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Mergers & Acquisitions - June, 2017

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• Fla. Tech Execs Accused Of Obstructing SEC Probe Into Sale
• Sullivan Guides CPPIB In $1.2B Deal For Houston REIT
• Brocade, Ruckus Shake Shareholder Suit Over $1.2B Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, WilmerHale, Latham
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: GLP, Fairfax Media, Zhong An
• Haldex Walks From Knorr-Bremse Bid Amid Antitrust Woes
• Kirkland Guides Monomoy In $338M Deal For West Marine
• 3 Key Areas Legal Operations Teams Should Focus On
• Challenges Of Selling An S Corporation
• What The Experts Said About High Court Rulings This Term
• GoodCents Investors Blast Appeal Bid In Appraisal Case
• EU Watchdog Stops Clock On $38B Qualcomm Antitrust Probe
• Investors Drop Challenge To $2.4B Kate Spade, Coach Deal
• Chancery Won't Throw Out Suit Over $3B Spectra Energy Deal
• Simpson Thacher Guides KKR's Sale Of Total Visma Stake
• Walgreens Gets Creative To Overhaul Troubled Rite Aid Bid
• NewRiver REIT Buys Out UK Mall JV Partner For $77M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Orange, IKB
• Fox's Sky Buy Raises Plurality Concerns, UK Watchdog Says
• Forestar OKs $568M DR Horton Offer, Calls Off Starwood Deal
• US Law Firms Face Discovery Of Foreign Clients' Records
• Texas PUC Again Denies OK For $18B NextEra-Oncor Deal
• PetSmart Is A Significant Loss For Appraisal Arbitrageurs
• The Future Of Law And The Demise Of The Midsize Firm
• Walgreens Ends Rite Aid Takeover, Buying Stores Instead
• NextEra Again Appeals In $18B Bid To Buy Oncor
• Feds Want ServiceMesh Chancery Suit Iced For Criminal Probe
• Sycamore Partners Inks $6.9B Staples Buyout
• Canadian Investors Betting Big On US Clean Energy Sector
• Cravath Leads Spectranetics In €1.9B Sale To Philips
• The 10 Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• The Most Talkative Justice Of The High Court Term
• The Cases That Got The Justices Talking
• Acquisition-Hungry TPG Blank Check Co. Prices $400M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sebia, KKR, Halliburton
• Investors Say CEO Can't Ditch Suit Over $1.4B Genesys Deal
• REIT Government Properties Puts Up $1.4B For First Potomac
• Toshiba Aims To End Western Digital's Memory Sale Meddling
• The Re-Emergence Of The Independent Sponsor
• How Discovery Has Changed Under New Federal Rules
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Pre-Voir Dire Questions
• Del. Justices Reverse Chancery In $2B Westinghouse Row
• Gorsuch And Thomas Becoming Fast Friends At High Court
• Lewis Brisbois Adds 3 Partners To Houston Office
• Dykema Cox Smith Adds 3 Attys To Its Dallas Office
• 5 High Court Concurrences That Read Like Dissents
• La. Man Settles SEC's Claims He Helped Fudge Financials
• American Airlines Pilots' Seniority Suit Dismissed
• The Sharpest Dissents From This Supreme Court Term
• FCC Must Allow $1.5B Sale, Inmate Calling Co. Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Stada, Sovcomflot
• UK Watchdog Says Heineken Pub Sales Offer Might Work
• Clayton Williams Investor Wants Tally After $2.7B Deal
• TreeHouse Foods Investors Fight To Keep Suit Over $2.7B Buy
• Regulatory Scrutiny In Insurance M&A Transactions Is Rising
• Supreme Court Denies Cert In Transocean Investor Suit
• Western Digital Again Makes PE-Backed Toshiba Memory Bid
• Why Amazon's Whole Foods Buy Is Likely To Be Cleared
• An Interview With Floyd Abrams
• BancorpSouth Investors Win Class Cert. In AML Probe Suit
• FelCor Hit With Investor Suit Over Merger With RLJ Lodging
• Paul Hastings To Pay $46.5M In Deal To End ExamWorks Suit
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• IP Cases Led The Pack In High Court Amicus Briefs
• Customers Seek Early Win In AMR-US Airways Merger Dispute
• Bucking Tradition: NewLaw And The Coming Millennials
