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Mergers & Acquisitions - February, 2024

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• Chancery Preserves Class Suit Over Microsoft-Activision Deal
• Lordstown To Pay $25M In SEC Probe Of Overhyped EVs
• Stolen Funds Render FTX Clawback Moot, Embed Parties Say
• Tenet To Sell 2 Calif. Hospitals To Adventist For $550M
• STB, CSX Tell Justices To Reject Norfolk Southern Appeal
• Diamondback Board Conflicted In OK'ing $26B Deal, Suit Says
• Discover Deal Prompts Dems To Seek Bank Merger Revamp
• Trump's Truth Social Merger Deal Lands In Del. Chancery
• Epstein Becker Guides Conn. Hospital, NY Nonprofit Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Springer Nature, Warner Bros., ExxonMobil
• Don't Miss It: Milbank, Vedder Price Lead Month's Hot Deals
• Real Estate Group Of The Year: Kasowitz
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Dechert Hires Schulte Roth's M&A, Securities Group Co-Chair
• Bankrupt Endo To Pay $465M To Resolve Opioid Claims
• 7 Common Myths About Lateral Partner Moves
• HSF Guides Australia's South32 On $1.65B Coal Mine Sale
• First Advantage To Buy Sterling Check Corp. For $2.2B
• IGT Units Merging With Everi To Create $6.2B Gaming Co.
• Freshfields-Led GXO Bids £762M For Wincanton
• Insurer Direct Line Rejects £3B Linklaters-Backed Ageas Bid
• Musk, Ex-Twitter Staff Fail To Reach Deal In Severance Dispute
• Attys Get $750K Fee Award In $6M Med Tech Co. Deal
• Indivior's $385M Suboxone Antitrust Deal Gets Final OK
• Cravath Steers Viatris' $350M Collab With Swiss Co.
• SPAC Investor Says Energy Co. Merger Was Overhyped
• Suit Blames Father-Son Mismanagement For Pot Co. Collapse
• 5 Tips For Policyholders Arbitrating R&W Insurance Claims
• Crown Castle Founder Alleges Entrenchment Bid In Del. Suit
• TKO Reveals Ongoing Impact Of McMahon Issues In Filing
• Cheering In The NFL Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• AdaptHealth, Ex-CEO Cut $51M Deal To End Investor Fight
• Novant In-House Attys Want Access To Confidential FTC Info
• Real Estate Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
• 6 Firms Guiding Disney And Reliance On $8.5B Indian Media JV
• Barnes & Thornburg Securities Ace Rejoins Kilpatrick In Ga.
• Swisscom In Advanced Talks To Buy Vodafone Italy For €8B
• FTC Puts Labor Focus In Merger Basket For 1st Time
• Veradigm To Acquire ScienceIO, Face Potential Nasdaq Delisting
• Macy's To Cut Stores, Focus On Luxury Amid Proxy Fight
• Chevron's $53B Hess Buy Hits Snag Over Guyana Oil Dispute
• Investors Can't Block $1.6B Oil Co. Merger, Chancery Says
• Arnold & Porter Transactions Vet Joins Foley & Lardner
• Fox Rothschild Taps Sarasota-Area Firm Attys For New Office
• UFC, Fighters In Mediation Ahead Of Wage Suppression Trial
• Real Estate Group Of The Year: Greenberg Traurig
• Deal-Makers Expect Further Uptick In M&A-Related Disputes
• Atlas Energy Solutions Buying Hi-Crush In $450M Deal
• Latham, Jackson Walker Avoid Sanctions Over Sorrento Venue
• Live Nation Can't Cancel Suit Over Eras Tour Sales Meltdown
• Del. Justices Back Toss Of $500M Maxim-Analog Merger Suit
• Proxy Advice Is Not Solicitation, DC Judge Rules In SEC Case
• JetBlue, Spirit Tell 1st Circ. $3.8B Deal Is Good For Most Fliers
