Archive for the 'Competition Law' Category
May 19, 2010
We are delighted to announce the launch of our newly designed Canadian competition law blog – Canadian Competition Law. The new blog was designed by Leanne Gillespie and Shift Designs in Vancouver. We will continue to provide Canadian competition law and policy updates as well as international competition law updates from our friends in Asia, the United States and Europe.
May 14, 2010
The federal Competition Act is Canada’s principal, but by no means only, legislation governing misleading advertising. In addition to this federal legislation, a broad array of other federal and provincial laws can apply to advertising and marketing practices, including provincial consumer protection laws, sectoral legislation and federal packaging and labeling legislation.
May 12, 2010
The Competition Bureau announced today that Solvay Chemicals has been fined Cdn. $2.5 million in relation to a hydrogen peroxide price-fixing conspiracy.
May 6, 2010
Welcome to Canadian Competition Law – a Canadian competition law blog.
April 28, 2010
We are pleased to provide this Malaysian competition law update from our friends at the leading Singapore firm Rajah Tann.
Overview
On 22 April 2010, Malaysia’s House of Representatives, the ‘Dewan Rakyat’ passed the Competition Bill 2010 and the Competition Commission Bill 2010. The new Competition Act and Competition Commission Act (“Competition Acts”) will likely be implemented early 2011.
April 26, 2010
OVERVIEW OF CANADIAN COMPETITION LAW
“The statute proceeds upon the footing that the preventing or lessening of competition is in itself an injury to the public. It is not concerned with public injury or public benefit from any other standpoint.”
(Howard Smith Paper Mills Ltd. v. The Queen, [1957] S.C.R. 403)
April 20, 2010
ASSOCIATIONS & COMPETITION LAW
“A [compliance] program also plays a crucial role for trade associations because trade associations face unique compliance issues. Given that an association provides a forum where competitors collaborate on association activities, trade associations are exposed to greater risks of anti-competitive conduct. A number of past Bureau cases have involved trade associations that were engaged in agreements to harm competition. It is therefore critical that trade associations implement credible and effective programs with strict codes of ethics and conduct. Such programs may allow trade associations and [their] members to avoid improper actions and to protect themselves from being used as a conduit for illegal activities. They may also allow trade association members to fully benefit from the association’s activities while reducing the potential for inadvertent contraventions of the Acts.”
(Competition Bureau, Corporate Compliance Programs Information Bulletin)
April 20, 2010
OVERVIEW OF CANADIAN COMPETITION LAW
“The statute proceeds upon the footing that the preventing or lessening of competition is in itself an injury to the public. It is not concerned with public injury or public benefit from any other standpoint.”
(Howard Smith Paper Mills Ltd. v. The Queen, [1957] S.C.R. 403)
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