• Cravath Guides Martin Marietta In $1.625B Bluegrass Buy
• Third Point Takes $3.5B Nestle Stake, Calls For Change
• A Buyer's Guide To Carelessly Losing Indemnification Rights
• Russian Billionaire Buys UK Health Giant For $2.26 Billion
• Couche-Tard Wins FTC OK On $4.4B CST Buy With Store Sales
• CryoLife Claims Fraud In Battle Over $10M Merger Escrow
• The Biggest Telecom Cases So Far In 2017
• Deals Rumor Mill: Landis & Gyr, Vapiano, Telefonica
• Western Digital Slams Consortium Behind $17.9B Toshiba Bid
• Divergence In Materiality Tests Narrower Than It May Seem
• UK Won't Probe IBA-Mallinckrodt Deal Under Revised Rules
• PE-Backed Hotel Manager Gets $255M Golub Capital Loan
• Gray Matters: We Feel, We Decide
• $20.5M Ch. 11 Bid Approved For Molycorp Rare Earth Mine
• Stalking Horse Fight Heats Up In Joe's Crab Shack Ch. 11
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• RJR Tobacco Says ITG Had Duty To Join In Fla. Settlement
• $10M Settlement Struck In Providence-Matrix Deal Suit
• AbbVie Fights Hedge Funds' Bid To Return To State Court
• Bankrupt Hospital Laundry Co.'s $125M Sale To KKR OK'd
• Deals Rumor Mill: Shell, Eddie Bauer, Walmart
• Industrial Manufacturer Blank Check Co. Raises $225M In IPO
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Vinson, Mayer
• Sen. Cornyn Readies Bill Broadening CFIUS' Reach
• Forestar Calls Upped DR Horton Offer 'Superior' To Rival Bid
• Taylor Wessing Nabs Corporate Partner From Latham
• The Misconception About SWS Appraisal Decision
• US PE Co. Hits Ex-Formula 1 Boss With UK Bribe Claim
• AstraZeneca Affiliate Hit With $275M Merger Payment Suit
• King & Spalding Pulls In Ex-Morgan Lewis Energy Pro
• Synutra Investors Demand Appraisal Of $125M Go-Private Deal
• A Delaware Case With Lessons For VC Firms And Founders
• Patent Experts Broaden Merchant & Gould's NYC Office
• How PE Attys Can Capitalize On The Rise Of Alt Lenders
• Deals Rumor Mill: China Unicom, Vinci, WhistlePig Whiskey
• Molycorp Trustee Looks For Approval Of $20.5M Buyout Bid
• Hogan Lovells Adds Another Ex-Weil M&A Pro In Silicon Valley
• Scandic Hotels Inks $127.6M Deal For Finnish Portfolio
• Fact Issues Keep Claims Alive In $310M Drilling Asset Sale
• Enel Snaps Up Demand Response Firm In $250M Deal
• MIG To Pursue Wind-Down After Court OKs $72M Asset Sale
• Senators Want DOJ To Nix $85B AT&T, Time Warner Deal
• FTC Sues To Halt Merger Of ND Physician Groups
• Orrick Steers China's JD.com On $397M Farfetch Investment
• Justice Kennedy's Moderating Influence On The High Court
• UK Watchdog OKs £3.8B Standard Life-Aberdeen Tie-Up
• FTC Obtains TRO To Halt DraftKings, FanDuel Merger
• Bard Investors Sue To Stop $24B Becton Dickinson Merger
• Justice Sotomayor On The Power Of Dissent
• Fresh Market Investors Get Class Cert. In Del. Suit
• Altor Bioscience Suit Claims Insiders Lowballed Merger
• DOJ Names 2 New Antitrust Division Deputies
• Waste Cos. Sales' Profit Counts As Capital Gains: Tax Court
• Jones Day Expands IP Practice With 2 New Partners
• Aetna, Humana, States Reach Deal Over Costs In Merger Fight
• Aquion Asset Sale Price Balloons After Ch. 11 Auction
• Why Likes And Retweets Are Worth Protecting In Bankruptcy
• Tips For Securing Antitrust Clearance Around The World
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Juror-Posed Questions
• Sullivan Reps Diageo In Up To $1B Buy Of Clooney's Tequila
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ducati, Ista International, LendLease
• South Africa Finds Shipping JV Could Promote Collusion
• DOJ Wins Bid To Block $367M Radioactive Waste Cos.' Merger
• Kirkland Steers True Wind Capital's $140M ARI Acquisition
• Plaintiffs Bar Perspective: Grant & Eisenhofer's Michael Barry
• Toshiba Eyes Japanese Gov't, PE Firm For Memory Biz Sale
• Ex-Faruqi Atty Seeks to 'Rewrite' Fee Deal, Firm Tells 2nd Circ.
• Aussie Regulator OKs $8.6B Merger Of Betting Cos.
