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Mergers & Acquisitions - October, 2024

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• CVS Unit Exec's Ex-Partner Charged With Insider Trading
• Instructure Sued In Del. For Books On $4.8B Take-Private Deal
• A Boeing Space Exit, $3B Hot Dogs And More Deal Rumors
• Meta Users Fight Uphill For Cert., But Advertisers Have A Shot
• Oversight GOP Reps. Take Big Swing At FTC Chair
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
• Vinson & Elkins To Open Denver Office With Plans To Expand
• Playboy Gets PE Investment After Rejecting Takeover Bid
• Chancery Upholds Low Appraisal Of Online Bookstore Co.
• The 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
• Firms' Hiring Strategies Are Evolving In Fight For Top Spot
• Judge Stops Arbitration Of Connecticut Trial Firm Breakup
• T-Mobile Defends UScellular Spectrum Buy At FCC
• Brookfield Scoops UK Wind Farms Assets In $2.3B Deal
• Siemens Makes $10.6B AI Push With Altair Engineering Buy
• American Tire Floats Ch. 11 Sale Plan To Wrap Up In December
• O'Neill Brand Owner Says La Jolla Flouted Pre-Sale Deal
• AI-Focused SPAC Joins Pipeline With $200M IPO Filing
• Seyfarth Launches Energy Deals Group With Polsinelli Trio
• Diversified Energy Closes $106M Buy Of East Texas Assets
• Cleveland-Cliffs Gets Final Approval For $2.5B Stelco Deal
• KKR, ECP To Plug $50B Into Data Centers, Power Projects
• Kirkland-Led Francisco Paying $1.1B For AdvancedMD
• Linklaters-Led Mining Biz To Buy $60M Gold Project In Brazil
• How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
• Merger Guides In Fashion As Court Pauses Handbag Deal
• US Finalizes Investment Ban On Chinese Emerging Tech
• Pa. Seeks State Takeover Of Embattled Hospital System
• Investors Float $21M Deal To End Life Sciences SPAC Suit
• Sham Getty Stock Offer Lands Investor 10-Month Prison Term
• Warren Pushes FTC Chair To Probe Oncology Acquisitions
• Burns & Levinson Atty Duo Latest To Join Blank Rome
• M&A Rebounded As Equity Issuance, IPOs Faltered In Q3
• Crescent Inks Oncology Merger With $200M In Private Funding
• PE-Owned Implant Maker Plagued By Lawsuits Hits Ch. 11
• Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
• Fostering Healthcare Industry Success With Joint Ventures
• Partner Sues Over Firm Breakup After $100M Conn. Verdict
• Handbag Cos. Turn To 2nd Circ. Over Pause On $8.5B Merger
• Wash. AG Candidates Clash On Consumer Protection, Guns
• 9th Circ. Nixes Arbitration In Live Nation Ticket Sale Suit
• 5 Firms Guide Nearly $10B Garda World Security Deal
• 7 Months, 11 Dissents: GOP Minority Flexes Muscles At FTC
• Hospital Wants NC County's 'Monopoly' Suit Tossed
• Linklaters Adds 4 A&O Shearman Finance Partners In NY
• AbbVie Paying $1.4B For Alzheimer's-Focused Biotech
• Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
• Gibson Dunn-Led Lone Star Exiting Chemicals Co. For $2.3B
• Crown Settles Customer Dispute To Close $924M Revance Buy
• 9th Circ. Dubious Of Tesla Investors' Appeal Of $12B Trial Loss
• Glocal, UpHealth May Settle $115M Award Feud
• Spirit Airlines Eyes $80M In Cost Cuts Amid New Deal Rumor
• UK Antitrust Arm Opens Formal Probe Of $35B Software Deal
• Paris Apparel Co. Valued At €505M As Permira Takes Stake
• Frontier Urges Approval Of 'Highly Attractive' Verizon Deal
• Judge Wants More Clarity About Alex Jones Ch. 7 Asset Sales
• Big Lots Inc. Gets OK For Oct. 30 Ch. 11 Asset Auction
• The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Skadden, Kirkland
• MVP: Davis Polk & Wardwell's Oliver Smith
• Colo. Says Grocers' Execs Get Paid, No Matter The Fallout
• FTC Official Doubts Election Will Deter Antitrust 'New Era'
• Truth Social SPAC Founder Wants $1M Award For Payout Suit
• FTC Probing Boeing's $4.7B Spirit Aero Takeover