• Ropes & Gray-Led THL Taking Agiliti Private In $2.5B Deal
• Blackwells Calls Out Disney For 'AI Mediocrity' In Proxy Battle
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Real Estate Group Of The Year: Fried Frank
• Ashurst, Davis Polk-Led Alcoa To Buy Alumina In $2.2B Deal
• FTC Challenges Kroger's $25B Albertsons Buy
• KKR Buying Former VMware Unit From Broadcom In $4B Deal
• Skadden Leads Iliad's Buy Of 20% Stake In Tele2 For $1.3B
• Corrs Advises Saint-Gobain On $3B Deal For Australia's CSR
• Momentive Shareholders Battle In Del. Over $19M Settlement
• Ex-Citrix Chief Hit With Class Action Over $16.5B Sale
• Trump-Tied SPAC Adds NY Fraud Judgment To Risk Factors
• Industrial Supplier Inks $350M Deal To Buy Wesco Unit
• What To Know About OCC Proposals For Bank Merger Review
• Bankrupt REIT Gets Ch. 11 Reorganization Plan Approved
• FTX Settles $324M Ch. 11 Suit Over European Deal For $33M
• Del. SPAC Rulings Said To Weigh Against Super Group Case
• Insurance M&A Partner From Sidley Joins Kirkland
• 6 Pointers For Attys To Build Trust, Credibility On Social Media
• Skadden-Led Criteo Wants 'Constructive' Talks With Activist
• Woodside Selling 15.1% Stake In Aussie Gas Project For $1.4B
• Clifford Chance Steers Volvo On Reducing Polestar Stake
• Ex-BP Exec's Husband Cops To $1.7M Insider Trading
• FTC Looks Into Mobile Mini's $3.8B Bid For McGrath RentCorp.
• No Early Win For Geothermal Co. Founder In Ownership Row
• North Carolina Hospitals Can't Exit Monopoly Claims
• Sorrento Says US Trustee's Protest Of Texas Venue Off Base
• Wash. AG Can't Go It Alone Against Kroger Merger, Cos. Say
• FTX Can Cash Out $500M Investment In AI Biz To Fund Ch. 11
• FTC Eyes 2024 Trial For Meta Antitrust Case
• NC Day Cares Say Buyer Violated $6M Post-Sale Deal
• 9 Considerations For Divestitures, Carveouts And Spinouts
• Hawley Calls For DOJ To Block Capital One-Discover Deal
• Asset Managers Plug Up To $450M In AITi Global
• B. Riley Stands By Franchise Group Deal After Internal Review
• Taft Stettinius Adds 6 Dinsmore Attys In Detroit, Chicago
• Deals Rumor Mill: Occidental, Kroger-Albertsons, BuzzFeed
• 5 Firms Steer $11B Chord Energy-Enerplus Combo
• Fieldfisher-Led Tech Co. Agrees £430M Unit Sale To PE Biz
• FTC Says Twitter Staff Prevented Musk Violating Privacy Order
• Former Exec Convicted Of Medtronic Insider Trading Scheme
• Lutnick, Cantor Hit With Chancery Suit Over BGC Reorg
• Judge Suggests EV-Maker Investor Suit Too Vague To Survive
• Twitter Severance Fight Paused To Facilitate Settlement Talks
• PE Firm Can't Shake Ex-CEO's Retaliation Suit In NC
• SPAC Boom Costs Auditor $2M In PCAOB Fine
• Calif. Bill Would Let AG Audit Private Equity Healthcare Deals
• Consumer Data Co. Gets OK For $50M Ch. 11 Sale
• JPMorgan Got $400M Before Inovalon Sale, Del. Justices Hear
• A Post-Mortem Analysis Of Stroock's Demise
• Winston & Strawn Bolsters NY Office With Rocket Central Atty
• Mitigating The Risk Of Post-Closing M&A Earnout Disputes
• Crown Castle Proxy Spat Pits Paul Weiss Against Cadwalader
• White & Case Lateral Spree Includes SEC Atty, 2 M&A Leaders
• SPAC To Delist After Failing To Close Merger With Food Biz
• Bradley Arant Adds Ex-Baker Botts Labor, Employment Leader
• Cruise Line Hornblower Hits Ch. 11 With Over $1B Debt
