Archive for the 'Competition Bureau' Category
October 12, 2016
Practical Law Canada Competition has published a new Legal Update discussing recent criminal enforcement by the Competition Bureau and cases. Below is an excerpt with a link to the full Update.
September 16, 2016
Practical Law Canada – Competition has published a new Legal Update discussing the International Competition Network’s (ICN) Merger Remedies Guide. Below is an excerpt with a link to the full Update.
CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS
Do you need a precedent or checklist
to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)?
We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL. These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including on behalf of third parties), sender identification information, unsubscribe mechanisms, business related exemptions and types of implied consent and documenting consent and scrubbing distribution lists. We also offer a CASL corporate compliance program. For more information or to order, see: Anti-Spam (CASL) Precedents/Forms. If you would like to discuss CASL legal advice or for other advertising or marketing in Canada, including contests/sweepstakes, contact us: contact.
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September 2, 2016
On September 1, 2016, Kellogg Canada Inc. (“Kellogg”) agreed to pay a $60,000 penalty in relation to an alleged violation of the consent provision of Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL) under a voluntary undertaking. Under the terms of the undertaking, Kellogg has agreed to pay a monetary penalty, comply with (and ensure that any 3rd party authorized to send commercial electronic messages on its behalf complies with) CASL and to review and update its anti-spam compliance program.
August 16, 2016
Practical Law Canada – Competition has published a new Legal Update discussing recent Competition Bureau compliance program developments.
August 16, 2016
In an important decision released August 11, 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that the discoverability principle applies to the private actions limitations period section of the Competition Act (the “Act”) (section 36(4)) (see: Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology v. AU Optronics Corporation, 2016 ONCA 621 (“Fanshawe”).
Promotional contests continue to be extremely popular for brands. In this regard, we have recently updated the Canadian contest law rules and forms that we offer in key popular areas, which include random draw contests, consumer generated content contests (sometimes also called “skill contests”), trip contests, as well as popular social media based promotions/contests.
For more information and to order, see Canadian Contest Forms.
CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS
Do you need a precedent or checklist
to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)?
We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL. These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including on behalf of third parties), sender identification information, unsubscribe mechanisms, business related exemptions and types of implied consent and documenting consent and scrubbing distribution lists. We also offer a CASL corporate compliance program. For more information or to order, see: Anti-Spam (CASL) Precedents/Forms. If you would like to discuss CASL legal advice or for other advertising or marketing in Canada, including contests/sweepstakes, contact us: contact.
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August 6, 2016
Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL) largely came into force on July 1, 2014. For the first three years, enforcement was primarily the responsibility of the CRTC (together with the Competition Bureau and Privacy Commissioner). For an overview of CASL, see: Anti-Spam (CASL).
August 5, 2016
I am quoted in this month’s Canadian Lawyer Magazine on the Competition Bureau’s enforcement and compliance efforts in relation to trade associations. This article is a very good roundup of current Bureau enforcement and compliance focuses with practitioner and enforcer perspectives.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
