January 13, 2011
The Competition Bureau has appointed a new Associate Deputy Commissioner of Criminal Matters (see: Matthew Boswell Appointed Associate Deputy Commissioner of Criminal Matters).
January 10, 2011
Industry Canada has announced that the monetary threshold for review for WTO investors or vendors, other than Canadians, is expected to be $312 million for 2011 and that the official threshold would be published in the Canada Gazette in early 2011.
January 7, 2011
We are pleased to provide this global competition/antitrust law update from our friends at the leading Singapore firm Rajah & Tann.
January 4, 2011
In 2009 and 2010 sweeping changes were made to Canada’s competition laws. They were the most dramatic in twenty-five years and in some cases since Canada adopted competition law in 1889. Now after a little more than a year in force, it is possible to reflect on some of the impacts of the new rules.
December 29, 2010
Earlier this month, Canada passed its long-awaited anti-spam bill (Bill C-28 – the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act) (“FISA”).
December 28, 2010
The Department of Justice has announced that it has reached a settlement with Lucasfilm Ltd. to prevent it from entering into agreements restraining employee recruitment. The announcement by the DoJ follows its investigation of the employment practices of high tech companies, including Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Google Inc., Intel Corp. and Pixar.
December 26, 2010
Derek Ireland, Steve Szentesi and Subhadip Ghosh
Regardless of the jurisdiction or the experience of its competition authorities, every competition agency has limited resources compared with the huge number of transactions and the potentially large number of anticompetitive practices and arrangements that take place in a typical month or year in a developing or emerging market economy. Every competition agency therefore learns how to target its limited resources in a manner that generates maximum benefits for competition and the consumer.
December 21, 2010
The Competition Bureau announced earlier today that it has laid criminal charges against eight companies and five individuals in Quebec that are accused of rigging bids for private sector ventilation contracts for residential highrise buildings in the Montreal area (see: Charges Laid in Residential Construction Bid-Rigging Scheme in Montreal and Competition Bureau, Backgrounder, Charges Laid in Residential Construction Bid-Rigging Scheme in Montreal).
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
