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Vol. 12, Nos. 1-44 pp. 1-1086 Jan. 5 -- Nov. 16, 2009 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
ECUADOR
– Environmental remediation, Chevron successor liability for operations of Texaco, final written arguments being prepared, 465; new allegations of corruption by Ecuadorian officials surface, 842
– Antitrust
See ANTITRUST
– Exelon/NRG Energy hostile takeover
– – Exelon gives up takeover bid, 708
– – NRG may not force disclosure of intent (S.D.N.Y.), 648 – – Shareholders not entitled to expedited proceedings on director election based on change in control triggering acceleration of debt (Del. Ch. Ct.), 361
– – Centrica purchase of stake in British Energy clears OFT, 779
– – Electricite de France acquisition of British Energy cleared by EU antitrust regulators, 13
– Standing, plan participants lack to bring fiduciary breach claim (S.D. Fla.), 447
– Bankruptcy
– – Crusader Energy to sell Sandridge Energy stock, 914
– – Northeast Biofuels LP granted approval for auction of asset (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.), 321 – – Solar Communities and Applied Solar file petition (Bankr. D. Del.), 762
See ELECTRICITY
– Oil and gas
See OIL AND GAS
– EU merger approval
– Vivendi/Activision merger, directors not liable for failing to obtain the best deal (Del. Ch.), 724
– Bankruptcy, Basin Water and affiliate file for protection (Bankr. D. Del.), 736
– Canada, hazardous waste disposal, Clean Harbors acquisition of Eveready, settlement requires divestiture of Pembina Area Landfill, 732 – Hazardous waste removal contract small business set asides, letter of intent to acquire another firm deemed disqualifying event (Fed. Cl.), 145 – Statute of limitations, state law bars city action under common law, state statute-based claims allowed (Ind.), 103 – Successor liability
See INVESTMENTS
– Bank consolidations raise prohibited transactions issued, 873
– ESOP participants lack standing to claim breach of fiduciary duty (S.D. Fla.), 447 – Retiree health benefits
See SEVERANCE PAY
– Stock buy-back at undervalued price, class action charges failure to disclose planned sale (S.D. Fla.), 676 – Stock drop litigation
– – Bank of Am. charged with fiduciary duty breach over Countrywide and Merrill Lynch acquisitions (S.D.N.Y.), 127; second suit filed, 307; actions consolidated, 646; settled (C.D. Cal.), 774; D.C. joins, 856
– – Communication company integration difficulties leading to stock price decrease, breach of duty claim filed (D. Colo.), 308 – – Macy's employee alleging concealment of merger integrating difficulties may pursue breach of fiduciary duty claims (S.D. Ohio), 821 – – Stock market volatility not shielded by ERISA (S.D. Ohio), 170 – – Washington Mutual employees claim for retention of stock in face of declining value to proceed (W.D. Wash.), 1003
– Agricultural raw materials supplier, ForFarmers/Cefetra merger, EC approves, 497
– Air transportation
– – Aeroports de Paris and Nuance Group joint venture cleared by EC, 38
– – Agusta and CAE Aviation Training/Rotorsim, EC clears, 222 – – Automated handling systems, SHV Holding/ERIKS merger, EC approves, 756 – – Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana/Vueling Airlines and Clickair, EC approves, 60 – – Lufthansa acquisition of British Midland approved by EC, 496 – – Lufthansa/SB Brussels Airlines takeover, EC clears subject to route changes, 630 – – Maintenance services, Rolls-Royce and Mubadala Investments joint venture authorized, 177 – – Noise management services, Spectris/Lochard approved by OFT, 153 – Auto parts manufacturers
– – Daimler and Evonik Industries/Li-tec Vermogensverwaltungs, EC clears, 200
