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Mergers & Acquisitions - February, 2023

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• New Snyder Claims Reignite Demands For Accountability
• Energy Transfer Unit Sues In Del. Over Secret Pipeline Deal
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Firms Win $6.75M Fee For MultiPlan Corp. SPAC Suit Deal
• Chancery Tosses Biz Founder's Post-Merger Firing Challenge
• Broadcasters Want FCC's Merger 'Shot Clock' Set In Stone
• Latham Adds Former Kirkland Partner To Tax Practice
• Paul Hastings Reps 3rd SilverBox SPAC In $120M IPO
• FTC Tells Amazon To Mind Its One Medical Privacy Promises
• Investors Sue Over 'Lowball' Buyback Offer In $12M Sale
• Warner Bros. Discovery Seeks Atty Fees In Motor Trend Case
• Latham Retains Privilege In White & Case Malpractice Case
• Private Capital Carves Niche In Race To Energy Transition
• Wells Fargo Insurance Unit Still Existed After Sale, Panel Told
• Canada-Based Baytex To Buy Ranger Oil In $2.5B Deal
• Norton Rose-Led Dar Global Secures $600M London Listing
• Fintech Founder Fires Back At JPMorgan's Fraud Claims
• FCC Staff Aims To 'Scuttle' Tegna Deal, Standard General Says
• Chancery To Let T-Mobile, Cox Battle Resume After Remand
• 'Freedom-Loving' App To Go Public Through SPAC Merger
• Meta Wants FTC To Explain How Facebook, TikTok Differ
• Shareholder SPAC Spat Ensnares Commercial EV Co.
• Release Opt Out Trips Up Tricida Ch. 11 Disclosure Approval
• UK Watchdog Says Merger Review Action Not Overreach
• Pot Cos. Cresco Labs, Columbia Care Delay Closing $2B Deal
• NBA's Bucks Valued At $3.5B As Browns Owners Nab Stake
• US Auto Parts Biz LKQ Acquiring Canadian Co. In $2.1B Deal
• Charles Schwab To Face Merger Retail Trade Antitrust Suit
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Steps Lawyers Can Take Following Involuntary Terminations
• Sidley, Olshan Steer Resolution Of Rogers-Starboard Dispute
• 6 Firms Steer Brazilian Software Firm's $312M SPAC Merger
• Scotts Unit Settles Suit Over Cannabis Co. Acquisition
• 3 Firms Shape Ready Capital's $787M Merger With Broadmark
• Loeb & Loeb, Dentons Rep SPAC Deal For $322M Robotics Co.
• Proposed Proxy Fight Is 'Misguided,' Bath & Body Works Says
• Focus Financial To Go Private In $7B Deal Guided By 4 Firms
• Finnish Builder Weighs Improved €1B-Plus Bids By 2 Investors
• AGs Abandon Albertsons Case Following DC Circ. Revival
• Mandiant Tells Chancery $1.2B No-Vote FireEye Sale Proper
• White House Committed To Antitrust, Recent Adviser Says
• Why More Newly Public Companies Could Go Private
• FTC Calls It Quits On In-House Challenge To Meta-Within Deal
• Insurer Hallmark Sues To Bar Coverage Of Cannabis Deal Suit
• COVID Testing Firm To Seek Ch. 11 Bids By Early April
• DOJ Deputy 'Deeply Suspicious' Of Labor-Consumer Tradeoffs
• NewAge Gets Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan Confirmed
• SPAC Tips For Retroactive Validation Of Shareholder Votes
• FCC Calls On In-House Judge To Review Tegna Deal
• High Court Ax Of Atty-Client Privilege Case Deepens Split
• Finnish PE Firm Seeks To Outbid Bain Capital For Caverion
• Cineworld Says Equity Holders Likely To Get Nothing In Ch. 11
• 5 Firms Steer Plant-Based Food Co.'s $150M SPAC Merger
• Don't Miss It: Haynes Boone, Venable Lead Week's Hot Deals
• A Lender's Guide To Going-Concern Qualifications
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• TD Gets Regulatory Approval For $1.3B Cowen Acquisition
• BA's Owner To Buy Air Europa For €400M As Profits Climb
• SEC Accuses Duo Of Insider Trading On $3.4B Verifone Sale
