Archive for the 'Compliance' Category
September 17, 2021
On September 9, 2021, the C.D. Howe Institute’s Competition Policy Council (Competition Council) issued a new Communiqué with recommendations for the next Canadian federal government to amend the Competition Act and other Canadian competition policy recommendations.
September 16, 2021
Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL), which is one of the strictest anti-spam law regimes in the world, applies to commercial electronic messages (CEMs) that encourage participation in a commercial activity. While CASL was passed more than seven years ago, there remain a number of common misperceptions relating to consent under CASL, including the distinction between express consent, implied consent and what kind of consent is needed to share electronic addresses with third parties.
September 15, 2021
Do you need a precedent for short rules (i.e., “mini-rules”) for running a skill-based contest/sweepstakes in Canada? Our firm offers many types of precedents/forms to operate Canadian contests/sweepstakes, including our Short Rules (Skill Contest) precedent.
September 5, 2021
Do you need checklists and precedents to help your company or organization comply with the documenting consent and scrubbing e-mail distribution list requirements under Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL)?
August 19, 2021
The Competition Bureau (Bureau) recently began posting new Compliance Bootcamp compliance videos. In this regard, on August 19, 2021 the Bureau posted its Avoiding Business Collusion and Bid-rigging Compliance Bootcamp videos. These compliance videos set out guidance to avoid engaging in bid-rigging under section 47 of the Competition Act and conspiracy, and in particular price-fixing, under section 45 of the Act.
August 15, 2021
Do you need a precedent for long (i.e., full) contest rules to run a random draw contest in Canada? Our firm offers many types of precedents/forms to operate Canadian contests/sweepstakes, including a Long Rules (Random Draw Contest) precedent.
August 5, 2021
Do you need a corporate compliance program to help your company or organization comply with Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL)?
July 28, 2021
Practical Law Canada Competition (of which I am Lawyer Editor) has published a new Legal Update, which discusses recent digital deceptive marketing enforcement by the Competition Bureau (Bureau) under the Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34. The Update includes key aspects of recent enforcement by the Bureau, penalties, and implications for digital marketing compliance with competition law. Below is an excerpt with a link to the full Legal Update.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
