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Mergers & Acquisitions - January, 2026

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• Live Nation Plaintiff States Fight Plan To Stay Antitrust Claims
• UP, Norfolk Southern Rip Rival BNSF's Merger Docs Demands
• Wash. Plaintiffs Fight NY Transfer Request In REIT Merger Suit
• The Message From Delaware Courts: Change Is Coming
• Rio Tinto, Chalco Acquire Stake In Brazil's CBA For $903M
• Aviation Watch: Busy Skies, Tough Market For Airlines In 2026
• FTC Requires Facility Sales For $835M Healthcare Deal
• $2.7B Material Handling Tech Deal OK'd With DOJ Sales
• Viewing The Merger Landscape Through An HPE-Juniper Lens
• DOJ Requires Divestitures For Reddy Ice-Arctic Glacier Tie-Up
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Kirkland
• 4 Quick Emotional Resets For Lawyers With Conflict Fatigue
• Mining SPAC's $270M IPO Starts Trading As 3 Firms Advise
• Taxation With Representation: Clifford Chance, Ropes & Gray
• 4 Firms Build Sale Of $622M Energy Assets To GeoPark
• IG Group Completes $125M Cryptocurrency Exchange Deal
• Apax In Talks To Buy Auto Dealer Tech Biz For £583M
• AstraZeneca Seals China Obesity Drug Deal For Up To $18.5B
• Trump SPAC Fights Chancery's $25K Daily Sanction Ruling
• RealNetworks Can't Exit Investor Suit Over Take-Private Deal
• Conn. Cinches Consumer Safeguards In $34.5B Cox-Charter Deal
• Zuora Investor Sues Over $1.7B Silver Lake Take-Private Deal
• Rick Perry's AI Energy Co. Ensnared In Broker's Fee Suit
• Landmark Divestiture Order Scrutinized By 4th Circ. Again
• Rescheduling Cannabis Marks New Tax Era For Operators
• Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Wachtell-Led International Paper To Split Into 2 Public Cos.
• M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
• TreeHouse Foods Sued In Chancery For Docs On $2.9B Sale
• Jones Day Guides VSE Corp. On $2B Precision Aviation Deal
• SpaceX Eyes IPO At $1.5 Trillion Value, Plus More Rumors
• Lukoil Open To Offers Despite Deal With Carlyle
• Ropes Leads Kraken-Linked SPAC's Upsized $300M Listing
• Chancery Awards $50M To Arxada In Trade Secrets Case
• Werner Acquires FirstFleet Trucking Co. In $283M Deal
• Judges On AI: How Judicial Use Informs Guardrails
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Wachtell-Led Prosperity To Buy Stellar Bancorp In $2B Deal
• Housing Biz Unite Seals £723M Acquisition Of Rival Empiric
• Delaware Court Nixes Comerica-Fifth Third Merger Block
• Iowa Can't Block Schwab's Antitrust Deal, 5th Circ. Told
• Chancery Keeps Alive Jefferies Claims In EV Co. SPAC Suit
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards
• SEC Settles 3 Insider Trading Cases for $1M
• Del. Supreme Court Backs Harman In $28M Coverage Fight
• Adhesive Cos. Push Back On FTC Merger Concerns
• AGs' HPE-Juniper Hold Too Broad, Too Late, Judge Says
• Fla. Law Firm Can't Escape $35M Suit Over Merger Collapse
• Mountain Lake's Second SPAC Raises Upsized $313M Offering
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
• Willkie Adds Private Equity Pro From Sidley Austin In LA
• EU Advances Brookfield, GIC's Australian Storage REIT Buy
• 3 Firms Guide GigCapital's Latest SPAC, Raising $220M
• NRG, LS Power's $12B Natural Gas Deal Clears DOJ Scrutiny
• Freshfields-Led Sportswear Biz To Buy €1.5B Puma Stake
• Senate Antitrust Chair Flags Concerns In Netflix-Warner Deal
• PTAB Strikes Some Patent Claims Challenged By TikTok