• DC Circ. Returns AGs' Albertson Case To District Court
• FTC, SEC, NY Regulators Blast Voyager's Ch. 11 Plan
• Ill. Hospitals Can't Knock Out Class In Price Hike Antitrust Suit
• Chancery Urged To Reject 'Merger Tax' Concerns Over Fee Bid
• Sens. Push For DOJ Action Against Live Nation, Ticketmaster
• Judge Calls Performance Powersports DIP Releases Unfair
• Community Banks Merge In $68M Deal Led By 2 Firms
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Dida Inc., Northvolt
• Barnes & Thornburg Hires NY Partner From Crowell & Moring
• SEC Gets Second Shot At Case After Rare Mid-Trial Defeat
• Engineering Biz John Wood Snubs £1.6B Bid From PE Firm
• 2 Firms Steer Biotech Firm's $425M Merger With US Rival
• Jury Hits Oilfield Pump Workers With $7M IP Theft Verdict
• Chancery Validates De-SPAC Shares To Avoid 'Untold Chaos'
• Chancery Sends Suit Over 'Reckless' Fund Toward Trial
• Private Equity Co. Sees Red Over Purple's Poison Pill Plan
• Jay-Z-Backed Pot Company Strikes California Merger Deal
• Microsoft Inks Gaming Pacts Amid EU Activision Review
• SPAC Settles Claims Tied To Alleged $1.2M Embezzlement
• 3 Firms Rep $868M Logistics, Industrials REIT Deal
• FTC Warns Amazon Over One Medical Buy But Lets Deal Pass
• Cooley Adds 5 PE, M&A Attys From Perkins Coie In Denver
• 3 Job Satisfaction Questions For Partners Considering Moves
• Investor Says Crypto Co. Fudged Finances Amid $2.1B Deal
• News Corp. Eyes Move Inc. Sale Options As CoStar Talks End
• 2 Firms Steer Custom Wheel House Sale To Fox Factory
• New Oil And Natural Gas Entity Formed With $500M In Capital
• Euronext Makes €5.5B Offer For H&F-Backed Allfunds
• Watchdog Clears £5B London Real Estate Cos. Merger
• Quinn Emanuel, Hagens Berman Keep Meta Leadership Roles
• DLA Piper Hires Ex-GC, Compliance Head Of Lidl US
• 2 Firms Guide IPO Plans For Cummins' Filtration Business
• Anika Therapeutics Spars With Caligan Over Corporate Future
• Ex-Rep.'s Effort To Politicize Trial 'Not Proper,' Judge Says
• Teck Mining Operation Spins Off $11.5B Steelmaking Coal Biz
• Private Equity Should Beware The Antitrust Microscope
• Renibus Buys Tricida's Kidney Drug Veverimer In Ch. 11 Sale
• Senate Judiciary Asked To Hold Hearings On 6 Mergers
• Relevance Lab Gets Backing Of $700M Tech-Focused PE Fund
• 4 Exercises To Quickly Build Trust On Legal Teams
• Crestwood, Brookfield Sell Texas Gas Storage Site For $335M
• Crypto Co. Drops Ellenoff Grossman Malpractice Suit
• White & Case-Advised Insurer Buys Swedish Rival
• Dough-Maker Fights UK Watchdog's Order To Unwind Deal
• Chancery Fixes Millions Of Potentially Invalid De-SPAC Shares
• Nordic Engineering Co. Bids $45M For Swedish Rival Eurocon
• Tysers Sells Thoroughbred Horse Insurance Broker To Howden
• Health Care Co. Wins D&O Coverage For SPAC Suits
• FTC Pressure Helps Force Abandonment Of NY Hospital Deal
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Don't Miss It: Sidley, Squire Patton Lead Week's Hot Deals
• FTC Launches New Office Of Technology
• EU Opens In-Depth Probe Of Korean Air's $1.6B Asiana Deal
• The US National Security Issues Shaping Investment Activity
• Viacom's Insurers Must Face Coverage Suits Over CBS Merger
• A-Rod's Blank-Check Co. Slammed By Investor Redemptions
• Cozen O'Connor Ducks Suit Alleging Conflict Over Biz Sale
• Bank of America Dodges $150M Hawaii Loan Suit
• Baker Donelson Adds Offit Kurman Corporate Atty In Md., DC
• Chancery Mulls 'Merger Tax' Implications Of $1.1 Million Fee
• 6 Ways Dealmakers Can Get Ahead In An Economic Slump
