CANADIAN COMPETITION LAW is a Vancouver based law blog about Canadian competition law, legislative changes, competition law books, news and competition and antitrust law news and events.
In the coming weeks we will be renovating and expanding our blog to reflect our growing Canadian competition law practice.
We practice federal competition law, have advised clients across Canada and provide a full range of competition law and foreign investment law services including in relation to the criminal conspiracy, merger, abuse of dominance, misleading advertising and deceptive marketing provisions of the federal Competition Act. Our competition law and foreign investment law services include:
MERGER CONTROL
- Application of the Competition Act to mergers.
- Application of the Investment Canada Act to foreign investment in Canada.
- Pre-merger notification and Investment Canada Act filings.
- Competition law submissions to the Competition Bureau.
- Competition law provisions in transaction documents.
- Pre-merger conduct memoranda.
- Coordination of multi-jurisdictional mergers.
CONSPIRACY
- Application of the new criminal conspiracy rules to commercial activities.
- Application of the new civil rules for anti-competitive agreements.
- Structuring agreements and joint ventures to comply with the Competition Act.
- Competition law compliance programs for companies and trade associations.
- The conduct of meetings and information exchanges.
- Application of the Competition Bureau’s immunity and leniency programs.
- Applications for binding Competition Act advisory opinions.
BID RIGGING
- Advice on the application of the criminal bid rigging provisions.
- Review and advice in relation to competitive tenders and proposals.
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
- Trade association competition law compliance programs.
- Competition law seminars for trade association executives and personnel.
- Audits and reviews of trade association activities.
- Trade association communications, meetings and conventions.
- Trade association rules, bylaws, policies and codes of conduct.
- Criminal search & seizure guidelines.
- The general application of the Competition Act to association activities.
COMPETITION LAW COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS
- Competition law compliance programs.
- Competition law seminars for companies and trade associations.
- Corporate and trade association activities for competition law compliance.
- Competition law talks and “lunch and learns” for companies and law firms.
- Board meetings, conferences and other meetings.
COMPETITION LAW SEARCHES
- Advice in relation to competition law searches.
- Advice in relation to compulsory production orders.
- Search and seizure guidelines.
- Document retention policies.
ADVERTISING & MARKETING LAW
- The “general” misleading advertising provisions of the Competition Act.
- Internet, online & new media advertising and marketing.
- Structuring sales, promotions and promotional contests.
- Multi-level marketing plans and pyramid selling schemes.
- The deceptive marketing provisions of the Competition Act.
- Federal consumer packaging and labelling legislation.
PROMOTIONAL CONTESTS
- Application of the Competition Act and Criminal Code to promotional contests.
- Drafting short and long contest rules and required statutory disclosure.
- Reviewing promotional contest marketing and advertising materials.
- Compliance with the misleading advertising provisions of the Competition Act.
CANADIAN COMPETITION LAW LINKS
For more information about Canadian competition law or our competition law services visit our Blog Homepage, Competition Law Services, Canadian Competition Law, Competition Act Amendments, Merger Control, Merger Control FAQs, Abuse of Dominance, Conspiracy, Advertising and Marketing, Promotional Contests, Trade Associations, Refusal to Deal, Investment Canada Act, Canadian Competition Law Compliance, Private Actions, Bid Rigging, Canadian Competition Law Resources, Competition Law Links or Global Competition Law and Policy pages or visit our website at www.NortonStewart.com.
CONTACT US
We provide Canadian competition law services to clients across Canada and internationally. For more information about our Canadian competition law and consulting services contact us at steve@nortonstewart.com, info@competitionlawcanada.com or call us at +1 604 687 0555 or +1 778 867 5558.
DISCLAIMER
The materials and information on CANADIAN COMPETITION LAW are provided as legal information about Canadian competition law. Reading and accessing this information does not create a lawyer-client relationship. The information on our blog does not constitute legal advice or a legal opinion on any issue. In addition, the information and materials on this website will change based on new competition law developments and, as such, may not be current as of the date of access. As such, we take no responsibility for the accuracy or currency of the competition law information or materials on our blog, which should not be relied upon without receiving legal advice from competent legal counsel.