Archive for the 'Events' Category
November 2, 2010
The Vancouver Competition Policy Roundtable will be meeting Wednesday, November 3, 2010. The program will involve a discussion about the developments with respect to class actions in antitrust, led by Vancouver class action lawyers with updates on the state of play in the field. This breakfast meeting will be held from 8:00 – 9:30 on Wednesday morning.
October 28, 2010
The Competition Bureau announced today that Cargolux Airlines International S.A. had plead guilty in Federal Court and was fined $2.5 million for its participation in an air-cargo price-fixing cartel impacting Canada.
October 27, 2010
The Toronto Sun and others reported today that the Competition Bureau has launched a new criminal investigation in Quebec, in relation to Quebec’s construction industry.
October 24, 2010
Following a Special General Meeting earlier today, member boards of The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) ratified a settlement with the Competition Bureau to end the four year MLS abuse of dominance case.
October 23, 2010
On October 22, 2010, the Competition Bureau issued two updated merger control guidance documents: an updated Fees and Service Standards Policy for Mergers and Merger-Related Matters (“Merger Policy”) and Fees and Service Standards Handbook for Mergers and Merger-Related Matters (“Merger Handbook”) (which had been issued for public comments – see: Competition Bureau Issues New Draft Fee and Service Standards Handbook for Mergers for Comment). Both of the Bureau’s new merger guidance documents come into effect on November 2, 2010.
September 8, 2010
We welcome the delegates to the upcoming International Bar Association’s 2010 Annual Conference in Vancouver, which will be held from October 3-8, 2010.
September 5, 2010
According to Reuters, Chinese state officials have ordered state companies to meet with investment bankers to explore options to potentially block BHP’s $39 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp.
September 5, 2010
We are pleased to launch our new global competition/antitrust law resource pages including: Global Competition Law – Links & Resources, Global Competition/Antitrust Agencies, Global Competition/Antitrust Law Books, Global Competition/Antitrust Law Updates, Competition/Antitrust News Links and Global Competition/Antitrust Law Organizations.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
