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Mergers & Acquisitions - May, 2025

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• Meta Looks To Nix FTC's Lead Econ Expert After Antitrust Trial
• Governor Wants Input If Dropbox Challenge Is Appealed
• Google Must Turn Over Docs About Potential Ad Tech Breakup
• Del. Court Orders Some Doc Access In Sports Collectable Suit
• The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit
• Wachtell, Akin Steer EOG On $5.6B Energy Deal
• Modine Buys Specialty Heating Business For $112M
• REIT Investors' $12M Deal Over NexPoint Merger Get Final OK
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cravath, Latham
• Strathcona Lobs $4.3B Offer For MEG, Snags PE Investment
• Del. Dispatch: A Look At Indemnification Notice Provisions
• UK Clears $3.1B SES-Intelsat Satellites Biz Merger Plan
• National Grid Completes $1.7B Sale Of Green Biz To Brookfield
• NYC Tour Bus Co. Asks Judge To Rethink Nixing Antitrust Suit
• Alston & Bird, Smith Mackinnon Steer $710M Fla. Bank Deal
• Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Mayer Brown Guide $4B Rail Deal
• Delaware Justices Asked To Review Corporate Law Rework
• JetBlue Fights American's NEA Suit, Pivots To United Deal
• $45M Settlement, $9.65M Fee OK'd In Del. Cornerstone Suit
• Seyfarth Adds Greenspoon Marder Corporate Atty In LA
• Buyer Beware Of Restrictive Covenants In Delaware
• ESOP Ruling Clarifies Trustees' Role In 3rd-Party Sales
• Javice Request To Sink Guilty Verdict Turned Aside By Judge
• Google Ad Tech Ruling Creates Antitrust Uncertainty
• Japan's NTT Docomo Launches Offer Valuing Bank At $5.1B
• Grammarly Secures $1B To Expand Reach, Boost AI Platform
• Brazilian Jiujitsu Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Shein Eyes HK Listing After London Snag, Plus More Rumors
• Shell To Boost Stake In Nigerian Oilfield With $510M Deal
• Del. Justices Won't Revive Raytheon Incentive Plan Suit
• 3 Firms Guide Hailey Bieber's $1B Sale Of Rhode To Elf Beauty
• FTC Orders Divestitures Before $35B Synopsys-Ansys Merger
• 3 Firms Guide Acrisure On $1.1B Global Payments Unit Buy
• DOJ Gets Some Discovery Seeking HPE-Juniper Witness Bias
• SunCoke Energy Expanding With $325M Phoenix Global Buy
• DOJ Tells Justices American Airlines Can't Renew JetBlue Pact
• Singapore's Quadria Closes $1B-Plus Healthcare Fund
• Anesthesiology Co. Urges Dismissal Of Antitrust Class Action
• Defense-Focused SPAC Leads Pair Of Listings Totaling $285M
• Checkpoint Pharma Sued For Docs On $355M Merger Plan
• In Volatile World, PE Attys Guide Complex Take-Private Deals
• Opportunities And Challenges For The Texas Stock Exchange
• Freshfields Gains New Tech M&A Leadership From Debevoise
• Kirkland Hires 3 M&A Partners From Skadden
• Audacy Gig Squelched By Soros Fund, Radio Executive Says
• Pace Of Early Terminations Suggests Greater M&A Scrutiny
• Kirkland, Cravath Steer WiseTech's $2.1B Merger With E2open
• Chancery Footnotes Raise Post-SB 21 Stir In Delaware
• Bankrupt 23andMe To Delist Stock After Regeneron Deal
• Judge Follows The Users And The Money In Meta's FTC Case
• DOJ Wants Google Docs Analyzing Potential Ad Tech Breakup
• Davis Polk-Led Stablecoin Giant Circle Eyes $600M IPO
• Trump's Media Co. To Raise $2.5B For Bitcoin Purchase
• Morgan Lewis Guides NYC's $5B Equity Sale To Blackstone
• Paris VC Firm Cathay Closes $1B AI Venture Capital Fund
• Review Risk Is Increasing For Foreign Real Estate Developers
• Nikola Creditors Ask To Examine Founder Over $100M Award
• Salesforce To Buy Informatica In $8B Deal Led By 4 Firms
• Eli Lilly Inks $1B Deal For Non-Opioid Pain-Drug Maker
• Slaughter And May-Led Bain Invests £120M In UK Finance Biz
• Energy Consultancy Backs PE Firm's 'Superior' £129M Bid
• Serco Completes $327M Northrop Defense Biz Deal
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• McMahon Tries To Limit Misconduct Docs In WWE Merger Suit
• Power To The Paralegals: An Untapped Source For Biz Roles
• Insurer Accused Of Firing Worker Out Of Pregnancy Bias
• FTC Probing Alcon's $430M Lensar Deal
• Banking Veteran Betsy Cohen's Latest SPAC Targets Fintech
• Squire Patton, Kirkland Lead Goodyear's $650M PE Deal
• The Legal Risks Of US Restrictions On Investments In China
• Taxation With Representation: Troutman, A&O Shearman
• Kilpatrick Grows M&A And Venture Capital Teams
• FTC Finally Drops Challenge To Microsoft-Activision Deal
• Torys-Led Vermilion Sells Canadian Gas Assets For CA$415M
• Assura Tells Shareholders Not To Vote On KKR, Stonepeak Bid
• International Paper Co. To Shut 5 Sites After DS Smith Deal
• RedBird To Buy Telegraph As Gov't Relaxes Ownership Rules
• Lottery.com Execs Cop To Securities Fraud In SPAC Case
• Proxy Proposal Omissions Rose Post-SEC Bulletin, Study Finds
• Firm Drops $500K Contract Suit Against Cannabis POS Co.
