Archive for the 'Publications' Category
December 3, 2013
The National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has issued a call for papers for the Fall 2014 edition of its peer-reviewed journal Canadian Competition Law Review. Submissions are due by March 15, 2014 for the Fall edition.
December 3, 2013
Canada’s national not-for-profit advertising self-regulatory body Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) has released a new report on Canadian consumers’ views on advertising, entitled 2013 Consumer Perspectives on Advertising.
November 27, 2013
Looking for a (perhaps slightly dark) entertaining read about popular scams? On November 1st the Canadian Competition Bureau updated its Little Black Book of Scams.
Contests continue to be a popular and engaging way to promote brands, events, product launches and other things. Whether a random draw contest, consumer generated promotion or other type, promotional contests are great for buzz, traffic and attention. Based on continued demand I’m pleased to offer a new Canadian contest forms package to add to my existing contest forms for Facebook “Like” contests.
November 21, 2013
Canada’s (relatively new now) Commissioner of Competition is on the road at the moment, having delivered remarks yesterday in India. In a short but focused speech in Kashipur India, the Commissioner focused quite a bit on the history of Canadian competition law, the importance of competition to an effective economy and compliance.
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.
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)
