Mergers & Acquisitions, Network Industries, & EC Competition Law

Research Resources Lyonette Louis-Jacques D’Angelo Law Library University of Chicago Law School January 11, 2013

Mergers & Acquisitions Corporate/Securities Accounting Antitrust Cross Border Contracts Tax

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

http://www.ftc.gov/bc/hsr/index.shtm

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Competition: Merger Review

http://www.ftc.gov/bc/mergers.shtm

SEC Office of Mergers and Acquisitions

http://www.sec.gov

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USDOJ Guidelines, Statutes, Statistics

http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/merger-enforcement.html

USDOJ Merger Reviews

http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/merger-enforcement.html

Westlaw Classic & LexisNexis  Mergers & Acquisitions - Deal Information (M&A-DEAL) ) Acquisitions and Mergers: Negotiated and Contested Transactions (SECACQMERG) Takeover Defense: Mergers and Acquisitions (TKRDF) Westlaw Journal Mergers & Acquisitions (WJMRGAQ) Datamonitor Financial Deals Tracker (DATAMFINDT) Model Documents: Mergers & Acquisitions (MODELDOC-M&A) RIA Tax Advisors Planning System Title 42: Employee Benefits in Mergers & Acquisitions (RIA-TAPSEBMA) Dolan: U.S. Taxation of International Mergers, Acquisitions & Joint Ventures (WGL-INTMA) Merger & Acquisition Opportunities: FirstList (MERACQOPP) Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies Seeking: FirstList (FRSTLNMA) Corporate Dividends and Stock Repurchases (CORPDIVSR) Corporate Acquisitions, Mergers and Divestitures (CAMD) Mergers & Acquisitions Report (MRGAQRPT)            

Mergers & Acquisitions Library M&A Practice Center

M&A Practice Guide Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers Antitrust Strategies for Mergers, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures European Merger Control Law Savings Institutions: Mergers, Acquisitions and Conversions The Deal Pipeline Distressed Company Alert BNA Mergers and Acquisitions Law Report Mergerstat M&A Database M&A regulations, cases, company reports, SEC EDGAR filings

Bloomberg Law (BLAW) Practice Center: Corporate/M&A

Transactional Resources Books & Treatises http://bloomberglaw.com

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Bloomberg Law: M& A eBook Mergers, Acquisitions and Tender Offers : Law and Strategies: Corporate, Securities, Taxation, Antitrust, Cross Border • By Samuel C. Thompson, Jr.) • Practising Law Institute, 4-volume looseleaf, updated to September 2012 • XXKF1477.T483 D’Angelo Law Library • http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/

http://bloomberglaw.com

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M&A Transaction Agreements

http://bloomberglaw.com

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PLC M&A Practice Notes & Docs

http://us.practicallaw.com

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M&A News Sources   Bloomberg BNA :

Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report

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M&A Lawyer The Daily Deal The Practical Lawyer

 M&A Law Prof Blog

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/db/bna.htm

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M&A Law Prof Blog

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mergers

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The DealB%k / Deal Professor

http://dealbook.nytimes.com

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Databases for M&A Research EDGAR (for tender offers and current reports) Thomson One Banker (has a “Deals” section in its company profiles) Mergerstat (via Lexis - has key details of tender offers (size, date, cash or equity)) Corporate and Securities LibGuide ( EDGAR Filings Sources )

http://guides.lib.uchicago.edu/corplaw

Network Industries   “State and federal regulation of price, quality, and entry, with an emphasis on the regulation of natural monopolies, cost-of-service rate-making, rate design, and the problem of partial competition within a regulated environment…[with particular attention to] electrical generation and transmission, the Internet, and telecommunications, with exposure to problems of the other network industries, such as transportation and consumer electronics” Syllabus (Professor Picker): http://picker.uchicago.edu/NetIndus/Syllabus.htm

Network Industries: Resources Federal Agencies (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); DOJ, etc..

Business & Economics News Sources Telecommunications Law Monitor/World Communications Regulation Report Telecom & Broadband (Bloomberg BNA Internet Law Resource Center) Public Utilities Reports (PUR)/ Public Utilities Fortnightly

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/db/bna.html

EC Competition Law & Policy 

Major areas: “

cartels and the exemptions for cooperative behavior; abuse of dominance including essential facilities, tying, bundled rebates, and exclusive dealing; and mergers…State aid policy under the EC treaty including the rationale for prohibiting state subsidies of industry and the application of State aid by the European Commission and courts”  David Evans (Competition Policy in the European Community, Spring 2013)

Books, Journals, News Sources Books • Bellamy & Child European Community Law of Competition (6 th ed. 2008 & 2d Supplement 2012) • EU Competition Law: An Analytical Guide to the Leading Cases (Hart, 3d ed. 2012) • EU Competition Law (Claeys & Casteels, 2d ed. 2012) Journals, News, Websites, Databases • PLC Competition (includes EU Competition Law Daily); PLC EU • CURIA ; EUROPA; Westlaw; LexisNexis; KluwerCompetitionLaw * • European Competition Law Review (ECLR) • Competition Policy International (CPI)

http://curia.europa.edu

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Books (Online Full Text & Indexes)

http://www.peacepalacelibrary.nl

EC Competition: Merger Cases

http://ec.europa.edu/competition/mergers

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Merger Case Search

AT & T / TCI Merger

EUROPA (RAPID News)

http://europa.eu/rapid

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