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Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2014

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• GM Discriminated Against White Car Dealers, Suit Claims
• Despite Dip In Pharma M&A, Oncology Remains Hot
• Simplexity Gets Thumbs-Up For $10M Sale To Wal-Mart
• Deals Rumor Mill: Etihad, Oprah, Pfizer
• Texas Tax Authorities Object To Coldwater Creek Sale Plans
• China Puts Conditions On $2.6B Merck-AZ Deal
• GE Bids $16.9B For Alstom Energy Biz, Siemens Still In Play
• Illinois National Seeks $19M In Costs From AlixPartners
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hausfeld's Megan Jones
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gunster's Lila Jaber
• Red Robin Inks $40M Deal To Buy 32 Of Its Franchises
• India Court Puts $3.2B Sun Pharma, Ranbaxy Merger On Hold
• ADT Throws Down $500M For Fellow Security Co. Protectron
• Red Hat Drops $175M To Buy Open Storage Co. Inktank
• Kirkland Reps Exelon In $6.8B Pepco Holdings Merger
• Temasek RE Unit Joins With Oakwood On Corporate Apt. JV
• Opportunities And Challenges Of Inversion Deals
• Produce Documents 'Subject To' Objections At Your Own Risk
• Southside Bank Snags OmniAmerican In $307M Merger
• Columbia Sportswear Puts Up $190M For Fitness Apparel Co.
• Automotive M&A Activity Hit Decade Low In 2013, Report Says
• Mayer Brown Brings In Ex-Pillsbury Asia Banking Partner
• $100B Pfizer Tie-Up Plan Puts Focus On US Corporate Exodus
• Swander Pace Capital Closes $350M Consumer Products Fund
• Alibaba, Founder Drop More Than $5B In 2014 Deal Frenzy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alstom, Allergan, Bayer
• NorthStar, American Realty Deny Rumored Merger Talks
• The Golden State Warrior: Judge S. James Otero
• Ohlhausen's Tips For Talking To FTC Commissioners
• Vinson Helps Cirrus Nail Down £278M Wolfson Buyout
• Siemens Says It Needs Data Access To Prepare Alstom Offer
• Aerospace Defense Cos. ATK, Orbital Ink $5B Merger
• Santander Offers $6.5B For Rest Of Brazil Unit
• EU Greenlights Kuraray's $543M Acquisition Of DuPont Unit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Porter Hedges' Joyce Soliman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kirkland's Anne McClain Sidrys
• Ardian Acquires $1.3B PE Portfolio From GE Capital
• 6th Circ. Endorses Agency Thinking On Hospital Mergers
• Kirkland & Ellis Reps Bristol Myers In $175M IPierian Buy
• The Williams Act Still Has Teeth
• Goodman Fielder Rejects $1.2B Wilmar, First Pacific Bid
• Rosneft CEO Sanctions Will Scare Off Potential Partners
• Nuance Asks 5th Circ. To Uphold Win In $45M Merger Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alstom, Premier Oil, American Realty
• Montgomery McCracken Adds Tax Partner In Philly Office
• Barrick, Newmont Mining Merger Talks End Amid Acrimony
• CTrip Injects $200M Into Chinese Ticket Service Provider
• 5 Fights Over $25B Actavis-Forest Deal Merge In NY
• Arle Capital Shells Out $690M For Polymer Maker Innovia
• Cinven Values Software Co. Visma At $3.5B With Investment
• PE-Backed Aussie Cleaning Co. Plans $930M IPO
• CVC Picks Up Major Stake In Chinese Restaurant Chain
• Alibaba JV Drops $1.2B For Stake In Chinese YouTube
• Vinson Guides ETP In $1.8B Susser Holdings Merger
• Skadden Helps Pfizer With Potential $100B AstraZeneca Bid
• Sidley Advises Hartford In $895M Deal With Orix
• Comcast Inks Deal With Charter To Ease TWC Merger Worries
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Patton Boggs' Laura Weidenfeld
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Axelrod Firm's Sheryl Axelrod
• Forest Labs Puts Up $1.5B For Furiex Pharmaceuticals
• Meda Again Shrugs Off $24B Mylan Merger Plan
• It's An Honor To Be Your Friend?: Social Media And Judges
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• $17B American-US Airways Merger Settlement Approved
