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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2025

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• Pfizer Sues Metsera, Novo Nordisk Over $9B Buyout 'Bribe'
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Aircraft Co. Investor Wants Vote Blocked On PE-Backed Merger
• TikTok Divestiture Deal Revolves Around IP Considerations
• Pair Of SPAC Listings Raise $375M In IPOs
• CFIUS Trends May Shift Under 'America First' Policy
• Getty Inks AI Pact As Regulators Eye $3.7B Shutterstock Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Davis Polk
• NC Attorney General, HCA Duel Over Merger Commitments
• Paul Weiss PE Partner On The Evolution Of Sports Investing
• Goodmans-Led Silver Giant To Buy Gold Miner For $556M
• CoreWeave's $9B Deal For Core Scientific Scrapped After Vote
• Lockheed To Integrate Gemini For On-Premises Infrastructure
• NBA OKs Walter's Purchase Of Lakers, Ends Buss Family Era
• 3 Firms Steer $9B Terex-REV Specialty Equipment Deal
• OpenAI Preps For IPO At $1T Valuation, Plus More Rumors
• London Stock Exchange Botched MayStreet Deal, Suit Says
• Lessons From Del. Chancery Court's New Activision Decision
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Tax On Interest In $191M Pharma Family Feud
• Novo Nordisk Bids $9B For Metsera, Jeopardizing Pfizer Deal
• Wachtell, Debevoise Help AIG Buy $2.1B Stake In Insurer
• Practicing Stoicism Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Freshfields-Led Cicor To Pay £287M For TT Electronics
• Compass Loses Bid For Redfin Docs In Zillow Antitrust Suit
• DOJ Says State AGs Can't 'Second-Guess' HPE Merger Deal
• Taro Pharma Beats Investor Suit Over $43-Per-Share Buyout
• Licensing Co. Picks Up Xerox Patent Portfolio
• The Biz Court Digest: Texas, One Year In
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Educating Your Community
• PE Firm's £187M Bid For Engineer Renold Becomes Effective
• Kirkland, Simpson Advise On $2.2B Jamf Go-Private Deal
• CMA Finalizes Updates To Simplify Phase 1 Merger Probes
• 3 Firms Guide Thermo Fisher On $8.9B Clario Deal
• CMA Clears Healthcare Property Biz's £1.8B Assura Deal
• London Court Backs Corpay's £1.6B Deal For Alpha Group
• 3 Firms Guide Apex Treasury's $300M Blockchain, Crypto IPO
• 2 Firms Guide FirstSun, First Foundation Bank Merger
• Skadden, Davis Polk Advise On Formation Of $22B Chip Giant
• Canada's Cygnet Buying Kiwetinohk In $1B Energy Deal
• 5 Crisis Lawyering Skills For An Age Of Uncertainty
• Tokenization Co. Securitize Goes Public Via $1.25B SPAC Deal
• Dental Co. Tells Chancery Ex-Executive Stole Business
• Kirkland-Led Investor To Buy Tech Co. Idox For £340M
• Banijay To Acquire German Gambling Rival Tipico From CVC
• Kirkland-Led Vista Buys Software Biz Nexthink In $3B Deal
• Cleary Helps Barclays' $800M Deal To Buy US Loan Originator
• Defunct Biz Asks 3rd Circ. To Revive $100M Caterpillar Win
• Dems Say $6.2B Nexstar-Tegna Deal Breaches Ownership Cap
• Delta, Aeromexico Ask 11th Circ. To Halt Feds' JV Split Order
• Chinese E-Commerce Giant Can't Block Class Arbitration
• Anticipating FTC's Shift On Unfair Competition Enforcement
• Skadden, Gibson Dunn Steer $40B Public Water Utility Merger
• Chancery Mulls Shorter Fuse For Some Court Of Equity Suits
• Del. Dispatch: Chancery Expands On Caremark Red Flags
• KKR, Apollo Plug $7B Into Beverage Biz Keurig Dr Pepper
• Holland & Knight's CFIUS Team Leader Jumps To Weil
• Trian, General Catalyst Make $7.2B Play For Janus Henderson
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Compass Pushes For Redfin Docs In Zillow Antitrust Fight
• It's Time For The Judiciary To Fix Its Cybersecurity Problem
