Category Archives: Competition Law

February 22, 2012

Telemarketing Update: CRTC Refuses to Vary Do Not Call List Penalty Imposed on Telemarketing Company

On February 13, 2012, the CRTC denied an application by Les Distributions Triple A Inc. (“Triple A”) to review an earlier decision imposing a $6,000 administrative monetary penalty (“AMP”). In the earlier decision, the Commission imposed a total $6,000 AMP for violations of the Unsolicited … Read the rest of this entry »

February 20, 2012

New Books: Antitrust Law Developments (Seventh)

The Antitrust Law Section of the American Bar Association recently announced the publication of Antitrust Law Developments (Seventh).  Antitrust Law Developments is the seminal general U.S. text on antitrust law, a landmark of scholarship and reflects the collective efforts of many leading antitrust law practitioners … Read the rest of this entry »

February 20, 2012

Telemarketing Update: $18,000 AMP Imposed on BC Telemarketing Company For Failure to Comply With Do Not Call Rules

On February 15, 2012, an $18,000 “administrative monetary penalty” or “AMP” was imposed by the CRTC on a British Columbia telemarketing company, Imperial Data Supply Corp. (“Imperial”). The Commission found that six telemarketing calls were made to consumers that were (or should) have been on … Read the rest of this entry »

February 19, 2012

Canada’s New Anti-spam Legislation: An Overview – Part 1

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 »

February 18, 2012

Telemarketing Update: “Montreal Telemarketers in Fraud Case Still Making Calls”

The CBC reported last week that a Montreal-based telemarketing company, which has been accused of defrauding thousands of small businesses in relation to an alleged invoice scheme for never ordered office supplies, is still making calls (see: Montreal Telemarketers in Fraud Case Still Making Calls). … Read the rest of this entry »

February 11, 2012

Conferences: Introduction to the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards & Consumer Complaints Procedure

MARCH 27, 2012 – Toronto Advertising Standards Canada (“ASC”) will be holding an introductory seminar relating to its Canadian Code of Advertising Standards, “Canada’s principal instrument of advertising regulation.” From the ASC: “Consumers are scrutinizing advertising with an increasingly critical eye, and this can be … Read the rest of this entry »

February 10, 2012

Recent Misleading Advertising Penalties and Developments – Is Your Compliance Team Up-to-date?

The Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”) and other Canadian regulatory authorities have markedly increased their enforcement of misleading advertising in the past several years.  The following is a brief summary of some of the penalties imposed (or agreed to pursuant to settlement agreements) in Canadian advertising … Read the rest of this entry »

February 9, 2012

New Articles: “Non-Comparative versus Comparative Advertising of Quality”

Claude Fluet (University of Quebec) and Winand Emons (Bern University) have written a paper on comparative advertising entitled: “Non-Comparative versus Comparative Advertising on Quality”. The abstract for their paper is as follows: Two firms produce a good with a horizontal and a vertical characteristic called … Read the rest of this entry »