• Saint-Gobain Weighs Buying Australian Rival CSR For $2.9B
• Fubo Wants Sports Giants' 'Unlawful' Streaming Plan Blocked
• US Trustee Wants Sorrento Ch. 11 Tossed Or Relocated
• Audacy Ch. 11 Plan Reducing Debt By $1.6B Confirmed
• DOJ Could See The Bright Side Of $35.3B Capital One Deal
• UMG Snags Stake In Music Rights Co., Valuing Biz At $1.85B
• FERC Greenlights $6.7B Vistra-Energy Harbor Merger
• Boomerang In Default For Silence On $7M Del. Contract Suit
• EU Approves Orange's €18.6B Spanish Telecoms JV
• Hogan Lovells Repping Walmart In $2.3B Vizio Takeover
• Truist Selling Insurance Brokerage At $15.5B Value
• Wachtell Lipton Guides Capital One On $35.3B Discover Deal
• Gold Miner To Sell Russian Biz For $3.7B As Sanctions Bite
• Currys Snubs Fund's £700M Proposal, JD.com Preps Rival Bid
• Wyndham CEO Reports 'Expansive' FTC Query Into Takeover
• Oat Milk Co. Settles Greenwashing Investor Suit For $9.25M
• Cavco Exec's Insider Trading Case Paused Pending SEC Deal
• Off The Bench: NHL Antitrust, Daily Fantasy Dread, ESPN Bet
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Carl Icahn, JetBlue Strike Deal For 2 Board Seats
• FTC Seeing Success After Merger Setbacks
• Planning For Stymied HSR Filings At FTC If Shutdown Occurs
• Chamberlain Hrdlicka Adds Corporate Attorney In Philly
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Wachtell
• Morrison Cohen Vet Joins BakerHostetler's Growing Biz Team
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Weiss, Kirkland
• Gibson Dunn, DLA Piper Steer $1.45B Sale Of All3Media
• Paul Weiss-Led PE Firms Buying HireRight In $1.65B Deal
• 7th Circ. Rejects Ancestry.com's Arbitration Bid In Privacy Suit
• Shoppers Say Albertsons-Kroger Suit Shortcomings Fixed
• HCA Says NC Hospital's Standard Of Care Hasn't Changed
• DraftKings Paying $750M For Lottery App Jackpocket
• Investor In Battery Co. Microvast Sues Over De-SPAC Merger
• Trian Decries Disney's 'Spaghetti-Against-The-Wall' Strategy
• From Farm Tiffs To Time-Warner Battles, Glasscock Saw It All
• Aurinia Refocusing After Failed Effort To Find A Buyer
• Tax On Tribune's Cubs Sale Troubling, 7th Circ. Judge Says
• FTC's Khan Calls Healthcare 'Key' To Fight For Competition
• Chancery Nixes Most Of Frank Founder's $835K Fee Demand
• Trump Social Media Blank-Check Merger Gets SEC Approval
• Japan's Renesas Paying $5.9B For Software Company Altium
• M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sony-Michael Jackson, Inspire IPO, Walmart
• Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock Retiring From Del. Chancery
• Campbell Soup Says It Gave FTC Info For $2.7B Sauce Deal
• Telefonica Gets Win In $570M Busted Deal Dispute
• Karuna Faces Investor Suit Over $14B Bristol Myers Buyout
• Del. Justices Mull Reviving $500M Maxim Merger Suit
• Adagio Medical Goes Public In $128M SPAC Merger
• Colo. Wants To Stop $24B Kroger Merger, 'No Poach' Deal
• Breast Implant Co. Wants Ch. 11 Sale Closed In 60 Days
• Drug Co. Paratek's Officers Sued In Del. Over $462M Sale
• Biotech Nabs $200M Via Private Placement, Starts CEO Search
• Juul Gets More Antitrust Claims To Arbitration
• NYCB Faces Another Class Action Over CRE Challenges
• Musk To Face Severance Fight In Del. Court After Stay Lifted