• No Safe Harbor For Nonreportable Deals, DOJ Official Says
• Philly Inquirer To Hit Auction Block With $77M Opener
• Giant Interactive Shareholders Fight $3B Go-Private Deal
• Cable & Wireless Nabs $445M For Monaco Telecom Stake
• Peugeot's €3B Tie-Up With Dongfeng Gets Investors' OK
• Brookstone Gets OK For $96M DIP, Spencer's Sale Plan
• Weil Bolsters DC Antitrust Bench With Top FTC Litigator
• 2nd Circ. Finds No Jurisdiction For Telecom's $932M Win
• NJ Court Transfers Arsenal Capital Suit Over Ties To Bench
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alstom, Dell, Allergan
• Facebook IPO Fraudster Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison
• Willkie Farr Reps Warburg Pincus On $100M PayScale Stake
• Prestige Brands To Drop $750M For Insight Pharmaceuticals
• Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Jeremy Kutner
• Pulling Up Stakes: Cohen & Gresser, Hinshaw, Troutman
• Charges Tossed Against Ex-Porsche Execs For Failed VW Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Strasburger's Kim Moore
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nicolaides' Sara Thorpe
• Former BofA CFO Strikes $7.5M Deal In Merrill Merger Case
• Taxation With Representation: Tax Counsel On The Deal
• Newspaper Guild Won't Bid For Philly Inquirer, Court Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Barrick Gold, Sampo, Monaco Telecom
• Bazaarvoice Settles With DOJ In $168M Merger Challenge
• PE Firm Acquires On The Border Chain From Golden Gate
• Rising Star: Willkie Farr's Laura Delanoy
• France's PAI Partners To Pay €200M For Euro Media Group
• Broad And Cassel Adds DLA Piper Atty With Int'l Expertise
• Transurban-Led Group Drops $6.6B On Queensland Motorways
• PE-Backed Ferus Buys Out Encana's Stake In LNG Facility
• Crescent Point Drops $1B For Canadian Oil Producer
• Publicis Sure Of UK Tax Approval For $35B Omnicom Deal
• Hyperion To Pay Up To $600M For Israeli Diabetes Drug Co.
• Swedbank Robur Accepts VW's $9.2B Bid For Truck Maker
• Some Early Indications From The 2014 Proxy Season
• Alstom Denies GE Made $13B Takeover Bid
• Skadden Reps Brookdale Senior Living In $1.2B JV With HCP
• Top Proxy Adviser Backs Loeb Board Shake-Up At Sotheby's
• Chemring Swings €167.8M Sale Of European Munitions Units
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dorsey's Liz Buckingham
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Williams & Connolly's Enu Mainigi
• Biomet Opts For $13.4B Sale To Zimmer, Halts IPO Plans
• Kirkland-Led Chobani Gobbles Up $750M TPG Investment
• Waiting On FTC, Men's Wearhouse Extends Jos. A. Bank Offer
• Legal Evolution: Back To Business
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Yahoo GC To M&A Group In Calif., Taiwan
• Ryanair Can Appeal Order In Bid To Keep Aer Lingus Stake
• Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Matthew Gilroy
• Sumitomo Bakelite Drops $265M For HIG Capital's Vaupell
• Heckmann Reaches $27M Settlement For Shareholder Suit
• Chancery's Appetite For Fee Awards Wanes As Deal Suits Rise
• LIN Shareholder Sues Over $1.6B Media General Merger
• FTC Greenlights $2B Facebook, Oculus Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charter, Eni, Carlo Tassara
• Congressman Urges FTC To Take Action On Health M&A
• RBC Asks Judge To Divvy Blame For Botched Rural/Metro Sale
• Gibson Dunn, Simmons Rep Fajr Capital On $500M NPS Buy
• EU Opens Probe Of Cemex-Holcim Merger In Spain
• $35B Omnicom-Publicis Merger Faces Tax, Antitrust Hurdles
• Kirkland Taps Simpson M&A Partner For New Houston Office
• Australand Snubs Rival Stockland's $1.8B Takeover Bid
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston Hunt's Anna Elento-Sneed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Curtis' Nancy Delaney
• Reps And Warranties Insurance Rises In Health Care Deals
• Hess Reaps $1B From Thai Gas Project Sale