• Cooper Hefner's $100M Bid To Buy Playboy Brand Is Rejected
• DOJ, DOT Launch Inquiry Into Air Travel Competition
• Chancery Won't Block Dura Medic Merger Insurance Claims
• Katten, Hogan Lovells Guide Tampa Bay Lightning Stake Sale
• Willkie-Led Ingram Micro Rejoins Markets After $409M IPO
• Inside FTC's Decision To Exit Key Merger Review Labor Memo
• Court Pauses $8.5B Handbag Merger For FTC Challenge
• Comments Show Need For Clarity On SBA Proposed Rule
• Southwest Shakes Up Boardroom In Deal With Activist Elliott
• ConvergeOne Can't Ax Snubbed Creditors' Ch. 11 Plan Appeal
• Biden Issues Guidelines For National Security Uses Of AI
• MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Melissa Sawyer
• Cleary-Led Keurig Buying Ghost Energy For $1B-Plus
• Cigna, Frontier Renew Stalled Merger Bids, Plus Other Rumors
• Baker McKenzie Reps Acuity Brands On $1.2B QSC Buy
• TKO Paying $3.25B For Pro Bull Riding League, Other Assets
• Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• UK Probes Sonoco's $3.9B Bid For Eviosys
• UK Clears Acerinox's $800M Bid For Haynes International
• Kroger Implies Wash. AG Opposes Merger To Aid Gov. Run
• NY AG Probes Capital One's Planned $35B Discover Merger
• Chancery Mulls Call To Toss $7B Focus Financial Merger Suit
• Del. Justices Urged To Revive Oracle-NetSuite Deal Challenge
• Judge Says Ex-Steward Hospital Nurse Row Out Of His Hands
• Merck Bets More Than $1B On Yale Cancer Treatment Spinout
• Roche CEO Says Novo-Catalent Deal Should Be Blocked
• Foley & Lardner Adds Burr & Forman Corporate Duo In Fla.
• Kirkland Adds Freshfields Atty To Boost Private Credit Bench
• Top Frontier Investor Calls $20B Price Tag A 'Steal' For Verizon
• AirAsia's Planned SPAC Merger Will Not Take Place
• CityFleet To Buy Linklaters-Led Addison Lee For £269M
• MVP: Wachtell's Karessa L. Cain
• UK Launches Formal Probe Into £3.3B Carlsberg/Britvic Deal
• Alaska Flyers Lose Bid to Revive Merger Suit
• Election Unlikely To Overhaul Antitrust Enforcers' Labor Focus
• Day Trader Seeks Early Win In Verifone Insider Trading Suit
• Blakes, Wachtell Lead JM Smucker In $305M Cookie Biz Sale
• Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
• MVP: Latham's Justin Hamill
• The 2024 Prestige Leaders
• How Law Firms Get And Keep Elite Status
• In-House Counsel For Veeva, SingleStore Joins Stoel Rives
• UK Probes Iberdrola's €5B Electric Power Co. Deal
• Kirkland Guides Wendel's $1.13B Bid For Monroe Capital Stake
• Big Lots Can Tap Final $10M DIP Draw To Fund Ch. 11 Sale
• FCC Lets Wisper Take On More Broadband Blocks In Missouri
• Truist Bank To Pay $9.1M Over 'Unwise' Trust Administration
• Cannabis Financing Co. Sues Over Dubious $3M Merger Demand
• Mike Pence Supports US Steel-Nippon, Calls Critiques 'Bogus'
• Clifford Chance Continues NY Growth With O'Melveny Duo
• Amex To Take Over Swisscard Joint Venture From UBS
• How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
• Haynes Boone, ArentFox Schiff Advise $1B Paving Co. Deal
• Bristol-Myers Win Offers Lessons For Debt Security Holders
• Kirkland, Paul Weiss Build $859M Cybersecurity Biz Merger
• Catalent CEO Defends Novo Deal, Will Stay On After Buyout
• MVP: Goodwin's Joshua Zachariah
• Davis Polk, Kilpatrick Guide $1.6B Mid-Atlantic Bank Merger
• Debevoise-Led EQT Pool To Buy $14.5B Private School Biz
• Sanofi Sells Majority Stake In Opella To CD&R, French State
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms
• Downstream Lumentum Tippee Settles SEC Claims For $443K
• Consumer Capital One-Discover Suit Paused For Gov't Review
• Chancery Keeps Better Therapeutics SPAC Suit Alive
• Hong Kong Regulators Unveil Plans To Quicken IPOs
• Credit Suisse, PwC Fight Bondholders' Separate Merger Suits
• Paramount-Skydance Merger Triggers Class Atty Fight In Del.