• Top FTC Atty In Meta And Amazon Cases Joins WilmerHale
• Paul Weiss, K&L Gates Lead $660M Albemarle, Ketjen Deals
• Schroders Portfolio Biz Agrees Sale To Data Co. For $1.7B
• Wachtell-Led Huntington Strikes $7.4B Deal For Cadence Bank
• UK Raises Antitrust Concern Over £1.2B Greencore Deal
• Covington Helps Novartis Buy Avidity Biosciences For $12B
• 7 Firms Steer $2.1B Take-Private Deal For Plymouth REIT
• JPMorgan Accuses Charlie Javice Of 'Abusive' Atty Fee Billing
• X Corp. Says Ex-Twitter Workers' Bid Is Too Little, Too Late
• Avalara Investors Fight Stay In $8.4B Buyout Dispute
• Off The Bench: NBA Gambling Woes, Golfer's $50M Trial Win
• Sterlington Founder Talks C-Suite Guidance After $40B Deal
• Paris-Based SPAC Targets US Acquisition After Raising $100M
• RunItOneTime Tells Judge Debtor In Talks For More DIP Cash
• Eli Lilly Buying Eye Disease Biotech For Up To $262M
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Gibson Dunn
• CMA Concerned Over Aramark Deal For Scottish Catering Co.
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Warburg Pincus, Permira Get More Time To Bid For JTC
• Chancery Maps Out Math For Hefty Drug Co. Breach Interest
• Considering Judicial Treatment Of The 2023 Merger Guidelines
• Japan's Jera Paying $1.5B For Louisiana Shale Gas Assets
• One Nuclear Energy To Go Public Via $1B SPAC Merger
• Morgan Stanley, Envestnet Board Sued In Del. Over $4.5B Sale
• Musk Can't Lean On Atty Defense In Twitter Investor Dispute
• Federal Debanking Scrutiny Prompts Compliance Questions
• Warner Bros. Rejects $60B Paramount Bid, And More Rumors
• 2 AI-Focused SPACs Plan To Raise Combined $575M In IPOs
• Writing Novels Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Clifford Chance-Led Swiss Biz To Sell Logistics Co. For $1.1B
• Barclays, JP Morgan Take 20% Stake In LSEG's Post Trade Biz
• Phillips 66 Can't Undo $805M Trade Secrets Trial Loss
• Bristol-Myers $450M Payment Dispute Heads To Arbitration
• Tesla Claims Texas Charter Trumps Sweeping Claims In Del.
• Farmers' Ohio Deal Is Latest Amid Banking M&A Surge
• Paul Weiss, Sullivan & Cromwell Assist Koch Deal With Giants
• Presidential Firing Limits Fight Builds At High Court
• 3 Firms Guide DraftKings Deal To Enter Prediction Markets
• SEC's No-Action Relief Could Dramatically Alter Retail Voting
• SDNY OpenAI Order Clarifies Preservation Standards For AI
• 5 Firms Guide $2.1B Alkermes-Avadel Sleep Medicine Deal
• What's At Stake In Justices' Merits Hearing Of FTC Firing
• Crypto Exchange FalconX Snags ETP Provider 21shares
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: COVID Coverage, A Suspect Signature
• A&O-Led Ipsen To Buy Blood Cancer Research Biz For €1B
• BasePoint Gets More Time For £523M Bid For UK Credit Biz
• GE Vernova To Pay $5.3B For Remaining Half Of Prolec Stake
• FTC's Holyoak Thinks US Enforcers Should Stick To US Law
• SilverRock Approved For $65M Sale Of Calif. Resort Project
• Willkie-Led Cloud Data Biz Veeam Buys Securiti AI For $1.73B
• Coinbase Pays $375M For Echo Amid 'Full-Stack' Crypto Push
• 6 Shifts In Trump Tax Law May Lend A Hand To M&A Strategy
• Beauty Exec Wants $40M Set-Aside After $1B L'Oreal Sale
• Chamber Survey Says Overhaul Doubled Merger Filing Burden
• 5 Firms Steer $2.62B Sale Of CenterPoint's Ohio Biz
• PE Giants Ink $18.3B Deal For Hologic Amid Megadeal Blitz
• Incline Closes $300M Continuation Fund For Accredited Labs
• KKR, Quadrantis Buy Minority Stake In Peak Re
• Paul Hastings Adds Baker Botts Energy M&A Pro In Houston
• US Gov't Shutdown Delaying Magnum Spinoff, Unilever Says
• Surfacing Co. Says AIG Must Cover Acquisition Losses
• 2 Firms Steer $170M Merger Of Ill. Bank Holding Cos.
