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Mergers & Acquisitions - March, 2009

124 articles

• Class OK'd In Advo Securities Fight
• Aruba Modifies Defense In WLAN Patent Suit
• Economic Anxiety Could Kill Firms' Urge To Merge
• Tronox Creditors Seek To Dissolve Equity Committee
• GM, Chrysler May Need Bankruptcy To Survive: Obama
• Crusader Files For Ch. 11 After Defaulting On Debt
• Huntsman Under Fire Over $15M Payout To Founder
• No Antitrust Cure-All For 'Too Big To Fail': Experts
• Dem Presses Fed, BofA For Merrill Bonus Details
• Jackson Lewis Joins Forces With Neb. Labor Boutique
• Miller Canfield To Link Up With Gaertner Tobin
• Credit Problems Grow For Cash-Poor Crusader Energy
• Thai Energy Co. Enters $325M Asian Coal Market Deal
• US Airways Pilots Union Ducks $2.25M Dues Refund
• China Defends Decision To Block Coca-Cola Merger
• Emageon Gives More Info On $39M Deal To Settle Suit
• American General, Retirees Resolve Benefits MDL
• FTC Seeks More Info On Thoratec, HeartWare Merger
• Scams, Pay-For-Delay In FTC's Crosshairs This Year
• Dancer, Printers Settle With SEC Over Trading Scam
• Appeals Court Expands Notice In Prodigy D&O Suit
• Lyondell Execs Escape Investor Suit Over Merger
• Liberty Surplus Seeks OK To Ax Lyondell Coverage
• Lawyers Still Positive About Staff Growth: Survey
• MRV Sues Fiberxon Execs Over $131M Merger Woes
• Fox Rothschild Snaps Up Pastore Osterberg
• Bryan Cave Nabs IP Partner From K&L Gates
• Blank Rome Doesn't Owe Recruiter Merger Fee: Court
• Troubleshooting China's Stance On Coca-Cola
• CVT Shareholders Sue To Stop $1.4B Biotech Merger
• Spansion Opts For Latham, Duane Morris In Ch.11
• $60B Citigroup Case Remanded Despite Atty Mistake
• BofA Investor Fights To Sack CEO Over Merrill Deal
• IP Partners Leave Lahive For McCarter & English
• Airlines Come Out Against Alliance Oversight Bill
• UNITE Splinter Group Joins Forces With SEIU
• WolfBlock Votes To Liquidate Amid Economic Crisis
• Suncor To Buy Petro-Canada In $15B All-Stock Deal
• McGuireWoods To Grow Globally With GMR Merger
• Covington Nabs Another Former DOJ Antitrust Head
• PBGC To Take Over Propex Pension Funds
• DOJ Seeks More Info On Ticketmaster-Live Nation Deal
• Monaco Coach Can Tap $73M In Cash Collateral
• China's Antimonopoly Law: The First Test
• Pelosi, AG Mull Antitrust Exemptions For Newspapers
• Shadow Over More Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement?
• Energy Slump May Force Drilling Cos. Into Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Pro Rejoins Stroock From White & Case
• Baker Donelson Launches Drug And Device Group
• 2nd Circ. Sends Back Tiff Over NASD-NYSE Merger
• Not All Attorneys Face Bleak Times
• China Shuts Down Coke Purchase Of Juice Giant
• Pfizer In Divestiture Talks Over $68B Wyeth Merger
• Ensuring True Environmental Disclosure
• Kirkland & Ellis OK'd To Represent Muzak In Ch. 11
• Calif. Weighs Crackdown On Banks' Bailout Spending
• Dickstein Shapiro Scores Former Constellation GC
• Dura To Williams: Loss Causation Threshold
• Marathon Challenges Order Protecting Lyondell Parent
• Vertex Pharma Acquires ViroChem For $395M
• Ex-Workers Of RV Co. Monaco File WARN Suit
• Locke Lord Lands Akin Gump Energy Guru
• Plaintiff Seeks Lead Status In Subprime Suit V. RBS
• Amerisource Must Pay Fees In Merger Suit: Court
• House Told DOJ Needs Antitrust Watchdog For Banks
• Emageon Faces Shareholder Suit Over $39M Merger
• ALPA Destroyed Evidence Needed For Suit: TWA Pilots
• Judge Rejects 'Novel' Bid To Sue IPO Underwriters
• $46.8B Roche, Genentech Deal Ends Shareholder Suit
• Bankrupt Superior Sues To Reclaim $9M From Ex-VP
• Sprint Objections To Class Notice OK'd In Pay Suit
• Former Heller Partners Sued Over Brobeck Profits
• Schering-Plough To Settle Securities Suit For $165M
• Class Status Bid Denied In Imax Securities Action
• Canada Revamps Competition Act
• Insurer Must Indemnify In CERCLA Suit: 1st Circ.
