<?xml version="1.0" ?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>M&A Law</title><link>http://manatt.com/ManattFeed.aspx?view=121</link><description>M&A Law</description><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>To Cash Out, Or Not To Cash Out: That Is The Question</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(27).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:09:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description><p>Final CFIUS Regulations Retain Committee's Latitude to Determine
Which Foreign Transactions May Threaten U.S. National Security</p></description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(6).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:09:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title> M&amp;A </title><description><p><span class="147551619-19082009">When Term Sheets Attack: Timely
Reminders to Take Care In Drafting Letters of Intent and Term
Sheets</span></p></description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/_M_A_01_20_10.aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:08:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>The Blackstone Group Completes Largest-Ever LBO And Real Estate Deal</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(16).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:10:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>Legislation Introduced To Reform Committee On Foreign Investment In The United States; Study Released Indicates Greater Number Of Filings With CFIUS</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(15).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:10:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MandALaw@manatt</title><description><p>New IDEA to Replace EDGAR SEC Hopes For Faster, More Accurate
and Useful Public Company Data</p></description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/MandALaw@manatt(2).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:10:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>Proposal to Amend New York Stock Exchange Rule 452 Is Delayed</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(21).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:10:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>A Warning Shot for Antitrust Gun-Jumping: Federal Court Rules that Standard Merger Provision Might Constitute Restraint of Trade</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(23).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:10:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>Delaware Case Exemplifies Typical Weaknesses In Earnout Provisions</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(26).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:11:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description><p>Lessons For Boards Of Directors In Considering Acquisition
Proposals: New Decision Sheds Further Light On Revlon And Omnicare
Duties</p></description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(4).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:11:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>Delaware Appraisal Rights: The Actions Of Beneficial Owners Are ''Irrelevant''</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(18).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:11:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title> M&amp;A </title><description><p><span class="147551619-19082009"><span class="147551619-19082009">Lower Thresholds In Effect For
Pre-Merger Antitrust Notifications Now In Effect</span></span></p></description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/_M_A_02_22_10.aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:08:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title> M&amp;A </title><description>Cautious Due Diligence Defeats Allegations of Conspiracy and Gun Jumping</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/_M_A_03_07_11.aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:57:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MandALaw@manatt</title><description>Merging Parties Prosecuted For Gun Jumping</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/MandALaw@manatt(9).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:12:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>Delaware Chancery Court Rules that Purchase Price Dispute Must be Settled by Legal, Not Accounting, Arbitration</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(11).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:12:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>SEC Approves New FINRA Standards for Fairness Opinions</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(28).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:12:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Delaware Supreme Court Rules on the Scope of the Business Judgment Rule</title><description>Delaware Supreme Court Rules on the Scope of the Business Judgment Rule</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/Delaware_Supreme_Court_Rules_on_the_Scope_of_the_Business_Judgment_Rule.aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:12:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MandALaw@Manatt</title><description>SEC Proposes Amendments to the Tender Offer Best-Price Rule</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/MandALaw@Manatt(5).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:12:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MandALaw@manatt</title><description>Will Your Defensive Line Be Too Strong? Designing M&amp;A Defensive Strategies</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/MandALaw@manatt(6).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:12:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>Delaware Court Respects Plain Meaning of Merger Agreement; Allows Private Equity Sponsor to Avoid Reverse Termination Fee</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(9).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:13:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MandALaw@manatt</title><description>Delaware Supreme Court's Reversal Clarifies Application of
<em>Revlon</em> Duties to Boards of Directors</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/MandALaw@manatt(3).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:13:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MandALaw@manatt</title><description>Hart-Scott-Rodino Act As Applied To Technology, Patent And Trademark Licenses</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/MandALaw@manatt(8).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:13:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MandALaw@manatt</title><description>Federal Trade Commission Announces Additional Reforms in Merger Review Process</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/MandALaw@manatt(7).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:13:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title> M&amp;A Law </title><description><p><span class="147551619-19082009"><span class="147551619-19082009"><span class="147551619-19082009">International Joint Ventures: An
Overview</span></span></span></p></description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/_M_A_Law_09_10_10.aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:07:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>United Rentals Denied Specific Performance, Cerberus Walks - Use of Forthright Negotiator Principle Serves as Cautionary Tale to M&amp;A Professionals</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(29).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:14:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>Managing for Success: Activist Shareholders Flex Their Muscles; But boards finding ways to face down power hitters</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(12).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:14:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>E-Proxy Rules – A Step Toward Greater Shareholder Activism?</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(19).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:14:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>New Accounting Rules For Business Combinations Align U.S. Standards More Closely With International Standards</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(25).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:14:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>Delaware Chancery Court Rules That Special Committee Has Compelling Justification To Postpone Shareholder Meeting Date</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(20).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:14:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description><p>FAS 141R NOW EFFECTIVE: Impact of New Accounting Rules For
Business Combinations Should be Considered in Acquisition
Planning</p><p><br />
 </p></description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(7).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:14:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description><p>EARN-OUTS: A Useful Tool In M&amp;A Transactions for Bridging
Gaps In Perceptions of Business Value</p></description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(8).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:15:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Considerations When Publicly Filing Merger Agreements: the Ninth Circuit Suggests that Shareholders may be Able to Claim Reliance on Representations and Warranties</title><description>Considerations When Publicly Filing Merger Agreements: the Ninth Circuit Suggests that Shareholders may be Able to Claim Reliance on Representations and Warranties</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/Considerations_When_Publicly_Filing_Merger_Agreements__the_Ninth_Circuit_Suggests_that_Shareholders_may_be_Able_to_Claim_Reliance_on_Representations_and_Warranties.aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:15:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title> M&amp;A </title><description><p><span class="147551619-19082009">Delaware Court Reinforces
High Standard to Establish Breach of Duty of Loyalty in a
Sale of Control</span></p></description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/_M_A_08_19_09.aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:15:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title> M&amp;A Law </title><description><p>Delaware General Corporation Law Updates-Stockholder Access to
Proxy Materials</p></description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/_M_A_Law_06_02_09.aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:15:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description><p>Merging is Good . . .</p><p> </p></description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(5).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:16:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>Modifications To Retiree Benefits Breaches Merger Agreement</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(13).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:16:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>The Blackstone Bill - Will It Threaten the IPO?</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(17).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:16:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>American Bankers Association and the National Association of Realtors Oppose Home Depot’s Bid to Acquire Utah Industrial Loan Company | President Bush Gives Director of National Intelligence Authority to Exempt Corporations from Certain Disclosures Required by the Federal Securities Laws</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(10).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:16:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>Bank of America to Acquire Countrywide</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(24).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:16:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;ALaw@manatt</title><description>SEC Adopts Final Amendments to the Tender Offer Best-Price Rules</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/M_ALaw@manatt(14).aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:16:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Financial Advisor Topics in Hostile Takeover Defenses</title><description>Financial Advisor Topics in Hostile Takeover Defenses</description><link>http://manatt.com/M_A_Law/Financial_Advisor_Topics_in_Hostile_Takeover_Defenses.aspx</link><author>Manatt</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:15:50 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>