Mergers & Acquisitions

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Latest News in Mergers & Acquisitions

  • May 12, 2026

    Webster Investor Challenges 'Flawed' $12B Santander Merger

    A Webster Financial Corp. shareholder is challenging what he calls the bank's "deeply flawed, self-interested sale" to Banco Santander SA for $12 billion, telling a Connecticut state court that the proposed deal undervalues Webster while enriching its CEO with a tripled salary and $10 million "signing bonus."

  • May 12, 2026

    NJ Court Not Sure Bristol-Myers Investor Pled Negligence

    A New Jersey appellate panel on Tuesday pushed back on an investor's insistence that his complaint over Bristol-Myers Squibb's $74 billion acquisition of Celgene satisfied pleading standards for securities lawsuits, echoing a trial court judge's concern that claims of disclosure requirement shortfalls sounded more in fraud than negligence.

  • May 12, 2026

    Ex-Lottery.Com CEO Wants SEC Fraud Suit Tossed

    The former CEO of Lottery.com has asked a New York federal judge to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's claims he participated in a scheme to inflate the gambling platform's fiscal performance, arguing the suit does not show he intentionally duped investors or had incentive to do so.

  • May 12, 2026

    Quotient Investors Seek Approval Of $48M Merger Deal

    Investors in Coupons.com parent Quotient Technology Inc. have asked Delaware's Chancery Court to approve a $48 million settlement resolving claims that the company's former CEO, its financial adviser and the buyers steered Quotient's $430 million sale to Neptune Retail Solutions at too low a price.

  • May 12, 2026

    Cintas Gives FTC More Time To Review $5.5B UniFirst Deal

    Cintas Corp. is giving the Federal Trade Commission additional time to review its planned $5.5 billion acquisition of fellow uniform and facility services supplier UniFirst Corp. for its effect on competition.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Areas of Coverage

  • 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
  • AGENCIES
  • 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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