Archive for the 'Associations' Category
July 28, 2013
CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS
Do you need contest rules and forms for a Canadian contest/sweepstakes? I offer a selection of Canadian contest rules and forms for random draw, skill and other common types of Canadian contests (i.e., contest precedents and forms). For more information see Canadian Contest Forms/Precedents.
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I’ve taken a bit of a summer hiatus from my blogs, not so much to go fishing (I wish) or anything quite so summery but rather since things have been oddly busy around here for summer. Despite the fairly hectic pace I couldn’t resist a short comment on a fishing contest case that went wrong (or perhaps more accurately may go right if this fisherman has his way).
July 17, 2013
Readers of my blog will know that I do a lot of work with trade and professional associations. In this regard, a topic that perennially arises (and which I continually find interesting) relates to “information exchanges” that occur at and through associations.
July 16, 2013
Two competition law cases caught my eye this morning in my daily media sweep involving trade associations – one with allegations of price-fixing against German flour mills and the other with a challenge by the Irish competition authority for an alleged boycott by Irish physicians.
May 24, 2013
The C.D. Howe Institute has published a new report on a topic that is near and dear to my heart – the regulated conduct doctrine and monopolies, er regulated markets, in Canada: Beer, Butter and Barristers: How Canadian Governments Put Cartels Before Consumers.
May 14, 2013
In an interesting though not totally unexpected development, the Competition Bureau announced earlier today that it was appealing the Competition Tribunal’s decision in the TREB abuse of dominance case to the Federal Court of Appeal (Commissioner of Competition v. The Toronto Real Estate Board, file no. A-174-13).
May 12, 2013
In one of the most curious Canadian competition related stories that caught my eye last week, many Canadian lobster fishermen in the Maritimes have collectively stopped fishing in an apparent protest over what they say are unfairly low lobster prices.
April 30, 2013
A large part of my practice relates to competition/antitrust and advertising law compliance for companies and associations. In this regard, while the Canadian Competition Bureau has a Corporate Compliance Programs Bulletin that includes an outline of its recommended basic elements for effective competition compliance programs for companies and trade associations, this new International Chamber (ICC) “Antitrust Compliance Toolkit” caught my eye, given that compliance programs can, and typically are, customized for particular business and risk issues.
April 24, 2013
The British Columbia Real Estate Council issued its new Report from Council Newsletter, which includes a summary of the new and updated advertising requirements for British Columbia real estate licensees (see: here).
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
