Archive for the 'Events' Category
August 25, 2010
The 2010 Canadian Bar Association Annual Competition Law Fall Conference will be held from September 30 to October 1, 2010 in Gatineau, Quebec.
August 4, 2010
On July 16, 2010, the Competition Tribunal issued a scheduling order setting hearing dates for the main application in the CREA abuse of dominance case.
August 4, 2010
The 2nd International Conference on Competition Law 2010 (ICCL2010) is being organized in New Delhi, India for the 12th and 13th of November, 2010.
July 16, 2010
We are pleased to announce this new LL.M. program in Brussels being launched by our Belgian friends Charles Gheur and Nicolas Petit. The Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (University of Liege, Belgium) is launching the first Brussels-based LL.M. in competition law and economics.
June 16, 2010
We are delighted to announce that Steve Szentesi and Tom Hakemi will be co-teaching a new Canadian competition law course for the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, to be launched Spring, 2011.
February 12, 2010
Steve Szentesi will be chairing and speaking and Tom Hakemi will be speaking at an upcoming CLE BC competition law seminar on March 18, 2010 in Vancouver at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel: Canada’s New Competition & Foreign Investment Law 2010. This upcoming half day practitioner-oriented seminar, which will be held one week after the final amendments to Canada’s Competition Act come into force, will review the major changes to Canada’s competition and foreign investment law regimes.
February 12, 2010
The Alliance for Canadian Real Estate Education (ACRE) and The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) will be launching a national competition law course for Canadian REALTORS: Competition Law & REALTORS.
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In addition to consent and identification requirements, Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL) also requires that commercial electronic messages (CEMs) include an easy unsubscribe mechanism. The specific requirements for a CASL-compliant unsubscribe include: (i) CEMs must include an unsubscribe mechanism; (ii) the unsubscribe mechanism must be set out clearly and prominently; (iii) the unsubscribe mechanism specifies and electronic address or web link where the unsubscribe request can be made (links must be valid for a minimum of 60 days after the message is sent); (iv) for SMS messages, users can choose between replying “STOP” or “Unsubscribe” or by clicking a link to a web page to unsubscribe from some or all messages; (v) recipients can unsubscribe by clicking a link or via a web page where they are given options for unsubscribing from some or all messages; (vi) recipients that request to be unsubscribed are unsubscribed within 10 business days; and (vii) the unsubscribe mechanism can be readily performed and is simple, quick and easy.
For more information about CASL, see: CASL (Anti-Spam Law), CASL Compliance, CASL Compliance Tips, CASL Compliance Errors, CASL FAQs, Contests and CASL.
For more information about the CASL compliance checklists and precedents that we offer for sale, see: CASL Compliance Checklists and Precedents.
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Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