• Hogan Lovells Guides Buyer On San Diego Soccer Team Deal
• Allianz, Santander End Shareholder Suit Coverage Fight
• Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Avoiding Merger Disputes Via Careful LLC Agreement Drafting
• 6 Firms Guide $1.1B Turkish-Kazakh E-Commerce Deal
• Verbose BigLaw Attys Irk Judge: 'Not Serving You Well'
• BCLP Corporate Ace Jumps To Barnes & Thornburg In LA
• O'Melveny Duo Includes Ex-Hogan Lovells Singapore Head
• Taxation With Representation: Baker, Simpson, Ropes
• CVS Health Replaces CEO Amid Reported Activist Pressure
• FTC Faces More Pressure To Block $16.5B Novo-Catalent Deal
• Zoox Investors Battle Amazon Sale Suit Toss In Chancery
• DOJ Defends States' Right To Recoup Live Nation Overcharges
• MMA Fighter Hits Bellator With $15M Antitrust Suit
• FTC Admits Federal Court Merger Fights Are Usually Decisive
• $20B Verizon-Frontier Deal Faces Scrutiny, And Other Rumors
• No Privilege For Drug Discount Co. Accused Of Faking Deal
• Hogan Lovells, Ropes & Gray Lead $550M Coatings Biz Sale
• Fuji Soft Founder Endorses Bain Capital Bid Over KKR
• EQT Exeter Buys Industrial Asset Near Seattle For $82M
• Randy Newman Sells Music Rights To Carlyle-Backed Litmus
• Polsinelli Hires McDermott Tax Counsel In DC
• Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
• Simpson-Led Silver Lake Inks $1.7B Deal For Zuora
• Atty Pressed On DMI Stock Drop Focus In Del. Merger Suit
• Ex-Davis Polk Atty Drops Appeal Of Bias Verdict Loss
• True Value Strikes Bridge Deal To Fund Ch. 11 Case With Cash
• Ex-Pharma Co. Employee Traded On GSK Deal Info, SEC Says
• Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
• NYSE Seeks To Curb Reverse Splits In Latest Crackdown
• M&A Pros Cautious About Expected Private Equity Surge
• The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
• PE Firm Trashed Exec To Avoid Payout In $98M Deal, Suit Says
• Contract Drafting Co. Law Insider Acquires OneNDA
• Enforcers Won't Challenge $3B Energy Deal, $5B Coal Tie-Up
• Two Circles Boosts 'Big 5' Sports Client Base With Kore Buy
• Skadden Drives Forest Road To Formula E Team Acquisition
• Investor Pushes 7-Eleven Parent To Consider Couche-Tard Bid
• PE Giants Bridgepoint, General Atlantic Invest In Kyriba Corp.
