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Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2023

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• FCC's In-House Tegna Hearing Held Off Until June
• Signature Bank Post-Mortems Highlight Examiner Shortages
• 3 Highlights Of The NBA's New CBA, From Weed To Equity
• SEC Wants More Input On Beneficial Ownership Proposal
• SPAC Investor Sues In Del. Over Digital Platform Value Plunge
• Zendesk Shareholders Sue In Chancery For Books On Buyout
• Ex-Barings Assistant GC Jumps To Greenberg Traurig In NC
• PE Firm Buys Minority Stake In $23B-Valued Hub International
• Pregnancy Care Biz Nuvo Valued At $269M In Go-Public Deal
• LiveOne's Slacker To Merge With SPAC At $160M Valuation
• Blackstone Sells Japan Logistics Assets For $800M
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Shearman, Kirkland
• Short Message Data Challenges In E-Discovery
• French Farm Biz Makes Seed Specialist €1.4B Delisting Offer
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Winston & Strawn Adds Greenberg Transactions Atty In Miami
• NCRC Blasts KeyBank Over 'Flagrant' Merger Violations
• Divestiture Buyer Predicts Success With Assa Abloy Assets
• Chancery Trims Suit Over $110M Bioness-Bioventus Deal
• NC Health System Must Face Revamped Monopoly Claims
• 2 Firms Steer Quest's $450M Cancer Research Firm Buy
• Bankruptcy Sales Uncertain After Justices' Section 363 Ruling
• Jackson Walker Adds Tax Pro In Dallas From Gallagher
• Aviation Watch: High Time For Sweeping Air Travel Reforms
• 5 Firms Guide Drug-Delivery Firm's $374M SPAC Merger
• EU Court Advisor Says Altice Gun-Jumping Fine Should Stay
• Kindred Group Taps White & Case To Explore Potential Sale
• Veteran Corporate Atty Joins Pryor Cashman From K&L Gates
• O'Melveny Adds M&A, Private Equity Partner From Pillsbury
• Japan's Kirin To Pay $1.2B For Australia's Blackmores
• Deals Rumor Mill: First Republic, Millennium Trust, Senators
• DC Circ. Rejects Bid To Break Up WhatsApp, Instagram Buys
• TotalEnergies To Sell Canada Biz For $4.5B
• 6 Firms Steer $4.3B Deutsche Boerse Bid For Danish Tech Co.
• Glencore Sticks To Offer Despite Teck's Scrapped Split Plans
• 4 Firms Lead Glencore's $700M Brazilian Metals Buy-Up
• Insurance Mogul Should Pay For Broken Vow, NC Panel Told
• FTC Fights Bid To Move La. Hospital Merger Notice Case
• At Assa Abloy Trial: Air Of Secrecy, Judge's Cryptic Warning
• Senate Democrat Presses FCC To Vote On Tegna Deal
• FTC's Khan Says Antitrust Laws Favor 'Building Over Buying'
• Space Co. Execs Hit With Derivative Suit Over $1B SPAC Deal
• Intercontinental, Black Knight Say FTC Violates Rights
• Orbital Snags $270M Series A Financing To Build Out RNA Biz
• Honeywell To Pay $670M For PE-Backed Compressor Co.