• Owner Forms Holding Co. For NBA's Suns, WNBA's Mercury
• BAE's $5.6B Bid For Ball Aerospace Arm Clears Review
• Texas Ruling Clarifies That Bankruptcy Shields LLC Rights
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Latham
• Coaching High School Wrestling Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• North Face, Vans Owner VF Makes Deal With Engaged Capital
• KKR Buys Stake In Health Tech Biz Cotiviti At $10.5B Valuation
• Belgian Law Firm Guides Shipowner In €2B Bid For Rival
• Ambrx Shareholders Sue Over Proposed $2B J&J Deal
• Soroc Tech Sues In Del. For $115M Merger Takeback
• Food Co. Whole Earth Brands Taken Private In $209M Deal
• Qihoo 360, Investors Ink $29.75M Deal Over $9.3B Merger Suit
• Insurers Must Pay Pharma Co. Defense Costs In SEC Probe
• Kroger Says Its Past Shows Albertsons Deal Will Drop Prices
• Antitrust Issues To Watch In Sports Giants' Streaming Venture
• Nava Health To Go Public Via $320M SPAC Merger
• What To Know About RWI In Acquisition And Divestiture Deals
• ESPN Bet To Launch In NY After Sports Betting Licenses Deal
• Carl Icahn Sets Sights On JetBlue, Scooping 10% Share
• OpenText Wants Out Of Class Action Coverage Suit
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• SG's Office Is Case Study To Help Close Legal Gender Gap
• The Latest Antitrust Areas For In-House Counsel To Watch
• Allen & Overy, Ropes & Gray Steer $1B Asset Manager Merger
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
• Elliott Nails 1st Board Seat At Phillips 66 After Prior Demand
• Akerman Grows In NY With Real Estate, Corporate Additions
• EU Conditionally Clears Korean Air's Acquisition Of Asiana
• The Body Shop Appoints Administrators After PE Buyout
• Breast Implant Maker Sientra Hits Ch. 11 With $82M In Debt
• Live Nation Buyers Urge 9th Circ. To Nix Arbitration Rules
• Assure Buys Danam Health To Form $150M Business
• Alys Pharmaceuticals Launches With $100M In Financing
• Kodiak Gas Gives Enforcers More Time To Review $854M Deal
• Oil Driller Accused Of Using Creditor Assets For Ch. 11
• Musk Can't Dodge SEC Questions About $44B Twitter Buy
• Cannabis Fintech Withheld $500K In $7.5M Deal, Suit Says
• Frank Execs Say JPMorgan Is Withholding Communications
• Online Marketplace Wish Sold At Steep Discount To $1.1B IPO
• Tod's Stock Rises After Go-Private Takeover Bid Disclosed
• Viking Energy Shareholder Says Merger Was For CEO's Gain
• AI Cybersecurity Biz Secures $102M Of VC-Led Financing
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Cravath
• Gilead Buying Liver Disease Drugmaker CymaBay For $4.3B
• Hogan Lovells Builds Out Corp. Group With 2 Partners
• Martin Marietta Paying $2B For Blue Water Raw Materials Ops
• Diamondback Buying Endeavor In $26B Permian Megamerger
• French Music Label Tunes In To €1.5B Bid From Founder
• No More Shady Trading For Ex-FBI Trainee After BigLaw Theft
• Rite Aid Investors' Attys Get $58M As Walgreens Deal OK'd
• Live Nation Defends 'Modest' Arbitration Tweaks At 9th Circ
• Labaton, Rolnick Clash Over Legal Fees In Materials Co. Deal
• Navigating New Regulations In Healthcare And Other M&A
• Healthcare-Focused SPAC Hits The Market After $160M IPO
• Activist Says CEO's Family Is Problem For Chef's Warehouse
• FTC Clears AbbVie To Proceed With $10.1B ImmunoGen Buy
