Crackdown
• Sungard Gets OK For Asset Sale, Ch. 11 Wind-Down Plan
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Hydrogen Supplier Ends SPAC Merger With Benessere Capital
• Kanye West Buying Conservative Social Media Platform Parler
• Worried Text On American-JetBlue Pact Misread, Exec Says
• Assa Abloy, Spectrum Defend $4.3B Home Hardware Deal
• Firms Say They Deserve $5.6M Fee For Presidio Sale Suit Deal
• Walgreens Investor Attys Get $29M For Merger Suit Settlement
• 4 Firms Guide SPAC's $600M Merger With Private Jet Firm
• Billionaire Takes Over Continental Resources In $4.3B Deal
• Freshfields Adds Veteran Leveraged Finance Pro As Partner
• Fed, FDIC Eye New Big-Bank Resolution Requirements
• 2nd Circ. Securities Ruling May Encourage Fraud
• Lessons From 3 Antitrust Agency Losses In Merger Trials
• DOJ Wants Injunction Denial Stay In Booz Allen Antitrust Case
• Covetrus Sued In Del. For Books On $4B Go-Private Deal
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Loeb & Loeb-Led DiaCarta Unveils $460M SPAC Merger
• American-JetBlue Pact Is An Industry Boon, Expert Testifies
• Alex Jones' Billion-Dollar Penance, Puerto Rico Prunes Debt
• High Court Could Resolve Thorny Atty-Client Privilege Issue
• UK Antitrust Office Deepens Probe Into $7.3B Satellite Deal
• Computing Co. Investor Seeks Appraisal, Damages In Del.
• Pot Cos. Verano, Goodness Eye Litigation After Deal Collapse
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Ex-Barclays Litigation Head Joins M&A Startup As 1st CLO
• Investor To Vote Against $3.3B Rio Tinto Deal
• Pharma Cos. Imara And Enliven Therapeutics Agree To Merger
• Health Hires: Dentons, Nelson Mullins, Dorsey & Whitney
• Vaalco, TransGlobe Close Merger, Disclose $30M Buyback
• 5 Firms Drive $24.6B Merger Of Kroger And Albertsons
• Meta Wants FTC's Last VR Fitness App Antitrust Claim Nixed
• Twitter Wanted Musk To Give Up Gov't Probe Docs Before Stay
• FanDuel Investors' Merger Claims Nixed By NY Appeals Court
• Climate Disclosures Could Slow IPO Plans, SEC Panel Told
• Voyager Creditors Balk At Officer Releases In Ch. 11 Plan
• Direct Biologics, Good Works II Sign Potential $1B SPAC Deal
• Investor Accuses Kohl's Board, Again, Of Poor Management
• Efficiencies Evidence Questions After Penguin Merger Order
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Exxon Mobil, Brad Pitt
• Meta Pushes For Clubhouse Docs In FTC Monopoly Case
• Chancery OKs $12.5M Settlement In Ionis-Akcea Merger Suit
• India's Zoomcar To Go Public Via $456M SPAC Merger
• VW To Take 60% Stake In Joint Venture With Horizon Robotics
• Alphawave IP Acquires Chip Developer Banias Labs For $240M
• King & Spalding Hires Private Equity Pro From Dickson Minto
• UK To Accept Antitrust Fixes In €15B Veolia-Suez Deal
• Buyback Tax Could Hit SPACs With Higher Costs
• Ceradyne Says Liberty Mutual Must Cover 3M Deal Suits
• Minn.'s New Common Interest Doctrine: A Primer
• Refining Info Governance As E-Discovery Gets More Complex
• U.S. Bancorp Shedding 3 Branches For $8B MUFG Deal
• Arnold Palmer Group Director Rejoins Jones Day In Atlanta
• Vista Equity Strikes $4.6B Deal To Take KnowBe4 Private
• Jury Poll Error Shouldn't Win Atty New Trial, 1st Circ. Told
• Chancery Keeps Shareholder Suit On Musk Twitter Deal Alive
• 3D Printer-Maker Urges Shareholders To OK €622M Nikon Bid
• Vaalco, TransGlobe Win Canadian Court Approval For Merger
• Twitter Investor Says Musk Intentionally Tanked Its Stock Price
• Freight Transportation Startup Slams Brakes On SPAC Merger
• EU Clears $11B Celanese Deal For DuPont Unit With Fix
• Covington, Cravath Lead Buyers On $8B Westinghouse Deal
• Packable Cleared For Ch. 11 Restructuring Officer Hires
• Gov't Denied Injunction In Booz Allen Merger Antitrust Case
• Walgreens To Buy Remaining Stake In CareCentrix For $392M
• IQVIA Unit Faces Pared-Down Trade Secrets Suit
• NewAge To Get OK For $28M Ch. 11 Credit Bid Sale
• How The US Merger Enforcement Playbook Is Evolving
• Brown Rudnick Grows In Boston With Tax Partner Hire
• Grubhub Agrees To Pay $42M To End Investors' Securities Suit
• Musk Says Twitter Whistleblower Told To Burn, Delete Records
• Flexjet Hopes To Fly To Public Markets Via $3.1B SPAC Merger
