April 30, 2013
A large part of my practice relates to competition/antitrust and advertising law compliance for companies and associations. In this regard, while the Canadian Competition Bureau has a Corporate Compliance Programs Bulletin that includes an outline of its recommended basic elements for effective competition compliance programs for companies and trade associations, this new International Chamber (ICC) “Antitrust Compliance Toolkit” caught my eye, given that compliance programs can, and typically are, customized for particular business and risk issues.
April 24, 2013
The British Columbia Real Estate Council issued its new Report from Council Newsletter, which includes a summary of the new and updated advertising requirements for British Columbia real estate licensees (see: here).
April 23, 2013
There has been quite a bit of debate recently in Canada about the pros and cons of regulation. Some of the highlights of this debate have included announcements by the Competition Bureau that it is stepping up its advocacy efforts in certain regulated sectors (e.g., health, wireless, etc.) (see: here), calls by some policy groups (e.g., the CD Howe Institute) to more closely scrutinize anti-competitive restraints insulated by the “regulated conduct doctrine” (see: here) and a vigorous ongoing debate in the wireless sector about the level of appropriate regulation and extent to which Canada’s large three incumbent carriers should be insulated from foreign competition.
April 22, 2013
In an interesting trade association related case that caught my eye today, the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has announced that Singapore’s Competition Appeal Board (CAB) has largely upheld penalties against 11 modeling agencies that had engaged in illegal price-fixing activities relating to the supply of modeling services (see: CAB Dismissed Most Grounds of Appeal by Modelling Agencies).
April 18, 2013
On April 4th, the Competition Bureau announced what was at the time a record bid-rigging fine in Canada of $5 million (see: Japanese Motor Vehicle Component Supplier to Pay Record $5 Million Bid-rigging Fine).
April 16, 2013
Yesterday, the Competition Bureau announced that the Federal Competition Tribunal had dismissed its 2011 abuse of dominance application against The Toronto Real Estate Board (see: Competition Bureau to Review Competition Tribunal Ruling). For an overview of the case see: here.
April 15, 2013
Earlier today, the Competition Bureau announced that the Federal Competition Tribunal has dismissed its 2011 abuse of dominance application against The Toronto Real Estate Board and that it would be “reviewing” the Tribunal’s decision (see the Competition Bureau’s news release: Competition Bureau to Review Competition Tribunal Ruling).
April 12, 2013
Earlier today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission released 2013 Annual Highlights setting out its priorities over the past year, which generally include promoting online privacy and data security, fostering competition in high-tech industries and healthcare and protecting children and other vulnerable consumers from fraud.
Templates/precedents and checklists to run promotional contests in Canada
Templates/precedents and checklists to comply with Canadian anti-spam law (CASL)
