Category Archives: Sectors – Media

August 8, 2012

Rogers Performance Claims Advertising Case Begins in Ontario – A Few Thoughts on the Case and Some Recent Advertising Law Trends

On August 7, 2012, hearings in the landmark Canadian misleading advertising case Commissioner of Competition v. Rogers Communications Inc. began. The case, the first constitutional test of increased “administrative monetary penalties” or “AMPs” under the Competition Act (the “Act”) for misleading advertising, promises to be a bit of … Read the rest of this entry »

July 14, 2012

Bureau Seeks Criminal Penalties in Alleged Misleading Advertising and Breach of Consent Agreement Case

Conventional wisdom is that the Competition Bureau will pursue most misleading advertising cases civilly, under section 74.01 of the Competition Act, not criminally (the Act also contains a criminal misleading advertising provision, section 52, as well as a number of other criminal deceptive marketing offences). … Read the rest of this entry »

July 5, 2012

A Few Competition & Regulatory Developments

A few interesting competition and regulatory developments caught my eye today including: The Conference Board of Canada published a new report on Chinese foreign direct investment in Canada: Fear the Dragon?  Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Canada. The Fraser Institute published a comparative note on … Read the rest of this entry »

June 9, 2012

Operating Promotional Contests in Canada – A Few Key Legal and Marketing Points – 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 »

June 8, 2012

A Few Interesting Competition, Advertising, Privacy and Regulatory Law Developments

A few interesting regulatory law developments caught my eye today including: Stanford University Press has published a new book entitled The Global Limits of Competition Law, edited by Daniel Sokol and Ioannis Lianos: Stanford University Press – The Global Limits of Competition Law. The American … Read the rest of this entry »

June 5, 2012

A Few Interesting Telecom, Competition, Privacy and Regulatory Law Developments

A few interesting telecom, competition, privacy and regulatory law developments caught my eye today including: The Acting Chairman of the CRTC delivered remarks to the Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto on competition in the telecom sector, proposed small telecom ownership rule changes, caps in the … Read the rest of this entry »

May 30, 2012

CRTC Issues Do Not Call List Status Report

On May 29, 2012, the CRTC issued an updated Do Not Call List (DNCL) Status Report current to April 30, 2012.  According to the CRTC, about 10,700,000 telephone and fax numbers are currently registered on the DNCL, it has received a total of 542,991 telemarketing … Read the rest of this entry »

May 18, 2012

Conferences: FTC Workshop: Advertising and Privacy Disclosure in Online and Mobile Media

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will be holding a very interesting upcoming workshop on advertising and privacy disclosure in online and mobile media on May 30, 2012 entitled In Short: Advertising & Privacy Disclosures in a Digital World. The workshop, which will also be webcast, … Read the rest of this entry »