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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2013

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• $512M 'American Idol' Buyout Paid Fair Value, Judge Says
• PE Buyers Helped Drive Energy Deal Making In Q3
• Real Estate Considerations In M&A Transactions
• A New DOJ Approach To Customer Testimony
• M&A Insurance Picking Up Steam As Policy Prices Sink
• Jos. A. Bank Open To Padding $2.3B Men's Wearhouse Bid
• Alco Stores Shareholders Reject $47M Buyout By Argonne
• Deals Rumor Mill: Oaktree Capital, Barrick, General Atlantic
• Mitsui Buys 20% Share In NYC Power Plant
• Riverstone Puts Up $200M To Launch Houston Energy Co.
• Brookfield To Invest Up To $750M In Chinese RE Portfolio
• Brazilian PE Fund To Acquire OGX Natural Gas Unit
• Crown Holdings Pays $1.65B For Spanish Canner Mivisa
• Carlsberg Gets Regulatory OK For $490M Chongqing Buy
• HCA To Buy Back $500 Million In Shares From Bain, KKR
• NRG Seeks Approval Of Wind Takeover In $2.6B Edison Merger
• Bazaarvoice Trial Proved Merger Hurt Competition, DOJ Says
• Wachtell Malpractice Claims A Tough Sell For Icahn's CVR
• Legal Demand Is Up — How Are Law Departments Managing?
• China Continues To Demonstrate Merger Control Prowess
• Canadian IT Firm Xchange Wins Interim Stay In Ch. 15
• Philly Inquirer Owners Offer $29M Buyout In Firing Suit
• Twitter Faces $124M Suit For Fake Private Stock Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Berkshire, Blackstone, BlackBerry
• Mexico Regulator Rebuffs Sherwin-Williams' $2.3B Comex Deal
• Caesars CEO Blames Mass. Gaming Board For Failed $1B Deal
• US Air, AA Ready To Defend Merger Deal In Trial, Atty Says
• China Everbright, Catalyst Form PE Fund With Israel Focus
• Simpson Thacher Snares FTC Merger Atty For DC Office
• RHJI Will Pay $487M For Deutsche Bank's BHF-Bank
• How US Cos. Can Reduce Latin American Tax Obligations
• DOJ Unlikely To Ground Airline Merger Fight In Mediation
• Business Divorce Could Be Better Balanced In Texas
• Wapiti Sues For Costs, Taxes In $375M Oil Field Sale
• Stroock & Stroock Picks Up CFIUS Expert From Treasury
• McDermott Malpractice Suit Gets Clarification From Judge
• Neighbor Network Gets $60M Boost From KPCB, Tiger Global
• Harbinger Can't Sue Dish Chairman, But LightSquared Can
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Antitrust Ace From Baker & McKenzie
• Texas High Court Asked To Revive $780M Suit Against AT&T
• Calif. Appeals Court Revives West Coast Quartz Fraud Suit
• Highmark, UPMC Tentative Deal To End Antitrust Suit Hits Snag
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, RBS, CVSL
• Japanese Gas Co. Pays $400M For Activated Carbon Maker
• Dell Yanks Public Listing After Sealing $25B Buyout
• Vodafone Seeks Approval For $1.65B Indian Unit Buyout
• Sears Mulls Split From Lands' End, Auto Units
• Hedge Fund Ups Healthways Stake, May Jostle Management
• Gibson Dunn Nabs Ex-State Dept. Official For M&A Team In NY
• Cole Investors Aim To Kill $11B American Realty Merger
• Wal-Mart Suit Part Of Biscayne Asset Sale, 11th Circ. Says
• Creditors Want Say In American-US Airways Antitrust Suit
• AMC Puts Up $1B For Liberty Global Overseas Content Unit
• Icahn-Led CVR Sues Wachtell Over Role In $2.6B Takeover
• Vivendi Pays $1.4B For Lagardere's Stake In TV Station
• Wyle's Suit Over $235M CAS Sale Can Go Forward, Judge Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tribune Co., Facebook, Apollo Global
• Proposed $115.5M CFS, First Merchants Merger OK'd By Court
• Dorsey Reps Mosaic In $1.4B Fertilizer Deal With CF Industries
• Kirkland Reps Murray Energy In $3.5B Consol Coal Mines Buy
• PE Firm Inks $465M Deal For Deere Landscaping Biz
• Beleaguered G4S Spurns $2.5B Bid For Cash-Transport Biz