• Santander Settles Investors' Squeeze-Out Suit For $162.5M
• Gamers End Challenge Of Microsoft's $69B Activision Deal
• Finnish Sports Biz Wins Asset Freeze In $1.2M NHL Deal Suit
• Chancery Urged To Toss Smart & Final $1.1B Sale Challenge
• 4 Firms Steer Ownership Shakeup At 'Dune' Movie Maker
• To Report Or Not To Report Others' Export Control Violations
• Three Cos. Combine On $3.4B Texas Data Center Complex
• With Esmark Case, SEC Returns Focus To Tender Offer Rules
• Frontier May Be Worth 2 Times Verizon's Bid, Investor Warns
• Simpson Thacher, Milbank Guide $2B DataBank Equity Raise
• Law Firms Diverge As Anti-ESG Pushback Continues
• The 2024 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
• Wheel Pros Gets OK For $1.4B Equity-Swap Ch. 11 Plan
• FTC Wants More Info On $1.36B Home Healthcare Deal
• True Value Hardware Hits Ch. 11 With $153M Asset Sale Plan
• Banknotes Maker Agrees To Sell Unit For £300M
• Permira Wraps $7.2B Deal For Squarespace Amid Litigation
• Baker McKenzie Leads Lundbeck's $2.6B Deal For US Pharma
• Pulp Giant Int'l Paper Shareholders Back £5.8B DS Smith Buy
• IBM Unit Wants To Undo 'Troubling' Defamation Case Ruling
• New Squarespace Suit Filed For Take-Private Docs
• M&A Dispute Triggers Could Shift Moving Into 2025
• Fintech-Focused Cohen SPAC Leads 2 IPOs Worth $250M
• FTC's Republicans Take Aim At Agency Merger Data
• HSR Amendments Intensify Merger Filing Burdens, Data Risk
• Cable Co. CEO Says Buyer Fired Him In Violation Of Deal
• Sports Biz Seeks To Freeze Assets In Suit Over NHL Deal
• Cannabis Biz Ex-Partners Spar Over $6.4M Judgment Payout
• BurgerFi Creditors Blast DIP, Bidding Procedures In Ch. 11
• Kirkland, Skadden Compete Atop M&A Adviser League Tables
• 2 Finance Partners Added To Hunton's London Office
• What's Inside Feds' Latest Bank Merger Review Proposals
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Latham, Kirkland
• State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape
• Nippon To Sell JV Stake For $1 In Push To Close US Steel Deal
• FTC's Final Merger Filings Overhaul Drops Labor Market Look
• Chancery OKs $9.5M Deal For Katapult SPAC Challenge
• Yale Hospital Says Pension Liens Breach $435M Sale Deal
• Chancery OKs $125M Deal, Fees In Discovery Merger Suit
• How Biden Admin Has Used Antitrust Tools, And What's Next
• How BIS' Rule Seeks To Encourage More Voluntary Disclosure
• Longtime Minnesota Twins Owners Put Team Up For Sale
• Sen. Warren, Novo At Odds On Merits Of $16.5B Deal
• Pfizer Threatened To Sue Former Execs, Starboard Says
• Sports Tech Sees Threefold Increase In M&A Deal Values
• Hyundai Plans IPO For Indian Biz, Plus More Rumors
• 8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney
• Kirkland-Led Brookfield's £557M Tritax Bid Beats Rival Offer
• Colo. Accuses Albertsons Of Competitor Flip-Flop For Merger
• Court Affirms Waste Management Win In 'Titans Of Trash' Spat
• Vinson-Led MCB Sweetens Bid For Whitestone REIT
• Harris Unlikely To Shelve Biden Admin's Food Antitrust Stance
• 7 Firms Lead Deal Forming Insurance, Asset Management Biz
• Marriott Inks $52M Deal With States Over Guest Data Breach
• 7-Eleven Parent Reveals Revised Couche-Tard Takeover Offer
• Switzerland OKs £5.4B Hargreaves Lansdown PE Takeover
• This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process
• Linklaters-Led Rio Tinto To Buy Arcadium Lithium For $6.7B
• Chancery OKs $9.75M In Atty Fees For SPAC Stock Drop Suits
• Albertsons Exec Says No-Poach Deal Never Happened
• FuboTV Rips Fox Attempt To Transfer Sports Streaming Fight
• Cleveland-Cliffs Gets DOJ Nod For $2.5B Stelco Deal
• Whole Earth Sued In Chancery For Docs On Take-Private Deal
• Apollo Plugs $1.6B Into SCI Capital's Continuation Vehicle
• Honeywell To Spin Off Materials Biz Amid $9B Buying Spree
• Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
• Latham-Led Ares Paying $3.7B For Real Assets Manager GCP
• London Blank-Check Eyes Reverse Takeover 2 Years After IPO
• Media Co. And Ousted CEO Settle Suit Over Biz Sale
• Henderson Franklin Adds Tax Pro To Florida Offices
• Alta Fox Latest Activist To Take Aim At Forward Air Corp.
