Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » December, 2010

Mergers & Acquisitions - December, 2010

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• Delaware Driving Force Behind 2010 M&A Rulings
• Financial Services Regulation To Watch In 2011
• Lawyers Optimistic About 2011 Deals Marketplace
• Considering New Expert Disclosure Requirements
• Ideation Investor Sues Over SearchMedia Merger
• Marshall & Ilsley Shareholders Sue Over $4B BMO Deal
• Morgan Lewis Reps Maersk In $2.4B Oil Asset Buy
• Rio Tinto To Buy Australia's Riversdale For $4B
• Comcast-NBC Deal Wins FCC Chair's Support
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Intel Wins In Optics Patent Row
• Leonard Green's $1.6B Jo-Ann Buyout Triggers Probes
• 3 Traders Face Penalties Over Odyssey, Liberty Plots
• Hedge Fund Manager Targeted Over Stock Deal
• Puma To Buy Caribbean Petroleum Assets For $82M
• Airgas Rejects 3rd Offer In $5.8B Hostile Takeover
• Germany Hit With €1B Claim Over Blocked Merger
• Judge Says Flight Attendants Can Sue Delta
• EU Eyes SC Johnson-Sara Lee Deal In Antitrust Probe
• Judge Clears TerreStar To Advance Ch. 11 Plan
• Sirius Users Can't Replead Contract Claim: Judge
• Paul Hastings Reps Jacobs In $913M Aker Asset Buy
• Ex-UBS Banker Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading Scheme
• Intel-McAfee Deal Wins FTC OK, Still Faces EU Scrutiny
• Obama Inks $250B Short-Term Funding Bill
• Odyssey Settles Shareholder Suits Over Gentiva Merger
• Cleary Gottlieb Reps DSM In $1B Martek Acquisition
• Simpson Thacher Reps TD Bank In $6.3B Chrysler Deal
• SEC Unveils New Registration Rules For Muni Advisers
• UPM To Buy Myllykoski In $1.2B Deal
• News Corp. Gets EU Antitrust OK For $12.6B BSkyB Buy
• Seneca Urges Dynergy Shareholders To Reject Icahn Bid
• Judge Delays Shareholder Vote In $1B Oracle-ATG Deal
• Sasol To Pay $1B For Talisman Shale Stake
• SEC Launches Probe Into Hurd's Exit From HP
• King & Spalding Reps EarthLink In $370M Deal
• Debevoise Reps Uralkali In $8B Silvinit Deal
• Shareholder Targets $960M Dell-Compellent Deal
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps AT&T In $1.9B Qualcomm Deal
• BNY Mellon Sues Santander Over Debt Interest Rate
• Allen Reps German Shopping Site In $200M EBay Deal
• DLA Advises Applied Signal In $490M Raytheon Sale
• Baker Botts Aids Ascent In $1.2B Monitronics Deal
• Oracle Drug Software Infringes Patent, Suit Says
• ACO Payment Methods: The Middle Path Is Best
• Barclays Knew Lehman Assets Were Off Limits: SEC
• Level 3 Wants Conditions On Comcast-NBC Deal
• BMO To Double US Size With $4B Marshall & Ilsley Buy
• Banks Ask 9th Circ. To Review Revival Of IPO Suits
• The Effective Bankruptcy Examiner
• Jones Day Reps Cumulus In $2.1B Offer For Citadel
• Viacom Breached $175M Harmonix Merger Deal: Suit
• Judge Freezes Assets Related To Pepsi-WBD Deal
• MPC Wins Disclosure Statement OK After Gateway Deal
• PepperBall, Exec Beat $4.8M Securities Fraud Suit
• Aussies Back Virgin Blue Alliances With Air NZ, Etihad
• Cleary Reps AmEx In €496M Deal To Buy Rewards Co.
• Stanley Black & Decker Adds InfoLogix In $61M Deal
• Case Study: FTC V. Ovation
• CFTC Unveils Revised Swap Exchange Facility Rules
• France To Buy Areva's STMicro Stake For €695M
• Lexington Buys $730M In Lloyds Private Equity Assets
• Siemens To Sell IT Business To Atos For €850M
• ACS Ups Bid For Germany's Hochtief To €5B
• SEC Advances Rules On OTC Derivatives Market
• CSC Rejects £2.9B Simon Property Takeover Bid
• Cargill To Buy Indonesian Sorbitol Co. For $300M
• 2nd-Lien Lenders Get Louder
• ARMZ To Buy Australian Uranium Co. Mantra For $1.2B
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps Dynegy In $665M Icahn Deal
• Novartis Finishes Up $51.6B Alcon Purchase
• SEC Accuses Nev. Lawyer Of $7M Merger Fraud
• Australia Gives Blessing To $8.2B ASX-SGX Merger
• Skadden Reps HCP In $6.1B Nursing Home Deal
• Upton Urges FCC To Speed Up Comcast-NBC Merger
• LB Foster Wins OK For $114M Portec Buy With Plant Sale
• Petrobras To Buy Back Repsol Refinery Stake For $850M
• Judge OKs $27M Deal In Cooper Securities Action
• Dewey Reps UEG In $775M Deal For Pakistani BP Assets
• Creditor Squabble Pushes Back GSC Sale Bid
• Galderma Offers $978M For Sweden's Q-Med
• Oracle Wants $330M On Top Of $1.3B Patent Verdict
• Wachtell Reps Thermo Fisher In $2.1B Dionex Deal
• 10 Transactional Potholes With Auto Dealerships
• Slaughter And May Reps GE In $1.3B Wellstream Deal
• Dewey Advises Dell In $960M Compellent Buy
• TV Producer RHI Aims To Cut Debt In Half In Ch. 11
• China Buys Argentina Oil Assets In $2.5B Deal
• Greece Threatens To Veto Unilever-Ice Cream Co. Deal
• Goodwin Fires Back In Northland Fees Battle
• Bankrupt QOC Wins Approval Of Wells Fargo Deal
• Kirkland Advises CHS In $3.3B Bid For Tenet
• Morrison Cohen Reps North Castle In Atkins Sale
• Vivendi To Pay $88M To Settle Brazilian GVT Probe
• The Price Isn't Right: Event Studies In M&A Suits
• Lionsgate Slams Icahn Before Shareholder Meeting
• Skadden Reps National Grid In $285M Algonquin Deal
• Helen Of Troy Snags Kaz For $260M Cash
• Air Products Makes 'Best And Final' Offer For Airgas
• SEC Targets Inside Traders Over Pepsi-WBD Deal
• MasterCard Adds Travelex Unit In $458M Deal
• CFTC Delays Vote On Swap Exchange Facility Rule
• Borders And Barnes & Noble — Can It Succeed?