• IP Protection Firm OpSec Valued At $426M In SPAC Merger
• Thomas Report Is Final Straw — High Court Needs Ethics Code
• Getty Refuses To Entertain $3.95B Activist Takeover Proposal
• CMA In Microsoft's Firing Line Over Blocked Activision Deal
• Voyager Shifting To Liquidation After Binance Deal Collapse
• Duane Morris Adds K&L Gates Securities Expert In DC
• Microsoft's $69B Takeover Of Activision Blocked By UK
• FTX Reaches $50M LedgerX Deal With Miami Exchange Owner
• Assa Abloy Exec Supports Stand-Alone Divestiture Argument
• SEC Gets Another Court Win Over Proxy Rule Challenge
• J&J Flags Selendy Gay Conflicts In Robot Surgery Tech Suit
• Norlys To Buy Telia Co.'s Danish Biz For $920M
• Yahoo Buys Social Sports Betting App Wagr
• UK Lawmakers Float Bill Boosting Digital Market Enforcement
• FTC Pauses Illumina-Grail Order Amid 5th Circ. Appeal
• Musk Settles $2M Twitter Litigation With Witness Expert Firm
• Carrier To Buy Viessmann Climate Solutions In €12B Deal
• 2 Firms Lead Assertio Buy Of Spectrum Pharma For $248M
• Bottini, Cotchett Pitre To Rep Twitter Investors In Musk Suit
• Binance.US Terminates $1B Deal For Voyager's Assets
• 4th Circ. Waves Off Challenge To SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Joint Representation Ethics Lessons From Ga. Electors Case
• Purdue Pharma Gets OK To Sell Over-The-Counter Business
• Endeavor Sells Sports Education Biz To BPEA EQT For $1.25B
• Industrial Tech-Focused SPAC To Dissolve Amid Tough Market
• DOJ Told Assa Abloy: No Private Equity Buyers
• CBS-Viacom Derivative Merger Suit Settles For $167.5M In Del.
• Authentic Brands To Buy Vince IP For $76.5M Led By 2 Firms
• Bed Bath & Beyond Gets OK For $40M Ch. 11 Loan
• ESG-Focused Blank-Check Company Plans To Liquidate
• Katten-Guided 6-Way Merger Aims To Fill Craft Brew Void
• La. AG Says Hospital Merger Is Exempt From Notice To Feds
• Changes To $3.5B Pandora-Sirius Merger Suit Spiked In Del.
• Aurinia Shareholder Urges Strategic Review, Company Sale
• Advent Intl. Slams Funeral Co. Buyer's 'Extortion' Suit
• 2 Firms Lead Artificial Heart Tech Maker's $480M SPAC Merger
• Lawyer Discernment Is Critical In The World Of AI
• Attys Want Up To $26M For Madison Square Garden Suit Deal
• Lilly's Sale Of Diabetes Drug To Amphastar Could Exceed $1B
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Exclusion Bars Subpoena Expenses Coverage, Judge Says
• 5 Tips For Filing Gov't Notices After Insurance Producer M&A
• Trillium Capital Announces $3.95B Bid To Buy Getty Images
• Credit Suisse Drops Plans To Buy Boutique Investment Biz
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Assa Abloy Judge 'Won't Be Convinced By Evasiveness'
• Bed Bath & Beyond Files For Bankruptcy
• Getaround Stockholder Sues For $850K De-SPAC Vote Fix Fee
• Shareholders Urge Chancery To Keep Hyzon SPAC Suit Alive
• China Decries Impending US Investment Review Tool
• Don't Miss It: Cooley, Barley Snyder Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Kirkland-Led Ares Acquisition's Upsized IPO Raises $450M
• Chamber Of Commerce 'Troubled' By FTC, DOJ Work With EU
• Beleaguered SPAC Industry Seeks Warmer Waters Offshore
• Kroger, Albertsons Oppose Shoppers' Bid To Block Merger
• Walmart Sells 2nd Fashion Brand In As Many Weeks
• Trean Insurance Sued For Docs On $316M Take-Private Deal
• In Axon, Justices Continue Reining In Administrative State
• ValueAct Wants 'Entrenched' President Of 7-Eleven Parent Out
• Avalara Seeks To Exit Shareholder Dispute Over $8.4B Deal
• Uber, Yandex End JV Equity Partnership With $702M Buyout
• What To Watch As DOJ Tries To Lock Up Assa Abloy Merger
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• DC Circ. Denies Bid To Force FCC's Hand On Tegna Deal
• EU Adopts Simplified Measures To 'Cut Red Tape' For Mergers
• 2 Firms Guide Smart Meter Biz's £214M Takeover By PE Co.
