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We offer CASL (Canadian anti-spam law) legal advice, including how to comply with its express and implied consent, sender identification and unsubscribe mechanism requirements. We also help clients with CASL compliance, due diligence, structuring and maintaining distribution lists and CASL compliance programs.

In addition to our CASL related legal services, we also offer lawyer prepared CASL compliance checklists and precedents.

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July 14, 2022

On June 23, 2022, Bill C-19 (the Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No.1) received royal assent, introducing sweeping amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act.

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July 12, 2022

On June 23, 2022, Bill C-19 (the Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No.1) received royal assent, introducing sweeping amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act.

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July 10, 2022

On June 23, 2022, Bill C-19 (the Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No.1) received royal assent, introducing sweeping amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act. These amendments include significant increases to the civil and criminal penalties under the Competition Act, new wage fixing and no poach offences and new criminal and civil prohibitions on drip pricing.

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June 26, 2022

Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL) came into force in 2014. Since then, electronic marketers and their advisors have been working to comply with what remains a complex law with some outstanding uncertainties in key areas.

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June 24, 2022

On June 23, 2022, Bill C-19 (Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No.1) received royal assent, introducing sweeping amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act. The amendments include significant increases to the civil and criminal penalties under the Competition Act, new wage fixing and no poach offences, new prohibitions on drip pricing and expansion of private right of access to the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) for abuse of dominance, among other things. Most of the amendments are now in force, with the amendments to the conspiracy provision (including the new wage fixing and no poaching offences) coming into force on June 23, 2023 to allow companies to adjust for the criminal conspiracy-related changes.

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May 17, 2022

We are pleased to be presenting a CASL (Canadian anti-spam law) compliance program for the Retail Council of Canada and its members on May 19, 2022.

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May 4, 2022

Practical Law Canada Competition, of which I am Lawyer Editor, published a new Legal Update that discusses sweeping proposed amendments to Canada’s Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34 (Competition Act) by the federal government. The proposed amendments include significant changes to the conspiracy, criminal and civil deceptive marketing, abuse of dominance, civil agreements and merger provisions of the Competition Act.

Below is an extract of Practical Law Canada’s new Legal Update with a link to the full Update.

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    WELCOME TO CANADIAN COMPETITION LAW! - OUR COMPETITION BLOG

    We are a Toronto based competition, advertising and regulatory law firm.

    We offer business, association, government and other clients in Toronto, Canada and internationally efficient and strategic advice in relation to Canadian competition, advertising, regulatory and new media laws. We also offer compliance, education and policy services.

    Our experience includes more than 20 years advising companies, trade and professional associations, governments and other clients in relation to competition, advertising and marketing, promotional contest, cartel, abuse of dominance, competition compliance, refusal to deal and pricing and distribution law matters.

    Our representative work includes filing and defending against Competition Bureau complaints, legal opinions and advice, competition, CASL and advertising compliance programs and strategy in competition and regulatory law matters.

    We have also written and helped develop many competition and advertising law related industry resources including compliance programs, acting as subject matter experts for online and in-person industry compliance courses and Steve Szentesi as Lawyer Editor for Practical Law Canada Competition.

    For more about us, visit our website: here.