• Audacy Floats Two Ch. 11 Sales That Could Net Debtor $21.6M
• Eargo Investors Sue In Del. For Patient Square Merger Docs
• CVC, Haveli Acquire RuneScape Game-Maker In £900M Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan & Cromwell, Kirkland
• Owens Corning To Buy Door-Maker Masonite In $3.9B Deal
• Barclays Agrees To Buy Tesco Banking Unit For £600M
• Hudson City Investors Lose Cert. In $3.7B M&T Merger Suit
• Union Fund Sues Pioneer For Docs In $59B ExxonMobil Deal
• Blade Air Investor Sues KSL Capital, Others Over SPAC Deal
• Del. Chancery Questions Broker's 'Ornate' Board Control Fix
• DOJ Investigating Metropolis Tech's $1.5B SP Plus Deal
• DOJ Wants More Info On Alaska-Hawaiian Airlines Deal
• Microsoft Calls FTC Activision Layoff Worries 'Misleading'
• EU Updates Longstanding Guidance On Defining Markets
• Investors Sue In Del. For Cartesian Therapeutics Vote Hold
• Investor Denies Making Yacht Buy To Hide Truth Social Gains
• Aviation Back On Course, But Keep Seat Belts Fastened
• Fund Sells $3B In Oil Biz Shares Over Slow Climate Action
• Aurora Cannabis Buys No. 2 Australian Medical Pot Co.
• Leveraged Finance Partner Duo Joins DLA Piper In NY
• Oracle Stockholders Lose Bid For $5M 'Mootness' Fee
• Deals Rumor Mill: Club Med, Galderma, Sierra Space
• 4 Firms Construct Cybersecurity Merger Creating $7B Biz
• UK Provisionally Clears Whirlpool, Arcelik Appliances Merger
• McDermott Hires Venable's Growth Companies Leader In DC
• Del. Dispatch: Clarification On Fiduciary Duties Of Controllers
• Aviva's £460M AIG Life UK Takeover Gets Competition Probe
• Skadden, Wilson Sonsini Steer Disney's $1.5B Epic Investment
• ​​​​​​​Full Del. High Court Asked To Revive $1.2B Crypto Merger
• NGL Deal Adviser Urges Del. Justices To Uphold $36M Verdict
• Lottery.com Beats Investor Suit Over Pre-IPO Disclosures
• Matterport Stockholders Say Officials Wrongly Cashed $225M
• Aera Energy Valued At $2.1B In California Resources Merger
• With PE Exits Set To Surge, Buyers Must Act Quickly, Wisely
• FTC Says Layoff Shows Microsoft Will Control Activision
• Insurer's Suit Over Class Action Coverage Early, Covisint Says
• Healthcare Collabs Can Alleviate Labor, Antitrust Challenges
• Australian Energy Cos. Woodside, Santos Cancel Merger Talks
• Pinsent Masons Guides Redx In $880M Cancer Drug Sale
• Reimagining Law Firm Culture To Break The Cycle Of Burnout
• Linklaters, Slaughter & May Guide £2.5B UK Builders' Merger
• AI Image Co. Hit With $14.1M Verdict Over Lowball Buyout
• 2nd Circ. Won't Nix Award In Telecom Shareholder Fight
• Energy Firm Sued By Investors After $5M SEC Fraud Fine
• NY Marketing Co. Gets OK For $51M Sale To Lender
• Attys Seek $750K Fee In Del. For $6M Med Tech Co. Deal
• Assessing Merger Guideline Feedback With Machine Learning
• Davis Malm Guides Clean Harbors On $400M Hepaco Buy
• Saul Ewing Minn. Partner Named Transactional Dept. Chair
• Cybersecurity Biz To Go Private Following $350M Merger
• Blackwells Starts Disney Proxy Fight, Blasts Fellow Activist
• Legato Merger's Third SPAC Prices $175M Offering
• Ideanomics Not On Hook For EV Unit's Parts Contract
• Deal Reached To Fund E-Bike Co.'s Ch. 11 Admin Expenses
• Competing In Dressage Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Freshfields Helps Novartis Buy German Pharma In €2.7B Deal
