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Mergers & Acquisitions - August, 2024

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• Chancery Prunes $2.1M From Atty Fee Bid In Sculptor Merger
• Vyaire Medical Gets OK For $90M Sale Of Business Units
• Semiconductor Co. Beats Investor Suit Over Failed $8B Merger
• Harris Admin Would Stay Course On Tough Antitrust Policy
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Off The Bench: NFL Lets PE In, Ex-NBA Pro Denies Agent Deal
• Fla. Judge Won't Block Sale Of 18M Truth Social Co. Shares
• Adani Ports Pays $185M For Stake In Offshore Vessels Biz
• Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer
• Why The NFL Finally Let Private Equity Onto The Playing Field
• Cancer Detection Co. Valued At $375M In SPAC Merger
• Ex-SPAC Agrees To Face 'Springing Penalty' In SEC Case
• DLA Piper Steers Tech-Focused SPAC GigCapital's Latest IPO
• Schwab's 'Cash Sweep' Paid For TD Ameritrade Buy, Suit Says
• NLRB Partners With Other Feds In Merger Probes
• Class Attys Seek Chancery Doc Sanctions In Santander Suit
• FTC Wants Kroger's Constitution Suit To Follow Merger Case
• How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ackman IPO, Covestro Takeover, Trinitech
• 4 Firms Guide VivoPower Subsidiary's $904M SPAC Merger
• Nippon Pledges $1.3B For US Steel In Quest For US Approval
• Hogan Lovells-Led Paint Company Sells Silicas Biz For $310M
• Marathon Oil Stockholders Approve $23B ConocoPhillips Deal
• Kirkland Guiding Oneok On $5.9B Energy Infrastructure Deals
• White & Case Guides Mærsk Family's $840M Engines Biz Bid
• SEC Says Repeat Offenders Ran Medical Co. Investment Scam
• Capital One Says Merger's Pending Approval Tanks Challenge
• Bowl America Board Strikes $2.2M Deal To End Merger Suit
• Wash. AG Fears Kroger Will Move Goalposts For Merger Trial
• The NFL-Approved PE Firms That Can Now Invest In Teams
• NY Biz Group Rips FTC Suit Over $8.5B Luxury Handbags Deal
• Class Attys Seek Review Of Del. Magistrate's Doc Suit Toss
• NY Firm Calls Gas Co.'s Contract And Fee Claims Duplicative
• NJ Health System Repeats Call For Proskauer DQ
• Disney's $8.5B India Media Merger Gets Regulatory Nod
• Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process
• Latham Leads Entertainment-Focused SPAC's $150M Offering
• John Wood To Sell Siemens JV And US Biz For £165M
• Britvic Shareholders Approve £3.3B Takeover By Carlsberg
• Frasers Buys 15% Stake In Australian Sportswear Retailer
• Exec To Pay SEC $190K Over Macquarie Insider Trading Claim
• Electric Jet Co. Grounds Investor Suit Over SPAC Disclosures
• NY Pension Funds Join Illumina Deal Suit Pile-On In Del.
• Del. Court Nixes Trump Media Contempt Bid In Share Suit
• Tour Bus Merger Claims Can't Save Antitrust Suit Redux
• NFL To Allow PE Ownership, Joining Pro Sports League Peers
• First Busey, CrossFirst Bankshares Merging In $917M Deal
• New Cigna CLO Vows To Help Co. Navigate 'Dynamic' Industry
• 3 Firms Build $314M Events.com SPAC Merger
• The Licensure Landscape For Psychedelics Manufacturers
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Another McDermott Healthcare Pro
• Duane Morris Hires Ex-Dickinson Wright Fintech Expert
• Sony, Zee Drop Dispute Over Failed $10B India Media Deal
• Kirkland Adds Energy Regulatory Pro From Vinson & Elkins
• What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires
• Freshfields Steers UCB's $680M Sale Of Chinese Portfolio
• Albertsons Paints Picture Of Dire Future Without Kroger Deal
• Bronfman Scraps Paramount Bid, Paving Way For Skydance
• Firm Wants Award Nixed Over DLA Piper, Arbitrator Ties
• Biotech Investor Sues In Chancery Over Alleged IP Diversions
• Gov't Looks To Limit Arguments In Rail Merger Appeal
• Ex-Ingersoll Rand Exec Could Be Stuck With Noncompete
• Foreign Threat Actors Pose Novel Risks To US Tech Cos.
