Our friends at Associations Plus in Alberta have launched a new blog, with their latest blog post highlighting some of the practical aspects of Canada’s new federal anti-spam legislation (Bill C-28). See: $10 Million is the New Hefty Price Tag for Unsolicited E-mail Blasts!
We wish them all the best with their new associations blog.
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Most association activities are legitimate and unlikely to raise competition law concerns. However, given that many, if not most, association activities involve the direct interaction of competitors, it is prudent for association executives, staff and their advisors to take practical steps to reduce potential competition law risk.
In an interesting article published today by the Globe and Mail, the Globe reported that the new head of the RCMP, Bob Paulson who was named RCMP Commissioner last month, is taking a new “tough line on white-collar crime” (See: New RCMP head takes tough line on white-collar crime), particularly in relation to major fraud and securities law investigations.
Mr. Paulson indicated that rather than waiting for securities regulators to “throw [enforcement officials] bones”, enforcement officials should:
“… go to the arena where the crime is happening … see who is doing it, and [get] in there. You talk to humans, … recruit sources, … do undercover operations. … get evidence in the near term and … bring it to court.”
We are pleased to announce that Jessica Forman has joined Hakemi & Company Law Corporation as an articled student. She is admitted to practice in California, where she has represented clients in a variety of litigation matters, and at all stages of litigation, from pre-dispute negotiations, through trials, and appeals.
She has provided civil litigation advice to clients in a variety of industries, including representing a large construction company, an international airline and a non-profit housing rights organization. Her criminal litigation experience includes advising clients in criminal matters relating to securities issues as well as insurance disputes, legal malpractice issues, fraud and negligence. She has appeared before United States Federal courts as well as California state courts.
Prior to her legal practice, she worked for several years in Washington D.C. as a legislative assistant to a member of Congress. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in Los Angeles and earned her undergraduate degree from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
For more information about Jessica and her experience see: Jessica Forman
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MARCH 28-30 2012 – Washington
The Section of Antitrust Law of the American Bar Association will be holding its 60th Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington from March 28th to 30th 2012.
From the ABA:
“Please plan to be in Washington, DC this year for the 60th ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting. Spring Meeting is the Antitrust Bar’s premiere conference, offering the most comprehensive review of developments in antitrust and consumer protection law, training, and networking opportunities available anywhere. In this time of belt-tightening, the Spring Meeting is the one conference that you cannot afford to miss.
The Spring Meeting programming covers cutting-edge antitrust and consumer protection issues featuring a faculty of government enforcers and leading practitioners, corporate in-house counsel, and economists and academics from around the globe. To best meet your needs, the program is organized to offer separate tracks for sessions covering international issues, litigation, and consumer protection. There is sure to be something of interest for everyone, from the least to most experienced lawyers.”
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In an interesting Washington Post article, Cecilia Kang and Jia Lynn Yang write about why the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposed AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile (see: How AT&T Fumbled its $39 Billion Bid to Acquire T-Mobile).
While the Department of Justice sued to block the merger in August (see: Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit to Block AT&T’s Acquisition of T-Mobile) the FCC issued a report on November 29th which concluded that the transaction raised “significant competitive concerns” in the mobile market, and “’substantial and material’ questions about [the transaction’s] competitive effects on roaming, wholesale, and resale services, backhaul, and handsets” (see: Commissioner Copps on the Staff Report on the ATT/T-Mobile Merger). The FCC also concluded that the “parties’ claim that [the transaction] would lead to lower prices is flawed and over-estimates the benefits that would be passed on to consumers.”
According to the authors of the Post article, the “king of Washington lobbyists” and a “bare-knuckled brawler that spares no expense to win any fight”, may have used undue lobbying pressure on Washington regulators that resulted in its failure to acquire T-Mobile.
On December 7, 2011, the International Competition Network (ICN) published its updated ICN Work Product Catalogue, with interactive links to ICN reports and documents from 2008 to 2011 in the advocacy, cartel (conspiracy), mergers and unilateral conduct (monopoly / abuse of dominance) areas.
JANUARY 30-31 2012 – Toronto
The Canadian Institute will be holding an Anti-Corruption and Bribery Compliance conference from Monday January 30 to Tuesday January 31, 2012 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