• Trump Media Aims To DQ Gunster In Fight With Investors
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• UK Steps Up Antitrust Probe Into Getty-Shutterstock Merger
• Crypto Exchange To Go Public Via $1B SPAC Merger
• UK Clears $24.2B Global Payments Deal For Worldpay
• L'Oréal To Buy Kering's Beauty Division In €4B Deal
• Nursing Exec Denied New Trial On Wage-Fixing Claims
• Altria, Juul May Face Certified 'Frankenstein' Antitrust Class
• Settlement Balk Jeopardizes $32M Class Deal In Chancery
• Charter-Cox Deal Called Rational, Given Cable Biz Decline
• Cornerstone, Peoples Bank To Form $3.1B Texas Lender
• Kabbage Targets Ex-Execs, AmEx In $746M Ch. 11 Clawback
• Robbins Geller To Steer REIT Investors' Suit Over $787M Deal
• Phoenix Suns Minority Owners End Suit, Shift To Countersuit
• B. Riley Wants Out Of Lottery.com Chancery Case
• Federal Courts To Scale Back Operations Amid Shutdown
• Boston Scientific Buying Rest Of Pain Therapy Biz For $533M
• Hermes Bags Antitrust Win That Clarifies Luxury Tying Claims
• 2 Firms Steer $4.2B Mandarin Oriental Buyout
• 26North Leads $700M Investment In Sports, Media Group NEP
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Kirkland, Wachtell
• Barton Lands Ex-BigLaw M&A Partner In NY
• High Court, Not A Single Justice, Should Decide On Recusal
• BBVA To Launch €1B Buyback After Bid For Rival Fails
• White & Case-Led Engineer To Sell Unit To Molex For £1.3B
• Ripple Pays $1B For Treasury Management Co. GTreasury
• Semler Investor Sues For Details Of Strive Bitcoin Merger
• Justices Told Presidential Firing Limits Rely On 'Soured' Logic
• 3 Firms Shape MGM's $546M Sale Of Ohio Gambling Venue
• Musk, Twitter Investors Denied Early Wins In Fraud Suit
• Gabelli, Entwistle Make Lone Paramount Suit Pitch In Del.
• BakerHostetler Adds Loeb & Loeb Corporate Group In NY
• Fla. Judge Says Soccer CEO's Fraud Suit Belongs In UK
• ADNOC's Covestro Buy To Get EU Nod, Plus More Rumors
• Akin Guides Metals Co. CMC On $1.8B Concrete Deal
• Bavarian Nordic Gets Sweetened $3.1B Bid But Hurdles Linger
• Oakley Capital Investments To Gain £16M From AtHome Sale
• Traveling Solo Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Keysight Completes £1.2B Purchase Of Telecoms Biz Spirent
• Jack Smith And Other Ex-DOJ Staffers Slam Trump Purge
• States Want To Keep Eye On $14B HPE-Juniper Deal Review
• Chancery 'Rewrote' $3.4B Merger Deal, J&J Tells Del. Justices
• 9th Circ. Lets Alaska Flyers Redo Hawaiian Merger Case
• Skadden, Kirkland Guiding Lone Star's $3.8B Hillenbrand Buy
• Greenberg Traurig Lands Wilson Sonsini Life Sciences Pro
• Alston & Bird-Led TrueCar Goes Private In $227M Deal
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Client Service
• 3 Firms Guiding S&P's Planned $1.8B Buy Of With Intelligence
• Novo Nordisk Licenses Omeros' Rare Disease Drug For $2.1B
• BlackRock, Nvidia-Led Group Buying Aligned In $40B Deal
• Altice Rejects €17B Bid From French Telecoms Operators
• Advent's $1.3B Bid For Chipmaker Wins Shareholder Backing
• NC Court Denies Early Ruling In Hospital Antitrust Case
• Freshfields Guides J&J's Planned Orthopedics Unit Spinoff
• US-German M&A Hits Its Stride Despite Economic Headwinds