• Risk Mitigation In Face Of Rising Legal Malpractice Claims
• Thoma Bravo To Pay $2.3B In Latest Cyber Acquisition
• Trump-Linked SPAC Again Seeks More Time To Negotiate Deal
• Alaska Airlines Fights Virgin's $160M Bid For US Brand
• FTC Drops Some Claims In Meta VR Fitness App Antitrust Row
• T-Mobile Loses Bid To Kick Ill. Merger Challenge To NY
• Special Master Says DLA Piper Can Rep Co. Suing Amgen Unit
• Cowen Stockholder Sues Over $1.3B TD Bank Deal
• Don't Miss It: Cleary, Goodwin Guide Week's Hot Deals
• BakerHostetler Accused Of Fraud, Jones Asks For New Hire
• Stalled IPO Market Forces Many Companies To Sidelines
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Guiding DOJ, FTC Merger Mantra: Not Every Deal Is 'Fixable'
• Chicago Parts Firm's Merger Triggers Del. Shareholder Suit
• Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Look For Common Ground
• EIG Unit To Pay $2.2B For Tokyo Gas' Australia Project Stakes
• KKR-Led Group To Buy 30% Of Norway Fiber Co. For $1B
• Investor Sues Payment Tech Co. Over Merger
• 3 Firms Guide $500M Oncology SPAC Merger
• Pelosi Raises Concerns To FCC About Tegna Go-Private Deal
• Chancery's Twitter Email Ruling Illuminates Discovery Issues
• EU Probes Norsk Hydro's €232M Deal For Alumetal
• Nelson Mullins Adds Business Law, D&I Leader In Fla., NY
• Del. Chancellor Agrees To Musk's Request To Stay Twitter Trial
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, TikTok, Soros's Nephew
• Alaska Airlines Exec Calls Rivals' Pact A New Breed
• Ingersoll Rand To Pay $525M For PE-Backed SPX's Air Biz
• Halma Acquires German Tech Co. For €58M From PE Firm
• Ascend Eyes New Damages After Collapse Of MedMen Buy
• UK Raises Competition Concerns Over $7.3B Satellite Deal
• After Banks' $1.8B Texting Fines, Who Will Feel Heat Next?
• Legal Roadblocks May Have Made Musk Blink On Twitter Deal
• Blockchain Payments Firm's $3.6B SPAC Merger Falls Apart
• Digital Commerce M&A Volume Plunges After Pandemic Surge
• Why DOJ's UnitedHealth Merger Loss Is Significant
• Limiting The Scope Of Representation Is Critical For Lawyers
• Goodwin Procter Adds Partners In LA, San Francisco Offices
• Group Wants To Warn FTC Over 'Fix' For Illumina's Grail Deal
• Philip Morris Expects EU Decision On $16B Bid This Month
• Twitter Trial Still Alive In Chancery Despite Musk's About-Face
• Atlantia Board Says €58B Blackstone, Benetton Bid Is Fair
• French Vaccine Co. Valneva Raises €103M In Global Offering
• Liberty Mutual Says Ceradyne Not Covered For 3M Deal Suits
• Peloton Critic Takes Wrongdoing Allegations To Del. Chancery
• Latham-Led Solina To Pay $588M For Smithfield Foods Unit
• ITG Liable For Reynolds' Fla. Tobacco Deal Payments
• Deal Maker Seeks To Close 2 Big SPACs After Empty Searches
• DOT Says No 'Divergence' From DOJ Airlines Challenge
• Kirkland, Pillsbury Drive Movella's $537M SPAC Deal
• European Cyber Co. Infinigate Merging With Dubai's StarLink
• Krispy Kreme Investor Gets Smaller Atty Fee Bite In Chancery
• Musk Says He Will Close $44B Twitter Deal On Original Terms
• UK Watchdog Clears £965M GXO Logistics Deal After Review
• HSBC Weighs Sale Of Canada Biz In Strategic Review
• Twitter Gets OK To Probe Musk's Alleged Anonymous Source
• Norfolk Southern Can't Seek Immunity At DC Circ., STB Says
• Dechert's Thierfelder Sees M&A Opportunities Amid Turmoil
• Ben & Jerry's Says Unilever 'Covertly' Took TMs After Merger
• Proskauer Rose Nabs Ex-Kirkland M&A Partner
• Attys Shouldn't Assume Judicial Critique Is Protected Speech
• Myovant Sees Stock Soar After Rejecting $2.5B Takeover Bid
• Syntel Fully Aired Risks In $3.4B Sale, Chancery Told
• 3 Companies Unveil Plans To Go Public Via SPAC Mergers
• Akin Gump Adds New Practice Group Leader From Kirkland
• FCC Wants More Info On Tegna's $8.6B Go-Private Deal
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Defense Contractor Strikes $2B Deal For Military Satellite Tech
• Ancestry.com Can't Arbitrate Minors' Genetic Data Claims
• Prosus Scraps $4.7B Plan To Acquire India's BillDesk
• Pipeline Health Hits Ch. 11 After Hiccup In Hospital Sale
• Norwegian Baker Scoops Up 84% Of Ice Cream Biz Denali
• Conflict Sinks Special Master Plan For Musk-Twitter Disputes