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Mergers & Acquisitions - June, 2011

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• Judge Grants Facebook's Bid For Docs In Ownership Suit
• Judge Postpones Raj Sentencing To September
• McCourt Plays For Time With Dodgers' Ch. 11 Filing
• Spotlight On Corporate Governance Rules For Insurers
• Drinker Biddle Adds Corporate Trust Pro From Dewey
• FTC Backs Ashland's $3.2B Chemical Maker Buy
• Venable Adds International Transactions Expert In NY
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Atty Gets 30 Months In Prison
• BJ's Investor Balks At $2.8B Sale To Leonard Green
• ING Slams AXA Suit Over Merger Misrepresentations
• DBSD Wins Tentative OK For Plan To Emerge Under Dish
• Goodwin Reps Ansys In $310M Apache Design Buy
• UK Requires Sky News Independence In News Corp. Deal
• Madoff Feeder Fund Sues Lion Capital To Recoup $50M
• Two Bidders Pledge $50M For Banning Lewis Land
• Mayer Brown Expands Asia Practice Into Singapore
• Fiserv To Snap Up CashEdge For $465M
• GSC Lenders Fight To Halt $235M Black Diamond Sale
• ETE Warns Southern Union Against Williams Merger Talks
• Schottenfeld Trader Settles SEC Claims In Galleon Suit
• Hogan Lovells Reps News Corp. In $35M MySpace Sale
• Resort Co. Fends Off Singapore In Bankruptcy Hearing
• TMX Aborts Merger With London Exchange
• WilmerHale Reps BJ's In $2.8B Sale To Leonard Green, CVC
• Oracle To Buy Data Storage Co. Controlled By Ellison
• Saab Buys Air Traffic Manager Sensis For $155M
• DLA Piper, Lippes Drop Client In Facebook Suit
• Southern Union Execs Covet Payday In $7.9B Deal: Suit
• The DOJ's Revised Merger Remedies Guidelines
• Goldman Says Icahn Fund Held Up $140M Delphi Debt Deal
• Brazilian Retailer Moves Toward Merger With Carrefour
• McCormick Grabs Polish Spice Co. For $291M
• Experian To Buy Medical Billing Co. For $185M
• Kirkland Advises Plastics Maker Styron On IPO
• Judge Tosses FTC Suit Challenging Hospital Merger
• Canada Moves To Block Air Canada-United Joint Venture
• New Charges Coming In Hospital Bribery Case, Feds Say
• Gauthier Gets No Coverage In Baldwin Suit: Insurer
• Attys See No Quick Fix In Reverse Merger Fraud Fight
• CORRECTED: Deb Shops Agrees To Ch. 11 Sale To Lenders
• Paul Weiss Reps Sumitomo In $340M Standard Steel Deal
• High Court To Consider Time Limit For Derivative Claims
• Benihana Seeks Dismissal Of Widow's Libel Suit
• VW Alters MAN Takeover Bid In Face Of EU Objection
• Vitro US Noteholders Can't Pursue Mexican Parent
• Dickstein Reps Cengage In National Geographic Deal
• Skype Founding Member Says Bad PwC Advice Cost $1.5M
• SEC Seeks $10M From Moody's Tipster In Galleon Scheme
• Fulbright Adds Energy, Deals Pros In DC, Calif.
• DC Circ. Revives Insurer Suit Over JPMorgan's WaMu Deal
• How To Make It Rain By Marketing Individual Lawyers
• Judge Tosses Icahn's $100M Suit Against Raynor
• $900M Dividend Would End NYSE-Deutsche Deal Suits
• Proskauer Snags Corporate Gurus From Skadden, BLP
• FTC Clears Intel To Bid On Nortel Patents
• Dewey Adds Equity Leaders From Morgan Lewis, O'Melveny
• Baidu Buys Majority Stake In Travel Site For $306M
• Wachtell Reps North American Financial In $300M IPO
• National Enquirer Publisher Snags US Edition Of OK!
