Law 360 M&A

JUNE 16, 2023

More than a dozen stockholders of mobile software and blockchain company Phunware Inc. who sued over a disputed, six-month trading block on their newly public shares saw much of their case kept alive Friday by a Delaware vice chancellor.

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Law 360 M&A

DECEMBER 1, 2023

An investor in Summit Materials Inc. has asked a Colorado federal court to block a $3.2 billion deal to combine it with a national cement producer, claiming the publicly traded construction materials company hasn't disclosed enough financial data for stockholders to vote on the deal.

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Benzinga

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Federal Trade Commission says it is seeking to block Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ: MSFT ) $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI ).

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 20, 2023

billion purchase of video game developer Activision Blizzard Inc., rejecting company arguments that there's no reason for separate litigation over a transaction enforcers are trying to block and that cannot close until April.

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 10, 2023

Directors at Jack Dorsey's Block Inc. carefully scrutinized a proposed deal to buy Norwegian music-streaming service Tidal in 2021, an attorney for the company told Delaware's Court of Chancery Tuesday, urging the court to toss a shareholder's claims that Dorsey's friendship with rap mogul Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter tainted the deal.

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Law 360 M&A

MAY 16, 2023

biotechnology company Amgen Inc.'s billion purchase of Ireland-based drugmaker Horizon Therapeutics PLC, filing a lawsuit in federal court to block the transaction. The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sought to shut down U.S. s proposed $27.8

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Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 8, 2022

Unity Software Inc. stockholders sued directors of the video game animation platform company in Delaware Chancery Court on Monday, seeking to block a $1 billion note issuance to support a $4.4 billion merger with ironSource Ltd., pending fuller disclosures about the deal.

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Benzinga

APRIL 4, 2023

HOUSTON, April 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- W&T Offshore, Inc. NYSE: WTI ) ("W&T" or the "Company") today announced that the Company was the apparent high bidder on two blocks in the Gulf of Mexico ("GOM") Lease Sale 259 held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ("BOEM") on March 29, 2023.

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Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 26, 2023

A Delaware bankruptcy judge Thursday gave San Francisco biotech company Tricida Inc. the go-ahead to look for a stalking horse bidder before it puts its assets on the block next month.

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Law 360 M&A

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the Chancery Court's May decision dismissing a Block Inc.

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday said technology company AgileThought Inc. can go on the block in November, but a decision on the proposed baseline bid will have to wait until the company's Chapter 11 financing is finalized.

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Law 360 M&A

JULY 27, 2023

A former CEO and co-founder of San Francisco-based Archblock Inc., a blockchain-focused software development company, has sued the business in Delaware's Court of Chancery for company records, while also seeking to block purported company relocation plans.

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of VAALCO Energy, Inc. For Further Information VAALCO Energy, Inc (General and Investor Enquiries) Website: +00 1 713 543 3422 www.vaalco.com Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. HOUSTON, Feb.

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Law 360 M&A

JULY 27, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission sued Meta in California federal court seeking a last-minute block on the Facebook parent company's purchase of virtual reality device app developer Within Unlimited Inc.

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Benzinga

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global concrete blocks and bricks market size will spike during the forecast period owing to the rising frequency of natural disasters. Fortune Business Insights™ shares this information in its report titled " Concrete Blocks and Bricks Market, 2022-2029. " LCC Siporex Company.

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Benzinga

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Analysts at Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC ) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS ) each gave Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI ) an updated price target of $95 per share Monday, following the news the buyout deal tendered by Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT ) may be blocked. These 2 Companies Think. antitrust regulators.

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Benzinga

MAY 16, 2023

In a rare move to block a large pharma deal, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission would sue to stop Amgen Inc's (NASDAQ: AMGN ) $28 billion takeover of Horizon Therapeutics PLC (NASDAQ: HZNP ).

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Business Wire M&A

MARCH 7, 2023

BUSINESS WIRE)--JetBlue Airways Corporation (“JetBlue”) (NASDAQ: JBLU) and Spirit Airlines, Inc. NEW YORK & MIRAMAR, Fla.--(BUSINESS Spirit”) (NYSE: SAVE) today responded to the filing of a complaint by the U.S.

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Benzinga

DECEMBER 13, 2022

More than 50 funds that own Bausch Health Companies Inc (NYSE: BHC ) investors are reportedly seeking to block the eye-care business spin-off, Bausch + Lomb Corp (NYSE: BLCO ). Bausch + Lomb priced its initial public offering at $18/share , falling short of expectations.

