July 9, 2013
Earlier today, the Competition Bureau announced that it was commencing proceedings in Ontario Superior Court against Leon’s and The Brick, two of Canada’s largest furniture and home appliance retailers, for making allegedly deceptive “Buy Now, Pay Later” promotional claims (see: Competition Bureau Takes Action Against Leon’s and The Brick for Deceptive ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Promotions).
July 7, 2013
The National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association is hosting its 2013 Annual Competition Law Fall Conference in Ottawa (October 3-4, 2013). From the Competition Law Section:
July 1, 2013
In a recent case announced by the Australian ACCC, Australia’s antitrust agency said that supermarket chain Coles has paid six infringement notices totaling $61,200 for allegedly misleading country of origin claims contrary to the Australian Competition and Consumer Act (see: Coles pays infringement notices for alleged misleading country of origin claims).
June 25, 2013
Earlier today the Competition Bureau announced that an Alberta man has been found guilty of misleading advertising under the federal Competition Act and of a breach of a consent agreement under the Act (see: Alberta Man Found Guilty of Misleading Representations and Breach of Consent Agreement).
June 15, 2013
In an interesting decision issued yesterday, the Alberta Court of Appeal overturned a Court of Queen’s Bench decision that found that two oil producers (Husky and Exxon) had violated Canada’s former conspiracy offence under section 45 of the Competition Act (the “Act”) by jointly deciding not to source fluid hauling services from a company called 321665 Alberta Ltd. (Kolt) (321665 Alberta Ltd. v. Husky Oil Operations Ltd., 2013 ABCA 221).
June 11, 2013
Two new Investment Canada Act related reports have recently been published by The Conference Board of Canada (Green Machine: Financing Growth in the New Saskatchewan) and the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy (China’s State-Owned Enterprises: How Much Do We Know? From CNOOC to its Siblings).
June 10, 2013
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In an interesting recent contest / sweepstakes case, A&P has reportedly agreed to settle charges alleging that it violated New York State sweepstakes laws by failing to adequately inform consumers that no purchase was required to enter its “A&P Frozen Food Month 2013” sweepstakes (for reports see: here and here).
June 6, 2013
The Canadian Bar Association has published a new issue of its Canadian Competition Law Review (see: here). This new issue includes articles on “The Economic Consequences and Constitutionality of Administrative Monetary Penalties for Abuse of Dominance” (G. Bishop), “The 2012 Abuse of Dominance Guidelines: An Economic Review” (M.D. Noel), “Addressing Misleading Advertising in the Canadian Telecommunications Industry: A Complex, Evolving Story” (K. Webb) and “The Impact of Chinese Competition Law on Merger Control: Over-whelming Discretion Outweighs the Spirit of the Law” (C.N.K. Chun).
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