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We offer a wide range of strategic and efficient Canadian competition/antitrust law, compliance, education and policy services for companies, associations, individuals and government agencies.

Our Canadian competition law services include:

ACADEMIC

Competition law compliance programs and policies; academic, position and policy papers; industry courses and seminars; advocacy and other submissions on proposed guidelines and legislative changes; Competition Bureau submissions; competition law educational materials, papers and articles.

ADVERTISING

Anti-spam legislation (CASL); CASL compliance programs; Competition Bureau complaints; advice under the general civil and criminal misleading advertising provisions of the Competition Act; Internet, new media and social media advertising and marketing; promotional contests/sweepstakes; and sales  and other promotions.  

We also offer advice relating to specific types of Canadian advertising issues, including performance claims, testimonials/endorsements, influencer marketing and influencer agreements, disclaimers and online disclosures; drip pricing; native advertising; astroturfing; and advertising and marketing related agreements (e.g., influencer, co-sponsor and list sharing agreements).

ASSOCIATIONS

Trade association competition law compliance programs; competition law compliance seminars and talks for association executives; audits and compliance reviews of association activities; Competition Act advice and opinions; vetting trade association meetings, conventions and communications; reviewing association rules, bylaws, policies and voluntary codes of conduct; filing and defending against Competition Bureau complaints and investigations; general competition law and compliance advice; conduct of meeting guidelines; search and seizure guidelines; information exchange guidelines; advice in relation to surveys and benchmarking; and assisting with marketplace and competitor issues.

COMPLIANCE

Competition law compliance programs and policies; competition law compliance guidelines; competition law seminars for companies, trade associations and other organizations; competition law talks and lunch-and-learns for companies and law firms; guidelines for board meetings, conferences and other meetings; conduct of meeting guidelines; search and seizure guidelines; information exchange guidelines; advice for surveys and benchmarking involving competitors; competition law compliance audits; and document retention programs.

COMPETITION LITIGATION

We have frequently worked with litigation counsel in relation to competition law matters.  Our counsel may involve advising clients of their rights or defences in regulatory investigations, options and strategies for using competition, advertising or other laws for litigation or working to negotiate settlements or resolve disputes.

COMPETITOR COLLABORATIONS

Advice on the application of the criminal conspiracy (cartel) and civil agreements provisions of the Competition Act to commercial activities; structuring agreements and joint ventures to comply with the Competition Act; competition law compliance programs for companies and trade associations; guidelines for meetings, information exchanges and benchmarking projects; standard-setting projects; buying groups; collective negotiations; trade and professional association activities; and applications for Competition Bureau written opinions.

COMPLAINTS & ADVOCACY

Competition Bureau complaints; advice and strategy in relation to complaints; research and opinions to assess the strength of a Competition Act complaint; advice in relation to dealing with the Competition Bureau; advice relating to Competition Bureau advocacy; drafting and filing advocacy submissions to the Competition Bureau.

CONTESTS

Advice in relation to the application of the Competition Act and Criminal Code to Canadian promotional contests/sweepstakes; CASL (Canadian anti-spam law) advice for collecting consents and later marketing; short and long contest rules and statutory disclosures; reviewing promotional contest marketing and advertising materials; winner releases and companion releases; compliance with the misleading advertising provisions of the Competition Act; compliance with social media sites terms of use; and drafting contest/sweepstakes related agreements (e.g., influencer, co-sponsor or contest indemnity agreements).

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Do you need contest rules and forms for a
Canadian contest/sweepstakes?
 

We offer a selection of Canadian contest rules and forms for random draw, skill and other common types of Canadian contests (i.e., contest precedents and forms). For more information see: Contest Forms.

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CRIMINAL COMPETITION LAW MATTERS

Competition law compliance programs and policies; guidelines to avoid violating the criminal provisions of the Competition Act; bid-rigging compliance advice to companies, bidding consortia and procurement agencies; advice relating to the criminal conspiracy (cartel) provisions of the Competition Act; filing Competition Bureau complaints; filing Competition Bureau Immunity and Leniency Program applications; helping joint venture and strategic alliance partners avoid Competition Act criminal offences; guidelines and advice for meetings, information exchanges, surveys and benchmarking involving competitors; advice regarding the use of criminal provisions of the Competition Act in civil litigation.

INVESTIGATIONS

Advice in relation to criminal and civil searches; criminal investigations and inquiries; compulsory production orders (section 11 orders); the Competition Bureau’s Immunity and Leniency Programs; search and seizure guidelines; and document retention programs.

PRICING AND DISTRIBUTION MATTERS

Advice in relation to the pricing and distribution related provisions of the Competition Act, including abuse of dominance related matters (e.g., exclusive dealing and refusals to deal/supply); price maintenance (e.g., refusals to deal/supply, MAP, MSRP and resale price policies); refusal to deal; distributor and dealer agreements; distributor territory issues; buying groups and collective refusals to purchase; dealer/distributor terminations; exclusive dealing; and tied selling.

REFUSALS TO DEAL

Advice on the application of the Competition Act to unilateral and concerted refusals to deal; filing Competition Bureau complaints; private civil action remedies and strategies for terminations of supply; issues in relation to supply and distribution agreements; and structuring terminations of supply to minimize risk for manufacturers and distributors.

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SERVICES AND CONTACT

We are a Toronto based competition and advertising law firm offering business and individual clients efficient and strategic advice in relation to competition/antitrust, advertising, Internet and new media law and contest law. We also offer competition and regulatory law compliance, education and policy services to companies, trade and professional associations and government agencies.

Our experience includes advising clients in Toronto, across Canada and the United States on the application of Canadian competition and regulatory laws and we have worked on hundreds of domestic and cross-border competition, advertising and marketing, promotional contest (sweepstakes), conspiracy (cartel), abuse of dominance, compliance, refusal to deal and pricing and distribution matters. For more information about our competition and advertising law services see: competition law services.

To contact us about a potential legal matter, see: contact

For more information about our firm, visit our website: Competitionlawyer.ca

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    WELCOME TO CANADIAN COMPETITION LAW! - OUR COMPETITION BLOG

    We are a Toronto based competition, advertising and regulatory law firm.

    We offer business, association, government and other clients in Toronto, Canada and internationally efficient and strategic advice in relation to Canadian competition, advertising, regulatory and new media laws. We also offer compliance, education and policy services.

    Our experience includes more than 20 years advising companies, trade and professional associations, governments and other clients in relation to competition, advertising and marketing, promotional contest, cartel, abuse of dominance, competition compliance, refusal to deal and pricing and distribution law matters.

    Our representative work includes filing and defending against Competition Bureau complaints, legal opinions and advice, competition, CASL and advertising compliance programs and strategy in competition and regulatory law matters.

    We have also written and helped develop many competition and advertising law related industry resources including compliance programs, acting as subject matter experts for online and in-person industry compliance courses and Steve Szentesi as Lawyer Editor for Practical Law Canada Competition.

    For more about us, visit our website: here.