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Mergers & Acquisitions - January, 2025

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• Pause UScellular Deal During False Claims Case, Attys Say
• January's IPO Market Was Active Despite Tepid Debuts
• FCC Dem Blasts Escalation Of CBS '60 Minutes' Probe
• CMA Clears Outbrain's $1B Altice Video Platform Deal
• Red States Back Trump Against 'Distracting' Truth Social Suit
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case
• Owners Appeal Docs Order In Yale's $435M Hospital Sale Fight
• Court Won't Block Tempur Sealy's $4B Mattress Firm Deal
• Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
• Chancery Pushes Air Transport SPAC Suit Toward Trial
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Gibson Dunn, Milbank
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Squire Patton, Willkie Farr Guide $1.3B Allstate Unit Deal
• Despite Fewer Biden Antitrust Probes, Abandonments Rose
• Nippon Targets Sanyo Special Steel After Nixed US Steel Deal
• Top Considerations For Insurance Companies In 2025
• 2nd Circ. Sees No Skadden Conflict In Pharma Merger Work
• Loeb & Loeb Leads $150M Greek Shipping Execs' SPAC IPO
• DOJ Calls UnitedHealth Dismissal Bid A Discovery 'End Run'
• Amex GBT Calls Judge's Sept. DOJ Trial 'Manifest Injustice'
• Del. Dispatch: Lessons From Failed Albertsons-Kroger Merger
• Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• How Views On Healthcare Price Transparency Are Changing
• MoFo Guides Welltower's $900M Senior Living REIT Deal
• Chancery Reverses Magistrate Toss Of Paramount Doc Suit
• M&A Shot To $3.7T In 2024 As IT/Tech, Finance Shined
• Rumors Fly As Trump Seeks Deal To Keep TikTok Alive
• DOJ Challenges HPE's $14B Deal For Juniper Networks
• Sidley, Mintz Guide Gene Biz Acquisition Worth Up To $7M
• Molson Coors Buys Stake In UK Mixer Biz Fevertree For £71M
• Nelson Mullins-Led Serco Unit To Buy Defense Biz For $327M
• Roomba Maker Escapes Suit Over Scuttled Amazon Merger
• GOP Sen. Wants 'New' FCC To Review Soros-Audacy Deal
• SPAC Investors Sue In Del. Over Conflicted Concert Co. Deal
• Spirit Spurns Frontier Offer In Favor Of Ch. 11 Debt Swap
• The 5 Most Important Bid Protest Decisions Of 2024
• 2 Blank Check Cos. Plan IPOs Totaling $325M
• 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
• Milbank Lands Kirkland Private Equity Ace In LA
• Milbank Adds Ex-Skadden Financial Restructuring Pro In NY
• KKR Plugs $250M Into Healthcare Biz Henry Schein
• $7.8B ChampionX Deal Gets Added Scrutiny Across The Pond
• Anglo American Completes $1B Sale Of Jellinbah
• A&O Shearman Guides American Axle's £1.16B UK Biz Offer
• Capri Investors Sue Over Scrapped $8.5B Tapestry Merger
• Drugs Made In America SPAC Nets $200M To Buy Pharma Biz
• Pharma Co. Gets Final Shot To Ax NC Contract Breach Suit
• Bain Capital Seeks Surgery Partners Buyout At $3.3B Value
• Overseas Investment Rule Calls For Compliance Caution
• Dish Says Spoofed Social Media Posts Defamed Co., Execs
• Yale Unit Wants To Yank Hospital Sale Suit From Ch. 11 Court
• TravelPerk Hits $2.7B Valuation, Announces Yokoy Buy
• Beacon Roofing Nails Poison Pill To $11B Hostile Takeover Bid
• 'Godfather' Of AG Defense Retiring From Cozen O'Connor
• Cravath, Ropes & Gray Guide $2.4B Connecticut Water Deal
• Paul Hastings, Cravath Lead Smithfield's Reduced $522M IPO
• Chancery Bars More Disclosures In Sage-Biogen Fight
• 4 Firms Look To Build $1B Sale Of Evergreen Theragnostics
• Trump Wants TikTok 'Bidding War' As Microsoft Enters Talks
• Mediobanca Rejects Monte Dei Paschi's €13.3B Bid
• Zee Entertainment Hits Star India With Cricket Counterclaim
• Perella Weinberg Had $47M Motive To Ax Partners, Judge Told
• Party City Inks Deal To Sell IP, Assets In 2nd Ch. 11
• Twitter Investor Can't Recoup Stock Sale Loss, Musk Atty Says
• Drone Co., Media Biz And Tire-Maker Announce SPAC Mergers
• 'Guesswork' Dooms Class Cert. In Meta Privacy Antitrust Suit
• QXO Goes Hostile With $11B Beacon Roofing Takeover Bid
• Recent Suits Show Antitrust Agencies' Focus On HSR Review
