Category Archives: Advertising Law

U.S. Federal Trade Commission Gets Court Order to Stop Allegedly Canada-based Fraudulent “Yellow Pages” Directory Scheme

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has obtained a federal court order to temporarily halt the operations and freeze the assets of an alleged fraudulent Montreal-based “Yellow Pages” business directory scheme.  In making the announcement, the FTC said: “Hiding behind borders to … Read the rest of this entry »

Top 10 Canadian Contest (Sweepstake) Law Questions – Part II

CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS 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 … Read the rest of this entry »

Top 10 Canadian Contest (Sweepstake) Law Questions – Part I

CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS 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 … Read the rest of this entry »

New Canadian Contest Rules and Forms Available – Canadian Trip Contests

Contests continue to be a popular and engaging marketing tool for brands in many industries. Readers of this blog will know that I follow contest and sweepstakes issues and work on a lot of Canadian and North American contests and other promotions. Based on a … Read the rest of this entry »

Trade Association Compliance on New Competition Commissioner’s Radar

Canada’s new Commissioner of Competition, John Pecman, spoke in Toronto yesterday and delivered remarks that, as in recent speeches, included an emphasis on trade association compliance. In this, his second speech since becoming Commissioner, the Commissioner signaled that trade and professional associations were once again … Read the rest of this entry »

New Competition Bureau Inquiries Bulletin & New Commissioner Remarks

Earlier today the Competition Bureau published for public consultation a new draft Inquiries Bulletin.  Canada’s new Commissioner of Competition, John Pecman, also outlined some of the Bureau’s priorities and made new announcements in remarks delivered at the annual CBA Fall Competition Law Conference in Ottawa. … Read the rest of this entry »

Competition Bureau Announcements: No Appeal on Credit Cards, New Confidentiality Guidelines, Annual Internet Advertising Sweep (Children’s Games & Apps)

The Canadian Bar Association’s annual Fall Competition Law Conference is quickly approaching and, as usual, this is the time of year that Competition Bureau announcements typically accelerate, coinciding with the conference. In this regard, in addition to the Bureau’s announcement last week that it had … Read the rest of this entry »

Advertising Law Events: Competition Bureau & University of Ottawa Internet Policy Clinic Hosting E-commerce and Online Advertising Workshop

The Competition Bureau and University of Ottawa’s Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) will be co-hosting a one-day workshop on October 1st to explore the areas of e-commerce and online advertising.  According to the hosts, the workshop will include panel discussions on … Read the rest of this entry »