• Connecticut And NY AGs Reach Terms For Hospital Merger
• Paul Weiss Adds Cleary M&A Partner In New York
• In-House Vet Joins Honigman's Corporate Team In Chicago
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support
• McKesson Inks $2.49B Deal For Cancer-Focused Biz
• Italian Prosecutors Open Criminal Probe Into Yacht Sinking
• NBA Shreds Warner Bros.' Suit Over Amazon Streaming Deal
• Ex-Exec Can't Reverse Medtronic Insider Trading Conviction
• Hong Kong Relaxes Listing Rules For Tech Startups, SPACs
• Cantor, Lutnick OK $12M Deal To End View Inc. Suit In Del.
• Pot Entrepreneur Seeks To Ensure Judgment On Ex-Partner
• Albertsons-Kroger Deal Tests FTC's Stepped-Up Merger Policy
• Sale Sought For Assets Of Alex Jones' Co.
• Electric Car Co. Fisker Promises Ch. 11 Plan In A Week's Time
• Canada Mining Biz Seeks US Listing Via $589M SPAC Merger
• Clinic Biz Can Tap Additional Ch. 11 Lifeline, Judge Says
• SPAC Investors Ask Full 9th Circ. To Rethink Lucid Merger
• Covington-Led Getinge Pays $477M For Organ Transplant Biz
• Wachtell Reps As MLB's Braves Announce Executive Shakeup
• Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Paul Weiss
• Pennsylvania Hospital Gets 1 Week Reprieve In Steward Ch. 11
• 4 Steps To Address New Sanctions Time Bar Extension
• Investors Sue Orthopedics Co., Ousted Execs Over Stock Drop
• Big Deals Boost M&A Values As Transaction Numbers Dip
• Kroger-Albertsons Wrong On Labor Law In FTC Row: NLRB
• Israeli Tech Co. Cancels SPAC Deal Amid Market Rout
• Borrowed Claims Revived In CenturyLink Merger Suit
• Flyers Chided For Late Bid To Block Alaska-Hawaiian Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Fund, Disney-Reliance, Repligen
• Mike Lynch's Path From Tech Founder To DOJ Target
• Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Mining Firm USA Rare Earth Inks $870M SPAC Merger
• 'Beloved By Everyone': Attys Recall Clifford Chance's Morvillo
• Latham-Led Carlyle Scooping Auto Parts Distributor For $1.5B
• Mike Lynch's Body Recovered From Yacht Wreck
• Paramount Board Vets $6B Bronfman Bid, Cravath Counsels
• Ropes & Gray Reps TJ Maxx On $360M Brands For Less Deal
• Cyber Tech Biz Sued In Del. After Thoma Bravo-Backed Merger
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Health Chain Win In Pa. Hospital Sale Dispute
• Arch Resources, Consol Energy To Form $5.2B Energy Giant
• FTC Can't Stop $8.5B Merger, Handbag Cos. Say
• Ex-Wiley Atty Adds Deals Talent To Polsinelli's DC Team
• Holland & Knight Lands McDermott Corporate Pro In Miami
• 3 Firms Guide $950M Delaware Basin Gas Treatment Deal
• Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
• Zomato Inks $244M Deal For Paytm Entertainment Tickets Biz
• Willkie Adds 5 Partners In Chicago From Mayer Brown
• NJ Health System Calls Proskauer DQ Bid A 'Litigation Tactic'
• X Corp. Shuts Down Disability Bias Suit Over Musk Takeover
• 7 Firms Build $175M All-Stock Sale Of Bitcoin Mining Biz
• Japanese Tobacco Co. Paying $2.4B For US Cigarette Maker
• Norwegian Oil Biz Backs $97M Offer From French Rival
• Ex-Goldman Analyst's Stepbro Ducks Prison For Inside Trades
• Lender's $13M Atty Fee Reserve Bid In Eiger Ch. 11 Plan Nixed
• Steward Health, Landlord Spar Over Ch. 11 Hospital Sales
• Forward Air Investor Urges Co. To Evaluate Sale Options
• Ex-Execs Defend $59.7M Transfer Amid Asbestos Suits
• Tips For Revamping Patent Portfolio Strategy In AI Deal Era
