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  Paul Weiss, Cleary Steer $11.75B GE Aerospace, CPP Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  GE Aerospace said Tuesday it has agreed to buy engineered castings maker Consolidated Precision Products from pr...(read more)

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  NY Huawei Case Roars To Life With Historic Corp. RICO Trial

  By Stewart Bishop

  The sprawling racketeering case against Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has faded from the spotlight in recent year...(read more)

• Helicore, Investor Clash Over Fraud, Deadlock Claims

  By Jarek Rutz

  Attorneys for telecom infrastructure startup Helicore LLC and its primary investor clashed Tuesday during a Delaware Chancery Court hearing over whether a dispute involving allegedly fabricated board approvals, equity dilution and a deadlocked board amounts to fraud and fiduciary misconduct or simply a contract fight.

• 'Resilience,' Scale Up For Changes In EU Merger Overhaul

  By Bryan Koenig

  With major European Union merger reforms due for finalization by the end of the year, the EU's top competition official said Sunday that enforcers plan to add more clarity to the draft merger guidelines, including by spelling out how improving environmental "resilience" can push transactions across the finish line.

• BREAKING: LIV Golf Hits Ch. 11 After Losing Saudi Backing

  By Alex Wittenberg

  LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 protection in New Jersey bankruptcy court Tuesday with more than $500 million in debt after losing the financial backing of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, saying it plans to hand control of the company to its players.

• Tamarack, Headwater To Merge In $7.2B Canadian Energy Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. and Headwater Exploration Inc. said Tuesday they have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at CA$10 billion, or about $7.2 billion, with Stikeman Elliott LLP and Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP advising, respectively. 

• Wachtell, Simpson Thacher Guide $3.9B EverBank, WaFd Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  EverBank Financial Corp. and WaFd Inc. have agreed to combine through a $3.9 billion reverse merger, in a deal steered by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. 

• Kirkland Leads Bridgepoint On €1.2B Pantheon Fund Deal

  By Dawood Fakhir

  A subsidiary of British asset manager Bridgepoint Group said Tuesday that a special fund led by private markets investor Pantheon has acquired approximately €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) of financial commitments from a Bridgepoint direct lending fund.

• Missouri Asks Justices To Prevent Election 'Disaster'

  By Katie Buehler

  Missouri has implored the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the state high court's ruling prohibiting the use of a new congressional map drawn to help Republicans in this year's midterms and requiring the map be submitted for voter approval, claiming the decision will create an unconstitutional "disaster." 

• USPS Asks High Court To Allow 'Modest' Mail Ballot Rules

  By Katie Buehler

  The Trump administration has once again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a Massachusetts federal judge's order barring the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new mail-in ballot regulations ahead of this year's midterms, arguing the "modest" changes are well within USPS' authority and don't affect election administration. 

• Verisign, ICANN Accused Of Locking In .Com Monopoly

  By Lauren Berg

  Verisign, which controls the database that makes every .com website functional, has monopolized .com registry services and keeps its power through a financial arrangement with the nonprofit charged with promoting competition in the domain name marketplace, according to a consumer antitrust lawsuit filed Friday in California federal court.

• DOJ Ordered To Turn Over 'Weaponization' Fund Discovery

  By Jared Foretek

  A Virginia federal magistrate judge ordered the Trump administration Friday to move quickly in turning over documents connected to its proposed "Anti-Weaponization Fund," including the names of those who structured it before the idea was shot down in several federal courts and withdrawn by the U.S. Department of Justice.

• Judge Again Blocks USPS Mail Ballot Rule

  By Julie Manganis

  A Massachusetts federal judge late Friday again blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing a new rule that would allow it to refuse delivery of mailed ballots in this November's midterm elections.

• NextEra's $67B Deal Clears Vote Ahead Of Regulatory Hurdles

  By Al Barbarino

  The shareholders of Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy, advised by McGuireWoods LLP, have approved the companies' planned $67 billion merger, as regulatory scrutiny mounts at the state and federal levels.