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Mergers & Acquisitions - November, 2023

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• Dem Slams GOP Subpoenas As Attempts To 'Feed The Beast'
• Norfolk Southern Asks Justices To Undo STB Immunity Ruling
• Judge Grants ArcSoft Investors Partial Win Ahead Of Trial
• Pharmavite Acquires Women's Health Co. Bonafide For $425M
• Stockholders Tell Del. Chancellor $69B Activision Deal Void
• What Lawyers Must Know About Calif. State Bar's AI Guidance
• Industry Must Elevate Native American Women Attys' Stories
• Deals Rumor Mill: Humana-Cigna, Shein IPO, Occidental
• Former TPG Deputy GC Rejoins Debevoise In San Francisco
• Loeb & Loeb Corporate Co-Leaders Named Next Firm Chairs
• Ariel Buys Stake In Multicultural Media Biz At $400M Valuation
• Brown Rudnick Adds Tax Partner To DC Office
• ClimateRock Axes SPAC Merger With UK Green Energy Firm
• McNees Wallace Adds Auto Dealer M&A Atty In Md., DC
• Vista Outdoor Rejects Rival Bid For Sporting Products Biz
• Transport Manager To Buy UK Logistics Biz For Up To £8.5M
• Wachtell Lipton Guiding AbbVie On $10.1B ImmunoGen Buy
• Oil And Gas Majors Step Into M&A Spotlight Moving Into 2024
• French PE Firm Raises €1.2B To Invest In Green Infrastructure
• Investors Say Co. Lied About Ultrasound Tech Prior To Merger
• T-Mobile Reneged On $27M Order, Phone-Maker Claims
• 2024 Female Sports Revenues Predicted To Break $1B Barrier
• Steward Health Asks Del. Justices To Rescue Deal Set-Offs
• Oncology Co. Akumin Gets OK For Take-Private Ch. 11 Plan
• Two More SPACs Will Dissolve As Liquidations Mount
• Elliott Reveals $1B Phillips 66 Stake, Seeks 2 Board Seats
• Mark Cuban Sells Stake In NBA's Mavs To Vegas Billionaires
• Understanding Discovery Obligations In Era Of Generative AI
• Blackstone Buying Pet Care Co. Rover In $2.3B Deal
• KKR To Pay $2.7B For Remaining Global Atlantic Stake
• Kirkland, Cleary Guide Software Biz's $2.23B Bid For AMC Co.
• Australian Fintech Co. Buys Majority Stake In Payments Biz
• Ferrovial Sells £2.4B Stake In Heathrow To Ardian, Saudi Fund
• Carter Carburetor Hiked Prices, Walbro Blamed, Court Hears
• Orbital OK'd For Ch. 11 Liquidation After Creditors Accept Plan
• Software Firm Veea To Go Public In $281M SPAC Merger
• Proterra Gets OK For $210M Battery Biz Sale To Volvo
• Fajr Capital-Led Consortium Paying $1B For Aster's Gulf Biz
• UK Antitrust Agency Vet Rejoins As Merger Chief
• Sens. Question Anesthesia Co.'s 'Monopolistic' Model
• United To 'Aggressively' Push For Low-Cost Fliers, Exec Says
• Law Firm Leaders Cautiously Optimistic Heading Into 2024
• The 2023 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
• Bristol Myers Strikes Up To $2.3B Avidity Cardio Partnership
• UK Says Adobe's $20B Figma Deal Could Harm Digital Design
• Firm Bows Out Of Pursuing UFC Fighters For Wage Claims
• EU Says Amazon's IRobot Deal Could Hurt Competition
• Elliott Slams Crown Castle For 'Profound Lack Of Oversight'
• Robinhood User Says Platform Withheld Info From Investors
• Holdouts In Alexion Insider Trading Case Get May Trial Date
• Proterra Pauses Bus Biz Sale After Customer Objections
• Goodwin Procter Gets Ex-SEC Atty From Morrison Foerster
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides $800M L3Harris Aviation Unit Sale
• Beard Energy Transition SPAC Axes Tie-Up With Solar Biz
• Split 2nd Circ. Partially Revives Nine West Buyout Fraud Suit
• Aviva To Buy Canadian Auto Insurer Optiom For £100M
• Paul Hastings Hires NY Investment Funds Atty From Skadden
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• UK Property Biz Recommends Accepting US Rival's £99M Bid
• CMA Blows Cold Air On Wolseley's Deal For Aircon Biz
• Insurer Royal London Buys 'Later-Life' Mortgage Businesses
• Pharmacy's Coverage Didn't Transfer Post-Merger, Court Told
• US Chamber Backs Live Nation Arbitration Appeal To 9th Circ.
