Tag Archives: section 74.01 Competition Act

July 5, 2024

2024 Competition Act Amendments (Bill C-59): Advertisers Must Now Back Up Product and Business Related Environmental Performance Claims

OVERVIEW OF BILL C-59 AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPETITION ACT On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59 was passed, which introduced the third of three recent significant rounds of amendments to Canada’s federal Competition Act (together with amendments that were passed in June 2022 and December 2023). This third round of … Read the rest of this entry »

January 7, 2022

Keurig To Pay $3.8 Million Settlement In Misleading Advertising K-Cup Recyclability Case

On January 6, 2022, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced that it had negotiated a consent agreement with Keurig Canada Inc. (Keurig) regarding concerns over allegedly false or misleading recyclability claims on its website, social media platforms, texts and logos for its single-use coffee pods (K-Cup … Read the rest of this entry »