The global M&A market has remained strong from the end of 2017 into 2018, with the total deals announced in the first half of 2018 making it the best period for global M&A yet. With stockholders pressuring larger companies to grow their revenues and the strong liquidity position of many companies, it is a sellers’ market.

A settlement has been announced in the Tronox Securities Litigation,^[1] making it one of the first cases where the failure to publicly disclose environmental liabilities has resulted in a substantial settlement.