• Cities Say They Fixed Bid To Divest Axon Police Camera Buy
• Senators Unveil DNA Privacy Bill Amid 23andMe's Ch. 11 Sale
• Motorola Eyes $4.5B Wireless Radio Deal, And Other Rumors
• Oyster Enterprises II SPAC Prices $220M IPO
• Millicom Buying Telefonica's Uruguay Mobile Unit For $440M
• Playing Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Does R-Squared Have A Role In Event Study Analysis?
• Gem Group Plugs $100M Into MoviePass For Fantasy Platform
• Senior FCC Democrat Attends Final Monthly Meeting
• 4 Ways Slater Is Priming DOJ For Continued Antitrust Success
• Cleary Closes Frankfurt Office As It Consolidates In Germany
• What EU 'Killer Acquisition' Study Means For Pharma Deals
• Sanofi To Acquire Goodwin-Led US Biotech Biz For $470M
• Latham Leads Honeywell In £1.8B UK Catalyst Tech Biz Buy
• Discover Interim Legal Chief Exits As Capital One Deal Closes
• House Panel Advances Bills Easing Securities, Banking Regs
• Verizon Looks To Break Free Of TracFone Unlocking Condition
• Latham, Gibson Dunn Steer $5.75B Lumen, AT&T Fiber Deal
• AbbVie Gets Victory In Allergan Shareholder Suit Upheld
• Vegan Restaurant Chain Planta To Tap $1.75M In DIP Funding
• Wachtell Guides OpenAI On $6.5B Io Products Acquisition
• Crypto Influencer's SPAC Leads 2 Offerings Totaling $420M
• Rite Aid Cleared To Sell Pharmacy Assets To CVS, Others
• Key Aspects Of FDIC's Resolution Planning FAQ
• Kraft Heinz Signals M&A Ambitions Amid Berkshire Board Exit
• Kronos Bio Shareholder Says Sale Unfairly Benefits Execs
• Why Texas Should Slow Down On Healthcare Merger Bills
• Crestline Investors Closes $1.7B NAV Financing Fund
• LA Chargers Latest NFL Team To Add PE Minority Ownership
• Cadwalader Adds Ex-Latham Infrastructure Atty In London
• Simpson Thacher, Hogan Lovells Guide $1.75B Shipping Deal
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Becoming A Firmwide MVP
• FDIC Nixes Biden-Era Merger Rules As House Passes OCC Bill
• High Court Precedent Blocks FTC Commish Firings, Judge Told
• Nextdoor Beats Investor Suit Over Post-SPAC Profitability
• Meta Says Too Late For 'Dramatic Shift' In Antitrust Argument
• Beach Point Nabs Nearly $1.3B For Private Credit, Real Estate
• Judge Denies Meta's Mid-Trial Bid To End FTC Monopoly Case
• Big Tech M&A Risk Under Trump May Resemble Biden Era
• Greenberg Traurig, Gibson Dunn Guide $865M Ariz. Hotel Sale
• Cleary Guides Up To $391M Sale Of Levi Strauss' Dockers Line
• Holland & Knight Adds Employment Litigator To DC-Area Office
• Engineer Renold Faces Competing Bids Worth Up To £183M
• Ithaca To Boost Stake In UK Gas Field With £116M Deal
• SEC's 'Shadow Trading' Win Should Be Tossed, 9th Circ. Told
• Cepton Sued In Del. Over $125M Koito Take-Private Deal
• FCC's Carr Claims Victory Versus DEI In Verizon-Frontier OK
• Insurer Drops Fight Over $9M OpenText Merger Settlement
• Tyson Says Feed Ingredient Co.'s Suppliers Chose It Fairly
• NY AG Blasts Ski Resort Owner's Antitrust Fixes
• Wachtell-Led Regeneron To Buy 23andMe, Gaining User Data
• Covington Corporate M&A Atty Moves To Clifford Chance
• Mayer Brown Taps Sidley Attorney As Practice Co-Lead
• Proskauer Adds Another M&A Atty In NYC From Ropes & Gray
• Latham, A&O Shearman Guide $3B AI Manufacturing Deal
• Aircraft Parts Co. TransDigm Nabs Servotronics In $110M Deal
• Kirkland Guides Blackstone's $11.5B Deal For TXNM Energy
• Dutch Investor Launches €4.1B Offer For Just Eat Takeaway
• KKR, Stonepeak Take Swipe At PHP's Rival Bid For Assura
• No 'Magic Words' Needed To Sue KKR For Hiding Deals, DOJ Says
• IPO Pipeline Restarts As Tariff-Related Volatility Eases
• Food Delivery App's $80M Investor Settlement Gets Final OK