• Deals Rumor Mill: BMC Software, Cosco, CVC Capital Partners
• Nestlé Leads $77M Funding Round For Freshly
• Bank Seeks To End Challenge To Clean Record Board Rule
• Musk Didn't Drive Challenged SolarCity Merger, Tesla Says
• Rio Tinto Backs $2.45B Yancoal Deal Over Glencore Bid
• Shawbrook Warns Investors That PE Group Could Delist Bank
• Insurance Co. Objects To Molycorp Bidder's $20.5M Bid
• Patheon Shareholders Sue To Stop $7.2B Thermo Fisher Deal
• CVC Inks $566M Deal For Online Travel Co.
• Kirkland Steers Pamplona Capital In $5B Parexel Buyout
• Big Changes For Small-Equity Investment Accounting
• FCC Urged To Reject $1.5B Inmate Calling Co. Sale
• Daily Fantasy Merger Block May Hamper Budding Industry
• Justice Sotomayor On Working A Room And The Post-Scalia Void
• Oxbow Investors Say Email Proves Koch Cashout Ban Bogus
• Calistoga Tells Del. Justices It Earned $50M Drug Bonus
• Amazon's Whole Foods Buy Unlikely To Face Antitrust Hurdles
• PE, Pension Firms Sink Cash Into Pattern's Clean Energy Push
• Energy Industry Lessons As The Oil Price Slump Turns 3
• India Targets $104M In Dividends Owed To Cairn Energy
• Aeropostale Sues Purchasers Over $1.3M Vendor Deposit
• Ex-DOJ Antitrust Official To Be Hong Kong Agency CEO
• CareerBuilder Majority Stake Handed Off For $490M
• PerkinElmer Will Pay $1.3B For Germany's Euroimmun
• Celanese, Blackstone Team Up To Form Acetate Fiber Supplier
• Reynolds Investors Want More Info On $49B Takeover Offer
• Forestar Shareholders Challenge $605M Starwood Deal
• Wachtell Steers EQT On $6.7B Rice Energy Buyout
• R&W Insurance: An Effective Treatment In Health Care Deals
• FTC Sues To Block FanDuel-DraftKings Fantasy Sports Merger
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Katy Industries Reaches Deal On Auction Timeline, DIP Plan
• Sauer-Danfoss $10M Settlement Gets Chancery Approval
• Deals Rumor Mill: GLP, Cabify, Maersk Oil
• Billboard Owner Prices Upsized $85M IPO
• Lewis Brisbois Adds Attys From Now-Shut Locke Lord Office
• Dow-DuPont Deal Highlights Division's Immunity To Politics
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Weil, Paul, Gibson
• Wal-Mart Expands E-Commerce Biz With $310M Bonobos Buy
• Health Hires: McGuireWoods, Polsinelli
• SEC Says Maker Of Cannabis-Based Products Puffed Itself Up
• UK Raises Merger Review Thresholds For Smaller Markets
• A Snapshot Of M&A Activity In May
• Miners Find Themselves In The Spotlight Once Again
• Tips For Complying With ABA's New Encryption Guidance
• Amazon Inks $13.7B Whole Foods Buy
• $855M Blount Deal OK'd By Del. Justices, With Mild Rebuke
• Mintz Levin Adds Former Latham Cleantech Co-Head
• Del. Suit Claims Coal Co. Investors Diverted Bid Rights
• DC Circuit Lifts Halt On FCC TV Ownership Shift
• Western Digital Aims To Stop Toshiba Memory Biz Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Slack, Capita, SS&C Technologies
• Warburg Pincus Plugs $360M Into India's Tata Technologies
• DOJ Clears Massive Dow, DuPont Deal With Divestitures
• K&L Gates Nabs Former Quantum Global PE Pro In Chicago
• PE Shop Liberty Hall Buys Dunlop Aircraft Tyres In $135M Deal
• Skullcandy Shareholders Denied Attys' Fees
• DDR, Madison International Realty Ink $1.05B Mall Recap
• What's New About Germany's Merger Control Regime
• Mentor Taps Longtime Atty For $4.5B 'Hell Or High Water' Sale
• Justice Ginsburg On Oral Argument And 'Imperious' Attorneys
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, Goldman Sachs, Glencore
• Marsh Approved For $28M Sales Of 26 Stores, Inventory
• Payment Processors Hit With Investor Suit Over $750M Merger
• New Senior Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $640M Deal
• Barge Operator Kirby Puts Up $710M For Stewart & Stevenson
• Elliott Eyes BHP Board Overhaul, Independent Review
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Preliminary Instructions
• Permit Issues Plague Molycorp Mine Sale, Regulators Say
• Kirkland Lures Tax Partner From Weil For NY Office
• Pa. Appeals Court Affirms $20M Award In Golf Course Row
• Shareholder Dismisses Suit Over $190M Aerospace Co. Deal
• 5 Tips To Avoid A Bumble Bee-Like Deal Review Debacle
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hexagon, Brookdale, Eldorado Brasil
• Due Diligence From The Lateral Partner's Perspective
• FCC And Congress May Reshape The Media Landscape
• 3 Firms Steer $1.675B ViaWest Sale To PE-Backed Peak 10
• Sears Canada Mulls Sale As Financial Woes Intensify
• UK Agency Wants Concessions In Heineken's £305M Pub Buy
• Lateral Partner Due Diligence: Where Should A Firm Begin?