• Ex-Kirkland PE Partner Joins Freshfields In Silicon Valley
• A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's 2024 Women In Law Report
• These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
• The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Alaska, Hawaiian Airlines Clear DOJ Review Of $1.9B Deal
• Clifford Chance 'In Shock' Over Missing Partner
• J&J Boosting Cardio Portfolio With Up To $1.7B V-Wave Buy
• EU OKs CMS-Led Aareal Bank To Sell Unit To TPG For €3.9B
• Mike Lynch, Clifford Chance Pro Among Missing After Yacht Sinks
• FTC Pushes To Limit Meta's Merger Defenses
• 10 States Join DOJ's Antitrust Case Against Live Nation
• Kroger Flips Script, Challenges FTC's Constitutionality
• Harris' Plan To 'Ban' Price-Gouging Met With Pushback
• AI Platform AMC Corp. To Go Public Via $175M SPAC Merger
• Jadex Sells Temperature-Controlled Packaging Biz For $137M
• It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union
• Baker McKenzie Adds M&A Atty From Skadden
• Latham, Paul Weiss Guide AMD's $5B Buy Of ZT Systems
• A&O Shearman Hires Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec In New York
• Ex-Sheppard Mullin M&A Partner Joins Pierson Ferdinand
• FTC Says Albertsons Execs Deleted Texts About Merger
• 7-Eleven Parent Confirms Canadian Takeover Offer
• Homebuilders To Wrap Up £2.5B Deal Despite CMA Concerns
• Simpson Thacher Atty Is Paul Hastings' Latest Finance Hire
• Nikola, Romeo Power Targeted In Del. Derivative Complaint
• Burger King Sued For Books In Del. On Big Site Buy
• How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act
• Trump Media Sued In Del. After New Fla. Share-Sale Challenge
• 5th Circ. Tosses Appeal In FTC's Anesthesia Antitrust Case
• Avantor Sells Clinical Services Biz To PE Shop In $650M Deal
• EQT Buys PropertyGuru In $1.1B Deal Driven By 3 Firms
• SPAC Confirms Delisting From LSE After $1.85B Takeover
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Kirkland, Skadden
• Harris Economic Plan Targets Food Mergers, Price-Gouging
• Gibson-Led Energy Biz Wraps $106M Natural Gas Assets Buy
• NC Litigation Highlights Of 2024: A Midyear Report
• FanDuel Co-Founders Add Scottish Claims To Suit Over Sale
• Alaska, Hawaiian Airlines Extend DOJ Review Deadline, Again
• Judge Gives Plaintiffs' Attys $1M In Fees For Derivative Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Paramount, Blackstone, Starbucks
• A&O Shearman Promotes 3 Attys As Latin America Co-Heads
• Cooley Steers $1.6B Sale Of PE-Backed Campus Tech Co.
• Lockheed Martin Buys Satellite Maker In $450M Deal
• Paul Hastings Adds M&A, Shareholder Activism Lawyer
• Lease Operators' £26.4M Bid For Trinity Clears One Hurdle
• Carrier Wraps Strategic Exit Plan With $3B Sale Of Fire Units
• PE-Backed Green Energy Biz To Buy £68M Stake In Gas Plant
• Synopsys Escapes Exclusivity Breach Suit At Chancery
• Top Stories From Real Estate's Latest Quarterly Updates
• 4 States Oppose FTC Bid To Block Kroger-Albertsons Deal
• Class Split Disrupts Hearing On $8.7M Sears Suit Settlement
• Tyson Says Mo. Plant Sale Did Not Violate Antitrust Law
• BP Unit Can't Escape Truck Stop Suit, Developers Claim
• EU OKs Siemens' $3.8B Sale Of Innomotics To PE Firm KPS
• M&A Surge May Bring Opportunities For Cybercriminals
• Squarespace Shareholder Opposes $6.9B Go-Private Deal
• Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?
