Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Hardware Retailer Rona Spurns Lowe’s $1.8B Takeover Bid – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (July 31, 2012, 12:37 PM ET) — Canadian hardware and garden product retailer Rona Inc. said Tuesday it had swatted away an unsolicited CA$1.8 billion (US$1.8 billion) takeover offer from outsize U.S. rival Lowe’s Cos. Inc., saying … Continue reading

ConAgra To Drop $265M On Unilever Frozen Foods Unit – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (July 30, 2012, 4:36 PM ET) — ConAgra Foods Inc. will shell out $265 million to acquire London-based consumer goods giant Unilever PLC’s North American frozen meals business known for meals sold under the Bertolli and P.F. … Continue reading

Rio Tinto Pays $935M To Retain Stake In Mongolian Mine – site.law360.com

Law360, New York (July 30, 2012, 2:32 PM ET) — Rio Tinto PLC has paid $935 million to hang onto its 51 percent stake in Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., which on Friday closed a $1.8 billion equity raise to pay for … Continue reading

Deals of the Day: Bank Breakups — Not So Fast – Wall Street Journal

Deals of the Day compiles this morning’s biggest news about mergers and acquisitions, banking … As the Sarbanes-Oxley Act turns 10 years old, the law’s biggest hammer—the threat of jail time for corporate executives who knowingly …

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. Retains New York Securities Law Firm – Yahoo Finance

as well as mergers and acquisitions. SRFF also advises institutional investors on transactions involving complex securities law considerations. SRFF is recognized nationally for innovation, entrepreneurship and legal excellence in public company representations.

On the move: Audrey Reitz Channell, Laura M. Jackman, Matthew D. Fridy and more – Everything Alabama Blog

Jackman joined the firm in 2002 and practices in the areas of health care law, business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, corporate law and business organizations. • Barfield, Murphy, Shank & Smith said Stephanie …

Tampa Bay area personnel appointments, promotions and announcements – Orlando Sentinel

He earned his juris doctorate with honors from Washington & Lee University Law School. Gaylord Merlin Ludovici … Hanley, employment and labor; Robert C. Rasmussen, mergers and acquisitions; George E. Spofford IV, construction litigation …

Deals of the Day: Facebook Growth Slows Again – Wall Street Journal

[WSJ] Mergers & Acquisitions Cnooc-Nexen … [WSJ] For Dewey — A $90 Million Bill: The cost of immunity from lawsuits in the biggest law firm bankruptcy in U.S. history just went up for some of the richest and most powerful … Continue reading

USPTO ISSUES TRADEMARK: BRACEWELL & GIULIANI – power-eng.com

regulatory law, mergers and acquisitions law, and commodities trading law; on-line journals, namely, blogs featuring legislative and legal issues, information on recent court decisions, current events, news, information, and legal analysis …

RBS Shakes Contract Claim In Liverpool Takeover Case – site.law360.com

Law360, Los Angeles (July 26, 2012, 6:51 PM ET) — A New York state judge on Wednesday rejected a breach of contract claim against Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, which is accused of derailing a hedge fund’s £385 million … Continue reading