• 5 Tips For Avoiding A 2nd Request In Merger Review
• NY Law Gives Antitrust Immunity To State Health Care System
• Hotel Employment Co. Gets Interim Nod For $7M DIP Loan
• MassMutual Owes Skadden Atty $2.5M Life Insurance Policy
• Canada Clears Darling's $620M Biodiesel Co. Buy
• Career Education Reaps $305M In Euro Biz Sale
• Chinese Solar Co. Gets Approval On Bid For Suntech Assets
• Secondary Buyout Market Heats Up As Volcker Effect Looms
• New Antitrust Confidentiality Waiver: Proceed With Caution
• Idemitsu, AltaGas To Pay $842M For 2/3 Stake In Petrogas
• V&E Reps Pioneer In $550M Alaska Subsidiary Sale
• Biz Groups Add To Swelling Support For AA-US Airways Deal
• FTC Says Ardagh 'Detached From Reality' In Merger Fight
• Yue Xiu To Pay $1.5B For Hong Kong's Chong Hing Bank
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Telefonica, ING
• Agreements To Agree: Breacher Beware
• Rio Tinto Sends $1B Aussie Mine Stake To Glencore, Sumitomo
• FTC Orders Solera To Off-Load Auto Software Business
• Pershing Square To Sell Partial Stake In Canadian Pacific
• Times Co. Closes Boston Globe Sale After Judge Lifts Order
• PAI-Backed Marcolin Picks Up Highmark Eyewear Business
• Digirad's Board Of Directors Election Valid, Judge Says
• Hotel Staffing Co. Enters Ch. 11 With PE-Backed Sale Plan
• Why M&A Due Diligence Won't Prevent An FCPA Violation
• Bankrupt Grocer Fresh & Easy Gets Go-Ahead For Auction
• Hong Kong Co. Pays $389M For US Aircraft Maintenance Biz
• Enviro Boutique Hunsucker Nabs Ex-Dickstein Deal Maker
• Sullivan Reps RR Donnelley In $620M Printing Outfit Buy
• Aberdeen In Chase For $809M Lloyds Asset Management Unit
• Permira To Pay $485M For Dr. Martens Maker
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, HP, Apax Partners
• McKesson Inks $8.3B Deal To Scoop Up German Peer Celesio
• Icahn Pads Apple Stake, Urges Immediate $150B Buyback Plan
• Pension Fund Challenges PE Firm's $891M Tellabs Buyout
• Suit Over $700M Sauer-Danfoss Takeover Survives Challenge
• $11B American Realty Deal Creates Biggest Net-Lease REIT
• Goulston & Storrs Ramps Up NY Finance Practice
• Mayors Urge DOJ To Allow AA-US Airways Merger
• Oracle Puts Up $400M For Sales Automation Co. BigMachines
• 'Sexy Startup Seeks Accredited Investor'
• Quiksilver Passes Snowboard Unit To Altamont-Backed Co.
• Credit Agricole Sends Derivatives Portfolio To BNP Paribas
• Fosun Pharma Unit Inks $533M Deal To Sell Medical IP Rights
• FTC Gives Nod To Emera's $541M Capital Power Plant Buy
• Blackstone Forms $700M LPG Transport JV With Greek Co.
• Tech Buys To Fire Up Outbound Chinese M&A, Report Says
• Ohio PE Firm Boosts $223M Fund With Aviation Repair Biz
• APR Energy Inks $314M Deal For GE Power Rental Business
• Deals Rumor Mill: McKesson, Icahn, Safeway
• NYT's $70M Boston Globe Sale Blocked Due To Class Action
• Mahle Dodges ERISA Suit Over "Free and Clear" Sale
• Squire Sanders Forms Partnership With Ukrainian Law Firm
• Sobeys To Sell 23 Stores As Condition Of $6B Safeway Buy
• Health Care Co. Says Merger Partner Hid Facts In $222M Deal
• Gates Buys 6% Stake In EU Construction Co. For $154M
• Ferrovial Sheds Heathrow Airport Stock For $636M
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, Beechcraft, Goldman Sachs
• FTC Clears Monsanto's $930M Deal For Analytics Firm
• Activist Loeb Buys Stake In Nokia Minus Device Unit
• EU High Court Upholds Germany's Volkswagen Veto Law
• Cocoa Supplier Fights Chocolatier Over $100M Sale Price Cut
• Vinson Reps Plains All American In Gas Storage Co. Buyout
• Goldman Passes UK Insurance Unit To Blackstone, Others
• CFPB Launches Probe Into EBay's Online Lending Business
• $13B JPMorgan Deal Could Complicate Big Bank Resolution
• Weil Steers PE Firm's Deal For Majority Stake In Theater Co.