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Cravath Guides WiseTech Global In $414M Blume Buy
• Life Storage Rejects Public Storage's Unsolicited $11B Bid
• How The Bruised SPAC Market Is Navigating Turbulence
• Heineken Buys Back €1B Of Shares From Mexican Drinks Biz
• 'Noisy Exit' Hits FTC At Crucial Moment
• Microsoft Says Sony Docs At 'Heart' Of FTC Activision Case
• North Carolina Bill Could Significantly Chill Hospital Mergers
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Ropes Rep BP's $1.3B TravelCenters Buy
• Credito Real Cleared For $62M Sale Of US Asset In Ch. 15
• Truist Selling Insurance Biz Stake To Stone Point For $1.95B
• 8 Steps To Improve The Perception Of In-House Legal Counsel
• 2 Firms Guide Battery Tech Firm's Go-Public SPAC Merger
• Dechert Hires 2 More Antitrust Attys From Orrick In Calif., UK
• Law Profs Warn Chancery To Avoid 'Merger Tax' Encore
• 2 Firms Steer $220M Sale Of Flavor Ingredients Biz To PE Firm
• McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Foley & Lardner Litigator In Dallas
• Debt Capital Markets Show Signs Of Thawing In Early 2023
• Hogan Lovells Adds Longtime Locke Lord Partner In Boston
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reddit, Manchester U, Kroger-Albertsons
• Warren To Hsu: Just Say No To Anti-Competitive Bank Mergers
• Biotage Will Acquire Astrea Bio Business In $190M Stock Deal
• EU Will Review Adobe's $20B Figma Deal After Requests
• Procedure Rule 7.1 Can Simplify Litigators' Diversity Analysis
• Troutman Lands Corporate Pros From Squire Patton In Atlanta
• Celsius Creditors Get 3 Weeks To Look At Ch. 11 Plan Outline
• IAA Investor Calls Ritchie Bros. Deal 'Fundamentally Flawed'
• Glaser Weil, Kirkland Lead $1.36B Sale Of Wyatt Technology
• 6 Considerations For Investors As Recession Looms
• Retail Landscape Changes May Affect Kroger-Albertsons Deal
• Bavarian To Buy Emergent BioSolutions Vaccines For $380M
• Energy Biz Terminates $338M Merger Amid Investor Pressure
• Feds Say Ex-GOP Rep.'s Affair, Trump Ties Crucial To Trial
• DOJ Antitrust Head Keen On 'Dimensions Of Competition'
• Textron Says $19.4M Pension Claim Not Time-Barred
• Calif. Music Platform Sues Swiss Music Fintech Co. In Del.
• How Companies Could Define 'Social' In ESG Metrics
• Subway Exploring Sale Under JPMorgan Advisement
• Forian Sells Cannabis Software Biz To Alleaves For $30M Cash
• Vast Solar Inks SPAC Merger Deal Worth Up To $586M
• Misrepresentations Alleged In $4.7B L3Harris Aerojet Merger
• 3 Firms Steer Drilling Tools Biz's $319M SPAC Merger Deal
• Shearman Adds US Energy Duo From Pillsbury
• Tech-Focused SPAC Begins Trading After $60M IPO
• Lordstown Share Matter No Reason To 'Fish,' Chancery Says
• Republican FTC Member Wilson Resigning Over Khan Policy
• Wash. AG Making National Name As Antitrust Champion
• Kramer Levin Hires PE Partner As Part Of Growth Strategy
• CMS Advises NatWest's £144M Bid For Pensions Tech Biz
• EU Regulator Steps Up Probe Of Viasat's $7.3B Inmarsat Buy
• Former StoneMor Stockholders Sue Board, Controller In Del.
• White House Renews Nomination Of FTC's Slaughter
• Chancery OKs Astrotech Vote Settlement, $290K Class Fee
• Treasury Exempts New Zealand, UK From CFIUS Regs
• Microsoft's Sony Discovery Row Heats Up, Google On Deck
• What To Expect From The House Select Committee On China
• DC Circ. Pushed To Follow 'Duty' To Remand Albertsons Case
• How Courts Are Clarifying D&O Policies' Bump-Up Provisions
• FIS To Spin Off Merchant Biz After Strategic Review
• 2 Firms Guide Fashion Distributor's $707M SPAC Merger
• Investor In Genomic Test Co. SPAC Sues Its Board In Del.
