Do you need contest rules/precedents
for a Canadian contest?
We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada). These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where winners are chosen by random draw), skill contests (e.g., essay, photo or other types of contests where entrants submit content that is judged to enter the contest or for additional entries), trip contests and more. Also available are individual Canadian contest/sweepstakes precedents, including short rules (“mini-rules”), long rules, winner releases and a Canadian contest law checklist. For more information or to order, see: Canadian Contest Law Forms/Precedents. If you would like to discuss legal advice in relation to your contest or other promotion, contact us: Contact.
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I’ve been working on a fair number of contests lately. Sometimes they appear deceptively simple, but in fact are fairly highly regulated including a small tangle of modern (e.g., the federal Competition Act and social media sites’ terms of use) and antiquated laws (e.g., the sometimes tortuous illegal lottery provisions of the Criminal Code).
January 20, 2014
Steve Szentesi
Kevin Wright (Davis LLP)
Extract from a chapter to be published in CLEBC
Annual Review of Law & Practice – 2014
2013 was once again a busy year for Canadian competition and foreign investment law, administration and policy, including the June 12, 2013 announcement that then Interim Commissioner John Pecman had been appointed to a five year term as Commissioner of Competition, the head of the federal Competition Bureau.
January 16, 2014
Mark Katz and John Bodrug (Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg in Toronto) have published a quite good new note on the risks of managing document creation in light of a merger review, entitled: “Compliance Alert: The Importance of Managing Document Creation – Update on the Bazaarvoice/PowerReviews Transaction”. A good note on discussions and document creation in light of an impending merger. Introduction:
January 15, 2014
Earlier today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Apple Inc. had agreed to refund consumers USD $32.5 million, under a proposed consent order, in relation to alleged failures to adequately disclose kids’ mobile app charges.
January 13, 2014
Earlier today, the German antitrust authority (the Bundeskartellamt) announced that $145 million in fines had been imposed against five beer manufacturers and seven individuals in a beer price-fixing case (see: First fines imposed in cartel proceedings against breweries).
January 10, 2014
Throughout last year, competition law compliance for trade and professional associations remained a key theme for Canada’s Competition Bureau. The new Commissioner of Competition John Pecman addressed trade association compliance and recent association cases five times in remarks between late 2012 and the end of 2013 (see for example, here and here).
January 10, 2014
Earlier today, Canada’s Federal Government announced the details of Canada’s next 2500 MHz spectrum auction (in April 2015) emphasizing its goal of achieving more competition in Canada’s wireless sector (see: Harper Government Announces New Measures to Benefit Canadian Wireless Consumers). The Government also issued a related Backgrounder and links, including homepage for the upcoming auction.
January 8, 2014
CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS
Do you need contest rules and forms for a Canadian contest/sweepstakes? I offer a selection of Canadian contest rules and forms for random draw, skill and other common types of Canadian contests (i.e., contest precedents and forms). For more information see Canadian Contest Forms/Precedents.
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I spend a lot of time reading, advising on and blogging about misleading advertising (i.e., campaigns gone wrong) and contests. As such, it’s refreshing to see an effort to increase truth in advertising. In this regard, this interesting Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) contest for its new “Truth in Advertising Matters” campaign caught my eye. The ASC has launched a student competition (i.e., contest) to generate the creative for its new campaign, with scholarship prizes to be awarded and a $10,000 first prize.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
