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The proceeds of the offerings are intended to be used by CP Ships to facilitate the purchase of additional container ships and to pay for CP Ships’s recently announced acquisition of Italia di Navigazione (an Italian company, which operates a fleet of 11 ships and a fleet of leased containers), with any remaining proceeds to be used to reduce CP Ships’s borrowings under its revolving credit facility.CP Ships’s general counsel, John Irving, was assisted by McCarthy Tétrault LLP, with a team led by Glen Ireland and including Graham Gow, David Woollcombe, Stu Miller, Karl Tabbakh, Evgenia Ivanova, Wendi Locke, Suzanne Murphy, Richie Clark and James Channo (corporate/securities) and Steven Baum and Nigel Johnston (tax) in London and Toronto. Jon Gregg, Tom Thesing, Mark Walsh and Mike Lesak (corporate/securities) and Robert Wootton and Amy Wenz (tax) of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP in London and Chicago acted as U.S. counsel to CP Ships. The underwriters, … [Read more...] about CP Ships Completes Concurrent Share and Note Offering

On October 27, 2014 the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB), the Italian securities regulator,  issued an emergency short selling measure under the European Union’s Short Selling Regulation (Regulation 236/2012). The emergency measure consists of a ban on the creation of new net short positions and a ban on the increase of existing net short positions on shares issued by Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena spa and Banca Carige spa.The ban was introduced following the announcement on October 26 of significant regulatory capital shortfalls for both Banca Monte dei Paschi and Banca Carige in the results of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) comprehensive assessment.Under the Short Selling Regulation, within 24 hours of notification of a short selling measure by any EU regulator, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) must issue an opinion on whether it considers the measure necessary to address exceptional circumstances facing the … [Read more...] about Italian Short-Term Ban on Shorting Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena spa and Banca Carige spa

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed proceedings in Make My Day Entertainment vs Anil Kapoor Film Co Pvt Ltd and Others, which was pending before a civil judge (senior division), Rohtak.Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justice AM Khanwilkar heard the transfer petition on Friday, filed by Anil Kapoor Film Company after Justice DY Chandrachud, who was the third member of the full bench, recused himself from the matter. Case BackgroundThe dispute began after Indian Motion Pictures’ Producers Association (IMPAA) granted registration of the title respondent’s film Veere Ki Wedding, since AKFC had a prior registration to the title Veere Di Wedding with the Indian Film and Television Producers Council (IFTPC).AKFC first moved Bombay High Court filing a suit for passing off alleging that the makers of Veere Ki Wedding had adopted a title that was deceptively similar to their film Veere Di Wedding. But in an order dated May 4, 2017 Justice GS Patel refused to grant any interim … [Read more...] about Veere Di Wedding Vs Veere Ki Wedding: SC To Hear Anil Kapoor’s Transfer Petition, Stays Suit Proceedings In Haryana Court

A California law firm found to be too quick on the draw in bringing a big-bucks trademark suit on behalf of the estate of Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales and a memorial fund in her name is now having to pull out its own wallet.With the help of its insurer, Manatt Phelps & Phillips will pay $25 million to the then-owners of the entity the law firm sued, the Franklin Mint Co., the Los Angeles Times reported.The federal suit, which contended that the company made unauthorized collectible plates, dolls and purses in the memory of Princess Di after her 1997 death in an automobile was found to be without merit, and the Franklin Mint owners, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, counterclaimed for malicious prosecution, They were apparently particularly incensed about a claim in the complaint against them that referred to “vultures feeding on the dead,” according to the Am Law Daily.The Resnicks say they will give the $25 million to charity. Earlier coverage:ABAJournal.com: … [Read more...] about Manatt Phelps to Pay $25M to Settle Malicious Prosecution Case Over Princess Di Memorabilia

The list of people whose phones may have been hacked by a British tabloid is growing.The latest addition to the list is Michael Mansfield, a lawyer who represented the family of Princess Di’s boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, at the inquest into her death, according to the Associated Press and the Independent. The couple died in a 1997 car crash.Mansfield said he received a letter from Scotland Yard about six months ago informing him his voice mails may have been hacked by the News of the World tabloid. The journalists may have been trying to uncover news about Diana, he said.The Independent describes Mansfield as one of Britain’s leading lawyers.The News of the World has announced it is shutting down after publishing a last edition on Sunday, CNN reports. News reports have claimed the tabloid hacked phones and paid police for information. Among those reportedly targeted for hacking were celebrities, royalty and a missing teen who was murdered.The Daily Mail has more information on … [Read more...] about Lawyer Says UK Tabloid May Have Hacked His Phone Messages for Princess Di Info