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Mergers & Acquisitions - March, 2020

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• Citing COVID-19 Fallout, Xerox Withdraws $34B Bid For HP
• 3 Keys To Ensure Virtual Shareholder Meetings Go Smoothly
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Virus, Wall, Missile Defense
• Law Firm Pay Cuts, Layoffs Will Likely Multiply
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Dean Foods Sheds More Than $508M In Ch. 11 Asset Sale
• 3 Steps To Building Effective Teams While On Lockdown
• Health Hires: Arnold & Porter, Winston & Strawn, Ice Miller
• 2 Firms Lead News Corp Deal Worth Up To $235M
• Ra Pharma's $2.1B Sale Teed Up To Close After False Starts
• Chancery OKs $22M Deal To End $1.4B Fintech Merger Suit
• Mayer Brown Nabs Former Bracewell Partner In Houston
• Barclays Denies Misusing Info In Failed Reinsurer Takeover
• Shearman & Sterling Adds 2 Partners To New Dallas Office
• Sidley Steers $420M CloudGenix Deal For Palo Alto Networks
• Lucky's Market Gets Go-Ahead For $29M Ch. 11 Sales In Del.
• Civil Liberties Firm Backs Challenge To FTC Authority
• Kramer Levin Nabs Private Equity, M&A Partner From Kirkland
• Private Infrastructure Investment And The COVID-19 Pandemic
• Anthem Affiliate Settles $99M Merger Escrow Suit In Del.
• Del. Court Says DuPont Can Arbitrate Chemours Suit
• Law Firm Mergers Dry Up Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
• Client Advocacy Tips For Remote Hearings During COVID-19
• How To Conduct Depositions Remotely
• Kirkland, Skadden Steer SMBC And Ares' $384M Alliance
• Potential Cancer Drugs Licensed In Deal Worth Up To $137M
• Shareholder Decries Tegna's Approach To Takeover Interest
• The Attys And Legal Logic Behind Stay-At-Home Orders
• Jushi Can't Stop Harvest's Acquisition Of Fla. Medical Pot Co.
• Bar Louie Set For Ch. 11 Sale To Lenders, Auction Called Off
• US Enforcers To Resume Early Premerger Clearances
• Lucky's Market Concludes Ch. 11 Auctions With $29M In Sales
• Harvest Health Pays $25M For Pa. Cannabis Cultivator
• Investors Seek Records On Kyocera's $3.7B AVX Takeover
• 5 Lessons For Submitting A Successful R&W Insurance Claim
• Don't Miss It: Sidley, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Brookfield Seeks Chancery Stay Or Toss Of Terraform Claims
• Window Co. Investors' Suit Dismissed For Lacking Clarity
• Delaware Dole Ruling Will Guide Allocation In D&O Policies
• FTC Fights Coal Cos.' Bid For In-House Atty Doc Access
• A Guide To Zealously Representing Clients During COVID-19
• Attys Call Quinn Emanuel's Sanctions Bid 'Waste Of Time'
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Del. Chancery Is Uniquely Suited For Coronavirus Response
• Feds Strike Deal In Planned Raytheon-UTC Merger
• Harvest Health, Verano Ax Planned Merger Amid Virus Woes
• CWA, Consumers Drop Challenges To T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
• UK Watchdog Probes Elanco's Dog Ear Treatment Deal
• FTC Out Of Time On Chem Merger Loss
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Neiman Marcus, UniCredit
• Tilton Quits, Then Returns, After Losing Patriarch Sale Control
• Pandemic Poses Distressed Debt Opportunities, CFIUS Risks
• 7 Ways Attys Can Create The Right Home Office Environment
• Energy Services Group Buys Solar Farm Builder In $37M Deal
• Reed Smith, Sullivan Steer $730M Sale Of Ironman Group 
• Cravath, MoFo, Perkins Coie Guide Classifieds Apps Merger
• Skadden, Togut Segal OK'd As McClatchy's Ch. 11 Counsel
• Alaska Oil Biz Seeks New Deal After Ch. 11 Sale Goes Cold
• Ex-Pot Co. Exec to Mediate Fight Over Acquisition Cash
• Dura Medic Investors Sue Private Equity Buyer
• TD Ameritrade Investor Seeks Halt Of $26B Schwab Deal
• EU Probing J&J's $400M Deal For Takeda's Surgical Patch
• 10 E-Discovery Challenges Caused By COVID-19
• Data Co. Beats PBM's Suit Alleging Foreign Trade Secret Theft
• Deutsche Wohnen Inks €600M Deal, Forms Coronavirus Fund
• Paul Weiss Nabs Simpson Thacher International Tax Pro
• COVID-19 As A Material Adverse Change In M&A Agreements
• Mitsubishi, Chubu Pay €4.1B For Dutch Renewable Energy Co.
