Archive for the 'News' Category
December 5, 2013
Yesterday the Competition Bureau announced that a Quebec telemarketer has pleaded guilty to deceptive telemarketing under the Competition Act and fraud under the Criminal Code and was sentenced to nine months imprisonment.
CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS
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December 4, 2013
In a long anticipated announcement, or dreaded, depending on your perspective, the Federal Government announced earlier today that the coming into force date for most of Canada’s Federal anti-spam legislation (“CASL”) would be July 1, 2014.
December 3, 2013
The National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has issued a call for papers for the Fall 2014 edition of its peer-reviewed journal Canadian Competition Law Review. Submissions are due by March 15, 2014 for the Fall edition.
December 3, 2013
Canada’s national not-for-profit advertising self-regulatory body Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) has released a new report on Canadian consumers’ views on advertising, entitled 2013 Consumer Perspectives on Advertising.
November 27, 2013
Looking for a (perhaps slightly dark) entertaining read about popular scams? On November 1st the Canadian Competition Bureau updated its Little Black Book of Scams.
Contests continue to be a popular and engaging way to promote brands, events, product launches and other things. Whether a random draw contest, consumer generated promotion or other type, promotional contests are great for buzz, traffic and attention. Based on continued demand I’m pleased to offer a new Canadian contest forms package to add to my existing contest forms for Facebook “Like” contests.
November 21, 2013
Canada’s (relatively new now) Commissioner of Competition is on the road at the moment, having delivered remarks yesterday in India. In a short but focused speech in Kashipur India, the Commissioner focused quite a bit on the history of Canadian competition law, the importance of competition to an effective economy and compliance.
November 20, 2013
The U.S. CLE provider Strafford is hosting what I think looks like quite an interesting upcoming associations and information exchange related webinar entitled: Antitrust Risks of Association-Sponsored Market Research. “Information exchanges” (via surveys, member interaction, meetings, conventions, social media, other online fora, etc.) are of course a common and ubiquitous activity for most trade and professional associations, both in Canada and internationally. Given that they can also raise competition/antitrust law risk, however, with the potential issues in Canada and the U.S. being largely the same, this upcoming webinar caught my eye.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
