Mergers and Acquisitions

Why Some Small Deals Are Getting A Lot Of Antitrust Scrutiny

What’s drawings government attention to deals that come in far below the Hart-Scott-Rodino threshold?

Appeals Court Lowers The Bar For Successor FLSA Liability

The Third Circuit joins a number of other circuits in making it easier to invoke successor liability for claims made […]

Comcast, Time Warner Merger Hearings Highlight Problems

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), was the only Senator who voiced outright opposition, but the hearing on Comcast’s merger with Time-Warner […]

Study: Big M&A Deals Virtually Certain To Draw Lawsuits

For the fourth consecutive year, shareholder lawsuits were filed in more than 90 percent of merger and acquisition deals valued […]

What’s Driving Today’s Merger Enforcement?

Most merger cases are resolved by way of consent decrees or by backing out of the merger. The analysis of […]

New Litigation Risk For M&A Advisors After Delaware Ruling

In a case that bodes tougher conflict standards and new litigation risks to M&A advisors, the Delaware Chancery Court last […]

Protecting Against Political Risk in Overseas Ventures

You can’t generate value without taking risk, but that doesn’t mean risks involved in overseas ventures – including expropriations, cancellations […]

The Prospects For The Comcast Time-Warner Deal

Bloomberg writers tap a variety of experts and politicians on the prospects for approval of Comcast’s proposed purchase of Time […]

Factors Driving Merger Enforcement

Merger law has been primarily shaped by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. Court decisions are rare […]

Avoiding A Big Seller’s Mistake In M&A

A recent case before the Delaware Court of Chancery concerned an acquisition after which the buyer sued the seller for […]

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