• Shareholder Alecta Rejects Volkswagen's $9B Bid For Scania
• Allergan Swallows Poison Pill After $46B Valeant-Ackman Bid
• Bankrupt Revstone Seeks Approval Of $14M Subsidiary Sale
• 3 Lessons From The FTC's ProMedica Hospital Merger Win
• Event Rentals Plans Sale To Apollo Following Ch. 11 Auction
• Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Krishna Veeraraghavan
• The Accidental Advocate: Judge John E. Jones III
• Mandatory Pro Bono Is Not The Answer For Practitioners
• Orix To Buy Precious Metals Recycler From Baring Asia
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Red Lobster, Citigroup
• Ares Management Could Be Worth Up To $4.86B Post-IPO
• REIT Investors Seize Class Cert. In Five Mile Merger Spat
• Pharma M&A Boom Means Big Payday For Wide Swath Of Firms
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Priest Johnson's Priest Johnson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: BakerHostetler's Lauren Resnick
• 6th Circ. Backs FTC In ProMedica 'Hail Mary' Merger Appeal
• PE-Backed Carbon Black Co. Files For $300M IPO
• Plaintiff Firms Continue Targeting Annual Meeting Proxies
• Suntory's $16B Beam Buy Clears EU Hurdle
• AT&T, Chernin Pour $500M Into Online Video JV
• Novartis Unveils $30B In Deals To Drive Strategic Overhaul
• ERG Wants Rival Buyer Back In $100M Suit Over Lost Deal
• Valeant, Ackman Put $42B Botox Maker On Takeover Hit List
• Orange Capital Pushes Pinnacle To Spin Off RE Assets
• Franchise Dining Deals Get Supersized In Development Boom
• Lumber Cos. Push $1B Deal Deadline Amid Antitrust Worries
• Deals Rumor Mill: AstraZeneca, Barrick Gold, Charter
• Facebook Stock Fraudster May Get Above-Guidelines Sentence
• DFC Global Investor Sues To Stop $1.3B Buyout By Lone Star
• Investment Fund Campaigns Against $2.6B KKR Deal
• 4 Reasons Comcast-Time Warner Divestments Fall Short
• Only 7 BigLaw Firms Have Women Running The Show
• Merck Delays $2.6B Buy To Win Over Chinese Antitrust Agency
• Jones Day Guides Birch In $323M Deal For Cbeyond
• Goldcorp Won't Boost $3B Takeover Bid For Osisko
• Discovery Jettisons HowStuffWorks In $45M Deal
• Twitter Ducks $124M False Stock Sale Suit
• IT Services Co. To Merge Japanese Unit With Mitsubishi Arm
• Hillshire Brands Puts Up $165M For Van's Natural Foods
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Horvitz & Levy's Lisa Perrochet
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Allen Matkins' Amy Wintersheimer
• Keeping Investment Funds Out Of Litigation Purgatory
• TreeHouse Foods Pays $150M For Protenergy Natural Foods
• EnCap Flatrock Injects $125M Into RiverRock Energy
• Endurance Sticks To $3.2B Aspen Merger Plans Despite Denial
• Skadden, Cleary Help Seal Sweetened $461M Chindex MBO
• Cross-Border Complexities: Keep The C-Suite Out Of Prison
• The 25 Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Atos Says Bid For Steria Still Good Despite $1B Sopra Deal
• Calpine Nets $1.57B In Sale Of 6 Power Plants
• $9.5B Of Venture Capital Injected In Q1, PwC Says
• Pulling Up Stakes: Proskauer, Squire Sanders, MoFo
• Rising Star: Proskauer Rose's Daniel Ganitsky
• Bankrupt Ashley Stewart Plans $18M Sale To Clearlake Unit
• Vimpelcom To Sell $2.6B Orascom Stake To End Tax Case
• Defunct Auto Parts Co. Says Parent's Suit Belongs In Canada
• FTC Wants Closer Look At $25B Actavis-Forest Labs Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Virtu Financial, Apollo
• Taxation With Representation: Tax Counsel On The Deal
• ChinaEdu Shareholders Approve $30M Subsidiary Merger
• AMR Can't Terminate Retiree Benefits, Judge Says
• $500M Merger Of Class Ring Cos. Dropped Under FTC Glare
• CVR, Icahn Want Wachtell Suit Stayed Amid Malpractice Case
• Athabasca Reaps $1.2B In Oil Sands Project Exit
• How To Incentivize Management Across The Pond
• Live Nation Breaks Up Japan JV Amid Global Expansion Push