• Ch. 7 Trustee Seeks $59M To Halt Pump Co. Family Transfers
• Fubo Subscribers Defend Streaming Rate Suit Against Disney
• Smith & Wesson Defeats Some Of $34M Breach Claim
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Wachtell Lipton
• Canada's Allied Gold Agrees To $4B Sale To China's Zijin Gold
• Orrick Adds Skadden Energy M&A Pro In Houston
• Paul Weiss, Foley & Lardner Steer IonQ's $1.8B SkyWater Deal
• Davis Polk, Ropes & Gray Steer $2.4B PE-Backed Entrust Deal
• Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Haynes Boone Appoints 2 Fund Finance Leads
• Gold Mining Businesses Merge In $372M Deal
• Czech Tycoon Launches €1.1B Bid For French Retailer
• Freshfields, Fried Frank Aid CVC's $1.2B Buy Of US Credit Biz
• New Cadwalader Exits To Fuel Paul Hastings Charlotte Launch
• Heart Valve Deal Was Blocked Over Innovation Concerns
• Comerica Investor Seeks TRO To Halt $10.9B Fifth Third Deal
• How Data, Pies And An FTC Twist Helped Close A $13B Deal
• Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm
• Vegan Protein Co. Claims Bad-Faith Dilution By Partner
• FCC Considers Revoking Texas Radio Station Licenses
• North American Tech M&A Values Nearly Doubled In 2025
• Taxation With Representation: Vinge, A&O Shearman, Cassels
• More Push In The 'Push-Pull' As DOJ Targets 'Gamesmanship'
• 5 Firms Steer Capital One's $5.15B Fintech Buy
• Wealth Management Biz To Go Public Via $300M SPAC Merger
• Live Nation Antitrust Judge Wants To 'Punt' On State Claims
• A&O Shearman-Led Telenor To Exit Thailand In $4B Deal
• TikTok Seals Joint Venture Deal For US Operations
• SpaceX Eyes IPO, Spirit Mulls PE Owner, And Other Rumors
• Cooley, Jones Day Steer Clorox's $2.25B GOJO Industries Buy
• Hologic Faces Del. Class Suit Over $18.3B Sale Disclosures
• Electronics Manufacturer Loses $48.5M Tax Fight In Chancery
• PE-Backed Strickland Brothers Secures $360M Investment
• MoFo Adds Two Akin M&A, Litigation Experts In LA
• Opportunities Amid The Challenges Of Trump's BIS Shake-Up
• Dayforce Investors Seek Records In $12.3B Thoma Bravo Deal
• Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Shareholder Says $2.3B Take-Private Deal Hid Blackstone Ties
• General Fusion To Go Public In $1B Nasdaq Deal
• 2 Firms Advise Energy Infrastructure Co.'s Go-Public Deal
• Mayer Brown, Cooley-Led Biotech Biz Buys Accellix For €35M
• Ropes & Gray, Vinge Guide EQT's $3.7B Coller Capital Deal
• Norton Rose-Led PE Biz To Buy UK Wholesaler For £251M
• Beazley Rejects £7.7B Zurich Offer, Says 'Undervalues' Biz
• Health Tech SPAC Execs Ink $10M Investor Settlement
• Delaware Justices Clarify Ruling On Loews' $1.5B Cash-Out
• FTC Must 'Scale A Slick Wall' To Revive Meta Suit
• Del. Justices Urged To Revive Telemedicine Co. SPAC Suit
• Netflix's $83B Warner Bros. Deal Draws DOJ Scrutiny
• CFIUS Review Could Delay IRobot Ch. 11 Deal, DOJ Warns
• UK's NCC Selling Escode Business For $370M
• 2026 Int'l Arbitration Trends: M&A And Securities Disputes
• How A 1947 Tugboat Ruling May Shape Work Product In AI Era
• 2 Firms Guide $450M Deal For Coney Island Hot Dog Slinger
• V&E Lands Gov't Contracts Co-Chair From Greenberg Traurig
• UK Investment Trust Rejects Saba's Bid To Unseat Board
• Adviser Can't Freeze Funds From $2.1B Plymouth REIT Buy
• Trump Media Investor Says Insider Trading Trial Was Flawed
• Willkie Accused Of Aiding $735M Fraud In Buyout Deal
• FTC Appeals Meta Loss To DC Circ.
• Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
• Sullivan Steers IT Co. ASGN On $290M Deal With Quinnox
• Latham & Watkins Adds M&A Insurance Partner To Firm
• McDonald Hopkins Forms Practice Group For Law Firm MSOs
• What's New In ISS' Benchmark Voting Policy Updates For 2026
• Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms
• Massumi & Consoli Lands M&A Pro In Los Angeles
• Netflix Revises $83B Warner Bros. Deal To All Cash
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Key Changes In World Bank's New Compliance Updates
• A&O Shearman Steers GSK's $2.2B Rapt Therapeutics Deal
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Rail Regulator Tells UP, Norfolk Southern To Redo Merger Bid
• House Dems Press STB On $85B Railway Mega-Merger
• What Changed For Healthcare Transaction Law In 2025
• Pinnacle Ch. 11 Buyer's Repair Pledge Enough For Sale OK
• 7 Ways In-House Counsel May Unearth Red Flags In AI M&A
• Eversource Gets 2nd Shot To Advance $2.4B Water Co. Sale
• Infinite Eagle SPAC Raises $300M In Latest IPO
• Smaller AI Deals Have Surged As Cos. Seek Talent, Tech Edge
• Taxation With Representation: Stibbe, A&O Shearman, Latham
• Chipmaker SEEQC Merges With Blank Check Co. In $1B Deal
• ICG Sells Austrian HQ Back To Former Owner For $160M
• V&E, Latham Steer Mitsubishi's $7.5B Foray Into US Shale Biz
• Bioness $110M Sale Suit Heads to $8.9M Deal
• Aerospace Biz TransDigm Gets 2 PE-Backed Cos. In $2.2B Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Aramark Ordered To Sell UK Caterer Over Competition Fears
• Bang Energy Co. Founder's Bid To Avoid Paying $308M Denied
• Trial 'No Longer Warranted' After Judge's Stelara Reversal
• Verizon, Calif. Strike Diversity Deal In Frontier Takeover
• Chancery Tosses Vividion IP Suit Over $2B Bayer Deal
• EU Greenlights Hedge Fund's $5.89B Bid For Control Of Citgo
• DOL's Benefits Arm Describes New Enforcement Focus
• Playlist, EGYM Merging To Create $7.5B Wellness Platform
• Fly-Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Latham Guides Mission Produce On $430M Calavo Deal
• Data Tech Co. Sues To Confirm Exit From $2.35B Deal
• 3 Firms Steer Talen's $3.45B Natural Gas Assets Buy
• 4 Ways GCs Can Manage Growing Service Of Process Volume
• Carlyle Among Bidders For Lukoil Assets, Plus More Rumors
• Chancery Won't Fast-Track Paramount's Bid For WB Info
• 3 Firms Advise On Boston Scientific's $14.5B Penumbra Deal
• Dr Pepper Maker Launches €15.5B Offer For JDE Peet's
• Oxford Biomedica Attracts Approach From PE Group EQT
• Door Maker Says Birthright Ruling Doesn't Impact Divestiture