• Mayer Brown Private Equity Team Jumps To DLA Piper
• House Weighs $30M Cap For Fast-Tracking IPOs
• S. Africa Blocks DuPont Unit's Bid For Pannar
• Qualifying For Renewable Energy Cash Grant Program
• Cravath Reps J&J In $2.3B Bid For Crucell
• Ball To Snap Up Aerocan For €221M
• Dewey Reps AGL Resources In $2.4B Nicor Buy
• Japan Seeks Criminal Charges In Wal-Mart Unit Probe
• Richards Layton IT Guy Accused Of Insider Trading
• Carlyle To Snap Up Majority Stake In Claren Road
• Arkema To Snag Total Chemicals Units For $729M
• Aetna To Scoop Up Health Tech Co. Medicity For $500M
• Graco Trade Secrets Suit Against Gama Stays Alive
• Making Sense Of Bankruptcy Make-Wholes, No-Calls
• Debevoise Grabs Former NY Insurance Superintendent
• UBS Insider Trader Wants Time-Served Sentence
• Riversdale Mulls $3.5B Rio Tinto Bid
• Lionsgate Accuses Icahn Of Double-Crossing
• Borders Prepares $964M Bid For Barnes & Noble
• EBG Creditors Win OK To Appeal $1.1B Sale
• 3M Snaps Up Swiss Grinding Co. For $448M
• In Re Scopac ... 2 Years Later
• Beer Drinkers Eye Cert Bid In InBev Merger Case
• Comcast-NBC Deal Extended, Awaiting Regulator OKs
• Atty Input Sought On Del. High Court's Airgas Ruling
• UK Wants First Dibs On Review Of Travel Agency Deal
• AirTran Shareholder Challenges $1.4B Southwest Buy
• AIG's Nan Shan Unit Gets 3 New Bids
• SEC Advances Proposals For Swaps Oversight
• Groupon Hit With IP Suit Amid Google Merger Rumors
• What To Do When Seed Money Gets Personal
• Andritz To Pay Up To €10M For Bankrupt A-TEC Unit
• Simpson Reps Walter Energy In $3.3B Coal Co. Deal
• 9th Circ. Revives 2 Dozen Suits Over IPOs
• Foley Reps Sunoco In $400M Ohio Refinery Sale
• Equity Re-Emerges As Strategic M&A Currency: Report
• Yahoo Japan-Google Deal Gets OK From JFTC
• Shareholder Sues To Block $5B Bid For Del Monte
• Judge Lets $600M Citigroup Unit Sale Move Ahead
• EU Extends Deadline For News Corp.-BSkyB Merger
• ACCC Worries Asahi-P&N Combo May Boost Soda Prices
• MGM Scores Speedy Ch. 11 Plan Approval
• No Derivative Standing For Creditors Of Insolvent LLCs
• Davis Polk Reps PepsiCo In $3.8B Wimm-Bill-Dann Deal
• Kohl Calls For Close Scrutiny Of Google-ITA Deal
• Isilon Shareholder Sues To Block $2.25B EMC Merger
• Ericsson To Nab Nortel China Joint Venture For $50M
• CFTC OKs Proposed Rule Regulating Swaps Market
• E.ON To Sell Gazprom Stake To Market, VEB For €3B
• Toyota, Nummi Seek $574M From Old GM Over Closure
• LTX-Credence Shareholders Sue To Stop Verigy Merger
• FTC Challenges LabCorp's Westcliff Acquisition
• DOJ, FTC Chided For Insurance Antitrust Efforts
• Bankruptcy Auctions: Is That Your Final Answer?
• Icahn Again Extends Lionsgate Tender Offer
• Ladish Shareholders Sue To Block $778M Allegheny Buy
• Avis-Dollar Thrifty Merger Faces Antitrust Suit
• Ropes & Gray Reps Axcan In $583M Eurand Deal