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nicolaides' Monica Sullivan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sutherland's Cynthia Shoss
• Telus Puts Up $350M In Latest Mobilicity Merger Attempt
• The Future Of Law Firm PR: The Good, Bad And Ugly
• Activist Investors — Brace Yourselves For 13D Changes
• Union Says Quantum's $54M Sale Must Respect Contracts
• Vintage Capital Axes $2.3B Buyout Bid For Aaron's
• King & Spalding Nabs Life Sciences Pro From DLA Piper
• How They Won It: Skadden's MFW Win Reforms Insider Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: PrimeCredit, Alitalia, Discovery
• Proxy Firm Backs Augusta Poison Pill Amid $391M Buyout Bid
• 5 Suits Over $45B Comcast-TWC Merger Consolidated
• Bankrupt Dolan Co. Gets Nod For $10M DIP Package
• Maker Shareholder Suit Adds Woes To $950M Disney Deal
• LendingClub Drops $140M On Springstone Financial
• American Capital Inks $291M Sale Of Pharma Co. SPL
• PE Firm Monomoy Beats Auto Parts Co.'s Buyout Suit
• MasterCard To Buy Rewards Program Manager Pinpoint
• Conn. Looks To Police Hospital-Doc Tie-Ups More Strictly
• Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Justin G. Hamill
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jenner's Barbara Steiner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dorsey's Annette Jarvis
• NTR Unit Lands $60M In Sale Of 150-MW Wind Project
• Olam Directors Give Nod To $4.2B Temasek Deal
• Daimler To Rake In $3.4B In Sale Of JV Stake To Rolls-Royce
• Cleary Reps Warburg Pincus In $1B Payment Processor Deal
• Debevoise Aids Chemtura's $1B Sale Of Agrochem Business
• FTC Continues To Target Pharmaceutical Mergers
• Post Shells Out $2.45B For PE-Backed Michael Foods
• Aspen Seeks Poison Pill After Rival's Hostile $3.2B Offer
• Nelnet Picks Up CIT Group Student Loan Unit, $3.6B Debt
• Guild Lining Up Backers For Possible Inquirer Bid, Court Hears
• Quantum Foods To Go With $54M Oaktree Stalking Horse Bid
• Metso Board Rejects Rival's Stock Swap Merger
• Optimism On Venture-Backed IPOs Weathers Shaky Market
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ahli, Michael Foods, SodaStream
• Triton Doles Out $1.8B For GEA's Heat Exchangers Unit
• Fortress, Avenue Founders Pay $550M For NBA's Bucks
• Thompson Hine Adds Ex-Akin Gump Antitrust Pro In DC
• Taylor English Adds Ex-Bryan Cave Corporate, M&A Pro
• Sealing The Deal: Ballard Spahr Steers Philly Gas Works Deal
• FTC Gives Go-Ahead To TPG's $1.8B Jonah Field Deal
• Scania Investors Advised To Accept $9B Volkswagen Offer
• Citic Pacific Puts Up $36.5B To Buy Parent Co.'s Assets
• Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Bradley C. Faris
• Yamana, Agnico Ink $3.5B Osisko Deal Amid Goldcorp Threat
• Stoel Rives Adds 2 Ex-DLA Piper Energy Development Pros
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Williams & Connolly's Hubbard
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Knight's Laurie Daniel
• Johnson Controls Pays $1.6B For Air Distribution Technologies
• Fog May Be Lifting Around Finders
• Philly Inquirer's Minority Owner Matches $77M Minimum Bid
• Ind. Limestone Goes With PE Firm's $26M Stalking Horse Bid
• Covington Lands Defense M&A, Contracting Pro From DOD
• Beware 'Jewel' Risks In Lateral Partner Hiring
• Judge Won't Toss Suit Over $250M Erickson Air-Crane Deal
• The Great Persuader: 7th Circ. Chief Judge Diane Wood
• Caelus Partners With Apollo On Alaskan Oil And Gas Buys
• SF's Hotel California Snapped Up By Pineapple Hospitality
• Activists Eye Inversion Deals As New Bargaining Chip
• Deals Rumor Mill: ConMed, GEA Group, Telefonica
• Rising Star: Kirkland's David Feirstein
• Hotel Properties Founder Values Co. At $1.4B In Buyout Bid
• Sinopec To Pay $1.2B To Buy Out Lukoil In Kazakhstan JV
• EU Clears Deutsche Telekom's $733M GTS Central Europe Buy
• Aaron's Spurns $2.3B Buyout Bid, Inks $700M Acquisition
• Shareholders Face Lower Odds In M&A Settlements
