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Recent Trends in US Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation

June 2011
Mergers & AcquisitionPublishing

Abstract

In 2010 mergers and acquisitions (‘M&A’) activity rebounded from recent lows with U.S. activity up 16.3% in 2010 over 2009. With this rebound came a number of new new structural developments, which generated a number of M&A-related caselaw developments. When combined with a wave of decisions arising from mid-crisis transactions, 2010 was an active year for M&A caselaw on a number of fronts. This article updates our article ‘Recent Trends in US Mergers and Acquisitions: Litigation and Regulatory Actions’ published in the Spring, 2010 edition of the International In-house Counsel Journal , for cases decided during 2010.

Authors

Sam Snider
Vice President & Lead Acquisition Counsel, LexisNexis, USA

Sam Snider is Vice President and Lead Acquisition Counsel for LexisNexis. Sam's practice focuses on LexisNexis' global merger, acquisition and divestiture activities. Sam leads LexisNexis internal and external legal teams, and coordinates between divisional management teams and global LexisNexis management, on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures by all of LexisNexis' divisions, including numerous recent acquisitions in the United States, Europe and Asia. Prior to joining LexisNexis, Sam practiced in the M&A department of the Atlanta office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, a large international law firm. He is a frequent writer and speaker on corporate law and M&A matters and has been named a Georgia Rising Star by Atlanta Magazine and Georgia Super Lawyers-Rising Star Edition. Sam is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a member of the American Bar Association and the Georgia Bar Association. In his free time, Sam is an avid whitewater kayaker, motorcycle enthusiast and home-brewer.

Companies

LexisNexis

LexisNexis® is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, and academic markets. LexisNexis originally pioneered online information with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. A member of Reed Elsevier, LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with more than 15,000 employees worldwide.

Reed Elsevier, Inc.

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