Discover how breakup fees deter sellers from backing out of deals, compensating buyers for time and resources. Explore uses in mergers, acquisitions, and public deals.

A California appeals court will soon rule on whether Jefferies can demand a $4 million breakup fee from a banker who backed out of working there.

Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna is poised to gain a $1.85 billion breakup fee after a U.S. District Court decided to block Anthem’s proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna, according to The New York ...

The Delaware Supreme Court rejected Cigna’s bid for a $1.85 billion breakup fee from Anthem related to their failed merger agreement, according to Law 360. Justice Karen Valihura rejected Cigna’s bid ...

Now that the merger is definitely off, Cigna wants Anthem to pony up the $1.85 billion it says it is owed in a contractual breakup fee plus another $13 billion in damages. "Anthem was required under ...

(RTTNews) - Paramount Skydance has increased its proposed breakup fee in its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, raising the amount from $2.1 billion to $5 billion, according to Bloomberg. The ...

Anthem is ending its fight to merge with Cigna and will not pay the $1.8 billion breakup fee, the company announced Friday after the Delaware Court of Chancery denied Anthem's motion to keep Cigna in ...

Though smartphone sales were strong, AT&T Thursday reported a $6.7 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2011 due to extraordinary charges including a breakup fee for the thwarted merger with T-Mobile ...