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Mergers & Acquisitions - December, 2009

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• US Resistance Killed Chinese Mine Deal: Firstgold
• Ford, Geely Settle Terms On Volvo Deal
• Chemtura Gets Conditional $45M Bid For Additives Biz
• Q&A With Gray Plant Mooty's Mark Williamson
• Devon Sells Gulf Projects To Maersk For $1.3B
• SEC Proposes Looser Rules On Investor Communication
• Genband Plans To Pick Up Nortel Unit For $282M
• Eddie Bauer Pitches Proposal For Ch. 11 Exit
• ING Raises $10.5B To Help Repay Dutch Bailout
• Implications Of In Re Washington Mutual Inc.
• With Sales, FTC Clears Agrium Takeover Of CF
• Atari Launches Counterattack In 'D&D' License Battle
• Q&A With Burns & Levinson's Josef Volman
• State Street Buys Intesa Securities Unit For $1.87B
• Texas High Court Enforces Post-Merger Bonuses
• Lilly To Pay Up To $755M For Autoimmune Treatments
• EU Extends Review Of Agilent, Varian Merger
• Tousa Gets Green Light To Sell Fla. Land For $61M
• Pool Maker Latham Dives Into Prepack Ch. 11
• SES Wins ProtoStar Satellite Auction With $185M Bid
• PNBK, Patriot Strike $50M Securities Deal, End Suit
• UK Signs Off On Ticketmaster, Live Nation Merger
• Calif. Court Nixes $34M Verdict In Novell Bonus Spat
• SEC Probes Telecom Italia's Sale Of Argentine Unit
• Alcoa Inks $10.8B Aluminum Deal With Ma'aden
• Tiberius Sues For Dissenters' Rights In Energy Merger
• Bucyrus To Buy Terex Mining Unit For $1.3B
• Safran-GE Joint Venture Gets $5B China Plane Contract
• Zell Can't Duck ERISA Suit Over Tribune Takeover
• Sanofi-Aventis Snaps Up Chattem For $1.9B
• ManTech To Pay $242M For Sensor Technologies
• TreeHouse To Swallow Sturm Foods For $660M
• NextMedia Plans Sale To Creditors In Prepack Ch. 11
• Mervyn's Fights Citigroup For Return Of Rent Payments
• Pfizer Puts $6M Down On Rights To Stem Cell Therapy
• Q&A With Choate's Stephen Cohen
• TXCO Wins Approval For Disclosure Statement
• Lehman Europe, Japan Units Exchange $2B In Assets
• Teamsters Sue To Halt $41B Exxon-XTO Energy Deal
• Liner Grode Nabs Orrick Corporate Partner
• GM To Shutter Saab As Final Deal Falls Through
• Q&A With Armstrong Teasdale's David Braswell
• ProtoStar Can Pay Lenders With Satellite Cash: Judge
• Marsh To Buy HSBC Insurance Brokerage For $216M
• Brazilian Steel Co. CSN Fires Off $5.6B Bid For Cimpor
• Senate Panel OKs Small-Business Trade, Lending Bills
• Apollo Nabs Cedar Fair In $2.4B Cash and Debt Deal
• Seyfarth Nabs Hogan Atty For Corporate Practice
• Hasbro Launches Death Attack On Atari D&D License
• Fla. AG Probes Diebold Sale To ES&S
• Hydraulic Fracturing Reform Could Thwart Exxon Deal
• Q&A With Phelps Dunbar's Mark Fullmer
• Ethicon To Snap Up Acclarent For $785M
• Court OKs $72M Renew Energy Sale To Valero
• Horizontal Merger Guidelines Review: A Midterm Report
• Abu Dhabi Seeks To Void $7.5B Citigroup Deal
• SEC Alleges 'Serial' Insider Trading Scheme
• EU Clears $2B Amcor Deal For Alcan, With Divestiture
• Forest City's Nets Arena Bond Sale A Slam Dunk
• Hospira Adds Orchid Generic Antibiotic Unit For $400M
• Trustee Enters Fray Over TXCO Disclosure Statement
• Determining Fair Value Of Liabilities In Acquisitions
• Investors Short $44M In Oil Deal: Pride International
• 5th Circ. Clears Superior Offshore's Liquidation Plan
• Wells Fargo To Pay $5B For Prudential Brokerage Stake
• Q&A With Saul Ewing's Katayun Jaffari