– – Delphi, EC approves purchase by GM, 960 – – GM/ Delphi Steering Bus., EC clears, 428 – – Gonvarri Russia and Severstal joint venture authorized by EC, In Brief, 982 – – Magna purchase of Cadence Innovation authorized by EC, 473 – – MD Investors/Metaldyne, EC clears, In Brief, 936 – – Schaeffler/Continental merger authorized by EC, 13
– – Assets management, BlackRock/Barclays Global Investors merger, EC authorizes, 910
– – Banco Santander and Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten acquisition of Diners Club Spain, EC clears, 15 – – Banque Federative du Credit Mutruel acquisition of Monabanq cleared by EC, 882 – – Banque Populaire/Caisse d'Epargne merger approved, 633 – – Credit Agricole acquisition of Caceis, EC Approves, In Brief, 660 – – Credit Mutual/Cofidis merger, EC authorized, 198 – – GE/Mubadala joint venture clears EC, In Brief, 544 – – Goldman Sachs Group/Constellation Energy Commodities Group merger, EC clears, 200 – – Intesa San Paolo and Reno de Medici joint control of Manucor approved by EC, In Brief, 982 – – Private equity firms, Bridgepoint Capital Group bid for Hermes private Equity Directs cleared by EC, In Brief, 473
– – Alto Fund acquisition of Carnegie Investment Bank and Max Matthiessen Holding, EC clears, In Brief, 316
– – IPC Fund, OCM Principal Opportunities Fund and Oaktree Funds acquisition of Chesapeake Corp. and subsidiaries, EC clears, In Brief, 316
– – Access Industries Group and ProChemie Holding acquisition of LyondellBasell Industries, EC approves, 602
– – Arsenal Capital Partners/DSM Special Products, EC approval subject to divestiture of benzoic acid production, 60 – – Intl. Petroleum Investment acquisition of NOVA approved by EC, In Brief, 473 – – Resin producers, Arizona Chemical/Abieta Chemie, EC approves, 113
– – Doprastav/Ceskomoravsky Beton joint venture authorized, 153
– – Dragados/Pol-Aqua, EC clears, In Brief, 884; 936 – – Strabag and Kemna Bau Andreae joint acquisition of Hermann Wellman Tiebau, EC clears, 270 – Cruise ship lines, Carnival/Costa Crociere joint venture cleared, 153 – Electronics
See also Information technology, this heading
– – Computer hard drives, Toshiba acquisition of Fujitsu, EC authorizes, 473; Asian countries approve, 884 – – Hitachi/Hitachi Koki merger, EC approves, 200 – – Koninklijke Philips Electronics/Saeco Intl. Group merger, EC clears, 706
See also Oil and gas, this heading
– – Acciona Energia Internacional and Mitsubishi acquisition of Amper Central Solar, EC approves, 733 – – Bosch acquisition of Aleo Solar and Johanna Solar Tech cleared, In Brief, 910 – – CEZ/Akkok Sanayi Yatirim ve Gelistirme merger, EC clears, 200 – – Dong Energy/Kom-Strom, EC approves, 884 – – EDF Intl. and Energie Baden-Wurttemberg, joint acquisition of Elektrownia Rynik approved by EC, 270 – – Electrabel Intl. Holding and GEK SA joint acquisition of Heron Thermoelectric, EC clears, 376 – – Electricite de France acquisition of British Energy cleared by EU antitrust regulators, 13 – – E.ON to purchase power plants and drawing rights from Electrabel approved by EC, 981; EC clears, 1011 – – Itochu, Enolia, Mitsubishi joint venture cleared by EC, 634 – – Mytilineos Holdings and Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries joint acquisition of Corinthos Power, EC clears, 314 – – Q-Cells, Good Energies Investments, and NorSun joint control of Sunfilm authorized, 576 – – RREEF Pan-European Infrastructure Fund, acquisition of Bahia De Bizkaia Gas approved, 1034 – – Vattenfall, Nuon Energy acquisition approved subject to divestitures, 632
– – GE, News Corp. and Disney acquisition of Hulu approved, 631
– – NBC Universal, De Agostini Communications and IMI Investimenti joint purchase of Cattleya cleared by EC, 222
– – Fortis Private Equity Holding bid for Kuiken cleared, 732
– – NPM Capital and Fortis Private Equity Holding joint acquisition of Helvoet Holding approved by EC, 634
– – Chocolate, Archer Daniels Midland/Schokinag, EC clears, 517
