Canadian COMPETITION LAW

Carswell and Canada Law Book have recently published several interesting competition/antitrust related books including:

Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Strategic Alliances

“This book provides the information you’ll need for structuring and analyzing deals regarding strategic alliances. Subjects covered include business valuation, intellectual property aspects, contractual considerations, distribution and manufacturing considerations, the impact of antitrust and competition laws, regulation of the sale of goods, inbound technology transfers and investment law, investment considerations, law of business organizations, acquisition issues, formation of the joint venture, managing and operating the joint venture, termination, merger agreements, and alternative dispute Resolution.  Authored by expert practitioner currently serving as in-house counsel to international computer hardware and software distributor.  Covers all aspects of strategic alliances, including collaborative forms, negotiation topics/strategies and domestic and foreign laws and regulations.  Forms available in text format on CD-ROM for easy downloading and customizing.  Forms volume with due diligence checklists/questionnaires, letters of intent, agreements covering common forms of alliances, etc.  Time savings-one-stop resource for practitioners with clients interested in foreign and/or domestic strategic alliances.”

See: Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Strategic Alliances

Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Domestic Joint Ventures

“This work is designed to provide practical guidance on the legal aspects of arrangements for joint business undertakings with other companies or competitors. To help illustrate the points made within, “real world” examples of joint venture agreements are also included. Some issues addressed include antitrust implications of the activity, formation or structure of the joint venture, drafting the joint venture agreement, and intellectual property and licensing concerns. A CD-ROM containing all the agreements presented in the book as well as several additional samples is also included.  Allows you to draw on the experience and expertise of numerous other attorneys who have drafted the sample agreements.  Comprehensive coverage of intellectual property concerns, from licensing rights to trade secrets.  Includes checklists for important considerations in forming different business entities (corporation, LLC, partnership, etc.).  Includes sample clauses drawn from agreements actually in use by companies in a variety of industries.  More than 70 sample joint venture agreements drawn from real-world examples.  Provides a quick, one-stop source to brush up on the major issues that will arise in forming a joint venture.”

See: Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Domestic Joint Ventures

2012 Annotated Competition Act

“Whether you are concerned with mergers, price-fixing, abuse of dominance, distribution and pricing practices or misleading advertising, you’ll find the relevant law and analysis in The 2012 Annotated Competition Act.  New in this Edition: (1) amendments to the Competition Act R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34, amended by 2010, c. 23, ss. 70-81 [Not in force at date of publication.]; (2) revised Merger Enforcement Guidelines issued by the Competition Bureau on October 6, 2011; (3) summary and analysis of recent case law including the decisions of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Sun-Rype Products Ltd. v. Archer Daniels Midland Co., Pro-Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corp., and Steele v. Toyota Canada Inc. and the decisions of the Federal Court of Appeal in Nadeau Poultry Farm Limited v. Groupe Westco. Inc. and Canada (Attorney General) v. United States Steel Corp.; (4) procedures Guide for Notifiable Transactions and Advance Ruling Certificates Under Competition Act; (5) hostile Transactions Interpretation Guideline Number 1: Bureau Policy on Disclosure of Information; (6) hostile Transactions Interpretation Guideline Number 2: Bureau Policy on Running of Subsection 123(1) Waiting Periods; (7) updated Investment Canada Background Materials.”

See: 2012 Annotated Competition Act

Corporate Counsel’s Guide to International Antitrust (2011)

“This work includes the key documents to help you understand the principles of international antitrust laws – both the U.S. laws that have application abroad and laws of other jurisdictions, such as the European Union and Canada. Discussions include the Department of Justice International Guidelines and the 2004 changes in the EU antitrust regime. Other highlights include rules for transnational mergers, distribution & licensing in the EU, antitrust in Japan, FTC and DOJ enforcement, the export trading company act, and antitrust compliance for multinational companies.”

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