• Off The Bench: NIL Objectors, NFL's Bluesky Beef, Dick's Deal
• Rite Aid Announces Deals To Transfer Pharmacy Assets
• PHP Ups Takeover Offer For Assura To £1.7B
• Canadian Geothermal Co. STS Hits Ch. 15 With Sale Plan
• Cullen And Dykman Adds Golenbock Eiseman Tax Partner
• Taxation With Representation: Blakes, Davies, Goodmans
• Cooley, Goodwin Build BioMarin's $270M Inozyme Buy
• $38M Law Firm Settlement Highlights 'Unworthy Client' Perils
• UK Biotech Biz Issues Shares To Fund £5M Canadian Buy
• Shell Affiliate Sells Trinidad Assets To Touchstone For $28M
• Wachtell, Latham Steer $34.5B Charter, Cox Cable Mega Deal
• EU 'Champions' Ambitions Could Cause Antitrust Friction
• Investor Pulls De La Rue Bid Amid Competing Offer
• US Auto Parts Maker Eyes London Listing After £1.2B UK Deal
• Vistra To Expand Gas Power Plant Portfolio With $1.9B Buy
• Taylor Swift Fans Get Final Shot At Ticketmaster Antitrust Suit
• TikTok's Friends Features 'Set Off Alarm Bells' At Facebook
• Ex-CEO Cops To Conspiracy Charge In $212M Fraud Case
• Live Nation's Atty Fails To 'Move The Needle' In Discovery Bid
• Consumer Bid To Block Capital One-Discover Deal Falters
• Greenberg Traurig, Loeb Guiding $1.7B Acuren, NV5 Deal
• Teaching Business Law Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• FTC Chair Says Staffing Cuts Needed After Hiring Spree
• Senior Living Co. Pleads For Proxy Fight Win After CEO Exit
• AI Startup Perplexity Seeks $14B Valuation, And More Rumors
• Covington Atty To Help With Squarespace Appraisal Discovery
• Entrata Hits $4.3B Valuation After $200M Blackstone Plug
• Wachtell-Led Dick's Making $2.4B Bet On Foot Locker
• Greencore Set To Devour UK Meal Maker Bakkavor For £1.2B
• Connecting With Friends Becoming 'Secondary,' FB Head Says
• Judge Hints At Shielding Docs Of Live Nation Competitors
• Abbott Signs Bill Codifying Immunity For Corporate Execs
• Ex-Citi Exec Klein's Latest SPAC Raises Upsized $360M IPO
• Novo Nordisk, Septerna Ink Up To $2.2B Obesity Drug Deal
• Navigating The Expanding Frontier Of Premerger Notice Laws
• Skadden-Led Crypto Platform EToro Prices Upsized $620M IPO
• Sidley-Led Evri To Merge With DHL Unit In The UK
• Databricks Buying Cloud Database Co. Neon In $1B Deal
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery
• NY AG Says Capital One Denied Millions In Account Interest
• Aviva's £3.7B Deal To Buy Direct Line Gets UK Investigation
• Cleary Guides GSK's $2B Buy Of Liver Disease Drug
• FTC Remains Concerned With Merger 'Underenforcement'
• Hooters Can Tap Full $40M DIP In Chapter 11
• Ski Resort Owner Offers Alternative Fixes After Antitrust Loss
• WNBA's Connecticut Sun Put Up For Sale By Mohegan Tribe
• Grocery Giants Fight Washington's 'Redundant' $32.4M Fee Bid
• Senate Dems Say Paramount Deal Needs Full FCC Vote
• NBA's Trail Blazers Tap Hogan Lovells For New Sale
• Former J&J, Moderna Exec Joins Goodwin Procter In Boston
• FTC To Keep Focus On Key Sectors, Address Personal Liberty
• Mergers Face Steeper Slopes In State Antitrust Reviews
• Proposals Against Phillips 66 Threaten Corporate Law
• Strategies To Limit Inherent Damage Of Multidefendant Trials
• 4 Firms Build Robinhood's $178.9M Canadian Crypto Buy
• Vegan Restaurant Chain Planta Hits Ch. 11 With Sale Plans
• Peugeot Invests $125M In Insurance Broker BroadStreet
• Latham Helps Partners Group Invest $400M In Digital Platform
• Eric Trump-Backed Crypto Miner Merges With Gryphon Digital
• Chancery Nixes Paramount-Skydance Books Suit Intervention
• Redfin Shareholder Sues To Block $1.75B Rocket Cos. Merger
• 3 Firms Steer $2.1B Pan American's Canadian Silver Co. Buy
• Will Justices Finally Rein In Universal Injunctions?
