Tag Archives: misleading advertising

Deceptive Marketing-Related Developments Under the Competition Act

Practical Law Canada Competition, of which I am Lawyer Editor, published a new Legal Update that discusses recent Canadian deceptive marketing related developments under the Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34 (Competition Act). The Update includes a discussion of the recent deceptive marketing related amendments … Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

Canadian Competition Act Amendments (2022): New Drip Pricing Advertising/Marketing Prohibitions

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 significant increases to the civil and criminal penalties under the Competition Act, new wage fixing and no poach conspiracy offences and … Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Canada’s Competition Bureau Recommends Sweeping Amendments to the Competition Act, Including Deceptive Marketing Amendments

On February 8, 2022, Canada’s Competition Bureau released a submission entitled Examining the Canadian Competition Act in the Digital Era in response to Senator Howard Wetston’s invitation to comment on Canada’s competition policy framework. The Bureau’s submission includes sweeping recommendations to amend many of the … Read the rest of this entry »

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 »