Tag Archives: Toronto advertising lawyer

September 15, 2022

CASL Compliance Checklists: Common Business-Related Exemptions and Implied Consent

We offer CASL (Canadian anti-spam law) legal advice, including how to comply with its express and implied consent, sender identification and unsubscribe mechanism requirements. We also help clients with CASL compliance, due diligence, structuring and maintaining distribution lists and CASL compliance programs. In addition to … Read the rest of this entry »

August 15, 2022

CASL Compliance Checklists: Sender Identification Information and Unsubscribe Mechanisms

We offer CASL (Canadian anti-spam law) legal advice, including how to comply with its express and implied consent, sender identification and unsubscribe mechanism requirements. We also help clients with CASL compliance, due diligence, structuring and maintaining distribution lists and CASL compliance programs. In addition to … Read the rest of this entry »

July 27, 2022

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 »

July 15, 2022

CASL Compliance Checklists: Express Consent Requests and Consent for Third Parties

We offer CASL (Canadian anti-spam law) legal advice, including how to comply with its express and implied consent, sender identification and unsubscribe mechanism requirements. We also help clients with CASL compliance, due diligence, structuring and maintaining distribution lists and CASL compliance programs. In addition to … Read the rest of this entry »

July 12, 2022

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 »

June 24, 2022

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 »

May 4, 2022

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 »

March 6, 2022

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 »