• Ex-Goldman Banker Settles SEC's Civil Insider Trading Suit
• Warner Bros. Discovery Beats Investors' $43B Tie-Up Suit
• Sony Gets No Relief From Emergency Arbitrator In Nixed Deal
• Okta Investors Win Cert. In Cyberattack Coverup Suit
• Volta Investor Attys Denied Fees For 'Moot' Disclosure Case
• Insurer, Pharmacy Settle Horse Death Coverage Dispute
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• SoftwareOne Investors Want Board Gone After Buyout Refusal
• Hedge Fund Sues SPAC For Books On Failed Casino Deal
• Packable's Creditors Can Pursue Breach Of Fiduciary Claims
• Caterpillar Gets Tweaks To Antitrust Suit Blocked
• Reynolds, ITG Say Philip Morris Can't Butt In To Del. Dispute
• Audacy Abandons BMI Merger Suit With $25.4M Stock Deal
• Fox Rothschild Adds Real Estate Vet In Miami Office
• Zymergen Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed After Investor Objection
• What Cos. Evaluating M&A Can Glean From Latest HSR Report
• A-Rod's SPAC Solidifies Satellite Mobile Phone Co. Merger
• 3 Firms Guide Merck Animal Health's $1.3B Buy Of Fish Biz
• Ch. 11 Ruling Highlights 'Two-Step' Challenges In 4th Circ.
• 3 Firms Build Acerinox's $798M Buy Of Haynes International
• Kirkland Guides Thoma Bravo On $1.5B Everbridge Buy
• Yandex To Exit Russia In Discounted $5.2B Asset Sale
• Novo Holdings Buying Biopharma Co. Catalent In $16.5B Deal
• BCLP Sees 2nd Group Depart As 7 Head To Arnold & Porter
• 1st Circ. Fast-Tracks JetBlue And Spirit Merger Block Appeal
• Matterport Stockholders Claim 'Unlawful' $220M Share Issue
• Drugmaker Endo Wants To Extend Opioid Suit Pause
• T-Mobile Owes Sprint Cloud-Storage Vendor $6.2M, Suit Says
• Consumer Data Co. Cleared To Seek Ch. 11 Plan Votes
• Latham Led Firms In January IPOs As New Listings Pick Up
• 3 BigLaw Firms Guide Trans Rights Groups In Pending Merger
• Ill. Towns, Metra Ask DC Circ. To Void CP-KCS Rail Merger
• Del. Justices Uphold Chancery Toss Of Baker Hughes Suit
• Off The Bench: NIL In Court, $3B Golf Deal, Angelos Sells O's
• FTX Looks To Sell $175M Crypto Claim Against Genesis
• Morgan Lewis Accused Of Improperly Helping Health Biz CEO
• Activist Barington Capital Takes Aim At Toy Giant Mattel
• UK Regulator Examining Thermo Fisher's $3.1B Olink Buy
• Chancery's Sears Ruling Clarifies Stockholder Duties
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Wachtell Lipton
• After Dechert Says M&A Probes Hit Low, FTC Fires Back
• Kirkland Under Chancery Fire In Space Biz Merger Suit
• LivePerson Board Faces Shareholder Suit Over Poison Pill
• NC, SC Banks To Merge, Form Entity With $2.2B In Assets
• DOJ Tells 1st Circ. Not To 'Rush' JetBlue, Spirit's Appeal
• Tenet Healthcare To Shed 4 Calif. Hospitals For $975M
• Activist Elliott Gets Etsy Board Seat As Co. Faces Challenges
• Bankrupt Pharma Co. Impel Gets OK For $17.5M Sale
• Albertsons, Kroger Slam Shoppers' Last Shot To Fight Merger
• Golf's Existential Crisis Just Got A $3 Billion Jolt
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, Reddit IPO, Figure AI
• Rise Growth Partners Lands $250M Investment From PE Firm
• The Legal Industry Needs A Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift
• Remine Shareholder Sues In Del. Over $53.5M MLS Merger