Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report Index-Summary

INDIA

– Airlines, foreign airline investments in domestic carriers under consideration, 112
– Foreign investment calculation guidelines clarified, 176

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

See TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY

INSIDER TRADING

– Abandonment of merger, couple selling stock to avoid loss settle SEC claims (N.D. Tex.), 840
– Accountant and HVAC firm tipping relative to pending merger settles SEC charges (S.D. Tex.), 260
– Albertson merger, Blackstone Group managing director charged with sharing information with traders (S.D.N.Y.), 102
– Attorneys

– – Canadian lawyer pleads guilty (S.D.N.Y.), 1025
– – Teleplus/Rooms.com merge, lawyer charged with use of client data (D.D.C.), 899

– Banking

– – Citibank former investment banker and brother charged (N.D. Cal.), 446
– – Fidelity Nat'l former director settles SEC claims over LendingTree stock (C.D. Cal.), 365

– CNS/GlaxoSmithKline merger, Swiss banker and firm charged (E.D. Pa.), 565
– Dell/ Perot Systems, Options Regulatory Surveillance Authority provides assistance for speedy action against Perot employee (N.D. Tex.), 900
– Dick's Sporting Goods, Galyan acquisition, insider trading charges against executive and friends settled (W.D. Pa.), 395
– Ernst & Young former partner convicted of sharing information with friend and broker (S.D.N.Y.), 489
– Eurex/ISE merger, insider trading charges filed against consultant's friends (S.D.N.Y.), 819
– First Indiana/Marshall & Ilsley merger, acting on information inferred from director's conduct leads to sanctions (S.D.N.Y.), 820
– France, MoneyLine majority shareholder/president fined 450K Euros, 113
– Freescale Semiconductor/SigmaTel merger, employee settles charges (W.D. Tex.), 102
– Hedge funds

– – Galleon fund manager and executives charged (S.D.N.Y.), 1000; probe widens, more individuals named, 1051; trial date delayed, 1073
– – Jefferies Paragon Fund, director indicted (S.D.N.Y.), 1074

– McKesson/D&K Healthcare Resources merger, former VP agrees to disgorge profits (N.D. Cal.), 396
– Merrill Lynch employee's spouse and tippees changed (S.D.N.Y.), 565
– Safeco and Neff merger, 11 individuals charged in multiple districts, 674
– Short-swing profits

See SHORT-SWING PROFITS

– SoftBrand, Piper Jaffray registered representative agrees to FINRA bar, 1052
– Technology industry

– – Covansys and Computer Sciences merger, brother-in-law of executive agrees to settle charges (E.D. Tenn.), 841
– – Default judgment rendered against Dutch nationals in 10-year old case for failure to participate in discovery (S.D.N.Y.), 840

– U.K. secures first criminal conviction, 336
– Wall Street professionals charged in global scheme (S.D.N.Y.), 126; friend of banker pleads guilty, 1074
– Warrior Energy Services director and friend charged (W.D. La.), 565

INSURANCE

– AIG bailout, Senators press for more details, 211
– Antitrust

– – Italy, industry focus of antitrust authority warning, 152
– – Omnicare antitrust claims against merged Medicare prescription drug insurers dismissed for lack of evidence (N.D. Ill.), 70

– Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mich., suit over acquisition of for-profit insurers dismissed (Mich. Cir. Ct.), 89; appeal filed (Mich. Ct. App.), 154
– Fiduciary liability insurance, insurer not required to defend against claims by former officers and directors for inclusion of future value in stock options (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), 748
– Hartford Financial Services Group conversion to S&L holding company, Germany-based Allianz allowed to retain minority stake, 50
– Highmark and Independence Blue Cross end effort to consolidate, 87
– ING to divest division, 1033
– Life insurance accounting, separate account set-ups, EITF reaches agreement on guidance framework, 211
– PacifiCare claims processing, Calif. insurance department announces hearing on alleged violations, 604

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

– Attorney-client privilege, due diligence, Analysis and Perspective, 344
– Copyrights, reorganization and merger of licensee results in unauthorized transfer of software license (6th Cir.), 978
– Patents, merger agreement not to challenge validity of patent not bar to challenge by different entity (Fed. Cir.), 534

INTERNATIONAL TAXATION

See specific country
– EU

See EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

– Transfer pricing

See TRANSFER PRICING

– U.S. tax issues

See TAXATION

INTERNET

See TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
– Ed. Note: For a list of electronic resources and Web sites, see Electronic Resources section of each issue.

INVESTMENTS

– Anti-dilution clause, settlement agreement with shareholders not additional compensation entitling debtors to additional money (E.D. La.), 364
– Federal Thrift Savings Plan, advantages of BlackRock acquisition of account manager Barclays Global explained to thrift board, 738
– Foreign direct investments

See FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

– IPOs

– – GM predicts for 2010, loan repayment expected, 590
– – Pharmaceuticals partnering helps fill gap, 1039

– Mass., liquidation of subsidiary does not lead to loss of investment tax credit (Mass.), 710
– Private equity

– – Acquisitions outperform industry peers in capital spending, 154
– – Alto Fund acquisition of Carnegie Investment Bank and Max Matthiessen Holding, EC clears, In Brief, 316
– – Bank acquisitions

– – – FDIC private buyer proposal may cool investors, Analysis & Perspective, 710
– – – Fed disapproves use of SILO structures to bypass Bank Holding Co. Act. restrictions, 384
– – – Public-Private Investment Program

See FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC)

– – EC merger approvals

See EU MERGER APPROVAL

– – EC seeks to regulate, 218; legislation proposed, 424; draft draws criticism, 656; lobbying pressure intensifies, 730
– – EU Private Equity and Venture Capital Assn. initiative seeks to update standards as regulators seeks to toughen rules, 219
– – Fair value accounting, alternative investment guidance expected, 450; final guidance expected, 752; issued, 929
– – Guidelines based on UN principles for responsible investment to be followed by major equity players, 179
– – IPC Fund, OCM Principal Opportunities Fund and Oaktree Funds acquisition of Chesapeake Corp. and subsidiaries, EC clears, In Brief, 316
– – Morgan Stanley to use to increase stake in Taiwan-based bank, 644
– – Standing, failure to timely register securities, firm selling assets to subsidiary in exchange for stock transferred to shareholders lacks (Del. Super. Ct.), 333
– – Trucking industry, Velocity Express and affiliates files for Ch. 11, ComVest Group to exchange debt for equity, 937

– Securities fraud

See SECURITIES FRAUD

– Sovereign wealth funds, investment activity likely to increase, lack of scrutiny noted in research report, 314
– Troubled firms, consolidated returns, IRS examining options, 956

IRELAND

– Banking, Anglo Irish Bank nationalized, 83

ITALY

– Air travel, Alitalia restructuring

– – AirFrance-KLM merger approved, 241
– – Antitrust authorities to avoid blocking merger of operations, 84

– Banking

– – Antitrust, industry focus of antitrust authority warning, 152
– – Regulators seek closer scrutiny, 84

– Chrysler Fiat deal

See MOTOR VEHICLES

– Insurance industry focus of antitrust authority warning, 152
– Oil and gas, Eni not to challenge required sale of Livorno refinery, 153
– Stock markets, securities regulator to suspend notice requirements for changes in holdings, 111