June 16, 2010
We are delighted to announce that Steve Szentesi and Tom Hakemi will be co-teaching a new Canadian competition law course for the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, to be launched Spring, 2011.
Canadian Competition Law will be a survey course covering the key areas of competition law in Canada including criminal conspiracies (cartels), merger control, abuse of dominance (monopolies), misleading advertising and deceptive marketing and the application of the Investment Canada Act to foreign investment in Canada. Also covered will be key economic concepts important to determining whether and to what extent the federal Competition Act (the “Act”) may apply to a range of business activities.
The recent sweeping amendments to Canada’s competition law will also be summarized, with reference to key international jurisprudence and recent developments to assist with the interpretation of Canada’s competition law regime.
While key Canadian case law and economic theory will be canvassed, including recent Canadian competition law class actions and the recent abuse of dominance case in the real estate sector, the course will also include practical approaches to competition law rules relevant to commercial and business law clients. These will include the application and strategic considerations in relation to Canada’s merger control rules, advising commercial clients of the scope and application of Canada’s new two-track conspiracy regime (e.g., in relation to joint ventures and trade association activities) and counselling business clients as to how to achieve their marketing objectives without contravening the misleading advertising and deceptive marketing provisions of the Act.
The course will be taught by experienced competition law and commercial litigation counsel and may be supplemented with recent materials from key international jurisdictions including the United States, the European Union and key emerging jurisdictions in Asia (e.g., Singapore, China and India).
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