Archive for the 'Developments' Category
Do you need contest rules/precedents
for a Canadian contest?
We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada). These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where winners are chosen by random draw), skill contests (e.g., essay, photo or other types of contests where entrants submit content that is judged to enter the contest or for additional entries), trip contests and more. Also available are individual Canadian contest/sweepstakes precedents, including short rules (“mini-rules”), long rules, winner releases and a Canadian contest law checklist. For more information or to order, see: Canadian Contest Law Forms/Precedents. If you would like to discuss legal advice in relation to your contest or other promotion, contact us: Contact.
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These days, running a contest invariably means social media (or multiple social media) and typically Facebook and Twitter. So when I talk to clients about the promotions they have in mind, I often start (or almost start) the discussion with how they want to promote their contest.
January 6, 2014
On December 4, 2013, the Federal Government announced that Canada’s new anti-spam legislation (CASL) would finally largely come into force on July 1, 2014 (with several transition periods for the unauthorized installation of computer program and private action provisions). The following is my updated summary of the impending CASL, including summaries of the consent, form and unsubscribe requirements (and legislative links and key resources).
January 4, 2014
Strategies for discouraging and enforcement against competition law cartels (e.g., price-fixing, market allocation, bid-rigging and other illegal agreements between competitors) have ranged from promoting compliance programs to competition agency immunity and leniency programs to increasing cartel penalties to deter anti-competitive agreements that interrupt the natural operation of markets. Price-fixing and other cartel agreements however, it seems from recent enforcement agency statistics both in Canada and elsewhere, continue to flourish despite such strategies. Addressing this issue, this interesting new article by Constantine Cannon (entitled Bring in the Whistleblowers and Pay Them) queries whether paying corporate whistleblowers for disclosing illegal cartel activities makes more sense than, for example, incentivizing parties to report and cooperate with authorities with the promise of immunity or leniency. Abstract:
January 3, 2014
Earlier today, the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) published a new edition of its CCCA Magazine. Included is a quite good article on competition law compliance entitled “Competition law: How to stay out of trouble” (sub-title: “How a robust antitrust compliance program can keep your company out of trouble”).
January 2, 2014
On my daily media sweep earlier today, this interesting Competition Bureau contribution to an OECD study on competition and gasoline caught my eye (OECD Policy Roundtables – Competition in Road Fuel (2013)). Given Canadian consumers’ apparent continued consternation with gas prices, this is a fairly interesting and timely read I thought.
December 21, 2013
Yesterday, Canada’s Competition Bureau confirmed yet another new advocacy initiative, confirming that it has decided to study the Ontario beer retailing market for potential reforms to increase competition.
CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS
Do you need a precedent or checklist
to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)?
We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL. These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including on behalf of third parties), sender identification information, unsubscribe mechanisms, business related exemptions and types of implied consent and documenting consent and scrubbing distribution lists. We also offer a CASL corporate compliance program. For more information or to order, see: Anti-Spam (CASL) Precedents/Forms. If you would like to discuss CASL legal advice or for other advertising or marketing in Canada, including contests/sweepstakes, contact us: contact.
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December 20, 2013
On December 18, 2013, the Canadian CRTC issued updated frequently asked questions (FAQs) and additional guidance relating to Canada’s now impending anti-spam legislation (see: Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation).
December 20, 2013
My friends over at the Institute of Competition Law have announced their annual Antitrust Writing Awards & Ranking for 2014. This annual and very fine competition, sponsored by the Institute of Competition Law (publisher of Concurrences Journal), will be held on March 25, 2014 and their Antitrust Writing Awards Editorial Committee is presently selecting papers published or accepted for publication in 2013.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
