Category Archives: Publications

July 16, 2022

Canadian Competition Act Amendments (2022): Significantly Increased Civil and Criminal Penalties

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 new criminal and civil prohibitions on drip pricing under sections 52 and 74.01 of the Competition Act, broad amendments to … Read the rest of this entry »

July 15, 2022

CASL Compliance Checklists: Express Consent Requests and Consent for Third Parties

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 … Read the rest of this entry »

June 26, 2022

Common CASL (Canadian Spam Law) Compliance Errors: Bulk Collection of E-mails Without Meeting Conspicuous Publication Implied Consent

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. In providing CASL related legal advice to clients since CASL came … Read the rest of this entry »

June 24, 2022

Sweeping Canadian Competition Act Amendments Passed

On June 23, 2022, Bill C-19 (Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No.1) received royal assent, which includes 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 … Read the rest of this entry »

May 26, 2022

Common CASL (Canadian Spam Law) Compliance Errors: Non-compliant Consent Requests for Unidentified Third Parties

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 uncertainties in a number of key areas. In providing CASL related legal advice to clients since CASL … Read the rest of this entry »

May 17, 2022

Retail Council of Canada (RCC) CASL Compliance Presentation: CASL Still Matters: Common Compliance Errors

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. Presentation Overview In Canada, commercial electronic messages (CEMs), including e-marketing through text messages, e-mails and some social media, are … Read the rest of this entry »

May 4, 2022

Sweeping Proposed Competition Act Amendments Introduced by the Federal Government

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 … Read the rest of this entry »

March 6, 2022

New Competition Bureau Guidelines for Online Reviews

On March 2, 2022, the Competition Bureau released new guidelines for consumers to recognize, reject and report false and misleading online reviews, which can violate the general civil or criminal misleading advertising provisions of the federal Competition Act (sections 74.01 and 52). Online reviews have … Read the rest of this entry »