• Koppers Puts Up $460M For Osmose's Wood, Rail Units
• BlackBerry Bets On Medical IT Tech With NantHealth Stake
• MGM, Hakkasan Form Luxury Hotel Development JV
• Motorola Inks $3.5B Sale Of Enterprise Business
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: BakerHostetler's Pennington
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Veenker Law's Vicki Veenker
• Diageo Offers $1.9B To Beef Up United Spirits Stake
• Elliott Reaffirms Spurned $3.4B Bid For Riverbed
• Manatt Nabs Another K&L Gates Atty For Capital Markets Team
• Heartbleed Rains On The Legal Cloud Parade
• Philly Inquirer's Majority Owners Pledge $77M Minimum Bid
• Loeb Rips Sotheby's Board Over Performance Claims
• Clean Energy Investment Up 14% In Q1, Report Says
• Bankrupt Edgenet Lands Parallax Unit As Stalking Horse
• Fisker To Dole Out $28M From Sale Proceeds
• FTC Orders Akorn To Sell Drug Lines For $640M Merger
• Google Aims To Expand Web Access With Drone Maker Buy
• UK Appeals Court Backs Akzo-Metlac Merger Ban
• Rising Star: Debevoise's Michael Diz
• A New Approach To Classified Corporate Boards
• Debevoise Guides TIAA-CREF In $6B Nuveen Acquisition
• Kirkland, Davis Polk Rep Blackstone, Goldman In Ipreo Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, Disney, Shell
• Darden Restaurants Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Bylaws
• US Bancorp Set To Add Ally Document Custody Unit
• Sanpower Arm Drops $803M For House Of Fraser Stake
• Glencore Trumps Canadian Oil Co. Merger With $1.3B Offer
• CapitaLand Makes $2.4B Bid To Buy Out Shopping Mall Unit
• Symrise Puts Up $1.8B For Ardian-Backed Ingredient Maker
• Glencore Nabs $5.85B In Sale Of Copper Mine To Consortium
• Aspen Spurns $3.2B Buyout Bid From Rival Insurer Endurance
• Top Proxy Advisers Reject Cracker Barrel Sale Plans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Allen Matkins' Sandi Nichols
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Rimon's Robin Powers
• Sutherland Lures 3 Attys With Ties To Tech Sector
• Vornado To Spin Off Shopping Center Properties Into New REIT
• Simplexity Gets OK For DIP Loan To Fund Wal-Mart Sale
• Rising Star: Davis Polk's William Chudd
• Kimco Drops $408M On Remaining 61% Of Shopping Portfolio
• Taxation With Representation: Tax Counsel On The Deal
• DC Circ. Backs HHS In Hospital Merger Reimbursement Row
• Temasek, RRJ Invest $250M In Chinese Warehouse Developer
• Zhongnan Heavy, ZEG Capital Partner On $483M Media Fund
• 5 Ways A PE Firm Can Win A Packed Auction
• $29B Applied-Tokyo Electron Deal To Get 2nd Look By JFTC
• Morgan Lewis Captures Ex-Bird & Bird M&A Pro In London
• Deals Rumor Mill: Michael Foods, Etihad, Mt. Gox
• Telefonica Offers EU Antitrust Fixes On $11.9B E-Plus Buy
• Not 'Fully Protected' — What's A Director To Do?
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Susman Godfrey's Brooke Taylor
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jeffer's Louise Ann Fernandez
• China's AutoNavi Agrees To $1.5B Alibaba Takeover
• Safeway Investor Suit Says $9B Albertsons Deal Is 'Flawed'
• Volkswagen Stands Firm On €6.6B Scania Offer
• Bank Of Queensland Drops $414M On Investec's Finance Unit
• DLA Piper Adds Ex-Duane Morris Corporate Finance Pro
• Essar Energy Again Spurns Parent's $1.5B Takeover Offer
• Ametek Puts Up $364M For Optical Instrument Maker Zygo
• Keep Your Audience From Checking Email: 5 Legal Talk Tips
• Rising Stars: 2014's Top Attorneys Under 40
• The 2014 Rising Stars, By Firm
• Ex-Maker CEO Asks Court To Block $950M Disney Deal
• Glacial Energy Heads To Ch. 11 With $1B In Debt
• Spain Olive Oil Co. Backs CVC Capital's €439M Takeover Bid
• Smith & Nephew Pays $12M To Settle ArthroCare Merger Suits
• Kodak, Shutterfly Agree To Drop Noncompete Lawsuit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Teachers', Blackstone, TPG
• Nicaragua Ducks $12M Pharma Sale Suit In 11th Circ.