• Colorado Lets AG Bring State-Law Merger Challenges
• Classified Ads Platform To Buy Car Auction Biz For $105M
• EP Energy's Ch. 11 Plan Scrapped As Oil Prices Plunge
• FTC Veteran Joins Faegre Drinker Litigation Team In DC
• In-House Attys Need Doc Access To Fight FTC, Coal Cos. Say
• Telecom Says UAE Co. Can't Arbitrate Soured Deal Row
• BigLaw Leaders Must Prepare For COVID-19 Economic Fallout
• Toyota, NTT To Bless Smart Cities Plan With $1.8B Stock Buys
• Texas Judge Sends $775M Asset Sale Fight To Arbitration
• Fast Chancery Ruling On HP-Xerox Deal Termed 'When, Not If'
• McClatchy Defends Retaining Skadden, Togut In Bankruptcy
• The New Obstacles Chilling China-Led Deals In The US
• DLA Piper, Osler Hoskin Lead $68M Hemp And CBD Co. Tie-Up
• PE Clients See Opportunity Despite Coronavirus Effects
• Ex-Pharma Exec Seeks Early Prison Exit Over COVID-19 Risk
• Stinson Expands Dallas Office With Banking M&A Partner
• 3 Ways Leaders Can Improve Remote Work For Lawyers
• Murray Energy Lenders To Take Over After No Bidders Emerge
• Tips For Online Mediation In The Age Of Social Distancing
• Delaware Largely Closes All Courts For 'Stay-At-Home' Order
• For US Merger Enforcers It's Business As (Almost) Usual
• German Co.'s Buy Values French Cashback Biz At $133M
• SoftBank Readies $41B Asset Sale, $18B Stock Buyback Plan
• Market Turmoil Begins To Strain Even Blank-Check Deals
• Instructure Investor Wants $2B Thoma Bravo Deal Records
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Volkswagen Says $750M Antitrust Suit Belongs In Germany
• Del. Ruling May Curb Cyan-Prompted Class Actions
• 3 Firms Steer Li & Fung Insiders' $931M Take-Private Offer
• How Cybercriminals Are Exploiting The Coronavirus Outbreak
• How The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Affect Your M&A Practice
• Chancery Nixes Arbitration For Most Of Fundraising LLC Row
• Akerman Adds Perkins Coie Alum To Chicago PE Practice
• Casino Group To Sell French Assets To Aldi For $784M
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Perkins, Kirkland
• For DOJ And FTC, Clearing Deals Remains A Gray Area
• Pulling Up Stakes: Husch Blackwell, Thompson Hine
• Del. Federal Forum Ruling Could Open Door To Mischief
• US Trustee Flags McClatchy's Retention of Skadden, Togut
• Lionbridge, HIG Get Win In Investors' $360M Merger Suit
• Danaher Gets FTC Approval For $21B GE Biopharma Deal
• The Rising COVID-19 Bankruptcy Risks
• Investor Slams HP's 'Trust Us' Tactic Amid Xerox Takeover Bid
• PE Group Fortress Loses $1.6B Bid For Japan's Unizo
• CVS Settles Drug Administrator's Antitrust Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Marathon Petroleum, WeWork, Tegna
• T-Mobile Says Californians Slept Too Long On Merger Claims
• MoviePass Parent Co. Sells Moviefone In Ch. 7 For $1M
• Californians Make Last-Minute Bid To Halt Sprint/T-Mobile Deal
• Cell And Gene Therapies Are Driving M&A Deal Activity
• FTC Staffers Greenlight Allergan Divestitures In AbbVie Deal
• A Work-From-Home Tech Checklist For Law Firms
• Chancery Urged To OK $22M Deal To End Fintech Merger Suit
• Christian TV Network, PE Firm Offer $4.4B For Broadcaster
• Virus Impact Delays Waste Management's $4.9B Bid For Rival
• Pennon Sells Recycling Biz Viridor To KKR In £4.2B Deal
• Public Storage Drops $1.27B National Storage Bid 
• Del. Justices Reverse Chancery On Federal Forum Selection
• BigLaw Trio Tapped To Guide Fox's $440M Purchase Of Tubi
• DOJ Seeking Extra Month To Check Mergers As Virus Spreads
• Monteverde Pitched To Lead Innophos Investor Suit In Del.
