June 1, 2010
On May 31, 2010, the Competition Bureau issued its new Merger Review Performance Report (the “Merger Report”). The Bureau’s new Merger Report provides an update on the performance of the Bureau’s Mergers Branch since its last report was issued in 2007.
May 31, 2010
The Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”) announced today that it was seeking public comments on its new draft Fee and Service Standards Handbook for Merger-Related Matters (the “Fee Handbook”).
May 19, 2010
We are delighted to announce the launch of our newly designed Canadian competition law blog – Canadian Competition Law. The new blog was designed by Leanne Gillespie and Shift Designs in Vancouver. We will continue to provide Canadian competition law and policy updates as well as international competition law updates from our friends in Asia, the United States and Europe.
May 14, 2010
The federal Competition Act is Canada’s principal, but by no means only, legislation governing misleading advertising. In addition to this federal legislation, a broad array of other federal and provincial laws can apply to advertising and marketing practices, including provincial consumer protection laws, sectoral legislation and federal packaging and labeling legislation.
May 12, 2010
The Competition Bureau announced today that Solvay Chemicals has been fined Cdn. $2.5 million in relation to a hydrogen peroxide price-fixing conspiracy.
May 6, 2010
Welcome to Canadian Competition Law – a Canadian competition law blog.
April 28, 2010
We are pleased to provide this Malaysian competition law update from our friends at the leading Singapore firm Rajah Tann.
Overview
On 22 April 2010, Malaysia’s House of Representatives, the ‘Dewan Rakyat’ passed the Competition Bill 2010 and the Competition Commission Bill 2010. The new Competition Act and Competition Commission Act (“Competition Acts”) will likely be implemented early 2011.
April 26, 2010
OVERVIEW OF CANADIAN COMPETITION LAW
“The statute proceeds upon the footing that the preventing or lessening of competition is in itself an injury to the public. It is not concerned with public injury or public benefit from any other standpoint.”
(Howard Smith Paper Mills Ltd. v. The Queen, [1957] S.C.R. 403)
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