• IPO Market Still Kicking As End Of 2023 Draws Near
• Bioverativ Class Seeks Sanctions For Insiders' Trades
• 5th Circ. Gives VW Another Chance To Toss Antitrust Suit
• The Case For Post-Bar Clerk Training Programs At Law Firms
• Ohio's ProMedica Transfers 7 Facilities Amid Money Struggles
• Attys' 'Obstructive' Deposition Conduct Chided By Chancery
• PE Shop To Buy Canadian Arcade Game Biz For $112.8M
• Simpson Thacher Guides Blackstone On $2.5B Civica Deal
• Smith & Nephew To Buy Sports Med Tech Startup For $330M
• PE Firm New Mountain To Scoop Up Music Rights Giant BMI
• The Events That Have Shaped M&A Through A Volatile 2023
• Energy Biz Enel To Sell Peru Assets To Actis For $1.4B
• GenesisCare Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan To Slash $1.5B In Debt
• Smart Window SPAC Investors Sue Cantor, Lutnick In Del.
• February Hearing Set For Rite Aid Restructuring Plan
• IronNet Seeks January Voting Deadline For Ch. 11 Plan
• Dermatology Drug Developer Can Tap $3M Of Ch. 11 Loan
• AmeriFirst Punts On Final DIP After Creditors File Release Suit
• NJ Health System Can't Duck Rivals' Antitrust Claims
• Covington, Morgan Lewis Lead OneMain $115M Foursight Buy
• PE Firm, Anesthesia Practice Ask To Toss FTC Antitrust Case
• Issue Of Releases Delays OK Of $65M Thoma Bravo-QAD Deal
• Attorneys Have An Ethical Duty To Protect The Judiciary
• Lexitas Makes Ind. Process Service Co. Its Latest Acquisition
• Battery Manufacturer Going Public Via $490M SPAC Merger
• 'Historic' Airline Growth Needed To Replace Spirit, Judge Told
• Ellenoff, Kirkland Steer Colombier's Upsized $150M SPAC IPO
• Merck Buying Caraway Therapeutics For Up To $610M
• Wyndham Rejects Latest Choice Bid, Calls It 'Step Backwards'
• Blackstone, Permira To Buy Norway's Adevinta In $13.2B Deal
• Buildings Biz CRH To Buy Texas Materials Portfolio For $2.1B
• UK Antitrust Arm Wants To Frontload In-Depth Merger Probes
• Cross-Market Implications In FTC's Anesthesia Complaint
• $19M Settlement Proposed In Del. For Materials Co. Sale Suit
• BuzzFeed Again Asks Chancery To Nix Stock Arbitration
• SEC 'Shadow Trading' Case Survives Exec's Early Win Bid
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Dermatology Drug Developer Hits Ch. 11 With Sale Plan
• McDonald's To Buy Back Carlyle's Stake In China Operations
• Bullish Buys CoinDesk From Digital Currency Group
• Blank Rome Grows In Dallas With DLA Piper Corporate Pro
• Arnold & Porter Adds Paul Hastings M&A Partner In Calif.
• Foil Balloon Co. Anagram Gets OK For Ch. 11 Auction Process
• WWE Investors Sue McMahon, Others In Del. After TKO Deal
• Mexican Fintech Joins Wave Of Canceled SPAC Mergers
• Tempur Sealy Certifies FTC Compliance On $4B Mattress Deal
• Canadian Wellness Products Biz Unveils Plans To Buy Datsys
• Slaughter & May Guides Coke Bottler's $1.8B Pacific Biz Deal
• Rio Tinto Pays $28M To Settle SEC Fraud Suit
• Chancery Grants Full $18M 'Mootness' Fee To Politan Counsel
• Fannie Mae Objects To AmeriFirst Loan Servicing Sale 
• Food Recycler Asks To Scrap Ch. 11 For Ch. 7 Due To IP Suit
• Danaher's $5.7B Abcam Buy Gets The Green Light To Close
• Light Show Co. To Sell Assets To SCS For $4M Credit Bid
• EU Raises Antitrust Alarm Over Adobe's $20B Figma Deal
• Everton FC Faces Relegation Over Penalty For Lost Revenue
• FTC Challenges $142M California Hospital Deal
• Health Care Holding Biz To Go Public Via SPAC Merger
• 3 Firms Steer $400M California Chardonnay Vineyard Sale
• Oracle Tells Vice Chancellor $5M Moot Fee Unjustified
• Sidley Austin Guides Novant Health's $2.4B Hospital Purchase
• AI Can Help Lawyers Overcome The Programming Barrier
• Bona Law Hires Veteran Calif. Antitrust Prosecutor