• Board Discussions In The Era Of Down-Round Financings
• 7 Keys To Keeping Your Firm Inclusive In The Coronavirus Era
• China's Review Of Vertical Mergers Is Instructive For US
• 3 Firms Steer BioPharma's Go-Public With Blank Check Co.
• AGC Launches €240M Offer For Italian Biotech Molmed
• EU Asks Cos. To Delay Antitrust Filings For Merger Plans
• DOJ Health Antitrust Chief Joins Clifford Chance
• 3 Firms Drive Costco's $1B Deal For Delivery & Logistics Biz
• Telecom Co. Says Fight Over Failed Sale Must Be Arbitrated
• FTC's Competition Bureau Mostly Remote During Outbreak
• NexPoint Hospitality Delays Close Of $318M Condor Purchase
• How DOJ Uncovered Its Power To Arbitrate A Merger And Won
• Arch Coal, Peabody Blast FTC's Joint Venture Challenge
• Volkswagen Gets Discovery Paused In $750M Antitrust Suit
• Akin Gump Snags Ex-Haynes And Boone Duo In Dallas
• Foley & Lardner Adds Former Honigman Tax Pro
• Kirkland Steers $300M Tie-Up Of Specialty Chemicals Cos.
• 10 Ways To Continue Biz Development During Coronavirus
• Australia's Healius Rejects $1.4B Takeover Offer From PE Firm
• 3 Firms Guide Deal Valuing Cybersecurity Firm At $1.15B
• Melinta Creditor Deal OK Clears Path To Ch. 11 Plan Approval
• Quinn Emanuel Beats DQ Bid In Oligarch-Tied Chancery Suit
• Quinn Emanuel Wants Sanctions For 'Caustic' Fraud Claim
• FTC Rolls Out Temp E-Filing System For Merger Notifications
• Akorn Lands Final OK For $30M Deal Over Failed Merger
• Don't Miss It: Milbank, Debevoise Guide Week's Hot Deals
• 7 Ethics Considerations For Lawyers Using Lead Generators
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Davis Polk, Winston
• Centene Strikes $7.5M Settlement Over $6.8B Health Net Buy
• Stein Mart Investor Seeks To Block $28.5M Merger
• Santander Pays $33M For Fintech Transactions Co.