• Mayer Brown Partner Returns To Hunton In DC
• Chevron Nets $6.5B In Sale Of Canadian Oil Assets
• Cravath Guides Vista In $3.4B Sporting Goods, Ammo Deal
• 3 Firms Advise $1B Blue Owl Buy Of Data Center Firm IPI
• Kirkland, Ropes Build $2B Take-Private Of Calif. Wine Maker
• 3 Firms Guide Apollo, Barnes Group On $3.6B Take-Private
• Top 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall
• Trump Media SPAC Dropped From $20M Insider-Trading Suit
• MLB's Storied History Runs Through The Bankruptcy Court
• Tempur Sealy, Mattress Firm Sue To Block FTC Merger Case
• Robertshaw Closes Ch. 11 Sale Hours Before 5th Circ. Stay
• Judge Says Live Nation Case Runs Deeper Than Merger Pact
• SPAC Scraps $238M Merger Plan With Debt Servicer
• Repeat Fraudster Guilty Of Scamming Ex-NBA Players
• Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
• Massumi & Consoli Adds Ex-Morgan Lewis Attorney In DC
• Experian To Acquire Brazil's ClearSale For $350M
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Weil, Simpson
• Thyssenkrupp, Tata Lose Fight Against EU Joint Venture Veto
• John Deere Penalty Shows Importance Of M&A Due Diligence
• 4 Firms Guide On $1.7B Coeur-SilverCrest Metals Merger
• Trump Media's COO Resigns As Stock Is Released To Investor
• Del. Vice Chancellor Slams Fee Terms In Advancement Case
• Calif. AG Sues AHMC Healthcare To Resume ER Services
• 3rd Circ. Backs Added Payout For Late Royal Bank CEO
• Citibank Blunders May Warrant Breakup, Warren Tells OCC
• 12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar
• 8 Issues AI Firms May Encounter As M&A Action Accelerates
• Global M&A Hits Highest Q3 Dollar Volume Since 2021
• Hecla Avoids Investor Suit Over $462M Gold Mine Buy
• Sens. Question If Payouts Taint Execs' Push For US Steel Deal
• CVS Pushed To Unwind Aetna Megadeal, And Other Rumors
• King & Spalding RE Pro Rejoins Barnes & Thornburg In Dallas
• Chancery Tosses Barry Diller From Match.com Class Suit
• Cole Schotz Adds Potter Anderson Corporate Partner In Del.
• Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Kroger Partner Denies At Trial It Will Flip Acquired Stores
• Paul Weiss-Led Altor Nabs Majority Stake In CCM Hockey
• Del. Dispatch: Cautionary Tales Of 2 Earnout Effort Breaches
• Chinese Food Biz To Go Public Via $523M SPAC Merger
• M&A Vet Joins Debevoise In NY From Legal AI Co.
• Fried Frank's M&A Co-Head Views Rate Cuts, AI With Caution
• Darktrace Leaves London After $5B Bid By US Co. Completes
• Investors Get Another Extension For £253M Payments Co. Bid
• Kroger Says Labor Costs Led To Price Hikes At Colo. Stores
• Ex-NBA Star's Big Paydays Not Relevant In Hoops Fraud Trial
• Davis Polk-Led Brazilian Lubricants Maker Eyes $400M IPO
• Most TA Dispatch Claims Fall In Chancery Celadon Suit
• Willis Towers Watson Inks $632M Sale Of Tranzact To PE Firms
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Building US-Japan Relationships In The M&A Market
• Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession
• Paul Weiss Adds Former Apollo GC As NY Corporate Partner
• PepsiCo Buying Siete In $1.2B Deal Steered By 3 Law Firms
• After 72 Years, Browdy & Neimark Moves To FisherBroyles
• Latham Reps CPP Investments In $15B Equinix Data Center JV
• Pfizer Sells £2.4B Of Shares In Advil Owner Haleon
• 4 Firms Guide Partners Group In €6.7B Sale Of German Biz
• Freshfields Guides Abu Dhabi Oil In €14.7B German Bid