• Former Sempra Energy Exec Rejoins Jones Day
• Bank Holding Co. DIP Request On Hold Amid Creditor Worries
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charterhouse, Office Depot, Clariant
• Crown Castle To Pay $4.85B For AT&T Cell Tower Rights
• An Overview Of The Uptick In Ticking Fees
• Snyder's-Lance Ducks Suit Over Premerger Distribution Deals
• PE Firm Abraaj Takes Stake In Ghanaian Home Lender
• Vinson, Baker Botts Help Seal Devon-Crosstex Merger
• Douglas Confirms Buyout Play For PE-Backed Perfume Co.
• How To Prepare Witnesses To Make (Not Break) Your Case
• $175M Deal Gives 3i Majority Stake In Texas Consulting Firm
• Schulte Roth Reps Marlin Equity In $891M Deal For Tellabs
• WebMD Puts Up $177M To Buy Back More Icahn Shares
• Texas High Court Rebuffs Injunction Against Hospital Buys
• PVR Investor Sues To Block $5.6B Regency Merger
• More Secrecy Needed In St. Luke's Merger Trial, Judge Says
• Set The Right Tone For Risk Mitigation, Home And Abroad
• Baker Botts Reps NRG In $2.6B Bankrupt Edison Mission Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, America Movil, Mergermarket
• Occidental Sells $1.3B Stake In Pipeline Partnership
• Hutchison Whampoa Drops Plans to Sell $4B Grocery Chain
• Philly Could Net $872M In Sale Of Gas Utility, City Says
• EU To Probe Cemex Deal For Rival's Spanish Operations
• SoftBank Grabs $1.3B Brightstar Stake In Week's 2nd Deal
• Couple Fights Arbitration In Bracewell Malpractice Row
• Aussie Dairy Co. Trumps Rivals With $406M Bid For Producer
• The Hottest Industries In M&A
• Simpson Thacher Reps KKR In Avoca Capital Buy
• Edgen Group Investor Blasts $520M Sumitomo Buyout
• Tougher Fed Rules Could Drive Banks From Commodity Biz
• Duvel Makes Big Craft Beer Play With $100M Boulevard Buy
• L'Oreal In Talks To Pay $314M For Shiseido Spa Brands
• Status Report: US And Global M&A Market
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, Men's Wearhouse, Nestle
• Spain's BBVA Unloads $1.3B Stake In China Citic Bank
• Azure Takes Over BG Group, EXCO JV In $931M Deal
• UK Watchdog Blocks Hospital Merger
• Ropes & Gray Reps Blackstone In $625M Pactera MBO
• KPN Open To Renewed America Movil Talks, CEO Says
• Tex. Holding Cos. Get Bidder For Dallas Bank, Seek Ch. 11
• BioClinica Investors Lose Bid To Block $123M PE Takeover
• MoFo Adds 2 New Partners To Corporate Finance Practice
• Sealing The Deal: Jones Day Steers Tokyo Electron Merger
• Freshfields Sued Over Bloated M&A Bill
• FTC Loses Bid To Block St. Luke's Expert In Merger Trial
• Spotlight On State Urgent Care Regulation
• Dems Pressure DOJ To Drop AA-US Airways Deal Challenge
• Captain D's Seafood Restaurant Chain Changes PE Hands
• BofA Can't Keep Countrywide Docs Out Of Ambac's Hands
• Deals Rumor Mill: Warburg Pincus, Bain Capital, Rice Energy
• Gide Loyrette Brings In 19-Atty Team From Morgan Lewis
• $9.6B KPN Buyout Bid Withdrawn By Slim's America Movil
• Activists Bet On Single-Stock Funds To Target Large Cos.