• Essilor Scoops Up US Eyewear Firm For $565M
• DLA Piper Hires Mayer Brown Lease Financing Pro
• Edge Petroleum Gets Plan OK, Sells Assets To Mariner
• Paul Hastings Hit With $55M Malpractice Suit Over Loan
• Abbott To Buy Starlims In $123M Cash Deal
• Bankrupt Toolmaker, Investors Agree To Asset Sale
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Mike Peters
• Valero Snaps Up Trio Of Ethanol Plants For $272M
• Loeb & Loeb Launches DC Office With Day Pitney Attys
• Agria Investors Fight To Resurrect IPO Action
• Latest Lyondell Plan Proposes $2.8B Rights Issue
• ProtoStar Loses Bid For $185M Stalking Horse Deal
• Terra Firma Goes After Citigroup Over EMI Purchase
• Dubai's New Restructuring Law Aims To Calm Creditors
• DeCode's DIP Agreement With Saga Approved
• High Court Sweeps Away Challenge To Chrysler Sale
• Citi To Repay $20B In TARP Funds, Escape Leash
• Xerox, ACS Reach Merger Deal In Del. Class Action
• Allowing Foreign Participation In Chinese Partnerships
• Shareholder Suit Attacks $1.1B Iowa Telecom Deal
• Alliance Beats Titan With $54M Bid For GPX Assets
• Q&A With Burns & Levinson's Harvey Burg
• ExxonMobil To Buy Gas Producer XTO For $41B
• Icahn Buys Bankrupt Trump Casino's Debt From Beal
• UTC Gains Stake In Wind Turbine Firm For $271M
• Lukoil Pays $1.6B For BP Stake In Kazakh Venture
• SOX Gets Socked, But Stays On Feet
• SocGen Pays €676M For Credit Du Nord
• P&G To Pay €320M For Sara Lee's Ambi Pur Unit
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Fred Lowther
• McCarter Lures Philly Lawyer To Corporate Practice
• Australia Approves Virgin, Delta Joint Venture
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Scheme
• 2nd Circ. Mucks Ex-Partner's Suit Over Casino Venture
• FTC On Track To Get $33M Boost To Budget
• Ex-IGT Whistleblower Counsel Lose State Claims
• Creditors Balk At TXCO Disclosure Statement
• SEC Kicks Off Wide Insider Trading Investigation
• M&A Outlook For 2010
• Future Fund May Back Canadian Funds' Transurban Bid
• ProtoStar Seeks OK For $185M Stalking Horse Bid
• Panasonic Seals $4.6B Sanyo Deal
• Hexion, Huntsman Investors Reach $18M Settlement
• Q&A With Foley Hoag's Peter Rosenblum
• Conseco Wins Bid To Ax Suit Over GM Building Sale
• Cuomo Targets Insurer Over IPO, Workers' Comp
• Ex-Pamrapo Chief Fires Off Suit Over BCB Deal
• Hedge Fund Appeal Of Citibank CDS Suit Fails
• Intangible Assets Face Scrutiny In M&A Transactions
• Creditors Attack DeCode Genetics DIP Financing
• EU Extends Review Of Kraft Bid For Cadbury
• Orrick Expands In China With Private Equity Pro
• VW To Buy Stake In Suzuki For $2.5B
• Q&A With Thompson Hine's Frank Chaiken
• Herzfeld Adds Int'l Securities Atty from Shearman
• BHP Sheds Nickel Mine For $340M To Canadian Co.
• Lehman Sues Wintrust Over Contract Breach On Loans
• BofA Denied Access To SEC Docs On Merrill Bonuses
• Sealed Air Settles With Investors For $20M
• Eaton Found Liable For Old CBS Switchgears
• International M&A Activity Plunged In 2009: OECD
• Lyondell Reaches Deal In Suit Over Basell Buyout
• FTC OKs BASF Divestiture Of Ciba Assets
• Switch And Data Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Sale
• DeCODE Trustee Balks At Asset Sale Breakup Fee
• Lehman Creditors, Barclays Spar Over Atty Privilege
• Sirius XM Hit With Antitrust Action Over Merger
• Fortis-BNP Paribas Merger Upheld By Belgian Court
• Clarity In Chinese Merger Review Procedures?