• Credit Suisse Bondholders Sue Swiss Watchdog Over Wipeout
• La. Hospitals Failed To Notify Feds Of Merger Plans, FTC Says
• Amid Wave Of Amazon Tie-Ups, Scrutiny Turns To IRobot Buy
• Judge Rejects $15M Deal, Tells Atty 'I Don't Bargain With You'
• Delaware Judge Pulls Fox Probe After Dominion Settlement
• Microsoft Says Gamers Fall Short In Suit Over Activision Deal
• 3rd Circ. Denies Review Of NLRB's Hospital Sales Doc Order
• 6 Craft Beverage Equipment Suppliers Merge In $100M Deal
• Water Tech Biz Goes Public Via SPAC Merger Led By 2 Firms
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle Group, Lululemon And BBB
• Don't Forget Alumni Engagement When Merging Law Firms
• Attys For Xerox Spinoff Investors Seek $8M Amid $32M Deal
• Saudi Arabia's TAWAL Agrees To $1.3B Telecom Tower Buy
• A Look At The Investment Firm That Owns Dominion Voting
• Paul Weiss Guides General Atlantic's $2.1B OneOncology Sale
• 2 Firms Guide Higher $1.6B Bid For Security Tech Biz
• UK Says $125M Hearing Implants Merger Could Hurt Patients
• New Antitrust Cases Drop Across The Board
• Voyager, Feds Reach Deal To Send Through $1B Binance Sale
• Accounting Board Report Flags Problematic Audits For SPACs
• GOP, Dems Express Dismay About Private Investment Rules
• J&J Seeks Chancery Sanctions In Robot Surgery Tech Co. Suit
• Schwazze Gobbles Up Colo. Dispensary In $10.5M Deal
• 5th Circ. Fast-Tracks Illumina's Grail Appeal
• Without Stronger Due Diligence, Attys Risk AML Regulation
• Consumer Groups Join Call For FTC Probe Of Rayovac Merger
• HSBC Says Asia Reorg Would Be Harmful, Rebutting Investor
• Cadwalader Adds Another Ex-King & Spalding Finance Partner
• Fight Brewing To Steer StoneMor Stockholder Suit In Del.
• Eversheds, Ellenoff Guide Fla. Solar Co. In $475M SPAC Deal
• BDT Capital Leads $290M EquipmentShare Funding Round
• Mega-Deals Push M&A Mining Market To 10-Year Highs
• 1st Circ. Says Jury Poll Gaffe In Civil Case Merits New Trial
• Justices Say Ch. 11 Sale Appeal Rules Aren't Jurisdictional
• Glencore Signals Possible Sweetened Bid For Teck Shares
• Credit Suisse Rejects Report It Impeded Probe Into Nazi Links
• Chancery OKs Toss Of Baker Hughes Stockholder Suit
• German Intelligence Platform Snags $100M From New Owner
• Netflix 'Playing Games' With Meta Suit Discovery, Court Told
• Celsius Creditors Get OK To Seek Cert. For Class Claims
• Chancery Cancels Hearing On $3.1M Sears Hometown Deal
• 7-Eleven Parent Rejects ValueAct-Backed Board Nominees
• 2 Firms Guide Hearing-Implant Maker's $150M SPAC Merger
• Every Lawyer Can Act To Prevent Peer Suicide
• Aimco Shareholder Pushes For Review, Possible Sale
• Top Investor Slams HSBC Group's 'Closed-Minded Attitude'
• Nomura Enters $50M Deal To Buy Shares From Food Tech Biz
• 4 Firms Guide GSK's $2B Bellus Cough Drug Co. Takeover
• UK Launches Probe Into Amazon's $1.7B Roomba Maker Deal
• UBS Taps Share Buyback To Fund Credit Suisse Takeover
• SEC Fines Investment Adviser $1M, Alleging SPAC Conflicts
• Lots Of Assa Abloy Questions, But Don't Read The Tea Leaves
• KKR Sued In Del. Over Equity Changes After Fleet Farm Buy
• Investors Slam Desktop Metal's Exit Bid In Merger Recall Suit
• Standard General Vows No Swift Layoffs If Tegna Deal OK'd