• House of Doge To Go Public In Reverse Merger With Brag House
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Covington, Sidley Guide $700M BioCryst Allergic Disease Deal
• Wachtell, Latham Steer $8.2B Timber Merger Of Equals
• Petershill To Sell Stake In VC Firm To Goldman Sachs
• Malibu Life To Buy Texan Life Insurer TruSpire For $45M
• Kirkland-Led Warburg Pincus To Buy Software Co. For €700M
• 7 Firms Guide €16B Merger Of UK, Greek Lottery Operators
• Delta, Aeromexico Say USDOT Erred In Blocking Partnership
• DOJ Can't Pause Review Of UnitedHealth Deal Amid Shutdown
• Seyfarth Eyes Middle-Market Bounce As Megadeals Dominate
• How Trump Admin. Is Shifting Biden's Antitrust Merger Enforcement
• 4 Firms Build $972.6M Concrete Biz SPAC Merger
• Covington, Goodwin Guide Bristol Myers' $1.5B Orbital Buy
• DOJ Scrutiny Sparks Change To $500M Material Analysis Deal
• X Corp. Workers Seek Redo On Severance Claims In Del.
• Prospect Medical Gets OK For $45M Yale Health Deal In Ch. 11
• No Taxes On $137M Failed Merger Payment, UK Court Rules
• SEC Guidance Aims To Ease IPO Process During Shutdown
• Ending Quarterly Reporting Would Erode Investor Protection
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, MoFo, Freshfields
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Rite Aid Fires Back At Claims It Broke CVS Sale Deal
• Adapting To Private Practice: 3 Tips On Finding The Right Job
• Freshfields Guides BASF On €7.7B Sale Of Coatings Biz Stake
• Warburg Pincus Gets More Time For JTC Bid Decision
• Teamsters Want Court To Reconsider Maverick Gaming Sale
• Voyager Judge Won't Dismiss Contract Claims In Binance Suit
• Vestis Shareholder Alleges Deception Before Aramark Spinoff
• Q3 Notches Biggest Megadeal Quarter In Three Years
• Paramount Eyes $60B Warner Bid, And Other Rumors
• Tivity Health Investors Seek Final OK Of $17M Settlement
• Greenberg Traurig's Singapore Office Gains 6 More Attys
• Ropes, Kirkland Guide $5.2B Novo Nordisk Liver Disease Deal
• Nordic Capital, Permira $3B Vaccine Biz Buy Wins EU Nod
• Big Lots Gets OK For $6.5M Deal On Exec Claims
• Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• HSBC To Privatize Hang Seng Bank In $14B Deal
• Cepton Accused By Investor Of Hiding Better Takeover Bid
• Jones Day, Kirkland Guide TopBuild's $1B Insulation Biz Buy
• Gov't Shutdown Essentially 'Freezes' IPO Market, Attys Say
• What's At Stake At High Court For Presidential Removal Power
• Musk Ordered To Explain Attys' Role In Twitter Dispute
• MoFo Guides SoftBank To Buy ABB's Robotics Unit for $5.4B
• 5th Circ. Queries If ChampionX Covered In $40M Oil Spill Suit
• Cabinetry Co. Refiles $3.6B Merger To Give FTC More Time
• Emisphere Shareholder Wants Out Of $32M Class Settlement
• Prospect Medical Fights $1M Software Fee Claims In Ch. 11
• Musk Atty Alex Spiro Faces DQ Bid Ahead Of Twitter Deal Trial
• Dolphin Co. Creditor Balks At Credit Bid For Ch. 11 Sale
• 3 Firms Guide Real Estate-Focused SPAC's $200M IPO
• Feds Seek 6 Years For Ex-Frank Exec's 'Brazen' $175M Con
• Zillow Can See Anywhere Deal Docs In Compass Antitrust Suit
• Dye & Durham Sells AML Software Biz For $104M
• NYSE Parent Invests $2B In Polymarket Amid Market Scrutiny
• Monster.com Scores OK For Ch. 11 Plan After Creditor Deal