• FCC Still Weighing 39% Broadcast Cap, Carr Tells Lawmakers
• Calif. Car Cos. Hit With $200M Chancery Fraud Suit
• Golf Co. Can Put Liens On Nicklaus IP For Ch. 11 Loan
• The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Forming Measurable Ties
• Diana Urges Talks With Genco After $759M Bid Rejected
• Swiss Cyber Co. To Buy Quantum Computing Firm For $200M
• Insurer Didn't Owe Defense To Telecom Co. In Merger Row
• CEO Of Auto Mat Maker WeatherTech Tapped For FTC Spot
• Medical Device Co. Faces New Derivative Suit In Delaware
• 2 Firms Advise On US Bancorp's Up To $1B BTIG Deal
• Chancery OKs $4.85M Deal To End Ed-Tech Acquisition Suit
• AI Infrastructure Firm Exascale To Go Public Via $500M Deal
• 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2026 And Beyond
• REITs Say $787M Merger's Proxy Info Not Misleading
• J&J Wins Partial Reversal Of $1B Merger Milestone Loss
• Eventbrite Stockholders Sue To Block $500M Take-Private Deal
• Wilson Sonsini Guides Polygon Labs On $250M Crypto Deals
• CareFirst Opposes J&J's Bid To Revisit Stelara Antitrust Case
• Rivals Say UP, Norfolk Southern Hiding Key Merger Details
• Paramount Sues In Del. For Warner Bros., Netflix Merger Facts
• REITs Say Shareholders' Retooled Liquidation Suit Still Fails
• Chancery Tosses Repsol Claims Against Winston & Strawn
• Adviser Claims REIT Stiffed It Over $2.1B Take-Private Deal
• FCC Scraps Verizon's 60-Day Phone Unlocking Mandate
• Skadden, Milbank Advise On Allegiant's $1.5B Airline Deal
• Sidley-Led Smith & Nephew Inks $450M Orthopaedics Deal
• Joint Cannabis Firms Settle Antitrust, 'Gun Jumping' Claims
• Clifford Chance Continues US Growth With Freshfields Atty
• Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice
• Supreme Court Won't Disturb 9th Circ. Severance Suit Revival
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• EQT To Sell Stake In Irish Biz To Haemonetics In €185M Deal
• Ex-DOJ Civil Antitrust Head Joins WilmerHale
• Bernstein Litowitz Asks To Exit $13B Endeavor Stock Suit
• Ready Capital, Broadmark Want Securities Suit Moved To NY
• Water Co. Investor Pulls Merger Suit Alleging $2B Loss
• BP Rebuttal Survives In Suit Over Stalled Ga. Truck Stop Build
• Fintech-Focused Lafayette Digital SPAC Prices $250M Offering
• Sanchez Energy Lenders Float Deal To End Ch. 11 Lien Fight
• Judge Blocks Edwards' $945M Heart Valve Deal
• The Case For Emulating, Not Dividing, The Ninth Circuit
• Elliott, Morning Calm Complete City Office REIT Take-Private
• Skechers, Tech Co. Investors Sue For Stock Appraisals In Del.
