Mergers & Acquisitions

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Latest News in Mergers & Acquisitions

  • October 23, 2026

    Del. Chancery OKs $250M Activision Settlement, $60M Fees

    Microsoft Corp.'s $250 million settlement of stockholder claims stemming from its $75.4 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. won Delaware Chancery Court approval Friday, as the chancellor rejected an investment fund's attempt to preserve a separate federal securities suit and awarded $60 million in attorney fees.

  • October 23, 2026

    Ex-Broker-Dealer Cops To $1.5M Insider Trading Scheme

    A former partner at a New Jersey broker-dealer firm admitted to conspiring to commit securities fraud involving insider trading in a special purpose acquisition company that netted millions of dollars in illegal profits, the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey announced Friday.

  • October 23, 2026

    NYSE Owner's $6B MarketAxess Deal Clears US Review

    Federal antitrust enforcers have ended their investigation of Intercontinental Exchange's planned $6 billion acquisition of fixed income trading platform MarketAxess Holdings Inc. after the companies gave enforcers more time to review the transaction.

  • October 23, 2026

    Lawmaker Report Targets 'Pay-To-Play' Antitrust Enforcement

    A new report from Democratic lawmakers found that influence from the White House appears to be resulting in lax antitrust enforcement and higher consumer prices, citing a number of recent settlements, case dismissals and merger decisions.

  • October 23, 2026

    Verisk Must Pursue $2.35B AccuLynx Deal, Del. Court Says

    The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ruling that Verisk Analytics Inc. improperly abandoned its $2.35 billion acquisition of roofing software company AccuLynx, leaving the data analytics company obligated to keep pursuing federal antitrust clearance and close the deal if regulators approve it.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

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  • TRANSACTIONS
  • Mergers and acquisitions valued at $100MM or more
  • Company spinoffs and splitups
  • Transactions involving stakes of $100MM or more
  • Hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts
  • Poison pill implementation
  • Bankruptcy selloffs
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  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Dodd-Frank Act
  • International banking legislation and regulation
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • Merger reviews
  • Second requests
  • Challenges and divestitures
  • LITIGATION
  • Antitrust suits
  • Bankruptcy proceedings
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Corporate governance fights
  • Proxy battles and hostile takeover suits
  • Poison pill challenges
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of mergers and acquisitions practices

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