• Foley Hoag Opens Paris Office With 2 Arbitration Pros
• UnitedHealth To Pay $1M For Antitrust Pact Breach
• Intervoice Strikes $4.8M Deal In Investors' Fraud Action
• DOJ Ends Antitrust Case Over Va. Poultry Plant Deal
• Apple Gets Antitrust OK To Bid On Nortel Patents
• Aviva Sells UK Roadside Concern To Carlyle For $1.6B
• Google Execs Snub Senate Antitrust Committee
• Weighing Stock Options In M&A Transactions
• OFT Weighs Divestiture Offer In Princes' Canning Deal
• Carlyle Shareholder Cries Fraud Over IPO
• Borders 'Getting Raped' On Lender Fees, Judge Says
• DLA Piper Adds Former Morgan Lewis Partner
• Jones Day Reps Eastman In $100M Sterling Chemicals Buy
• Korean Regulator Says It Favors Structural Merger Fixes
• Morgan Keegan Strikes $200M Deal Over MBS
• Transocean Faces Tax Fraud Charges In Norway
• Thompson & Knight Adds M&A, Energy Aces
• Kirkland Lures Securities Pro From Mayer Brown
• Judge Clears Way For Centro's $9.4B Malls Sale
• Skadden Reps Dentsply In $1.8B AstraZeneca Unit Buy
• Del. High Court Revives Suit Over KKR Insider Trading
• Zagg Snags Headphone Maker IFrogz For $105M
• Greif Must Pay Cleanup Costs From Asset Deal: 5th Circ.
• Senior Class Gifting Is Not The End Of The Story
• Dish's $1.4B TerreStar Bid Approved For Auction
• Encana's $5.5B Gas Deal With PetroChina Fizzles
• Day Pitney Adds Mishcon Global Deals Pro In NY
• Reverse Merger Rules Are In Works, SEC Chief Says
• Grace Angles For Big Acquisition As Ch. 11 Exit Nears
• Fallon Clinic Joins Atrius After Deal With Mass. AG
• Icahn Can't Beat Last Count In Lionsgate Fight
• MMI Must Pay Oppenheimer $10.5M For Advisory Contract
• Richards Layton IT Guy Settles SEC Fraud Claims
• 3M Says Investment Fund Head Attempting To Extort $30M
• ICG, Arch Coal Settle Investor Suit Over $3.4B Merger
• Baldwin Barred From Rabobank Info In BP Deal Suit
• Man Suing For Facebook Stake Says He Passed Polygraph
• China's Stance On Silvinit-Uralkali
• Hong Kong Hotel Co. To Buy Rosewood For $230M
• Pepper Hamilton Reps Carpenter In $558M Latrobe Buy
• Borders Expects Bankruptcy Sale By End Of July
• Airgas, Cravath Settle Suit Tied To Air Products Fight
• Wachtell Reps PNC In $3.5B Deal For RBC US Assets
• BATS, Chi-X Deal Sent To Competition Commission
• Bidder Beware: Collusive Bidding In Bankruptcy Sales
• Timberland Investor Challenges VF's $2B Buyout Offer
• FTC Backs Microsoft's $8.5B Skype Buy
• How They Won It: Morgan Lewis Snags $577M Verdict For Asahi
• Valerus Wants Equity Firm's $11M Windfall Nixed
• Cadwalader Off Hook In $13M Malpractice Suit
• New DOJ Merger Remedy Guide Stresses Conduct Fixes
• Transatlantic Investor Sues To Block $3.2B Sale
• Addus Homecare, Investors Reach $3M Deal Over IPO
• Germany To Review Liberty Global's €3B Cable Buy
• DPC Investors' Fraud Claims Cuffed By Ch. 11: 5th Circ.
