June 13, 2014
The University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy has published a critical new paper on the Federal Government’s revised guidelines for investments in Canada by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the oil sands entitled The Impact of Foreign Investment Restrictions on the Stock Returns of Oil Sands Companies (Eugene Beaulieu & Matthew M. Saunders authors).
June 12, 2014
The National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association has published its Spring 2014 edition of the Canadian Competition Law Review.
June 12, 2014
The American Bar Association has recently published a second edition of its book Joint Ventures: Antitrust Analysis of Collaborations Among Competitors (see: here).
June 12, 2014
Several days ago I posted the first of a series of short notes discussing some of the more interesting, frequent and important competition and advertising law questions I’ve received over the past few years (for the first post see: here).
June 11, 2014
The battle between ride-sharing apps and conventional taxis in cities around the world has been escalating for months.
June 11, 2014
A new Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) report caught my eye discussing whether Canada’s Internet privacy policies are overbroad and overshadow other important rights and principles, such as free expression, competition and economic growth: Finding the Balance on Digital Privacy: Toward a New Canadian Model for Data Protection in the 21st Century (authored by Solveig Singleton).
June 10, 2014
I’ve been blogging on competition and advertising law topics for quite a few years now – about six or seven years or so by my count – and written on a great many topics over those years. I blog on competition and advertising law for several reasons, including because I continue to find competition law related topics very interesting and, as a citizen, I think it is important to help maintain and increase the awareness of competition law and policy topics in our economy.
June 8, 2014
I recently heard someone say that deciding to become a lawyer was a little like deciding to do homework for a living. There is certainly some truth to that.