• Kirkland Reps Advance Auto Parts In $2B Rival Buy
• Dutch Cable Giant Ziggo Spurns Liberty Takeover Offer
• Berkshire Unit To Pay $1.1B For IMI Noncore Businesses
• Nestle, Ralston Merger Suit Kicked To Mo. High Court
• Cadwalader Stuck With Malpractice Defense Ruling
• Court Should Break Up Bazaarvoice Monopoly, DOJ Says
• AstraZeneca Unit Buys Biotech Co. Spirogen For $440M
• Dutch Software Co. Unit4 Mulls PE Firms' €1B Offer
• Merger Review May Be A Moving Target During Shutdown
• Apollo Tyres Says Cooper Tire Putting Brakes On $2.5B Merger
• Sealing The Deal: Paul Hastings Clinches $7B Smithfield Buy
• Savient Pharmaceuticals Files For Ch. 11, Plans $55M Sale
• KKR To Buy Southeast European Media Group
• Wumart Buys Thai Group's Chinese Stores In $302M Deal
• Aussie TV Co. Buys Out Microsoft's Shares In Digital Media JV
• DuPont Escapes $12.5M Suit Over Escrow Agreement Breach
• Deals Rumor Mill: TD Bank, Telefonica, Twitter
• Environ Lures Drinker Biddle Partner For GC Slot
• Clinton Group Pushes For CEO Ouster At Drugmaker XenoPort
• PE-Backed Laundry Servicer CSC Puts Up $524M For Rival
• MoFo Steers Softbank's $1.5B Deal For 51% Supercell Stake
• Brazil's New Anti-Corruption Law Stirs The M&A Pot
• No Letup In US Scrutiny Of Foreign-Backed Energy Projects
• Activision Completes $8.2B Stock Buyback From Vivendi
• PE Firm Purchases Canadian Automotive Supplier For $512M
• USA Truck Says Knight Used Secret Info For $242M Buyout Bid
• The Best Question To Ask Your Potential Outside Counsel
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Versace, Glencore
• Westpac To Pay $1.37B For Lloyds' Aussie Assets
• $105M Personal Communications Sale Gets Green Light
• Consortium Floats $3B Bid For Aussie Office Trust
• Russian Fund, Deutsche Bank Invest $237M In Rostelecom
• Del Monte Pacific Swings $1.7B Deal For US Food Biz
• Chinese Developer To Take Large Stake In Atlantic Yards
• Platform Acquisition To Shell Out $1.8B For MacDermid
• $51M Stalking Horse Bid For AgFeed's China Units Wins OK
• Patton Boggs Lands Munck Wilson, Locke Lord Finance Pros
• Court Urged To Let DOJ Veil Sources From AA, US Airways
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche Telekom, BlackBerry, Blackstone
• BlackBerry Co-Founders Consider Takeover Bid
• New York City Opera In Talks Over Merger Possibility
• Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Blocks Road Barrier Tie-Up
• Porter Hedges Adds Adams & Reese Transactional Partner
• Liberty Media Buys Back $417M Of Its Stock From Comcast
• Dentons Attys Join Reed Smith Amid McKenna Merger Talks
• US Tosses Last Of Chinese-Owned Co.'s Wind Farm Suit
• Weil Guides Vonage's $130M Vocalocity Buy
• Del. Justices Nix Injunction Of Activision's $8B Stock Deal
• KKR Nabs $200M Stake In Malaysian Helicopter Maker
• Vinson Reps Crestwood In $750M Bakken Midstream Buy
• Baker Botts Reps Regency In $5.6B Deal For Pipeline Rival
• KKR To Fork Over $1B For Crosby Group, Acco Material
• MediConnect Exec Says Partner Cheated Him Out Of $64M
• Van Bael & Bellis Draws Back Longtime Antitrust, IP Atty
• DOJ Urged To Block $260M Cumulus-Dial Merger
• Buckeye To Pay Hess $850M For Storage Terminal Unit
• Investors Target Enviro Co.'s Execs Over Stock Decline
• Bankrupt IPC's $25.4M Sale To Universal Protection Approved
• EU Approval Of Olympic, Aegean Tie-Up A Rare Flip-Flop
• Proskauer Confirms Picking Up Latest Weil Defector
• Trustee Slams Furniture Brands' Employee Incentive Plan
• Francisco Partners Gives Boost To Medical Software Co.