• Illumina Pushes FTC For Full Pause Of Grail Order
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 4 Firms Will Seek Up To $21M For Bioverativ Suit Settlement
• Class Attorneys Defend $285M Fee Bid In Dell Stock Suit Deal
• Allen & Overy Adds New US Privacy, Data Security Head
• Building On Successful Judicial Assignment Reform In Texas
• Ropes & Gray Adds Career Shearman Atty In NY
• Sonic The Hedgehog Swoops On Angry Birds With €706M Bid
• David's Bridal Says Ch. 11 Sale Is Company's Last Hope
• LivaNova Sued For €21M Over Soured Heart Biz Acquisition
• Payments Biz Network International Gets £2.1B PE Offer
• Cleary Steers Pipe Co.'s €1.8B Bid For Finnish Rival
• Australian Court Approves BHP's $6.4B Takeover Of Rival
• John Wood Engages With PE Biz On £1.7B Deal After 4 Snubs
• Paul Weiss, Latham Drive Merck's $10.8B Calif. Biotech Buy
• Fed Official Worries US 'Falling Short' On New Bank Formation
• FTC's Existential Threat Inches Closer To Reality
• Okta Hid Merger, Security Challenges, Investors Claim
• Del. Chancery Tells Attys To Back Off In Suit Over MasTec Deal
• SPACs Set Sights On Public Co. Targets Amid Market Distress
• US Trustee Objects To $2.8M In Celsius Ch. 11 Exec Bonuses
• Protecting Privilege In Case Of A Dispute With Former Director
• Commanders Sale Won't Make Dan Snyder's Woes Disappear
• Latvian Energy Co. Sells Its Gas Distribution Biz For €120M
• Parler Sold To Starboard After Collapse Of Kanye West Deal
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, DLA Piper Guide Week's Hot Deals
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• High Court Says US Judges Can Hear Attacks On FTC, SEC
• 3 Firms Guide Blackstone's £700M Property Investor Takeover
• Skadden's Lieberman Remembered As Resilient Force In M&A
• FTC Staff Say Full Pause Of Illumina Order Too Risky
• Ex-Tucker Arensberg Atty Must Face Claims Over Hotel Deal
• Kroger And Albertsons Ask To Toss Private Case Over Buyout
• 3 Firms Guide $439M Hudbay Copper Mine Deal
• Payment Tech Biz Confirms Buyout Talks With Equity Bidders
• How Derivative Will Derivative Claims Go?
• Stockholders Partially Settle Bioverativ Suit In Del. For $84M
• Teck Board Rejects Glencore's Boosted Buyout Bid
• 3D Printing Co. Stratasys Rejects Nano's $1.22B 'Final' Bid
• Netflix Says No To Chair's Deposition In Meta Monopoly Case
• Printing Co. Hit With $5M IP Verdict After Ennis Acquisition
• Renewable Energy M&A Is Still Strong, Despite Challenges
• Dan Snyder Saga Nears End With $6.05B Sale Of Commanders
• Deals Rumor Mill: TotalEnergies, Exxon, Sunday Natural
• Dechert Leads Named Global Corporate And Securities Chairs
• Activist Investor Wants Getty Images To Explore Options
• BCLP Hires Ex-Vedder Price Atty As US Fund Formation Head
• Aussie Miner's Shareholders Approve $6.5B BHP Takeover
• Activist Loeb Wants To Take SiriusPoint Insurance Co. Private
• FDIC's Hill Says SVB Wasn't Felled By Bank Rule Rollbacks
• 2 Firms Guide Kimbell In $143M Texas Mineral, Royalty Buy
• Blockchain Co. Announces SPAC Deal With Metal Sky Star
• Microsoft-Activision Merger Should Be Allowed To Proceed
• Law Professors Say $150M Fee Is Fair In Dell Suit Deal
• Jack Nicklaus Narrows Claims Over $145M IP Sale
• Do Videoconferences Establish Jurisdiction With Defendants?
