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Looking for some #weekendreads? We've got you covered #lawtwitter. Our @BLaw legal analysts provided trend pieces on everything from M&A, to IPOs, to antitrust, to litigation finance this week. Check out their analyses and data viz below. A thread. 
According to #MnA analyst @BurnettGraceM and #antitrust analyst @Eleanor_S_Tyler, more than $145B in pending M&A are awaiting HSR antitrust approval and deal parties are now subject to further #COVIDăŒ19 pandemic-related antitrust delays. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-pandemic-delays-antitrust-review-of-130b-in-m-a-deals
The deal terminations have arrived. According to #MnA analyst @BurnettGraceM, 66 M&A deals have been terminated since the March 11 WHO pandemic declarationâmore than the combined terminations of January and February. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-m-a-terminations-are-here-mostly-of-all-cash-deals #COVIDăŒ19
The #IPO market stalled completely after the WHO's March 11 pandemic declaration, according to capital markets analyst @PrestonBrewer16. #COVIDăŒ19 https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-covid-19-bear-market-biting-unicorns-and-other-ipos
The popularity of #SPAC IPOs, however, continued their strong upward trajectory in Q1, with 13 #IPOs completed, representing nearly 30% of all IPOs, says capital markets analyst @PrestonBrewer16. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-spac-ipo-market-share-ascends-to-30-but-prices-dive?context=search&index=2
Companies completed 79 ATMs during Q1, raising $10.1B. Those figures put these offerings well ahead of the pace set in 2019 for both deal count and value, says capital markets analyst @PrestonBrewer16. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-at-the-market-offerings-trend-upward-in-q1-2020
DOJ announced 4/4 that it will not challenge collaborative efforts by five U.S. medical distributors to source & distribute medical PPE. #Antitrust analyst @Eleanor_S_Tyler takes a look at what this will mean post-pandemic. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-doj-clears-big-u-s-ppe-distributors-to-cooperate
Finally, litigation analyst @Annie_Pavia finds that the #litigationfinance industry is fairly well inoculated against the economic downturn. #economy https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-observers-say-litigation-finance-poised-for-hard-times