• AT&T Objects To Terms Of Bankrupt Partner's $105M Sale
• Union Drops Bid To Intervene In Suit Over $14B Airline Merger
• EC Clears Aegean Airlines' $97M Buy Of Olympic Air
• 4 Ch. 11 Proposals Up For A Vote In LightSquared Bankruptcy
• Venable Launches In SF With Commercial, IP Litigation Team
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apollo Tyres, Telecom Italia, AT&T
• Squire Sanders, Latham Rep CACI In $820M Six3 Systems Buy
• Men's Wearhouse Spurns $2.3B Jos. A. Bank Tie-Up Proposal
• Viacom Can't Make 'Rock Band' Co. Investors Cover IP Suits
• Goldman Sachs Nabs $562M Stake In British Motor Insurer
• Early Turbulence Won't Ground DOJ's Airline Merger Fight
• Lessons From SIGA Technologies V. PharmAthene
• Jenner & Block Adds Reed Smith M&A Specialist In NY
• Quest Buys ConVerge Diagnostic Services From Water Street
• Koch's Latest Buy Adds 1,055-MW Texas Power Plant
• Deals Rumor Mill: McKesson, Vodafone, Carlyle
• K&L Gates Adds German M&A Partner From Cleary Gottlieb
• Kaydon Faces Shareholder Suit Over $1.25B Sale To SKF
• Apicorp Becomes Major TAQA Shareholder With 5.6% Stake
• TPG-Axon Follows Jana With Redbox Parent Buy-In
• Let's Really Consider The Idea Of A 2-Year Law Degree
• Icahn Gets 2 Picks On Nuance Board, Predicts Stock Jump
• Icahn Buys Talisman Stake In 1st Major Post-Dell Play
• 5th Circ. Affirms Win For Prospect Energy In Contract Row
• Ex-Coda Workers Say Ch. 11 Plan Gives Free Pass To PE Firm
• Mining Magnate Buys Sizable Blumont Stake After Stock Drop
• Solvay Pays $1.3B For US Maker Of Oil-Industry Chemicals
• Juicy Couture Sells For $195M As Retail Buyouts Sizzle
• Global Deals Will Fuel M&A Market Growth In 2014, GCs Say
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apollo Global, Vodafone, Sinopec
• Inflexion Nabs UK Online Travel Firm in $117.4M Buyout
• Societe Generale Buys VTB's 10% Stake In Russian Bank
• Apollo Tyres, Cooper Tire Spar Over $2.5B Tie-Up Price
• Making Copies — Without Compromising Data Security
• Darling Int'l Inks $2B Deal To Buy Vion Ingredients Biz
• RBS Stuck In $605M Suit Over Liverpool Soccer Club
• OSHA Orders Clean Emissions Co. Pay $1.9M For Firing CFO
• Crestwood Unitholders OK Plans For $8B Inergy Tie-Up
• Steptoe's Tax Practice Adds O'Melveny Atty In DC
• The Best Cyberdefense Is A Good Offense
• Decision Time Approaches In CommonWealth's Activist Fight
• Paul Hastings Guides AXA Spinout Ardian In 1st Solo Deal
• Forest Oil Continues Selloff With $1B Texas Panhandle Deal
• Solera Pays $289M For 50% Of Welsh Carson Auto Service Co.
• EC Approves Refresco-Gerber Deal With Conditions
• $186M Yukos Capital Award Upheld In Oil Loan Row
• Okla. AG Urges DOJ To Approve $14B AA-US Airways Deal
• Verizon Sets Bank Debt For $130B Vodafone Deal
• Foreign Funds Target Another European Cookie Maker
• Deals Rumor Mill: BNP Paribas, Ikaria, Best Buy
• Blumont Halts $117M Miner Buyout Hours After Unveiling Deal
• Icahn Drops Dell Appraisal Fight, Will Take Deal Cash
• Chinese Ad Firm To Evaluate Founder's $183M Buyout Bid
• Sotheby's Adopts Poison Pill As Loeb Ups Stake
• A Test Balloon For Section 546(e) Interpretation
• NC Scrutiny Of Dental Practice Management Continues
• OnCure Gets Green Light For Reorganization Plan, $125M Sale
• Directors Fight Order Stopping $397M Michael Baker Buyout
• Sinclair Puts Up $115M To Acquire 4 TV Stations
• Oracle Deal In Shareholder Suit Heralds $20M Insurance Row
• Supermarket Chain Shareholders Agree To $2.5B Kroger Deal
• Catterton Sells Convenience Store Chain To Sunoco