• 3 Firms Advise On Qualtrics' $6.75B Press Ganey Forsta Buy
• Europe Clears €1.4B Buyout Of Irish Hotel Group
• OCC To Ease Exams, Simplify Licensing For Smaller Banks
• Clark Hill Expands Transactions Practice In Denver
• Dish, AT&T Must Give Up Docs In T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Case
• ​​​​​​​Broadcasters Say FCC Can Nix Nat'l Ownership Cap. It's Iffy
• Bernstein, Robbins Geller Vie For Top Co-Counsel In Deal Row
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Protecting Sensitive Court Filings After Recent Cyber Breach
• AWS Atty Takes AI Post At Greenberg Traurig In Minneapolis
• 3 Firms Guide $1.3B Heidrick & Struggles PE Buyout
• Health Data Co. Accused Of Post-Deal Doc Deletions
• Ares Buys 49% Stake In $2.9B EDPR Energy Portfolio
• Sullivan, Wachtell Guide Fifth Third's $10.9B Comerica Buy
• Justices Won't Review Live Nation's Arbitration Terms
• Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy
• 4 Firms Steer Avalanche Treasury's $675M SPAC Merger
• 4 Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term
• Huntington's $1.9B Veritex Deal Gets Final Fed Approval
• Kentucky Derby Owner Churchill Downs Sued In Escrow Fight
• Megadeals Spur Jump In Global M&A Deal Values Through Q3
• Nurse Staffing Exec Says Jury Misled In Wage-Fixing Case
• NC Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3
• The Roberts Court At 20: How The Chief Is Reshaping America
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Cravath
• 2 SPACs Hit Public Markets After Raising Combined $320M
• $1T Tesla Pay Proposal Sets Ambitious Goals For Musk
• 3 Firms Build $1.75B Sale Of Insurance Platform Bamboo
• Veteran Services Co. Must Face Chancery Self-Dealing Claims
• Del. Chancellor Advances Pruned $75B Activision Merger Suit
• Bain Inside Trade Claims Advance In Del. Cerevel Sale Suit
• Aramark, Vestis Can't Nix Investor Suit Over Spinoff's Woes
• HNI Gives Enforcers More Time On $2.2B Steelcase Deal
• Exec Says Beauty Co. Owes Her More After $1B L'Oreal Sale
• Singaporean Biotech To Go Public Via $1.5B SPAC Merger
• Jones Day Brings Back Latham M&A Pro In Silicon Valley
• Deals Rumor Mill: Global Infrastructure, Yahoo, MRI Software
• Court Warned Of Harm From Delaying Medical Device Merger
• Vet Co. Buyers Win $8M Interest On Top Of $40M Award In Del.
• Musk Loses Bid To Ship SEC's Twitter Suit To Texas
• Cravath, Kirkland Lead Berkshire's $9.7B OxyChem Buy
• Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• FTC Halts Fraud Complaints, Spam Call Help Amid Shutdown
• Quantum Can't Nix FTC Order Over $5.2B Natural Gas Deal
• Russian Gets Docs Order Stay In Florida Trump Media Suit
• Charter Sued In Chancery For Docs On Liberty Deal
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Chancery Rules Beachbody Shareholder Suit Time-Barred
• Va. Biz Group Calls Charter, Cox Tie-Up Good For Consumers
• What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech
• Simpson Thacher Taps Barclays Atty For Shareholder Group
• Weil, Morgan Lewis Steer Up To $900M Biopharma Purchase
• Skadden, MoFo Lead $4.4B All-Stock Merger Of Axcelis, Veeco
• 3 Firms Guide Rocket Merger To Close With $14.2B Valuation
• EU Clears Prada's €1.25B Deal To Buy Versace