• EU Says Broadcom-VMware Deal Threatens Network Access
• 4 Firms Steer $13.3B Triton International Take-Private Deal
• Pantheon Secures $2.4B For PE Co-Investment Program
• Emerson Agrees To Pay $8.2B For National Instruments
• 4th Circ. Told It Erred In Reviving SEC's Insider Trading Suit
• Gamers File Amended Challenge To Microsoft-Activision Deal
• Assa Abloy's Late Filing A Product Of DOJ's Rush, Judge Says
• SPAC, Space-Oriented Startup Settle Investors' Stock Suit
• Casino Gaming Biz Everi Buys Electronic Bingo Co. For $59M
• Ex-CEO Says He Wouldn't Cheat Boeing, So PE Firm Fired Him
• Milbank Adds Antitrust Attys In DC From DOJ, Gibson Dunn
• Newmont Ups Newcrest Bid To $19.5B, Paving Way For Deal
• Baker Botts Gains Litigation Ace From MoFo In New York
• Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell Shape Health Care REIT Buy
• Industrial Headset Maker's $376M SPAC Merger Is Terminated
• Activist Investor Blasts Getty Board For Missed Opportunities
• Humanism Should Replace Formalism In The Courts
• Savvy's Scopely Buy Is Part Of Saudi Plan For Gaming Empire
• KKR Takes Minority Stake In FGS Global At $1.4B Valuation
• Glencore Offers To Buy Teck Investors Out Of Coal Exposure
• Property Biz Sells Broker To PE-Backed JV For £17.8M
• Investor Tavistock Purchases Northern Ireland Insurer For £7M
• Reed Smith Guides Medical Biz Deal With Nasdaq-Listed Co.
• JPMorgan Wants Info On Frank Founder's Fund Transfers
• Tivity Seeks Quick Win In Investors' Nutrisystem Buy Suit
• Streamers Fight To Keep Disney, ESPN Antitrust Suit Alive
• Chancery Trial Nears On Purple Mattress Poison Pill Challenge
• Tilray Buying Fellow Cannabis Brand Hexo For $56M
• FTC Seeks TRO In Intercontinental's $11.7B Black Knight Buy
• UAE Telecom Unit Buys $400M Stake In Careem Super App
• Denver Energy Biz Buys Siren Energy For $78M
• Blackstone, Juxtapose Inject $200M Into Commerce Co. Kite
• IRS Green Energy Tax Credit Notice Provides Needed Clarity
• Acquiring A Company That Uses A Professional Employer Org.
• BCLP Nabs Kirkland Ellis Partner To Bulk Energy Practice
• DOJ Urged To Take 2nd Look At Warner-Discovery Merger
• Kirkland Adds Ex-Latham Partner To Capital Markets Team
• Warner Bros. Discovery Wants Suit Over $43B Tie-Up Tossed
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Expect Merger Enforcement To Roll Full Steam Ahead
• Catalyst Investors Ask Chancery To Pause Asia Purchase Vote
• IPO Prospects Seek Calm After Turbulent Start To 2023
• Blaming JPM May Haunt Frank Founder In $175M Fraud Case
• Proskauer Confirms Cloud Storage Data Left Exposed
• BurgerFi Misrepresented Pizza Biz Acquisition, Investors Say
• Sen. Says 'Cursory' Rayovac Deal Review Threatens Wis. Jobs
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Hogan Lovells
• Feds Want Prison For Trader In BigLaw Info Theft Case
• FCC Faces Barrage Of GOP Questions Over Tegna Action
• Purdue Seeking OK To Put Over-The-Counter Biz Up For Sale
• Chancellor Sends $3.5B Pandora-Sirius Tie-Up Suit To Trial
• Chancery Restarts Fat Brands Looting Suit After Board Purge
• When Preferred Equity Is A Shareholder Vote Alternative
• Deals Rumor Mill: NGP Energy, KKR And Intelsat
• VC Firm Canaan Secures $850M In New Capital
• GOP Reps. Press FTC On 'Ill-Advised' Merger Review Process
• Don't Let Client Demands Erode Law Firm Autonomy
• SPAC To Liquidate After Merger With Rainwater Tech Co. Fails
• Sony Blasts UK's U-Turn On Microsoft's $69B Activision Deal
• 3 Firms Advise Bankrupt Airline SAS On Equity-Raising Drive
• Amazon's $1.7B Roomba Maker Deal Draws UK Scrutiny
• Switzerland Orders Credit Suisse To Slash Execs' Bonuses
• Inovalon Says Guardrails Legitimized $7.3B Take-Private Sale
• Illumina To Appeal FTC's Grail Unwinding To 5th Circ.