• Penn National Sells Stake In Preakness To Stronach
• John Deere Tries To Plow Down $2B Fraud Suit
• The Ultimate 'Shareholder'
• Schottenfeld Trader Exits SEC's Galleon Suit
• Sullivan & Cromwell Adds 2 Freshfields M&A Pros
• Debevoise Reps Reynolds Group In $4.5B Graham Purchase
• Wachtell Reps Capital One In $9B ING Direct Buy
• Q&A With Hodgson Russ' Ben Zuffranieri
• Akin Gump Reps Laredo In $1B Broad Oak Deal
• Aussie Investor Wants $9B Blackstone-Centro Deal Blocked
• Dewey Snags Milbank Latin America Team For NY Office
• Weil Adds Proskauer Finance Vet In Silicon Valley
• Nortel Postpones Patent Auction Amid High Interest
• Itochu Pays $1.5B For Piece Of Colombian Coal Project
• Latham Reps ETE In $7.9B Southern Union Buy
• Orrick Adds Tech M&A Pro From K&L Gates
• Latham Reps DG In $517M MediaMind Buy
• Calls For Caution Over Reverse Mergers Grow Louder
• Risk Assessment In Project Finance Transactions
• Dow Loses Bid To Alter FTC Deal Over $19B Merger
• Investor Sues To Block Citigroup Unit's $307M Ness Buy
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Bill McSherry
• NXP-Dover $855M Deal Wins Antitrust Approval In China
• Kirkland Reps Sensata In $325M Sensor-Nite Buyout
• MFW Investor Sues To Block MacAndrews & Forbes Deal
• CORRECTED: Sullivan Reps Dish In $1.4B Bid For TerreStar
• Blackstone Sued Over $8B Extended Stay Buyout
• K&L Gates Lures Shanghai Partner From Squire Sanders
• DOJ OKs Google's $900M Bid For Nortel Patents
• Porter Hedges Scores Energy Ace From Pillsbury
• Perkins Parent Wins Initial $16M In DIP Funds
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Rehear Pfizer-Wyeth Merger Suit
• Kirkland Reps Avis Budget In $1B Bid For Avis Europe
• FTC Clears Ebro's €205M Acquisition Of SOS Rice Units
• When Rights Offerings Go Wrong
• CFTC Delays Dodd-Frank Swap Regs Until December
• SEC Wins One, Loses One In Neff Insider Trading Suit
• FTC Seeks More Details On Teva's $6.8B Cephalon Buy
• France's Capgemini Plans $553M Prosodie Buy
• Paul Weiss Reps Ericsson In $1.15B Telcordia Deal
• Microsoft, AT&T Object To Terms Of $900M Nortel IP Sale
• News Corp. Moves To Toss Investor Suit Over Shine Deal
• Feds Seek 4-Year Prison Term For Chiesi
• Noteholders Battle To Make Vitro Filings Public
• SEC Looks To Block 2 Chinese Co. Stock Sales
• 5 Tips For Deal-Making Under India's New M&A Regime
• Q&A With Kelley Drye's Andrew White
• Davis Polk Reps Vector Capital In $282M Gerber Deal
• Effects Of In Re Fairfield Sentry Limited
• Davis Polk Reps Aetna In $290M Genworth Buy
• EBay-GSI Deal Set To Close After Shareholder Settlement
• Investment Firm Wins $1.3M In Suit Over Tousa Claims
• High Court Denies Suit Against E&Y Over Time-AOL Deal
• Weil Reps Maple Group In $3.8B Hostile Bid For TMX
• 3 Traders Found Guilty In Galleon Spinoff Trial
• Honeywell Snaps Up EMS Technologies For $491M
• Davis Polk Reps VF In $2B Timberland Buy
• Ex-Leor CEO Fights To Revive Suit Over Sale Proceeds
• AIG Unit Can't Shake Investment Adviser Contract Suit
• Allen Family Foods Wins Access To $3M In DIP Cash
• Ex-McGuireWoods Clients Seek To Move Malpractice Suit
• FTC Clears Constellation's $175M MXenergy Buy
• Fried Frank Nabs Kirkland & Ellis Private Equity Pro
• Calif. Agency Probes AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Buy
• Q&A With Milbank's Alan Stone
• Eni Sells Gas Pipeline To Relieve Antitrust Pressure
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds Corporate Partner In Chicago
• Neff CEO's Father-In-Law Renews Insider Trading Fight
• Allen Family Foods Looks To Spin Off Assets In Ch. 11
• SEC Warns Investors About Reverse Merger Hazards
• Halliburton Beats Class Action Over Spinoff Benefits
• SEC Agrees To Drop Trivium From Polycom Trading Suit
• Qantas, AA Get Preliminary OK For Joint Operations
• LaBarge To End Investor Suit Over $340M Ducommun Deal
• Visa Pays $110M For Mobile Prepaid Payments Provider
• Terex Gets Mixed Ruling In Suit Over $1.3B Bucyrus Deal
