Tag Archives: conspiracy

February 4, 2022

United States Federal Trade Commission Enforcement in Novel Online Reviews Algorithm Case and Potential Implications for Canada

Practical Law Canada Competition, of which I am Lawyer Editor, published a new Legal Update, which discusses potential implications in Canadian competition law regarding false and misleading advertising and algorithms following a recent enforcement decision by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Fashion … Read the rest of this entry »

January 23, 2017

Is It Time to Reward Competition Act Whistleblowers?

In my new Canadian Lawyer column today, I discuss the whistleblower provisions of the Competition Act and ask whether rewarding whistleblowers would strengthen competition law enforcement in Canada. Below is an excerpt with a link to the full column. ____________________ With the federal government’s new … Read the rest of this entry »

October 16, 2012

Key Canadian Competition Law & Advertising Compliance Rules

I have been doing quite a bit of compliance work lately, and have been seeing a wide range of compliance by companies and associations, ranging from no compliance or guidelines whatsoever to full competition law compliance programs that follow the Competition Bureau’s recommended elements in … Read the rest of this entry »

July 31, 2012

New Canadian Competition Law Publications: New CBA Canadian Competition Law Review

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has published a new edition of its Canadian Competition Law Review, which includes articles on indirect purchaser class actions, antitrust immunity agreements, the availability and scale of litigation and investigation costs in private competition law litigation, origins of Canada’s cartel … Read the rest of this entry »