We offer a full range of competition law and compliance services for Canadian trade, professional and other associations in relation to all aspects of association activities including board and membership meetings, rules and by-laws, voluntary codes of conduct, membership criteria and discipline, compliance programs and policies and special projects. Our services include:
- Trade association competition law compliance programs
- Competition law compliance seminars and talks for association executives
- Audits and compliance reviews of trade association activities
- Advice on the application of the amended Competition Act
- Vetting trade association meetings, conventions and communications
- Reviewing association rules, bylaws, policies and voluntary codes
- General competition law and compliance advice
Representative Matters
Speaker, British Columbia Real Estate Association events and workshops.
Competition compliance presentations for many trade and professional associations.
Competition law compliance programs for associations across Canada.
Competition law advice for Canadian associations including in relation to the conspiracy, bid-rigging, misleading advertising, abuse of dominance and price maintenance provisions of the Competition Act.
Advice in relation to day-to-day association activities including board and membership meetings, information exchanges, standard setting and membership rules.
Designing the first national competition law compliance course for organized real estate for the Alliance for Canadian Real Estate Education (ACRE) and The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) (Competition Law & REALTORS: What You Say and Do Matters).
Co-author of The Competition Law Guide for Associations in Canada (Carswell, 2011).
Advising association clients in relation to collective negotiation activities.
Author of compliance publications for The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).
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We provide federal competition and foreign investment law services to clients across Canada and internationally.
For more see: Associations
OUR BOOKS
The Competition Law Guide for Trade Associations in Canada is a practical and concise summary of Canadian competition law as it applies to trade, professional and other associations.
OUR COURSES
Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters was designed by ACRE with the assistance of CREA to help Canadian REALTORS® understand and comply with Canadian competition law.
This course is available
to members of Canadian
real estate boards.
For more information see ACRE