• Meta VR Deal Shows 'Potential Competition' Theory Viability
• Sears Hometown Investors, Ex-Directors Reach $3.1M Deal
• Dentons Hires Valvoline M&A Pro For Corporate Group
• B2Gold's $824M Sabina Buy Brings Untapped Canadian Mine
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Treasury Official Says Too-Big-To-Fail Merger Rubric Needed
• Twitter Owes Expert Witness Consultant $2.2M, Suit Says
• Activist Investor ValueAct Reportedly Nabs Stake In Spotify
• EU Approves Targeted Advertising Joint Venture By Telecoms
• Don't Miss It: Baker McKenzie, Latham Rep Week's Hot Deals
• 1 Year On, Russia-Ukraine War Still Shadows Energy Deals
• FTC's Dems Push For More Merger Review Time, Funds
• Vending Machine Co. Plans To Go Public Via $198M SPAC
• FTC Noncompete Ban Could Harm Buyers And Sellers In M&A
• Crypto M&A Strategies Evolve As Values Plunge
• Counsel Leadership Fight Brews In Discovery-AT&T Deal Suit
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2023 Editorial Boards
• Valve Maker Flowserve To Pay $245M For Canada's Velan
• Atty Conflict Discussions In Idaho Murder Case And Beyond
• Top OCC Lawyer Calls For 'Better Mousetrap' In Bank Mergers
• FTC Pauses Challenge To Meta-Within Deal After Court Loss
• UK SPAC Hambro Perks Looks To Extend Acquisition Deadline
• Fla.-Based Insurance Co. Sued In Del. Over Founder Control
• FTC's Meta VR Choice: Try, Try Again?
• Activist Nelson Peltz Gives Up Fight For Seat On Disney Board
• Noventiq And Calif.-Based SPAC Announce Intent To Merge
• Goodwin, Skadden Drive Weight Loss Co. Allurion SPAC Deal
• Aviation In 2023: Clearer Skies Ahead
• Deals Rumor Mill: Adani, Carlyle, Restaurant IPOs
• Fla. Railway Co. Implores Del. Court To Preserve Damage Case
• Toshiba Evaluates JIP's Multibillion-Dollar Takeover Bid
• Tracking Antitrust Agencies' Pursuit Of Biden's Labor Mandate
• Why The Original 'Rocket Docket' Will Likely Resume Its Pace
• Francisco Partners To Take Sumo Logic Private In $1.7B Deal
• 1st Circ. Unsure Polling Gaffes Merit Automatic New Trial
• Globus Medical, NuVasive Combine In $3.1B All-Stock Merger
• Sidley Hires Shearman's Europe Head Of M&A, PE In London
• Credit Suisse Acquires Boutique Investment Biz For $175M
• Wachtell Leads Smucker's $1.2B Pet Food Sale To Post
• 11th Circ. Says $35B L3Harris Deal Didn't 'Merge' IP
• Chancery Nixes Early Trial On Masimo Board Control Defense
• Cosmetics Co. Gets OK For $690M Bid, Ariana Grande Deal
• EU Clears $5.7B Construction Chemical Deal With Unit Sale
• Top CVS Deals Show Aggressive Growth Strategy Via M&A
• Ex-Directors Of Pay Processing Biz Sue For Legal Fees In Del.
• Viela Bio Shareholders Sue AstraZeneca In Del. After $3B Sale
• NY-Based GreenPoint Snags UK Car Park Portfolio For $368M
• Investors In Conn. Ultrasonics Co. Sue For Share Appraisal
• M-Files Acquires Document Automation Platform Ment
• Holland & Knight Adds Emerging Biz Pro From Goodwin In LA
• Debevoise, Skadden Guide Brookfield's $1.1B Argo Buy
• Frasers Nears Finalizing £47.5M Deal For 5 JD Sports Brands
• Euronav's Failed $4B Merger Sunk By Emergency Arbitration
• Microsoft's $69B Activision Deal Could Harm Gamers, UK Says
• CVS Health To Buy Oak Street Health In $10.6B Deal
• Knicks, Rangers Ticket Sales Surpass Pre-Pandemic Levels
• Musk Victory Unlikely To Move The Needle On Securities Trials
• Scotts Unit Says Cannabis Co. Interfering With Acquisition
• Norfolk Southern Can't Duck Immunity Denial, STB Says
• Medly Health Cleared For $19.35M Ch. 11 Sale To Walgreens
• Locke Lord Taps Insurance Regulatory Vet For NYC Office
• The Discipline George Santos Would Face If He Were A Lawyer
• $460M Tenaris Factory Buy Spiked After DOJ Antitrust Fears
• Self Storage, An Industry Darling, Steps Strongly Into 2023
• Feds Say Ex-FBI Trainee Can't Ax Statements In Trading Case
• Chancery Bomb Has Companies Clearing Billions In 'Shrapnel'
• Hogan Lovells Adds Ex-Morgan Lewis Partner To M&A Team
• Canada's Hut 8, US Bitcoin Merging Into Nearly $1B Entity
• Masimo Rolls Back Board Control Shields Targeted In Del. Suit
• UK Online Auctioneer Buys Estate Sales Website For $40M
• BP Launches $2.75B Share Buyback After Profits Surge
• UK-Dutch Poultry Feed Deal Scrapped After British Probe
• Swiss Cement Biz Holcim Seals $1.29B Deal For US Roof Co.