• PureHealth Nabs Majority Stake In HHG In $2.3B Deal
• Jimmie Johnson Takes Majority Stake In NASCAR Cup Team
• The 7th Circ.'s Top 10 Civil Opinions Of 2024
• Skadden Grows In Houston With V&E's Global M&A Co-Leader
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Skadden
• FTC Mired Startups, But Trump Brings Hope, Tech Group Says
• Davis Polk, Skadden Build Emerson's $7.2B AspenTech Buy
• Proskauer Brings On MoFo REIT Expert As M&A Partner In DC
• Ancora Seeks To Make US Steel 'Great Again' With New Board
• Latham, Gibson Lead Diversified Energy's $1.3B Maverick Buy
• Trump Media Says Presidential Shield Deflects Investors' Suit
• Del. Justices Reject Investor Suit Over Dropped Drug Prospect
• Chancery Keeps $4.6B Cvent Sale Challenge Alive
• Amex GBT Faces Sept. Trial In DOJ Case Against $570M Deal
• NJ Judge Rejects Bid For New Trial In Red Roof Inn Deal
• Greenberg Traurig Health Ace Joins Polsinelli In LA
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
• Norway's Orkla Selling Hydropower Portfolio In $545M Deal
• EU Approves Int'l Paper's $7.2B DS Smith Deal With Fix
• Chinese Co. Buys Stake In Amp Maker Marshall In $1.2B Deal
• Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Simpson Thacher
• 'Secret Plot' Drove Perella Weinberg Split, Judge Hears
• Trump Treads Into Murky Waters With TikTok Gambit
• 2 Firms Guide Monte Dei Paschi's €13.3B Mediobanca Bid
• Conn. Lawmakers Target Healthcare After Hospital's Ch. 11
• Chancery Tosses Suit Challenging $10.2B Zendesk Sale
• FTC Chair's 1st Act: Ending 'Scourge' Of DEI
• Conflict Limits 1 Lawyer On Javice Team As Trial Date Slips
• Khan Leaving The Federal Trade Commission By Jan. 31
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Weil
• PE Strategies To Manage Adjacent Portfolio Firm Conflicts
• Spotless Brands' Sale Could Make Splash, And More Rumors
• Latham-Led Brookfield Buying Divvy Homes For $1B
• Baker Botts Adds DOJ Atty Who Led Airline Merger Challenge
• Holland & Knight Adds Davis Wright's Ex-Managing Partner
• Greenlight CLO Rejoins Nelson Mullins As Corporate Co-Chair
• Bain Matches CC Capital's Rival Bid For Insignia Financial
• Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• American, JetBlue Ink $1.9M Atty Fee Deal After Antitrust Loss
• Del. Justices Probe $10.4B Anaplan-Thoma Bravo Deal
• Former Pioneer CEO Sues FTC Over Exxon Board Block
• Securities Defense Bar Notched More Dismissals In '24
• Waste Co. Says Ex-Director Used Secret Info For Sabotage
• Pa. Justices Revive Case Over Hospital Care Discontinuation
• Paul Weiss Repping Aptiv On Plans To Split Into 2 Companies
• 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
• Paul Weiss Guides Ares On $304M Form Technologies Buy
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• How FTC Sent A $5.6M Warning Against Jumping The Gun
• Saudi Wealth Fund Selling Biz Service Firm In $907M Deal
• Ex-Meta COO Sanctioned For Deleting Cambridge Emails
• Del. Justices Seal Oracle's Win In $9.3B NetSuite Merger Suit
• Judge OKs Deal To Keep Some American Freight Stores Open
• Colo. Court OKs Use Of LLC Test For LPs In Ranch War
• Paul Hastings Repping TikTok Buyout Consortium
• Ex-Cannabis Exec Hit With Insider Trading Charges
• Dozen Morris Manning Attys Headed To Reed Smith, Firm Says
• New SEC Task Force Eyes 'Sensible' Crypto Regulations
• FTC Gives Nod To Chevron's $53B Hess Buy, With Conditions
• Pactiv Evergreen's $6.7B Sale To Novolex Goes Unchallenged
• Former DOJ Antitrust Leader Joins Cravath From Paul Weiss
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Latham
• Bain-Backed Kantar Group Selling Media Arm In $1B Deal
• New Tariff Moves Still In Flux As Trump Retakes Office
• Holland & Knight Reps Redwire On $925M Edge Buy
• Paul Weiss Hires Exec Comp Head From Sullivan & Cromwell
• Trump Delays TikTok Ban To Hammer Out Deal
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
• PE Firm Resolves FTC's Antitrust Anesthesia Roll-Up Case
• Sidley-Led Hennessy Capital's 7th SPAC Raises $175M
• US Steel Can't Quicken Probe Into Alleged Merger Plot
• Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
• Mass Arbitration Procedures After Faulty Live Nation Ruling
• Crown Labs Tops Rival Bid In Quest To Buy Biotech Revance
• PE-Backed M&A Values, Megadeals Surged In 2024
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson Thacher, Covington
• Off The Bench: Arrest In NBA Betting Probe, 76ers' Arena Deal
• 5 Firms Build 180 Degree Capital, Mount Logan Merger
• Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Law
• KKR Takes Stake In Dubai Data Hub To Drive $5B Investment
• UK CMA Settles Sports Betting Company Divestiture
• SEC's General Counsel Barbero To Exit As Trump Takes Office
• GOP Describes FTC Dems' Last Days As 'Farcical,' 'Senseless'
• Antitrust's 'Moment' Has Arrived, Thanks To Biden Enforcers
• Chancery Nixes More Docs For Exxon-Pioneer Merger Suit
• Swedish Match Wants 'Copycat' Sham Patent Suit Nixed
• Colo. AG Wants Ruling In Case Grocers' Merger Is Resurrected
• Spirit Aero Hit With Chancery Suit Over $8.3B Boeing Merger
• Forecasting The Future Of The FTC Post-Inauguration
• S&C-Led Symbotic Buys Walmart's AI-Based Robotics Biz
• Lawmakers Ask Biden To Pause TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Law
• Trump Names Senate Commerce Aide As FCC Commissioner
• Cleveland-Cliffs Sets Sights On US Steel, And More Rumors
• US-China Deal Considerations Amid Cross-Border Uncertainty
• Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• UK Electronics Biz Buys German Rival For Up To €43M
• UK Probes Keysight's £1.2B Offer For Telecoms Biz Spirent
• Del. Court Nixes Bid For Truth Social Share Attachment
• Del. Justices Mull 'Reasonable' Effort Duty In Drug Biz Deal
• Plum Acquisition's Latest SPAC Leads 2 IPOs Raising $200M
• 5 Firms Build ASMedia's $390M Techpoint Buy
• Alston & Bird Hires McDermott M&A Duo In NY
• SEC Announces Departure Of Top Economist And Accountant
• Nippon, US Steel Face Long Odds On Merger Challenge
• No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
• Amex GBT Blasts Bid To Block $570M Travel Services Deal
• Canada Greenlights $18B Viterra-Bunge Grain Deal
• TowerBrook's £283M Deal For Equals Wins FCA Backing
• Beacon Roofing Rejects $11B Takeover Offer Lobbed By QXO
• AI Travel App Co. Mondee Files Ch. 11 With Sale Plans
• Slaughter And May-Led Fortress Ups Loungers Bid To £366.6M
• Clifford Chance, Wachtell Help Pfizer To Cut Haleon Stake
• Latham Grabs Top Spot For 2024 IPOs By Large Margin
• Chancery Hits Co. With $2.9M Atty Fee Bill As Sanction
• Frank Exec Wants Fraudster Comparisons Blocked At Trial
• Fuse Says Skydance Deal Poses Harms To Ad-Based Streaming
• DXC Says Investor Suit Shows Integration Problems, Not Fraud
• TripAdvisor, Class Flip Nevada Move Positions In Del. Appeal
• Leaked Deals Achieved Higher Premiums But Little Else
• 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
• Best Practices To Find Del. Earnout Provisions That Hold Up
• Simpson Thacher, Sullivan Rep CBRE's $400M Coworking Buy
• Macquarie, Data Center Biz Enter $5B Financing Partnership
• Jones Day-Led Wabtec Paying $1.8B For Evident Tech Unit
• Apollo, Standard Chartered Form $3B Strategic Partnership
• DOJ Accuses PE Giant KKR Of Dropping Merger Disclosures
• H&E Rentals' Stock Doubles On $4.8B United Rentals Deal
• Insurer Drops Dispute Over Private Equity Firm's Deals
• Ex-Acacia Research CIO Gave Relative Insider Info, SEC Says
• T-Mobile, UScellular Say Tie-Up Will 'Greatly' Amp Up Service
• What 2024 Tells Us About Calif. Health Transaction Reviews
• Truth Social SPAC Ex-CEO Seeks Del. Suit Toss Or Freeze
• Chamber Challenges FTC And DOJ Merger Filings Overhaul
• 5 Firms Steer Up-To-$750M Sale Of Life Molecular Imaging
• T-Mobile To Pay Roughly $600M For Ad Tech Co. Vistar Media
• Sidley Lands M&A Pros From Jones Day, Simpson Thacher
• Lilly To Buy Scorpion Cancer Program For Up To $2.5B
• 76ers Drop Controversial Plan For New Center City Arena
• Republican Trifecta Amplifies Risks For Cos. In 3 Key Areas
• Proskauer Faces Revived DQ Bid In NJ Hospital Antitrust Fight
• Cravath-Led J&J Paying $14.6B For Neuropsychiatric Drug Co.