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, Mergermarket, Societe Generale
• Considerations Before Counseling During Deposition
• 3 Things To Know About CFIUS' Recent Activism
• News Outlets Push For Access To FTC Hospital Merger Trial
• Gannett Raises $1.25B For Belo Deal
• Kirkland Seals $375M Procurian Deal For Accenture
• REIT, Capital Markets Whiz Joins Proskauer Rose
• Pa. Utilities OK Efficiency Plan To Settle Merger Challenge
• Chinese MBO Trend Poised To Extend Well Into Next Year
• Digital Realty, Prudential Form $369M Data Center Venture
• Goldman, Pension Funds Buy $2B Stake In Denmark's DONG
• Shareholders Settle Spat Over $24B Liberty, Virgin Merger
• BlackRock Latest Buyer In Canadian Solar Project Sell-Off
• Blackstone Seals Deal To Buy Out Dutch Mall Developer
• Troutman Sanders Snares Energy Ace From Dickstein Shapiro
• Bridgepoint Swallows Up Leading Candy Maker In Poland
• Spyker Seeks To Revive $3B Suit Against GM Over Saab Sale
• IDI Acquires Verde Realty For $1.1B
• FTC Won't Challenge Twitter's Acquisition Of MoPub
• Union Backs AA-US Airways Deal In Bid To Enter Suit
• KPS' $280M Stalking Horse Bid For Furniture Brands OK'd
• Next 3 Weeks Will Shape Miami Casino Bankruptcy
• Ontario Pension Fund Buys 2% Stake In German Online Retailer
• Shellpoint Buys Mortgage Servicing Firm
• FTC Clears $2B Boise Deal With No Strings Attached
• Parsing The Case Against 'New American Airlines'
• ICE, NYSE Closer To Sealing $8.2B Deal With Panel's OK
• Loeb Doubles Sotheby's Stake, Calls For CEO's Ouster
• Tesco Enters $554M Venture With Chinese Retail Giant
• Burlington Prices IPO At $226M, 7 Years After Bain Buyout
• McDonald Hopkins Picks Up Ex-K&L Gates Health Care Pro
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cargill, Rio Tinto, Starwood
• Avista, Nordic Ink $439M Deal To Acquire Swiss Drugmaker
• Mako Bulks Up Surgical Biz Before $1.7B Stryker Takeover
• KPN Shareholders Approve $11.6B Telefonica Tie-Up
• Portugal Telecom, Brazil's Oi Strike Merger Deal
• Latham Reps Monsanto In $930M Deal For Analytics Firm
• Molex Investor Says $7.2B Koch Deal Cheats Shareholders
• Texas AG Drops Antitrust Challenge To US Airways-AA Merger
• EchoStar, Vivendi Unit Eye Brazilian Pay TV Venture
• Bingham McCutchen Names New MP, Doubles Up At Top
• Norton Rose Steers Sumitomo In $520M Edgen Group Buy
• Shareholder Suit Over $45M Vocada-Nuance Merger Nixed
• Kirkland Reps LNK Partners In Fitness Connection Buyout
• JG Summit To Pay $1.7B For Meralco Minority Stake
• Grocery Chain Aims For Quick Ch. 11 Sale To Yucaipa Unit
• Shutdown Status Of Top 7 Gov't Antitrust Cases
• Cleary Finalizes CVC's €400M Campbell Soup Deal
• American Realty Affiliate RCAP Snags $2B Asset Manager
• Morgans Hotel's New Board Won't Kill Poison Pill
• Harlem Globetrotters Sold To Dollywood Owners
• Deals Rumor Mill: America Movil, Icahn, J&J
• Experian Puts Up $324M For Fraud Detection Biz
• Barnes Group Swings €275M Deal For German Manufacturer
• Don't Conflate Shutdown And Debt Ceiling Challenges
• DOJ Can't Delay Airline Merger Trial Despite Shutdown
• Health Care Co. Acadia Gets Investor Challenge Quashed
• Ex-Dewey M&A Head Joins Greenberg Traurig In London
• Amgen, Actavis Close On Billion-Dollar Pharma Deals
• Latham Reps Indigo In $145M Frontier Airlines Buy
• Another JCP Investor Cuts Stake In Sputtering Retailer
• US Government Shuts Down As Funding Fight Goes Nowhere
• Gov't Shutdown Unlikely To Thwart Antitrust Enforcement
• Shutdown Will Test Dealmakers' Patience — And Nerves
• BigLaw Braces For Revenue Hit In Federal Shutdown