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Mergers & Acquisitions - March, 2008

110 articles

• FTC Puts Pressure On Health, Energy Sectors: Report
• FERC's Standard Of Conduct Changes
• Paulson's Reform Blueprint Comes Under Fire
• Latham & Watkins Partner Pleads Guilty To Fraud
• Pennsylvania Ave. May Have Limited Impact
• Countrywide Class Action Is Put On Hold
• Delaware Court Makes Bear Shareholders Wait
• Sea Containers Sheds $17M In Debt With Unit Sale
• Judge Stops Bear Stearns Exec from Defecting
• EU Takes A Closer Look At $8B Nokia-Navteq Deal
• Paul Hastings Grabs Former FTC Official
• Lawyer Staffing Will Be Steady Amid Downturn: Study
• 'Con-Torts': From Breach Of Contract To Tort Claims
• Court Throws Out Derivative Suit Against Guidant
• Middle Eastern Capital Fuels Boom In Islamic Finance
• U.S. Downturn Could Affect Asian Deal-Making
• Demand Grows For Overhaul Of Financial Regulation
• FERC Questions Company About $750M Holding
• Lawyers Bristle At Sovereign Wealth Fund Criticism
• States Urge FCC To Block XM-Sirius Merger
• Falling Dollar Makes U.S. Firms More Competitive
• Islamic Finance Upstarts Challenge London
• Bear Hits Court Over Ex-Employees' Client Lists
• Banks Ordered Not To Block Clear Channel Merger
• Superior Offshore's IPO Spurs Class Action
• Judge Tosses Some Claims In IPO Securities Suit
• Pension Funds Seek to Block Bear Stearns Deal
• FINRA Orders GFI To Pay Burlington Capital $1.3M
• Judge Gives Kara More Time To Protest Claims
• Lower Fares, More Mergers On Horizon For Airlines
• Fedders Wins Extension To Wrap Up Asset Sales
• FTC Makes Second Request In Ketel One Merger
• Unilateral Effects May Have Failed In Sirius-XM Review
• KPMG Prevails Against Trustee Of Bankrupt Dot-Com
• Fallout From The Liechtenstein Bank Scandal
• Adelphia, NBC Reach $7.2M Deal Over Fees
• American LaFrance Seeks To Remove Creditor
• Despite DOJ's Nod, Sirius-XM Deal Still Faces Hurdles
• American LaFrance Creditors Call For Trustee
• Supreme Court Hears Transfer Tax Exemption Case
• Clifford Chance Hit With $75M Race Bias Suit
• Boosted Bear Deal Unlikely To Slow Lawsuits
• Cox Says Bear Didn't Violate Capital Requirements
• Coudert Balks At Dechert's Bid To Dip Into Escrow
• Sentinel Files $550M Fraud Suit Against Auditor
• Senators Urge Caution In Meatpacking Deal
• ArcelorMittal Sells Steel Mill To Satisfy DOJ
• Judge Tosses Claims Against AspenTech Trio
• SEC Said To Probe Bear Stearns Options Trades
• Korean Banks Face Cartel Investigation: Report
• No Concession Offers From Nokia, Navteq
• Northeast Utilities, ConEd Settle Suit For $50M
• Heelys, Elan-Polo Settle Roller-Shoe Patent Dispute
• Bear Stearns Not Out Of The Woods Yet: SEC
• W.P. Carey To Pay $30M To Settle Kickback Charges
• Davis Polk Catches Star IP, Antitrust Litigator
• U.K., European Offices At Odds Over Software Patents
• Supreme Court Denies Cert In Nymex Copyright Spat
• Washington Mutual Wins $382M In S&L Case
• Nationwide Financial Shareholder Balks At Buyout
• Bear Stearns Buyout Is Legal Minefield For JP Morgan
• Legislators Call For Sovereign Wealth Fund Clarity
• Congressmen Grill Mukasey On BP Settlement
• Nutraceutical Execs Ordered To Pay $1M
• Japan Steel Makers Uneasy Over BHP-Rio Merger
• GAO Slams FERC For Poor Utility Merger Oversight
• K&L Gates Snags Bankruptcy Bigwig
• Q&A With Perkins Coie's Geraldine Alexis
• O'Melveny Buyout Deal May Denote A Trend
• ISE Vice Chairman Charged With Insider Trading
• McGuireWoods Snags Partner From Drinker Biddle
• EC Reportedly Investigating Nokia Takeover of Navteq
• DOJ Hit With Criticism Of Monsanto Deal
• FDA Regulations Expert Joins Baker Hostetler
• ArcelorMittal Sued Over Failed Power Plant Project
• Take-Two Sued Over Rejected EA Buyout Bids
• EU Blesses Google-DoubleClick Marriage
• Delphi Plans $19M Sale Of Shock Absorber Factory
• Few Partners Took O'Melveny Buyout Offer: Source
• EU Rebuffs Germany's Amended VW Law
• SEC Sues Certified Services CEO Over $30M Scheme
• Midland Settles Shareholders' Suit Over Sale
• Heller Ehrman Reaches Out To Patent Boutiques
• CBOT Members Reject CME Group Settlement Offer
• Reddy Ice Raided In Packaged Ice Industry Probe
• China Redirects Foreign Money From Unclean To Green
• Spain's Conditions On E.ON Deal Illegal: EU Court
• EU Expected To OK Google-DoubleClick Deal
• In China, Make Sure 'Guanxi' Doesn't Mean Bribery
• Foreign Investors Booted From SCOR Class Action
• Micro-Hoo May Slam Up Against China Antitrust Law
• Cintas Steps Up Court Battle With Unions
• Sonnenschein Attracts Antitrust Heavyweight
• Reed Smith Gains Fenwick & West Veteran In Calif.
• Without Merger, Alitalia Bankruptcy Looms: Official
• No Antitrust Overhaul Under New President: Experts
• Altivity, Graphic Must Divest Mills In $1.75B Deal
• IBM-Telelogic Deal Poses No Antitrust Threat: EU
• Helms Mulliss, McGuireWoods To Merge
• Policing The Oil Industry
• Dechert Flip-Flop Highlights Firms' Staffing Dilemmas
• India Implicates Nine Firms In Cement Cartel
• Cost-Cutting May Boost Smaller Law Firms: Study
• More FTC Officials Head Back To Private Sector
• DOJ, EU Force Divestitures In Steel Mill Merger
• Goodwin Procter Attracts Biotech Patent Standout
• New KFTC Department To Probe Foreign Cartelists
• Dechert Seeks To Enforce Agreement With Coudert
• Clear Channel Antitrust Case Waits For Wal-Mart
• Huntington's Subprime Woes Lead To ERISA Suit