• Nixon Peabody Launches IP Transactions Group
• Marcal Buyers To Give Staples Credits In Ch. 11 Deal
• Shareholder Suit Over United Rentals Deal Nixed
• DOJ Asks Court To Wrap Up Suit Over $52B InBev Deal
• BASF Gets Green Light From EU To Buy Ciba
• Microsoft Breakup-Supporting Economist Rejoins DOJ
• Lyondell Creditors Seek Records From Basell Merger
• Liberty Mutual Balks At Gottschalks Asset Sale
• Merrill Hid Bonus Payout Info From Congress: Cuomo
• Del. Court Admits Mistake In $11M AT&T Options Case
• FTC Injunction Puts Paid To Auto Valuation Co. Merger
• Shareholders Sue Sprint Nextel Over Merger Losses
• Barclays To Top NYSE Traders With Bear Wagner Buy
• Class Of US Airways Pilots Certified In Union Spat
• Dow Reaches 11th-Hour Deal With Rohm and Haas
• Auto Valuation Cos. Merger Put On Hold By FTC
• Cuomo, Frank Demand Bonus Details From BofA
• Katten Launches Insurance Capital Markets Group
• DIP Lender One Step Closer To $61M Buyout Of Propex
• Debt-Ridden Thacher Asks 1st-Years To Return Cash
• FTC Authority After Whole Foods
• Judge OKs Class In Infineon Shareholder Action
• Schering Merger Includes Legal Headaches For Merck
• Merck, Schering Merger Puts Pressure On Regulators
• Justices Won't Allow InfoSpace Founder's $247M Suit
• Asarco Woos Sterlite With Lower $1.1B Price Tag
• Whole Foods Agrees To Sell Stores In Deal With FTC
• EU State Aid Sparks Competition Worries Amid Crisis
• Greenberg Draws Sonnenschein Antitrust Chair
• Leibowitz's Past Opinions Point To Bolder FTC
• China's Emerging Antitrust Law Needs Test: Experts
• Low On Fuel, RV Maker Monaco Coach Files For Ch. 11
• Dow, Rohm Back In Talks Over Stalled $18.8B Merger
• The Future Of The FTC
• Public Interest In Merger Regulation
• Senate Panel Passes Railroad Antitrust Act
• Applera Wins Final Judgment In Enzo Patent Fight
• Fund Boss' Conviction Restored In $15M Fraud Case
• Canada Antitrust Officials Probe Ticketmaster Resales
• DOJ Appellate Pro Returns To Sidley Austin
• Chemtura Enviro Claims V. Cone Mills Buyer Barred
• Vivendi Files Complaint Against France Telecom
• Buchalter Snags Hughes Hubbard Bankruptcy Pro
• Lenders Fight To Block Propex Asset Sale Plan
• World Bank Exec To Head India's Antitrust Watchdog
• Securing Copyright Ownership: A Question Of Timing
• 'Liquidity Crisis' Forces Spansion Into Ch. 11
• Lyondell Chemical's $8B DIP Package Approved