• Playtech Confirms Talks For £2B Sale Of Italian Biz To Flutter
• Skadden, Davis Polk Guide $2.1B US Food Service Deal
• Winston & Strawn Adds McDermott Transaction Pros In Texas
• German Defense Biz To Buy US Army Vehicle Co. For $950M
• Candy Giant Mars Paying $36B For Pringles-Maker Kellanova
• Anesthesia Co. Says FTC Lacks Authority To Bring 'Rollup' Suit
• Musk Can't Ax Fraud Suit Over Twitter Buy, Investors Say
• Kroger Blasts FTC's 'Head-To-Head' Competition Claims
• Tar Sands Firm Strikes SPAC Merger With Integrated Rail
• 3D Printing Co. Investor Wants Merger With Israeli Co. Blocked
• Flyers Denied Standing To Stop Alaska-Hawaiian Airlines Deal
• Bank M&A Continues To Lag Amid Regulatory Ambiguity
• FTC Makes 2nd Request In Review Of Medical Device Co. Deal
• Ex-Tilray Exec Can Collect $4M Arbitration Award
• Australia's Orora Rejects $2.2B Lone Star Buyout Bid
• Baker McKenzie Guiding Flowserve On $305M Mogas Buy
• Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 3 Firms Drive $3.8B Carlyle-Baxter Kidney Care Deal
• Nasdaq Isn't Immune From Racial Bias Claims, Investor Says
• PE Firms Aim To Escape RICO Suit Over Inadequate Claims
• Skadden Reps WSP In $1.8B Buy Of Power Engineers
• DOJ Says Live Nation NY Suit 'Far Beyond' DC Merger Deal
• UK Competition Watchdog Looking Into $35B Software Deal
• Nokia Resets Merger Review Clock For $2.3B Infinera Deal
• Asian Streaming Platform Plans US Listing Via SPAC Merger
• Del. Dispatch: Director Caremark Claims Need Extreme Facts
• Scotiabank Lands Minority Stake In KeyCorp In $2.8B Deal
• King & Spalding Adds Freshfields M&A Ace In Silicon Valley
• NJ Health System Wants Proskauer DQ'd From Antitrust Case
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• UK To Look Deeper Into Amex GBT's $570M Buy Of CWT
• 3 Firms Rep As Crown Buys Revance In $924M Deal
• Turkish Biz Won't Raise $310M Bid For Cruise Port Operator
• Linklaters-Led Bharti To Buy 24.5% BT Stake From Altice
• Ex-Twitter Board Member Says X Owes Him $23M From Stock
• Pitney Bowes' E-Commerce Arm Can Tap $47M DIP In Ch. 11
• Biotech Firms Mull Acquisition Offers Amid Shaky IPO Climate
• Healthcare-Focused SPAC Voyager Nets $220M IPO
• 4 Firms Guiding Italian IT Firm Almaviva's $335M Iteris Buy
• Amynta Lodges Fraud Suit In Chancery Over $105M Merger
• Lucid Narrows Securities Suit Over EV Production Targets
• Kraft-Heinz Investor Can't Revive Del. Insider Trading Suit
• Wash. AG Says Kroger Refusing To Delay Merger For Ruling
• 5 Insights Into FDIC's Final Rule On Big-Bank Resolution Plans
• Time To Reimagine The Novation Process For Gov't Contracts
• Croke Fairchild Adds Ex-Chicago Transactions Lead
• 3 Leadership Practices For A More Supportive Firm Culture
• Merck To Buy Autoimmune Treatment Drug For Up To $1.3B
• News Corp. Mulls Sale Of Australia's Foxtel Group
• Algonquin Power Selling Renewable Business For Up To $2.5B
• Food Tech Biz JBT's Investors Approve €3.5B Deal With Rival
• Hargreaves Lansdown Agrees To £5.4B CVC Takeover Offer
• SPAC Investors Can't Sue Lucid Over Merger, 9th Circ. Says
• Mass. Atty, 2 Others Settle SEC Insider Trading Claims
• Fla. Judge Won't Pause E-Scooter Co.'s Ch. 11 Plan
• 'Unclean Hands' Doom Colo. Dispute Over Cannabis Biz Sale
• Nasdaq Seeks To Step Up Delistings For Cheap, Risky Stocks
• Pitney Bowes Spins Off E-Commerce Biz Into Ch. 11
• Apollo Stockholder Suit Held Until Del. Justices Hear Moelis
• Wilson Sonsini, A&O Shearman Guide $688M Biotech Merger
• Block & Leviton, Bernstein Litowitz To Lead WWE-UFC Suit
• Dechert Says Merger Abandonments Are Way Up This Year
• Monroe, Triad Team Up In $300M Collab To Buy Rental Loans
• Deals Rumor Mill: Roche, Thoma Bravo, Klarna
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Hyperlinked Documents
• KKR Plans $4B Buyout Of Japan's Fuji Soft
• Paul Weiss Adds Asset Management M&A Duo From Skadden
• UK Launches Formal Probe Into Amazon's $4B AI Investment
• Exec Unlikely To Get New Trial In SEC's 'Shadow Trading' Suit
• Drone Co. Investors Seek Drag-Along Sale Shoot-Down In Del.
