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New Publications: Fraser Institute Report on Competition & Wireless in Canada 26 Aug 2013 | 06:07 pm
August 26, 2013 The Fraser Institute has published a new report on wireless and competition in Canada, authored by Steven Globerman, entitled An Assessment of Spectrum Auction Rules and Competition P...
Upcoming Antitrust Events: Advanced Antitrust U.S. Chicago 2013, 7 November 2013, Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile 21 Aug 2013 | 07:27 pm
August 21, 2013 IBC Legal Conferences is holding an upcoming antitrust conference in Chicago in November. From IBC: “This must-attend conference on U.S. antitrust in Chicago will include the follow...
Rogers Largely Wins Landmark Chatr Misleading Advertising and Performance Claims Case 21 Aug 2013 | 06:50 am
August 20, 2013 Earlier today the Competition Bureau announced the fairly long-awaited decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (per Marrocco J.) in the Rogers Chatr misleading advertising a...
Anatomy of a Competition Law “Cartel” in Canada – Cartel Law 101 20 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
August 20, 2013 Lately I’ve been seeing a lot more media and other coverage of cartels in Canada. These have included recent record fines of $5 million and $30 million achieved by the Competition Bu...
Canada/China Trade: China Law Links: New Professional Legal Program at UBC 20 Aug 2013 | 03:34 am
August 19, 2013 As I said in some earlier posts, I had taken a bit of a summer hiatus from my blogs for a few weeks. Given that summer is edging away alas, I am beginning to focus again on Canadian ...
Twitter Contests: Some Thoughts, Tips and Traps 8 Aug 2013 | 03:16 am
August 7, 2012 I’ve been doing more social media contests lately (i.e., Facebook and Twitter contests). If anything, it’s been another reminder that “one size fits all” does not work for contest rul...
A Post for a Summer Day – Man Who Catches World Record Bass Sues Association in “Hook-a-Million” Contest 29 Jul 2013 | 06:14 am
July 28, 2013 I’ve taken a bit of a summer hiatus from my blogs, not so much to go fishing (I wish) or anything quite so summery but rather since things have been oddly busy around here for summer. ...
Associations & Information Exchanges – German Case Highlights Importance of Commonsense Precautions to Reduce Competition Risk 17 Jul 2013 | 11:02 pm
July 17, 2013 Readers of my blog will know that I do a lot of work with trade and professional associations. In this regard, a topic that perennially arises (and which I continually find interesting...
Trade Associations Face Antitrust Challenges in Medical and Flour Association Cases 16 Jul 2013 | 07:27 pm
July 16, 2013 Two competition law cases caught my eye this morning in my daily media sweep involving trade associations – one with allegations of price-fixing against German flour mills and the other...
Competition Bureau Chases Leon’s and The Brick for Allegedly Deceptive “Buy Now, Pay Later” Promotions 10 Jul 2013 | 01:14 am
July 9, 2013 Earlier today, the Competition Bureau announced that it was commencing proceedings in Ontario Superior Court against Leon’s and The Brick, two of Canada’s largest furniture and home appl...
