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The competing offers for NYSE Euronext: the principal law firms
8 April 2011 — We have received a mountain of emails asking about the competing NYSE Euronext deals so we thought we’d provide a summary. Deutsche Boerse made the first offer. Under that
Continue readingThe proposed AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom: initial thoughts
Reported by: Gregory P. Bufithis, Esq. (with special thanks to Johann Jurgens who is a telecom analyst for a hedge fund and is an advisor to The Posse List on the telecom industry) 21 March 2011
Continue readingThe United Airlines/Continental Airlines merger: a short or long document review?
3 May 2010 — United Air Lines and Continental Airlines announced their merger today. It will create the world’s largest airline by traffic. Delta Air Lines would be unseated as the
Continue readingWeil, Gotshal and Covington & Burling to handle antitrust side of Exxon/XTO Energy deal
Reported by: Gregory Bufithis and Alex Hania Weil, Gotshal and Covington & Burling will provide antitrust counsel to Exxon, and handle the second request. Covington has long been Exxon’s
Continue readingThe Comcast/NBC Universal merger
As heavily reported in the media, Comcast reached an agreement on Thursday with General Electric Company to acquire NBC Universal. The deal will under
Continue readingMonsanto’s dominance draws antitrust inquiry
30 November 2009 For plants designed in a lab a little more than a decade ago, they’ve come a long way: Today, the vast majority of the nation’s two primary crops grow from seeds genetically
Continue readingDOJ, FTC to Explore Amending Merger Guidelines
23 September 2009 The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that they will explore updating
Continue readingDOJ’s antitrust investigation of credit derivatives could have wide ranging effects
A few weeks ago we posted the news that the DOJ had launched an antitrust investigation into how dealers provide credit derivatives prices (see our previous post by clicking here). Two recent articles
Continue readingCredit derivatives probe: new aggressiveness at the DOJ
The DOJ confirmed yesterday that its Antitrust Division is investigating possible anti-competitive practices involving credit derivatives. The statement read: “The
Continue readingMerger Guidelines in Canada
The Canadian Competition Bureau issued its proposed revised merger enforcement guidelines (MEGs) in March 2009. They were last revised September 2004 which was the first update since their original
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