Archive for the 'Competition Bureau' Category
May 16, 2013
There used to be a saying that nothing in life is free. In Australia, it seems, there are no free TVs, or at least not that many. In a curious case posted by the Australian ACCC earlier today (or was that yesterday?), it announced that it had settled an allegedly false free TV promotional offer with Australian cable company FOXTEL.
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).
April 24, 2013
The British Columbia Real Estate Council issued its new Report from Council Newsletter, which includes a summary of the new and updated advertising requirements for British Columbia real estate licensees (see: here).
April 22, 2013
In an interesting trade association related case that caught my eye today, the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has announced that Singapore’s Competition Appeal Board (CAB) has largely upheld penalties against 11 modeling agencies that had engaged in illegal price-fixing activities relating to the supply of modeling services (see: CAB Dismissed Most Grounds of Appeal by Modelling Agencies).
April 18, 2013
On April 4th, the Competition Bureau announced what was at the time a record bid-rigging fine in Canada of $5 million (see: Japanese Motor Vehicle Component Supplier to Pay Record $5 Million Bid-rigging Fine).
April 16, 2013
Yesterday, the Competition Bureau announced that the Federal Competition Tribunal had dismissed its 2011 abuse of dominance application against The Toronto Real Estate Board (see: Competition Bureau to Review Competition Tribunal Ruling). For an overview of the case see: here.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