• Seyfarth Picks Up Ex-Skadden Corp. Tax Pro For NY Office
• 4 Firms Steer As Cincinnati Bell Takes Macquarie's $2.9B Offer
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Coronavirus Moves Chancery To Call Off $2.6B Tesla Trial
• EU OKs Raytheon-UTC Deal After GPS, Tactical Radio Sales
• Efficiencies Defense Newly Viable After T-Mobile/Sprint Ruling
• Xerox Hits Pause On $34B HP Pursuit Due To Virus Outbreak
• Coronavirus: The Latest Court Closures And Restrictions
• Judge's Conflict Concerns Delay Art Van's Liquidation Deal
• Sprint, T-Mobile Reach Merger Deal With Calif. Utility Agency
• Lawmakers Clamor For Tougher Vertical Merger Update
• Tentative Order Shows Likely Toss Of FTC Authority Case
• 'Last Man Standing' Can't Delay T-Mobile/Sprint $56B Merger
• Philly Health Networks Can't Keep Deal Value Under Wraps
• Britain Allows Bauer To Keep Local Radio Buys With Ad Deal
• Dealmakers See Range Of Renegotiations As Virus Spreads
• Santos Divests Stake In Aussie Natural Gas Assets For $390M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Magic Leap, Tegna, WeDoctor
• Activist Bow Street Takes Aim At Mack-Cali's CEO, Board
• OMV To Sell $2.2B In Assets To Fund $4.68B Borealis Deal
• Investor's Suit Over $10B Microsemi Acquisition Trimmed
• Judge Trims Suit Against Qualcomm For Sunk Broadcom Deal
• Remaining States Settle T-Mobile/Sprint Challenge
• Oil Price Drop May Deliver Knockout To Shaky Energy Cos.
• Atty Warns Of 'Nightmare' From Claim In $9.3B Oracle Suit
• New Pipelines Are Needed To Close Law School Diversity Gap
• End Of Libor Presents Litigation Risks For Dealmakers
• Cooley Adds Ex-Covington Pro To NY Capital Markets Team
• Winston & Strawn Guides Health-Focused SPAC's $200M IPO
• Armstrong Teasdale Adds 5 Attorneys To Roster
• Windstream's Ch.11 Deal Secures $320M In Priority Claims
• ATM Maker Diebold Nixdorf Aims To Nix Merger Stock Action
• 3 Firms Steer Pepsi's $3.85B Deal For Rockstar Energy
• Latham Steers $5B Sale Of DXC Medicaid Business To Veritas
• Perrigo Wins Transfer Of $555M Fraud Suit To NJ
• TransCanada, Ex-Columbia Execs Sued Again Over $13B Deal
• SEC's Roisman Eyes More Changes To Proxy Voting Rules
• Goldman Sachs To Invest Up To $275M In Solar Energy JV
• Axon Blasts Latest FTC 'Avoidance Attempt' In Authority Row
• UK Gives Textbook Cos. Homework Over Antitrust Concerns
• JLL Partners Joins Medical Industry Veteran In $100M JV
• How To Search For A Transformational Law Firm COO
• 4 Ethics Tips For Lawyers As Coronavirus Spreads
• Market Turbulence Throws IPO Pipeline Into Question
• Activism, ESG And Coronavirus Are Hot Topics For M&A Attys
• Cannabis Cos. Dixie, BR Brands Ink $43M Tie-Up
• Shareholder Fights To Stop $14B Woodward-Hexcel Deal
• Arbitrator Sides With DOJ In First-Of-Its-Kind Merger Row
• 3 Firms Split Lead In Conagra Derivative Suit Over $11B Deal
• Lawmakers Concerned With DOJ's Sprint/T-Mobile Handling
• Susman Godfrey, Entwistle Seek To Co-Lead Merger Suit
• EU Clears Vodafone, Telecom Italia Deal To Pool Italian Towers
• Ropes & Gray, Paul Hastings Steer $200M Bat Maker Deal
• Latham, Skadden, Weil Help Guide Aon's $30B Willis Takeover
• Grindr Sold For $608M Following National Security Concerns
• DOJ Wraps Arbitration For Novelis' $2.6B Aluminum Deal
• Asset Mgr. Piles Onto Perrigo Price-Fixing, Securities Claims
• Gilat Investor Files Suit To Halt $532.5M Comtech Merger
• Californians Taking T-Mobile/Sprint Challenge To 9th Circ.
