My new Canadian Lawyer column discusses the Competition Bureau’s newly updated Immunity and Leniency Programs, which are its leading tools for detecting and enforcing criminal violations of the Competition Act including the criminal misleading advertising provisions of the Competition Act.
The Competition Bureau’s new Immunity and Leniency Programs significantly increase the obligations on both corporate and individual immunity and leniency applicants.
They also alter the previous risk-benefit analysis for applicants considering whether to apply for immunity or leniency.
Two of the most striking aspects of the Bureau’s new Immunity and Leniency Programs are the increased obligations on directors and officers to cooperate in an investigation and an overall increase in a case-by-case evaluation of whether an applicant will be granted immunity or leniency.
For my full column, see: New Competition Bureau Immunity and Leniency Programs Alter Risk-Benefit Analysis For Applicants.
For more information about the Bureau’s new Immunity and Leniency Programs, see here.
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