mergers and acquisitions
Judge Clears PE Firm’s $627M Acquisition of Medical Device Firm, a Setback for the FTC
Decision marks another in a string of cases in which courts dive into an issue before evidence is fully gathered. By Dan Mogin Private equity…
Gaming Giant’s $55B Buyout Raises Antitrust, National Security Red Flags
Electronic Arts hopes investor-fueled deal will put it ahead in race for control of global AI gaming industry. Another mammoth deal involving artificial intelligence, this…
CoreWeave’s $9 Billion Acquisition of Core Scientific
AI-sector deal gives CoreWeave control over Core Scientific’s data centers, bolstering its support of compute-intensive workloads. CoreWeave, a cloud infrastructure provider focused on AI workloads,…
ServiceNow’s Proposed Acquisition of Moveworks Faces DOJ Antitrust Review
Deal designed to increase effectiveness of AI-driven employee assistance services. ServiceNow Inc. has announced plans to acquire Moveworks Inc., an enterprise artificial intelligence company, in…
DOJ Antitrust Division Reviewing Google-Wiz Deal
Deal would mark another in a series of cloud security and AI acquisitions. The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division is reviewing Google’s planned $32 billion acquisition…
Paramount–Skydance Merger Advances Amid Political Intrigue
Policy and legal critics watch as deal careens into the crossroads of politics, litigation, regulation, technology, and media consolidation. The media industry is on the…
Nippon Steel Finalizes $15B Acquisition of U.S. Steel
Better positioned against China, Nippon promises growth in the United States. Nippon Steel Corp. officially completed its $14.9 billion acquisition of United States Steel Corp.…
OpenAI Acquires io: A Strategic Leap into AI Hardware with Jony Ive at the Helm
The race for AI power is being fueled by billion-dollar acquisitions, investments, and alliances as OpenAI steps on the gas. In a bold move that…
Nippon Steel’s U.S. Steel Acquisition Gets Fresh Look by Trump Administration
Companies say Biden order was politically motivated, though Trump also was ‘totally against’ the deal. President Trump has directed his foreign investment agency to conduct…
DOJ Challenges Hewlett Packard’s Juniper Networks Deal
Calling it a DOJ overreach, companies vow to defend the merger as pro-competitive. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit to block…
DOJ, FTC, HHS Examining Private Equity Control Over Health Care Industry
“Private equity firms and other corporate owners are increasingly involved in health care system transactions, and, at times, those transactions may lead to a maximizing…
Sanofi Announces $2.9 Billion Acquisition of BioPharma Diabetes Drug Maker
Paris-based Sanofi S.A. announced a definitive agreement to pay $2.9 billion for diabetes drug manufacturer Provention Bio, Inc., a U.S.-based, biopharmaceutical company focused on intercepting…
Broadcom Announces Acquisition of Cloud and Virtualization Company
Global semiconductor giant Broadcom Inc. intends to purchase VMware, Inc., a leading enterprise software company. The boards of both companies agreed to the terms, whereby…
DOJ Sues to Block UnitedHealth / Change Healthcare Deal
Data continues to play key role in fight against anticompetitive mergers. Citing its potential to abuse the health insurance claims data it would amass, and…
Democrats Seek Investigation of $43M Discovery, WarnerMedia Merger
Thirty-three U.S. representatives and senators, all Democrats, have asked the Department of Justice to investigate the proposed merger of two media giants, Discovery Inc. and…
Facing FTC Probe, Outdoor Equipment Companies Cancel Merger
The FTC says that the mere threat of an investigation has caused two merging parties to think again. Two popular outdoors equipment retailers — Great…
DOJ Sues to Block Sugar Deal
The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice says United States Sugar Corp.’s proposed purchase of Imperial Sugar Company harm competition for refined sugar across…
MoginRubin Partner Jennifer Oliver Published in ABA’s M & A Committee’s DealPoints Newsletter
MoginRubin Partner Jennifer Oliver published an article on the proposed new HSR rules in the American Bar Association’s M&A committee’s DealPoints newsletter. Read, “Proposed Rules…
Attorney Tim LaComb Quoted in Law360 Article, “DC Circ. Ruling Seen As Gutting FCC’s Merger Conditions”
MoginRubin attorney Tim LaComb was quoted in a Law360 article this week about the disappointing DC Cir. decision regarding the merger between Charter Communications Inc.…
Dan Mogin Named Best Lawyer 2021 by Best Lawyers
MoginRubin LLP is proud to announce that our Managing Partner, Daniel Mogin, has been selected by Best Lawyers as a Best Lawyer 2021 in the…
Attorney Tim LaComb Quoted in Investment News
Attorney Tim LaComb was quoted in Investment News this week in an article, “When it comes to RIA custody, how big is too big?”. The…
Antitrust Issues and Antitrust Risk Diligence in Nonreportable M&A Deals
Partner Jennifer Oliver recently authored an article in Bloomberg Law that explores the hidden antitrust risks involved in nonreportable M&A deals. The article and accompanying…
What To Watch As T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Fight Goes To Trial
Partner Jennifer Oliver was quoted in a recent Law360 article, What To Watch As T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Fight Goes To Trial. The article discusses the megamerger…
MoginRubin Recognized as a “Best Law Firm” for Antitrust Law By U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers
SAN DIEGO, November 1, 2019 – MoginRubin LLP has been named as one of the nation’s top Litigation-Antitrust law firms in the 2020 U.S. News—Best…
Jodie Williams Comments on the AT&T-Time Warner Merger in Forbes’ Latest Article
Forbes dives into law firm reactions to the AT&T-Time Warner merger to find out where the trends are headed. It seems that no one believes…