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		<title>Antitrust: European Commission Publishes Draft Merger Guidelines</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/05/antitrust-european-commission-publishes-draft-merger-guidelines.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 09:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In late April, following a consultation last year, the European Commission released new merger control guidelines that would supersede the Horizontal and Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines from 2004 and 2008, respectively. This Wachtell alert calls the proposed guidelines &#8220;the most significant proposed reform to EU merger control policy of the past two decades,&#8221; noting that they [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Controlling Stockholders: The Delaware Debate Continues</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/05/controlling-stockholders-the-delaware-debate-continues.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 09:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, Vice Chancellor Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery published a piece in the HLS Forum on Corporate Governance on controlling stockholders &#8212; specifically, whether the decisions in Match, Sears Hometown, and Tornetta were a significant departure from the historical approach of Delaware courts to judicial oversight of controlling stockholders. The article is in response to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Understanding Activism: Bill Fiske &#038; David Farkas on Georgeson&#8217;s Global Activism Report</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/05/understanding-activism-bill-fiske-david-farkas-on-georgesons-global-activism-report.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 04:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’ve recently posted another episode of our “Understanding Activism with John &#38; J.T.” podcast. This time, J.T. Ho and I were joined by Bill Fiske, who leads Georgeson&#8217;s M&#38;A and Contested Situations Group, and David Farkas, who serves as Head of Investor Intelligence, North America for Computershare. Bill and David discussed some of the key findings [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Successor Liability: Del. Bankruptcy Court Refuses to Dismiss Fraudulent Transfer Claims</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/05/successor-liability-del-bankruptcy-court-refuses-to-dismiss-fraudulent-transfer-claims.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 04:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Bankruptcy Court&#8217;s recent decision in LB NewHoldCo, LLC and Lucky Bucks, LLC v. Trive Capital Management LLC (D. Del.; 3/26) provides an example of how difficult it can be to shake fraudulent transfer claims at an early stage in litigation. The plaintiffs&#8217; alleged that after being barred by the Georgia Lottery Commission, the company&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Antitrust: Merger Review Timelines Shortening?</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/05/antitrust-merger-review-timelines-shortening.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 04:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve previously blogged about FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson&#8217;s promise that the agency would &#8220;get the hell out of the way&#8221; of non-problematic merger transactions, and the latest edition of Dechert&#8217;s Antitrust Merger Investigation Timing Tracker suggests that he&#8217;s a man of his word: The average duration of significant U.S. merger investigations concluded in Q1 2026 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shareholder Activism: First Quarter Developments</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/05/shareholder-activism-first-quarter-developments.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Barclays Corporate Finance Advisory Group recently published its Q1 2026 Review of Shareholder Activism. Here are some of the highlights: &#8211; While global campaign activity was down 11% year-over-year (62 campaigns vs. 70 in Q1 2025), activism in the U.S. remained elevated and drove the lion’s share of the activity in the quarter, as Europe [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RWI: Who Pays the Premium &#038; Retention?</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/05/rwi-who-pays-the-premium-retention.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 04:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gallagher recently published an article tracking how the way buyers and sellers divide responsibility for Rep &#38; Warranty Insurance premiums and retentions has evolved over the years. This excerpt summarizes how market practice with regard to premiums has changed since 2018: If we step back to 2018-2019, RWI premium allocation was far more varied. Sellers [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stockholders Agreement Challenge Ends Like Moelis</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/05/stockholders-agreement-challenge-ends-like-moelis.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 09:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Delaware Supreme Court issued its decision in Wagner v. BRP Group (Del. Sup.; 5/26). As John previously shared, the facts and challenges involved in the case were strikingly similar to those of Moelis, as was Vice Chancellor Laster’s decision at the Chancery Court level. As the Supreme Court points out, its Moelis decision dismissing the claims [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CFIUS Resuming Normal Operations</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 09:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As we noted in March, the recently ended 76-day partial government shutdown delayed some dealmaking, even though the Treasury and all CFIUS agencies (except DHS) were funded throughout. Now that the President signed DHS funding legislation, CFIUS is resuming normal operations, but some delays may continue. This Freshfields blog shares these key takeaways on the current [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Chancery Dismisses Merger-Related Fraud Claims As Preempted Under SLUSA</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 09:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Friday, in Guerra v. Snap (Del. Ch.; 5/26), the Delaware Court of Chancery addressed a motion to dismiss fraudulent inducement claims related to SNAP&#8217;s 2021 acquisition of Popwallet brought by the former CEO and co-founder acting as representative of Popwallet’s former stockholders. The statements underlying the fraudulent inducement claims were premised on public statements and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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