• Venable Adds Ex-King & Spalding M&A Pro In Chicago
• FTC's Intercontinental-Black Knight Trial Set For July
• Crestview Invests $200M In Ex-Goldman Execs' New RIA
• Twitter Investors Say Musk Can't Sink Suit Over Buyout
• 2 Firms Steer Tech-Focused SPAC's $200M Offering
• Icahn Calls For Illumina CEO's Ouster Amid Its Battle With FTC
• French Publisher Vivendi Offers New Fixes For Lagardere Deal
• Chancery Mulls Standard For Contested $285M Dell Suit Fee
• Pillsbury Adds Crowell Venture Capital Co-Leader In DC
• Chinese Solar Co. Investors Nab Initial OK Of $21M Deal
• Finnish Builder Backs Bain Rival's €353M Bid For Takeover
• Ex-Amarin CEO Says Hostile Takeover Cost Him His Job
• Cyberattack Coverup Claims Cut From Okta Securities Suit
• Hestia Capital Announces Pitney CEO Pick Amid Proxy Fight
• Judges Want Attys To Listen And Experts They Can Listen To
• Avalara Takes Dissenter Shareholder Dispute To Court
• Meta Slams Advertisers For 'Utter Waste' Of Depo Time
• Lottery.com Wants Investor Suit Over IPO Tossed
• How CMS Proposal Would Change PE Deal Transparency
• DC Circ. Rejects Appeal To Make FCC Act On $8.6B Tegna Deal
• NWSL Expands To Bay Area With $125M Sixth Street Backing
• Magic Johnson Confirms Bid For NFL's Commanders Is In
• European Enforcers Probing Orange-MasMovil JV In Spain
• Provention Investor Sues To Stop $2.9B Sanofi Merger
• Apollo Makes 5th Bid To Buy John Wood After Rejected Offers
• Feds Say Startup CEO Duped JPMorgan Out Of $175M
• Thomson Reuters Targets $2.2B Share Buyback Program
• 2 Firms Guide £839M Wealth Management Merger
• Stratasys Vets Nano Dimension's Bolstered $1.2B Buyout Bid
• Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit Lands In Delaware For Ch. 11
• UBS Saved Credit Suisse From Bankruptcy, Chairman Says
• L'Oreal Buys Australian Beauty Brand Aesop For $2.5B
• Cardinal Health Cuts $109M Deal In Suit Over J&J Unit Buy
• Rite Aid Investors, Walgreens Can't Slim Or Toss Merger Suit
• Chancery Rules Merck Kept Talc Liabilities In $14B Merger
• AMC, Stockholders Settle Suit Over Reverse Stock Split
• Voyager Asks 2nd Circ. To Lift Stay On $1B Binance Sale
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• ValueAct Doubts Strategy Of 7-Eleven Parent, Urges Spinoff
• Second SPAC Investor Sues Over $16B Mortgage Co. Merger
• 3 Firms Steer Canadian Energy Explorer's $193M SPAC Merger
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Skadden, Gibson Dunn Lead Mars' $1.3B Pet Care Biz Buy
• Workers, Labor Take Center Stage At ABA Antitrust Meeting
• In Merger, Abrams Garfinkel Adds Teitelbaum Gallagher Team
• Federal Judge's Amici Invitation Is A Good Idea, With Caveats
• 4 Firms Steer $4.3B Acquisition Of Midland Basin Oil Assets
• Foley & Lardner-Led Electric Biz To Buy US Rival For $1.1B
• Cineworld Strikes Debt-Swap Deal, Drops Sale Plans
• 2 Firms Steer Blackstone's £700M Real Estate Investor Buyout
• SPAC That Sparked Delaware Charter Law Rework Hits Ch. 11
• FTC Orders Illumina To Unwind Grail Deal
• Extra Space, Life Storage To Create $47B Self-Storage Co.
• UFC And WWE Merging To Create $21.4B Fight Sports Giant
• Swiss Prosecutors Probe UBS Takeover Of Credit Suisse