• Banking M&A Outlook Reflects Favorable Regulatory Climate
• Taxation With Representation: King & Spalding, Torys, Milbank
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Trade Secrets Row, A Patient Data Deal
• Mining Giants Glencore, Rio Tinto Confirm Merger Talks
• 4 Firms Steer Coincheck's $111M Acquisition Of Crypto Firm
• FTC Battles Edwards On Eve Of Heart Valve Merger Deadline
• States Can't Block HPE Integration Amid Deal Review
• Satellite Co. Pays $175K To End FCC's Team Telecom Case
• 2 Firms Guide Eli Lilly's $1.2B Ventyx Biosciences Acquisition
• Fla. Man Avoids Jail For Insider Trades On ADT-Google Deal
• 3 Firms Advise On $500M Good Culture PE Buyout
• Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Computacenter To Buy US Services Biz For $120M
• Willkie Helps Mutares Buy Thermoplastics Biz For $450M
• House Talks Market Share Regarding Netflix-WB Merger
• BlackSky Satellite SPAC Suit Settles In Del. For $7.5M
• Satellite Biz Chairman Sued After Flip-Flop On Lockheed Sale
• Genesis Cleared For New Ch. 11 Auction And Stalking Horse
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building
• FCC Urged To Revisit AT&T-UScellular Spectrum Deal OK
• Chancery Exec Noncompete Ruling Offers PE Buyer Lessons
• Warner Bros. Again Tells Shareholders To Nix Paramount Bid
• DOJ Seeks Nod For HPE Merger Deal Over State Objections
• Compass' $1.6B Anywhere Buy Goes Unchallenged By Government
• 3 Firms Guide Apollo's $3.5B Data Center Financing
• Paul Weiss-Led D-Wave To Buy Quantum Circuits For $550M
• Saba Capital Queries Investment Trust Cut In SpaceX Stake
• Gold Miner Galantas To Buy Chilean Project For $32M
• 6 Key Rulings From Outgoing Del. Justice Karen L. Valihura
• Law Clerk Conflict Talk Can't Get Javice Retrial, Feds Say
• DOJ Wants Time During Door Maker Divestiture Argument
• Cannabis Staffing Co. Claims CEO Hid Competitor In Merger
• Ropes-Advised Buyout Firm BV Beats Target With $2.5B Raise
• How Shareholder Activism Fared In 2025
• Ill. Judge Trims Most Of Walgreens Shareholder Suit
• Key Trends In Healthcare Antitrust In 2025
• Sidley Loses 4th NY Finance Partner To Paul Weiss
• Chancery Asked To Block Parallel Earnout Suit With Tech Cos.
• 2 Firms Advise $540M AI Infrastructure Co. Acquisition
• White & Case Hires A&O Shearman M&A, Real Estate Atty
• US Investor Amends Terms Of £340M Buy Of Tech Biz Idox
• Latham-Led Howden To Buy US Broker Atlantic Group
• Paul Hastings Adds Ex-Cravath Tax Pro To Growing M&A Team
• AB InBev To Buy Back 49.9% Stake In Metals Plants For $3B
• Groups Urge FCC To Deny $6.2B Nexstar-Tegna Merger Deal
• L3Harris Strikes $845M Sale Of Space Propulsion & Power Biz
• Nicklaus Takes Aim At Bankrupt Golf Co.'s Ch. 11 Loan
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Tax On Interest In $191M Pharma Deal
• 4 Firms Advise On Vistra's $4B Deal To Acquire Cogentrix
• Chancery Orders $25K Daily Sanction In Trump Media Dispute
• Preparing For Congressional Investigations In A Midterm Year
• Simpson Thacher Opens San Francisco Office
• How Bank M&A Prospects Brightened In 2025
• MoFo US Offices Lead 2026 Partner Promotions
• 4 Firms Steer $1.7B Take-Private Of Canadian Multifamily REIT
• Akin Steering Jacobs On $1.6B PA Consulting Deal
• Delaware Justice Karen L. Valihura To Retire In July
• BlueScope Working With HSF Kramer To Evaluate $8.8B Bid
• Trump Tells HieFo To Divest Chip Assets, Citing Security Risks
• AGs Get DOJ-HPE Docs, But Not Internal Gov't Comms
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Merger Settlements Keep Rolling, With A Hitch
• Celebrity Rows, D&O Woes Top '26 Specialty Insurance Cases
• Transactional Trends To Watch In The Energy Industry In 2026
• Milbank PE Co-Head On What Will Drive Deals In 2026
• Megadeals, Tariff Reset Put M&A On Firmer Footing For 2026
• For Data Centers, Both Hyperscale And Edge Are Key In 2026
• Top 5 Antitrust Issues For In-House Counsel To Watch In 2026
• 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape
• HSF Kramer Guides Energy Biz's $496M Exit From Seplat
• 4 High Court Cases To Watch This Spring
• Blue Slip Fight Looms Over Trump's 2026 Judicial Outlook
• BigLaw Leaders Tackle Growth, AI, Remote Work In New Year