• USA Truck Board Drops Poison Pill After Stock Boost
• Andre Bouchard Confirmed As Del. Chancery Court Chief
• FTC Warns Facebook, WhatsApp To Keep Privacy Promises
• Holcim-Lafarge Merger Will Face EU Antitrust Scrutiny
• Economic Confidence, Dry Powder To Prompt Insurance M&A
• Loeb Launches Online Broadside As Sotheby's Vote Looms
• Goldman Sachs, Koch Units Buy Ink Maker Flint Group
• Ardagh To Shed Glass Plants To Secure $1.7B Merger
• Blackstone's GSO Fertilizes Rentech With $150M Package
• India's Piramal Nets $1.48B In Sale Of Vodafone Unit Stake
• Icahn Drops PayPal Spinoff In EBay Proxy Battle Truce
• Payroll Processor ADP To Spin Off Dealer Services Business
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Strasburger's Betsy Kamin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jenner's Susan Kohlmann
• Goldcorp Reveals $3.3B Offer For Osisko, Fans Bidding War
• Dell Dodges Investor Suit Over $24B Buyout
• Rethinking Successor Liability Under FCPA And FCA
• Men's Wearhouse Again Leaves $1.8B Jos. A. Bank Offer Open
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Auction Nixed Over Lack Of Qualified Bids
• Revel Worth Fraction Of $2.4B Cost, Casino Union Says
• Santander Dismisses $20M Coverage Suit Over Row With BNY
• 2014 Signals The Return Of The Megamerger
• Bazaarvoice Aims To End DOJ Fight With Viewpoints Deal
• Goodwin Procter Lures Calif. Tech Pro From Wilson Sonsini
• Bill Aligning DOJ, FTC Merger Tests Premature, AAI Says
• Dems Worry $45B Comcast-TWC Deal Will Hurt Competition
• Fox Rothschild Adds Ex-Seyfarth Shaw RE, M&A Pro In NY
• 5 Tips For Negotiating An Antitrust Consent Decree
• PE-Backed IHS Snaps Up US Hotel Reservation Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Seibu, Ranbaxy, Huarong
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paradigm's Maureen Dorney
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: O'Brien And Ryan's Hansen
• CVC Capital Lobs €439M Bid For Spanish Olive Oil Co.
• What To Expect From UK's New Competition Regime
• Mars Puts Up $2.9B For Procter & Gamble Pet Food Brands
• Woolworths Puts Up $2B For Aussie Retailer David Jones
• Sotheby's Escalates Proxy Fight With New Attack On Loeb
• Guild Can Intervene In Philly Inquirer Parent's Dissolution Suit
• Walkers Adds PE, Corporate Finance Pro In Grand Cayman
• Tuscany Drilling Gets Nod On Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement
• Del. Court Sends Shareholder Suit Over Occam Sale To Trial
• Lowenstein Adds Ex-Ropes & Gray M&A Pro To NY Office
• Cravath Reps Cincinnati Bell In $210M Wireless Sale To Verizon
• Justice Of The Peace: CIT Chief Judge Donald Pogue
• Own 10% Of A Foreign Business? Don't Neglect BEA Surveys
• Comcast Hopeful $45B TWC Deal Will Clear Antitrust Hurdles
• Deals Rumor Mill: Key Safety Systems, Deoleo, Baidu
• Time Inc. To Raise $1.4B In Debt To Back Spinoff Plan
• Big Pharma Consolidation Underpins Deal Making In 2014
• French IT Firms Sopra And Steria To Merge In $1B Deal
• Limitations Of Section 251(h)
• Warburg Pincus Buys Middle East Airline IT Co. Mercator
• Mayer Brown Survey Says Insurance M&A To Step Up In 2014
• Alibaba Affiliate Drops $1B On Chinese TV Co. Stake
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sheppard Mullin's Whitney Roy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Saul Ewing's Debbie Spranger
• China OKs Microsoft's $7B Nokia Buy, With Provisos
• Augusta Pushes Up Poison Pill Vote Amid $350M Buyout Bid
• Tuscany Drilling's Ch. 11 Disclosure Needs Sale Accord: Judge
• Cement Cos. Start Down Long Antitrust Road With €5B Sales
• Investors OK $2.2B Jones Group Takeover By Sycamore
• Roche Inks Potentially $450M Deal For Diagnostic Device Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Foxconn, Goldman Sachs, Airbnb
• Norway's BA-HR Reps Alfa Laval In $2.2B Pump Maker Buy
• Waste Cleanup Co. Drops $465M For PE-Backed Rival
• GTCR Drops $524M On Marketing Software Co.
