Archive for May, 2013
May 14, 2013
In an interesting though not totally unexpected development, the Competition Bureau announced earlier today that it was appealing the Competition Tribunal’s decision in the TREB abuse of dominance case to the Federal Court of Appeal (Commissioner of Competition v. The Toronto Real Estate Board, file no. A-174-13).
May 12, 2013
In one of the most curious Canadian competition related stories that caught my eye last week, many Canadian lobster fishermen in the Maritimes have collectively stopped fishing in an apparent protest over what they say are unfairly low lobster prices.
May 8, 2013
The C.D. Howe Institute has published a new report on cartel detection entitled Coming in From the Cold: Improving Cartel Detection and Reporting. The report argues in general that the Competition Bureau and federal government should ensure that sufficient resources and policy emphasis are placed on the investigation, detection and prosecution of domestic cartels (i.e., Canadian price-fixing and other conspiracies).
May 7, 2013
In a very interesting recent development, Bloomberg, Reuters and others are reporting on the first lawsuit filed in the new (well newer) financial product “fixing” case involving credit default swaps (CDS) (see here, here, here, here and here). CDS are financial instruments intended to protect investors in the event a borrower (e.g., a company, state, etc.) they have invested in default on their payments. CDS are also used for speculation.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