• Off The Bench: Harbaugh Sits, Pac-12 Chaos, A's Move OK'd
• Rithm, Sculptor Close $720M Merger After Settling Del. Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Goodwin Procter
• Covetrus Investors Say CD&R Took Advantage In $4B Merger
• Unsealed Docs Show LIV Knew Launch Would Touch Nerves
• MediaMath Settles Ad Bill To Add $14M To Ch. 11 Estate
• Colo. Judge Won't Toss Fraud Claim Over Tech Co. Buyout
• AgileThought Gets OK For $75M Ch. 11 Sale To Stalking Horse
• DOJ Wants More Time For Rite Aid's Ch. 11 Claims Bar Date
• HIG Europe Strikes $390M Deal For UK Parcel Co. DX Group
• Alibaba Cancels Cloud Unit's Spinoff Amid US Chip Controls
• Del. Justices Uphold Merck's Post-Bayer Sale Talc Liability
• Advent Builds On Payments Empire With MyPOS Buy
• Zendesk Hit With Class Suit In Chancery After $10.2B Sale
• Rimon Acquires Six-Atty IP Boutique In Virginia
• Deals Rumor Mill: Starlink, Character.AI, 'Russia's Google'
• 4 Firms Build $100M Investment In Tourism Tax Refund Biz
• Slaughter & May Guides £162M Young's Bid For UK Pub Rival
• Freshfields Guides Mars' £534M Bid For Hotel Chocolat
• AgileThought Cancels Auction, Goes With Stalking Horse Bid
• Mindbody Ex-CEO, Vista Fail To Get $27M Damage Offset
• TCW, Execs Hit With Chancery Suit Over SPAC Merger Bust
• Del. Supreme Court Upholds Tidal Deal Investor Suit Dismissal
• FCC Chief Floats Prioritizing Localism In Broadcast Renewals
• Inside Bank Regulators' Community Lending Law Overhaul
• Biopharmaceutical Co. To Go Public Via All-Stock Merger
• Bracewell Hires Latham Oil And Gas Pro In DC
• PE Firm Flexpoint Ford Bets On NY-Based Music Investor
• Preparing Law Students For A New, AI-Assisted Legal World
• Ex-Cop Avoids Jail For Analog Devices Insider Stock Tip
• Siemens Paying $2.3B As Part Of India Energy Restructuring
• Wealth Manager To Snap Up 2 Cos. From Tiedemann Global
• Weil Adds Ex-Kirkland Labor, Transactional Atty
• Republicans Air Grievances At DOJ Antitrust Hearing
• Del. Judge OKs Bidding Procedures In Zymergen Ch. 11
• Sidley Taps 3 Ex-Paul Weiss Partners For M&A Practice In NY
• FTC Tells 9th Circ. That Microsoft Gets Standards All Wrong
• SmileDirectClub Investors Say Ch. 11 Releases Are Too Broad
• Sellers Seeking Best Deal Should Focus On Terms And Price
• PGA Tour Courts Outside Investors As Saudi Talks Trudge On
• Sculptor Capital Settles Del. Litigation Over Rithm Merger
• Apollo Launches 'Hydria' Amid $50B Energy Transition Push
• JetBlue Deal Would Cause 'Frenzy' Of Competition, Judge Told
• General Counsel Need Data Literacy To Keep Up With AI
• Gibson Dunn Is The Latest Firm To Tout Saudi Arabia Launch
• Cisco's $28B Bid For Splunk Goes Unchallenged
• Competition Considerations From Biden's AI Executive Order
• PE Firm Buys The Body Shop Cosmetics Biz For £207M
• Glencore-Led Group To Buy Teck's Coal Unit In $9B Deal
• BXP, Norges Close Boston Science Lab Deal At $1.7B Value
• Energy Biz To Buy German Gas Distributor For €160M
• Seattle Software Co. Misled Investors On Merger, Suit Says
• Live Nation Shareholder Says Execs Hid Antitrust Misconduct
• Chancery OKs TRO In Suit To Oust Casino SPAC Manager
• DOJ Probing KKR Over Premerger Filings, Board Overlaps
• Trump Walks Away From Hawaii Hotel In Buyout Deal
• Cannabis Co. Curaleaf Sued Over Haircut To $85M Merger
• Canadian Silica Maker, Singaporean AI Firm Ink SPAC Deals
• Starco Brands Hit With Chancery Suit Over Soylent Buyout
• IQVIA Says FTC Using Narrow Market Definition To Bar Merger
• Ice Miller Guides Ohio Co.'s $620M Sale To Japanese Biotech
• Shoppers Defend Challenge Of $25B Kroger, Albertsons Deal
• Geothermal Spat Should Stay As One Suit, Co-Founder Says
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Calvin Klein Owner PVH Selling 3 Lingerie Brands For $160M