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Benzinga

JANUARY 3, 2024

03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Obra Capital, Inc. Obra"), an asset management firm with a specialized approach to alternative investing, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Unified Life Insurance Company ("Unified"). Obra is a specialized asset management firm and one of the largest investors in life settlement.

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Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 9, 2024

But businesses have used the Federal Arbitration Act against consumers, inserting into agreements arbitration clauses that block consumer class actions. 3] Consumer products and services companies are keenly aware that arbitration clauses insulate them from liability. Supreme Court has ruled these clauses are valid. [1]

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 28, 2023

BlackRock to Expand Proxy Voting Choice to Its Largest ETF Posted by Joud Abdel Majeid, Salim Ramji and Jessica Burt, BlackRock Inc., Peirce, U.S.

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TOMAGOLD CORPORATION (TSXV: LOT) (OTCQB: TOGOF) (" TomaGold " or the " Corporation ") wishes to inform its shareholders that it has extended the "Option to Purchase" with Chibougamau Independent Mines Inc. MONTREAL, Feb. Its primary goal is to consolidate the Chibougamau. Full story available on Benzinga.com

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Benzinga

APRIL 27, 2023

Video game giant Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI ) made lots of headlines Wednesday with shares falling in response to an announcement that its pending acquisition by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT ) was being blocked by regulators in the United Kingdom. billion, which were up 25% year-over-year.

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Law 360 M&A

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Block & Leviton LLP and Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC were appointed as co-lead counsel in a consolidated stockholder suit in Delaware Chancery Court over Golden Nugget Online Gaming Inc.'s billion all-stock sale to fantasy sports and gambling company DraftKings Inc.

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Law 360 M&A

MAY 3, 2023

A Delaware vice chancellor has selected Labaton Sucharow LLP and Block & Leviton LLP as co-lead counsel for Cornerstone Building Brands Inc. shareholders in litigation over the company's $5.8

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The case concerns a board of directors’ decision in advance of the upcoming annual meeting to lower the quorum requirement for stockholders meetings; it did so in order to preempt certain stockholders from blocking the election of the company’s slate of director nominees. UpHealth Inc. Background.

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Benzinga

APRIL 7, 2022

Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE ) shares are trading higher Thursday. The company announced the acquisition of ReViral for a total consideration of up to $525 million. Sisunatovir has been.

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Business Wire M&A

MARCH 31, 2023

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Continental General Insurance Company (together with its affiliates, “Continental General” or the “Company”), today announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire a block of long-term care (“LTC”) policies from Elevance Health, Inc. NYSE: ELV).

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Europe's antitrust authority opened its doors on Friday for businesses to discuss its enhanced powers to block mergers, after it banned DNA sequencing giant Illumina's $8 billion reacquisition of Grail Inc., a medical testing company.

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 10, 2022

Cancer drug developer Zymeworks Inc. on Friday announced a poison pill strategy to block a $773 million hostile takeover bid by All Blue Capital, saying it substantially undervalued the company.

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Benzinga

OCTOBER 4, 2023

04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire – WPF Holdings, Inc. OTC PINK: WPFH), announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Virtual Health Holdings, Inc. VHHI) a Florida corporation which is the parent holding company of the CareClix ™ group of telemedicine companies. LOS ANGELES, CA, Oct.

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Law 360 M&A

MAY 27, 2022

Health improvement company Tivity Health Inc. has been hit with a pair of investor suits seeking to block its $2 billion planned acquisition by private equity firm Stone Point Capital, with the investors saying Tivity omitted material information about the company's financial projections.

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Benzinga

OCTOBER 10, 2023

11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trans Global Group Inc. TGGI" or the "company") announced that today the company completed the establishment of Wing Tiger International Block Chain Technology Co., The main business in this company is established two value systems through developing blockchain technology and using it.

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Law 360 M&A

MAY 24, 2022

Another Columbia Care Inc. shareholder is suing the cannabis company and its board to block a $2 billion sale to Cresco Labs, saying the board has failed to disclose several pieces of financial information related to the merger.

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Law 360 M&A

MAY 10, 2022

Cannabis giant Columbia Care Inc. has been hit with a shareholder action in Manhattan federal court that aims to block its planned sale to Cresco Labs, alleging the company's board pursued the deal in an "inappropriate and misleading manner."

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Benzinga

JANUARY 3, 2023

Cyclone Metals Ltd (ASX:CLE) has gained 100% ownership of the Block 103 Magnetite Iron Ore Project in the heart of the world-class Labrador Trough iron belt in Quebec, Canada, through the acquisition of Labrador Iron Pty Ltd. Sydney, Jan. Sydney, Jan. Click here. Click here. Eclipse Metals Ltd (ASX:EPM) is seeking to harness.

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