• Firms Vie To Lead Facebook Users Amid Atty Sex Bias Claim
• Public Storage $11B Bid Would Likely Clear Antitrust Hurdles
• MSG Entertainment Nixes Adverse Atty Ban For Tao Litigation
• Bankrupt Lender Genesis To Sell Trading Arm In Restructure
• No FTC Decision On In-House Fight Over Meta-Within Deal
• Majic Wheels, OceanTech Slam Brakes On $333M SPAC Deal
• Pomerantz To Lead Avalara Shareholder Suit Over $8.4B Deal
• Sony Says 'Lard' Of Microsoft's FTC Subpoena Will Cost $2M
• National Enquirer Sold In Deal Built By DLA Piper, Paul Weiss
• Ex-Goldman Banker Can't Inspect Recording Device, Feds Say
• Dechert Adds Antitrust Trio From Orrick In 3 Offices
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Seyfarth Accused Of Ushering Bad Deal On Companies' Sale
• DLA Piper Adds Jones Day Latin America Pros To NY Office
• HyreCar Hires Adviser As It Explores Potential Go-Private Sale
• Chemical Co. Stahl To Buy Packaging Firm For $205M
• Microsoft Threading Needle In Activision Merger Challenges
• Rothschild Family Launches Buyout Of Rothschild & Co.
• Judge: FTC Didn't Show Potential Harm From Meta VR Deal
• Google's Antitrust Trouble Is Piling Up
• Electric Truck Co. Nikola, Ex-CEO Beat Investors' Fraud Suit
• 'Green Shoots' Start To Emerge From A Bruised IPO Market
• Jay-Z, Bacardi End Cognac Feud With Partial Buyout Deal
• SPAC Says Philippines Resort Is Trying To Tank $2.6B Merger
• Customers Say $25B Kroger-Albertsons Deal Forms Monopoly
• Biden Admin.'s Anti-Merger Stance Is Leading To Bad Policies
• Data Mining Rival Can't Ax Trade Secrets Suit
• Financial Adviser Wants Faraday To Pay Its Fees In Del. Suit
• Binance Funds GOPAX In Effort To Buoy Korean Crypto Space
• A Litigation Move That Could Conserve Discovery Resources
• Womble Bond Adds Loeb & Loeb Real Estate Partner In DC
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• TV Dragon's Biz Selling For Up To £17.2M To Brave Bison
• Don't Miss It: Paul Weiss, Willkie Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Legal Tech Biz Dye & Durham Settles £1M M&A Dispute
• Law Firms Score As Pro Sports Team Values, Scandals Soar
• Quanergy Nets $3M In Reopened Ch. 11 Asset Auction
• Chancery Tosses Suit Over CEO's Role In $6B CoreLogic Sale
• FTC Won't Recuse Chair From In-House Meta Deal Challenge
• Del. Court Hurries Lordstown's 115 Million Stock Query
• Clayton Dubilier's $5.8B Cornerstone Deal Is 'Unfair,' Suits Say
• Litigators Should Approach AI Tools With Caution
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bed Bath & Beyond, Stripe, Twitter
• Clayton Dubilier In Talks To Buy Focus Financial For $4.1B
• Winstead Promotes Largest Shareholder Class With 14 Attys
• Activist Urges Election Of Nelson Peltz To Disney Board
• FS Investments To Double Assets With Portfolio Advisors Buy
• White & Case Lands Travers Smith's M&A Tax Head
• Shell Announces $4B Buyback As Profits Double To $40B
• Canadian, Israeli Cannabis Cos. Terminate $35M Merger Deal
• E-Warfare Co. Battles Buyer Over Unreturned $7M Escrow
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Meta Beats Initial FTC Challenge To Within VR Deal
• Snyder Argues Commanders Case Must Stay In Federal Court
• Stock Buyback Excise Tax Guidance A Mixed Bag For SPACs
• Microsoft Looks To Toss Gamers' Suit Over Activision Deal
• Pono Capital SPAC Inks Merger With Japanese Medical Group
• Cozen O'Connor Brings On Toronto-Based Corporate Team
• Unique OpenAI Deal May Circumvent Antitrust Scrutiny
• NewAge Strikes Deal With Buyers In $8.2M Cash Dispute
• 2 Firms Guide Halma's £22M Purchase Of Fire Detection Biz
• Tesco Buys Collapsed Stationer's Brand Out Of Administration