Archive for the 'Competition Bureau' Category
September 12, 2013
Earlier this week, the Canadian Competition Bureau announced that it was launching a public consultation for suggestions as to where it should intervene (i.e., advocate) for more competition in key Canadian markets.
August 26, 2013
The Fraser Institute has published a new report on wireless and competition in Canada, authored by Steven Globerman, entitled An Assessment of Spectrum Auction Rules and Competition Policy. Abstract:
August 20, 2013
Earlier today the Competition Bureau announced the fairly long-awaited decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (per Marrocco J.) in the Rogers Chatr misleading advertising and performance claims case (Canada (Competition Bureau) v. Chatr Wireless Inc., 2013 ONSC 5315 (Ont. Sup. Ct.)).
August 20, 2013
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot more media and other coverage of cartels in Canada. These have included recent record fines of $5 million and $30 million achieved by the Competition Bureau in two auto-parts related bid-rigging cases (see: here), the ongoing gas price-fixing case in Quebec in which three more individuals were recently sentenced and fined (see: here), commentary relating to export cartels and Canpotex/potash production and policy commentary on regulated markets (see for example the C.D. Howe’s recent report: Beer, Butter and Barristers: How Canadian Governments Put Cartels Before Consumers).
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I’ve been doing more social media contests lately (i.e., Facebook and Twitter contests). If anything, it’s been another reminder that “one size fits all” does not work for contest rules using social media. In this regard, one of the first questions I typically ask clients operating promotional contests in Canada, even before what their promotion is all about, is how they plan to market it (e.g., retail outlets, packaging, web, radio/tv or what is invariably the answer – web plus social media – Facebook and Twitter).
July 17, 2013
Readers of my blog will know that I do a lot of work with trade and professional associations. In this regard, a topic that perennially arises (and which I continually find interesting) relates to “information exchanges” that occur at and through associations.
July 7, 2013
The National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association is hosting its 2013 Annual Competition Law Fall Conference in Ottawa (October 3-4, 2013). From the Competition Law Section:
July 1, 2013
In a recent case announced by the Australian ACCC, Australia’s antitrust agency said that supermarket chain Coles has paid six infringement notices totaling $61,200 for allegedly misleading country of origin claims contrary to the Australian Competition and Consumer Act (see: Coles pays infringement notices for alleged misleading country of origin claims).
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