• Proskauer, Cooley Guide Up To $880M Hand Sanitizer Deal
• Akin Adds Ex-Mayer Brown Real Estate Funds, M&A Partners
• AI Powers Next Wave Of Telehealth M&A After 2024 Uptick
• Chancery Delays $30M Deal In SPAC Suit For Review Of Class
• Hub International Reaches $29B Valuation After $1.6B Plug
• 3 Firms Guide NRG, LS Power On $12B Natural Gas Deal
• Blackstone Gets More Time For Warehouse REIT Offer
• LNG Exporter's Brass Face Investor Suit Over IPO Risk Claims
• Private Fundraising Takes Hit Amid Volatile Backdrop
• 3 Firms Build Take-Private Deal Of Outsourcing Biz TaskUs
• Renewable Energy SPAC Taps Surging Market For $150M
• Souter's Clerks Remember Him As Humble, Kind And Caring
• Off The Bench: Latest NIL Deal Fix, More WWE Court Troubles
• Hiker And 'Raconteur': Atty Recalls 50-Year Bond With Souter
• Chancery Rejects Shareholder Challenge To Fidelity Spinoff
• A Look At David Souter's Most Significant Opinions
• Justice Souter Was An Unexpected Force Of Moderation
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Weiss, Weil, V&E, Torys
• Copenhagen Infrastructure Plugs $500M Into JV With BKV
• Foley & Lardner Adds Partners In Chicago From Norton Rose
• Government IT Contractor Gets OK For June Ch. 11 Auction
• Delta, Korean Air To Buy 25% Of Canadian Airline For $550M
• Massumi & Consoli Brings On Gibson Dunn M&A Pro In LA
• Activist Ends Battle With Lyft By Withdrawing Director Noms
• Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter Dies At 85
• OCC Axes Biden-Era Bank Merger Rule In Latest Reversal
• Instagram Head Says App 'Blends' Friends And Entertainment
• PSP Investments, BCE To Form New Fiber Biz With $1.5B Plug
• Ticketmaster Asks Justices To Protect 'Alternative' Arbitration
• Honest Co. IPO Investors Get Initial OK For $27.5M Settlement
• Musk Objects To New Job For SEC's Former Litigation Chief
• Biotech Tells Chancery Drug Co. Abused Merger Prospects
• Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
• Wilson Sonsini M&A Ace Moves To Cooley In Silicon Valley
• Nestle Eyes Potential $5B Water Unit Sale, And Other Reports
• Seyfarth Appoints Two Corporate Practice Leaders
• Mercer Advisors Nabs Tufton Capital, Adding $3B In Assets
• Simpson Thacher-Led Corsair Closes $600M Fund
• Coinbase Buying Crypto Options Firm Deribit For $2.9B
• EU Moves To Revamp 20-Year-Old Merger Control Rules
• Latham, Wilson Sonsini Guide $800M Tripledot Gaming Deal
• Biotech Co. Accelerate Diagnostics Hits Ch. 11 With Sale Plan
• Latham-Led TA Associates Bids £570M For UK Tech Biz
• Senate Backs Bid To Scrap Biden-Era OCC Bank Merger Rule
• Sidley-Led Insurer Aspen Leads 2 IPOs Raising $508M Total
• $525M Nuke Services Deal Faces Canada Competition Probe
• Tupperware's Post-Sale Ch. 11 Plan Approved
• Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Shionogi To Acquire Torii Pharma Through $1.1B Tender Offer
• McMahon's Misconduct Docs Sought In WWE Merger Suit
• Nordstrom's Investor Can't Block Vote On Go-Private Deal
• AI-Focused SPAC Raises $125M As Blank-Check Filings Surge
• Performance Equity Clinches 5th Fund With $383M Committed
• Top Regional Atty At Binance Joins Steptoe White Collar Team
• Orrick Hires Boston Duo For Life Sciences Practice
• Winston & Strawn M&A Partner Joins King & Spalding In NY
• Geely Lobs Offer To Take Chinese EV Maker Zeekr Private
