Archive for the 'Competition Law' Category
November 13, 2013
Given the recently increased focus on criminal competition law matters (e.g., cartels) and whistleblowing, the latter in the competition law world and corporate crime area generally, I thought I would launch a new whistleblowing page on the blog. A kind of rolling compilation of Canadian competition law whistleblowing information. For my first go at a few key recent Canadian competition law whistleblowing sources see: whistleblowers or below. As usual for my competition law overviews, I’ve endeavoured to include a few quotes that I’ve come across and thought were really rather good, including Ralph Nadar’s inaugural definition of “whistleblower” from the 1970s.
November 12, 2013
The National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has published a new edition of its longstanding Canadian Competition Law Review (Fall 2013). This new issue includes the following articles (and two comments): “Monopsony Power and the Relevance of the Sell-Side Market”, “The Use of Reduced-Form Equations to Estimate Cartel Price Effects: Lessons from the Kingston Retail Gasoline Cartel” and “A Canadian Court Considers the Crown’s Repudiation of an Anti-Trust Plea Agreement: Still a Work in Progress”. For copies of the new papers see: Canadian Competition Law Review.
November 12, 2013
Earlier today, the ASEAN Experts Group on Competition launched a new regional ASEAN Competition Policy and Law web portal.
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.
November 11, 2013
In one of the most interesting stories that caught my eye on my daily media sweep today, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that some of the U.S. big banks are considering blocking employees from computer chat rooms, based on growing market manipulation and collusion scrutiny from regulators (see: Big Banks May Block Traders From Chat Rooms). According to the WSJ, J.P. Morgan Chase and Credit Suisse are weighing whether to disable computerized chat rooms that link traders across multiple competing banks and are used by thousands of employees globally. Other banks, including RBS, Barclays and UBS, are reported to be reviewing chat room use and guidelines for controlling and monitoring communications.
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.
November 7, 2013
On my daily media sweep, this new working paper by the American Antitrust Institute (AAI) caught my eye, largely based on the sheer scale of the figures. According to this new paper, 19 new price-fixing cartels involving auto parts are currently under investigation with more than 75 companies identified to date as targets or potential targets of the ongoing global antitrust probes (and $2 billion in corporate fines imposed, and rising).
Contests continue to be a popular and engaging marketing tool for brands in many industries. Readers of this blog will know that I follow contest and sweepstakes law issues and work on a lot of Canadian and North American contests and other promotions.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
