Archive for the 'Associations' Category
November 15, 2021
The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently declined to certify a proposed class action claim based on section 45 of Canada’s federal Competition Act (criminal conspiracy offences) on the basis that section 45 only applies to downstream (i.e., sell-side) agreements between competitors and not to the upstream (i.e., buy-side agreements) Tim Hortons franchise agreements being challenged in this case.
November 7, 2021
Over the past few years, one of the trends that we have been seeing with our advertising and marketing clients (both brands and agencies) is an increased move in some cases to participate in a contest or other type of promotion, with a third party being responsible for the majority of the marketing and administration of the promotion. Some examples include franchisors with franchisees conducting the majority of a promotion, major brands that partner with influencers and brands that partner with other co-sponsors or prize sponsors.
November 5, 2021
Do you need checklists and precedents to help your company or organization comply with the sender identification and unsubscribe requirements of Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL)?
October 15, 2021
Do you need a precedent for short rules (i.e., “mini-rules”) for running a random draw contest/sweepstakes in Canada? Our firm offers many types of precedents/forms to operate Canadian contests/sweepstakes, including our Short Rules (Random Draw Contest) precedent.
October 5, 2021
Do you need checklists and precedents to help your company or organization comply with some of the common business-related exemptions and categories of implied consent under Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL)?
September 5, 2021
Do you need checklists and precedents to help your company or organization comply with the documenting consent and scrubbing e-mail distribution list requirements under Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL)?
August 19, 2021
The Competition Bureau (Bureau) recently began posting new Compliance Bootcamp compliance videos. In this regard, on August 19, 2021 the Bureau posted its Avoiding Business Collusion and Bid-rigging Compliance Bootcamp videos. These compliance videos set out guidance to avoid engaging in bid-rigging under section 47 of the Competition Act and conspiracy, and in particular price-fixing, under section 45 of the Act.
August 15, 2021
Do you need a precedent for long (i.e., full) contest rules to run a random draw contest in Canada? Our firm offers many types of precedents/forms to operate Canadian contests/sweepstakes, including a Long Rules (Random Draw Contest) precedent.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