• Justice Ginsburg On Diversity And Persuading Her Colleagues
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Bayer, Lotte
• DreamWorks Investors Say Katzenberg Suit Should Continue
• Exar Investors Drop Challenge To $662M MaxLinear Merger
• Media Ownership Rules Have 'Outlived Usefulness,' FCC Told
• DOJ Clears $32B GE-Baker Hughes Oil And Gas Merger
• Lab Supplier's $6.4B Sale Has Investors In Dark, Suit Says
• Atty Pushes Standing In Duane Morris Malpractice Appeal
• Yancoal Wins Watchdog Nods For $2.45B Rio Tinto Deal
• Georgia Power Takes On Nuclear Plant With $3.7B Toshiba Aid
• EU OKs $4B Credit Management Deal With Antitrust Fixes
• CU Bank, PacWest Face Investor Suit Over $705M Tie-Up
• Takeaways From Delaware's PetSmart Appraisal Decision
• Momentum Builds Against $2.3B Aleris Deal
• Latham, Sullivan Steer $850M Golden-American Casino Deal
• FCC TV Ownership Shift Likely To Pass Muster At DC Circ.
• Permian Basin Drives Energy M&A In 1st Half Of 2017
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• EU Antitrust Unit Widens Probe Of Qualcomm's $38B NXP Buy
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, King, Proskauer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Rite Aid, Oi
• EU Approves J&J's $30B Actelion Buy, With Conditions
• Latham Steers Digital Realty In $7.6B DuPont Fabros Buy
• PE-Backed Caerus Pays $735M For Colo. Natural Gas Assets
• 1 Year After Ambac: Sharing Information Among Deal Parties
• 4 Firms Assist On SiriusXM's $480M Investment In Pandora
• Enviro Service Co. Sues NJ Spinoff Over Dropped Debts
• TransPerfect Worker Group Says Probe Would Violate Rights
• 'Wave' Of TV Deals Looms If Rule Block Lifted, DC Circ. Told
• Miami Partner Helps Grow Fox Rothschild's Corporate Practice
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tivity Health, Smithfield Foods, Uber
• Calamos Investor Seeks Stock Appraisal After Parent Buyout
• Diamond Resorts Says It Disclosed Enough Apollo Deal Info
• Del. Bankruptcy Judge OKs $2.7M Settlement In Haggen Ch. 11
• Pension Fund, Union Fight Hospital Laundry Co.'s Ch. 11 Sale
• TPG-Backed Blank Check Co. Files $400M IPO Led By Weil
• Valeant Sells Aussie Pharma Biz To PE Shops For $930M
• LexisNexis Picks Up San Francisco Startup Ravel Law
• Mitigating Appraisal Risk In Private Equity Transactions
• Earthstone Investor Says Bold Merger Was A Raw Deal
• Panera Served More Securities Suits Over $7.5B Buyout
• Cabela's Investors Want More Info On $5B Bass Pro Deal
• Senate Panel Approves DOJ Antitrust Pick Makan Delrahim
• Forestar Says DR Horton's $520M Bid May Beat Starwood's
• Reforming HSR Treatment Of Partial Acquisitions: Part 2
• Texas Affirms Denial Of NextEra's $12.2B Oncor Acquisition
• Blount Investor Asks Del. Justices To Revive Axed Deal Suit
• Westinghouse Asset Sale Could Prompt CFIUS Review: Feds
• GoodCents Jr. Holders Can Share In Merger Spoils: Chancery
• Robbins Geller To Lead Investor Suit Over Sequenom Deal
• Consumer Groups Weigh In On $100B InBev, SABMiller Deal
• Simpson Thacher Leads PetSmart In $2B Post-Buy Note Issue
• Del. Justices Mull Appraisal Cases With DFC Global Appeal
• Inside Toshiba's Battle To Forge A Turnaround
• JP Morgan, Good Tech Settle 'Fire Sale' Suit For $52M
• Reforming HSR Treatment Of Partial Acquisitions: Part 1
• Cybersecurity Firm Illumio Raises $125M In New Funding
• Intrawest Investors Drop Suit Over $1.5B Aspen SkiCo Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Allianz, Lotte Group, Alitalia
• KKR Makes $1.65B Preliminary Bid For Australian Telecom Co.