• Reed Smith Brings On Kirkland Attorney For Philly Office
• 6 Firms Build CA$257M Sale Of Capital Markets Software Biz
• Bradley Arant Adds Ex-McDermott Atty To Health Care Team
• Massumi & Consoli Adds PE Pro In NY From Willkie
• Ex-Cop Says Insider Trading Conviction Doesn't Merit Prison
• 3 Firms Steer Mach Natural's $815M Anadarko Basin Play
• AustralianSuper Denies Brookfield Offer On $12.4B Origin Buy
• Audio-Visual Dealer To Buy 51% Of German Biz For €8.5M
• Maritime Shipper Capital Product To Pay $3.1B For LNG Fleet
• Tips For Avoiding Disputes From M&A Earnout Provisions
• Orrick-Led TotalEnergies Buys 3 Texas Gas Plants For $635M
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Volvo To Buy Bankrupt US Electric Bus Biz For $210M
• EQT To Take Japan Education Group Private In $1.4B Deal
• Inflexion To Sell Chambers To PE Firm In £400M Deal
• Foil Balloon Co. Anagram Can Tap $10M Of $37M DIP In Ch. 11
• SPAC's Ch. 15 Is A Bid To Dodge Class Action, Investor Says
• Point Biopharma Investor Sues For Info On Lilly's $1.4B Buy
• Advisory Firm's Early Win Bid In Finder's Fee Fight Shot Down
• AI Could Expand Price-Fixing To Less Concentrated Markets
• A Look At Successful Bid Protests In FY 2023
• Del. Dispatch: Refining M&A Terms After Twitter Investor Suit
• South African Miner Sibanye To Buy Reldan At $211M Value
• Virtual Reality Co.'s $655M SPAC Merger Plans Unravel
• Astra Space Founders Aim To Pay Fraction Of Prior Value
• Deals Rumor Mill: Shein, Siemens, BioMarin
• Navigating Discovery Of Generative AI Information
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Latham Lead Hot Deals
• Aircraft Part Maker TransDigm To Buy CPI Unit For $1.4B
• Blue Apron Investor Sues In Del. For Wonder Group Deal Info
• World's Top Foil Balloon Maker Hits Ch. 11 With Sale Plan
• Finding Focus: Strategies For Attorneys With ADHD
• Debevoise, Sidley Lead $277M James River Reinsurance Sale
• Simpson Thacher Leads MidCap-Apollo $3.4B Fund Merger
• EQRx Investor Sues In Del. For Docs On Battered SPAC Deal
• Amazon Launches Telehealth Platform After $4B Acquisition
• How 'Safe Harbor' Policy Will Modify M&A Processes
• 3 Firms Lead Asia-Based Group In New $1.64B Hollysys Bid
• Freshfields Guides €500M Sale Of Global Fertility Services Biz
• Jack Nicklaus Can't Ink Endorsements With IP Row Pending
• Walbro's Chancery Suit Over Carter Price Hikes Fast-Tracked
• King's Speech IDs Digital Competition Rules As UK Priority
• SmileDirectClub Gets Final OK For First $20M Of DIP Loan
• FTC Probing Coach, Jimmy Choo Parents' $8.5B Merger Plans
• DOJ Probing BAE's $5.6B Bid To Buy Ball Aerospace Arm
• Chancery Flags 'Bizarre' Sculptor Capital Class Suit Exit
• Wabtec Looks To Toss Caterpillar Unit's Antitrust Suit
• Spirit Airlines Chair Testifies Profits Not In Sight Without Deal
• Pa. Firm Urges Revival Of Defamation Claims Against Investor
• Fake Billionaire Gets 8½ Years For Investment Fraud Schemes
• Ardian Buys $2.1B Portfolio From Canada's CPP Investments
• The 2023 Law360 Prestige Leaders
• How Law Firms Build And Protect Stellar Reputations
• PE Firm Ascendent Makes $1.6B Offer For China's Hollysys
• SmileDirectClub Says Invisalign Maker Wants It 'To Disappear'
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• AgileThought Bidder Wants To Take On Mexican Units' Debt
• Tax Prep Licensees Say They Got Short Notice Of Sale Terms
• Willkie, Katten Guide Deal Forming Football Agency
• Simpson Thacher-Led Hilton Grand Inks $1.5B Bluegreen Buy
• FTC Chair Defends Enforcement Record In Letter To Congress
• Earnout Contract Considerations After NC Good Faith Ruling
• B. Riley-Linked Battery SPAC Urges Class Suit Toss In Del.