• Masimo Unloads Embattled Audio Unit In $350M Sale
• 9th Circ. Affirms FTC Loss In Microsoft-Activision Case
• $13B Omnicom, Interpublic Deal Faces UK Enquiry
• FD Technologies Weighs £542M Approach From US PE Firm
• Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
• SoftwareOne Crosses Threshold In $1.4B IT Consultancy Buy
• Veolia To Take Ownership Of Water Manager In $1.75B Deal
• White & Case's Co-Head Of PE Strikes Out On Her Own
• T-Mobile Attys Get $2.9M In Fees In Arbitration Award Suit
• NY Says Owner Has To Sell Ski Resort After Antitrust Loss
• FTC Commissioner Throws Cold Water On Antitrust Defenses
• SEC Panel Says Easier Trading Would Rev Up 'Reg A'
• B. Riley Escapes Investor Suit Over National Holdings Buyout
• Kirkland Guides Rotunda Capital On $735M Fund Close
• 3rd Circ. Won't Review PNC's $106M No-Coverage Ruling
• Google Calls Proposed Ad Tech Breakup 'Unworkable'
• A&O Shearman Atty To Lead Baker McKenzie Fintech Team
• Career Morgan Lewis Antitrust Atty Moves To Latham
• Uber Paying $700M For Majority Stake In Turkey's Trendyol GO
• Ex-Perkins Coie Corporate Partner Joins Dorsey & Whitney
• Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
• 4th Circ. Seems Split On BofA's Post-Merger Tax Offset Claims
• Ametek To Acquire FARO Technologies In $920M Deal
• Lenz & Staehelin-Led Swiss Yarn Biz To Buy Rival For $864M
• Latham Leads DoorDash's £2.9B Bid For UK's Deliveroo
• AB Foods In Talks To Sell Kingsmill To Hovis Owner
• Officials Seek More Depo Time In Live Nation Antitrust Suit
• Jeld-Wen Tells 4th Circ. No More Need For Factory Sale
• Meta Users Refused 9th Circ. Appeal On Data Pay Cert Denial
• FB Exec Saw Messaging Apps As Threat, But Not WhatsApp
• Sunoco Expands Into Canada With $9.1B Parkland Acquisition
• Clifford Chance Adds Paul Weiss Exec Compensation Atty In NY
• Skechers Inks $9.4B Take-Private Deal Guided By 3 Firms
• Proskauer Adds 2 Finance Partners From A&O Shearman
• 5 Firms Pilot Pershing Square's $900M Howard Hughes Deal
• How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
• Coal Miner Says It Must Liquidate Without Creditor Deal
• DC Circ. To Decide If 14 Miles Of Trains Is Too Many
• Dems Urge Fed To Rethink $35B Capital One-Discover Deal
• Gores Group's Latest SPAC Leads 3 IPOs Totaling $792M
• Ad Tech Judge Mulls Possible Google Exchange Divestiture
• Trade War Spurs Companies To Freshen Disclosure Playbooks
• Debevoise Guides Ara Partners On $800M Low-Carbon Fund
• Sidley Adds 10 A&O Shearman Attys In DC, NY, Singapore
• Live Nation Antitrust Fight Won't Have Split Damages Phase
• 3 Firms Guide As HGGC Takes Majority Stake In BofA Spinoff
• 23andMe Says 1.3M Customers Have Asked To Delete Data
• Frank Execs Trade Blame In Dueling Bids For New Trial
• Debevoise Guiding Roku On $185M Frndly TV Acquisition
• Taxation With Representation: Goodwin, Haynes Boone
• 3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims
• Claims Against Attys In $2.6B Casino Merger Row Get Tossed
• Chancery Finds Contract Bars Appeal In Med Co. Merger
• Crypto Influencer Launches SPAC As 2 Acquirers Tap Market
• Del. Justices OK Mid-Case Appeal In Paramount Doc Suit
• CVC Plugs Funds Into Mobile Game Maker Dream Games
• PE-Backed Hometown Food Nabs Chef Boyardee For $600M
• Sony Eyes $49B Semiconductor Unit Sale, Plus More Rumors
• Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer