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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2009

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• Minsheng, Las Vegas Sands To Hold Hong Kong IPOs
• Md. OKs $4.5B Nuke Deal, But Companies May Balk
• Understanding Bandone V. Sol Properties
• Ch. 11-Bound CIT Group Strikes Deal with Icahn
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' Jay Moore
• With Divestitures, FTC Allows Merck-Schering Deal
• Mezzanine Lending Up, But Takes Expertise: Attys
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Investor Class Against Constar
• Delphi, Appaloosa Settle Dispute Over Failed Deal
• San Diego Banks Ditch Plans to Merge
• Contract Work Still Not Fully Globalized: Attys
• Hydro-Quebec Strikes $4.4B Deal On NB Power Assets
• Fowler White Strengthens Corporate Practice
• Scientific Games Plans $125M Senior Note Offering
• Pfizer Returns To Fray In Pharma Group's Wyeth Suit
• Cott To Issue $200M In Notes To Pay For Tender Offer
• Advo Strikes $12.5M Deal In Securities Class Action
• Dollar Financial Adds Car Loan Servicer For $118M
• Q&A With Dorsey & Whitney's Steven Khadavi
• Dead Dorsey Atty's Accomplice Cops To Insider Trading
• Deutsche Bank To Buy Sal. Oppenheim For €1B
• Pacific Energy's Cook Inlet Sale Hits Speed Bumps
• Execs Show Emerging Optimism About M&A: Report
• CIT Group Extends Credit Facility By $4.5B
• Sanyo To Sell Battery Plants To Fujitsu Unit For $71M
• Kellogg Blasted In Dispute Over Gardenburger Plant
• Guiding Distressed Companies Through The Crunch
• GSI To Pay Up To $350M For Rue La La Parent
• Adams & Reese Subpoena Quashed In Conflict Suit
• Mayer Brown Adds 2 Leveraged Finance Partners
• EU Nabs Spain Over Corporate Tax Scheme
• Strategies For Mediating Business Ownership Disputes
• Treasury OKs $2.2B In Clean Energy Project Bonds
• Q&A With Skadden's Eileen Nugent
• Ford Moves Closer To Selling Off Volvo Unit
• Kellogg To Buy Back Up To $500M In Notes
• Renesas To Transfer Semiconductor Unit To Hitachi
• Liberty Split-Off For DirecTV Deal To Be Tax-Free: IRS
• Ropes & Gray Nabs White & Case Partner For London
• Constellation Defends $4.5B Electricite De France Deal
• Fired Dorsey M&A Partner Commits Suicide
• Ion Enters $175M Joint Venture To Slash Debt Load
• Iconix Buys Majority Stake In Ecko Brands For $109M
• Harleysville To Snap Up Delta Lloyds WYO Flood Unit
• Equity Committee Pushes For New Tronox DIP Package
• Shareholder E-Forums Could Alter Proxy Landscape
• Blank Rome Snags Corp. Finance Attorney Greenfield
• Weil Gotshal Bolsters Asian Corporate Practice
• Patent Cliff Has Drug Companies On Deal Hunt: Report
• Frontier Gets OK To Buy Verizon Businesses For $8.5B
• Blaming Chinese Tire Duties, GPX Files Ch. 11
• Dassault To Buy PLM Support Assets From IBM
• NHL To Get Bankrupt Coyotes' Assets For $140M
• Wilsons Leather Owner Files $300M Shelf Registration
• Cisco To Pick Up ScanSafe In $183M Deal
• Q&A With Sutherland's Mark Herlach
• Applying 'Entire Fairness' In Interested-Party Mergers
• Product Liability Claimants' GM Sale Appeal Draws Fire
• EU Sets Deadline For Antitrust Review Of Opel Deal
• ING To Split Banking, Insurance Groups
• Deal Makers Seek Certainty In Uncertain Times: Study
• On2 Settles Class Actions Over Its Sale To Google
• Investors To Appeal Blackstone IPO Suit Dismissal
• Q&A With Nixon Peabody's Dominick DeChiara
• Barclays Bank To Buy Standard Life Unit For $369M
• SolarWinds To Offer $227.8M In Common Stock
• Ares Capital To Buy Allied In $648M Stock Deal
• Visteon Moves to Sell Nissan Parts Plants To Haru
• Effects Of SRRA On Commercial Transactions
• Symantec, StorageCraft End IP Source Code Feud
• Tellabs To Snatch Up WiChorus In $165M Cash Deal
• SEC Tweaks Suit Against BofA Over Merrill Bonuses
• Crisis Brings Earnouts Back Into Style
• Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's Robert Townsend
• E-Rewards To Shell Out $139M For Research Now
• Southern Power, LS Power Swap Plants
• Australia Gives Conditional OK To Yanzhou Deal
• EU Blesses Merck's $41B Schering-Plough Deal
• MEMC Acquires SunEdison For $200M
• A Closer Look At ASM Capital V. Ames
• Equinix Snaps Up Switch & Data For $689M
• Fla.'s EverBank In Tie-Up With Lease Firm Tygris
• Avocent Shareholder Sues To Halt $1.2B Emerson Deal
• Finance Partners Launch Ropes & Gray London Office
• Pilgrim's Pride Ch. 11 Plan Heads To Stockholders
• Imperial Capital Files $150M Shelf Registration
• Korea Bolsters Global Oil Play With $3.9B Canada Buy
• AFG Loses Bid To Amend A&R Malpractice Suit
• Loan-To-Own Deals Tricky, But Not Impossible: Attys
• Q&A With Holland & Hart's Chris Groll
• EBay CEO Vows Skype Deal Is On Track
• Trimeris Shareholder Tries To Halt $81M Arigene Deal
• Google Seeks Bilked Funds From Eddie Bauer Sale
• Fed. Circ. Trims Bank's $14.6M Award From S&L Crisis
• BofA Sells First Republic For $1B
• Navistar To Issue $1.5B In Notes To Pay Off Loans
• Avis Seeks To Overturn $16M Award In Merger Spat
• Raising Capital In A Down Economy Can Be Done
• Equifax Adds Wealth Research Firm IXI For $124M
• EU Antitrust Worries Persist Over Oracle-Sun Deal
• Guidant Investors Lose Bid To Revive Class Action
• Private Equity Wants In On Banks Despite Barriers
• Cerberus Aims To Raise $200M In Freedom IPO
• Merrill Deal Docs Show Early Alarms At BofA: Report
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Dewey Telecom Expert
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Suit Over $1.4M Arbitration Award
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Jeff Rosen
• Corinthian Adds Heald For $395M In College Union
• Asyst Gets Green Light To Probe Asset Sale
• Beverage Distributor Seeks New Life For Contract Suit
• Bangor Off Hook For $1.2M In Airplane Flood: Jury
• Open Source Backers Urge EU To Block Oracle-Sun Deal
• Judge Cuts Down Class Action Over Britannia IPO
• Bankrupt Developer Pens Deal With Redwood Capital
• 1st Circ. Sides With Former WMI Chair In Equity Spat
• Crossing Borders Adds Layers For Deal Makers
• Invesco To Shell Out $1.5B For Morgan Stanley Unit
• Adecco To Acquire MPS Group For $1.3B
• Tropicana Recasts $200M Sale Of Atlantic City Casino
• Metaldyne Buyer Says BDC Appeal Of Sale Spurious
• Velocity Express Equity Holder Balks At ComVest Sale
• Major Ad Firms Support Microsoft-Yahoo Deal
• Chrysler, GM: Courts Extend Law On Sales
• Pioneer Southwest To Sell $500M In Equity, Debt
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Carl Sanchez
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' James Seevers
• Nuclear Waste Co. Hit With Securities Suits
• Sprint-iPCS $831M Deal To End Midwest Territory Spats
• Corrected: RHI Entertainment Faces Action Over IPO
• HIG Capital To Acquire Allion For $278M
• Lehman Creditors Blast Brokerage Sale To Barclays
• EC Clears E.ON-Electrabel Power Plant Trade
• How To Navigate The Twists Of Insurance Deals
• Princeton Review To Pay $170M Cash For Penn Foster
• Rite Aid To Sell $250M Notes To Refinance Debt
• 10th Circ. OKs Defiant $2M Award For Legal Abuse
• Calpine Rival Prevails In $9.7M Flying J Credit Sale
• China Sunergy Reaches $1M Deal In IPO Fraud Action
• VW To Issue $15B In New Shares
• Cydsa Vows To Fight For Mexichem Deal
• Court Says Champerty Can't Curb Debt Buyers' Rights
• DOJ's Concerns Cast Doubt On Ticketmaster Deal
• Nortel Gets Green Light To Sell Assets
• RGA To Buy ING's North American Reinsurance Unit
• FirstBank Sues Institute Over Fraudulent Merger
• Partnerships Help Drive Energy Projects In Rocky Times
• How To Pull Off A Deal As A Stalking Horse Bidder
• Pharma Group Renews Bid To Halt Pfizer-Wyeth Deal
• Q&A With Baker Hostetler's John Gherlein
• Public-Deal Makers Take Page From Private Equity Book
• McDermott Snatches Mintz Corporate Law Partner
• Covidien's Purchase Of Aspect Spurs Shareholder Suit
• Pan American Silver To Buy Aquiline In $605M Deal
• Plains All American Registers For $2B Securities Sale
• Lloyds Banking Weighs Possible Deal With Rathbone
• Greenberg Traurig Adds 2 Corporate Attys In Chicago
• AIG To Take $1.4B Hit In Sale Of Taiwanese Unit
• Xstrata Abandons Bid To Buy Rival Anglo American
• Pacific Energy Finds Buyer For Alaska Assets
• ING Sheds Asian Private Banking Unit In $1.5B Sale
• Wells Fargo Didn't Impede Elavon Contract: Judge
• Feds Greenlight JBS' $800M Pilgrim's Pride Deal
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Peggy Davenport
• AB InBev Inks $3B Deal To Sell Central Europe Assets
• BofA Privilege Waiver Approved In SEC Case
• Tandberg Shareholders Reject $3B Cisco Offer
• Fendi Cries Foul Over $70M Filene's, DSW Deal
• Corp. Counsel Split On Attorney-Client Privilege Waiver
• Magna Spurs Sale Of Pimlico Race Track
• Judge Bags Bourke's Attack On Criminal Verdict
• Cooper Stockholders To Receive Class Notification
• BigLaw Partners Join Corporate Boutique
• Skype Founders Try To Stall Sale Of Ebay Stake
• LG To Set Up $4B Joint Venture For China LCD Plant
• Q&A With Duane Morris' George Nemphos
• Citicorp, Other Lenders Must Disgorge $403M To Tousa
• Pfizer Gets FTC Blessing To Buy Wyeth
• Limited Financing Forces Creativity In Restructuring
• Walgreen Sued Over Reneging On $1.4M Buyout Offer
• Philadelphia Newspapers Appeals Asset Sale Denial
• Airlines Mokulele, Go! Launch Joint Venture
• Crisis Sparks New Focus On Reverse Breakup Fees
• National Amusements Plans $945M CBS, Viacom Sale
• Newfield Exploration, Hess Enter Joint Drilling Venture
• Calpine Aims For Flying J's $9.7M Emission Credits
• Bloomberg To Scoop Up BusinessWeek
• Understanding The Metavante Decision
• Crusader Energy To Sell Texas Oil & Gas Assets
• DOJ Gives Conditional OK To AT&T, Centennial Deal
• Internet Capital Readies $150M In Stock Offerings
• Tribune's Cubs Sale OK'd In 2nd Bankruptcy Case
• Limbaugh Faces More Opposition To NFL Team Bid
• BofA Agrees To Waive Privilege In SEC Case
• Talecris Biotherapeutics Offers $550M In Senior Notes
• Sinclair Set To Issue $430M In Senior Secured Notes
• Pharma Group Tries To Halt Pfizer-Wyeth Deal
• Cadwalader Wins Over White & Case Securities Guru
• Calpine To Offer $750M In Senior Notes
• Dole Launches 35.7M-Share IPO With Eye On $500M
• Chaparral Energy To Go Public In $1.8B Deal
• Q&A With Milbank Tweed's Ed Feo
• Sigma Reaches $160M Deal To Acquire CopperGate
• Cisco Snags Mobile Internet Co. Starent For $2.9B
• AIG Brokers $2.2B Sale Of Taiwan Unit
• Plant Biotech Co. Phyton Buys Chemotherapy Patents
• Fred Leighton Plan Settles Merrill, Family Claims
• Flowers Funds Sue Germany's HRE Over Squeeze-Out
• Creditors' Plan Would Hand Young To Noteholders
• Cubs File For Ch. 11 As Part Of Sale to Ricketts
• BofA Shareholder Suit Over Merrill Deal Still On
• Manroland, Heidelberger Part Ways For Now
• Baker Botts Snatches O'Melveny Deals Vet
• Xstrata Sells El Morro Project To Barrick For $465M
• Onyx Adds Cancer Drug Maker Proteolix For $276M
• With Sale Prices Low, Cos. Opt For Joint Ventures
• Q&A With Akin Gump's Kerry Berchem
• Adams & Reese Loses Bid To Speed Hearing
• GM, Tengzhong Reach Deal On Sale Of Hummer Brand
• Philly Papers Asset Sale To Local Interests Nixed
• Citi To Sell Phibro Unit For $250M
• Examiner Appointed In Fontainebleau Case: Report
• Kimberly-Clark To Buy I-Flow With $324M Cash Offer
• GT Solar Shareholder Suit To See Light Of Day
• Investor Suit Seeks To Block $3.9B Perot-Dell Merger
• Crowell Snags Corporate Partner From Debevoise
• 'Fulcrum' Deals Rising To Prominence, Experts Say
• Q&A With Holland & Hart's Sue Oakes
• JA Solar Seeks To Bounce Suit Over Lehman Losses
• BofA Ruling Puts M&A Lawyers On The Spot
• Court OKs Sun-Times Asset Sale To Investor Group
• Schiff Hardin Snags Seyfarth Corporate Partner
• A New Perspective On Poison Pills In Canada
• Edge Petroleum 1st-Day Motions Ready It For Sale
• Q&A With Freshfields' Matthew Herman
• Norway's StatoilHydro Offers $900M In Notes
• UK Regulator Opposes Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger
• Carilion Backtracks In $20M Acquisition Of Clinics
• Telefonica Tops Vivendi Bid, Offers $3.7B For GVT
• CD&R To Purchase $447M Stake In JohnsonDiversey
• JPMorgan Gets OK To Intervene In WaMu's FDIC Suit
• Perelman Loses Bid To Retry Coleman Case
• Equity Manager Pushes For 11th-Hour Sun-Times Bid
• SEC Asks For Jury Trial In Merrill Bonus Case
• EZ Lube Creditors Keep Probing Leveraged Buyout
• Exxon To Snap Up $4B Stake In Ghana Oil Field
• Duane Morris' NYC Office Grabs Seyfarth Tax Atty
• AB InBev To Sell Theme Park Biz To Blackstone
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' William Kirsch
• Compuware Aims To Buy Gomez For $295M
• Sprint Settles Suits Over Virgin Mobile Deal
• Circuit Board Makers Viasystems, Merix To Merge
• Julius Baer To Pick Up ING Swiss Unit For $505M
• Ciena Pays $521M For Nortel Optical, Ethernet Assets
• Poison Pill Increasingly A Tough Call
• Chesapeake Securities Action Goes West To Okla.
• Feds Approve Adobe's $1.8B Omniture Buyout
• Shareholder Suit Doesn't Pass PSLRA Muster: Sprint
• Canadian Hydro Agrees To $1.6B TransAlta Takeover
• $586M Dot-Com IPO Settlement Wins Final OK
• Starwood Leads Investors To $554M Corus Asset Win
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds 4 Attys To Atlanta Office
• GrainCorp To Buy United Malt For $655M
• Emerson Inks $1.2B Deal for Avocent
• Firms Use Recession To Snag Corporate Talent
• Ex-Allen & Overy Partner Joins Orrick
• Legal Spending On M&A To Bounce Back In 2010
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' Steven Patterson
• Data Systems Maker Brocade Looking To Sell: Reports
• Trade Publisher Questex Falls Into Chapter 11
• Telenor, Alfa End Feud, Agree To VimpelCom Deal
• IBM Snaps Up BofA's Mortgage Unit
• Prudential Weighs Sale Of 2 South Korean Outfits
• McDermott Will Adds Denton Wilde Energy Partner
• Q&A With Fulbright's Paul Jacobs
• Allen & Overy Nabs Skadden Corporate Finance Vet
• Mazda Stock Offering To Raise Up To $1.1B For R&D
• Ciena May Be Latest Buyer In Nortel Asset Offload
• EBay's Suit Against Craigslist Trimmed Of 2 Claims
• TARP Watchdog Criticizes Feds' Bailout Statements
• Aviva To Raise $1.6B In Dutch IPO
• Islamic Finance Attys See Silver Lining In Downturn
• Mergers And IP License Agreements
• Delhaize Makes $425M Bid For Bulk Of Bi-Lo's Assets
• SEC Sets Final Deadline For SOX 404 Compliance
• Montana Power, Shareholders Reach $115M Deal
• Allen & Overy Adds Counsel From Skadden, Sullivan
• EC Extends Deadline For Fortis-ABN Merger
• SEC Delays Proxy Access Rule Changes Until 2010
• Judge Greenlights Capitol Bancorp Share Exchange
• NLRB Sides Against Massey Unit In Union Feud
• Call Center Operator West Corp. Launches $500M IPO
• Affymax Files $100M Mixed Securities Shelf
• Biotech Co. Celldex Completes $90M Curagen Buy
• EC Blesses GM's Delphi Acquisition
• BDC Says It Got Short Shrift In Metaldyne Asset Sale
• Nelson Mullins Nabs Epstein Becker International Guru
• Lyondell Hit With New Noteholder Suit Over Merger
• NY Champerty Case Puts Debt Investors On Alert
• Q&A With O'Melveny & Myers' Christopher Kirkham
• West Bancorp To Sell Off Asset Management Unit
• Top 5 Hazards To Successful M&A Deals
• Edge Petroleum Ducks Into Ch. 11 For Quick Sale
• CIT Aims To Cut $5.7B In Debt, But Ch. 11 Still Looms
• FTC Acquisition Challenges In Health Care
• Claims Cut In Collins & Aikman Suit Against Execs
• Merrill, BofA Execs Targeted In Derivative Suit
• Q&A With Skadden's Stephen Arcano
• Cadbury Investor Sues Over Kraft Takeover Rejection
• NextEra Buys Babcock Wind Projects For $352M
• Suits Over CME Acquisition Of NYMEX Nixed
• Allen & Overy Scores High-Yield Expert From Milbank
• Defense Contractors Battle Over $34M EOIR Sale
• ViaSat Snags WildBlue Communications For $568M
• Cisco To Buy Norwegian Video Co. Tandberg For $3B
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Legg Mason, Citi Securities Action
• Sanofi-Aventis To Acquire Fovea For €370M
• Judge Keeps MBNA, Ixe Banco Contract Dispute Alive