Archive for the 'Publications' Category
June 11, 2015
The Canadian Competition Bureau has been increasing its advocacy, outreach and compliance efforts since the (relatively) new Commissioner of Competition (John Pecman) took office.
January 23, 2015
Guest post by Mark Nicholson, Kelley McKinnon,
Davit Akman & Zoe Pallare (Gowlings)
On Jan. 22, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada released the long anticipated decision in Tervita Corp. v. Canada (Commissioner of Competition) in which it considered, for the first time, the analytical framework for prevention of competition cases and the statutory efficiency defence.
November 11, 2014
Guest post by Shannon Harell
(Information Law Group)
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has been very active in its enforcement efforts in the past couple of months. In addition to other actions which we have blogged about, the FTC recently sent dozens of warning letters to advertisers in two separate efforts. In September, the FTC sent letters admonishing companies for their failure to make adequate disclosures in an effort dubbed “Operation Full Disclosure.” Then, in October, the FTC sent letters to companies for their potentially misleading “oxo degradable” claims in violation of the FTC’s Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (or “Green Guides”).
October 30, 2014
I was pleased to have been a speaker at the Canadian Society of Association Executives’ (CSAE) Annual Conference in Niagara. I spoke, with Mark Katz of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, on information exchanges and surveys, codes of ethics and recent competition law developments for associations. The following is the first of three posts with our conference materials – an overview of competition law and surveys, recent Competition Bureau statements on information exchanges and some best practices.
October 21, 2014
Guest post by Jacob Kojfman
(Vancouver Tech Law Blog)
If you do anything online, you are going to be subject to some sort of terms and conditions and privacy policies. It can take over 40 years to read all the terms and conditions of all the licenses you may be subject to, so most people just click “I agree” without actually reading it, or even thinking that they are entering into a binding contract.
October 20, 2014
On October 16, 2014, the OECD published a new Competition Assessment Toolkit discussing government restraints on competition and ways that local governments can remove barriers while still achieving policy objectives.
September 30, 2014
Guest post by Steven J. Cernak, Schiff Hardin LLP
Reprinted with permission
Post originally appeared on the AntitrustConnect Blog
On October 14, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC, the latest in its long line of cases interpreting the state action exemption to the antitrust laws. Dozens of amici have written briefs supporting both parties. Those briefs reveal significantly different opinions about the costs and benefits of state licensure boards and how their actions should be treated under the antitrust laws.
September 24, 2014
Canada’s Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”) has been working over the past year or two to update its competition law compliance guidelines and policies. Competition law compliance has also figured prominently in recent remarks by Canada’s new Commissioner of Competition, John Pecman (see for example: here). As part of the Bureau’s initiative to raise competition compliance awareness, on September 18th the Bureau issued a revised draft Corporate Compliance Programs Bulletin for public comment (see: here and here).
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