• Cooley Adds Transactional Tech Atty From Cleary Gottlieb
• Winston & Strawn, Loeb & Loeb Steer 2 IPOs Worth $660M
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Davis Polk, Skadden
• A Possible Limit On High Court 2005 Agency Deference Ruling
• Cravath Steers US Foods' $970M Buy Of Smart Foodservice
• It Can Be Risky For Litigators To Advise On Litigation Funding
• Baker McKenzie Hires 3 For New Financial Regulatory Group
• Mass. Top Court Saves $1M Verdict Over Deal To Buy IBM Unit
• Brookfield Raises Cincinnati Bell Bid Again To $2.85B
• Freshfields Scoops Up Latham Partner Amid US Hiring Spree
• InnovaCare Investors Flag $90M Side Pact In $1B Summit Deal
• Judge Calls For Hearing In Challenge To FTC's Authority
• 2 Firms Edge Ahead Of Peers In Quiet February For IPOs
• SEC's M&A Chief Says Proxy Firm Rules Will Be Ready In 2020
• Will The FTC Get Burned By Arch Coal Again?
• What M&A Dealmakers Can Expect In Light Of COVID-19
• Stop Asking Bar Applicants About Mental Illness
• HP Board Blasts Xerox's Sweetened $34B Takeover Bid
• Winston & Strawn Snags Houston Energy Litigation Atty
• Williams Claims ETE Owes $410M For Wrecking Merger
• TiVo Investor Looks To Halt $3B Xperi Tie-Up
• Gunderson, Kirkland Help Guide $340M Azul Systems Deal
• Logan's Roadhouse Parent Can Tap $12M In Ch. 11 Financing
• Lucky's Market Gets OK For Going-Out-Of-Business Sales
• Israeli Telecom's Investors Seek OK Of $1.2M Stock-Drop Deal
• Cannabis Biz Merger Burned Investors, Chancery Suit Says
• High Court Must Reject Unconstitutional La. Abortion Law
• Gov't Intervention In A Private Civil Suit Can Benefit Defendant
• Morgan Lewis-Repped English Learning Biz Pulls IPO Plan
• Judge Told Barneys Buyer Can't File Clawback Suits
• EU Top Court Backs €20M Gun-Jumping Fine Against Fishery
• Brookfield Again Sweetens Cincinnati Bell Deal To $2.8B
• What The Coronavirus Means For Arbitration And Mediation
• French Insurer Covéa To Buy Bermuda Reinsurer For $9B
• Bankrupt Philly Hospital Owner's $6M Insurance Buy Gets OK
• Greenberg, Pillsbury Steer $3.3B Electric Truck Co. Merger
• Cleary Lures Ex-FTC Competition Bureau Chief
• Paul Hastings Snags Capital Markets, Fintech Pro From Orrick
• Most Candid Party Often Wins At DOJ, Competition Head Says
• 'Big Choices Ahead' For US, EU Antitrust Enforcers
• What Congress Misses About Universal Injunctions
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Lessons From 'Italian Summer Camp'
• AMC Investors Want Class Cert. In Securities Fraud Suit
• Kirkland Snags Executive Pay Atty From V&E
• Southwest Airlines Denied $4.2M Wis. Property Tax Refund
• Clifford Chance, Pinsent Masons Guide £400M CD&R Deal
• Logan's Roadhouse Parent Opens Ch. 11 With Sale Plan
• 6 Firms Drive Thermo Fisher's $11.5B Deal For Qiagen
• FTC Atty Who Helmed Qualcomm Appeal Has Retired
• Investors Say Shire Tried To Spin Free Of $45M Merger Tab
• Investor Claims He Was Cheated Out Of $30M In Rappi Stock
• Windstream, Uniti Reach Preliminary Deal On $650M Lease
• Past Tech Mergers On UK's Post-Brexit Mind
• White & Case Guides $825M Takeda Drug Divestment
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Prepare Your Law Firm Tech For Coronavirus Impact
• Global Energy Conference Shelved Amid Coronavirus Fears
• Chinese Solar Co. Seeks Exit From Backdoor Listing Suit
• Atty Tips To Avoid 'Scope Creep' And Malpractice Claims
• Cannabis Blank Check Co. Among 2 IPOs Filed Totaling $350M
• Allen & Overy, Davis Polk Guide $6.6B Storage Co. Tie-Up
• Now Is The Time To Explore A Business Succession Plan
• Skadden, Cooley Guide $4.9B Deal For Cancer Drugmaker