Tag Archives: Bids

Aurora/CanniMed: Canadian securities regulators provide guidance on takeover bids in Canada – Expect to see more hard lock-ups and fewer tactical poison pills

The Ontario and Saskatchewan securities regulators (the Commissions) have released their reasons in connection with the unsolicited bid of Aurora for CanniMed (the Reasons). Below, members of our Special Situations team set out some of the key lessons of the … Continue reading

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This Kat will be a JudgeKat and bids farewell

Last June, the Swiss parliament elected this Kat as president of the Swiss Federal Patent Court. Not sure they were aware that he is a Kat, but in any case, I will be taking up my office on 1 January … Continue reading

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Signature Styles (Spiegel, Newport News & Shape Fx Brands) Receives No Competing Bids, Will Seek Sale to Patriarch Partners Affiliate; Generates More Losses in July

Signature Styles, LLC – the company which operates the Spiegel, Newport News and Shape Fx brands – filed a notice with the Delaware bankruptcy court this afternoon announcing that it did not receive any qualified competing bids to acquire the … Continue reading

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Procurelaw.com: a website for competitive bids or instructions to panel firms

I heard about Procurelaw.com and looked at its website. For members they can use "Legal Panel Manager" to help control and monitor the flow of work with their panel firms; "Go to Market" lets them source the right firm by… … Continue reading

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Two decades ago, strict budgets, competitive bids, and contract attorneys publicized as cost-control methods

Than Luu of the Public Law Research Institute published a very informative paper in 1995 on much touted "the litigation explosion" (See my post of May 14, 2005: other findings from Luu's paper.). Among other points he debunked the unfounded… … Continue reading

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