• Sprint Investors Demand KPMG Merger Audit Docs
• 'Idol' Owner Settles With Investors Over $512M Sale
• Lawyer Dad Settles SEC Insider Trading Suit
• WellPoint Buys CareMore In Reported $800M Deal
• NY Appeals Court Tosses Ellington Heirs' Royalties Suit
• SEC Cuts Off Online Pledge Drive To Purchase Pabst
• Trustee Backs $236M Black Diamond Deal For GSC Assets
• Morgan Lewis Picks Up Energy Sector Securities Pro
• AXA Private Equity Unit Buys Up $1.7B Citi Portfolio
• Shareholder Blasts Yahoo Over $1B Chinese Investment
• Kevin Costner Can't Shake Suit Over $52M BP Deal
• Goldman Undervalued EToys' $178M IPO: Atty
• Say-On-Pay Forces Cos. To Rethink Exec Perks
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Jack Thomas
• Regions Can't Duck Fraud Suit Over AmSouth Valuation
• Foley Takes Gamble With New $4M Venture Fund
• Akin Gump Snags Fulbright Outsourcing Pro In Dallas
• Merge Insurer Fights Coverage Of Entire 3M Fee Award
• SEC Denied Win On Claims Against Ex-Isilon CFO
• Court Nixes Deutsche Bank's $2.5B Tribune Suit
• Linc Energy To Buy 14 ERG Oil Fields For $236M
• H&R Block Can't Move DOJ Challenge To $288M TaxACT Buy
• Blockbuster Canada Says Dish Deal Threatens Operation
• Judge OKs Settlement In Suits Over SAP-Sybase Merger
• Davis Polk Reps NBCUniversal In $1B Theme Park Bid
• Barclays Loses $4B Asset Fight With Lehman Trustee
• 7th Circ. Questions Ex-Abbott Workers' ERISA Suit Bid
• Temple-Inland Rejects $3.3B Offer From Paper Co.
• Insurer Owes $5M Coverage Over Failed Deal: Patriot
• Constellation Cancels $185M Gas Plant Sale
• F2i, AXA Pay $1.1B For GDF Suez Italian Gas Grid
• Judge Won't Delay Civil Case For Rajaratnam Sentence
• FTC Clears DOD Contractor's $180M Supply Chain Co. Buy
• Q&A With Akin Gump's David Zensky
• Dewey Reps EBay In Development Co. Magento Deal
• Eliminating Purchase Price Disclosures
• Cleary Reps Goldman In $264M Litton Sale
• US Specialty Seeks To Nix Coverage In Dental Co. Row
• SEC Says Calif. Atty Stole Info On $2.8B Abbott Deal
• Statoil Inks $3.2B Deal To Sell Pipeline Stake
• NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Rushing $10B Deal, Investors Say
• Sun Capital Affiliate Wins Vitro Units With $55M Bid
• FTC Approves AMEC's $280M MACTEC Buy
• American Medical Settles Suits Over $2.9B Endo Buy
• Union Reaches $2.5M Settlement With RHI Over 2008 IPO
• Insurer Southern Farm Loses Bid To Arbitrate Investor Suit
• Gibson Dunn Financial Bigwig Joins Fried Frank In DC
• Tribune Creditors Blitz Ex-Shareholders To Recover $2.5B
• 9th Circ. Refuses To Block $1.4B Southwest-AirTran Deal
• Judge OKs $80M Sale Of Bowe Bell & Howell To Versa
• Q&A With Davis Polk's Chris Hockett
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Allan Van Fleet
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Kurt Hansson
• Orthovita Shareholders Sue Over $316M Stryker Deal
• Winston Reps Groupon In $750M IPO Filing
• FTC Clears Station Casino's $500M Green Valley Buy
• Reed Smith Adds Schiff Hardin Energy Finance Pro
• Cooley Hires M&A Veteran From SNR Denton
• Getting Your Slice Of The Dodd-Frank Liquidation Pie
• Judge Won't Nix US Airways Suit Over AWA Merger Row
• RBS, Underwriters Move To Nix Remaining MBS Claims
• Dish Network Blasts AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Buyout
• Breach Claims Over Ventas-Nationwide Health Deal Nixed
• Penn National's $230M Buy Of M Resort Approved
• Goffer Targets Feds' Evidence In Insider Trading Trial
• EU OKs BASF Joint Venture With Ineos Plant Sale
• $7B Massey Merger Proceeds Despite Safety Claims
• DOJ's Double Trouble
• Simpson Thacher Reps Sealed Air In $2.9B Diversey Buy
• FTC Signs Off On Grifols-Talecris Deal Divestitures
• Lenovo To Buy Germany's Medion For $900M
• Former EZ Lube COO Can't Slip Suit Over Disastrous LBO
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Doug Sullivan
• Baker Botts Reps Marathon In $3.5B Texas Shale Play