Category Archives: Compliance

March 22, 2012

Advertising & Fraud Update: Competition Bureau Announces Partnership with Citizenship and Immigration Canada

On March 22, 2012, the Competition Bureau announced that as part of its March Fraud Prevention Month efforts, it was joining forces with Citizenship and Immigration Canada (“CIC”) to “warn potential immigrants to be wary of websites claiming to be, or to be affiliated with, … Read the rest of this entry »

March 22, 2012

Privacy Update: ABA Teleconference: “APEC: Cross Border Privacy Rules Introduction and Spotlight on Canada”

The Antitrust Law Section of the American Bar Association has announced an interesting upcoming teleconference on APEC’s new Cross Border Privacy Rules System entitled “Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: Cross Border Privacy Rules Introduction and Spotlight on Canada”.  The ABA’s teleconference will be held on April … Read the rest of this entry »

March 21, 2012

Competition Bureau Launches Little Black Book of Scams

On March 21, 2012, the Competition Bureau announced that it had launched a new publication entitled: The Little Black Book of Scams. In making the announcement, as part of its March Fraud Prevention Month efforts, the Bureau said: “As part of Fraud Prevention Month, the … Read the rest of this entry »

March 21, 2012

Advertising Update: CRTC Finalizes Anti-spam Act Regulations

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 »

March 15, 2012

Courses: Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters

The Victoria Real Estate Board will be holding a competition law course for its members – “Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters” – on Monday March 19th. About this course: “Competition Law and REALTORS®: What You Say and Do Matters was designed … Read the rest of this entry »

March 15, 2012

Advertising Update: Consumer Protection BC Note on Sweepstakes Scams

Given the recent high-profile contest case decided by the Supreme Court of Canada late last month (see: Supreme Court Awards Compensatory and Punitive Damages in Misleading Contest Case), this short note posted by Consumer Protection BC earlier today on sweepstakes scams caught my eye: Seniors … Read the rest of this entry »

March 10, 2012

Litigation Update: Defamation: BC Court of Appeal decides Lawson v. Baines

On Friday March 9, 2012 the British Columbia Court of Appeal, in an unanimous judgment by Justices Hinkson, Finch and Hall, decided an interesting defamation case involving the publication of a newspaper column in the Vancouver Sun entitled “Ambitious claims to a trillion-dollar jackpot” written … Read the rest of this entry »

March 9, 2012

$9 Million Deceptive Marketing Business Directory Case – A Few Observations on the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Decision

A few days ago, we posted a short note on the Competition Bureau’s announcement that five companies and three individuals were found by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to have violated the Competition Act in relation to a deceptive marketing operation (see: Advertising Update: … Read the rest of this entry »