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Setting Trial Time Limits
• Drug Co. Sellers Ask Nix Of Fraud Claims In $2B Teva Suit
• CEO Of Freight, Drink Cos. Fudged Financials, SEC Says
• Davis Polk Partner In Calif. Hit By Train, Killed
• Carlyle, GTCR Ink $21.75-Per-Share Buyout Of AMRI
• Big Business Lobby Tries To Hobble Litigation Finance, Again
• Yahoo Investor Can't Nix $4.8B Verizon Deal Ahead Of Vote
• AdvancePierre Investor Seeks Records Of $4.2B Tyson Merger
• Senate Dems Seek Hearing On Sinclair-Tribune Deal
• Halt Medical Cleared For Ch. 11 Asset Sale To DIP Lender
• Texas PE Deals Rebound With Oil Price Upswing
• Rupari Gets Sale Nod, Tony Roma's Fight Sent To Mediation
• Intrawest Investors Want $1.5B Aspen SkiCo Deal Paused
• SemGroup To Pick Up Oil Terminal Co. In $2.1B Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Valeant, Snap, WuXi Biologics
• Shawbrook Spurns Sweetened £868M PE-Backed Buyout Offer
• Debt Buyer SquareTwo Gets OK To Sell Off Canadian Holdings
• Billboard Owner Fires Up $72M IPO
• CD&R Inks $2.5B Carve-Out Of Waterworks From HD Supply
• Jackson Walker Adds Dykema Trio in San Antonio
• Tools To Remedy Defective Corporate Acts In Delaware
• 1 Obscure Old Antitrust Appeal Law May Grease Deal Wheels
• McAfee's Tech Investment Biz Seeks Quick Win In $47M Suit
• Del. Justices Poised To Reappraise Stock Appraisal Suits
• Weyerhaeuser's Uruguay Biz Changes Hands For $402.5M
• Kate Spade Shareholders Challenge $2.4B Deal With Coach
• Shareholders Slam Alon USA Over Proposed $675M Merger
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Deals Specialist In Atlanta
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, State Bank Of India, Petronas
• Gibson Guides DR Horton's $520M Offer For Most Of Forestar
• Osisko Gold Picks Up Precious Metals Assets In $834M Deal
• PE Group Makes Upsized $1.12B Buyout Bid For Shawbrook
• Asset Management M&A Is Here To Stay
• White & Case Reps Blackstone Affiliates On $2B Buyout Offer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Conagra Brands, L'Oreal, Enel
• Chancery Orders Fierce TransPerfect Dispute Into Mediation
• Cigna Subpoenas Brownstein Hyatt Docs In Anthem Fight
• Intrawest Investors Sue Over $1.5B Aspen SkiCo Deal
• SquareTwo Defends 3rd-Party Releases In Ch. 11 Prepack
• Wachtell Partner Drops Out Of DOJ Leadership Consideration
• Blackstone Selling Logicor In $13.8B Deal With China's CIC
• Panera Investors Want To Stick A Fork In $7.5B Buyout
• A New Reason For PE Sellers To Hate Fraud Carveouts
• Kirkland Guides Apax In $200M Electronic Monitoring Biz Buy
• Ropes & Gray Guides Eversource In $1.7B Deal For Aquarion
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Linklaters, Wachtell
• 4 Firms Guide $70B Linde-Praxair All-Stock Merger
• Ex-SEC Director Rejoins Ropes & Gray As Securities Chair
• Hospital Laundry Co. Cancels Auction, Readies Sale To KKR
• CryoLife Trying To Swipe $10M Merger Escrow, Investors Say
• Truckload Cos. Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $6B Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Stitch Fix, SoftBank, Tesaro
• Linklaters, Kirkland Steer Deere's $5.2B Wirtgen Purchase
• Inside PPG's Thwarted $30.2B AkzoNobel Buyout
• Intelsat Says Merger With SoftBank-Backed OneWeb Doomed
• Chancery Wants More Briefing On $55B TWC-Charter Deal
• Auto Data Firms Offer Fixes To Clear $438M Merger In UK
• PPG Drops €26.9B AkzoNobel Offer After Months Of Pursuit