– – Glide Buy Out Fund acquisition of Plukon Royale cleared by EC, 270 – – Perdigao/Sadia merger, EC approves, In Brief, 660 – – Raw materials supplier, ForFarmers/Cefetra merger, EC approves, 497 – Information technology
See also Telecommunications, this heading
– – BAE Systems/BVT Surface Fleet, EC clears, In Brief, 1080 – – Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens Computers, EC approves, 14 – – Infineon Technologies and LS Industrial System acquisition of LS Power Semitech approved by EC, In Brief, 982 – Insurance, PartnerRe/Paris Re Holding, EC clears, In Brief, 910 – Mail and postal service
– – Sweden and Danish operator merger approval subject divestments, 426
– – TNT Post Holding Deutchland and Georg von Holtzbrinck joint venture, EC approves, In Brief, 936
– – Batteries, Panasonic acquisition of Sanyo, EC approves subject to divestiture, 934
– – GE and Safran acquisition of General Electric Homeland Protection, EC approves, In Brief, 660 – – Industrial boilers, Bosch Thermotechnik/Loos, EC authorizes, 705
– – Alcoa/Elkem Aluminium, EC authorizes, 222
– – Magnesium and aluminum, investment firms joint control of HAG approved, 634 – – Steel
– – – ArcelorMittal/Noble European Holdings, EC clears, 680
– – – Gonvarri Russia and Severstal joint venture authorized by EC, In Brief, 982 – – – Salzgitter/Norddeutsch Affinerie, EC clears, 15
See also Auto parts manufacturers, this heading
– – Mobile electronics and transportation systems, Platinum Equity/Delphi merger authorized, 757 – – Rental, sales, and repair services, Mapfre and Grupo Salvador Caetano joint acquisition of Choice Car-Comercio de Automoveis, Guerin-Rent-A-Car, and Luso Assistrencia-Gestao de Acidentes, EC clears, 454 – – Shipping and logistics, BLG Italia/International Car Operators merger, EC authorizes, 732 – – Volkswagen and Fleet Investments joint acquisition of LeasePlan, EC clears, 800 – Oil and gas
See also Energy, this heading
– – Centrica acquisition of Venture Production clears EC, 852 – – Cooperative KazMunaiGaz and Kuraisian Energy Holdings, joint acquisition of JSC Magistaumunaigaz, EC clears, 681 – – Diester Industrie acquisition of Oleon, EC authorizes, 85 – – Eni not to challenge required sale of Livorno refinery, 153 – – ENI/TEC merger, EC approves, In Brief, 884 – – F2i Fondi Italiani and Finavias joint control of ENEL Rete Gas, EC approves, 733 – – Intl. Petroleum Inv. and OMV Aktiengesellschaft joint acquisition of NOVA Chemicals approved by EC, In Brief, 1037 – – OAO Lukoil acquisition of Dow Refinery Business of Netherlands, EC clears, 758 – – OJSC Sibur Holding acquisition of CITCO Waren-Handelsgesellschaft, Citco Holdings, and Westin Trading approved, 634 – – StatoilHydro and St1 joint acquisition of St1Avifuels, EC approves, 14 – Pharmaceutical companies
– – GlaxoSmithKline acquisition of Stiefel Laboratories, EC approves, 733
– – Lonza and Teva Pharmaceuticals joint venture, EC approves, 497 – – Novartis/Ebewe SpezialPharma merger, EC clears, 910 – – Otsuka Pharmaceutical/Nardobel merger authorized, 153 – – Pfizer to acquire Wyeth, 114; merger to result in 19K workforce reduction, 128; watchdog group urges FTC to consider effects on drug innovation, 359; EC to investigate, 541; EC clears subject to divestitures, 704 – – Sanacorp Pharmahandel/V.D. Linde, EC clears, 269 – – Sanofi-Aventis/Merial, EC approves, In Brief, 884 – – Sanofi-Aventis/Zentiva, EC requires divestment, 151 – – Teijin Pharma and Laboratorios del De. Esteve, joint control of Oximeplus authorized, 87 – – Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries/Barr Pharmaceuticals, EC approves, 14 – Publishing, 3i and H.I.G. joint acquisition of Volnay authorized, In Brief, 802 – Railroads
– – Bus and rail services, Societe Nationale des Chemin de fer Francais and Caisse de Depot et de Placement du Quebec merger, EC refers to French Competition Authority, 1061
