Category Archives: New Publications

Recent Facebook Changes to Crack Down on “Feed Spam”

Facebook recently announced some new changes to combat News Feed spam (see: News Feed FYI: Cleaning Up News Feed Spam).  In making the announcement, Facebook said: “The goal of News Feed is to deliver the right content to the right people at the right time … Read the rest of this entry »

Contest Law: “FTC First Shot Across the Bow: Is Your Social Media Contest Next?”

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 »

Social Media Contests: New Podcast: “Is Your Social Media Contest Breaking the Law?”

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 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 »

Canada’s New Anti-Spam Law (CASL): Federal Enforcement Agencies Work Out Enforcement For New Law

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 »

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 »

Canadian Competition & Advertising Law: 2013 Year in Review 1: Misleading Advertising

Steve Szentesi Kevin Wright (Davis LLP) Extract from a chapter to be published in CLEBC Annual Review of Law & Practice – 2014 2013 was once again a busy year for Canadian competition and foreign investment law, administration and policy, including the June 12, 2013 … 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 »