• CFIUS Grants Nippon, US Steel Extension To Abandon Deal
• 3 Firms Build Clearwater's $1.5B Buy Of Enfusion
• Nvidia's Healthcare Ambitions Grow In New Partnerships
• GSK To Buy US Biotech Biz IDRx For Up To $1.15B
• Hospital Operator Hits Ch. 11 With $1B-Plus Debt, Sale Plans
• X Fights Finding Severance Row Contract Claims Can Survive
• 4 Trends That Will Shape Venture Capital Funding In 2025
• US Trustee Balks At Ch. 11 Bid Protections In First Mode Case
• 2024 Was A Banner Year For Shareholder Activism
• Off The Bench: Venu Deal Off, Fox Suit, Gender Rules Wobble
• KKR, PSP Buy $2.8B Stake In American Electric Power Units
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• EU Greenlights $35B Synopsys-Ansys Deal With Remedies
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Davis Polk, Wachtell
• 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
• Justices Seem Inclined To Uphold TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Law
• ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Abruptly Scrap Sports Streaming JV
• BCLP's Global Healthcare Chair Jumps To Dechert
• Travers Smith-Led DBAY Bids £350M For Alliance Pharma
• DOJ Sues To Block Amex GBT's $570M Deal For Rival CWT
• Constellation Energy Buying Calpine In $26.6B Megadeal
• Skadden Opens Abu Dhabi Office With Freshfields Hire
• Activision Brands $75B Del. Merger Suit 'Scattershot'
• Lutnick, Cantor Seek Toss Of BGC Reorganization Suit In Del.
• Kroger Drops FTC Constitutionality Fight After Nixed Merger
• Grocers Say Nothing Left To Fight In Colo. Merger Challenge
• DirecTV, Dish Say Sports Streamer Harmful Despite Fubo Deal
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
• AI Startup Anthropic Seeks $60B Valuation, Plus More Rumors
• 5 Questions Attys Have About Supreme Court's TikTok Case
• US Steel And Nippon's Lawsuit Seen As 'Hail Mary' Attempt
• Yale Wins Info Battle In $435M Hospital Sale Contract Fight
• Musk Could Dodge Some Claims In X Severance Suit
• Reed Smith Steers Bauer On $625M Clear Channel Buy
• Kirkland Leads Project Liberty's Bid For TikTok As Ban Looms
• Moore & Van Allen Nabs Baker McKenzie Finance Pro
• EU's AI Act May Lead To More M&A Arbitration
• Group Alleges $10M 'Sham' In Fla. Plant-Based Co. Stock Deal
• Colo. Judge Certifies National Class Of Senior Care Investors
• UnitedHealth Wants $3.3B Amedisys Deal Challenge Tossed
• Khan Acknowledges 'Open Question' On Trump Antitrust Plan
• 3 Firms Steer Galapagos' Plan To Spin Off New Drug Company
• T-Mobile-UScellular Deal Won't Hurt Wireless Market, FCC Told
• Shoppers Say Kroger Merger Suit Still Alive After Nixed Deal
• Jones Day, Ropes & Gray Build $795M Deal For Simple Mills
• NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4
• Boston Scientific Paying Up To $664M For Bolt Medical
• Wilson Sonsini, Cooley Lead $621M Take-Private Of Accolade
• Skadden-Led Dutch Chips Maker To Buy $625M Car Tech Co.
• Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Roche Completes Biopharma Acquisition Worth Up To $1.5B
• Energy Co. Inks $126 Million Deal To End SPAC Merger Suit
• Oilfield Services Firm Flowco Set to Drill Down On $392M IPO
• Cooper Standard Says $11M Royalty Fight Can't Be Arbitrated
• Carlyle Beats Chancery Challenge To $77.5M Authentix Sale
• Canada Needs Catalysts To Heat Up Cold IPO Market
• Winston & Strawn Lands Sidley Transactions Ace In Miami
• Cintas Reveals $5.3B Takeover Offer For Uniform Rental Biz
• Clark Hill Adds Taylor English Corporate Atty Trio In Atlanta
• 3 Factors Affecting Retail M&A Deals In 2025
• Davis Polk, Kirkland Guide Paychex's $4.1B Paycor Buy
• Getty, Shutterstock Ink $3.7B Visual Content Merger
• 6 Firms Guide $5.6B PE-Backed Deal For GFL Unit
• London Software Co. Receives Two £315M Takeover Bids
• FTC Imposes Record $5.6M 'Gun Jumping' Penalty On Oil Deal
• Swiss Bank Julius Baer To Sell Brazilian Biz For $100M
• Nikola Investors Win Class Cert. In Securities Fraud Litigation
• Sidley, Wachtell Guide Inari Medical's $4.9B Sale To Stryker
• Live Nation Can't Get Intermission In Calif. Antitrust Case
• Nasdaq Gets SPAC Investor's Racial Bias Claims Tossed
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Teoxane Outbids Crown With New Revance Therapeutics Bid
• FTC Picks Augur Pro-Business Bent For Much Of Economy
• FTC Blasts Tempur Sealy's New Floor-Space Promise
• KKR Pushes Fuji Soft To Pursue Legal Action Against Bain
• Akoustis Says Ch. 11 Plan Handles IP Injunction Concerns
• Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation
• Paul Hastings, Cravath Steer Pork Giant Smithfield's IPO Filing
• Olshan Frome, Ellenoff Grossman Guide Gun Biz SPAC Deal
• Disney Buy Ends Fubo Sports Streaming Suit
• Nippon, US Steel Hit Back With Suits After Biden Blocks Deal
• Diversified Energy Buys Appalachian Gas Assets For $45M
• Semiconductor Co. Beats 2nd Suit Over Failed $8B Merger
• DOJ Wants Oct. Amedisys Trial, UnitedHealth Wants Aug.
• Del. Court Rules Against Insurers In Harman 'Bump-Up' Case
• FTC Dems Eye Merger Review, Noncompete Legacy
• Meta Wants Advertising Monopoly Suit Nixed
• Food Delivery App Inks $80M Deal To End SPAC Merger Suit
• 3 New Year's Resolutions For Antitrust Agencies To Consider
• FTC Focus: A Changing Of The Guard
• DE Shaw Rips Air Products' CEO Succession Plan Failure
• Influencer Marketing Biz Later Buys Mavely In $250M Deal
• Biden Blocks $14.9B US Steel-Nippon Deal
• IBM And GlobalFoundries Settle Contract, Trade Secret Suits
• A-Rod's SPAC Deal Seeks Extra Innings, Plus More IPOs Filed
• Rep. Jordan Picks Wis. Lawmaker For House Antitrust Panel
• Tempur Sealy Ups Floor Space Promise In FTC Merger Case
• 8 Trends And Predictions Following PE's Late 2024 Surge
• Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Del. Courts Gavel Out 2024 With Fox, Opioid Case Rulings
• Thomson Reuters Bolsters Tax Ops With $600M SafeSend Buy
• 4 Firms Build CA$169M Take-Private Of Quisitive Technology
• Food Service Tech Biz Buys PE-Owned Delaget In $132M Deal
• Ad Agency Sells Unit For £17.4M, Begins £1.5M Buyback
• Vodafone Completes €8B Sale Of Italian Biz To Swisscom
• Healthcare and Life Science Deals Attys Expect In 2025
• An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
• The Top 5 High Court Cases To Watch This Spring
• High-Stakes Healthcare Court Battles To Watch In 2025
• 5 Energy Transactional Trends To Watch In 2025
• D&O, Cyber Issues Top Specialty Line Cases To Watch In 2025
• Trump 2.0 Signals Shift Toward Capital Markets Deregulation
• IPO Outlook Brightens As More Companies Eye 2025 Listings
• Colorado Cases To Watch In 2025
• What To Watch For In The 2025 Benefits Landscape
• Food & Beverage Cases To Watch In 2025
• NC Cases To Watch In 2025: NASCAR Fight, Healthcare Rows
• M&A Attys Bullish About 2025 Despite Global Tensions
• Connecticut Cases To Watch In 2025: Ethics, Mergers & Actors
• 5 Antitrust Issues For In-House Counsel In 2025