Archive for the 'Competition Law' Category
April 19, 2010
On March 12, 2010, Canada’s new two-track criminal conspiracy regime came into force. The changes, which are the final recent Competition Act amendments to come into force, will significantly change the enforcement of criminal cartels in Canada and is expected to also have significant impacts on competition law private actions and class actions.
April 15, 2010
Overview
New criminal conspiracy provisions recently came into force in Canada, in March, 2010, as a result of sweeping amendments to the Competition Act (the “Act”) last year.
April 15, 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 13, 2010
We are pleased to feature an update on the progress of competition law in India during the past year from our friends at the leading Indian firm Luthra & Luthra.
April 9, 2010
The following are some of the recent publicly reported Canadian trade association, conspiracy and bid-rigging cases that have involved Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”) investigations, penalties, court orders or settlements.
April 6, 2010
On March 12, 2010, the last of Canada’s Competition Act (the “Act”) amendments came into force (Canada’s new two-track conspiracy regime). The amendments, which came into effect in March, 2009 and March, 2010 are the most significant changes to Canadian competition law in twenty-five years and in some instances arguably since Canada adopted competition law.
March 21, 2010
The pre-merger notification provisions of the Competition Act (the “Act”) require both parties to specified types of transactions that exceed the statutory monetary thresholds under the Act to file pre-merger notification filings with the federal Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”).
March 14, 2010
On March 12, 2010, the Canadian Competition Bureau announced the coming into force of Canada’s new two-track conspiracy regime: “The Competition Bureau is pleased to announce that amended provisions of the Competition Act relating to competitor collaborations come into force today.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