• Simon Property Lands Prime Outlets In $2.3B Deal
• NorthStar Aims To Raise $200M With IPO
• Q&A With Michael Best's Geoffrey Morgan
• Nutritional Sourcing Can Sell Blockbuster Stores
• US Gives Green Light To $34B Berkshire-BNSF Deal
• Bingham Lures Sidley Restructuring, Finance Pro
• Hitachi Hopes To Rake In $3.9B With Stock Sale
• Babcock & Brown Power Inks $405M Debt Deal
• EBay, Craigslist Square Off In Trial Over Stock Purchase
• Court Upholds Severance Pay To Avista Traders
• Beal Bank Unveils Plan To Buy Bankrupt Trump Casinos
• NY Bank Gains $11B AmTrust Assets In FDIC Deal
• Celgene To Snap Up Gloucester Pharma For $640M
• Engineering Co. McDermott To Split Off 2 Units
• Tousa: Implications For Solvency Opinion Providers
• Judge Trims Claims In Coffee Cos.' Merger Dispute
• Q&A With Dykema's Michael Bernard
• Conn. AG To Probe Health Net-UnitedHealth Deal
• Kraft Makes Takeover Case To Cadbury Shareholders
• Biogen Angles For Facet With 2nd Hostile Bid
• Noteholders Balk At Beal Plan In Trump Ch. 11
• EU Approves $3.5B Watson Wyatt, Towers Perrin Deal
• Cisco Set To Take Over Tandberg After Gaining Shares
• Denbury Snaps Up Conroe Oil Field For $430M
• Q&A With Dinsmore & Shohl's Scott Fruechtemeyer
• PG&E Forges Wind Power Deal With Iberdrola
• Sonnenschein Scores Dickstein Corporate Partner
• Subway President Hit With $5B Suit Over Land Deal
• Financial Transaction Tax Bill Draws Quick Reaction
• Core Of US Merger Guidelines Still Strong: Varney
• A. Schulman Snaps Up ICO For $191.4M
• SEC Accuses Canopy, Founder Of $75M PPO Fraud
• GE To Hand Comcast Reins At NBC In $37B Venture
• Agria, Underwriters Dismissed From IPO Class Action
• Anheuser-Busch InBev Hit With ERISA Class Action
• Medical Devices: What's Hot And What's Not
• AstraZeneca Links Up With Targacept In $1.2B Deal
• US, Canadian Courts OK Major Nortel Asset Deals
• Assured Offers $499M In Stock To Protect Rating
• Barclays Fights To Compel Lehman Asset Deal Docs
• Titan Offers Rival $44M Bid For GPX Tire Assets
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Brett Pritchard
• Simpson Thacher Malpractice Suit Reinstated In Calif.
• Adams & Reese, AFG End Conflict Of Interest Dispute
• Australia To Oppose Caltex Acquisition Of Mobil Stations
• The Importance Of In Re Philadelphia Newspapers
• Class Cert. Sought In ConocoPhillips Bonus Dispute
• Q&A With Bilzin Sumberg's Bob Siegel
• CBOE Settles Ownership Rights Appeals For $2M
• Bayer Buys Cancer-Fighting Antibody Rights For $426M
• CCS Medical Gets OK On Ch. 11 Bidding Procedures
• Sidley Austin Starts Up Silicon Valley Office
• GE To Buy Vivendi Stake In NBC For $5.8B
• Stryker Buys Medical Device Firm Ascent For $525M
• Alstom, Schneider To Buy Areva Power Unit For €4.1B
• Last Suit Over AOL Time Warner Merger Dismissed
• Harrah's Moves To Buy Planet Hollywood Vegas
• SandRidge Pays Forest Oil $800M For Texas Reserves
• Linn Energy To Pay $154M For Oil, Gas Properties
• Broadcom Purchases Dune Networks For $178M
• Q&A With Smith Gambrell's Jay Schwartz