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Canadian Merger Control

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July 20, 2010

Like most other major jurisdictions, under Canadian competition law merger control is one of the three main pillars of Canadian competition law (together with conspiracy/cartel and abuse of dominance/monopoly rules).  As a result of amendments made to the Competition Act (the “Act”) in 2009, Canada now has a U.S.-style two-stage merger control regime.  Together with a number of other recent amendments to the Act, the adoption of a new two-stage merger control system in Canada is one of the most significant changes to Canadian competition law in twenty-five years.

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June 15, 2010

On June 14, 2010, the Honourable Madam Justice Hansen of the Federal Court of Canada (“FCA”) dismissed U.S. Steel Corporation’s and U.S. Steel Canada Inc.’s (“U.S. Steel”) motion challenging the constitutional validity of section 40 of the Investment Canada Act (“ICA”).

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