• Blackstone Buys Majority Stake In Renewable-Focused Firm
• Dems Push For Scrutiny On Fox, ESPN, Warner Bros. JV
• M&A Rebounds, But Success Hinges On Broader Economy
• Loper Bright Limits Federal Agencies' Ability To Alter Course
• FTC Asks Courts To Pause $8.5B Handbag Merger
• Calif. Out-Of-State Noncompete Ban Faces Several Hurdles
• Davis Polk, Cooley Lead $1.5B Sale Of PetIQ
• 3 Firms Steer $405M G1-Pharmacosmos Pharma Deal
• PE Firm Gets Extension To Make £253M Bid For Payments Co.
• KKR To Buy Majority Stake In Ad Group FGS In $775M Deal
• 3 Firms Guide AI-Focused Semiconductor Maker's SPAC Deal
• Cannabis Co. Sued For Docs On Insider-Tied Note, Sale Plans
• Dem Lawmakers Back FTC's Kroger-Albertsons Challenge
• Feds Seek $3.5M Premerger Penalty From Sporting Events Biz
• Autonomy Execs' Acquittal Highlights Good Faith Instruction
• Teaching Scuba Diving Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Gibson Dunn Guiding Veritas On $2.45B Cloud Banking Buy
• Luxembourg Telecoms Biz Weighs Investor's New $4.4B Bid
• Tate & Lyle Sugar Biz Deal Gets Provisional UK Nod
• Brown & Brown Buys Trade Credit Insurance Specialist
• Elon Musk Can't Beat Twitter Investors' Suit Over Bot Claim
• DXC Investor's Suit Says Execs Overhyped Integration Efforts
• Lawyers Can Take Action To Honor The Voting Rights Act
• Spectrum, Assertio Hit With Double-Derivative Suit In Del.
• Poultry Co. Fights Bid For $217K In Legal Costs For Subpoena
• PE Firms Should Prepare For Increased False Claims Scrutiny
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• JetBlue, Spirit Scoff At Flyers' $34M Fee Bid Over Nixed Deal
• Freshfields, Wachtell Guide $925M CVC, Mallinckrodt Deal
• David Beckham-Backed Gaming Biz Announces Takeover Deal
• Touchstone Weighs Options As Rival Swoops To Buy Oil Biz
• PE Firms Carlyle, Quantum Ink $3B Deal For US Power Co.
• 3 Firms Guide $1.75B Thoughtworks-Apax Deal, Stock Soars
• SocGen Sells 2 Banking Units To Swiss Bank For €900M
• Sidara Pulls £1.6B John Wood Bid, Cites Geopolitical Risk
• Latham Helps Woodside Buy Clean Ammonia Biz For $2.4B
• British Air Parent Drops Air Europa Deal Due To EU Scrutiny
• Corporate Battles Thrust Activist Investing Into The Spotlight
• Chancery Won't Force Open Paramount's Books On Skydance
• Ebix Opt-Out Releases Illegal In Ch. 11 Plan, Judge Rules
• Ex-CFO Of Embattled PE Firm Sues In Del. For Legal Fees
• Monitor Says HCA Possibly Flouted Promises In Hospital Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Dechert, Kirkland
• Withers Hires Duane Morris Corporate Partner In NY
• Banking Vet Still Has Work To Do As Paul Weiss M&A Head
• Iberdrola To Buy 88% Of UK Electric Power Co. In $5.5B Deal
• HCR Law-Led Howden Hits Right Note With Allianz Music Buy
• Broker Sails Away With Marine Insurer From Zurich UK
• BNP Paribas To Buy Axa's Investment Manager For €5.1B
• Sidley Launches New San Diego Office With Five Partners
• Goodwin Procter Reps Behrman Unit In $475M Sale To ITT
• Kirkland & Ellis Guides Arcosa On $1.2B Stavola Buy
• CORRECTED: Delay Sought In Citgo Auction
• Latham, Ellenoff Rank Among Top Firms For July IPOs
• EU Approves $18B Grain Deal With Asset Sales
• Pioneer Health Approved For $450K To Fund Ch. 11 Sale Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: BNP Paribas, Blackstone, Honeywell
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Brookfield Buys Thermal Management Biz In $1.7B Deal
• Duane Morris Seeks $3.25M Fee For Pirate Treasure Win
• Skadden Names Shareholder Engagement and Activism Head
• Outbrain Buys Video Platform Teads From Altice In $1B Deal
• R1 RCM Going Private In $8.9B Deal Steered By 4 Firms