– – Deutsch Bahn/PCC SE logistics operations, EC approves, 601 – – Porterbrook Leasing, joint control by 4 investors approved by EC, 152
– – A.P. Moeller-Maersk/Brostrom merger, EC approves, 85
– – Automated ship control systems, ABB and Fincantieri joint venture approved, 472 – – Automobiles, BLG Italia/International Car Operators merger, EC authorizes, 732 – – DSV and Vesterhavet joint acquisition of DFDS, deal canceled after EC opens investigation, 601 – – Euroports Holding/Benelus Port Holding merger, EC clears, 853 – – Hutchison Whampoa and Evergreen Group joint acquisition of Taranto Container Terminal, EC approves, 15 – – Jysk Stalindustrie/Volgo Balt Transport Holding merger cleared, 153 – – Mauser Holding Intl. and Reyde, EC approves joint venture, 87
– – Belgacom purchase of BICS and MTN approved by EC, 1034
– – Carphone Warehouse Group acquisition of Tiscali UK authorized by EC, 657 – – Sony/Seiko Epson liquid crystal display division, EC authorizes, 908
– – Altantia and Acciona/Itinere, EC authorizes, 222
– – Societa Iniziative Autostradalie Servizi and Acciona acquisition of 5 Chilean toll motorways approved, In Brief, 660 – Wood products, Votorantium Group/Aracruz Celulose, EC clears, 426
See also specific countries
– Accounting, fair value rules
See ACCOUNTING
– – EC report highlights 2008 accomplishments, 802
– – EU merger review procedures, EC issues favorable report, 600 – – Omya/J.M. Huber merger, EC authorized to suspend investigations (EU Ct. First Instance), 131 – – Regulator's flawed denial of merger may lead to compensation, 131; penalty overturned, regulators ordered to pay legal costs (ECJ), 705
See MOTOR VEHICLES
– Economic crisis response by EC praised by Competition Comm'r, 935 – Hedge funds and private equity firms, EC seeks to regulate, 218; legislation proposed, 424; draft draws criticism, 656; lobbying pressure intensifies, 730; U.S. strongly criticizes, 853 – Oracle/Sun Microsystems takeover, antitrust probe launched, 850; EC rejects Oracle criticism, expresses displeasure with DOJ approval, 1080 – Spain ordered to end goodwill tax break, 1033
See STOCK MARKETS
– Bank CEOs, report critical of pay, calls for government actions, 854
– Bank of Am. CEO to return 2009 pay, 996 – Bank of Am./Merrill Lynch merger
– – N.Y. AG subpoenas Bank of Am. head and Merrill Lynch former CEO, 100; TARP inspector general and N.Y. Attorney general to coordinate investigation, 190; subpoenas served, 208; AG and Frank (D-Mass) urge CEO to name recipients, 230; BoA not entitled to intervene in action against Merrill Lynch CEO (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 280; N.Y. AG warns BoA to disclose legal advise on which privilege based, 837; SEC IG to investigate use of federal funds to pay penalty, 871; House Oversight Comm. to receive most documents, 897; CEO retirement not to affect investigation, 921; privilege waived, 975; documents released to House panel, 1001
– – SEC and Treasury asked by legislators for details on use of TARP funds, 336 – – SEC reviewing Bank of Am. shareholder disclosures, 363; SEC and BoA settlement rejected (S.D.N.Y.), 750; court criticizes agreement, 816; SEC defends, 839; House panel to question SEC and FDIC chairs, 866; SEC and BoA settlement formally rejected (S.D.N.Y.), 870; parties indicate readiness for Feb. 1 trial, 899; decision not to change SEC case resolution process, 925; SEC amends complaint, 1025 – Carried interest – Gross-up policies modified in response to economy and investor concerns, 932 – Lobbying, TARP inspector general asked to investigate use of funds against bonus legislation, 366 – Reform
– – Franks (D-Mass) promises action by end of July, 696
– – Pelosi (D-Cal) and Franks (D-Mass) urge Geitner to ensure executives not disproportionately rewarded, 770
See SEVERANCE PAY
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