• Celesio Investors Hold Back Support For $5.5B McKesson Bid
• Sbarro Has 31 Potential Bidders For Bankruptcy Auction
• Why Putting Shareholder Interests First Is A Good Idea
• Arthur J. Gallagher Pays $936M For Aussie Insurance Brokers
• Laclede Swings $1.6B Deal To Acquire Alagasco
• Holcim, Lafarge To Merge Into World's Biggest Cement Co.
• Vivendi Chooses Altice's €17B Offer For SFR
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steinman & Rodgers' Rodgers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bilzin Sumberg's Amaducci
• Latham, Wachtell Steer $5.6B Mallinckrodt-Questcor Merger
• Pros And Cons Of Trial Presentation Software Programs
• Shearman Guides Sun Pharma To $3.2B Ranbaxy Merger
• Alleged Lienholders Look To Unwind $2.2B Caesars Deal
• Loeb's Third Point Asks Investors To Ditch Sotheby's Board
• Bankrupt Simplexity Gets OK For $10M Wal-Mart Sale Plan
• Blackstone Pays $5.4B For Industrial Manufacturer
• Fed. Circ. Gives Raytheon $60M Win In Pension Row
• Ill. Bill Raises Questions About Pass-Through Taxation
• DOJ's Deal Over AMR-US Airways Merger Cops More Flak
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nestle, Germany's IKB, Sanpower Group
• Logistics Questions Loom As SEC Mulls Proxy Ballot Reforms
• Taxation With Representation: Tax Counsel On The Deal
• Sherwin-Williams Nixes $2.3B Comex Deal Over Antitrust Woes
• MSG Seals $226M Sale Of TV Network Fuse To SiTV
• Foreign Regulations Increasingly Relevant In Mergers
• World Cement Leaders Lafarge, Holcim Talk Merger
• Bouygues Raises Vivendi Bid To $20B As Decision Nears
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pillsbury's Elizabeth Moeller
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Feinberg Day's Elizabeth Day
• Canada Bread Investors OK $1.7B Sale To Grupo Bimbo
• Swedish Drugmaker Meda Spurns $24B Mylan Merger Pitch
• Yahoo Brass Say Suit Over $1B Buyback Deal Falls Short
• Attys' Fees Under Increasing Scrutiny In M&A Settlements
• Fire Pushes Packaging Co. Hedwin Into Bankruptcy
• Simplexity Creditors Balk At Wal-Mart Stalking Horse Deal
• Amadeus Flashes $92M Bid For German Travel-Tech Co.
• HP Dodges ERISA Suit Over Troubled $11B Autonomy Buy
• Seyfarth Atty Hit With $2M Suit, Accused Of Swiping Client
• Lawmakers Eye Bill To Align DOJ, FTC Merger Tests
• B&G Foods Pays $150M To Buy PE-Backed Specialty Brands
• Brazil Challenges $372M Petrobras Chemicals Merger
• Alibaba's Jack Ma Buys $532M Stake In Financial Software Co.
• PE-Backed Group To Pay $107M For Chinese Education Firm
• 5 Tips To Help Fashion Houses Rock The Hotel Market
• Kingfisher In Talks To Acquire Mr Bricolage For $379M
• Anadarko Pays $5B To Settle Tronox Enviro Liabilities Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Carlyle, Americana
• Carlyle, PAI In Exclusive Talks For $900M Schneider Unit
• Cardinal Health Drops $320M On Medical Device Co.
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