• Shareholder Urges GFL To End Public Market 'Experiment'
• Sidley Hires Former Allen & Overy LLP Energy Partner In NY
• JetBlue CEO Testifies Big Airlines Shouldn't Sweat Spirit Deal
• CEO Of New Bed Bath & Beyond Departs After Activist Push
• Bristol-Myers To Buy Orum's Cancer Treatment Program
• Baker Botts Reps Liberty Latin America On $256M DISH Deal
• 3 Firms Lead Bain's $5.3B Deal For PE-Owned Guidehouse
• Atari Buys Video Game Developer Digital Eclipse For $6.3M
• SmileDirect Creditors Want $55M DIP Delayed For Exec Probe
• SPAC Investors Say EV Co. Merger Risks Weren't Disclosed
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Chancery OKs $3.1M Partial Sears Hometown Suit Settlement
• Private Equity Bullish On Tech M&A After Values Plummet
• JetBlue CEO Liked Spirit Flight, Judge Told In $3.8B Deal Row
• Synlab Boards Won't Lean On Whether $1.3B Buyout Is Fair
• T-Mobile-Sprint Deal Challenge Can Proceed Without SoftBank
• Monteverde Seeks $5M In Fees From Oclaro Investor Deal
• M&A Ruling Buoys Loss Calculation Method, R&W Insurance
• UK Clears $7.9B Deal For Nuclear Power Biz Westinghouse
• Soft Surroundings Gets OK For $23M Ch. 11 Sale Plan
• GCT Semiconductor Going Public Via $661M SPAC Deal
• Shareholder Decries $3.1B Go-Private Deal For Telecom Co.
• Build Or Buy: Assessing Options For Starting A New Bank
• Skadden-Led Travelers To Buy Corvus Insurance For $435M
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell Lipton, Latham
• Electronics Chain Currys To Sell Greek, Cypriot Biz For €200M
• 9th Circ. Won't Hear UFC Appeal Of Fighter Wage Class Cert.
• Okta Investors Seek Cert. In Cyberattack Coverup Suit
• Rite Aid Adds 24 Stores To Liquidation List In Ch. 11
• $2.6B Casino Investor Asks Chancery To Boot SPAC Manager
• Canadian Energy Biz Buys Power Generator Co. For $478.5M
• Myovant, Sumitomo Call Alleged Skadden Conflict Public Info
• Courts Shouldn't Credit Allegations From Short-Seller Reports
• Italian Betting Biz Pays €639M To Buy Online Rival
• Primo Water Sells Part Of International Biz For Up To $575M
• Unlocking Value In Carve-Out M&A Transactions
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC And Waystar IPOs, Carlyle, Alo Yoga
• 3 Firms Lead Six Flags' $8B Theme Park Merger With Cedar Fair
• Ex-Goldman Banker Gets 3 Years For Insider Trading, 'Lies'
• Chancery Keeps Some Claims Alive In Katapult SPAC Suit
• IQVIA Can't Overcome FTC's Halting Of Merger, Judge Says
• Ex-Gibson Dunn Visiting Atty Cops To Insider Trading
• Judge OKs $8.5M Talkspace Settlement With SPAC Investors
• Judge Shifts Trading Card Rivals' Antitrust Showdown To NY
• Spirit Feared JetBlue-AA Pact Would 'Cloud' Deal, Judge Told
• Lawmakers Push FTC To Examine Exxon, Chevron Megadeals
• Disney Pays $8.6B To Buy Comcast's Remaining Stake In Hulu
• Zillow Grabs Customer Relationship Biz For Up To $500M
• Solar Lending Platform Sunlight Gets 'Unusual' DIP Approved
• AirAsia Parent Seeks US Listing Via SPAC Merger
• Debevoise Brings On Goodwin Tech M&A Co-Leader In SF
• Legal Tech Co. Morae Acquires Exigent Group
• Attorneys, Law Schools Must Adapt To New Era Of Evidence
• Juul Aims To Send More Antitrust Claims To Arbitration
• Omni Sues In Del. To Force $3.2B Forward Air Merger Closing
• Fieldfisher, Foley Steer Video Game Publisher's Acquisition