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Category Archives: Advertising Law
CRTC Issues First New Canadian Anti-spam Legislation Guidelines
CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS Do you need a precedent or checklist to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)? We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL. These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including … Read the rest of this entry »
New Publications: Canadian Competition Law Review (Fall 2012)
The National Competition Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association has published a new issue of its Competition Law Review (which is now also available in a searchable format online). This new issue includes articles on The Competition Act of 1986, Competitor Agreements: Interpreting Criminal … Read the rest of this entry »
New Canadian Competition, Advertising, Privacy & Regulatory Law Books
A few new Canadian competition, advertising and regulatory law books caught my eye recently including: The Canadian Marketing Law Handbook, 2nd ed. (H. Lue & S. Punniyamoorthy) (Carswell). See: Carswell – Newly Published. There are several forms of intellectual property law that are associated with … Read the rest of this entry »
The Intersection of Competition/Antitrust & Intellectual Property: “A Dozen Times to Call Your Antitrust Lawyer”
Ok I concede that lawyers are great at making (or at least trying) to make their clients and others believe that the sky is falling, so that you better retain them to advise you or else the world (and their clients’ businesses) will surely end. … Read the rest of this entry »
Misleading Advertising Class Action Brought Against Google in British Columbia
In a curious, short and plucky pleading filed yesterday in the British Columbia Supreme Court, a Sunshine Coast British Columbia plaintiff has commenced a punitive damages action against Google for allegedly violating Canadian privacy, misleading advertising, criminal, intellectual property and tort laws in relation to … Read the rest of this entry »
CRTC, FTC and Australian ACMA Crack Down on Indian Telemarketers
In an interesting case earlier this week, the CRTC announced that it had taken enforcement action against two India-based firms for breaching Canadian telemarketing laws under the National Do Not Call List (DNCL). The CRTC ordered Pecon Software Ltd. and Avaneesh Software Private Limited to … Read the rest of this entry »
New Publications: Promoting Compliance With Competition Law – New Global OECD Competition/Antitrust Compliance Report Includes Canada
The OECD has published a new report on global competition law compliance entitled Promoting Compliance with Competition Law. The OECD’s new report, which is the result of a roundtable in 2011 on competition law compliance, includes submissions from more than twenty competition/antitrust enforcement authorities including … Read the rest of this entry »
The Regulation of Gift Cards in BC – A Short Overview
Gift cards are a type of stored-value payment card issued by retailers that are preloaded with a specific value for future purchases. These include cards that can be used at a particular store or retailer, cards redeemable at a chain or mall and credit card … Read the rest of this entry »
