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New Books: Canadian Competition Law Developments & Trends in 2013, in CLE BC’s Annual Review of Law & Practice 2014
The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLE BC) has published its Annual Review of Law & Practice – 2014. This summary of major areas of Canadian law applicable in British Columbia includes my co-authored chapter on Canadian competition law developments and trends in … Read the rest of this entry »
Canadian Court Takes Measured Approach to Imposing $500,000 Civil Fine Against Rogers in Performance Claims Case
In an interesting and important decision issued by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on February 21st, the Court has now imposed a $500,000 civil administrative monetary penalty (“AMP”) against Rogers for failing to have performed adequate and proper testing in some Canadian markets for … Read the rest of this entry »
Bank of Canada’s Rules for Reproducing Canadian Bank Notes – Example of a Key Advertising Review Question: “Do We Own It”?
A lot of advertising law, both in Canada and other major jurisdictions, tends to revolve around two major themes: deception and ownership. As such, when it comes to reviewing advertising for compliance in Canada, a lot of issues (or potential issues) can be identified with … Read the rest of this entry »
YouTube’s Quirky Contest Rules – Pays to Look Before You Leap (or Upload to YouTube)
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 »
Contests: Pinterest’s Tougher Contest Guidelines
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 »
Updated Overview of Canada’s New Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL)
CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS Do you need a precedent or checklist to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)? We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL. These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including … Read the rest of this entry »
Competition Compliance: “Competition Law: How to Stay Out of Trouble” (Canadian Corporate Counsel Association)
Earlier today, the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) published a new edition of its CCCA Magazine. Included is a quite good article on competition law compliance entitled “Competition law: How to stay out of trouble” (sub-title: “How a robust antitrust compliance program can keep your … Read the rest of this entry »
Call For Nominations – Antitrust Writing Awards – Institute of Competition Law
The Institute of Competition Law has announced their annual Antitrust Writing Awards & Ranking for 2014. This annual and very fine competition, sponsored by the Institute of Competition Law (publisher of Concurrences Journal), will be held on March 25, 2014 and their Antitrust Writing Awards … Read the rest of this entry »
